Judges 10:6-16:31 — Third Cycle: Judges in the Time of the Ammonites and Philistines

BIBLE TEXT

Judges 10:6-16:31

SUMMARY

This cycle highlights two judges who mark a further decline in Israel’s governance as a unified people under God’s rule. Jephthah leads an army to fight against the Ammonites but also fights against his own fellow Israelites. Samson leads no one except himself in carrying out personal attacks of revenge against the Philistines.