Judges 1: Israel fights against the remaining Canaanites, but many tribes fail to drive them out completely.
Judges 2: An angel rebukes Israel for disobedience; the cycle of rebellion, oppression, and deliverance begins.
Judges 3: Othniel delivers Israel from Cushan-Rishathaim; Ehud delivers them from Moab; Shamgar kills 600 Philistines.
Judges 4: Deborah, a prophetess, and Barak lead Israel to victory over Sisera and his army.
Judges 5: Deborah and Barak sing a song of victory and praise to the Lord.
Judges 6: The Israelites fall into idolatry, and God raises up Gideon to deliver them from the Midianites.
Judges 7: Gideon destroys his father’s altar to Baal, and God confirms his calling with signs involving a fleece.
Judges 8: Gideon defeats the Midianites with only 300 men by God’s instruction.
Judges 9: Gideon pursues the Midianite kings; the men of Succoth and Penuel refuse to help.
Judges 10: Abimelech, Gideon’s son, kills his brothers and becomes king; he dies after a woman drops a millstone on his head.
Judges 11: Tola and Jair judge Israel; the Israelites fall into idolatry again and are oppressed by the Ammonites.
Judges 12: Jephthah is chosen to lead Israel against the Ammonites and makes a rash vow involving his daughter.
Judges 13: Jephthah defeats the Ammonites, and later fights against the tribe of Ephraim.
Judges 14: Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon judge Israel after Jephthah.
Judges 15: The birth of Samson is announced by an angel to Manoah’s wife, who is barren.
Judges 16: Samson kills a lion, poses a riddle at his wedding feast, and kills thirty men of Ashkelon.
Judges 17: Samson takes revenge on the Philistines by burning their fields and killing a thousand men with a donkey’s jawbone.
Judges 18: Samson falls in love with Delilah, who betrays him to the Philistines; Samson is captured and blinded.
Judges 19: Samson destroys the Philistine temple, killing himself and many Philistines.
Judges 20: Micah makes an idol, and a Levite becomes his priest.
Judges 21: The tribe of Dan takes Micah’s idol and priest, and conquers the city of Laish.
