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Lesson Ix Israel Under The Leadership of Judges

The document provides an overview of the Book of Judges in the Bible. It summarizes that the Book of Judges describes how the Israelites disobeyed God and turned to false gods, which led them to be defeated by enemies. Each time, God would send judges to deliver them and lead them back to obeying God. However, after each judge died the people would again turn away from God. The Book of Judges outlines the period of the twelve judges who ruled over Israel.

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Lesson Ix Israel Under The Leadership of Judges

The document provides an overview of the Book of Judges in the Bible. It summarizes that the Book of Judges describes how the Israelites disobeyed God and turned to false gods, which led them to be defeated by enemies. Each time, God would send judges to deliver them and lead them back to obeying God. However, after each judge died the people would again turn away from God. The Book of Judges outlines the period of the twelve judges who ruled over Israel.

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LESSON IX: ISRAEL UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF JUDGES

Author:
§  The Book of Judges does not specifically name its author. The tradition is that the
Prophet Samuel was the author of Judges.
§  Internal evidence indicates that the author of Judges lived shortly after the period of
the Judges. Samuel fits this qualification.

Date of Writing:
§  The Book of Judges was likely written between 1045 and 1000 B.C.
§  The judges were the men Inspired and filled with creative power by God to lead the
people of Israel in the battle against their enemy.

Purpose of Writing:
§  The Book of Judges can be divided into two sections: (1) Chapters 1-16 which gives
an account of the wars of deliverance beginning with the Israelites' defeat of the
Canaanites and ending with the defeat of the Philistines and the death of Samson;
§  (2) Chapters 17-21 which is referred to as an appendix and does not relate to the
previous chapters. These chapters are noted as a time “when there was no king in
Israel (Judges 17:6; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25).” The Book of Ruth was originally a part of the
Book of Judges, but in A.D. 450 it was removed to become a book of its own.
§  Israel were defeated because they disobeyed God of their ancestors who bought them
out of Egypt and followed false gods from the surrounding people.
Key Verses:
§  Judges 2:16-19: "Then the LORD rose up judges, who saved them out of the hands of
these raiders. Yet they would not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves to
other gods and worshiped them.
§  Unlike their fathers, they quickly turned from the way in which their fathers had
walked, the way of obedience to the LORD's commands.
§  Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for them, he was with the judge and saved
them out of the hands of their enemies as long as the judge lived; for the LORD had
compassion on them as they groaned under those who oppressed and afflicted them.
§  But when the judge died, the people returned to ways even more corrupt than those of
their fathers, following other gods and serving and worshiping them. They refused to
give up their evil practices and stubborn ways."
§  Judges 10:15: “But the Israelites said to the LORD, 'We have sinned. Do with us
whatever you think best, but please rescue us now.'”
§  Judges 21:25: “In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit.”

The role of the Judges In Israel


§  To lead all the tribes of Israel to regain strong power in battle against their enemies
§  To strengthen all the tribes of Israel to regain power under their leadership
§  To increase the religion act as to unite and help the tribes and gave them sense of
responsibility each other together by worshiping of One God
§  To create peace of the people of Israel in the time of conflicts and make sure that all
the 12 tribes come together in times of danger and enable them to defeat their enemy

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§  To lead Israel to deal with the enemies during the period of war
§  To make people glorify Almighty God and Get away from worshiping False gods and
be Obedient to God, keep his covenant and commandments and follow the examples
of their ancestors
§  To bring Justice and honor among the people of Israelites

The twelve Judges of Israel.


§  Othniel
·         He judge for 40 years
·         He defeated King of Edom Known as Cusha Rishathaim He made peace for 40
years
·         Was the son of Renas Calebs younger brother
·         Was the first judge in Israel
·         People began doing evil after his death and Israel became enslaved to Eglon King
of Moab for 18 years
§  Ehud
·         He judged the united Israel for 80 years Judges 3;15-30
·         He led Israel to fight Eglon the king of Moab
·         He killed the king of Moab and ended a long period in which the Moabites had
forced some tribe of Israel to pay tribute to their king
·         He sent away some men to take tribute to king of Moab “I have a secret message
for you O king…” Judge 3;19-21.
·         He made for himself a sword with two edges and killed the king of Moab
·         He led the Israelites to create a peace for 80 year.
§  Shamgar
·         Son of Anath judges 3:31
·         He worked against philistine , he died on his own working as guerrillas, he was
quit unable to destroy the power of the Philistines He caused damages inside philistine
territory
§  Deborah and Barack Judges 4.
·         Debora was a prophetess during this time Israel were oppressed by the Canaanites
·         She was a wife of Lappidoth, she was responsible to fight victorious against the
Canaanites , she joined with Barack to overthrow Sisera the leader of the Canaanites,
he was the leader of Canaanite the commander of Jabins army King of Canaan
·         Barack was the son of Abinoam from Kadesh in Nahtali, Jael the wife of Heber
the Kenite Killed Sisera. Judge 4:11- 23
§  Gideon Judge 6.
·         He was called by the angel of the Lord “God is with you valiant warrior”
·         He asked the Lord how can I deliver Israel Judge 6:15
·         Gideon was able to drive out the raiders of the Palestine and relief the suffering of
the involved tribes Judges 6:1-8,36
·         Gideon destroyed all the altars for the baals and cut down all sacred pole and
given the name Jerubaal meaning that baal must plead against him because he had
destroyed his altar

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·         Gideon defeated the Midianites, Lord reduces the number of Gideon army, that
means the victory was not to be the attributed of the military strength of Israel but
God was the Giver of Victory
§  Tola Judges 10:17
·         Was the son of Puah Man from Issachar
·         He judge Israel for 23 years against Philistines, Ammonites and Amalekites
·         Was buried at Shamir.
§  Jephthah
·         Jephthah was a son of harlot his father was a Gilead Judge 11;6-7 He judge Israel
from oppression of the Philistines and Ammonites
·         The Gilead’s wife bore him sons they thrust Jephthah out Judges 11:2-3 Jephthah
Rejected by his brothers because he was the son of another woman a harlot Judges
11;1-8
·         He was a faithful Judge Judges 11 gives a reality of the statement Judge 11:30-38.
§  Samson
      Was the son of Manoa, the wife of Manoa was barren
      Samson as a judge he judge the Israelites 20 years, He became the hero of Israel
in the war of the Philistine, He reserved Israel from the oppression of the philistine.
      The Philistine ask Samson’s wife to help them, they wanted to know where his
strength lies and by what means they would overpower him Judge 16;4-6
      The secret of Samson strength was that Samson hair had never been shaved or cut
Judge 16:17
      Samson was a Judge in Israel, famous for his strength and Nazirite.
§  Other Judges are :-
Jair
-          He judged Israel for twenty two years
-          He is from Manasseh Numbers 32;41 Deuteronomy 3;14
Ibzan
-          Was of Bethlehem He had 30 sons and thirty daughters
-          Remarkable for his success in marrying outside his clan
-          He judged Israel for seven years
Elon
-          Was from Zebulun, a minor Judge who judge Israel for a period of ten years
-          Elon died and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun
Abdon
-          Was the son of Hillel from Pirathon Judge 12:13
-          He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who had rode on seventy donkeys
-          Abdon judges Israel for 80 years
-          He died and was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim in the hill country of Amalekites
And Abimelech
-          Was a son of Gideon and Canaanite concubine who lived at Shechem
-          He forced to judge Israel and appealed to the citizens of Shechem on the basis of
his relationship and persuaded them to rebel against the rule of the sons of Gideon

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-          Finaly He killed all of his Brothers The son of Gideon Abimelech himself killed
during an attack on Thebez by a millstone flung from the all by a woman Judges 9:50-
57.

Brief Summary:
§  The Book of Judges is a tragic account of how Yahweh [God] was taken for granted
by His children year after year, century after century.
§  Judges is a sad contrast to the book of Joshua which chronicles the blessings God
bestowed on the Israelites for their obedience in conquering the land.
§  In Judges, they were disobedient and idolatrous, leading to their many defeats. Yet
God has never failed to open His arms in love to His people whenever they repent
from their wicked ways and call upon His name.
§  (Judges 2:18) Through the 15 judges of Israel, God honored His promise to Abraham
to protect and bless his offspring (Genesis 12:2-3).
§  After the death of Joshua and his contemporaries, the Israelites returned to serving
Baal and Ashtaroth.
§  God allowed the Israelites to suffer the consequences of worshiping false gods. It was
then that the people of God would cry out to Yahweh for help. God sent His children
judges to lead them in righteous living.
§  But time after time they would turn their backs on God and return to their lives of
wickedness. However, keeping His part of the covenant with Abraham, God would
save His people from their oppressors throughout the 480-year span of the Book of
Judges.
§  Probably the most notable judge was the 12th judge, Samson, who came to lead the
Israelites after a 40-year captivity under the rule of the ruthless Philistines. Samson led
God’s people to victory over the Philistines where he lost his own life after 20 years as
judge of Israel.

Foreshadowing’s:
§  The announcement to Samson’s mother that she would bear a son to lead Israel is a
foreshadowing of the announcement to Mary of the birth of the Messiah. God sent His
Angel to both women and told them they would “conceive and bear a son” (Judges
13:7; Luke 1:31) who would lead God’s people.
§  God’s compassionate delivery of His people despite their sin and rejection of Him
presents a picture of Christ on the cross. Jesus died to deliver His people—all who
would ever believe in Him—from their sin. Although most of those who followed Him
during His ministry would eventually fall away and reject Him, still He remained
faithful to His promise and went to the cross to die for us.

Practical Application:
§  Disobedience always brings judgment. The Israelites present a perfect example of
what we are not to do. Instead of learning from experience that God will always punish
rebellion against Him, they continued to disobey and suffer God’s displeasure and
discipline. If we continue in disobedience, we invite God’s discipline, not because He

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enjoys our suffering, but “because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes
everyone he accepts as a son" (Hebrews 12:6).
§  The Book of Judges is a testament to God’s faithfulness. Even “if we are faithless, He
will remain faithful” (2 Timothy 2:13). Though we may be unfaithful to Him, as the
Israelites were, still He is faithful to save us and preserve us (1 Thessalonians 5:24)
and to forgive us when we seek forgiveness (1 John 1:9). “He will keep you strong to
the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God, who
has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful” (1
Corinthians 1:8-9).

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