The Days of the Judges

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Across
  1. 1. The most dangerous part of Israel's cycle
  2. 4. God remained _?_ even when Israel was not
  3. 5. A prophetess that serves as the best example of a judge
  4. 8. The first element of Israel's cycles because they kept doing what was right in their own eyes
  5. 9. The tent-dwelling woman who used a tent peg as a weapon
  6. 12. A descendant of Caleb who delivered Israel
  7. 13. A small tribe of Israel that was nearly wiped out by other Israelites
  8. 16. The city where a terrible crime sparked Israel's civil war
  9. 17. The vow that Samson was under
  10. 21. The Book of Judges repeats several of these demonstrating a pattern of sin, oppression, repentance, deliverance, and rest
  11. 23. Enemy general who died from a splitting headache (literally)
  12. 24. The physical sign of Samson's vow
  13. 26. The nation that oppressed Israel in Gideon's time
  14. 27. The people group that Samson opposed
Down
  1. 2. The left-handed judge that craftily assassinated an obese king
  2. 3. Though courageous and knowledgeable of Israel's history, Jephthah lacked this quality for leadership
  3. 6. The Moabite leader killed by an unexpected sword stroke
  4. 7. A judge who began as a coward in hiding and ended thinking he was a really great thing in Israel
  5. 10. What Israel lacked causing them to do what was right in their own eyes
  6. 11. The unwanted brother that made a tragic vow
  7. 14. God's response to Israel's repentance
  8. 15. The woman who betrayed Samson
  9. 18. An object used by Gideon to seek God's confirmation
  10. 19. A man who refused to deliver Israel unless Deborah went with him
  11. 20. Originally, "shophetim": a leader raised up to deliver Israel
  12. 21. The "unfinished business" of Israel after Joshua died
  13. 22. The oppression that Israel experienced because of disobedience
  14. 25. Samson was physically strong, but this was stronger in him and brought about his downfall