Thematic Bible: Extraordinary Judges
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extraordinary Judges » Not without intermission
In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
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In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.
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In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel.
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In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.
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extraordinary Judges » Names of » samuel
After they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the Lord. They fasted on that day, and they confessed there, "We have sinned against the Lord." So Samuel led the people of Israel at Mizpah.
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So Samuel led Israel all the days of his life. Year after year he used to travel the circuit of Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah; he used to judge Israel in all of these places. Then he would return to Ramah, because his home was there. He also judged Israel there and built an altar to the Lord there.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Samson
His brothers and all his family went down and brought him back. They buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had led Israel for twenty years.
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Manoah's wife gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The child grew and the Lord empowered him.
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extraordinary Judges » The office of, not always for life, or hereditary
Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule over you."
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Then Jerub-Baal son of Joash went home and settled down.
extraordinary Judges » Israel not permanently or spiritually benefited by
But they did not obey their leaders. Instead they prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. They quickly turned aside from the path their ancestors had walked. Their ancestors had obeyed the Lord's commands, but they did not. When the Lord raised up leaders for them, the Lord was with each leader and delivered the people from their enemies while the leader remained alive. The Lord felt sorry for them when they cried out in agony because of what their harsh oppressors did to them. When a leader died, the next generation would again act more wickedly than the previous one. They would follow after other gods, worshiping them and bowing down to them. They did not give up their practices or their stubborn ways.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Othniel
When the Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, he raised up a deliverer for the Israelites who rescued them. His name was Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. The Lord's spirit empowered him and he led Israel. When he went to do battle, the Lord handed over to him King Cushan-Rishathaim of Aram and he overpowered him.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Eli
When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward from his chair beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.
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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.
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extraordinary Judges » Names of » Abdon
After him Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite led Israel.
extraordinary Judges » Names of » Elon
After him Elon the Zebulunite led Israel for ten years.
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extraordinary Judges » Names of » Shamgar
After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath; he killed six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad and, like Ehud, delivered Israel.
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extraordinary Judges » Names of » Ibzan
After him Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel.
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extraordinary Judges » Names of » Tola
After Abimelech's death, Tola son of Puah, grandson of Dodo, from the tribe of Issachar, rose up to deliver Israel. He lived in Shamir in the Ephraimite hill country.
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extraordinary Judges » Names of » Jair
Jair the Gileadite rose up after him; he led Israel for twenty-two years.
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extraordinary Judges » Names of » Ehud
When the Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, he raised up a deliverer for them. His name was Ehud son of Gera the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The Israelites sent him to King Eglon of Moab with their tribute payment.
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extraordinary Judges » Names of » Jephthah
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior. His mother was a prostitute, but Gilead was his father.
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extraordinary Judges » Names of » gideon
The Lord's angelic messenger came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah owned by Joash the Abiezrite. He arrived while Joash's son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress so he could hide it from the Midianites.
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extraordinary Judges » Upheld and strengthened by God
When the Lord raised up leaders for them, the Lord was with each leader and delivered the people from their enemies while the leader remained alive. The Lord felt sorry for them when they cried out in agony because of what their harsh oppressors did to them.
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extraordinary Judges » Raised up to deliver israel
The Lord raised up leaders who delivered them from these robbers.
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extraordinary Judges » Names of » Abimelech
All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar in Shechem.
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extraordinary Judges » Names of » Deborah
Now Deborah, a prophetess, wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time.
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extraordinary Judges » During four hundred and fifty years
All this took about four hundred fifty years. After this he gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.
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