Monthly Archive: March 2015

JAIR Tola was followed by Jair of Gilead, who led Israel twenty-two years. He had thirty sons, who rode thirty donkeys. They controlled thirty towns in Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth...

TOLA After the time of Abimelek, a man of Issachar named Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim. He...

ABIMELEK Abimelek was one of the seventy sons of Jerub-Baal, who we know as Gideon. He was one of the natural successors after the death of Gideon to keep the peace. But he got...

GIDEON Yes, we’re still with Gideon. This is a really interesting bit – how other people react to his successes. So the Ephraimites’ response was this – “Why have you treated us like this?...

GIDEON So Gideon has been convinced by God that he is the one to deliver the Israelites from their current oppression. He is to lead them to victory against the Midianites. He gathers a...

GIDEON And so we continue with the familiar story – The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites. Midian...

DEBORAH Yesterday we saw how God brought about another victory for the Israelites through Deborah and Barak. Today they are singing about it. Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers! I, even I, will...

DEBORAH Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord…….  Judges 4:1 Yes, we’re back in this cycle again……Jabin king of Canaan is in charge. His commander Sisera exploits the Israelites for...

SHAMGAR After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath, who struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He too saved Israel.  Judges 3:31 This is all we know about our third judge. His name...

EHUD After Othniel, it was Ehud. Remember the pattern? Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and because they did this evil the Lord gave Eglon king of Moab power...