Chapter IV: The Era of the Judges

JUDGES.

1. Othniel,
2. Ehud,
3. Shamgar,
4. Deborah and Barak,
5. Gideon,
6. Abimelech,
7. Thola,
8. Jair,
9. Jephthah,
10. Samson,
11. Ibzon,
12. Elon,
13. Abdon,
14. Eli,
15. Samuel.

Othniel delivers the southern tribes from an
Idumæan king.

Ehud routs Eglon, king of Moab.

Shamgar opposes the Philistines.

DEBORAH and Barak defeat Sisera, Jabin’s general,
at Mount Tabor.

GIDEON routs the Midianites under Zebah and
Zalmunna.

Abimelech leader of the Shechemites.

JEPHTHAH repulses the Ammonites in the
trans-Jordanic provinces.

SAMSON keeps the Philistines at bay.

Eli, priest and judge.

The Ark captured by the Philistines at Aphek.

=Samuel=, judge and prophet.

Levitical and prophetical schools formed.