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Judges is the seventh book of the bible. The book of Judges gives the history of Israel from
the death of Joshua to the days of Samuel. The book of Judges can be divided into six major
parts: 1) The review of the past and institution of the office of Judge, 2) The five Judges, 3)
Gideon, 4) The six Judges, 5) Samson, 6) The confusion in Israel, The author of this book is
unknown. Listed below are questions on the book of Judges. These questions can be used
for Sunday school or bible study to help all young converts study the scriptures and may
God bless you always.
Judges Chapter 1
1) Which tribe according to God was to go first against the Canaanites? (Judges 1:1-2)
-judah
2) Which tribe went with Judah against the Canaanites? (Judges 1:3) -Simeon
3) Who did Judah ask to come into battle with him against the Canaanites? (Judges 1:3)
5) What two peoples were delivered into Judahs hand? (Judges 1:4)
7) Who was found in Bezek, besides the ten-thousand men? (Judges 1:5)
9) How many kings were punishments to match Adonibezeks gathered meat under his
table? (Judges 1:7)
11)Which city did Judah capture and set fire to it? (Judges 1:8)
12)After the destruction of Jerusalem, where did the children of Judah go to fight the
Canaanites? (Judges 1:9)
20)When Judah went with Simeon against the Canaanites they destroyed the city of
Zephath. What was another name for this city? (Judges 1:17)
21)Why could not Judah drive out the inhabitants of the valley? (Judges 1:19)
24)Did the tribes of Israel drive out all of the Canaanites? (Judges 1:21-36)
26)What did the house of Joseph do to the city of Bethel when the man showed them the
entrance? (Judges 1:25)
27)Where did the man that was spared by the house of Joseph go and what did he do?
(Judges 1:26)
28)Where did the Ephramites not drive out the Canaanites? (Judges 1:29)
29)Where did the Canaanites dwell and what did they become? (Judges 1:30)
30)Where were the children of Dan forced and by whom? (Judges 1:34)
31) Where did the Amorites dwell? (Judges 1:35) Mt. Heres in Aijalon
Judges Chapter 2
1) What did the Angel of the Lord say to Israel? (Judges 2:1)
3) What effect did the Angel of the Lords message have on the Israelites? (Judges 2:4)
4) What was the name of the place where the Israelites wept and what did they do there?
(Judges 2:5)
5) How long did the people serve the Lord? (Judges 2:7)
8) What kind of generation arose after Joshuas generation died? (Judges 2:10)
9) How did God react to the new generation bowing down to other gods? (Judges 2:12)
10) After the death of Joshua, what gods did the people of Israel worship? (Judges 2:12-
13)
11) What did the Lord raise up to deliver Israel from his oppressors? (Judges 2:16)
12) How did the Israelites treat other gods? (Judges 2:17)
15) What would the heathen nations help to prove? (Judges 2:22)
Judges Chapter 3
1) What wars had the new generation of Israelites not known? (Judges 3:1)
2) What nations did the Lord leave in the land to harass the people of Israel? (Judges 3:3)
3) How did the Lord command the fathers of the children of Israel? (Judges 3:4)
4) What did the Israelites do with the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites
and the Hivites? (Judges 3:6)
6) What was the name of the Judge that delivered Israel from the hands of Chushan-
rishathaim? (Judges 3:9)
8) How long was the land at rest after Othniels victory? (Judges 3:11)
9) Who was Israels second oppressor? (Judges 3:12) Eglon king of Moab
10) After the defeat of Chushan-rishathaim, how long did the land of Israel have peace?
(Judges 3:11)
12) Who did Eglon gather with him to fight Israel? (Judges 3:13)
13) How long did the Israelites serve Eglon? (Judges 3:14)
14) What did the children of Israel do to get out of Moab? (Judges 3:15)
18) What did Eglon ask Ehud to do until he had sent everyone away? (Judges 3:19)
19) Where was Eglon sitting when Ehud came to him? (Judges 3:20)
20) What did Eglon do when Ehud entered the summer parlor? (Judges 3:20)
22) What happened to the dagger after Ehud stabbed Eglon? (Judges 3:22)
23) The dagger would not come out of Eglon, but what did? (Judges 3:22)
24) How did Ehud get out of the parlor? (Judges 3:23)
26) Why didnt the servants come to Eglon to help him? (Judges 3:24)
28) What route did Ehud use to escape after stabbing Eglon? (Judges 3:26)
29) What did Ehud use to gather the people and where? (Judges 3:27)
30) What did the Israelites do when they took the fords of Jordan? (Judges 3:28)
31) Who had the Lord delivered into the Israelites hands through Ehud? (Judges 3:28)
32) How long did the land rest after Ehud and the Israelites defeated the Moabites?
(Judges 3:30) fourscore years
33) How many men did Moab lose at the fords of Jordan? (Judges 3:29)
Judges Chapter 4
1) Who was the king of Canaan who took Israel into bondage after Ehuds death? (Judges
4:2) -Jabin
2) Who was the king of Canaan and where did he reign? (Judges 4:2)
5) Who did the Lord use as a judge against Jabin? (Judges 4:4) -Deborah
6) Where did Deborah live? (Judges 4:5) -
8) Would Barak go up against Jabin alone? Who did he insist go with him? (Judges 4:8-9)
9) What tribes of Israel did Barak call to battle Jabin? (Judges 4:10) Zebulun and
Naphtali
16) Who fell under the edge of the sword? (Judges 4:16)
20) What did Jael give Sisera instead of a drink of water? (Judges 4:19)
Judges Chapter 5
2) What did Deborah and Barak praise God for? (Judges 5:2) -
4) Who did Deborah and Barak ask to hear them? (Judges 5:3)
7) What specific mountain is mentioned as melting before the Lord? (Judges 5:5)
8) What were the conditions in the days of Shamgar and Jael? (Judges 5:6)
11) Among how many were there no spears or shields? (Judges 5:8)
12) What happened when they chose new gods? (Judges 5:8)
13) Toward who was Deborahs and Baraks heart? (Judges 5:9)
16) What did Deborah want for the Lords enemies? (Judges 5:31)
17) Those that love the Lord should be as what? (Judges 5:31)
Judges Chapter 6
4) Who banded together with Midian to come against Israel? (Judges 6:3) -Amalekites
7) How were those who came up against Israel described? (Judges 6:5)
12) Where did the angel of the Lord sit? (Judges 6:11)
13) Why did Gideon thresh wheat by the winepress? (Judges 6:11)
14) What kind of man was Gideon according to the Angel of the Lord? (Judges 6:12)
15) What had Gideon been told about the Lord? (Judges 6:13)
16) What did the Lord tell Gideon he could do? (Judges 6:14)
20) How long did Gideon ask the Angel of the Lord to stay? (Judges 6:18)
21) What present did Gideon make to the angel? (Judges 6:19)
22) What did the angel tell Gideon to do with the present? (Judges 6:20)
23) What did the angel then do with the present? (Judges 6:21)
24) Why was Gideon upset about the Angel? (Judges 6:22)
25) According to the Lord what was Gideons real fear? (Judges 6:23) to Die
26) What did Gideon do at the place where the angel appeared? What did he call the place?
(Judges 6:24)
27) Did Gideons father worship God? Who did he worship? (Judges 6:25) -Baal
29) What was Gideons fathers name? (Judges 6:11 and 6:29)
30) What did the men of the city demand that be done because Gideon tore down the idol of
Baal and its grove? (Judges 6:30)
31) What did Joash tell the men of the city when they demanded the death of Gideon?
(Judges 6:31-32)
32) What valley did the Midianites and Amelakites encamp? (Judges 6:33) - Jezreel
35) What did Gideon do to test whether God was with him? (Judges 6:37-38)
36) Was Gideon then satisfied with Gods response to his test? (Judges 6:39)
37) What did he do on the next night to further test Gods promise of help? (Judges 6:39-
40)
Judges Chapter 7
4) Why did the Lord want fewer men in Gideons army? (Judges7:2)
8) How did the Lord have Gideon further pare down his army? (Judges 7:5)
9) How many men did Gideon have after this? (Judges 7:6)
11) At what time of day was Gideon to attack the Midianites? (Judges 7:9)
12) Who went down with Gideon to the Midianite encampment to gain information? (Judges
7:11)
13) What sort of cavalry did the Midianites use? (Judges 7:12)
14) What was the dream Gideon heard two fellows talking about? (Judges 7:13-14)
15) What did Gideon do when he heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation?
(Judges 7:15)
16) What did Gideons 300 man army have in their hands? (Judges 7:16)
17) What time did Gideons army come into the outside of the Midianite encampment?
(Judges 7:19)
18) What did Gideons army do to startle the Midianites? (Judges 7:19-20)
19) What did they shout when they broke their pitchers and blew the trumpets? (Judges
7:20)
23) Who was the two Midianite princes taken prisoner by Ephraim? (Judges 7:25) Oreb
and Zeeb
Judges Chapter 8
1) Was Ephraim satisfied with Gideons summoning them and why? (Judges 8:1)
3) What did Gideon request of the princes of Succoth and why? (Judges 8:4-5)
4) Why did the princes of Succoth refuse Gideons request for bread? (Judges 8:5)
6) Did the men of Penuel give Gideons army bread? (Judges 8:8)
8) Where was Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian? How many soldiers did these kings
have with them? (Judges 8:10)
10) What time did Gideon return from battle after pursing the two kings? (Judges 8:13)
11) How many elders were there in Succoth? How did Gideon find out how many there
were? (Judges 8:14)
14) What did Gideon tell his son, Jether to do? (Judges 8:20)
15) Why did Jether not draw his sword? (Judges 8:20)
16) What did Gideon take from the slain Midianite kings? (Judges 8:21)
17) Who did Gideon say would rule over Israel? (Judges 8:23)
18) What did the men of Isreal collect for Gideon? (Judges 8:24-25) -earings
19) How much value did the earrings have? (Judges 8:26)
23) After Midian was conquered, how many years of peace did Israel have? (Judges 8:28)
25) What was Gideons son named who was born of his concubine? (Judges 8:31)
-Abimelech
27) What god did Israel worship after Gideons death? (Judges 8:33)
Judges Chapter 9
3) What did Abimelechs brothers give him from the house of the idol Baal-berith? (Judges
9:4)
6) Whose house did the men of Shechem gather to make Abimelech king? (Judges 9:6)
-Milo
9) What kinds of trees did Jotham mention in his discourse to the men of Shechem?
(Judges 9:8-15)
10) After his discourse to the men of Shechem, what did Jotham do? (Judges 9:21)
11) How long did Abimelech reign as king of Israel? (Judges 9:22) -3 years
14) In whom did the people of Shechem put their confidence? (Judges 9:26)
15) What did Gaal and the people of Shechem do to celebrate their deliverance by Gaal?
(Judges 9:27)
19) What did Zebul, ruler of the city do? (Judges 9:31)
25) Where did the men of Shechem seek sanctuary? (Judges 9:46)
26) What mountain did Abimelech go to with his followers? (Judges 9:48) -Zalmon
28) What did Abimelech and his men do with their boughs? (Judges 9:49)
29) How many people of Shechem were killed in the ensuing fire at the tower? (Judges
9:49) 1000 men and women
30) What was the next city that Abimelech took by force? (Judges 9:50)
31) Where did the people of Theb9z flee to? (Judges 9:51)
Judges Chapter 10
1) Who was the judge of Israel following Abimelech? (Judges 10:1) -Tola
4) Who was the next judge after Tola? (Judges 10:3) - Jair
5) How long did he judge Israel? (Judges 10:3)
8) How many cities did they have? What were they called and where are they? (Judges
10:4)
9) After the death of Jair, what gods did Israel worship? (Judges 10:6)
10) How long did Philistia and Ammon vex Israel on the east bank of Jordan? (Judges
10:8)
11) Who did Ammon fight against on the west bank of Jordan? (Judges 10:9)
12) When Israel cried out to God in anguish, what did God tell them to do? (Judges 10:14)
13) Where was Ammon encamped for battle with Israel? (Judges 10:17)
Judges Chapter 11
1) Who was the Gileadite that took leadership of Israel against Ammon? (Judges 11:1) -
Jepthah
2) Where did Jephthah flee to and dwell when his brothers pursued him? (Judges 11:3)
4) When the elders of Gilead asked Jephthah to take leadership against Ammon, what did
he tell them? (Judges 11:7)
5) What did Jephthah take the elders of Gilead promise, before he would assume leadership
of the army? (Judges 11:9)
9) What route did Jephthah follow to give battle to Ammon? (Judges 11:29)
10) What vow did Jephthah make to God if God would deliver Ammon to him? (Judges
11:30)
11) Where did Jephthah gain victory over Ammon? (Judges 11:33)
12) Who came out to meet Jephthah on his return home? (Judges 11:34)
13) What did Jephthah do when his daughter came to greet him? Why? (Judges 11:35)
14) What request did the daughter make of her father Jephthah? (Judges 11:37)
Judges Chapter 12
1) What did the tribe of Ephraim threaten to do to Jephthah? Why? (Judges 12:1)
6) Who was the next judge of Israel after Jephthah? (Judges 12:8)
7) How many sons and how many daughters did Ihzan of Bethany have? (Judges 12:9)
Judges Chapter 13
1) For how long was Israel delivered into the hands of the Philistines after the death of
Abdon? (Judges 13:1)
4) What did the angel of the Lord tell Manoahs wife not to eat and drink? (Judges 13:4)
5) What sect of Israel was Samson to belong according to the angel? (Judges 13:5)
6) What was to be the condition as a Nazarite that Samson was to follow? (Judges 13:5)
7) What did Manoahs wife tell him about the angel? (Judges 13:6)
8) What did Manoah do when his wife told him of the angels visit? (Judges 13:8)
11) Give details of what the angel told Manoah? (Judges 13:13-14)
12) What did Manoah offer the angel to eat? (Judges 13:15)
14) Did Manoah know that the man was an angel and how? (Judges 13:16)
16) When Manoah made his offering upon the altar what did the angel do? (Judges 13:20)
17) What was Manoahs and his wifes sons name? (Judges 13:24) -Samson
18) Where did the Spirit of God begin to move Samson? (Judges 13:25)
Judges Chapter 14
2) Was Samson brave about asking the girl to be his wife? (Judges 14:2)
4) Who was it that prompted Samson to seek a Philistine girl? (Judges 14:4)
6) What came out at Samson and his parents and what did he do? (Judges 14:6)
9) How many men did Samsons fiance bring with her to the wedding feast? (Judges
14:11)
10) What prize did Samson offer to them if they would solve the riddle? (Judges 14:12)
-30 sheets and 30 change of garments
11) What was the time limit given to solve the riddle? (Judges 14:13)
13) With what did the Philistines threaten Samsons wife with if she did not come up with
the answer to the riddle? (Judges 14:15)
14) What did Samsons wife do to try to get the riddles answer from Samson? (Judges
14:16)
15) What did Samson say to his wife in response to her weeping? (Judges 14:16)
16) Did he finally tell her the answer and when? (Judges 14:17)
17) What did Samson say to the Philistines when they told him the answer to the riddle?
(Judges 14:18)
18) What did Samson do to pay off his bet with the Philistines? (Judges 14:19)
Judges Chapter 15
1) What happened when Samson had a change of heart and went back to his wife?
(Judges 15:1)
4) What reprisal did the Philistines take against Samsons ex-wife and father-in-law?
(Judges 15:6)
6) How many men of Israel came to find Samson and deliver him to their Philistine masters?
(Judges 15:11)
7) What did Samson request of the men of Israel when the found him? (Judges 15:12)
9) What happened when Samson was delivered to the Philistines? (Judges 15:14)
10) How many Philistines did Samson kill when he flayed them with the jawbone? (Judges
15:15) -1000
11) What did Samson say when he finished flaying the Philistines? (Judges 15:16)
12) What did he call the place where he flayed the Philistines with the jawbone? (Judges
15:17)
13) When Samson became thirsty, how did God quench his thirst? (Judges 15:18)
14) What did he then call the place after Samsom revived? (Judges 15:19) - Enhakkore
15) For how long did Samson judge Israel? (Judges 15:20), (Judges 16:31)
Judges Chapter 16
3) What did the lords of the Philistines ask of Samsons new girl-friend? (Judges 16:5)
5) When Delilah first asked Samson the source of his strength, what did he tell her it was?
(Judges 16:7)
6) What did the lords of the Philistines have Delilah do? (Judges 16:9)
7) After Delilah bound Samson, what did she do? (Judges 16:9)
8) What did Samson next tell Delilah was the power of his strength? (Judges 16:11)
10) What was Samsons third tale he told Delilah as to the power of his strength? (Judges
16:13)
11) After beating the drums for days to obtain the power of his strength what did Delilah
finally gain from Samson? (Judges 16:16-17)
12) This time, what did the lords of the Philistines bring to Delilah? (Judges 16:18)
13) Where did Samson sleep while his hair was being cut? (Judges 16:19)
15) What did the Philistines make Samson do after his strength was gone? (Judges 16:21)
16) What idol did the Philistines offer sacrifice to for deliverance of Samson? (Judges
16:23)
17) Where did the Philistines place Samson so they could make sport of him? (Judges
16:25)
18) What did Samson ask the lad that held his hand to do? (Judges 16:26)
19) How many people were on the roof of the house where the feast was held and where
they made fun of Samson? (Judges 16:27)
20) What did Samson pray while leaning on the pillars? (Judges 16:28)
21) After his prayer, what did Samson do? (Judges 16:29-30)
22) What happened to Samsons body? (Give details as to place of burial) (Judges 16:31)
Judges Chapter 17
1) Who took the 1100 shekels of silver from Micahs mother? (Judges 17:2)
2) What did Micahs mother say when he said he took the silver? (Judges 16:2)
3) What did mom do with the silver her son, Micah, restored to her? (Judges 17:4)
6) Who did Micah consecrate as priest of this house of idolatry? (Judges 17:5)
7) At this time, what was the political situation in Israel? (Judges 17:6)
9) What offer did Micah make to this man if he would accept the priesthood? (Judges
17:10)
10) Why did Micah think that God would bless him? (Judges 17:11)
Judges Chapter 18
1) What sort of situation was the tribe of Dan in? (Judges 18:1)
2) How many spies did the tribe of Dan send out to claim an inheritance? (Judges 18:2)
4) What did the spies want to know of the Levite priest of Micah? (Judges 18:3)
5) When they found out that the young Levite was Micahs priest, what request did they
make of him? (Judges 18:5)
6) Where did the five spies think they found a likely place for the tribe of Dan to settle?
(Judges 18:7)
7) When they got back to Zorah and Eshtoal, what did they tell their brethren? (Judges
18:9-10)
9) What did this army do when they reached Micahs house? (Judges 18:18)
11) What did Micah do when he found that his idol and priest were gone? (Judges 18:22-
25)
12) What was the name of the city that the tribe of Dan took by force? (Judges 18:27-28)
15) Who did they make priests of this idol? (Judges 18:30-31)
16) Where was Gods Holy Tabernacle at this time? (Judges 18:31)
Judges Chapter 19
1) In the first verse of chapter nineteen, what was it that Israel did not have? (Judges
19:1)
3) When the harlot went away from her fathers house, how long did she stay gone?
(Judges 19:2)
4) When the husband went after her, what did he take with him? (Judges 19:3)
5) How did the damsels father react, when he saw the husband? (Judges 19:3)
7) What did the damsels father say to his son-in-law? (Judges 19:5-6)
8) What was same thing that the father-in-law said to his son-in-law in these verses?
(Judges 19:6-8-9)
10) What did the master of the servant say to him in verse twelve? (Judges 19:12)
11) Where did the master of the servant want to lodge all night at? (Judges 19:13)
12) Where did they turn aside and lodge at? (Judges 19:15)
13) Where did the old man come from in verse sixteen? (Judges 19:16)
14) What did the old man say to the tired trailers in verse twenty? (Judges 19:20)
15) What did the evil men of the city want the old man to do for them? (Judges 19:22)
16) What did the old man offer the evil men of the city? (Judges 19:24)
17) After the evil men knew her, and abused her all night long, what happen to her that
early morning? (Judges 19:25)
18) What did the man do with his knife to his concubine, the woman, in verse twenty-nine?
(Judges 19:29)
Judges Chapter 20
2) What did the tribe of Benjamin do in response to this force? (Judges 20:3)
3) How was Israel to pare the size of its army? (Judges 20:9-10)
4) Did Benjamin deliver the men of Belial up to Israels army? (Judges 20:13)
6) How many men were in the army of Benjamin? How many were in Gibeahs army?
(Judges 20:15)
7) What special troops did Benjamin have and how many? (Judges 20:16)
8) Who did the Lord say that should be first to go up against Benjamin? (Judges 20:18)
10) How many men did Israel lose in the first days battle? (Judges 20:21)
11) How many men did Israel lose in the second days battle with Benjamin? (Judges
20:25)
12) What did Israel do at the end of the second days battle? (Judges 20:26)
13) Who was the priest of God when Israel appeared at the tabernacle and the Ark of the
Covenant? (Judges 20:28)
16) What did Israel do to draw Benjamin away from the city? (Judges 20:31)
17) How many men did Benjamin lose in this, the third days, battle? (Judges 20:35),
(Judges 20:46)
19) What was the signal used between the army of Israel and the Tiers in wait? (Judges
20:38)
20) How many men of Israel were killed when Benjamin decided to pursue? (Judges
20:31), (Judges 20:39)
21) In Benjamins flight, how many of them were slain? (Judges 20:44)
22) Where did six hundred Benjamin people hide? How long did they stay there? (Judges
20:47)
Judges Chapter 21
4) How many men of Israel went to war against Jabesh-Gilead? (Judges 21:10)
6) What sort of political situation existed in Israel at the time that Benjamin was ex-
communicated from Israel? (Judges 21:25)