Abimelech musters his supporters and conquers Shechem and its leaders. But the judgment of God falls on him1, and he dies shamefully. How does this happen? Listen to this episode to find out.

Jotham curses Abimelech and the people of Shechem. The elders of Shechem are convinced by Gaal, the son of Ebed, to revolt against Abimelech, the son of Jerubbabel. Listen to how things unfold in the town of Shechem for Abimelech, who had usurped power.

This is the story of Abimelech, the son of Gideon and his concubine from Shechem. He manages to make the elders of Shechem to fall in line with him. He makes them kill the sons of Gideon, his step brothers, to seize power for himself. A gory tale indeed. Listen on…

Gideon captures the Midianite kings and slays them. He consolidates the victory of Israel against the Midianites. Unfortunately, he fashions an idol from the gold he craves and leads Israel into idolatry. Listen to all this from his own words…

Miraculously, God helps Gideon and his small number of Israelites to gain a victory against their enemies. Oreb, Zeeb, princes of Midian, are killed. Their kings, Zebah and Zalmunna, fled from the victorious Israelite army. Listen to all this and more…

Starting with an army of 32,000, Gideon lands up with only 300 men for the battle. How did it happen? How did Gideon and his 300 fare in the battle? Listen to find out…

Heard of Gideon’s fleece? As we heard in the first part, the Angel of the Lord gave Gideon a call and a mission. In spite of his low self-esteem, Gideon agrees to start his mission for God. But when it comes to going to war against the Midianites, he develops cold feet and asks for some tests to confirm that the Lord is with him. Listen to find out more…

Midian was overpowering the nation of Israel. The Midianites were not allowing the Israelites to live normally. In this context, an angel of the Lord accosted an unlikely warrior and commissioned him, Gideon, to tackle the menace of the Midianites. Listen to how it all happened…

Victorious Deborah memorialised their win with a lovely song which they sang. The song struck a chord with the Israelites and they could remember the faithfulness of the Lord their God Yahweh through the judges Deborah and Barak. Listen to the story from Deborah herself… 

Israel had sinned against their Lord God, Yahweh and were punished by Him. They were under the rule of the Canaanite king Jabin. He had a Commander called Sisera who was oppressing the people of Israel. In these trying circumstances, deliverance came in the form of a lady judge, Deborah. She took the help of Barak, who led the Israelite army to victory against the hordes of Sisera and Jabin. Listen to her share this story.