Thematic Bible: Extraordinary Judges
Thematic Bible
extraordinary Judges » Not without intermission
Now it happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that a certain Levite living [as an alien] in the most 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.
In those days there was no king in Israel; and in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking an inheritance [of land] for themselves to live in, for until then an inheritance had not been allotted to them as a possession among the tribes of Israel.
In those days [when the judges governed] there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » samuel
So they gathered at 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 Israelites at Mizpah.
And Samuel judged Israel all his days. And he went from year to year on a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, and was judge for Israel in all those places. Then he would return to Ramah, for his home was there; there he judged Israel, and there he built an altar to the Lord.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Samson
Then his brothers and his father’s entire [tribal] household came down, took him, and brought him up; and they buried him in the tomb of Manoah his father, [which was] between Zorah and Eshtaol. So Samson had judged Israel for twenty years.
So the woman [in due time] gave birth to a son and named him Samson; and the boy grew 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, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord shall rule over you.”
Jerubbaal (Gideon) the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.
extraordinary Judges » Israel not permanently or spiritually benefited by
And yet they did not listen to their judges, for they played the harlot after other gods and bowed down to them. They turned quickly out of the way in which their fathers had walked, who had obeyed the commandments of the Lord, and they did not so. When the Lord raised them up judges, then He was with the judge and delivered them out of the hands of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved to relent because of their groanings by reason of those who oppressed and vexed them. But when the judge was dead, they turned back and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, following and serving other gods, and bowing down to them. They did not cease from their practices or their stubborn way.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Othniel
But when the Israelites cried to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel to deliver them, Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. The Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the Lord delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand and his hand prevailed over Chushan-rishathaim.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Eli
When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat backwards by the side of the [city] gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for 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 after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Elon
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Shamgar
After Ehud came Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck down six hundred Philistine men with an oxgoad. He too saved Israel.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Ibzan
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Tola
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 Israelites cried out to the Lord [for help], the Lord raised up a man to rescue them, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a left-handed man. And the Israelites sent a gift of tribute by him to Eglon king of Moab.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Jephthah
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. Gilead was the father of Jephthah.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » gideon
Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, and his son Gideon was beating wheat in the wine press [instead of the threshing floor] to [hide it and] save it from the Midianites.
extraordinary Judges » Upheld and strengthened by God
When the Lord raised up judges for them, He was with the judge and He rescued 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
Then the Lord raised up judges who rescued them from the hands of those who robbed them.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Abimelech
All the men of Shechem and all of Beth-millo assembled together, and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak (terebinth) of the pillar (memorial stone) at Shechem.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Deborah
Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.