1.  Introduction 1:1-3:6
    
2. Retrospective 1:1-2:10
   1. The Failure of Israel 1
   2. The Rebuke of the Angel 2:1-5
   3. The Death of Joshua retold 2:6-10

    

3. Prospective 2:11-3:6
   1. A summary of the Period 2:11-23
      (Key words: Rebellion, Retribution, Repentance, Rest)
   2. A summary of the Enemies 3:1-6

    

4. The History 3:7-16:31

 

Text	Enemy	Subjection	Deliverer	Rest
3:7-11	Mesopotamia	8 Years	Othniel	40 Years
3:12-31	Moabites, Ammon, Amalek	18 Years	Ehud (later Shamgar of the Philistines	80 Years
4-5	Canaanites	20 Years	Deborah (and Barak)	40 Years
6:1-8:32	Midian	7 Years	Gideon	40 Years
8:33-10:5	Usurptation of Abimalech	3 Years	Tola, and Jair	45 Years
10:6-12:15	Ammon	18 Years	Jephthah, (Elan, and Abdon)	10 (+6+7)
13-16	Philistia	40 Years	Samson	20 Years

2012-11-20