The Ark’s Travels in 1 Samuel 3–7
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
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
c. 1375–1050/1210–1050 b.c. The judges came from various tribes and regions of Israel, and they likely held varying degrees of influence over their neighboring regions and… Read More »The Judges of Israel
c. 1375/1210 b.c. The incomplete conquest of the Promised Land set the stage for the book of Judges, which recounts the exploits of various leaders raised… Read More »The Setting of Judges
c. 1400 b.c. During the conquest of Canaan, Joshua allotted the land to the tribes of Israel. These boundaries, however, do not necessarily reflect the land… Read More »The Allotment of the Land