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Judges 2 · Grade 5

The Cycle of the Judges

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Chapter 2 is the key to the book of Judges. At Bochim the angel of Yahweh said God would never break His covenant, but Israel had made covenants with the people of the land and left their altars standing. So God would not drive those nations out; they would be thorns in Israel's sides and their gods a snare.

The people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua and of the elders who had seen His great work. But after that generation was gathered to their fathers, another generation arose who did not know Yahweh. Knowledge of God was not passed on, and they followed the Baals and the Ashtaroth.

The writer then describes a repeating cycle. Israel does evil, God's anger burns and enemies plunder them, the people groan, and God raises up a judge. Yahweh was with each judge, for it grieved Him because of their groaning. Yet each time the judge died, they corrupted themselves more than their fathers. God left the nations to test whether Israel would keep His way.

Show What You Know

  1. What would the nations become to Israel?

  2. Who served Yahweh faithfully?

  3. Why did the next generation turn away?

  4. Why did God raise up judges?

  5. Why did God leave the nations in the land?

Crossword

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Across

  1. God raised these up to save Israel
  2. The place where the people wept
  3. False gods Israel served

Down

  1. What the people did when the angel spoke
  2. The servant of Yahweh who died at 110

Think About It

  1. The faith of one generation was not passed on to the next. What helps faith get passed on in a family or church?

  2. The cycle repeats with each judge. What sin patterns can people fall back into, and how does God's mercy break them?

Memory Verse

“Yahweh raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them.”

Judges 2:16 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for sending help again and again. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why is it not enough to know about what God did for your parents?
  • How can you make sure you know God for yourself?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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