| 1:1 – 1:36 | Israel fails to conquer the land – does not drive inhabitants out – enslaves them | |
| 2:1 – 2:5 | The Angel of The Lord comes | |
| 2:6 – 2:15 | Recap on the death of Joshua and Israel’s disobedience | |
| 2:16 – 2:23 | Judges raised upon to rescue the people | |
| 3:1 – 3:6 | Nations in Canaan were left to test the generation after Joshua – they failed | |
| 3:7 – 3:11 | Othniel became Israel’s judge | |
| 3:12 – 3:30 | Ehud became Israel’s judge | |
| 3:31 | Shamgar became Israel’s judge | |
| 4:1 – 4:24 | Deborah became Israel’s judge | |
| 5:1 – 5:31 | The song of Deborah | |
| 6:1 – 6:40 | 20 | Gideon became Israel’s judge |
| 7:1 – 7:25 | Gideon defeats the Midianites | |
| 8:1 – 8:21 | Gideon kills Zebah and Zalmunna | |
| 8:22 – 8:35 | Gideon’s sacred ephod | |
| 9:1 – 9:6 | Shechem makes Abimelech their king | |
| 9:7 – 9:21 | Jotham’s parable against Abimelech | |
| 9:22 – 9:57 | Shechem’s revolt against Abimelech | |
| 10:1 – 10:2 | Tola became Israel’s judge | |
| 10:3 – 10:5 | Jair became Israel’s judge | |
| 10:6 – 10:18 | Ammonities oppress Israel after Jair’s death | |
| 11:1 – 11:28 | Jephthah became Israel’s judge. | |
| 11:29 – 11:40 | Jephthah’s vow | |
| 12:1 – 12:7 | Ephraim fights with Jephthah | |
| 12:8 – 12:10 | Ibzan became Israel’s judge | |
| 12:11 – 12:12 | Elon became Israel’s judge | |
| 12:13 – 12:15 | Abdon became Israel’s judge | |
| 13:1 – 13:25 | 22 | The birth of Samson |
| 14:1 – 14:20 | Samson’s riddle | |
| 15:1 – 15:20 | Samson’s revenge on the Philistines | |
| 16:1 – 16:3 | Samson removes Gaza’s gates | |
| 16:4 – 16:22 | Samson and Delilah | |
| 16:23 – 16:31 | Samson’s final victory and death | |
| 17:1 – 17:13 | Micah’s idols and priest | |
| 18:1 – 18:31 | Idolatry of the Tribe of Dan | |
| 19:1 – 19:30 | Immorality of the Tribe of Benjamin | |
| 20:1 – 20:48 | Israel’s war against Benjamin | |
| 21:1 – 21:25 | Wives are provided for the remaining men of Benjamin |