The Book of Judges pt. 2 Dr. Woods Bradshaw Lisenby 11-15-2020 Dating ✤ Israelite History ✤ Post-Joshua Pre-Monarchy ✤ The time with no one individual leader, and no monarchical lineage ✤ Global History ✤ Late Bronze Age - Iron I ✤ 1430 - 1020 BCE ✤ Authorship Dating ✤ 7th or 6th century B.C.E. Context ✤ Torah ✤ J, P, E ✤ Deuteronomistic History ✤ Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel (x2), Kings (x2) ✤ All the things that happened through the lens of destruction and the exile. Judges in Judges ✤ Major: Military deliverers (7 or so) ✤ Minor: Civil functionaries (5) Joshua vs. Judges ✤ All tribes fought together ✤ Tribes fought independently ✤ Captured whole land ✤ Much of land not taken ✤ All living things slaughtered ✤ Moved in from East of Jordan ✤ One central leader ✤ No central leader ✤ God gave rest from all enemies The Cycle of Sin Pause - North v. South The Bible Project on Judges The Good Ones Othniel ✤ From - Judah ✤ Enemy - Cushan-rishathaim and Aram-naharaim ✤ Years of oppression - 8 ✤ Years of rest 40 Othniel ✤ Apostasy - Slavery - Cryout - Warrior Ehud ✤ From - Benjamin ✤ Enemy - Eglon of Moab ✤ Years of Oppression - 18 ✤ Years of Rest - 80 Ehud ✤ Evil - Taken over by Moab/Ammorites/ Amalekites - cried out - “left handed Ehud” ✤ Why say he is left handed? ✤ RIP 10,000 Moabites Shamgar ✤ 31. After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath, who struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He too saved Israel. Deborah ✤ From - Ephraim ✤ Enemy - Jaban of Canaan ✤ Years of oppression - 20 ✤ Years of rest 40 Deborah ✤ She’s the best. Litteraly ✤ A prophet and only female judge. ✤ 5 She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided. Deborah ✤ Leads the army and judges. ✤ Twist Ending The Not So Good Ones Gideon ✤ From - Manesseh Deborah • ✤ Enemy - Midian ✤ Years of oppression - 7 ✤ Years of rest 40 Gideon ✤ “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Deborah Where are all his wonders• that our ancestors told us about when they said, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.” Gideon ✤ Longest ✤ Deborah Similarities to Abraham • ✤ The OG 300 - Down from 22k ✤ Pride Commeth Before the Fall - ✤ False Worship & RIP Some Friends Abimelek ✤ From - Manesseh Deborah • ✤ Enemy - Israel ✤ Led for 3 years Abimelek ✤ Hired scoundrels ✤ Murdered his brothers - Except Jotham Escapes Deborah • ✤ Anoints Himself ✤ Jotham’s Parable - Foreshadowing ✤ God Switched Sides ✤ Death by a Rock and Sword Tola Deborah • ✤ From - Issachar/Ephraim ✤ Length of Judgeship - 23 Tola Deborah • ✤ Not much to say. Jair Deborah • ✤ From - Gilead ✤ Length of Judgeship - 22 Jair Deborah • ✤ More of the same. Things Keep Getting Worse! Jephthah ✤ From - Gilead Deborah • ✤ Enemy - Philistines and Ammonites ✤ Years of oppression - 18 ✤ Years of rest 20 Jephthah ✤ Chip on his shoulder Deborah • ✤ Wrong religion, dude. - Sacrificed his only child. ✤ Tribe Fight ✤ What does his story tell us about ours? Ibzan Deborah • ✤ From - Judah ✤ Length of Judgeship - 7 Ibzan Deborah • ✤ Gave away thirty daughters outside of Israel. Elon Deborah • ✤ From - Ephraim ✤ Length of Judgeship - 8 Elon Deborah • ✤ Not much to say. Abdon Deborah • ✤ From - Zebulun ✤ Length of Judgeship - 10 Abdon Deborah • ✤ More of the same. Samson ✤ From - Dan Deborah • ✤ Enemy - Philistines ✤ Years of oppression - 40 ✤ Years of rest 40 Samson Deborah • ✤ As far from a godly leader as you an get. Questions for Us - From My Friend Micah ✤ What does God think about Violence? ✤ What types of people does God choose? ✤ Why would God only want 300 men in the Gideon story? ✤ Which Judge seems to be God’s turning point?.