An Overview of Judges Chapters 17-21 Questions

1. As we begin this section of our study and conclude the book of Judges, what do you notice when reading Judges
17:6 and Judges 21:25?

2. Who had taken the eleven hundred shekels of silver from Micah’s mother?

3. Once Micah’s mother received back that which was taken from her, what did she do next?

4. What did Micah try to do to make his “house of gods” more “official”?

5. What was Micah’s thinking in consecrating a Levite as a priest in his house of idols?

6. Thinking from the things we have studied through the book of Joshua, how did the Lord view Micah?

7. Who tells the Danites that the Lord is with them as they are spying out a land to conquer? Was this “messenger”
trustworthy?

8. What did the spies and soldiers from Dan take from Micah?

9. Was Micah successful in regaining his items from the children of Dan?

10. Were the children of Dan able to conquer the people of Laish?

11. Did the children of Dan serve and worship the Lord in their new land?

12. Were the Levite and his concubine reunited after she ran from him to her father’s house?

13. Was this Levite willing to stay in the land of strangers?

14. Were there any in Gibeah willing to be hospitable?

15. What is similar about some of the men of Gibeah and those of Sodom which we read about in our study of the
book of Genesis?

16. What did the corrupt men of Gibeah do unto the Levite’s concubine?

17. How did the Levite react to the wrong done unto his concubine?

18. How did the children of Israel respond to the message sent by the Levite whose concubine was defiled?

19. When the children of Benjamin decided to defend the criminals among them (Judges 20:14-17), who did the
other tribes of Israel consult about the matter?

20. What did the other tribes of Israel do when Benjamin destroyed 22,000 and then 18,000 men of Israel (Judges
20:21; 25)?

21. How did the other tribes of Israel finally defeat the tribe of Benjamin?

22. What had the men of Israel sworn in Mizpeh?

23. Did the men of Israel regret what they had sworn in Mizpeh?

24. Why did the children of Israel slay all but the virgin women in Jabeshgilead?

25. What “plan” did the elders of the congregation come up with to give wives unto the men left of Benjamin since
they vowed not to do so from their daughters?

Having A Basic Understanding of Some Old Testament Truths
Part 38 – The Children Of Israel Are Doing What Is Right In Their Own Eyes (Judges 17-21)

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