Outline of Judges
I. The condition of apostasy and defeat:
Israel's compromise in the land 1:1-3:4
A. The partial conquest of Canaan 1:1-2:9
B. The pressing need for the judges 2:10-3:4
II. The cycles of oppression and deliverance:
Israel's contest for the land 3:5-16:31
A. The Arameans versus Othniel 3:5-11
B. The Moabites versus Ehud 3:12-30
C. The Philistines versus Shamgar 3:31
D. The northern Canaanites versus Deborah
and Barak 4:1-5:31
E. The Midianites versus Gideon 6:1-8:35
F. The rise and fall of Abimelech 9:1-57
G. The judgeship of Tola 10:1-2
H. The judgeship of Jair 10:3-5
I. The Ammonites versus Jephihah 10:6-12:7
J. The judgeship of Ibzan 12:8-10
K. The judgeship of Elon 12:11-12
L. The judgeship of Abdon 12:13-15
M. The Philistines versus Samson 13:1-16:31
III. The consequences of apostasy: Israel's
corruption by the land 17:1-21:25
A. Idolatry: the incident of the Levite
of Micah and Dan 17:1-18:31
B. Incontinence: the incident of the
Levite's concubine 19:1-21:25
