Judges: chapter summaries

Israel’s cycle of failure and rescue: Deborah, Gideon, Samson.

21 chapters · Old Testament

1. 1 The conquest left unfinished
2. 2 The angel at Bochim; the judges begin
3. 3 Othniel, Ehud and Shamgar
4. 4 Deborah and Barak
5. 5 The song of Deborah
6. 6 Gideon is called
7. 7 Gideon’s three hundred
8. 8 Gideon’s last battles
9. 9 Abimelech
10. 10 Tola and Jair; Ammon oppresses Israel
11. 11 Jephthah
12. 12 Jephthah and Ephraim; three more judges
13. 13 The birth of Samson
14. 14 Samson’s wedding and riddle
15. 15 Samson against the Philistines
16. 16 Samson and Delilah
17. 17 Micah’s idol
18. 18 The Danites take Laish
19. 19 The Levite and his concubine
20. 20 War against Benjamin
21. 21 Wives for Benjamin