Judges Outline

I. Historical Introduction (1:1-3:6)

A. Recalling the Settlement in Canaan (1:1-2:5)
B. Anticipating the Shape of History under the Judges (2:6-3:6)

II. The Judges (3:7-16:31)

A. Othniel (3:7-11)
B. Ehud (3:12-30)
C. Shamgar (3:3)
D. Deborah and Barak (4:1-5:31)
E. Gideon (6:1-8:35) and Abimelech (9:1-57)
F. Tola (10:1-2)
G. Jair (10:3-5)
H. Jephthah (10:6-12:7)
I. Ibzan (12:8-10)
J. Elon (12:11-12)
K. Abdon (12:13-15)
L. Samson (13:1-16:31)

III. Appendices (17:1-21:25)

A. The Tribe of Dan (17:1-18:31)

• Episode at Micah’s Shrine in Ephraim (17:1-13)
• Settlement of the Danites (18:1-31)

B. The Tribe of Benjamin (19:1-21:25)