Old Testament Survey
PERIOD EIGHT - JUDGES
1300 - 1075 B. C.
I. CYCLES OF INVASION.
A. PREJUDGE PERIOD.
1. Taking of thee land, failure to drive out all inhabitants.
2. The occasion fo the judges.
3. People: a. Caleb. b. Othniel. c. Adoni-bezek. d. Achsah.
B. MESOPOTAMIAN INVASION FROM THE EAST.
1. Oppressed Israel 8 years.
2. Othniel delivers for 40 years.
C. MOABITE INVASION FROM THE SOUTHEAST.
1. Lasted 18 years, rest for 80 years.
2. People: a. Ehud. b. Eglon.
D. CANAANITE INVASION FROM THE NORTH.
1. Lasted 20 years, rested 40 years.
2. Events:
a. Commission of Barak.
b. Defeat of Sisera and his death.
3. People: a. Jabin. b. Deborah. c. Sisera. d. Jael.
E. MIDIANITE INVASION FROM THE EAST.
1. Lasted 7 years, rested 40 years.
2. Events:
a. Call of Gideon and sign.
b. Tearing down of Pagan alters.
c. Sorting out of soldiers.
d. Midianite dream.
e. Defeat of Midian.
f. Ephraimite jealousy.
g. Destruction of Succoth and Pennuel.
h. Killing of Zebah and Zalumunna.
i. The ephod.
3. People: a. Gideon. b Joash. c. Baal. d. Jerubbaal. e. Purah. f. Jether.
g. Jotham. 8. Abimelech.
F. ABIMELECH'S BOGUS RULE.
1. Events:
a. Abimelech slays 70 brethren and is made king.
b. Jotham's parable.
c. Abimelech defeats Gaal and overthrows Shechem.
d. Death of Thebez.
2. People: a. Abimelech. b. Jotham. c. Gaal. d. Zebul.
G. AMMONITES INVADE FROM THE EAST.
1. Lasted 18 years, land rested 46 years.
2. Events:
a. Jephthah summoned and message to the Ammonites.
b. His rash vow.
c. Defeat of jealous Ephraimites.
d. Shibboleth.
3. People: a. Jephthah. b. His daughter.
H. PHILISTINE INVASION FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
1. Lasted 40 years, overlapping the Ammonites.
2. Events:
a. Angel appears to Menoah.
b. Samson's marriage and riddle.
c. Lion is killed.
d. Firebrands and foxes; murder of Samson's wife.
e. 1000 die as Samson uses jawbone.
f. The haircut.
g. His death.
h. Micah's idolatry and priest.
i. Danites take Micah's possessions.
j. Abuse of the Levite's concubine.
k. Vengeance on Benjamin.
l. Ruth.
m. Birth of Samuel.
n. Eli's sons.
o. Capture and return of the ark.
p. Death of Eli and his sons.
q. Samuel defeats the Philistines.
r. The demand for a king.
s. Saul annointed.
t. Saul's victory over the Ammonites.
3. People :
a. Menoah and wife; b. Samson; c. Delilah; d. Michah; e. Two unidentified Levites; g. Old man and concubine; h. Elkanah and Hannah; i. Eli; j. Samuel; k. Hophni and Phinehas; l. Kish; m. Dagon; n. Saul; o. Nahash.
J. JUDGES AND 1 SAMUEL 1 - 11:13 RECORD THIS.
II. ADDITIONAL NOTES: