1. What caused strife between the men of Ephraim and Jephthah? 2. Were the men of Ephraim able to carry out the threat they made against Jephthah? 3. What test was given at the passages of Jordan to assure that no Ephraimites escaped? 4. What were the names of the next three judges over Israel after Jephthah died? 5. Why did the Lord deliver the children of Israel into the hands of the Philistines for forty years? 6. What did Manoah’s wife have in common with Sarah and Elisabeth? 7. When was the child given to Manoah and his wife supposed to have a hair cut? 8. When studying the book of Joshua we discussed how Joshua 5:13-15 could not have been merely an angel. What in our current context adds to our points we made then? 9. Was the Lord with Samson? 10. Was it the Lord’s will that Samson marry a heathen woman? 11. How was Samson able to kill a young lion with his bare hands? 12. What is significant about Judges 14:9-10? 13. What happens between Samson, the thirty Philistine companions, and Samson’s wife? 14. Was it Samson who gave away his wife? 15. What did Samson do when he could not be with his wife and what course of events occurs because of his actions? 16. What does Samson do when he gets to Gaza? 17. Who did Samson come to love from the valley of Sorek? 18. Did the woman of the valley of Sorek love Samson? 19. Were there any clear indicators to Samson that the woman he loved was against him? 20. What two weaknesses did Samson have? 21. What did the Philistines do when they took Samson? 22. What happened when the Philistines held a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god? 23. How long was Samson a judge in Israel? |
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| © 2008 This study was prepared for the midweek studies of the Sunrise Acres church of Christ in El Paso, TX by Brian A. Yeager. |