Judges
Old Testament · History · 12 chapter studies · 12 narrated · Total audio: 8 hrs 19 min
Read Judges in canonical sequence.
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- Intro Judges - General Introduction Judges brings us before a people who have received an inheritance but struggle to live from the gift. God hears their groaning and raises deliverers; after relief, they repeatedly...
- 1-2 Judges 1-2 - Incomplete Conquest and the Pattern of Apostasy Judges opens with real victories and a growing list of unfinished obediences. The tribes receive the land, but strength sometimes turns a forbidden arrangement into a profitable...
- 3 Judges 3 - Othniel, Ehud, and Shamgar Judges 3 gives the pattern of mercy three different narrative forms. Othniel is empowered by the Spirit, Ehud brings deliverance through a disturbing act of violence, and Shamgar...
- 4-5 Judges 4-5 - Deborah, Barak, and the Song of Victory God breaks Israel's oppression through Deborah, Barak, and Jael; their song teaches a frightened people willing obedience, solidarity, and praise.
- 6-8 Judges 6-8 - Gideon Called Victory by Weakness and the Ephod Snare Judges 6 8 traces one complete and troubling arc: Gideon is called while hiding, strengthened in his weakness, used by God to defeat Midian, honored by Israel after victory, and...
- 9 Judges 9 - Abimelech and the Bramble King Abimelech's murderous kingship, Jotham's fable, and divine requital expose coercive rule and awaken longing for Christ the life giving King.
- 10-12 Judges 10-12 - Restless Repentance, Jephthah, and Tribal Strife Israel puts away her idols, Jephthah returns from exile, and victory gives way to an only daughter's grief and civil bloodshed.
- 13-14 Judges 13-14 - Samson's Birth and Early Compromise God promises a consecrated deliverer; Samson begins to save Israel while desire, secrecy, and anger threaten his calling.
- 15-16 Judges 15-16 - Samson's Strength, Bondage, and Death Judah accepts bondage, Samson surrenders his consecration, and the blinded judge learns again to ask God for strength.
- 17-18 Judges 17-18 - Micah the Levite and Danite Idolatry A household idol, a hired priest, and a tribal conquest expose worship that seeks blessing while refusing obedience.
- 19 Judges 19 - Gibeah and the Desecration of the Covenant People The betrayal of an unnamed woman exposes covenant life emptied of mercy and calls the Church to truthful lament, protection, and the self giving love of Christ.
- 20-21 Judges 20-21 - Civil War, Bitter Victory, and the Wound of Benjamin Justice becomes civil war, and the attempted preservation of Benjamin exposes Israel’s need for truthful repentance and the kingship of God.