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Walking with Joshua and Judges Week 9

Abimelech, Tola, Jair, Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon, Abdon Sunday .................................................................................................................... 2

Abimelech dies.................................................................................................... 2

Monday................................................................................................................... 5

Judges Tola and Jair ............................................................................................ 5

Tuesday................................................................................................................... 9

Israel cries to God to deliver them ...................................................................... 9

Wednesday ........................................................................................................... 11

Jephthah chosen ............................................................................................... 11

Thursday ............................................................................................................... 13

Jephthah’s message to Ammon ........................................................................ 13

Friday .................................................................................................................... 15

Jephthah’s vow ................................................................................................. 15

Saturday ................................................................................................................ 18

Battle with Ephraim .......................................................................................... 18

Maps ................................................................................................................. 21

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Sunday

Abimelech dies

Bible Reading: Judges 9v46-57

Abimelech had killed his brothers (9v5). The men of

Shechem had made him king (9v6). Jotham had told what

would happen (9v20).....Abimelech would destroy the men

of Shechem....and the men of Shechem would destroy

Abimelech. Today we learn how it happened.

1. Where did the men of the tower of Shechem go? (v46)

Find Shechem on a map

2. Where did Abimelech go? (v48)

This was in wood area near Shechem, possibly Mount Ebal

or Mount Gerizim

3. What did he do? (v48)

4. What did he set on fire? (v49)

5. Who died? (v49)

6. Then, where did Abimelech go? (v50) Find it on a map

7. Where did the people of Thebez go? (v51)

8. What was Abimelech going to do? (v52)

9. What did a woman do to him? (v53)

10. Why did he get his armour bearer to kill him? (v54)

11. What did the men of Israel do? (v55)

12. Who had judged Abimelech and the men of Shechem? (v56+57)

Abimelech had killed his brothers on a stone (9v5). Now

he was killed when a stone was dropped on his head!

Don’t think you will get away with sin. God must and will

punish sin. Repent....turn away from and be sorry for your

sin....before it is too late.

What makes you a good Christian?

a) Having good Christian parents

b) Walking with the LORD

c) Going to a good church

d) Saying lots of prayers

Armour bearer = man

who carries armour for

a soldier;

Thrust = stabbed;

Rendered = repaid;

Wickedness = sinfulness;

Slaying = killing

MEANINGS:

Hold = strong, safe room;

Bough = large branch;

Haste = hurry;

Likewise = the same as;

Encamped = camped;

Thither = there

Answers 1) A hold in the house of the god Berith; 2) Mount Zalmon; 3) Cut down a tree bough,

carried it on his shoulder, and told the people to do the same; 4) The hold; 5) 1000 men

and women; 6) Thebez; 7) A strong tower in the city; 8) Burn down the door; 9) Cast down

a piece of millstone and broke his skull; 10) He didn’t want it said that a woman killed him;

11) Went home; 12) God

We must walk with the LORD every day to be good Christians. We do not inherit it from

our parents!

“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” (Galatians 6v7)

The people in Shechem ran to their tower

for safety. But it couldn’t protect them. The LORD is a

strong tower where we can truly be safe. Do you run to

Him?

“The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.” (Proverbs 18v10)

Abimelech was from

the tribe of Manasseh.

Monday

Judges Tola and Jair


1. Who was the next judge? (v1)

2. How long did Tola judge Israel? (v2)

3. Where was he buried? (v2) Find it on a map

4. Who was the next judge? (v3)

5. How long did Jair judge Israel? (v3)

Tola judged for 23 years. Jair judged for 22 years.

23+22=45. The land of Israel had 45 years of peace.

6. How many sons had he? (v4)

Jair must had many wives to have 30 sons. Kings and

princes rode on donkeys. Jair was not a king....and his sons

were not princes. But they must have acted like it.

7. What were their cities called? (v4) Find it on a map

Havoth-jair means ‘towns of Jair.’ They called them after

their father. They ruled these cities for their father.

8. Where was Jair buried? (v5)

Camon is Kamon. Find it on a map

9. What gods did Israel serve? (v6)

There are 7 set of gods mentioned here. Israel

worshipped many gods....instead of the One True Living

God. This was breaking God’s 1st and 2nd commandments

(Exodus 20v3-6). Breaking God’s commands is sin. God is

Holy, so He must punish sin.

Can you find Syria, Sidon, Moab, Ammon and Philistia on a map?

10. Who did they forsake? (v6)

11. How did the LORD feel? (v7)

12. What enemies did the LORD give them to? (v7)

13. How long were they oppressed? (v8)

“The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.” (Psalm 29v11)

Anger hot = very

angry;

Vexed = made them

suffer very much;

Oppressed = ruled

over them very harshly;

Evil = sin, wrong

MEANINGS:

Defend = save;

Dwelt = lived;

Judged = ruled;

Ass colts = young

donkeys;

Served = lived for

What sort of things can become gods in our lives?

a) Money

b) Bible

c) Computer games

d) Toys

e) Fame

f) Pleasure

g) Prayer

h) Facebook

Answers 1) Tola; 2) 23 years; 3) Shamir; 4) Jair; 5) 22 years; 6) 30 sons; 7) Havoth-jair; 8) Camon;

9) Baalim, Ashtaroth, gods of Syria, gods of Zidon, gods of Moab, gods of Ammon, and

gods of the Philistines; 10) The LORD; 11) Angry; 12) Philistines and Ammonites; 13) For 18

years

Money, Computer games, Toys, Fame, Pleasure, Facebook, and many other things can

become gods in our lives. Remember a god is anything that takes the place of the LORD

God. If you love something more than God, it is a god to you.

Abimelech left the country in a mess. Tola

and Jair kept peace in the land. We don’t know much

about them. But you don’t have to be famous to make a

difference for God.

Tola was from the

tribe of Issachar.

Jair was from the

tribe of Manasseh.

Tuesday

Israel cries to God to deliver them

Bible Reading: Judges 10v10-18 1. Who did the Israelites cry to? (v10)

2. What did they say they’d done? (v10)

3. Who had the LORD delivered them from before? (v11+12)

Can you find some of these on a map?

4. But what had they done? (v13)

5. Who did the LORD tell them to cry to? (v14)

6. What did the Israelites say? (v15)

7. What did they do? (v16)

8. How did the LORD feel? (v16)

9. Who came to fight Israel? (v17)

10. Where did they camp? (v17) Find it on a map

11. Where did Israel camp? (v18) Find it on a map

12. Who would be head over the Gileadites? (v18)

God didn’t need a man to do the work. But God usually

raises up a man to lead His people. God uses leaders in His

work. Maybe one day He will use you as a leader in His

work.

You can cry to the LORD with words BUT

not from the heart. God sees the heart. He sees if you

truly repent.

“Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.” (Psalm 103v13)

Which is correct?

a) God [Hates / Loves] our sins

b) God punishes us for sin so that we will [Repent / Hate

Him]

c) God wants us to [Hate / Love] sin

d) God is a [Loving Father / Cruel Master] to His children

Misery = unhappiness;

Grieved = sad;

Assembled = gathered

together;

Encamped = camped;

Inhabitants = people

who live there

MEANINGS:

Forsaken = left;

Served = lived for;

Oppress = rule over

harshly;

Tribulation = trouble;

Strange = foreign

Answers 1) The LORD; 2) Sinned; 3) Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines, Zidonians,

Amalekites, and Maonites; 4) Forsaken the LORD and served other gods; 5) The gods the

had chosen; 6) We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee;

deliver us only, we pray thee, this day; 7) Put away the strange gods and served the LORD;

8) Grieved for the misery of Israel; 9) Ammonites; 10) Gilead; 11) Mizpeh; 12) The man

who would fight the Ammonites

God hates all our sins. He punishes us sin so that we will repent. He wants us to hate sin.

God is a Loving Father to His children.

Wednesday

Jephthah chosen


1. Who were Jephthah’s parents? (v1)

2. What sort of man was Jephthah? (v1)

3. Why did his brothers throw him out? (v2)

They were grown men now. Jephthah’s brothers were

greedy. They wanted all the inheritance for themselves.

They treated him like an outsider and put him out. Family

and friends may treat you like an outsider....but the LORD

loves you. He wants to use you.

4. Where did he go? (v3) Find it on a map

5. Who came to fight Israel? (v4)

The Ammonites were descendants of Lot

(Genesis 19v30-38).

6. Who went to get Jephthah? (v5)

7. Why? (v6)

Jephthah could have said, ‘No.’ But he didn’t hold the past

against them. He knew saving Israel was more important.

8. What did they say he would be? (v8)

9. Who did Jephthah say would deliver them? (v9)

10. Who was their witness? (v10)

11. Who did Jephthah talk before? (v11)

12. Where? (v11) Find it on a map

Jephthah trusted God to win the battle. He didn’t trust

his own abilities.

Jephthah was from the

tribe of Manasseh.

MEANINGS:

Valour = brave for war;

Harlot = prostitute;

Begat = fathered;

Thrust = drove out;

Inherit = get to own;

Strange = foreign;

Brethren = brothers;

Vain men = worthless men

Fetch = bring;

Expel = put out;

Distress = trouble;

Inhabitants = people

who live there;

Witness = person who

heard and saw what

happened;

Uttered = spoke

What should you do?

There’s a boy in your class that people don’t like. His Mum

isn’t a good woman. He’s lived in different foster homes. How

should you treat him?

a) Make him feel he’s not wanted

b) Make fun of him

c) Try to include him in activities

d) Bully him on Facebook

e) Say nasty things about him

Answers 1) Gilead and a harlot; 2) Mighty man of valour; 3) So he would not inherit anything from

their father; 4) Tob; 5) Ammonites; 6) The elders of Gilead; 7) To be their captain to fight

the Ammonites; 8) Head over all Gilead; 9) The LORD; 10) The LORD; 11) The LORD; 12)

Mizpeh

Try to include him in activities. Always think how you would feel if you were him

God can use you even though people look

down on you. The LORD can make something special out

of your life. The secret is love God first....and be ready to

do anything for Him.

“But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Corinthians 15v57)

Thursday

Jephthah’s message to Ammon


Other Reading: Numbers 21v21-26

1. Why did Jephthah send messengers to the king of Ammon? (v12)

2. What did Ammon want Israel to give back? (v13)

Find the Arnon, Jabbok and Jordan rivers on a map

3. What 2 kings wouldn’t let Israel go through their land? (v17)

Edomites were descendants of Esau (Genesis 36v1).

Moabites and Ammonites are the descendants of Lot

(Genesis 19v30-38). Find Edom and Moab on a map

4. Where was Israel then? (v16+17) Find it on a map

5. So what did Israel do? (v18)

6. What king had come to fight Israel? (v19+20)

7. Where? (v20) Find it on a map

8. Who gave the land to Israel? (v23)

9. What land did Jephthah tell Ammon to possess? (v24)

Jephthah saw this battle was between the God of Israel

and the false god of Ammon. It was really a spiritual

battle. He knew the LORD would win

10. How long had Israel owned this land? (v26)

11. Who would be Judge between Israel and Ammon? (v27)

12. Would the king of Ammon listen? (v28)

How can Christians win against the devil?

(Give 2 answers)

a) Word of God

b) Saying prayers

c) Blood of Christ

d) Going to church

e) Arguing with unsaved

Delivered = gave them up

to;

Possessed = owned;

Coasts = land area;

Dispossessed = driven out;

Whomsoever = whoever;

Strive = fight;

Recover = take back;

Compassed = went

around

MEANINGS:

Messengers = people who

carry messages;

Restore = give back;

Peaceably = without

fighting;

Hearken = listen to;

Abode = stayed;

Pitched = camped;

Smote = beat

Answers 1) To find out why Ammon had come to fight Israel; 2) The land Israel got when they came

out of Egypt, from Arnon to Jabbok to Jordan; 3) Kings of Edom and Moab; 4) Kadesh; 5)

Went around Moab and Edom through the wilderness; 6) Sihon (king of Amorites); 7)

Jahaz; 8) The LORD God of Israel; 9) The land that Chemosh his god gives him; 10) 300

years; 11) The LORD; 12) No

We win against the devil by the Word of God and the Blood of Christ

There’s a spiritual battle going on. The

devil is God’s great enemy. He comes with all his demons

and forces of darkness against the LORD. The LORD’s

side is the winning side. Whose side are you on?

We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” (Ephesians 6v12)

Friday

Jephthah’s vow


Jephthah is in the list of great men of faith (Hebrews

11v32).

1. Who came upon Jephthah? (v29)

2. Who did Jephthah go to fight? (v29+32)

3. What did Jephthah promise the LORD? (v30+31)

Jephthah was trusting God to win the battle. He wanted

to thank the LORD for victory. So, he promised to offer

an animal sacrifice. He had animals within his gates.

4. What did the LORD do? (v32)

5. Where did Jephthah fight and win? (v33) Find them on a map

6. Where did Jephthah live? (v34) Find it on a map

7. Who came to meet him? (v34)

8. Why did Jephthah tear his clothes? (v35)

Just picture it....a little girl running to meet her dad. She

was so happy to see him home from battle. But her dad

was expecting see an animal before her. She was his only

child. He loved her. But he had promised God. What would

he do?

9. Why did his daughter tell him to do it? (v36)

10. How long did she want up the mountain first? (v37+38)

The girls cried because she’d never have children. They

didn’t cry because she was to die.

11. Did Jephthah keep his vow? (v39)

12. How many days every year did girls lament her? (v40)

Be very careful what you say....and what

you promise. God hears and He will hold you to it.

Rent = tore;

Proceeded = came out;

Forasmuch = since;

Alas = cry of sadness;

Vengeance = revenge

Bewailed = wept, cried;

Fellows = friends;

Companions = friends;

Custom = habit;

Lament = mourn

MEANINGS:

Vow = promise;

Whatsoever = whatever;

Delivered = Gave them

up unto;

Smote = beat;

Vineyards = place where

grapes are grown;

Slaughter = killing;

Subdued = defeated;

Timbrels = tambourines

When should we keep our vows to God?

a) Sometimes

b) When we're dying

c) Always

d) When it’s easy

e) Never

f) When we want to

Answers 1) The Spirit of the LORD; 2) The Ammonites; 3) If the Lord let him win against the

Ammonites, then whatever came out of his house to meet him, he would give it to the

LORD and offer it for a burnt offering; 4) Defeated the Ammonites; 5) From Aroer to

Minnith; 6) Mizpeh; 7) His daughter; 8) He couldn’t go back on what he promised the

LORD; 9) To do to her what he had promised the LORD; 10) 2 months; 11) Yes; 12) 4 days

in a year

We should ALWAYS keep our vows to the LORD

“When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow

and not pay.” (Ecclesiastes 5v4+5)

Is child sacrifice OK with God?

No it isn’t!

Jephthah knew God didn’t allow child sacrifice

(Deuteronomy 12v31; 18v10). Anyone who sacrificed his

children to Molech was to be put to death

(Leviticus 20v2).

He didn’t mean child sacrifice when he made his vow. He

would offer up whatever came out to meet him as a

burnt offering. He was thinking about an animal. The

Israelites offered animal sacrifices.

Did Jephthah really kill his daughter?

Jephthah was very upset when his daughter came out to meet him. He tore his clothes. She was his only child. He loved her. She wasn’t married. He’d

never have any grandchildren.

Some Bible scholars believe that Jephthah didn’t sacrifice his daughter. God didn’t allow child

sacrifice. But he kept his vow by giving her to serve the LORD. She’d serve the LORD at the Tabernacle

all the days of her life.

Saturday

Battle with Ephraim


1. Why did the men of Ephraim gather against Jephthah? (v1)

2. What were they going to do? (v1)

3. What had the Ephraimites NOT done? (v2)

4. Who delivered Ammon to Jephthah? (v3)

5. Why did Jephthah and the men of Gilead fight Ephraim? (v4)

Ephraimites said Jephthah didn’t call them. He said they

wouldn’t come when he called them. The Ephraimites

started name-calling. Jephthah said ‘I’ve had it with

you’..... and he went to war with them.

6. Who wouldn’t allow Ephraimites to cross Jordan? (v5)

7. What word could Ephraimites NOT say right? (v6)

8. How many Ephraimites died? (v6)

They were all Israelites. They shouldn’t have been

fighting each other. They should have been rejoicing that

the LORD had won the battle. Sadly, 42 000 people died.

9. How long did Jephthah judge Israel? (v7)

10. Then, how long did Ibzan judge Israel? (v9)


12. How long did Elon judge Israel? (v11)


14. How long did Abdon judge Israel? (v13+14)


How can we avoid fighting among ourselves?

a) Always want our own way

b) Never help others

c) Call each other names

d) Work together in love

e) Want people to praise us

f) Don’t forgive others

Frame = speak so;

Pronounce = say;

Abroad = elsewhere;

Nay = no;

Ass colts = young

donkeys

MEANINGS:

Strife = struggle;

Delivered = saved;

Fugitives = wanderers;

Passages = places to

cross the river

Answers 1) Because Jephthah hadn’t called them to go with him to fight the Ammonites; 2) Burn his

house; 3) They hadn’t delivered Jephthah when he called them; 4) The LORD; 5) Because

the Ephraimites said that the Gileadites were fugitives among the Ephraimites and

Manassites; 6) Gileadites; 7) Shibboleth; 8) 42 000 died; 9) 6 years; 10) 7 years; 11)

Bethlehem; 12) 10 years; 13) Aijalon; 14) 8 years; 15) Pirathon

Work together in love to avoid fighting among ourselves. Remember to treat others as you

would like them to treat you.

Are you like the Ephraimites? You don’t

get involved in the Lord’s work....but you criticize those

who do. Christians are meant to work together....not

fight each other!

“If ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.” (Galatians 5v15)

Ibzan was from the

tribe of Judah.

Elon was from the

tribe of Zebulun.

Abdon was from the

tribe of Ephraim

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