Bible History

                The Time of the Judges

1. INTRODUCTION (Key Verses – Judges 17:6; Judges 21:25)
1. The Partial Conquest (Judges 1:21,27-36; Judges 2:1-5,20-23; Judges 3:1-4)
2. The Passing Generation (Judges 2:6-10)
3. The Disobedient Israelites (Judges 2:11-13; Judges 3:5-7)
4. The Punishing Foes (Judges 2:14-15)
5. The Loving Deliverance (Judges 2:16-18)
6. The Cycle Repeated (Judges 2:19)
2. LISTS
1. The Oppressors
1. Mesopotamians (Judges 3:8)
2. Moabites (Judges 3:12-14)
3. Canaanites (Judges 4:1-3)
4. Midianites (Judges 6:1-6)
5. Ammonites (Judges 10:6-9)
6. Philistines (Judges 13:1)
2. The Judges
1. Othniel (Judges 3:7-11)
2. Ehud (Judges 3:12-30)
3. Shamgar (Judges 3:31)
4. Deborah with Barak (Judges 4-5)
5. Gideon (Judges 6-8)
6. Tola (Judges 10:1-2)
7. Jair (Judges 10:3-5)
8. Jephthah (Judges 10:6-12:7)
9. Ibzan (Judges 12:8-10)
10. Elon (Judges 12:11-12)
11. Abdon (Judges 12:13-15)
12. Samson (Judges 13-16)
13. Samuel (1 Samuel 7:15-17)
3. GENERAL HISTORY
1. Period of Mesopotamian Oppression (Judges 3:8-11)
1. Duration – 8 years
2. Deliverer – Othniel (Caleb’s nephew)
3. Rest – 40 years
4. Danite movement (Judges 17-18)
1. Early story
1. Mentioned in Joshua (Joshua 19:47)
2. Joshua written early (Joshua 6:25)
2. Set up competitive religion (Judges 18:29-31; 1 Kings 12:25-30)
5. Outrage at Gibeah
1. Early story – Phinehas still high priest (Judges 20:28)
2. Shows how low the nation had gone
2. Period of Moabite Oppression (Judges 3:12-31)
1. Duration – 18 years
2. Deliverers
1. Ehud
2. Shamgar
3. Rest – 80 years (Judges 3:30)
3. Period of Canaanite Oppression (Judges 4-5)
1. Duration – 20 years
2. Deliverers – Deborah with Barak
3. Rest – 40 years
4. Period of Midianite Oppression (Judges 6:1-10:5)
1. Duration – 6 years
2. Deliverers
1. Gideon
2. Tola
3. Jair
3. Rest – 40 years
4. Time of the story of Ruth
5. Period of Ammonite Oppression (Judges 10:6-12:15)
1. Duration – 18 years
2. Deliverers
1. Jephthah
2. Ibzan
3. Elon
4. Abdon
6. Period of Philistine Oppression (Judges 13-16)
1. Duration – 40 years
2. Deliverer – Samson (see Judges 13:5)
7. Samuel (1 Samuel 1-8)
1. Early life (1 Samuel 1-3)
2. Ark lost and returned (1 Samuel 4-6)
3. Samuel’s ministry (1 Samuel 7)
4. Israel wants a king (1 Samuel 8)

Bible History

                   The United Kingdom

1. KING SAUL
1. The Anointing of Saul (1 Samuel 9-12)
2. The Rejection of Saul (1 Samuel 13-15)
1. First rejection (1 Samuel 13-14)
2. Second rejection (1 Samuel 15)
3. Saul and David (1 Samuel 16-20)
1. The anointing of David (1 Samuel 16)
2. The battle with Goliath (1 Samuel 17)
3. The jealousy of Saul (1 Samuel 18-20)
4. The Decline of Saul (1 Samuel 22,28,31)
1. His degeneration (1 Samuel 22)
2. His Death (1 Samuel 28,31)
2. KING DAVID
1. The Call of David (1 Samuel 16:1-13)
2. The Exaltation of David (1 Samuel 18:1-7)
3. The Years as a Fugitive (1 Samuel 21-30)
4. David at Hebron (2 Samuel 1-5)
1. Made king of Judah
2. Struggled with Ishbosheth
3. Made king of all Israel (2 Samuel 5:1-5)
5. The Kingdom Established (2 Samuel 5-10)
1. War with the Philistines
2. The taking of Jerusalem (2 Samuel 5:6-9)
3. Further conquests (2 Samuel 8-10)
6. Deeds of David
1. Good
1. Kindness to Mephibosheth (2 Samuel 9)
2. Justice to the Gibeonites (2 Samuel 21)
2. Bad
1. Sin with Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11)
2. Sin in census taking (2 Samuel 24)
7. Final Years (2 Samuel 13-20; 1 Kings 1-2)
1. Absalom’s revolt (2 Samuel 12-19)
2. Solomon’s accession
3. KING SOLOMON
1. Established as King (1 Kings 2-3)
2. Solomon’s Buildings (1 Kings 5-10)
3. Solomon’s Kingdom (1 Kings 9-12)
4. Decline and Judgment (1 Kings 11)
1. Sin (1 Kings 11:1-8)
2. Punishment (1 Kings 11:9-43)