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Conclusion of the book of Judges - Israel didn’t obey God because they made a covenant with the inhabitants of Canaan and they didn’t destroy their altars! - As a consequence, God let the inhabitants of Canaan stay in the land to ensnare Israel to spiritual prostitution! - God would choose...

Judges Chapter 21 - All the men of Israel swear the oath not to give their daughters to a man from Benjamin as a wife! - All Israel comes to Bethel to cry out and weep because of the loss of Benjamin! - And they make an oath that anyone who has not come up to God at Mizpah was to be put to...

Judges Chapter 20 - Israel gathers before God at Mizpah! - The men of Israel ask the Levite what has happened to his murdered woman! - As a consequence the men of Israel want to go against the men of Gibeah because of what they have done! - And they want the men who have acted badly to put...

Judges Chapter 19 - A Levite takes a concubine as his wife! - But she is unfaithful to him! - And she goes to her father’s house! - She remains there for 4 months! - Then the Levite goes to see his wife to bring her back! - He stays there for three days! - His father-in-law asks him to...

Judges Chapter 18 - The tribe of Dan has not received an inheritance so they send men to spy the land they want to get! - The men spend the night at the house of Micah! - They meet the young Levite and ask him questions! - Then he answers them to go in peace and that God is with them! -...

Judges Chapter 17 - There was a man called Micah! - And he gave back to her 1,100 silver pieces! - She took 200 silver pieces and gave it to the silversmith to make a carved image and a metal statue to put in micah’s house because he had a house of gods! - Micah had one of his sons to serve...

Judges Chapter 16 - Samson goes to Gaza and goes with a prostitute! - Then the Gazites are told about Samson and surround him and lay an ambush to kill him! - But Samson gets up at midnight and grabs the doors of the city gate and the two side posts and puts everything on his shoulders! -...

Judges Chapter 15 - As a consequence, Samson gets 300 foxes and takes torches and turns the foxes tail to tail and puts one torch between each pair of tails and he sets fire to the torches and sends the foxes out into the fields of the Philistines! - Then he sets on fire everything from sheaf...

Judges Chapter 14 - Samson wants to marry a Philistine woman! - In fact, God is looking for an opportunity against the Philistines who are ruling over Israel! - On one occasion, Samson kills a lion with his bare hands thanks to God’s spirit! - Later on when he looks at the dead body of the...

Judges Chapter 13 - Israel goes back to spiritual prostitution! - And God gives them into the hands of the Philistines for 40 years! - And God ‘s angel appeared to Manoah’s wife who was barren and childless! - And he told her she was going to have a child! - But she couldn’t drink alcohol...

Judges Chapter 12 - The men of Ephraim are angry because Jephthah didn’t call them to fight against the Ammonites! - They want to burn Jephthah’s house with him in it! - But he says he called to them for help but they did not save him from their hands! - So he went against the Ammonites with...

Judges Chapter 11 - And Jephthah was the son of a prostitute! - And he became a mighty warrior! - And the elders of Gilead asked Jephthah to become their commander! - Jephthah made a vow to God! - If God was to give the Ammonites in Jephthah’s hands, the one coming out of the door of his...

Judges Chapter 10 - And Tola judged Israel for 23 years! - And Jair judged Israel for 22 years! - And again Israel committed spiritual prostitution! - And God gave them into the hands of the philistines and the Ammonites! - For 18 years! - And finally they called to God for help! - But...

Judges Chapter 9 - After the death of Gideon, one of his sons Abimelech proposes to his brotheres to rule over them! - So they give him 70 pieces of silver! - He uses the money to hire men and kills all his brothers with one stone except Jotham his youngest brother who hides! - Then Jotham...

Judges Chapter 8 - The men of Ephraim are angry because they were not called to fight against Midian! - But Gideon tells them God gave them Midian’s princes before so what he did was nothing compared to them! - And they calm down! - Gideon and his 300 men are tired but they keep pursuing...

Judges Chapter 7 - Gideon must fight against Midian! - But God tells him there are too many soldiers! - So he wants to reduce their number to show them that God gives them the victory! - The Israelites who are afraid must go back home! - 22,000 go back home and 10,000 remain! - God says it...

Judges Chapter 5 - Deborah and Barak sing a song about what has just happened! Judges Chapter 6 - Again Israel goes against God! - And God gives them into the hand of their enemies! - And as usual they ask for god’s help! - And God sends his angel to Gideon to tell him to strike their...

Judges Chapter 4 - Here we hear about Deborah, the first woman to be a judge in Israel! - She tells Barak to lead the fight against the enemies of Israel! - But Barak wants Deborah to come with him! - So she tells him that God will give the glory to a woman who will kill Sisera the chief of...

Judges Chapter 3 - As God had warned them, the Israelites mixed with their enemies, they gave them their daughters and they took their daughters as wives! - And they served their gods! - There is no comparison between the relationship God had with Abraham and the one he had with the...

Judges Chapter 2 - God’s angel asks the Israelites why they have made a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and why they haven’t pull down theirs altars and why they haven’t obeyed his voice! - That’s why God will let them among them and they will mix with them and get into trouble! -...