Names
Othniel was related to what other famous Bible character?
Caleb
Judges 3
What set Ehud apart from the majority of people?
He was left handed
To keep Gideon from boasting about his destruction of the Amalekites, God narrows his army down to how many people?
300
What did the woman of Thebez drop on Abimelech’s head?
Millstone
What does Matthew 1:21 and Judges have in common? (1 minute)
“She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21
Matthew speaks of Jesus as a savior, Judges teaches us what a savior is and and needs to be.
After Joshua died, this was the first tribe to go against the Canaanites.
Judah (Judg. 1:1)
Though they cried and often sacrificed, what does Israel always lack when calling out to God in the book of Judges?
Repentance
What does the word translated “judges” mean?
Savior
Why did Samson take jackals, tie their tails together, put a torch between them, and send them out to destroy the produce of the Philistines?
Samson's father in law had given his wife to his best man (Judg. 15:1-5)
What cities are there a direct correlation between in the narrative found in Judges 19?
Gibeah/Sodom and Gomorrah
Who was the judge who killed 600 Philistines with an ox-goad?
Shamgar (Judg 3:31)
How was Andoi-Bezek punished by Israel?
They cut off his thumbs and big toes (Judg. 1:6)
How many judges are in the book of Judges?
12 - Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Gideon, Tola, Jair, Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon, Abdon and Samson.
How did Ehud assassinate Eglon?
He stabbed him with a sword (it was hidden because he kept it on his right side), and the sword sunk into Eglon’s bowels and killed him (Judg. 3:12-30)
The activities in the book of Judges show how God fulfills his promises in Deuteronomy 28 to give blessings for obedience and ________ for disobedience.
Curses
Who is the last judge of Israel before the line of kings are established?
Samuel
Abimelech is compared to what plant?
Olive tree
Bramble
Fig Tree
Vine
Bramble (Judg. 9)
Answer this riddle thoroughly without looking: Out of the strong comes something to eat, out of the eater comes something sweet.
What is sweeter than honey, what is stronger than a lion?
What did the Israelites demand of the Benjamites to avoid going to war against them?
That they give up the guilty men who had killed the concubine (Judg. 20:12-13)
Who was the high priest, Phineahas, found in Judg. 20:28?
Son of Eleazor, son of Aaron, priest of Israel. Found in Ex. 6, Num 25, Josh. 22, Judg. 20
Who was the Kennite wife who knew how to wield her tools well and what did she do to bring salvation to Israel.
Jael - she drove a tent peg through the head of Sisera (Judg. 4)
What is the key verse that defines the book of Judges? Either recite it or find it.
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
Judges 17:6
Judges 21:25
There were many Canaanite nations that were thorns in the sides of Israel (Judg. 2:3). Name at least 4 of these.
Judg. 3 - Amorites, Philistines, Sidonians, Hittites, Hivites, Jebusites
What miraculous natural phenomenon is mentioned in Deborah and Barak's song that thwarted Sisera's army as Barak pursued them?
There were great floods Judges 5:4
Jepthah made a rash vow. God had given him a way of escape. Where can we find this? (1 minute).
Leviticus 5:4