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The judge who took spoils
Who is Gideon?
“My father is king”
Who is Abimelech?
The judge who broke the Nazarite rules.
Who is Samson?
1. She had great faith for a gentile.
2. Ruth's Mother-in-law.
3. Ruth's Kinsman Redeemer
3x
Who is Ruth?
Who is Naomi?
Who is Boaz?
The first person in recorded history to say Messiah.
Who is Hannah?
Describe the growing and shrinking of Gideon’s army.
2x
Start with 32,000. 22,000 left the army leaving 10,000. 9,700 gulped water leaving 300 in the army and they defeated the Midianites.
The judge who killed his daughter
Who is Jephthah?
Why did Samson want to marry a Timnite, a woman he was not supposed to marry?
Because the Lord wanted to confront the Phillistines.
List at least two acts of kindness that Boaz showed to Ruth.
2x
He offers Ruth protection, allows her to glean his field, provides water, provides food.
What was Hannah’s vow?
That Lord will give her a son.
Why did God change the size of Gideon’s army?
To show that He wins battles
Read Judges 11:30-31. What was Jephthah’s terrible vow, and why did he make it?
He promised to give the Lord a burnt offering of whatever steps out of his house.
Name a rule that Samson breaks as a Nazarite?
2x
Touch a dead carcass, got drunk, committed adultery, tricked into having his head shaved.
List the two acts of kindness Ruth showed.
2x
She goes with Naomi.
She ask Boaz to marry her.
What evidence can you see that Hannah was not being selfish in her request for a child?
She offered the child to the Lord. She responds with joy to the Lord.
Give an example of how Gideon was obedient to God.
He accepted the Lord’s commission
Tore down his father’s altar
Obeyed God’s command
Believed God would help him win
Why should you understand that Jephthah actually did sacrifice his daughter?
2x
Because it shows how bad each judge got.
How is Samson a mirror or illustration of the nation of Israel?
Samson sinned just like Israel. They both had rules but they broke them. God is still faithful to them.
What makes Ruth’s faith significant in the Book of Ruth?
Even though she was a gentile she showed more faith than the Jews at the time.
What in Hannah’s prayer suggests that she’s predicting the future?
2x
She speaks of the anointed king, she says the Lord will judge the earth.
Give an example of a way Gideon didn’t please God.
Claimed the victory was his
Took all the spoils
Had many wives
Named his son Abimelech “my father is king”
Summarize two broad principles from Jephthah’s story.
Even when God’s people sin horribly, the Lord is merciful and delivers them.
we need delieverance from something inside us.
What was the first event that started this whole chain of events in Samson’s life? (*Why did God call Samson to help Israel?)
The Lord sought an occasion against the Phillistines.
Explain the custom of the kinsman-redeemer.
A close relative of the deceased who married the widow if she had no sons. The widow would be provided for so the deceased name would continue and the wealth of the family could stay forever.
What does Hannah’s prayer hint at about the coming story of David?
There will be a tall, proud people who oppose the Lord and David will defeat them, not by his own power but through the Lord.