Judges
Judges covers a chaotic period in Israel's history after Joshua's death, where the tribes failed to completely drive out the Canaanites and repeatedly fell into cycles of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance. The book is defined by a repetitive pattern: Israel disobeys God, God allows an enemy nation to oppress them, the people cry out for help, and God raises up a charismatic military leader—a "Judge"—to deliver them. Stories of these Judges, like Gideon, Deborah, and Samson, illustrate both great faith and serious flaws. The book highlights the need for a righteous king, concluding with the famous statement, "In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes."
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Israel is oppressed by the Philistines. An angel of the Lord appears to the barren wife of Manoah, promising the birth of Samson, who will be consecrated as a Nazarite from birth.
Samson breaks his Nazarite vow by marrying a Philistine woman. He kills a lion and later eats honey from its carcass. At his wedding feast, he kills thirty Philistines over a riddle.
Samson enacts vengeance on the Philistines by tying 300 foxes to torches and setting them loose in their grain fields. He later kills 1,000 Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey.
Samson falls for Delilah, a Philistine woman who constantly pressures him to reveal the secret of his strength (his uncut hair). She betrays him, he is blinded, but his strength returns for one final act of vengeance.
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