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Judges, Extraordinary.

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By: Reuben Archer Torrey

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Raised up to deliver Israel. Jud. 2:16.

Upheld and strengthened by God. Judg. 2:18¹⁸And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. (Judges 2:18).

Remarkable for their faith. Heb. 11:32³²And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: (Hebrews 11:32).

NAMES OF;

Othniel. Judg. 3:9, 10⁹And when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. ¹⁰And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the Lord delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim. (Judges 3:9‑10).

Ehud. Judg. 3:15¹⁵But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab. (Judges 3:15).

Shamgar. Judg. 3:31³¹And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel. (Judges 3:31).

Deborah. Judg. 4:4⁴And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. (Judges 4:4).

Gideon. Judg. 6:11¹¹And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. (Judges 6:11).

Abimelech. Judg. 9:6⁶And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem. (Judges 9:6).

Tola. Judg. 10:1¹And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. (Judges 10:1).

Jair. Judg. 10:3³And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. (Judges 10:3).

Jephthah. Judg. 11:1¹Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. (Judges 11:1).

Ibzan. Judg. 12:8⁸And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. (Judges 12:8).

Elon. Judg. 12:11¹¹And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. (Judges 12:11).

Abdon. Judg. 12:13¹³And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. (Judges 12:13).

Samson. Judg. 13:24, 25²⁴And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him. ²⁵And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. (Judges 13:24‑25). Judg. 16:31³¹Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. (Judges 16:31).

Eli. 1 Sam. 4:18¹⁸And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years. (1 Samuel 4:18).

Samuel. 1 Sam. 7:6, 15-17⁶And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh. (1 Samuel 7:6)
¹⁵And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. ¹⁶And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. ¹⁷And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the Lord. (1 Samuel 7:15‑17).

During four hundred and fifty years. Acts 13:20²⁰And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. (Acts 13:20).

Not without intermission. Judg. 17:6⁶In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes. (Judges 17:6). Judg. 18:1¹In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. (Judges 18:1). Judg. 19:1¹And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem-judah. (Judges 19:1). Judg. 21:25²⁵In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. (Judges 21:25).

The office of, not always for life, or hereditary. Judg. 8:23, 29²³And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you. (Judges 8:23)
²⁹And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. (Judges 8:29).

Israel not permanently or spiritually benefited by. Judg. 2:17-19¹⁷And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so. ¹⁸And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. ¹⁹And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. (Judges 2:17‑19).

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