Judges
Cycles of sin, oppression and deliverance as God raises up judges in a time when “everyone did what was right in his own eyes.”
Choose a chapter
- Written by
- Unknown; traditionally Samuel
- Date
- c. 1000s BC
Themes
- The cycle of sin and deliverance
- God’s mercy to a faithless people
- The need for a true king
Outline
Key verses
Then the Lord raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.