Bible Studies

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Judges 18

This post follows the Bible reading plan available at oaktreechurch.com/soap. Chapter eighteen continues the story of Micah and his hired Levite. At this point in Israel’s history, the tribe of Dan had been run out of their allotted territory by the Amorites, but they had not yet settled elsewhere (Judges 1:34; Joshua 19:40-48). Verse one […]

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Judges 17

This post follows the Bible reading plan available at oaktreechurch.com/soap. Chapter seventeen begins the first of the last two stories in Judges. No date is given for this narrative, only that ā€œIsrael had no kingā€ (Judges 17:6). However, the abject moral depravity displayed may indicate that this was later in the historical timeline, although the

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Judges 16

This post follows the Bible reading plan available at oaktreechurch.com/soap. Chapter sixteen concludes Samson’s story. Although he led Israel for twenty years, we know almost nothing of his story, save the few situations recorded in these past three chapters. It seems that the Philistines were probably so afraid of him that they left Israel alone

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