Explore the Period: Period of the Judges: 1240 BCE - 1000 BCE

1 Samuel 30:1-31 – David Saves Ziklag

1 Samuel 27:1-12 – David’s Return to Gath

1 Samuel 22:6-23 – Saul Kills the Priests

1 Samuel 22:3-4 – David the Moabite

1 Samuel 21:10-15 – David among the Philistines

1 Samuel 20:1-42 – Jonathan’s Long Goodbye

1 Samuel 19:1-24 Saul’s Family and Friends Help David

1 Samuel 18:17-29 – David Becomes Saul’s Son-in-Law

1 Samuel 18:7-8 – Hebrew Poetry

1 Samuel 17:40 – Five Stones

1 Samuel 15:1-33 – Saul Fails Again

1 Samuel 14:1-45 – Jonathan’s Victory and Saul’s Curse

1 Samuel 13:2-14 – Saul’s Sacrifice

1 Samuel 11:1-15 – Saul as Warrior King

1 Samuel 10:17-24 – God Selects the King

1 Samuel 10:1-16; 19:23 – Saul as Prophet

1 Samuel 9:9, 12-14 – Israelite Religion in Flux

1 Samuel 9:1-2; 10:23 – Meeting Saul

1 Samuel 8:1-5 – Samuel as Father

1 Samuel 2:22 – The Women at the Tent of Meeting

1 Samuel 1:11, 21-28 – Women’s Vows

1 Samuel 1:12-15 – The Invention of Silent Prayer

1 Samuel 1:1 – Is Samuel a Priest?

Ruth 4:5-6 – Boaz’s Legal Argument

Ruth 4:1-2 – Boaz at the Gate

Ruth 3:15-17 – Ruth’s Second Gift of Grain to Naomi

Ruth 3:8-11 – Boaz and Ruth on the Threshing Floor

Ruth 3:1-4 – Naomi’s Instructions to Ruth

Ruth 2:17-20 – Ruth’s Gifts to Naomi

Ruth 2:8-16 – The First Encounters of Boaz and Ruth

Ruth 2:5-7 – The Servant in Charge of the Reapers

Ruth 2:1 – The Introduction of Boaz

Ruth 1:19-21 – Naomi Cries in Lament

Ruth 1:8-11 – Naomi’s First Words

Ruth 1:1-5 – Naomi Leaves and Loses Her Husband and Children

1 Samuel 31:4 – Saul’s Suicide

1 Samuel 12:1-25 – Samuel’s Farewell Address

1 Samuel 8:4-20 – Israel Demands a King

1 Samuel 8:1-12:25 – Samuel and Saul

1 Samuel 7:15-17 – Samuel’s Career in a Nutshell

1 Samuel 7:5-14 – Prophet, Priest, Judget

1 Samuel 7:2-4 – Call to Repentance

1 Samuel 4:1b-7:2 – The Adventures of the Ark

1 Samuel 3:1-20 – God Calls Samuel

1 Samuel 2:18-26 – Samuel at Shiloh

1 Samuel 2:1-10 – Hannah’s Song

1 Samuel 1:4-20 – Samuel’s Birth

1 Samuel 1:1-7:17 – Samuel the “Segue”

Ruth 4:18-22 – David’s Genealogy

Ruth 4:13-17 – Ruth Bears a Son

Ruth 1:16-17 – Ruth’s Speech to Naomi

Judges 19:1-21:25 – Civil War

Judges 17:1-18:31 – The Origin of the Sanctuary at Dan

Judges 13:1-16:31 – Samson against the Philistines

Judges 12:8-15 – Three Minor Judges: Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon

Judges 10:6-12:7 – Jephthah against the Ammonites

Judges 10:1-5 – Two Minor Judges: Tola and Jair

Judges 9:1-57 – Abimelech

Judges 6:1-8:35 – Gideon

Judges 4:1-5:31 – Deborah and Barak

Judges 3:12-30 – Ehud

Judges 3:7-11 – Othniel

Judges 2:1-3:6 – The Settlement of Canaan as a Theological Problem

Judges 1:1-36 – The Settlement of Canaan as a Political Problem

It Comes Down to Distance

Ancient Near East

Israel in the Time of the Judges (Northern)

Israel in the Time of the Judges (Southern)

The Need for a King: Judges

Samson: Hero or Terrorist?