Detailed outline of the Book of Judges – oppression and deliverance for Israel
Prologue: Incomplete Conquest and Apostasy (1:1—3:6) First Episode: Israel’s Failure to Purge the Land (1:1—2:5) Second Episode: God’s Dealings with Israel’s Rebellion (2:6—3:6) Oppression and Deliverance (3:7—16:31) Othniel Defeats Aram Naharaim (3:7–11) Ehud Defeats Moab (3:12–30) Shamgar (3:31) Deborah Defeats Canaan (chs. 4–5) Gideon Defeats Midian (chs. 6–8) (Abimelech, the anti-judge, ch. 9), Tola (10:1–2) Jair (10:3–5) Jephthah Defeats Ammon (10:6—12:7) Ibzan (12:8–10) Elon (12:11–12) Abdon (12:13–15) Samson Checks Philistia (chs. 13–16) Epilogue: Religious and Moral Disorder (chs. 17–21) First Episode (chs. 17–18; see 17:6; 18:1) Micah’s corruption of religion (ch. 17) The Danites’ departure from their tribal territory (ch. 18) Second Episode (chs. 19–21; see 19:1; 21:25) Gibeah’s corruption of morals (ch. 19) The Benjamites’ near removal from their tribal territory (chs. 20–21)