Outline of Judges I. The condition of apostasy and defeat: Israel's compromise in the land 1:1-3:4 A. The partial conquest of Canaan 1:1-2:9 B. The pressing need for the judges 2:10-3:4 II. The cycles of oppression and deliverance: Israel's contest for the land 3:5-16:31 A. The Arameans versus Othniel 3:5-11 B. The Moabites versus Ehud 3:12-30 C. The Philistines versus Shamgar 3:31 D. The northern Canaanites versus Deborah and Barak 4:1-5:31 E. The Midianites versus Gideon 6:1-8:35 F. The rise and fall of Abimelech 9:1-57 G. The judgeship of Tola 10:1-2 H. The judgeship of Jair 10:3-5 I. The Ammonites versus Jephihah 10:6-12:7 J. The judgeship of Ibzan 12:8-10 K. The judgeship of Elon 12:11-12 L. The judgeship of Abdon 12:13-15 M. The Philistines versus Samson 13:1-16:31 III. The consequences of apostasy: Israel's corruption by the land 17:1-21:25 A. Idolatry: the incident of the Levite of Micah and Dan 17:1-18:31 B. Incontinence: the incident of the Levite's concubine 19:1-21:25