CONTENTS OF JUDGES

Ch 1-2	Recapitulation of the conquests and unfaithfulness
Ch 3	Othniel, Ehud and Shamgar as judges
Ch 4	Deborah and Barak as judges
Ch 5	Song of Deborah
Ch 6-8	Gideon as judge
Ch 9	Abimelech as judge/king
Ch 10	Tola and Jair as judges
Ch 11-12	Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon and Abdon as judges
Ch 13-16	Samson as judge
Ch 17-18	How the Danites got a priest
Ch 19-21	How Benjamin was nearly exterminated

FIVE REASONS THE CANAANITES REMAINED

1. Strong fortifications and Canaanite military experience (ch. 1)
2. Israel's willingness to make alliances with Canaanites (2.1-5)
3. Means of discipline for their sins (2.20-21)
4. As a test of faithfulness (2.22)
5. For training for war (3.2)

A VERY APPROXIMATE CHRONOLOGY

1200	Othniel (Judah) vs. Cushan-rishathaim of Mesopotamia
1150	Shamgar ben-Anat vs. Philistines
	Ehud (Benjamin) vs. Eglon of Moab
1125	Deborah (Ephraim) & Barak (Naphtali) vs. Jabin and Sisera of Canaan: "Battle of Megiddo"
1100	Samson (Dan) vs. Philistines
	Gideon (Manasseh) vs. Midianites
	Migration of the Danites
1075	Abimelech [proto-king] (Manasseh)
1050	Jephthah (Gilead) vs. Ammonites: "Battle of Ebenezer"
1050-1020	Samuel (Ephraim) over all Israel
1020-1000	Saul (Benjamin) vs. Philistines

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