Who was the first judge of Israel?

• Answer: Othniel
• Verse: Judges 3:9 – “But when they cried out to the Lord, he raised up for them a deliverer, Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, who saved them.”

Who was the left-handed judge who killed Eglon, the king of Moab?

• Answer: Ehud
• Verse: Judges 3:15 – “Again the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and he gave them a deliverer—Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera the Benjamite. The Israelites sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.”

Which judge used an oxgoad to kill six hundred Philistines?

• Answer: Shamgar
• Verse: Judges 3:31 – “After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath, who struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He too saved Israel.”

Who was the only female judge of Israel?

• Answer: Deborah
• Verse: Judges 4:4 – “Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time.”

Who killed Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with a tent peg?

• Answer: Jael
• Verse: Judges 4:21 – “But Jael, Heber’s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep, exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.”

What sign did Gideon ask for to confirm God’s will?

• Answer: The fleece wet with dew while the ground was dry, and vice versa
• Verse: Judges 6:37 – “Look, I will place a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you said.”

With how many men did Gideon defeat the Midianites?

• Answer: 300 men
• Verse: Judges 7:7 – “The Lord said to Gideon, ‘With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the others go home.'”

What did Gideon’s men carry into battle?

• Answer: Trumpets, empty jars, and torches
• Verse: Judges 7:16 – “Dividing the three hundred men into three companies, he placed trumpets and empty jars in the hands of all of them, with torches inside.”

Who killed Abimelech, and how?

• Answer: A woman dropped a millstone on his head, and his armor-bearer finished him off
• Verse: Judges 9:53-54 – “A woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull. Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, ‘Draw your sword and kill me, so that they can’t say, “A woman killed him.”‘ So his servant ran him through, and he died.”

Who made a rash vow resulting in the sacrifice of his daughter?

• Answer: Jephthah
• Verse: Judges 11:30-31 – “And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord: ‘If you give the Ammonites into my hands, whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in triumph from the Ammonites will be the Lord’s, and I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.'”

Who was the judge known for his great strength?

• Answer: Samson
• Verse: Judges 13:24-25 – “The woman gave birth to a boy and named him Samson. He grew and the Lord blessed him, and the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him while he was in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.”

What animal did Samson kill with his bare hands?

• Answer: A lion
• Verse: Judges 14:5-6 – “As they approached the vineyards of Timnah, suddenly a young lion came roaring toward him. The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him so that he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as he might have torn a young goat. But he told neither his father nor his mother what he had done.”

What weapon did Samson use to kill a thousand Philistines?

• Answer: The jawbone of a donkey
• Verse: Judges 15:15 – “Finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men.”

What was the source of Samson’s strength?

• Answer: His uncut hair
• Verse: Judges 16:17 – “So he told her everything. ‘No razor has ever been used on my head,’ he said, ‘because I have been a Nazirite dedicated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.'”

Who betrayed Samson to the Philistines?

• Answer: Delilah
• Verse: Judges 16:18 – “When Delilah saw that he had told her everything, she sent word to the rulers of the Philistines, ‘Come back once more; he has told me everything.’ So the rulers of the Philistines returned with the silver in their hands.”

What did Samson do in his final act against the Philistines?

• Answer: He pushed down the pillars of the temple, killing many Philistines and himself
• Verse: Judges 16:30 – “Samson said, ‘Let me die with the Philistines!’ Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived.”

Who stole 1,100 shekels of silver from his mother and later made idols?

• Answer: Micah
• Verse: Judges 17:1-2 – “Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim said to his mother, ‘The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have that silver with me; I took it.’ Then his mother said, ‘The Lord bless you, my son!'”

Who became the priest for Micah’s idols?

• Answer: A young Levite
• Verse: Judges 17:10 – “Then Micah said to him, ‘Live with me and be my father and priest, and I’ll give you ten shekels of silver a year, your clothes and your food.’ So the Levite agreed to live with him.”

Which tribe sought their own land and took Micah’s idols and priest?

• Answer: The tribe of Dan
• Verse: Judges 18:27 – “Then they took what Micah had made, and his priest, and went on to Laish, against a people at peace and secure. They attacked them with the sword and burned down the city.”

What caused the near extinction of the tribe of Benjamin?

• Answer: The civil war with the other tribes of Israel
• Verse: Judges 20:47-48 – “But six hundred of them turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months. The men of Israel went back to Benjamin and put all the towns to the sword, including the animals and everything else they found. All the towns they came across they set on fire.”

Who was the left-handed judge who delivered Israel from Moab?

• Answer: Ehud
• Verse: Judges 3:15 – “Again the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and he gave them a deliverer—Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera the Benjamite. The Israelites sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.”

What was the name of Gideon’s other name?

• Answer: Jerub-Baal
• Verse: Judges 6:32 – “So because Gideon broke down Baal’s altar, they gave him the name Jerub-Baal that day, saying, ‘Let Baal contend with him.'”

What was the name of the woman who killed Sisera?

• Answer: Jael
• Verse: Judges 4:21 – “But Jael, Heber’s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep, exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.”

Who did Gideon defeat with 300 men?

• Answer: The Midianites
• Verse: Judges 7:7 – “The Lord said to Gideon, ‘With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the others go home.'”

Who made a rash vow that led to the sacrifice of his daughter?

• Answer: Jephthah
• Verse: Judges 11:30-31 – “And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord: ‘If you give the Ammonites into my hands, whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in triumph from the Ammonites will be the Lord’s, and I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.'”

Which judge tore down his father’s altar to Baal?

• Answer: Gideon
• Verse: Judges 6:25-26 – “That same night the Lord said to him, ‘Take the second bull from your father’s herd, the one seven years old. Tear down your father’s altar to Baal and cut down the Asherah pole beside it. Then build a proper kind of altar to the Lord your God on the top of this height. Using the wood of the Asherah pole that you cut down, offer the second bull as a burnt offering.'”

Who led Israel after Abimelech’s death?

• Answer: Tola
• Verse: Judges 10:1 – “After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar named Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.”

What was Samson’s riddle at his wedding feast?

• Answer: “Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet.”
• Verse: Judges 14:14 – “He replied, ‘Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet.’ For three days they could not give the answer.”

Who did Samson marry first?

• Answer: A Philistine woman from Timnah
• Verse: Judges 14:1-2 – “Samson went down to Timnah and saw there a young Philistine woman. When he returned, he said to his father and mother, ‘I have seen a Philistine woman in Timnah; now get her for me as my wife.'”

What did the men of Gibeah do to the Levite’s concubine?

• Answer: They abused her to death
• Verse: Judges 19:25-26 – “But the men would not listen to him. So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go. At daybreak the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, fell down at the door and lay there until daylight.”