judges

Judges

1	Judah and others conqueror parts of Canaan	12	Jepthah's conflict with Ephriam
2	Israel unfaithful; the Lord was displeased	13	Birth of Samson
3	Canaanites not all gone; Good judge Othniel	14	Samson marries a Philistine
4	Deborah, a prophetess helps Barak conquer	15	Samson defeats the Philistines
5	Songs of Deborah and of Barak	16	Delilah decieves Samson, blind; pulls down temple
6	Oppression by Midianites; Gideon	17	Idolatry of Micah; no standard of right and wrong
7	Valiant three hundred	18	Danites adopted idolatry; no inheritance; took Laish
8	Midianites subdued; Gideon's wickedness	19	Concubine of a Levite; Gibeah
9	Conspiracy of Abimelech; parable of trees	20	War against the Benjamites
10	Two more judges; oppression	21	Wives for the Benjamites
11	Jepthah's victory; his daughter as sacrifice

After the death of Joshua, certain men were chosen for leadership These were "Judges."
See de1318. Many were divinely appointed.

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