Thematic Bible: Extraordinary Judges
Thematic Bible
extraordinary Judges » Not without intermission
Now it came about in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite staying in the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah.
In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » samuel
They gathered to Mizpah, and drew water and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day and said there, “We have sinned against the Lord.” And Samuel judged the sons of Israel at Mizpah.
Now Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. He used to go annually on circuit to Bethel and Gilgal and Mizpah, and he judged Israel in all these places. Then his return was to Ramah, for his house was there, and there he judged Israel; and he built there an altar to the LORD.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Samson
Then his brothers and all his father’s household came down, took him, brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. Thus he had judged Israel twenty years.
Then the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson; and the child grew up and the Lord blessed him.
extraordinary Judges » The office of, not always for life, or hereditary
But Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, nor shall my son rule over you; the Lord shall rule over you.”
Then Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.
extraordinary Judges » Israel not permanently or spiritually benefited by
Yet they did not listen to their judges, for they played the harlot after other gods and bowed themselves down to them. They turned aside quickly from the way in which their fathers had walked in obeying the commandments of the LORD; they did not do as their fathers. When the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge and delivered them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed and afflicted them. But it came about when the judge died, that they would turn back and act more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them and bow down to them; they did not abandon their practices or their stubborn ways.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Othniel
When the sons of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for the sons of Israel to deliver them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel. When he went out to war, the LORD gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand, so that he prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Eli
When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat backward beside the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for he was old and heavy. Thus he judged Israel forty years.
extraordinary Judges » Remarkable for their faith
And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets,
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Abdon
Now Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel after him.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Elon
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Shamgar
After him came Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad; and he also saved Israel.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Ibzan
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Tola
Now after Abimelech died, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, arose to save Israel; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Jair
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Ehud
But when the sons of Israel cried to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for them, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. And the sons of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Jephthah
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a valiant warrior, but he was the son of a harlot. And Gilead was the father of Jephthah.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » gideon
Then the angel of the Lord came and sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press in order to save it from the Midianites.
extraordinary Judges » Upheld and strengthened by God
When the Lord raised up judges for them, the Lord was with the judge and delivered them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed and afflicted them.
extraordinary Judges » Raised up to deliver israel
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Abimelech
All the men of Shechem and all Beth-millo assembled together, and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar which was in Shechem.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Deborah
Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.