Community on Columbia

The Angel of the Lord visits Samson’s parents, warning his mother that he would be a Nazarite from birth and would ‘begin’ to deliver Israel from the Philistines.

Notes on Judges 13:1-25

Jephthah, challenged by the Ephraimites, defeats them. They reveal who they are by pronouncing the word “shibboeth.”

Notes on Judges 12:1-15

Jephthah saves Israel from the Ammonites but his foolish vow has consequences for his daughter.

Notes on Judges 11:1-40

After 45 years of peace under two minor judges, Israel falls again into idolatry and is invaded by the children of Ammon.

Notes on Judges 10:1-18

The prophecy of Jotham in his “Parable of the Trees” results in Abimelech and the men of Shechem destroying each other.

Notes on Judges 9:22-57

Gideon’s son by a concubine, Abimelech, takes power by killing all but one of his 70 brothers. But his youngest brother Jotham delivers a prophecy of doom through a “Parable of the Trees.”

Notes on Judges 9:1-21