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Judges
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Chapter 9
Judges 9:1-6
Judges 9:1-6
Explore Judges 9:1–6 as Abimelech rises to power through manipulation and murder. This Coffee and Devotions episode contrasts self-made leadership ...
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Chapter 10
Judges 10:3-5
No One Is Insignificant
Only three verses describe Jair: he judged Israel for twenty-two years, had thirty sons riding thirty donkeys and possessing thirty towns in Gilead, a...
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Chapter 8
Judges 8:29-35
Judges 8:29-35
Reflect on the life and legacy of Gideon in Judges 8:29–35. This devotional urges believers not to forget God’s mercy and deliverance. Learn the i...
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Chapter 9
Judges 9:1-6
Self-Made Kingship Fails
Abimelech persuades his mother's relatives in Shechem to make him their ruler, uses money from Baal's temple to hire worthless men, murders his brothe...
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Chapter 9
Judges 9:7-21
Beware the Bramble King
Jotham confronts Shechem for murdering Gideon's sons and enthroning Abimelech. His parable portrays their chosen king as a bramble that offers false s...
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Chapter 10
Judges 10:1-2
God Raises the Faithful
After Abimelech's tyrannical rule, God raises Tola of Issachar to save and judge Israel. Tola serves faithfully for twenty-three years and is then bur...
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Chapter 8
Judges 8:22-28
Judges 8:22-28
Gideon rightly refuses a hereditary kingship and declares that the Lord will rule Israel, but then collects gold, makes a priestly ephod, and becomes ...
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Chapter 8
Judges 8:29-35
Do Not Forget the Lord
Gideon dies after a long and outwardly strong life, but Israel immediately returns to Baal worship, forgets the Lord who delivered them, and shows no ...
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Chapter 8
Judges 8:22-28
Do Not Replace the Lord
Gideon rightly refuses Israel's offer of hereditary rule and says the Lord will rule, yet he then makes an unauthorized ephod that becomes an idolatro...
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Chapter 8
Judges 8:1-21
Judges 8:1-21
Gideon calms Ephraim's anger with humility, continues pursuing Midian's kings despite exhaustion and refused aid, punishes Succoth and Penuel as promi...
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Chapter 7
Judges 7
Judges 7
God reduces Gideon's army from thirty-two thousand to three hundred so Israel cannot claim credit for salvation. After strengthening Gideon's faith th...
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Chapter 6
Judges 6:36-40
Judges 6:36-40
Fearful Gideon asks for the fleece signs to gain certainty before battle, and God graciously accommodates his weakness. Yet God's people should trust ...
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Chapter 6
Judges 6:28-35
Judges 6:28-35
Gideon boldly tears down the altar of Baal and is empowered by God to rally Israel. This devotional from Judges 6:28–35 reminds us to forsake idols ...
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Chapter 6
Judges 6:11-27
Judges 6:11-27
Discover how God calls Gideon, a fearful man, to lead Israel in Judges 6:11–27. Learn to trust God's presence, confront sin, and tear down idols i...
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Chapter 6
Judges 6:1-10
Judges 6:1-10
After forty years of rest, a new generation does evil, and God delivers Israel to Midianite, Amalekite, and eastern oppression that destroys its food ...
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Chapter 5
Judges 5
Judges 5
Deborah and Barak sing a historical victory song that gives glory to the Lord for raising willing leaders and people, defeating Sisera through Jael, j...
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Chapter 6
Judges 6:28-35
Tear Down Every Idol
Gideon obeys God's command to tear down Baal's altar and the Asherah image. When the townsmen demand his death, Joash challenges Baal to defend himsel...
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Chapter 6
Judges 6:36-40
Don't Test, Just Trust God
Gideon fears the approaching battle and twice asks God for miraculous signs with a fleece to assure him that God will save Israel through him. God gra...
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Chapter 6
Judges 6:11-27
Tear Down the Idols
The Lord calls fearful Gideon, who is hiding from Midian, to deliver Israel and promises that his own presence (not Gideon's strength) will secure vic...
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Chapter 4
Judges 4
Judges 4
After Israel sins and suffers under Jabin and Sisera, God speaks through Deborah, sends Barak to battle, routes the army, and uses Jael to complete th...
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Chapter 3
Judges 3:31
Judges 3:31
In one brief memorial, Shamgar son of Anath uses an ordinary ox goad to defeat six hundred Philistines and deliver Israel. God accomplishes remarkable...
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Chapter 3
Judges 3:12-30
Judges 3:12-30
Because Israel again does evil, the Lord strengthens Eglon of Moab to oppress them. When Israel cries out, the Lord raises the left-handed Benjamite E...
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Chapter 3
Judges 3:31
Be Faithful and Obedient
In the Bible's only verse about Shamgar, this otherwise unknown son of Anath kills six hundred Philistines with an ordinary ox goad and delivers Israe...
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Chapter 4
Judges 4
God’s Unexpected Deliverance
After Israel again turns to evil and suffers Canaanite oppression, God raises Deborah to judge, commands Barak to fight, routes Sisera's army, and une...
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