Why God sent Judges
Why did God allow Israel's enemies to conquer them?
The people worshipped idols
Name the woman that judged Israel
Deborah
How did the Midianites torment Israel
They destroyed Israel's crops, stole their grain, and burned the grain they didn't steal.
What did the angel tell Manoah's wife
That she would have a son who would be a nazarite a special servant of God
Why did Elimelech take his family to the land of Moab?
There was a famine in Israel
When Israel repented of their idol worship, What did God do?
He sent a judge to deliver them
Who was the captain God chose to lead Israel against Sisera?
Barak
Who appeared to Gideon while he was threshing wheat?
An angel of the Lord
What is in the Nazarite law?
don't drink wine or strong drink, do not eat anything unclean, do not cut your hair
Why was it wrong he took his family here?
Because God said not to live in heathen countries
Name the first judge
Othniel
When the Canannite army was being defeated, what did Sisera do?
Run to a tent of a woman named Jael
What message did the Angel of the Lord give Gideon?
God chosen him to deliver Israel from the Midianites
Who did Samson marry?
a Philistine woman from Timnah
After living in Moab for a few years what terrible things happened?
Elimelech died
What weapon did Ehud use to kill the king?
A double edged dagger
Who killed Sisera
jael- she used a tent spike
Why did God only want 300 men in Gideon's army?
so everyone would know the Lord gave victory
What happened to Samson when he told Delilah his secret?
The Philistines arrested him, remove his eyes, and made him grind mill,
When Naomi's two sons died, what did she decide to do?
Go back to her home in Bethlehem
Why did God intend for Israel to be different from all the other nations of the earth?
They were to be pure, holy, and separate pointing all people to the one true God.
When God uses ordinary people to accomplish his purposes, what does that show the world?
God's greatness; he can do mighty things with people surrendered to Him.
How did Gideon's army wake the Midianite army out of sleep?
They blew trumpets, their broke their pitchers, which showed burning torches; and then they yelled "The sword of the Lord, an of Gideon"
Why did Samson have so many problems in life?
He obeyed his own desires rather than God
What did Naomi's daughters-in-law do when she gave them a choice to go or to stay?
Orpah stayed in Moab, Ruth chose to go with Naomi and serve God