| Major Dates | ![]() |
|||||||
| Major Events | ||||||||
| Major Characters | Joshua | Judges | Eli | Samuel | ||||
| Other Important Characters | Achan, Rahab, The 12 Tribes | Ehud
Judah, Simeon, Adonibezek, Caleb, Achsah, Othneil |
Deborah
Eglon, Jael, Barak, Sisera |
Gideon Midian |
Jephthah |
Samson Philistines, Manoah and wife, Delilah, Ruth, Naomi |
Hannah, Elkanah, Hophni, Phinehas | Eli |
| Other Important Events | -God promises to assist the Israelites -Rohab hides the spies -Crossing the Jordan and memorial stones -Battle of Jericho -The Israelites are defeated at Ai -The Gibeonite deception |
-The Call of Gideon -Soldier selection -Defeat of Midian -Jephthah flees to Tob Jephthah asked to fight Ammonites Jephthah defeats Ammonites w/ God's help -Angel appears to Manoah's wife and says shw will have a son and he will be a nazirite -Samson marries Philistine -Samson destroys field w/ foxes -Samson kills 1000 men w/ jawbone -Samson and Delilah -Samson, along w/ 3000 Philistines are killed when he breaks the temple's pillars |
-Hannah's prayer for a son -Hannah and Elkanah have Samuel -Samuel is offered to God as a nazirite -the Wickedness of Eli's sons a man of God comes to Eli and warns about his sons |
-Revelation to Samuel -Samuel acknowledged as prophet -Defeat of the Isrealites -Loss of the Ark -Death of Eli |
||||
| Where in the Bible | Joshua |
Judges |
1 Samuel |
|||||
| Key Themes or Ideas | Unlikely hero, God will provide | Unlikely hero, Sin, Punishment, Repentance, Deliverance | Unlikely hero, sin, call of the prophet | |||||