Joshua, Judges, And Ruth (Dsb)
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The three books considered in this volume constitute the principal biblical witness to Israel's early history in her land. According to A. Graeme Auld, "they tell the story of how under Joshua the land was first taken by Israel and then apportioned to her various tribes. They tell how after Joshua there was a long period of ups and downs; of religious apostasy within the community and repeated harassment from abroad answered by a series of divinely impelled 'Judges' or 'Deliverers.' They offer some samples of life in Israel, 'in the days when the Judges ruled' or 'when there was not yet a king in Israel.'"
Introduction1JoshuaMoses is Dead: Long Live Joshua (1:1-6)5Moses Lives On--in His Word (1:7-9)8Land Promised: Land Taken (1:10-18)11A Woman of Easy Virtue? (2:1-11)15Faithful Rahab (2:12-24)18Crossing the Jordan (3:1-17)22What Mean These Stones? (4:1-5:1)25Circumcision: A Reproach Removed (5:2-9)29Passover and the Lord's Host (5:10-15)33Jericho's Walls Came Tumbling Down (6:1-27)36Jericho "Devoted"--Rahab Liberated (6:1-27) (cont'd)40Archaeology and Israel's Settlement in Canaan42"A Shameful Thing in Israel" (7:1-26)45Trouble and Guilt (7:1-26) (cont'd)50A Ruinous Heap of Stones (8:1-29)53An Altar on Mount Ebal (8:30-35)58Hewers of Wood and Drawers of Water (9:1-27)61When the Sun Stood Still (10:1-15)66Mopping up in the South (10:16-43)70Conquest Complete (11:1-12:24)74"It was the Lord's Doing" (11:1-12:24) (cont'd)79Developing the Land--First Principles (13:1-14:5)83Judah First and Caleb (14:6-15:63)88Joseph and the Northerners (16:1-19:51)93Asylum and Levi (20:1-21:42)100Campaign Over--Reserves Sent Home (21:43-22:6)106An Altar Named Witness (22:7-34)109"He Knows; and Let Israel Itself Know!" (22:7-34) (cont'd)114Joshua's "First" Farewell (23:1-16)116Joshua's Review (24:1-13)120"Choose This Day Whom Ye Will Serve" (24:14-33)123Holy and Jealous God (24:14-33) (cont'd)126Covenant: Statutes and Ordinances (24:14-33) (cont'd)129JudgesJudah's Settlement--A Success? (1:1-21)132The Situation in the North and a Divine Warning (1:22-2:5)136The Judges Introduced (2:6-3:6)140Three Short Stories (3:7-31)145Deborah and Barak (4:1-24)149The Song of Deborah (5:1-31)154Midianite Marauders (6:1-10)160Gideon Called to Arms (6:11-24)163Action Begins (6:25-40)167"The Day of Midian" (7:1-8:3)171Midian and Kingship (8:4-35)176Abimelech and Jotham (9:1-22)180The Fate of Abimelech and Shechem (9:23-57)185A List of Judges (10:1-5 and 12:7-14)190Setting the Record Straight (10:6-11:28)193A Fatal Vow and a Password (11:29-12:6)199Samson's Birth (13:1-25)203Samson's Riddle of the Lion (14:1-20)207Foxes' Tails and an Ass's Jawbone (15:1-20)212The End of Samson (16:1-31)216Micah and the Levite from Bethlehem (17:1-13)222Micah's Levite and Migrating Dan (18:1-31)226Models of Hospitality (19:1-30)232"They Murder on the Way to Shechem" (20:1-17)238Benjamin Brought to Book (20:18-48)243"Speak a Word, but it Will Not Stand" (20:18-48) (cont'd)248Benjamin Restored (21:1-25)252RuthA Sorry Situation (1:1-5)258Return to Bethlehem (1:6-22)261"Amid Alien Corn"--I (2:1-23)264"Amid Alien Corn"--II (2:1-23) (cont'd)267At Midnight on the Threshing Floor (3:1-18)270Redemption (4:1-6)274A Happy Ending (4:7-22)277Further Reading281
