Judges study section
Judges key people
From Deborah and Gideon to Jephthah and Samson, God delivers Israel through weak and flawed instruments.
Key figures
The LORD
The King of Israel, who disciplines His people through oppressors and rescues them by the judges He raises up
Othniel
Caleb’s kinsman, the first judge, who delivers Israel from Mesopotamia
Ehud
The left-handed Benjaminite who kills the Moabite king Eglon and frees Israel
Deborah
The prophetess and judge who, with Barak, defeats Sisera and sings the LORD’s victory
Gideon
The fearful farmer called a “mighty man of valor,” who routs Midian with three hundred men
Jephthah
The outcast warrior who delivers Israel from Ammon but binds himself with a rash vow
Samson
The Nazirite of great strength and greater weakness, who begins to save Israel from the Philistines
Abimelech
Gideon’s son, who murders his brothers and seizes kingship, a warning of self-made rule
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