SUMMARY OF THE BOOK OF JUDGES

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BIBLICAL PERIOD	#5 THE AGE OF THE JUDGES OF ISRAEL
FOCUS	CYCLE OF APOSTASY		CYCLE OF DELIVERANCE	CYCLE OF DEPRAVITY
THE COVENANT	THE SINAI COVENANT
SCRIPTURE	1:1	2:1	3:5	17:1	19:1	20:1–21:5
DIVISION	Israel fails to complete the conquest	God judges Israel	The six campaigns to take the land	Sin of idolatry	Sin of immorality	Sin of civil war
TOPIC	CAUSES OF THE CYCLES		CURSE OF THE CYCLES	CONDITION OF ISRAEL DURING THE CYCLES
	LIVING WITH THE CANAANITES		WAR AGAINST THE CANAANITES	ADOPTING CANAANITE CUSTOMS
LOCATION	THE PROMISED LAND OF CANAAN
TIME	about 350/410 YEARS?

TIME LINE (BC)
WORLD EMPIRES: EGYPT—————————————————————————ASSYRIA——————BABYLON———