11 Judges Forestall Threats

Question 0

Disheveled figure on bottom right

Answer 0

Personification of Israel’s political enemies during period of the judges.

Question 1

Vacant throne, unclaimed crown, and robe

Answer 1

Israel, during the period of the judges, was a loosely organized confederacy without king or central government.

Question 2

Figure holds stone axe

Answer 2

Israel’s enemies during the period of the judges were the small powers of the immediate locale.

Question 3

Figure with ripped tunic and broken axe handle in hand

Answer 3

These small powers, who had attacked the Israelites and subjected them to bondage for brief periods, were defeated under rallies led by the Judges.

Question 4

Six figures in center of picture

Answer 4

The six major judges of Israel.

Question 5

Judge with raised arm

Answer 5

Othniel delivered Israel from the Mesopotamian oppression.

Question 6

Judges with sword in hand

Answer 6

Ehud delivered Israel from the Moabite attack – sword symbolic of gift given to King Eglon.

Question 7

Judge with tent spike in hand

Answer 7

Deborah won victory over the Canaanites – tent spike associated with Sisera’s death

Question 8

Judge with lamp and trumpet in hand

Answer 8

Gideon carried out psychological warfare against the Midianites with trumpets and lamps

Question 9

Judge with manuscript in hand

Answer 9

Jephthah defeated the Ammonites and in the process made rash vows

Question 10

Judge with jawbone in hand

Answer 10

Samson defeated the Philistines