Judges 1-3 - Yahweh Raises Up Judges

The Fight Against the Canaanites

Jdg 1:1 LSB - [1] Now it happened after the death of Joshua that the sons of Israel asked of Yahweh, saying, "Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?"

Jdg 1:19 LSB - [19] Now Yahweh was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they [could] not dispossess the inhabitants of the valley because they had iron chariots.

Israel Fails to Complete the Conquest

Jdg 1:34 LSB - [34] Then the Amorites pressed the sons of Dan into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the valley;

The Angel of Yahweh Speaks to Israel

Jdg 2:3 LSB - [3] "Therefore I also said, 'I will not drive them out before you; but they will become [as thorns] in your sides, and their gods will become a snare to you.'"

Joshua’s Death and Burial

Jdg 2:10 LSB - [10] And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and there arose another generation after them who did not know Yahweh or even the work which He had done for Israel.

Israel Serves Baals

Yahweh Raises Up Judges

Yahweh Tests Israel

Jdg 3:1-2 LSB - [1] Now these are the nations which Yahweh [allowed to] remain, to test Israel by them ([that is], all who had not known any of the wars of Canaan; [2] however, [God tested them] in order that the generations of the sons of Israel would know [war], by learning war, especially those who had not known it formerly).

Yahweh Raises Up Othniel

Jdg 3:9-10 LSB - [9] Then the sons of Israel cried to Yahweh, and Yahweh raised up a savior for the sons of Israel to save them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. [10] And the Spirit of Yahweh came upon him, and he judged Israel. And he went out to war, and Yahweh gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand. So his hand was strong against Cushan-rishathaim.

Yahweh Raises Up Ehud and Shamgar

Jdg 3:15 LSB - [15] Then the sons of Israel cried to Yahweh, and Yahweh raised up a savior for them, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. And the sons of Israel sent tribute by his hand to Eglon the king of Moab.