Judges

This post follows the Bible reading plan available at oaktreechurch.com/soap. Chapter ten contains two short stories showing the duplicity of the Israelites at this time. In Judges 10:1-5 we find two more judges, Tola and Jair, who ruled Israel for a total of 45 years. Nothing is mentioned about idolatry or wickedness, just the judges. […]

This post follows the Bible reading plan available at oaktreechurch.com/soap. Chapter nine follows Gideon’s story with the story of one of his sons, Abimelech, who was born to Gideon’s concubine. 1 In Judges 8:35 we read that Israel did not “treat the family of Jerub-Baal fairly,” and this chapter explains that. When he was grown,

This post follows the Bible reading plan available at oaktreechurch.com/soap. Chapter eight best begins at Judges 7:24. After the Midianites had been nearly defeated and were on the run, Gideon enlisted the Ephraimites to head off the two generals, Oreb and Zeeb, and kill them, which they did (Judges 7:24-25). However, the Ephraimites were upset