1. What does The LORD ask the Israelites? Why is He upset with them? What does He promise because of their disobedience? Is this punishment a natural consequence of their sin? How do the people respond when God gives His judgment? Does this cover their sin and make things right?
2. Why is Joshua mentioned again? Who did the people worship through Joshua’s lifetime?
   
3. What had they seen The LORD do?
   
4. How old was Joshua when he died? Where is he buried? What happens when the generation that worshiped Yahweh died? What does that tell us about our responsibility to teach our children and others about The LORD?
5. Who is Baal? Who are the Ashtoreths? Why would they abandon The One who brought them out of Egypt? How does The LORD respond to their rejection?
6. Who did God raise up to help the Israelites? What do the people do when they are saved?
   
7. What nations were left in Canaan to test the Israelites? Who left these nations in Canaan?
   
8. Was it God or the Israelites? What did the Israelites do with the daughters of these five nations?
9. Who is Othniel? Why does God bring him up to help the Israelites? What empowers Othniel to do God’s work? What happens after God delivers the Israelites through Othniel?
10. Who is Ehud? Why is he brought up to help the Israelites? Who were the Israelites serving at this time? Why is Ehud being left-handed important? What do we know about Eglon? How many Moabites are struck down when Ehud goes to battle with them?
11. Who is Shamgar? What do we know about him? Who makes him judge? What does his name tell us about his origin? Why is his time as judge summed up so in just two sentences?

1. What happens after Ehud dies? Who does God hand the Israelites to? How do the Israelites respond to this oppression? What do we learn about the army of their oppressor?
2. Who is Deborah? Where do the people go to see her?
   
3. Why did she summon Barak rather than going and doing the work herself? Who is Barak? What does Deborah say to him? What part will she play in the battle?
4. How does Barak respond? Is this a fair request? Why or why not? What does this tell us about the Israelite men of the time?
5. How does Deborah respond? What will Barak forfeit because of his request? What does Sisera do when he receive the report that Barak had gone to Mount Tabor?
6. Who creates the military strategy for the Israelite troops? What does the LORD do to Sisera’s troops? What does Sisera do? How many of Sisera’s troops survive the attack?
7. Where does Sisera go? Why would he go there for safety? Who is Jael? What does she say to Sisera? What does she do with him? Why would she be so hospitable at first?
8. When does Barak arrive? How does this fulfill the prophecy Deborah gave about this victory?
9. What do Deborah and Barak do to respond to God’s intervention? What does Deborah’s song contain?

1. What does Israel do after the 40 years of peace? Who are the Midianites? What do the Israelites do in response to Midian? Why did they have to do this?
2. How does the LORD respond when they cry out to Him? What commands had He given them in the past about the gods of the nations around them?
3. Who sits under the oak in Ophrah? What is Gideon doing when he is called? Why would he be in a wine vat to accomplish this task? How does Gideon respond to his calling? What does he expect to see?
4. What does the LORD tell him to do? How does Gideon respond? Why would he feel unequipped for this task? How does the LORD respond?
5. What does Gideon ask of the Lord? What does Gideon bring Him? What does that tell us about his faith? What does the LORD tell Gideon to do with the offering? What happens after the offering is consumed? How does Gideon respond when he realizes who he was talking to?
6. What is the first task Gideon accomplishes? Why did he do this at nighttime? What happens when the men of the city see what has happened? How would they be able to identify Gideon as the perpetrator? What do they demand happen to Gideon?
7. How does Joash plead Gideon’s case? What does he recommend Baal do if he is a god?
   
8. What does Joash call Gideon after that event?
   
9. Who gathers together at Jezreel? Who takes control of Gideon? What sign does Gideon ask for proof that he is called? How many signs does he ask for? Should he have asked for any signs? Why or why not? Why wouldn’t the first sign be enough to convince Gideon?

1. Where did Gideon’s army camp? Why does this put them at a strategic advantage? What does God say about Gideon’s army? Why does He say this? Who is allowed to leave?
2. How many remain?
   
3. What happens after the first group departs? What does God do with the soldiers that remain? Who is selecting the soldiers? Why does the way a soldier drink water matter?
4. What attribute is God looking for in the men serving Him?
   
5. How many soldiers remain when God is done paring down the army? What does God tell Gideon to do? Who should he take if he is afraid? Who will strengthen Gideon’s resolve to go into battle? Why?
6. How does the author describe the Midianites, Amalekites, and Qedemites (Eastern people)? Who has a dream when Gideon arrives? What happened in the dream? What does it mean?
7. What does Gideon do when he hears the details of the dream? Where does he go? What does he tell the Israelite army? How many companies does he divide them into? What does he give each troop? What are they supposed to do with these items?
8. What time does Gideon and his group go to the outpost of the camp? Why is this timing important? What happens when Gideon and his men blow their trumpets? What do the troops shout?
9. What does the Midianite army do in response? What does the LORD do to the swords of the Midianite army?
10. Where does Gideon send messengers? What message does he send? Who is captured? What happens to these Midianites?

1. Why does the victory over the Midianites not conclude with a statement of peace? Why are the men of Ephraim upset? Is their complaint founded or unfounded? Why?

2. How does Gideon respond to Ephraim’s complaint? Is this explanation adequate? What does Gideon omit from his response? Why would he not explain his calling?

3. What does Gideon ask the people of Succoth to do for his men? Who should he ask? How does the princes of Succoth respond to his request? Why? What does Gideon promise them?

4. Who does Gideon ask next? How do they respond? What does Gideon promise them?

5. Where were Zebah and Zalmunna? How many men were with them? How does Gideon attack? What does he do after he routes their army? What does he demand from the youth of Succoth?

6. How does Gideon punish Zebah and Zalmunna? What does he ask them? What do they say about the men that they killed? What would have happened to them if they had not killed these men? Who does Gideon order to kill Zebah and Zalmunna? What happens?

7. What do the Israelites want to do with Gideon? How does Gideon respond? What is his reasoning? What request does he make instead?

8. How much gold is collected? What does Gideon do with all the materials he gathers? What is an ephod? Where does he place it? What do the people do with the ephod?

9. How many years do the Israelites have peace? How many sons did Gideon have? What happens when Gideon dies?

1. Who is Abimelech? Who is his mother? Where did she live? Why would the story deviate to explain Abimelech’s activities? What does his name mean?

2. Who does Abimelech go to? What does he ask them? What is he trying to do in approaching the people in Shechem? How do the people respond? What do they give him?

3. Who does Abimelech hire? What does he do to his brothers in Ophrah? Who is Jotham? What does he do? What do the lords of Shechem do after Abimelech’s act of treachery?

4. What does Jotham do when he finds out about Abimelech’s ascent to power? What does his parable mean? Who does the bramble represent? What is the purpose of a bramble? What does it mean to hide in the bramble’s shade?

5. What does Jotham say should be done if these lords acted faithfully in giving Abimelech power? What is his accusation against them?

6. What happens to Abimelech after three years of his reign? What is the point of the evil spirit? What do the lords of Shechem do? Who is Gaal? What does he do? What does he ask about Abimelech? What message does he send to Abimelech?

7. What happens when Zebul hears Gaal’s taunts? How does Abimelech respond? What strategy does Abimelech use to siege the city? What does he do with the city when it is taken?

8. Where does Abimelech go next? Where do all the men and women of this city flee to? What does a woman do when Abimelech comes to attack the city? What does Abimelech demand of his armor bearer? Why did he do this?

9. Who is given credit for turning the evil back on Abimelech that he caused against his father?

1. Who becomes judge after Abimelech? Does that mean Abimelech was a judge? What does this judge do? Where is he from? How many years did he judge? Who is the next judge? Where is he from? How many sons did he have? How many donkeys? What is the point of telling us these details about sons and donkeys?

2. Were these two judges brought up by The LORD? Why or why not? What happens when these two judges die?

3. Who do the Israelites worship again? How many false gods do they worship? Who do they abandon? What does this do to their relationship with The LORD? Who are they given over to?

4. Where do the Ammonites go? Who do they fight against? What happens after they have been shattered and crushed for 18 years? How does The LORD respond? What do the Israelites do when they receive their answer?

5. Who do the rulers of Gilead ask who their next judge will be? Who should they have

asked?

6. What kind of a warrior is Jephthah? Who is his mother? Why does that matter? What happened to him when his brothers grew up? Who joined Jephthah in his travels? What qualities drove the elders to make Jephthah their leader?

7. What claim does the Ammonite king make about Israel? How does Jephthah respond?

8. When does Jephthah receive the Spirit of the LORD? What does he do when he receives this gift? What vow does Jephthah make to the LORD?

9. Who was he expecting to walk out of his front door? Who walks out to greet him first? How does she respond? What does Jephthah allow her to do? Did God expect him to fulfill this vow? Why or why not?

10. What does this tell us about making harsh vows?

1. Why did Jephthah have to fight the men of Ephraim? What caused Israel to recognize and repent of their sin? What are some good qualities of Jephthah and his behavior?
2. How did the Gileadites conquer the Ephraimites? What fatal mistake did Jephthah make?
   
3. What does the Lord’s treatment of Israel in this situation reveal about His character? What can we learn from Jephthah about solving problems?
4. Why did the Philistines have power over Israel? What instructions and promise did the angel of the Lord give to Manoah’s wife? What did the woman do when the angel of the Lord appeared to her?
5. How did Manoah react to the news his wife received from the Lord? How did the Lord answer Manoah’s prayer? Did Manoah also keep the Nazirite vows with his wife? Why did the angel appear to the woman a second time?
6. What did Manoah want to find out from the angel of the Lord? Why did the angel advise Manoah to prepare a burnt offering rather than a meal? What amazed Manoah and his wife?
7. When did Manoah realize that he had seen an angel of the Lord? How did Manoah and his wife react when they saw the angel ascend in the flame of their offering?Why did Manoah think he and his wife would die? How did Manoah’s wife respond to her husband’s prediction?
8. How was the angel of the Lord’s promise fulfilled? How would you describe Manoah’s wife? What can we learn about parenting from this story?