Judges Outline with Links to Comments by Stephen Ricker
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JUDGES Outline with Links to Commentaries

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Incomplete Conquest and Apostasy (1:1-3:6)

  1. The Lord Was With the Men, Judges 1:1-36 GO
    1. Who Shall Go Up First (1:1-7)
    2. Judah Leads the Attack (1:8-18)
    3. The Other Tribes (1:19-36)
  2. The Lord Tests Israel, Judges 2:1-3:6 GO
    1. The Angel of the Lord (2:1-5)
    2. Disobedience and Defeat (2:6-23)
    3. The Nations the Lord Left to Test Israel (3:1-6)
  3. Oppression and Deliverance (3:7-16:31)

  4. Israel Did Evil in the Eyes of the Lord, Judges 3:7-31 GO
    1. He Raised up the Deliverer Othniel (3:7-11)
    2. He Gave the Deliverer Ehud (3:12-30)
    3. Shamgar Also Saved Israel (3:31)
  5. Deborah, Prophetess and Leader, Judges 4:1-24 GO
    1. Deborah Sends for Barak (4:1-10)
    2. The Lord Has Given Sisera Into Your Hands (4:11-16)
    3. God Subdued Jabin (4:17-24)
  6. Deborah's Song, Judges 5:1-31 GO
    1. I Will Sing and Make Music to the Lord (5:1-8)
    2. Israel's Princes (5:9-23)
    3. Jael is Blessed (5:24-31)
  7. The Lord Calls Gibeon, Judges 6:1-40 GO
    1. You Did Not Listen to Me (6:1-10)
    2. I Have Seen the Angel of the Lord Face to Face (6:11-24)
    3. Gibeon called Jerub-Baal (6:25-40)
  8. The Lord Delivers Israel from the Midianites, Judges 7:1-25 GO
    1. You Have To Many Men (7:1-8)
    2. Barley Bread Comes Tumbling Down (7:9-14)
    3. At the Sound of Trumpets (7:15-25)
  9. The Lord Will Rule You, I Will Not, Judges 8:1-35 GO
    1. Zebah and Zalmunna (8:1-21)
    2. Come Rule Over Us (8:22-27)
    3. Gibeon Dies (8:28-35)
  10. Jerbul-Baal's Sons, Judges 9:1-57 GO
    1. Abimelech Kills His Brothers (9:1-21)
    2. God Avenged Jerbul-Baal's Murdered Sons (9:22-41)
    3. Abimelech's Big Head is Crushed (9:42-57)
  11. Jephthah, Judges 10:1-11:33 GO
    1. Tola and Jair (10:1-5)
    2. Forsaking Our God and Serving the Baals (10:6-18)
    3. The Spirit of the Lord Came Upon Jephthah (11:1-33)
  12. Jephthah Foolish Vow, Judges 11:34-12:15 GO
    1. Jephthah's Daughter (11:34-40)
    2. Jephthah and Ephraim (12:1-7)
    3. Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon (12:8-15)
  13. Samson Born, Judges 13:1-25 GO
    1. A Nazirite (13:1-7)
    2. A Husband's Inquire (13:8-14)
    3. Offer it to the Lord (13:15-25)
  14. Samson Married, Judges 14:1-20 GO
    1. Give Her to Me (14:1-7)
    2. A Riddle (14:8-14)
    3. Samson's Wife Betrays Him (14:15-20)
  15. With a Donkey's Jawbone, Judges 15:1-20 GO
    1. Three Hundred Foxes (15:1-8)
    2. I Have Made Donkey's of Them (15:9-17)
    3. Samson's Thirst (15:18-20)
  16. Samson's Fall and Return, Judges 16:1-31 GO
    1. Samson Resists Temptation (16:1-12)
    2. Samson Falls to Temptation (16:13-22)
    3. Samson's Death (16:23-31)
  17. Religious and Moral Disorder (17:1-21:25)

  18. The Religion of Micah, Judges 17:1-13 GO
    1. Micah Returns the Money He Stole (17:1-2)
    2. Make an Idol With the Money (17:3-6)
    3. A Levite for Micah's Religion (17:7-13)
  19. The Danites Source for a Place to Live, Judges 18:1-31 GO
    1. Go, Explore the Land (18:1-6)
    2. The Danites Steals Micah's Religion (18:7-21)
    3. Laish Is Taken and Becomes the Danites Home (18:22-31)
  20. Moral Decay Within Israel, Judges 19:1-30 GO
    1. Don't Go, Stay With Us Just a Little Longer (19:1-10)
    2. No Place to Lay Our Head (19:11-21)
    3. Heartless Immorality Reigned (19:22-30)
  21. Israel Fights Against Their Benjamite Brothers, Judges 20:1-48 GO
    1. This is the Reason We Fight (20:1-17)
    2. Judah Shall Go First (20:18-28)
    3. The Lord Defeated Benjamin Before Israel (20:29-48)
  22. Benjamite Wives, Judges 21:1-25 GO
    1. No Benjamite Will Be My Son-in-Law (21:1-5)
    2. This is How Israel Found Some Wives for Benjamin (21:6-14)
    3. This is How They Found the Rest (21:15-25)