Bible Outline For Judges

Judges

A. The Time of the Elders Jdg 1:1-2

1. Israel Fails to Force Out the Canaanites Jdg 1:1-3

I.) Incomplete obedience Jdg 1:1

A.) The Incomplete Victory Of Judah [OR] The Continuing Conquest Of Canaan [OR] Israel Fights The Remaining Canaanites [OR] Jerusalem Is Captured [OR] Israel's Failure To Complete The Conquest Of Canaan [OR] The Acts Of Judah And Simeon Jdg 1:1

2. Judah Attempts to Force Out the Canaanites Jdg 1:4-36

1.) Adoni-Bezek Justly Punished Jdg 1:4

2.) Jerusalem Taken Jdg 1:8

3.) Hebron Taken Jdg 1:10

4.) Capture Of Other Cities [OR] Othniel Is Given Achsah As His Wife For Taking Debir Jdg 1:11

5.) The Kenites Dwell In Judah Jdg 1:16

6.) Hormah, Gaza, Askelon And Ekron Taken Jdg 1:17

A.) The Incomplete Victory Of Benjamin [OR] The Acts Of Benjamin Jdg 1:21

1.) Of The House Of Joseph, Who Take Beth-El Jdg 1:22

B.) The Incomplete Victory Of Manasseh [OR] Incomplete Conquest Of The Land [OR] Places Not Conquered Jdg 1:27

1.) Of Zebulun Jdg 1:30

2.) Of Asher Jdg 1:31

3.) Of Naphtali And Of Dan Jdg 1:33

3. The Messenger of the LORD Reacts to Israel's Failure Jdg 2:1-5

A.) Review Of The Israelitish Invasion Of Canaan To The Death Of Joshua [OR] Israel's Disobedience [OR] The Angel Of The Lord At Bokim [OR] Israel Rebuked [OR] An Angel Rebukes The People Of Bochim Jdg 2:1

4. The Death of Joshua Jdg 2:6-10

1.) Disobedience And Defeat [OR] Joshua Dies [OR] Death Of Joshua [OR] The Wickedness Of The New Generation After Joshua Jdg 2:6

2.) Death Of Joshua Jdg 2:7

B. The Time of the Judges Jdg 2:11-16

1. The Sin of the Next Generation Jdg 2:11-19

1.) Israel's Unfaithfulness [OR] Israel Serves Baals [OR] Israel's Unfaithfulness Jdg 2:11

2.) God's Anger And Pity Towards Them Jdg 2:14

A.) Institution Of The Judges Jdg 2:16

2. The LORD Allows the Nations to Stay in Order to Test His People Jdg 2:20

A.) Result Of Israel's Incomplete Obedience [OR] The Canaanites Are Left To Test Israel Jdg 2:20

1.) The Nations Remaining In The Land [OR] Idolatry Leads To Servitude [OR] Nations Remaining In The Land [OR] The Nations Which Were Left To Test Israel Jdg 3:1

3. The People Fail the Test Jdg 3:5-6

A.) The First Apostasy And Servitude Jdg 3:5

1.) By Intermarriage The Israelites Commit Idolatry [OR] Othniel Jdg 3:6

4. Othniel Defeats Cushan Rishathaim Jdg 3:7-11

1.) Othniel Delivers Them From Chushan-Rishathaim Jdg 3:8

2.) Othniel, The First Judge [OR] The First Judge Delivers Israel [OR] Ehud [OR] Ehud Frees The Israelites From Eglon Jdg 3:9

5. Ehud Defeats Moab Jdg 3:12-30

A.) The Second Apostasy And Servitude Jdg 3:12

1.) Ehud, The Second Judge [OR] Ehud Delivers From Moab [OR] Shamgar [OR] Shamgar Delivers From Philistines [OR] Shamgar Delivers Them From The Philistines [OR] Deborah [OR] Deborah And Barak Deliver From Canaanites [OR] Deborah And Barak [OR] Deborah And Barak Save Them From Jabin And Sisera [OR] The Song Of Deborah [OR] The Song Of Deborah And Barak [OR] Midianites Oppress Israel [OR] Gideon [OR] Israel Oppressed By Midian [OR] The Midianite Oppression [OR] The Israelites Are Oppressed By Midian Jdg 3:15

6. Shamgar Defeats the Philistines Jdg 3:31

1.) Shamgar, The Third Judge Jdg 3:31

7. The LORD Calls Barak Through Deborah [4:1-9a] Jdg 4:1-9

A.) The Third Apostasy And Servitude Jdg 4:1

1.) Deborah And Barak, The Fourth And Fifth Judges Jdg 4:4

8. Barak Defeats Jabin [4:9b-24] Jdg 4:10-24

9. The Victory Song of Deborah and Barak Jdg 5:1-31

1.) The Song Of Deborah And Barak Jdg 5:1

10. Israel Sins Again Jdg 6:1-10

A.) The Fourth Apostasy And Servitude Jdg 6:1

1.) A Prophet Rebukes Them Jdg 6:8

11. Gideon Is Chosen to Be a Judge Jdg 6:11-24

1.) Gideon, The Sixth Judge [OR] Gideon [OR] Gideon Is Visited [OR] The Call Of Gideon [OR] An Angel Sends Gideon For Their Deliverance Jdg 6:11

(I.) Gideon's Present Is Consumed With Fire Jdg 6:17

(II.) Gideon Destroys Baal's Altar, And Offers A Sacrifice Upon An Altar To God Jdg 6:24

12. Gideon Destroys an Altar Dedicated to Baal Jdg 6:25-32

(I.) Gideon Destroys The Altar Of Baal [OR] The Altar Of Baal Destroyed [OR] Gideon Destroys The Altar Of Baal [OR] Joash Defends His Son, And Calls Him Jerubbaal Jdg 6:28

13. Gideon Summons an Army Jdg 6:33-40

(I.) Gideon's Army Jdg 6:33

(II.) The Sign Of The Fleece [OR] Sign Of The Fleece [OR] The Sign Of The Fleece [OR] Gideon's Signs Jdg 6:36

14. Gideon Defeats Midian Jdg 7:1-8:21

1.) The Preparation For Battle [OR] Gideon's Valiant Three Hundred [OR] Gideon Defeats The Midianites [OR] Gideon's 300 Chosen Men [OR] Gideon Surprises And Routs The Midianites [OR] Gideon's Army Of Thirty-Two Thousand Is Reduced To Three Hundred Jdg 7:1

2.) Gideon's Three Hundred Jdg 7:7

(I.) He Is Encouraged By The Dream And The Interpretation Of The Barley Cake Jdg 7:9

3.) The Victory Over Midian [OR] His Stratagem Of Trumpets And Lamps In Pitchers Jdg 7:16

(I.) Confusion Of The Enemy Jdg 7:19

(II.) The Ephraimites Take Oreb And Zeeb Jdg 7:24

4.) The Jealousy Of Ephraim. Events To The Death Of Gideon [OR] Gideon Subdues The Midianites [OR] Zebah And Zalmunna [OR] Zeba And Zalmunna Routed [OR] Gideon's Triumph And Vengeance [OR] Gideon Pacifies The Ephraimites Jdg 8:1

(I.) Succoth And Penuel Refuse To Relieve Gideon's Army Jdg 8:5

(II.) Zebah And Zalmunna Are Taken Jdg 8:10

(III.) Succoth And Penuel Are Destroyed Jdg 8:13

(IV.) Gideon Avenges His Brothers' Death On Zebah And Zalmunna [OR] Gideon's Ephod [OR] Gideon's Idolatry [OR] He Dies To Be Their Ruler Jdg 8:18

15. Gideon Makes a Gold Idol Jdg 8:22-35

(I.) His Ephod Is The Cause Of Idolatry Jdg 8:24

(II.) Gideon's Death [OR] Forty Years Of Peace [OR] Midian Subdued [OR] Death Of Gideon [OR] Gideon's Children, And Death Jdg 8:28

A.) The Fifth Apostasy: The Time Of Confusion [OR] The Israelites' Idolatry And Ingratitude Jdg 8:33

16. Abimelech Kills His Brothers Jdg 9:1-6

1.) The Conspiracy Of Abimelech [OR] Abimelech's Conspiracy [OR] Abimelech [OR] Abimelech Attempts To Establish A Monarchy [OR] Ablimelech, By Conspiracy With The Shechemites, And Murder Of His Brothers, Is Made King. [OR] The Parable Of The Trees [OR] Jotham Rebukes Them And Foretells Their Ruin Jdg 9:1

17. Jotham's Story Jdg 9:7-21

18. Abimelech's Battles Jdg 9:22-57

(I.) Downfall Of Abimelech [OR] Shechem And Abimelech Fall [OR] The Downfall Of Abimelech [OR] Gaal Conspires With The Shechemites Against Abimelech Jdg 9:22

(II.) Zebul Reveals The Conspiracy Jdg 9:30

(III.) Abimelech Overcomes Them And Sows The City With Salt Jdg 9:34

(IV.) He Burns The Stronghold Of The God Berith Jdg 9:46

(V.) At Thebez He Is Slain By A Piece Of A Millstone Jdg 9:50

(VI.) Jotham's Curse Is Fulfilled [OR] Tola [OR] Oppression Of Philistines And Ammonites [OR] Tola And Jair [OR] Tola Judges Israel In Shamir [OR] Jair [OR] Jair, Whose Thirty Sons Had Thirty Cities Jdg 9:56

19. Tola Serves as Judge Jdg 10:1-2

1.) Tola, The Seventh Judge Jdg 10:1

20. Jair Serves as Judge Jdg 10:3-5

1.) Jair, The Eighth Judge Jdg 10:3

21. Israel Sins Again Jdg 10:6-18

A.) The Sixth Apostasy And Servitude [OR] Israel Oppressed Again [OR] Jephthah [OR] Oppression By The Ammonites [OR] The Philistines And Ammonites Oppress Israel Jdg 10:6

1.) In Their Misery, God Chides Them For Their False Gods Jdg 10:10

2.) Upon Their Repentance, He Pities Them Jdg 10:15

22. Jephthah Called to Be Judge Jdg 11:1-11

1.) Jephthah, The Ninth Judge [OR] Jephthah [OR] Jephthah The Ninth Judge [OR] The Covenant Between Jephthah And Gilead Jdg 11:1

23. The King of Ammon Refuses to Deal With Jephthah Jdg 11:12-28

(I.) The Ammonites Reject Jephthah's Plea For Peace Jdg 11:12

24. Jephthah's Vow Jdg 11:29-40

(I.) Jephthah's Vow And Victory [OR] Jephthah's Tragic Vow [OR] Jephthah's Vow [OR] His Vow And His Conquest Of The Ammonites [OR] Jephthah's Daughter Jdg 11:29

1.) Jephthah's Awful Vow Jdg 11:30

25. Ephraim's Jealousy Jdg 12:1-7

1.) The Second Jealousy Of Ephraim [OR] Jephthah's Conflict With Ephraim [OR] Jephthah And Ephraim [OR] Jephthah And His Successors [OR] Intertribal Dissension [OR] The Ephraimites, Quarreling With Jephthah, Are Slain By The Gileadites Jdg 12:1

(I.) Jephthah Dies [OR] Ibzan, Elon, And Abdon [OR] Ibzan, Who Had Thirty Sons And Thirty Daughters Jdg 12:7

26. Ibzan Serves as Judge Jdg 12:8-10

1.) Ibzan, The Tenth Judge Jdg 12:8

27. Elon Serves as Judge Jdg 12:11-12

1.) Elon, The Eleventh Judge [OR] And Elon Jdg 12:11

28. Abdon Serves as Judge Jdg 12:13-15

1.) Abdon, The Twelfth Judge [OR] And Abdon Who Had Forty Sons, And Thirty Nephews, Judge Israel [OR] The Birth Of Samson [OR] Philistines Oppress Again [OR] Israel Conquered By The Philistines Jdg 12:13

29. The Messenger of the LORD Appears to Samson's Parents Jdg 13:1-25

A.) The Seventh Apostasy And Servitude Jdg 13:1

1.) The Parents Of Samson [OR] An Angel Appears To Manoah's Wife, And To Manoah Jdg 13:2

(I.) Manoah's Sacrifice, Whereby The Angel Is Identified Jdg 13:15

2.) The Birth Of Samson [OR] Samson Is Born Jdg 13:24

30. Samson Marries a Philistine Jdg 14:1-20

1.) Samson, The Thirteenth Judge [OR] Samson's Philistine Wife [OR] Samson's Marriage [OR] Samson Desires A Wife Of The Philistines Jdg 14:1

2.) Samson And The Lion [OR] In His Journey He Kills A Lion Jdg 14:5

3.) Samson's Riddle [OR] In A Second Journey He Finds Honey In The Carcass Jdg 14:8

(I.) Samson's Marriage Feast Jdg 14:10

(II.) Samson's Riddle [OR] His Riddle Is Made Known Jdg 14:12

4.) Samson At Ashkelon [OR] He Spoils Thirty Philistines Jdg 14:19

(I.) His Wife Is Married To Another Jdg 14:20

31. Samson Serves as Judge Jdg 15:1-16:3

(I.) Samson Defeats The Philistines [OR] Samson's Vengeance On The Philistines [OR] Samson Burns Philistine Crops [OR] Samson Defeats The Philistines [OR] Samson Is Denied His Wife Jdg 15:1

1.) The Foxes And Firebrands [OR] He Burns The Philistines' Corn Jdg 15:3

(I.) His Wife And Her Father Are Burned By The Philistines Jdg 15:6

(II.) Samson Smites Them Hip And Thigh Jdg 15:7

(III.) He Is Bound By The Men Of Judah And Delivered To The Philistines Jdg 15:9

2.) Samson Slays A Thousand Philistines [OR] He Kills One Thousand Of Them With A Jawbone Jdg 15:14

(I.) God Makes The Fountain En-hakkore For Him [OR] Samson And Delilah [OR] Samson's Weakness [OR] Samson At Gaza Escapes And Carries Away The Gates Of The City Jdg 15:18

3.) Samson At Gaza Jdg 16:1

32. Samson and Delilah Jdg 16:4-31

1.) Samson And Delilah [OR] Delilah, Bribed By The Philistines Entices Samson Jdg 16:4

(I.) She Is Deceived Three Times But At Last Overcomes Him Jdg 16:6

(II.) Delilah Extracts His Secret Jdg 16:15

(III.) The Philistines Take Him, And Put Out His Eyes Jdg 16:21

(IV.) His Strength Renewed, He Pulls Down The House Upon The Philistines, And Dies Jdg 16:22

2.) The Death Of Samson [OR] Samson Dies With The Philistines [OR] Samson's Death Jdg 16:23

(I.) Samson Is Avenged Jdg 16:28

33. Micah's Idolatry Jdg 17:1-13

I.) Confusion, civil and religious [OR] Micah's Idolatry [OR] Micah's Idols [OR] Micah's Idolatry [OR] Micah and the Levite [OR] Of the money that Micah at first stole, then restored, his mother makes images Jdg 17:1

A.) Micah's Worship In Self-Will Jdg 17:2

1.) And The Ornaments For Them Jdg 17:5

2.) He Hires A Levite To Be His Priest Jdg 17:7

C. A Picture of Anarchy Jdg 17-21

1. Micah Brings Idolatry to the Tribe of Dan Jdg 18:1-31

A.) The Danite Invasion [OR] The Danites Adopt Micah's Idolatry [OR] Danites Settle In Laish [OR] Danites Seek Territory [OR] The Migration Of Dan [OR] The Danites Send Five Men To Seek Out An Inheritance Jdg 18:1

1.) They Consult With Jonathan At The House Of Micah Jdg 18:3

2.) They Search Laish, And Bring Back News Of Hope Jdg 18:7

3.) Six Hundred Men Are Sent To Surprise It Jdg 18:11

4.) Danites Take Micah's Idols [OR] On The Way They Rob Micah Of His Priest And His Consecrated Things Jdg 18:14

5.) Danites Settle In Laish [OR] The Danites Settle In Laish [OR] They Win Laish And Call It Dan Jdg 18:27

B.) The Danite Idolatry [OR] They Set Up Idolatry Jdg 18:30

2. Sexual Immorality Jdg 19:1-30

A.) The Levite And His Concubine [OR] The Levite's Concubine [OR] A Levite And His Concubine [OR] A Levite's Concubine Degraded [OR] A Levite Goes To Beth-Lehem To Fetch Home His Wife Jdg 19:1

1.) An Old Man Entertains Him At Gibeah [OR] Gibeah's Crime [OR] The Gibeathites Cause His Concubine's Death Jdg 19:16

2.) He Divides Her Into Twelve Pieces To Send Them To The Twelve Tribes Jdg 19:29

3. Israel Slaughters the Tribe of Benjamin Jdg 20:1-48

A.) The Civil War [OR] Israel's War With The Benjamites [OR] Israelites Fight The Benjamites [OR] Resolve To Punish The Guilty [OR] The Other Tribes Attack Benjamin [OR] The Levite In A General Assembly Declares His Wrong Jdg 20:1

1.) The Decree Of The Assembly Jdg 20:8

2.) Civil War, Benjamin Defeated [OR] The Israelites In Two Battles With The Benjamites Lose Forty Thousand Jdg 20:18

3.) By A Stratagem They Destroy All The Benjamites Except Six Hundred Jdg 20:26

4. Israel Provides Wives for the Surviving Men of Benjamin Jdg 21:1-25

A.) Mourning For A Lost Tribe [OR] Wives Provided For The Benjamites [OR] Wives For The Benjamites [OR] Mourning Lost Tribe [OR] The Benjaminites Saved From Extinction [OR] The People Bewail The Desolation Of Benjamin Jdg 21:1

1.) Provision For Their Survival [OR] By Destroying Jabesh-Gilead They Provide The Tribe Of Benjamin With Four Hundred Wives Jdg 21:8

2.) They Advise Them To Surprise The Virgins Who Dance At Shiloh Jdg 21:16