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Seeing Through Literary Eyes: Judges 4 “The Cowardly Barak, a Couple Brave Women, and a Crushed Skull…Priceless”

By On January 26, 2011 · 7 Comments · In Biblical Studies, Judges, Seeing Through Literary Eyes

After 80 years of Sabbath rest following Ehud, Israel is right back at what they know best…evil.

Judges 4:1–2 (ESV) — 1 And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord after Ehud died. 2 And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin [...]

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Through Literary Eyes: Judges 3:12-30 “Ehud, the Deceptive Lefty; Sword-Induced Dung, and Lifeless Idols”

By On January 25, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Biblical Studies, Judges, Seeing Through Literary Eyes

Judges 3:12–30 (ESV) — 12 And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord. 13 He gathered to himself the Ammonites [...]

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Seeing Through Literary Eyes: Judges 2:11-14 “Joshua Dies, Next Generation Breaks Covenant, and God Pawns His People”

By On January 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Biblical Studies, Judges, Seeing Through Literary Eyes

Judges 2:11–14 (ESV) — 11 And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals. 12 And they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They went after other gods, from among [...]

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Through Literary Eyes: Judges 1:5-7 “A Thumb for a Thumb and a Toe for a Toe”

By On January 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Judges, Seeing Through Literary Eyes

Judges 1:5–7 (ESV) — 5 They found Adoni-bezek at Bezek and fought against him and defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 6 Adoni-bezek fled, but they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his big toes. 7 And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big [...]

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