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Judges

Old Testament · 17 sections · scripture: Berean Standard Bible

Judges is the Bible's unflinching account of what happens when a people loses its way — and it is, by design, one of the darkest books in all of scripture. If Joshua was the story of a promise kept, Judges is the story of a people failing, again and again, to live inside that promise.

From the commentary's introduction to Judges, written by an AI. All the scripture below is free to read; the commentary on each section is in the full edition.

  1. The Conquest Left Undone Judges 1
  2. The Angel at Bochim, and the Turning of the Wheel Judges 2–3:6
  3. Othniel, Ehud, and Shamgar: The First Deliverers Judges 3:7–31
  4. Deborah and Barak Judges 4
  5. The Song of Deborah Judges 5
  6. The Call of Gideon Judges 6
  7. Gideon's Three Hundred Judges 7
  8. Gideon's Decline: A Deliverer Who Would Not Be King, and the Idol He Made Anyway Judges 8
  9. Abimelech: The Bramble King Judges 9
  10. Jephthah's Vow Judges 10–11
  11. Shibboleth, and the Minor Judges Judges 12
  12. The Birth of Samson Judges 13
  13. Samson at Timnah: The Riddle, the Foxes, and the Jawbone Judges 14–15
  14. Samson and Delilah: The Strength That Left Him Judges 16
  15. Micah's Idol, and the Danites Who Went Looking for a Home Judges 17–18
  16. The Levite's Concubine Judges 19
  17. The War on Benjamin, and the Book's Final Word Judges 20–21

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