1. Judges
Palm Beach Lakes
July-August 2016
Dan Jenkins

2. List of the Judges Othniel Ehud Shamgar Deborah Gideon, Abimelech
Tola, Jair, Jephthah
Ibzan, Elon, Abdon
Samson, Eli, Samuel

3. Ibzan-Elon-Abdon
7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried among the cities of Gilead.
8 After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
9 He had thirty sons. And he gave away thirty daughters in marriage, and brought in thirty daughters from elsewhere for his sons. He judged Israel seven years.
Judges 12:7-9 O
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4. Ibzan-Elon-Abdon 10 Then Ibzan died and was buried at Bethlehem.
11 After him, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel. He judged Israel ten years.
12 And Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried at Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
Judges 12:10-12 O
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5. Ibzan-Elon-Abdon
13 After him, Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy young donkeys. He judged Israel eight years.
15 Then Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mountains of the Amalekites.
Judges 12:13 O
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6. Samson’s Birth Oppressed by the Philistines
Announcement of his birth to his mother
Announcement of his birth to his father
The Nazarite vow – Num. 6:1-21
The sign from the angel O
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7. Samson’s Early Life His eyes find him a Philistine wife
Oppressed by the Philistines
Samson visits his “wife”, kills a lion
Samson retrieves his wife, sees bees and honey in carcass of the lion
Feast of Samson and the riddle
Seven days of “nagging” by his “wife”
Riddle solved, Samson’s response
His “wife” given to his best man O
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8. Samson & the Philistines
Samson’s response to losing his “wife”
Torches and 300 foxes
Confronted by 3,000 Jews, Samson bound
Uses donkey’s jawbone to kill 1,000 Philis.
Samson judged Israel 20 years
Samson and Delilah O
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9. Samson and Delilah She was not his wife
Visited her, Philistine plan their attack
Samson steals gates of the city
Delilah offered 1,100 pieces of silver X ??
Samson reveals his secret
Bind Samson with new ropes
Weave Samson’s hair with a loom
Shave Samson’s hair
Samson bound an eyes put out, grinder
Samson mocked at feast, his revenge
Samson’s death and greatest victory O
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