Judges: Deborah, Gideon, Samson, & Samuel Flashcards
What was the sin that Israel committed?
Idolatry (Baal)
What people did Deborah deliver Israel from?
Canaanites
Who was the king of the Canaanites?
Jabin
Who was the powerful Canaanite general?
Sisera
Where does she stay when people ask for judgement?
under a tree (Ramah and Bethel)
Who did she summon?
Barak from the tribe of Naphtali
Where did they have to go?
Mount Tabor
From what tribes were the 10,000 men that battled Sisera’s army?
Zebulun and Naphtali
Goddess of Love (Canaanite)
Ashtaroth
Who was the woman who killed Sisera?
Jael, wife of Heber
She was the only female judge
Deborah
How long were the Israelite oppressed by the Canaanites?
20 years
Who was the judge that delivered the Israelites form the Midianites?
Gideon
How were they oppressed by the Midianites?
The Midianites impoverished their crops, which led to famine. This went on for seven years
Briefly describe their deliverance from the Midianites
Basically, an angel went to Gideon, son of Joash the Abiezrite.
