Judges 19–21: On Saving the Worst for Last While There’s Still No King in the Land (Bible Talk, Ep. 81)

In this episode of Bible Talk, Alex chats with Jim Hamilton and Sam Emadi about Judges 19–21.

SHOW NOTES

1:29 / Where are we in the book of Judges, and where have we been?

4:11 / How do the first two verses in Judges 19 set the stage for what’s to follow?

7:11 / What’s a summary of Chapter 19, and what earlier Bible story does it correspond with?

17:17 / Why does the man dismember his concubine?

18:19 / Jesus succeeds where the Levite fails.

19:51 / What are the lowlights of Judges 20, and how does it connect with the beginning of the book?

24:28 / Israel nearly wipes out the tribe of Benjamin in war, but a vow creates an obstacle to restoring them. . . How has all this happened?

27:50 / What does Israel do to solve the Benjaminite dilemma?

31:27 / Jim and Sam share final thoughts on Judges’ final note: “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes” (21:25).

RAPID-FIRE QUESTION

37:52 / Is Ruth the next Bible Talk book?

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