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Judges — Group study guide
Part 1 of 2 · chapters 1–10
10 chapters · 91 questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Judges 1 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Judges 1 (KJV)
1. After the death of Joshua, what did Israel ask the LORD?
Judges 1:1
- A. When they would return to Egypt
- B. Who would be their new king
- C. Where they would set up the tabernacle
- D. Who would go up first against the Canaanites
2. Who went up with Judah to fight?
Judges 1:3
- A. Dan
- B. Simeon
- C. Ephraim
- D. Benjamin
3. What did they cut off of Adonibezek?
Judges 1:6
- A. His ears and nose
- B. His beard and hair
- C. His right hand
- D. His thumbs and his great toes
4. How many kings had Adonibezek cut off their thumbs?
Judges 1:7
- A. Threescore and ten (seventy)
- B. Seven
- C. Thirty
- D. Twelve
5. What did Caleb offer to the one who smote Kirjathsepher and took it?
Judges 1:12
- A. A field with springs
- B. A hundred shekels of silver
- C. His daughter Achsah to wife
- D. The city of Hebron
6. What was the name of Caleb's younger brother?
Judges 1:13
- A. Joshua
- B. Othniel
- C. Ehud
- D. Gera
7. Besides the land, what did Caleb give his daughter?
Judges 1:15
- A. A flock of sheep
- B. A house in Hebron
- C. The upper springs and the nether springs
- D. Menservants and maidservants
8. Why could Judah not drive out the inhabitants of the valley?
Judges 1:19
- A. Because they had chariots of iron
- B. Because they had walled cities
- C. Because the LORD was not with Judah
- D. Because they were giants
9. What was Bethel called before?
Judges 1:23
- A. Kirjatharba
- B. Ai
- C. Jebus
- D. Luz
10. Who helped the spies by showing them the entrance into the city?
Judges 1:24
- A. A shepherd
- B. A Canaanite priest
- C. A harlot
- D. A man that came forth out of the city
11. What did Israel do with the Canaanites when Israel was strong?
Judges 1:28
- A. Utterly destroyed them
- B. Made a covenant of peace with them
- C. Drove them into the wilderness
- D. Put them to tribute
Notes
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Judges 2 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Judges 2 (KJV)
1. What did the people do when the angel of the LORD finished speaking?
Judges 2:4
- A. Lifted up their voice and wept
- B. Danced for joy
- C. Fled to the mountains
- D. Built an altar to Baal
2. Did Israel serve the LORD all the days of Joshua?
Judges 2:7
- Yes
- No
3. How old was Joshua when he died?
Judges 2:8
- A. A hundred and twenty years
- B. Eighty years
- C. Ninety-nine years
- D. A hundred and ten years
4. Did the generation that arose after Joshua know the LORD?
Judges 2:10
- Yes
- No
5. Whom did Israel serve instead of the LORD?
Judges 2:13
- A. Chemosh and Milcom
- B. Dagon and Molech
- C. Baal and Ashtaroth
- D. The golden calf
6. The spoilers spoiled Israel. Whom did the LORD raise up to deliver them?
Judges 2:16
- A. Priests
- B. Kings
- C. Judges
- D. Prophets
7. When the LORD heard Israel's groanings, what was He moved to?
Judges 2:18
- A. Jealousy
- B. Anger
- C. Pity
- D. Judgment
8. What happened with Israel when a judge died?
Judges 2:19
- A. They mourned forty days
- B. They returned and corrupted themselves more than their fathers
- C. They chose another judge at once
- D. They separated from the nations
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Judges 3 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Judges 3 (KJV)
1. Why did the LORD not let all the nations be conquered?
Judges 3:1-2
- A. Because Israel was too small
- B. Because Joshua had made a covenant with them
- C. To prove those who had not known war
- D. Because the nations repented
2. What came of Israel taking wives from among the enemy nations?
Judges 3:6
- A. They received their lands
- B. They became stronger
- C. They had peace with them
- D. They served their gods
3. When Israel cried unto the LORD, He raised up a deliverer. What was his name?
Judges 3:9
- A. Barak
- B. Othniel
- C. Shamgar
- D. Ehud
4. Whose younger brother was the father of that deliverer (Othniel)?
Judges 3:9
- A. Joshua's
- B. Caleb's
- C. Eleazar's
- D. Aaron's
5. How many years did the land have rest under Othniel?
Judges 3:11
- A. Forty years
- B. Seven years
- C. Twenty years
- D. Eighty years
6. Which Benjamite was left-handed?
Judges 3:15
- A. Shamgar the son of Anath
- B. Ehud the son of Gera
- C. Othniel the son of Kenaz
- D. Barak the son of Abinoam
7. The dagger Ehud thrust into King Eglon went in up to the haft. Why?
Judges 3:22
- A. Because the king was sitting
- B. Because of his fat
- C. Because Ehud was very strong
- D. Because it was very short
8. How long did King Eglon's servants wait before opening the doors?
Judges 3:25
- A. Until night
- B. Until the queen came
- C. Until they heard a cry
- D. Till they were ashamed (confused by the delay)
9. Who slew six hundred Philistines with an ox goad?
Judges 3:31
- A. Ehud the son of Gera
- B. Samson
- C. Shamgar the son of Anath
- D. Jair the Gileadite
Notes
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Judges 4 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Judges 4 (KJV)
1. What was the name of the captain of King Jabin's host?
Judges 4:2
- A. Oreb
- B. Eglon
- C. Sisera
- D. Zeeb
2. Who had nine hundred chariots of iron?
Judges 4:3
- A. King Jabin
- B. The Philistines
- C. King Eglon
- D. The Midianites
3. How many years did this king oppress Israel?
Judges 4:3
- A. Eighteen years
- B. Twenty years
- C. Forty years
- D. Seven years
4. Who was the wife of Lapidoth?
Judges 4:4
- A. Achsah
- B. Delilah
- C. Deborah
- D. Jael
5. And what did she do in Israel?
Judges 4:4
- A. She was a midwife
- B. She wove for the tabernacle
- C. She kept the ark
- D. She judged Israel
6. Was she a prophetess?
Judges 4:4
- Yes
- No
7. Barak would not go to war alone. Whom did he want to go with him?
Judges 4:8
- A. Heber the Kenite
- B. Gideon
- C. Jael
- D. Deborah
8. Into whose hand would the LORD sell Sisera?
Judges 4:9
- A. Into the hand of a woman
- B. Into the hand of the Canaanites
- C. Into the hand of Barak
- D. Into the hand of Heber
9. How many of Sisera's host did Barak slay?
Judges 4:16
- A. All of them
- B. Three hundred
- C. Ten thousand
- D. Half
10. Who hid Sisera?
Judges 4:18
- A. Achsah
- B. Rahab
- C. Jael
- D. Deborah
11. Yes or no? Sisera asked Jael to lie.
Judges 4:20
- Yes
- No
12. How was Sisera killed?
Judges 4:21
- A. With a millstone
- B. A nail (tent peg) was driven through his temples
- C. With a sword
- D. With an ox goad
Notes
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Judges 5 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Judges 5 (KJV)
1. What did Deborah and Barak do after Sisera's defeat?
Judges 5:1
- A. They sang
- B. They fasted seven days
- C. They built an altar
- D. They offered burnt offerings
2. According to the song, what melted (trembled) before the LORD?
Judges 5:5
- A. The mountains
- B. The cities
- C. The cedars
- D. The seas
3. Until when were the villages in Israel abandoned?
Judges 5:7
- A. Until Saul reigned
- B. Until Gideon came
- C. Until Deborah arose
- D. Until Jabin died
4. How did Deborah arise in Israel?
Judges 5:7
- A. As a queen
- B. As a priestess
- C. As a mother
- D. As a warrior
5. Why was Meroz cursed?
Judges 5:23
- A. Because it hid Sisera
- B. Because it killed the spies
- C. Because it came not to the help of the LORD
- D. Because it worshipped Baal
6. According to the song, who looked out at a window waiting for Sisera?
Judges 5:28
- A. Jael
- B. Sisera's mother
- C. The daughters of Shiloh
- D. Jabin's wife
7. Who shall be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might?
Judges 5:31
- A. Those who sing to the LORD
- B. The mighty men of Israel
- C. The judges of Israel
- D. Those who love the LORD
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Judges 6 — Study questions
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Read first: Judges 6 (KJV)
1. Why did the children of Israel make dens in the mountains?
Judges 6:2
- A. To keep the wheat from the rain
- B. Because of the Midianites
- C. Because of an earthquake
- D. To hide the ark
2. From whom was Gideon hiding the wheat?
Judges 6:11
- A. The Philistines
- B. The Amalekites
- C. His father Joash
- D. The Midianites
3. What was the first thing the angel said to Gideon?
Judges 6:12
- A. Arise and throw down the altar of Baal
- B. Go in this thy might
- C. Fear not, Gideon
- D. The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour
4. Gideon was unsure it was God speaking to him. What did he ask for to be sure?
Judges 6:17
- A. A sword
- B. A sign
- C. A prophet
- D. A dream
5. Why did the angel say to Gideon, "Peace be unto thee"?
Judges 6:23
- A. Because Israel had won
- B. Because Gideon was angry
- C. Because the Midianites had left
- D. Because Gideon feared he would die
6. What kind of altar did Gideon's father have?
Judges 6:25
- A. An altar to Dagon
- B. A brasen altar
- C. An altar of Baal
- D. An altar to the LORD
7. What did they want to do with Gideon when they learned he had thrown down the altar?
Judges 6:30
- A. Kill him
- B. Make him their king
- C. Hand him over to the Midianites
- D. Drive him out of the city
8. What other name was Gideon given?
Judges 6:32
- A. Joash
- B. Abimelech
- C. Jotham
- D. Jerubbaal
Notes
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Judges 7 — Study questions
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Read first: Judges 7 (KJV)
1. Why did the LORD not want Israel to fight with many men?
Judges 7:2
- A. Lest they say, Mine own hand hath saved me
- B. Because there was not food for all
- C. Because many were cowards
- D. Because the Midianites were few
2. Who were the first that God told Gideon to send home?
Judges 7:3
- A. The men of the tribe of Ephraim
- B. The elders
- C. Those who lapped the water
- D. Whosoever was fearful and afraid
3. Whom did God tell him to set apart to go to war?
Judges 7:5
- A. The men of his house
- B. The youngest
- C. Those who bowed down to drink
- D. Those who lapped the water as a dog lappeth
4. How many men in all did God choose for Gideon?
Judges 7:7
- A. Thirty-two thousand
- B. Three hundred
- C. A thousand
- D. Ten thousand
5. God told Gideon that if he feared to go down to the host, he should take someone with him. Whom?
Judges 7:10
- A. Phurah his servant
- B. Jether his son
- C. Phurah the Levite
- D. Joash his father
6. How did one of the Midianites know that God had delivered his people into Gideon's hand?
Judges 7:13-14
- A. Because he saw fire in the camp
- B. By a voice from heaven
- C. By the dream his fellow had
- D. By a prophet of Israel
7. Into how many companies did Gideon divide his army?
Judges 7:16
- A. Two
- B. Twelve
- C. Four
- D. Three
8. What did Gideon tell his troops to cry while the trumpets blew?
Judges 7:18
- A. Flee, Midianites!
- B. The sword of Israel!
- C. The LORD is our strength!
- D. The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon!
9. Where did they slay Oreb, the prince of Midian?
Judges 7:25
- A. In the valley of Jezreel
- B. At the river Jordan
- C. Upon the rock Oreb
- D. At the winepress of Zeeb
10. Did the Israelites behead Oreb and Zeeb?
Judges 7:25
- Yes
- No
Notes
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Judges 8 — Study questions
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Read first: Judges 8 (KJV)
1. Why were the men of Ephraim angry with Gideon?
Judges 8:1
- A. Because he made an ephod
- B. Because he took their spoil
- C. Because he killed their prince
- D. Because he did not call them to the war
2. Though faint, what did Gideon's soldiers keep doing?
Judges 8:4
- A. Pursuing
- B. Praying
- C. Singing
- D. Eating
3. What did the men of Succoth refuse to give Gideon's men?
Judges 8:5-6
- A. Men
- B. Bread
- C. Weapons
- D. Water
4. What threat did Gideon give the men of Succoth?
Judges 8:7
- A. To break down their tower
- B. To tear their flesh with thorns and briers of the wilderness
- C. To burn their city
- D. To put them to tribute
5. Why would Jether, Gideon's firstborn, not slay Zebah and Zalmunna?
Judges 8:20
- A. Because he feared, for he was yet a youth
- B. Because they were kings
- C. Because they gave him gold
- D. Because he had no sword
6. Having been delivered from Midian, what did the Israelites ask Gideon to be over them?
Judges 8:22
- A. Their captain
- B. Their ruler
- C. Their priest
- D. Their prophet
7. Who did Gideon say would rule over Israel?
Judges 8:23
- A. The LORD
- B. He himself
- C. His son
- D. The elders
8. Who put ornaments on their camels' necks?
Judges 8:26
- A. The Amalekites of Gaza
- B. The men of Succoth
- C. The princes of Ephraim
- D. The kings of Midian
9. What became a snare to Gideon?
Judges 8:27
- A. The ephod
- B. The gold of the earrings
- C. His seventy sons
- D. His concubine
10. How many sons did Gideon have?
Judges 8:30
- A. Thirty
- B. Seventy
- C. Forty
- D. Twelve
Notes
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Judges 9 — Study questions
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Read first: Judges 9 (KJV)
1. Abimelech sought the backing of his mother's brethren. For what purpose?
Judges 9:1-2
- A. To reign instead of the sons of Jerubbaal
- B. To avenge his father
- C. To build a temple
- D. To fight against Midian
2. Toward whom were the hearts of the men of Shechem inclined?
Judges 9:3
- A. Toward Jotham
- B. Toward Gaal
- C. Toward Zebul
- D. Toward Abimelech
3. The men of Shechem gave Abimelech seventy pieces of silver. What did he do with it?
Judges 9:4
- A. Gave it to the poor
- B. Bought weapons
- C. Hired vain and light persons
- D. Gave it to the house of Baalberith
4. True or false? Abimelech slew his seventy brothers upon one stone.
Judges 9:5
- True
- False
5. Who escaped from Abimelech?
Judges 9:5
- A. Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal
- B. Gaal the son of Ebed
- C. Zebul
- D. Jether, the firstborn
6. The men of Shechem made Abimelech king, together with whom?
Judges 9:6
- A. With the men of Succoth
- B. With the men of Thebez
- C. With the men of Penuel
- D. With all the house of Millo
7. If Abimelech did not deal truly with the house of Jerubbaal, what would the sentence be?
Judges 9:20
- A. A plague would fall on Shechem
- B. The Midianites would return
- C. Thorns would cover the city
- D. Fire would come out and devour Shechem, Millo and Abimelech
8. Why did Jotham flee to Beer?
Judges 9:21
- A. To seek help from Ephraim
- B. For fear of Abimelech his brother
- C. Because his mother lived there
- D. To offer a sacrifice
9. Did God avenge the death of the sons of Jerubbaal?
Judges 9:23-24
- Yes
- No
10. Did Abimelech turn against the men of Shechem?
Judges 9:34
- Yes
- No
11. Did the curse Jotham declared over Abimelech, Shechem and Millo come to pass?
Judges 9:20, 34, 46-49, 57
- Yes
- No
12. How did Abimelech die?
Judges 9:54
- A. He fell in the battle against Gaal
- B. He was burned in the tower
- C. His armourbearer slew him with the sword
- D. He was stoned in Shechem
Notes
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Judges 10 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Judges 10 (KJV)
1. Who had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts?
Judges 10:3-4
- A. Tola
- B. Jephthah
- C. Jair the Gileadite
- D. Ibzan
2. True or false? The LORD told Israel that in their trouble they should cry unto the gods they had chosen, for He would deliver them no more.
Judges 10:13-14
- True
- False
3. Was the LORD grieved for the misery of Israel?
Judges 10:16
- Yes
- No
4. What would the one who began the fight against the children of Ammon become?
Judges 10:18
- A. Head over all the inhabitants of Gilead
- B. High priest
- C. King over all Israel
- D. Judge of Ephraim