1 Samuel 05–08

Aliens Take the Ark; God Afflicts the Aliens; the Ark is Returned; God Strikes the Israelites; Israel Pledges to Return to God; Israel Demands a King

1 Samuel 02–04

Samuel Serves in the Tent; Eli and His Sons; God Appears to Samuel; the Ark Is Captured; Deaths of Eli and His Sons

Ruth 03 — 1 Samuel 01

Boaz and Ruth; Obed; Elkanah and Hannah; Samuel

Judges 21 — Ruth 02

The Tribe of Benjamin; Ruth and Noemi; Ruth and Boaz

Judges 19–20

The Levite and His Concubine; Israel Destroys Benjamin

Judges 16–18

Sampson and Delilah; Micah and the Levite

Judges 13–15

Birth of Sampson; Sampson Slaughters Philistines

Judges 10–12

Israel Again Falls to Idolatry; Jephthah Delivers Israel; Gilead Slaughters Ephraim; Various Judges

Judges 08–09

Gideon Dies; Abimelech’s Betrayal; Death of Abimelech

Judges 06–07

Midian Oppresses Israel; Gideon Defeats Midian