9A Study Questions for Judges
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  1. Study Questions for Judges 1-17

    1. What had Adonibezek done that caused Judah to cut off his thumbs and big toes?

    2. How old was Joshua when he died?

    3. Why did the Lord refuse to help the Israelites drive out the rest of the Canaanites from the land?

    4. What was the name of the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, whom the Lord raised up as a deliverer for Israel?

    5. Whom did the judge and prophetess, Deborah, defeat in battle?

    6. What great feat did Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, do for Israel?

    7. What title was given to Deborah in the song she and Barak sang? She “arose as a _________________ in Israel.” Fill in the blank.

    8. After Deborah, how long did the “land have rest”?

    9. When the Lord sent his angel to call Gideon to be a judge, where did the angel find him? What was Gideon doing?

    10. What sign did Gideon ask God to give him to show that God would deliver Israel by his hand?

    11. What was Gideon’s other name?

    12. Explain the two steps God took to reduce the number of soldiers in Gideon’s army from 22,000 to 300.

    13. Explain how Gideon defeated the Midianites.

    14. When the men of Israel asked Gideon to rule over them, what was his reply?

    15. How many years did the land have ‘rest’ or peace during the time of Gideon?

    16. What was the name of Gideon’s son? What did he try to persuade his mother’s kinsmen to do? What happened to him finally?

    17. How long did Jair the Gileadite judge Israel?

    18. What did Jephthah do to his daughter? Why? Did God show His approval?

    19.What word did the refugees of Ephraimites have to say to prove they really were Ephraimites?

    20. What did the angel tell Manoah’s wife? What was her son’s name? What special vow did the angel place him under?

    21. What did Samson do to the lion? What did he later find in the lion?

    22. What riddle did Samson put to the Philistines? How did they solve the riddle?

    Chapter 1
    requited, 7..paid back
    alighted from, 14..dismounted

    Ch 2
    adversaries, 3..enemies
    forsook, 12..abandoned
    provoked, 12..irritated to the point of anger
    plunderers,14..people who take things by violence or force
    plunder, 14..take goods by force or violence
    withstand, 14..resist, stand up to
    in sore straits, 15..in a terrible situation.
    moved to pity, 18..felt sorry for
    henceforth, 21..from now on

    Ch 3
    to such, 2..to those people
    the Baals, 7..gods of water and fertility of the Canaanites
    Asherah, 7..the female consort of the Baals
    his hand prevailed over, 10..he defeated
    tribute, 17..tax imposed by conquerors
    hilt, 22..the handle of a sword
    dirt, 22..excrement, feces
    utterly at a loss, 25..totally confused, puzzled
    able-bodied, 29..fit for the job
    subdued, 30..defeated and brought under control
    oxgoad, 31..a pole or stick for driving cattle
    Ch 4
    temple, 21..the area above the ear
    Ch 5
    quaked, 5..trembled violently
    peasantry, 7..people living on small farms
    tawny, 10..golden brown color
    utter, 12..speak forth
    thither, 14..from that place, from there
    tarry, 16..wait or stay
    jeoparded, 18..risked

    Ch 6
    sustenance, 4..food supplies
    wasted the land, 5..destroyed everything
    brought very low, 6..oppressed
    bondage, 8..slavery
    recounted, 13..related, told
    smite, 16..attack with overwhelming force
    ephah, 19..a Hebrew measure of volume of about 37 quarts
    broth, 20..water in which meat has been boiled.
    contend for, 31..fight for
    fleece, 37..a piece of wool taken from a sheep
    threshing floor, 37..flat area of ground where wheat grain was separated from its husk.
    for multitude, 12..in great numbers
    outskirts, 17..outermost edge








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Oratory Athenaeum
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