Chapter 1 - Further conquests of Canaan; some Canaanite nations not conquered

Chapter 2 - Death of Joshua; Israel turns to idolatry; remaining nations to plague Israel

Chapter 3 - List of unconquered nations; Othniel, Ehud and Shamgar are made judges

Chapter 4 - Deborah and Barak destroy Sisera and armies of Canaanite king Jabin

Chapter 5 - Song of Deborah and Barak after the battle with Sisera

Chapter 6 - Gideon selected by God to destroy Midianite armies; miracles with the fleece

Chapter 7 - God selects 300 men for Gideon's army. Midianites are defeated and pursued.

Chapter 8 - Gideon personally destroys Midianite kings, refuses to be a judge of Israel.

Chapter 9 - Abimelech destroys Gideon's sons, claims himself ruler of Shechem; is killed

Chapter 10 - Tola and Jair judge; Israel sins, are oppressed by Philistines and Ammonites

Chapter 11 - Jephthah defeats the Ammonites, makes a foolish vow to the Lord

Chapter 12 - Ephraimites attack Jephthah, are defeated; Ibzan, Elon and Abdon judge Israel

Chapter 13 - Angel of the Lord visits Manoah's wife, birth of Samson

Chapter 14 - Samson kills lion barehanded, is betrothed to Philistine woman, is betrayed

Chapter 15 - Samson burns fields of Philistines, kills 1,000 Philistines with a jawbone

Chapter 16 - Samson is betrayed by Delilah; is enslaved; dies destroying Philistine temple

Chapter 17 - Micah's creation of idols; Levite hired to be Micah's priest

Chapter 18 - Tribe of Dan takes Micah's idols and priest; slaughter people of Laish

Chapter 19 - Levite's concubine raped and murdered by Benjamites; all Israel is horrified,

Chapter 20 - Israel goes to war with tribe of Benjamin, all but 600 men of Benjamin destroyed

Chapter 21 - Israel provides wives for the remaining men of Benjamin

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