◄ Judges Devotional Commentary ►

Judges 2:3

The children of Israel made a covenant with the Lord. He gave them the Law with its 613 regulations, which included the ten moral commandments.. and Israel unanimously promised, "all that the Lord has said, we will do!"  But from the very start of their covenant relationship with God, the chosen people of Israel disobeyed His laws and refused to execute His commands.

They had been saved from Egyptian slavery, read more...

Judges 3:4

After the death of Joshua, the children of Israel started to lose sight of their mission and responsibility, and began to disobey God's instructions. Although they had a measure of success in conquering the Promised Land under the leadership of Judah, they failed to obey all that the Lord had commanded through Moses and Joshua, and were finally punished for their disobedience.

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Judges 4:4

After the death of Joshua, the people of Israel did not continue to follow the instructions of the Lord in their continued conquest of the Promised Land. Instead, they started to do what was right in their own eyes... and as a result, they entered upon a period in their history where they were ruled by a series of thirteen judges.

This period of history showed a recurring trend. The people would do evil in the sight of the Lord read more...

Judges 6:8

From the moment they entered the land of Israel under the leadership of Joshua, the Israelites engaged in a downward spiral of events under the leadership of a succession of judges, which finally resulted in a situation where everyone rejected the sovereign authority of God, and did only that which was right in their own eyes.

Time and again, the rebellious sins of Israel caused the Lord to punish them, by bringing them into read more...

Judges 6:23

How we all delight to read through the chapter on faith in the book of Hebrews, and rejoice as we consider the exploits of so many godly men and women of faith. How often we wish that we were like these spiritual heroes, and that our faith was as sure and strong as that great cloud of witnesses, who by God's grace, were saved by faith, lived by faith, gave honour to God, and found their way into the holy Scriptures.

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Judges 9:7

We are familiar with the many parables Jesus told in the New Testament, but Judges chapter 9 contains one of the few parables found in the Old Testament. It was told to the people of Israel by Jotham, the youngest son of Gideon (who is remembered as the judge who laid out a fleece before God as a reassurance from God that His promise of Israel's victory over the Midianites and His pledge to be with them, was true).

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Judges 13:18

There are many wonderful things in the Word of God. Abraham was reminded that nothing is too wonderful for the Lord, and Joshua discovered that God did wonderful things in the midst of His people. Gideon rejoiced in all the wonderful deeds that the Lord had done for their forefathers, while David lifted up his voice and sang praises to the Lord as he meditated on the wonderful works of God.

Isaiah identified the Lord as our read more...

Judges 16:28

Samson was the last in a long line of judges the Lord chose to rule over an increasingly apostate Israel. His was a life that began with great promise when the Angel of the Lord announced his birth to the barren wife of a man named Manoah. As he grew, the Lord blessed Samson with great strength and the Holy Spirit started to guide him. But Samson was a proud, headstrong youth who became infatuated with various Philistine women and foolishly fraternised and read more...