Judges

Introduction:  The Book of Judges treats the early history of the Church in Canaan.  Judges are not kings, e.g. Gideon was Judge but he refused to be king, saying, the Lord rule over you (Jud. 8:23).  Judges are captains, and heads of the people (Jud. 11:6, 9).  Through them God feeds His people (I Chron. 17:6), and God has set them “over the people” to subdue the enemies of the people of God (I Chron. 17:9, 10).  The period of the Judges covers the space of about four hundred and fifty years...