1. Introduction: Israel’s Disobedience and Failure  ( 1:1⁠–⁠3:6 )

a. The Conquest of Canaan Proceeds  ( 1:1⁠–⁠7 )

b. The Capture of Jerusalem and Hebron  ( 1:8⁠–⁠26 )

c. The Failure to Complete the Conquest  ( 1:27⁠–⁠36 )

d. Israel Rebuked at Bochim  ( 2:1⁠–⁠5 )

e. The Death and Burial of Joshua  ( 2:6⁠–⁠9 )

f. Israel’s Unfaithfulness  ( 2:10⁠–⁠15 )

g. Judges Raised Up  ( 2:16⁠–⁠23 )

h. Nations Left to Test Israel  ( 3:1⁠–⁠6 )

2. The History of the Judges  ( 3:7⁠–⁠16:31 )

a. Othniel  ( 3:7⁠–⁠11 )

b. Ehud  ( 3:12⁠–⁠30 )

c. Shamgar  ( 3:31 )

d. Deborah  ( 4:1⁠–⁠5:31 )

i. Barak  ( 4:1⁠–⁠16 )

ii. Jael Kills Sisera  ( 4:17⁠–⁠23 )

iii. The Song of Deborah and Barak  ( 5:1⁠–⁠31 )

e. Gideon  ( 6:1⁠–⁠8:35 )

i. Midian Oppresses Israel  ( 6:1⁠–⁠10 )

ii. God Raises Up a Judge  ( 6:11⁠–⁠40 )

1. The Call of Gideon  ( 6:11⁠–⁠24 )

2. Gideon Destroys Baal’s Altar  ( 6:25⁠–⁠32 )

3. The Sign of the Fleece  ( 6:33⁠–⁠40 )

iii. The Battle with the Midianites  ( 7:1⁠–⁠8:21 )

1. Gideon’s Army of Three Hundred  ( 7:1⁠–⁠8 )

2. The Sword of Gideon  ( 7:9⁠–⁠14 )

3. Gideon Defeats Midian  ( 7:15⁠–⁠25 )

4. Gideon Defeats Zebah and Zalmunna  ( 8:1⁠–⁠21 )

iv. Gideon’s Ephod  ( 8:22⁠–⁠27 )

v. Forty Years of Peace  ( 8:28⁠–⁠31 )

vi. The Death of Gideon  ( 8:32⁠–⁠35 )

f. Abimelech son of Jerubbaal  ( 9:1⁠–⁠57 )

i. Abimelech’s Conspiracy  ( 9:1⁠–⁠6 )

ii. Jotham’s Parable  ( 9:7⁠–⁠21 )

iii. Gaal Conspires with the Shechemites  ( 9:22⁠–⁠29 )

iv. The Fall of Shechem  ( 9:30⁠–⁠49 )

v. Abimelech’s Punishment  ( 9:50⁠–⁠57 )

g. Tola  ( 10:1⁠–⁠2 )

h. Jair  ( 10:3⁠–⁠5 )

i. Jephthah  ( 10:6⁠–⁠12:7 )

i. Oppression by the Philistines and Ammonites  ( 10:6⁠–⁠18 )

ii. Jephthah Delivers Israel  ( 11:1⁠–⁠28 )

iii. Jephthah’s Tragic Vow  ( 11:29⁠–⁠40 )

iv. Jephthah Defeats Ephraim  ( 12:1⁠–⁠7 )

j. Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon  ( 12:8⁠–⁠15 )

k. Samson  ( 13:1⁠–⁠16:31 )

i. The Birth of Samson  ( 13:1⁠–⁠25 )

ii. Samson’s Marriage  ( 14:1⁠–⁠7 )

iii. Samson’s Riddle  ( 14:8⁠–⁠20 )

iv. Samson’s Revenge  ( 15:1⁠–⁠20 )

v. Samson Escapes Gaza  ( 16:1⁠–⁠3 )

vi. Samson and Delilah  ( 16:4⁠–⁠22 )

vii. Samson’s Vengeance and Death  ( 16:23⁠–⁠31 )

3. Epilogue: The Further Corruption of Israel  ( 17:1⁠–⁠21:25 )

a. Micah  ( 17:1⁠–⁠18:31 )

i. Micah’s Idolatry  ( 17:1⁠–⁠13 )

ii. The Danites Settle in Laish  ( 8:1⁠–⁠13 )

iii. The Danites Take Micah’s Idols  ( 8:14⁠–⁠31 )

b. The Crime of the Benjamites  ( 19:1⁠–⁠21:25 )

i. The Levite and His Concubine  ( 19:1⁠–⁠29 )

ii. The Decree of the Assembly  ( 20:1⁠–⁠17 )

iii. Civil War Against Benjamin  ( 20:18⁠–⁠48 )

iv. Wives for the Benjamites  ( 21:1⁠–⁠25 )