Thematic Bible: Extraordinary Judges
Thematic Bible
extraordinary Judges » Not without intermission
In those days there was no king in Israel; there was a man, a Levite, who dwelled as a foreigner in the remote areas of the hill country of Ephraim. And he took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
In those days there was no king in Israel, and each one 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 territory for itself to live in, because until that day it had not been allotted territory among the tribes of Israel.
In those days there was no king in Israel; each one did what was right in his own eyes.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » samuel
So they gathered to Mizpah and drew water and poured [it] out before Yahweh. They fasted on that day and said there, "We have sinned against Yahweh!" So Samuel judged the {Israelites} at Mizpah.
Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. He used to go [on the circuit] {from year to year}. He went around Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, and he judged Israel [in] all these places. Then {he returned} to Ramah, because his house was there, and there he judged Israel, and he built an altar to Yahweh there.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Samson
His brothers and {his whole family} came down and picked him up; and they brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father; he judged Israel twenty years.
The woman bore a son, and she called him Samson; the boy grew big, and Yahweh 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; Yahweh will rule over you."
Jerub-Baal son of Joash lived in his own house.
extraordinary Judges » Israel not permanently or spiritually benefited by
But they did not listen to their leaders, but lusted after other gods and bowed down to them. They turned away quickly from the way that their ancestors went, who had obeyed the commandment of Yahweh; they did not do [as their ancestors]. And when Yahweh raised leaders for them, Yahweh was with the leader, and he delivered them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the leader, for Yahweh was moved by their groaning because of their persecutors and oppressors. But when the leader died they relapsed and acted corruptly, more than their ancestors, following other gods, serving them, and bowing down to them. They would not give up their deeds or their stubborn ways.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Othniel
The {Israelites} cried out to Yahweh, and Yahweh raised up a deliverer for the {Israelites} who delivered them, Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. And the spirit of Yahweh came upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and Yahweh gave Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram into his hand, and {he prevailed over} Cushan-Rishathaim.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Eli
Just as he mentioned the ark of God, he fell from his chair backwards against the side of the gate. He broke his neck and died, because the man was old and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.
extraordinary Judges » Remarkable for their faith
And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, and Samuel and the prophets,
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Abdon
After him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Elon
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Shamgar
And Shamgar son of Anath came after him, and he killed six hundred Philistines with the goad of an ox; he also delivered Israel.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Ibzan
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Tola
After Abimelech, Tola son of Puah son of Dod, a man of Issachar, rose up to deliver Israel; and he [was] living at Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Jair
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Ehud
And the {Israelites} cried out to Yahweh, and Yahweh raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjaminite and {a left-handed man}. And the {Israelites} sent a tribute to Eglon king of Moab {through him}.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Jephthah
Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior; he was the son of a prostitute, and {Gilead was his father}.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » gideon
The angel of Yahweh came and sat under the oak that [was] at Ophrah that belonged to Jehoash [the] Abiezrite; and Gideon his son [was] threshing wheat in the winepress to hide [it] from the Midianites.
extraordinary Judges » Upheld and strengthened by God
And when Yahweh raised leaders for them, Yahweh was with the leader, and he delivered them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the leader, for Yahweh was moved by their groaning because of their persecutors and oppressors.
extraordinary Judges » Raised up to deliver israel
Then Yahweh raised up leaders, and they delivered them from the hand of their plunderers.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Abimelech
All the lords of Shechem and Beth-Millo gathered, and they went and made Abimelech as king, near [the] oak of [the] pillar that [is] at Shechem.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Deborah
Now at that time Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, [was] judging Israel.
extraordinary Judges » During four hundred and fifty years
[This took] about four hundred and fifty years. And after these [things], he gave [them] judges until Samuel the prophet.