In this episode of Bible Talk, Alex chats with Jim Hamilton and Sam Emadi about Judges 17–18.

Show Notes

1:45 / Where are we in Judges, and where are we going?

7:05 / Jim and Sam provide commentary on Judges 17.

10:29 / Why is the story of Micah in Judges 17:1-5 a perfect setup for the thesis statement in Verse 6: “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes”?

13:52 / Should the Levite have been in Bethlehem? (17:7)

15:59 / What should we think of Micah’s deal with the Levite? (17:10)

18:22 / “Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest.” (17:13)

21:28 / What’s the point of the Danites’ exchange with the Levite? (18:1-6)

22:27 / What’s noteworthy about the Danites’ robbery of Micah? (18:14-31)

34:07 / How should we think about a reference to an exile that hasn’t happened yet? Is that what “captivity” is referring to? (18:30)

35:54 / How would you preach Christ from this passage?

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