Judges

Pattern

Judges 3-16

Othniel
Ehud
Deborah
Gideon

Abimelech
Tola
Jair
Jephthah

Ibzan
Elon
Abdon
Samson

40 years
80 years
40 years
40 years

3 years
23 years
22 years
6 years

7 years
10 years
8 years
20 years

Judah
Benjamin
Issachar
Manasseh

Manasseh
Issachar
Gileadite
Gileadite

Judah
Zebulun
Ephraim
Dan

3:7-11
3:12-30
4,5
6,7,8

9
10:1-2
10:3-5
10,11,12

12:8-10
12:11-12
12:13-15
14,15,16

“They were left to test the Israelites to see whether they would obey the LORD’s commands, which he had given their ancestors through Moses.”

Judges 3:4