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After Joshua died this tribe was the first to go against the Canaanites.

What is Judah?. Judges 1:1 After the death of Joshua the Israelites were looking for leadership. Judah was the Lords choice. Judah is the tribe that the Messiah was to descend from.

This man received Caleb’s daughter for a wife after defeating Kirjathsepher.

Who was Othniel?. Judges 1:12-13 Othniel took the challenge and defeated Kirjathsepher. He also became the first judge to lead Israel.

This is where the angel of the Lord appeared to rebuke the Israelites.

What is Bochim?. Judges 2:1 The angel of the Lord came to rebuke the Israelites for making a league with the nations of Canaan after they were instructed by the Lord not to do this. Because the Israelites disobeyed the Lord in this the Lord said he would not drive the nations out of the land.

This judge of Israel was noted for being left handed.

Who was Ehud?. Judges 3:15 Because Ehud was left handed he carried his knife on the right side. This is significant in the fact that most warriors carried their knives on the left side, being right handed. When Ehud was searched before seeing the king of Moab the searchers failed to find his knife supposing it to be on the left side like most others. This turned out to be a deadly mistake for the king.

This king is noted for being very fat.

Who was Eglon?. Judges 3:17 This is the king that died from the mistake made when Ehud was searched for weapons. He was so fat that when Ehud stabbed him the knife disappeared inside his fat.

This is the man that Deborah put in charge of the army to defeat Sisera.

Who was Barak?. Judges 4:6 Deborah prophesied that Barak would defeat Sisera and his army. Barak lacked faith however and said he would not go unless Deborah went with him. Because of his unbelief Deborah said that even though Barak would defeat the armies of Sisera, the one to kill Sisera himself would be a woman. The woman was Jael and she gave Sisera some milk in her tent and he fell asleep. She then drove a tent stake through his skull.

This is the nation that Gideon delivered the Israelites from.

Who are the Midianites?. Judges 6:13 The Midianites had a habit of taking the wheat and other crops from the Israelites. To try to prevent this the Israelites would hide their harvest. Gideon was in a winepress with his grain when the angel of the Lord came to him and proclaim Gideon to be the next deliverer. It took a couple of nights and some wet fleece to convince him though.

This was Gideon’s servant.

Who was Phurah?. Judges 7:10 When the Israelites went to battle against the Midianites there were 32,000 Israelites against a whole multitude of Midianites. The Lord told Gideon that there were too many Israelites so he told the scared ones to go home. After that there were still too many so the Lord had Gideon conduct a test. Those who failed the test were sent home leaving 300. The Lord wanted to reassure Gideon and told him to take Phurah to the camp of the Midianites for a sign that would give Gideon assurance of victory.

This judge made a rash vow that resulted in the sacrifice of his only daughter.

Who was Jephthah?. Judges 11:31 & 34 There is much speculation about this episode since God does not condone child sacrifice. Some scholars believe that she was actually sacrificed and others say that she was given in service to the Lord for the rest of her life. Needless to say that is was a sad situation and it makes you think that what comes out of your mouth may haunt you one day.

This man from Mt. Ephraim hired a Levite to be his priest.

Who was Micah?. Judges 17:10 In those days there was no king in Israel and everyone did pretty much as they pleased. This Levite decided he wanted to do his own thing and Micah wanted his own personal priest.