Study Guide on the Book of Judges (3)

Week 10 Judges 9:1-57: Abimelech’s Sinful Kingship By defending Israel and governing her, the judges were like kings. But whereas the office of king in Israel/Judah would later be perpetual, passed from father to son, the position of judge was not perpetual. While God accomplished great deliverances though Israel’s judges, it was more and more evident that Israel needed a king. Gideon’s sins, for one thing, illustrated this need. So did Israel’s readiness to return to idolatry as soon as a...