The Battle at Elah
Sometime after being anointed as the next king of Israel, David was sent from Bethlehem by his father to take food to his brothers serving… Read More »The Battle at Elah
Sometime after being anointed as the next king of Israel, David was sent from Bethlehem by his father to take food to his brothers serving… Read More »The Battle at Elah
As the Philistines strengthened their grip on the central hill country of Israel, they placed troops at Michmash and sent raiding parties into the countryside.… Read More »The Battle at Michmash
c. 1050 b.c. Soon after Saul was anointed king of Israel, the people of Jabesh-gilead were attacked by the Ammonites. When Saul heard the news at… Read More »Saul Rescues Jabesh-gilead
After suffering losses in battle against the Philistines at Ebenezer, the Israelite forces called for the ark of the covenant to be brought to the… Read More »The Ark’s Travels in 1 Samuel 3–7
c. 1050 b.c. The book of 1 Samuel is set in Israel during the time of transition between the period of the judges and the period… Read More »The Setting of 1 Samuel
Set in the period of the judges, the book of Ruth records how a famine in Judah forces Naomi and her husband to leave Israel… Read More »The Setting of Ruth
The final chapters of Judges record the migration of the tribe of Dan to the north, and Israel’s war with Benjamin for deeds committed against… Read More »Dan’s Migration and Israel’s War with Benjamin
The Philistines ruled over Israel during Samson’s lifetime, and Samson was raised up by God to begin to deliver Israel from them. Samson’s marriage to… Read More »Samson’s Exploits
Jephthah was called upon by the leaders of Gilead to fight against the Ammonites, who were oppressing the Israelites in Gilead, Ephraim, Benjamin, and Judah.… Read More »Jephthah Defeats the Ammonites
Gideon’s small army of 300 men camped by the spring of Harod while the vast Midianite army spread out in the Jezreel Valley by the… Read More »Gideon Defeats the Midianites
When King Jabin of Hazor began to oppress the Israelites, Deborah called upon Barak from Kedesh-naphtali to fight against him. The Israelite forces gathered at… Read More »Deborah and Barak Defeat the Canaanites
During the time of Ehud, King Eglon of Moab expanded his territory and captured the “city of palms,” probably to be understood as Jericho. Ehud… Read More »Ehud Defeats the Moabites