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JUDGES 10-16
JUDGES 10-16
II. CYCLES OF REBELLION, RETRIBUTION & RESTORATION (3:7-16:31).
D. East (10:6-12:7).
1. Jephthah & the Ammonites (10:6-11:40).
2. Jephthah & Ephraim (12:1-7).
E. Second Central & North (12:8-15).
1. Ibzan (v. 8-10).
2. Elon (v. 11-12).
3. Abdon (v. 13-15).
F. West (13:16:31).
1. Samson's birth (chp. 13).
2. Samson's marriage & riddle (chp. 14).
3. Samson & the Philistines (chp. 15).
4. Samson & Delilah (chp. 16).
QUESTIONS FOR JUDGES 10:6-16
1. What did Israel do to cause God's anger (v. 6)?
2. To whom did God sell them (v. 7)? How long?
3. What caused Israel to recognize & admit their sin (v. 8-10)?
4. What did God tell Israel (v. 11-14)?
5. (T) (F) God will always forgive (v. 12-13).
6. Explain the sarcasm of verse 14.
7. What do men find easy to do in the day of distress (v. 15)? Why is it easier in
difficult times?
8. What did Israel do as a result of their repentance (v. 16)?
JUDGES 10:17-11:11
9. Where did Ammon & Israel gather (v. 17-18)?
10. What did the Gileadites seek (v. 18)? What incentive did they use?
11. Describe Jephthah (v. 1).
12. Describe Gilead, Jephthah's father (v. 1-2).
13. Why did Jephthah flee his brethren (v. 2-3)?
14. What problems do parents bring upon children born out of wedlock?
15. Who were gathered unto Jephthah (v. 3)?
16. Why did the elders of Gilead seek Jephthah (v. 4-6)?
17. Why was Jephthah puzzled at their request (v. 7)?
18. What did the elders offer Jephthah (v. 8-11)?
JUDGES 11:12-28
19. What did Jephthah ask of the king of Ammon (v. 12)?
20. What does this show about Jephthah as a leader?
21. Why did Ammon come against Israel (v. 13)?
22. When Israel passed by Edom & Moab, how did Israel behave (v. 15-18)?
Why is this important?
23. Explain why the land the Ammonites claimed was not actually theirs when
Israel took it (v. 19-22).
24. What additional basis did Jephthah give for not yielding (v. 23-24)?
25. Who does Jephthah compare the king of the Ammonites to (v. 25)? Why?
26. What final evidence does Jephthah give to show that the Ammonites had no
real claim to the land between the Arnon & Jabbok (v. 26)?
27. Since Jephthah lived ~ 300 years after the conquest (v. 26) of the land East
of the Jordan, what year was it?
28. What does this section reveal about Jephthah's level of knowledge?
29. Did the king of Ammon listen to reason (v. 28)?
JUDGES 11:29-
30. What shows that Jephthah was under God's guidance?
31. What did Jephthah do when the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him (v. 29)?
32. What vow did Jephthah make unto God (v. 30-31)? Why was this wrong?
33. What does this reveal about the influence of the nations upon Jephthah?
34. Who brought the victory (v. 32)? How many cities were smitten (v. 33)?
35. When Jephthah came home, who came out of his house (v. 34)?
36. What should Jephthah do now (v. 34-35)?
A. Pretend he had not vowed at all.
B. Choose another person as a burnt offering.
C. Realize his error & repent.
D. Offer his only daughter in order to fulfill his vow to God.
37. What was his daughter's attitude toward the vow (v. 36)? What does this
show about the concept of human sacrifice at that time?
38. What did his daughter ask to do first (v. 37)?
39. What did Jephthah do (v. 39)? How does God view this?
40. What customs arose from this (v. 40)?
JUDGES 12:1-15
41. How did the Ephraimites react to Jephthah's success (v. 1)? What did they
say to him?
42. What attitudes has Ephraim been showing (Joshua 17:14-18; Judges 8; 12)?
43. When the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan, how did they test those
who wanted to pass over (v. 5-6)?
44. How many Ephraimites died because of pride & jealousy (v. 6)?
45. How long did Jephthah judge Israel (v. 7)?
46. Match the judge with his home:
A. Ibzan1. Zebulun
B. Hillel2. Bethlehem
C. ELon3. Ephraim
D. Abdon4. Not a judge.
47. Since Ibzan had so many wives and children, and considering that he
arranged marriages for all his children; how did he probably live (v. 8-10)?
48. How long did he judge?
49. How many sons & grandsons did Abdon have (v. 14)? What does the fact
that they all rode colts indicate?
50. Since there were 3 judges within the 25 years after Jephthah's death, what
do you think the conditions were like in Israel?
JUDGES 13:1-14
51. To whom did Jehovah deliver Israel this time (v. 10)? How long?
52. Of what tribe was Manoah (v. 2)?
53. What did the Angel of Jehovah say to Manoah's wife (v. 2-3)?
54. What warning did the Angel of Jehovah give (v. 4-5)? Why?
55. What did it mean to be a "Nazarite" under the O.T. (v. 5)?
56. What was Manoah's wife's description of the Angel of Jehovah (v. 6)?
57. What did Manoah pray for (v. 8)? Why?
58. When the Angel of Jehovah came, what did Manoah ask (v. 12)?
59. Did the Angel reveal any new info (v. 13-14)? What lesson can we learn
from this point?
JUDGES 13:15-25
60. What did Monoah offer (v. 15)? Why? What did he not know (v. 16)?
61. What did the Angel of Jehovah direct him to do instead (v. 16)?
62. What name did the Angel use to describe Himself (v. 18)? Who was the
Angel of Jehovah (cf. Is. 9:6)?
63. What wondrous thing did the Angel of Jehovah do (v. 19-20)?
64. What did Manoah now know (v. 21)? What did he fear (v. 22)? Why?
65. What sound reasoning did Manoah's wife respond with (v. 23)?
66. When she gave birth, what did she name her son (v. 24)?
JUDGES 14:1-9
67. Where did Samson go (v. 1)? Who did he see?
68. What did his parents try to get him to do (v. 3)? Why?
69. What did Samson base his decision on?
A. God's word.C. Pleasure.
B. His parents experience.D. The girls good character.
70. Does v. 4 mean that God made Samson do this? Explain.
71. What did God use this as an occasion for (v. 4)?
72. As Samson traveled to Timnah, what came against him (v. 5)?
73. What did the Spirit of Jehovah enable him to do (v. 6)?
74. On a later visit, what did he find in the carcass (v. 8)? What did he do with
this (v. 9)?
JUDGES 14:10-20
75. While at the wedding feast, what did Samson challenge the 30 Philistine
men who came (v. 11-13)?
76. What did these 30 men say to Samson's wife (v. 15)?
77. What did Samson's Philistine wife do (v. 16)?
78. What does v. 17 show about Samson's ability to withstand the whiles & tears
of women?
79. How did Samson know that the 30 men had gotten the answer from his wife
(v. 18)? What did Samson do because of this (v. 19)?
80. What was done with Samson's wife after Samson left (v. 20)? What does
this show about how the Philistines viewed marriage?
JUDGES 15:1-13
81. What made Samson decide to visit his Philistine bride?
82. What did her father say (v. 2)? What did he offer?
83. What did Samson do in response (v. 3-5)?
84. Who did the Philistines punish for this (v. 6)?
85. Why did Samson yet again attack the Philistines (v. 7-8)? Where did he
hide after this?
86. When the Philistines camped in Judah, what did they tell the men of Judah
(v. 9-10)?
87. When the men of Judah sought Samson, how many men did they bring
(v. 11)?
88. What rule of conduct did both the Philistines & Samson practice (v. 10, 11)?
What does this result in?
89. How is the "Golden Rule" better (Mt. 7:12)?
90. Under what condition did Samson surrender to the men of Judah (v. 12-13)?
Why didn't he attack them?
91. What did they bind him with (v. 13)? What does their behavior show about
the difficulties of leading?
JUDGES 15:14-20
92. When the Philistines met Samson, how did they react (v. 14)?
93. What did the Spirit of Jehovah do for Samson (v. 14)?
94. With what did Samson slay 1000 Philistines (v. 15-17)?
95. After the battle, what came over Samson (v. 18)? What did he ask for?
96. What does this show that he recognized?
97. What did God do to refresh Samson (v. 19)?
98. How long did Samson judge (v. 20)?
JUDGES 16:1-9
99. What sin did Samson commit in Gaza (v. 1)?
100. What does the doctrine of "second sanctification" teach? How does
Samson show that this is not true?
101. What did Samson's enemies do (v. 2)?
102. When Samson arose at midnight & found the gates locked, what did he do
(v. 3)?
103. Why did God help Samson escape when he was involved in sin?
104. (T) (F) Samson & Delilah were married (v. 4).
105. What kind if "love" is meant (v. 4)?
106. What did the lords of the Philistines ask Delilah to do (v. 5)? What did they
offer her?
107. How was Delilah different from the "worthy woman" of Proverbs 31:10-31?
108. What should Delilah's question tell Samson (v. 6)?
109. What did Delilah do (v. 8-9)? What should help Samson figured out?
JUDGES 16:10-22
110. What does v. 10 show about Samson?
111. What did Delilah do (v. 12)?
112. What does the fact that he mentioned his hair show (v. 13-14)?
113. What words did Delilah use to manipulate Samson's emotions (v. 15)?
114. What did Delilah do (v. 16)?
115. What does this teach about relationships based on pleasing one's own
desires?
116. What did Samson do (v. 17)? What does this show about him?
117. Why hope might Samson of had in telling Delilah "all his heart"?
118. What did Delilah do (v. 18)?
119. What did she do once his hair was shaven (v. 19)? Describe her character.
120. What did Samson expect (v. 20)? Why was he unable to do this?
121. How was he treated (v. 21)?
122. What did the Philistines quickly forget (v. 22)?
JUDGES 16:23-31
123. What did the lords of the Philistines do (v. 23)? Why?
124. How is their attitude typical of those who are lost?
125. How did they describe Samson (v. 24)?
126. After Samson was used as entertainment, what did he ask a boy (v. 26)?
127. About how many Philistines were present on the roof (not counting those
on the main floor) (v. 27)?
128. What did Samson ask of God (v. 28)?
129. What did Samson do (v. 29)? How was his death a greater blow to the
Philistines than his life (v. 30)?
130. Samson's death was:
A. Suicide - hence a sin.C. An act of a crazy man.
B. An act of faith & self-sacrifice.D. Selfish.
131. What did his brethren do (v. 31)?
132. Describe Samson's character.
133. Compare your assessment with Heb. 11:32.