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Paragraphs of the Bible: Judges 1-5

Harold Willmington Liberty University, [email protected]

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Recommended Citation Willmington, Harold, "Paragraphs of the Bible: Judges 1-5" (2018). A One-Line Introduction to the Paragraphs of the Bible. 8. https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/intro_paragraphs_bible/8

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ONE

A. Judah will go first (1:1-2) B. He died without his thumbs and big toes (1:3-7) C. He captured a city and won a wife (1:8-15) D. They conquered all but the chariot people (1:16-19) E. Hebron handed over to Caleb (1:20) F. The heathen still held the Holy City (1:21) G. The battle for Bethel (1:22-26) H. The trials and troubles of six tribes (1:27-36)

TWO

A. They were warned and wept at Bochim (2:1-5) B. The former generation followed God! The following one failed God! (2:6-19) C. He allowed their enemies to remain (2:20-23)

THREE

A. He left these four to test their faith (3:1-4) B. The indictment was intermarriage and idolatry (3:5-8) C. Enter Othniel! After eight years of punishment, forty years of peace (3:9-11) D. Eighteen years under Eglon! (3:12-14) E. Enter Ehud! The mission of a left-handed judge (3:15-30) F. Enter Shamgar! Six hundred struck down by an oxgoad (3:31)

FOUR

A. Nine hundred Old Testament tanks (4:1-3) B. Enter Deborah and Barak! A mother and a military man (4:4-13) C. The charge of the ten thousand from Tabor (4:14-16) D. He entered her tent—a fatal mistake (4:17-24)

FIVE

A. Singing the song of victory (5:1-14) B. Five who sat it out (5:15-17) C. Two who faithfully fought (5:18) D. Victory via the stars above the waters below (5:19-23) E. The wife of Heber—her achievement (5:24-27) F. The mother of Sisera—her anxiety (5:28-31)