Judges
Old Testament · History / Narrative · 21 chaptersA downward spiral of Israel's unfaithfulness, oppression, and rescue through flawed deliverers.
Judges shows what happens when "everyone did what was right in his own eyes." Its cycle of sin, oppression, crying out, and deliverance exposes the deep need for a true and righteous king.
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