Judges - La Sainte Bible (Crampon 1904)
The Book of Judges derives its title from the twelve heroes of Israel whose deeds it records. They were not magistrates, but military leaders sent by God to aid and to relieve his people in time of external danger. They exercised their activities in the interval of time between the death of Joshua and the institution of the monarchy in Israel. Six of them-Othniel, Ehud, Barak, Gideon, Jephthah and Samson-are treated in some detail and have accordingly been styled the Major Judges. The other six, of whose activities this book preserves but a summary record, are called the Minor Judges. There were two other judges, whose judgeships are described in 1 Samuel-Eli and Samuel, who seem to have ruled the entire nation of Israel just before the institution of the monarchy. The twelve judges of the present book, however, very probably exercised their authority, sometimes simultaneously, over one or another tribe of Israel, never over the entire nation. The purpose of the book is to show that the fortunes of Israel depended upon the obedience or disobedience of the people to God's law. Whenever they rebelled against him, they were oppressed by pagan nations; when they repented, he raised up judges to deliver them (cf Judges 2:10-23). The accounts of various events, whether written shortly after their occurrence or orally transmitted, were later skillfully unified according to the moral purpose of the redactor some time during the Israelite monarchy. - The book is divided as follows: I. Palestine after the Death of Joshua (Judges 1:1-3:6) II. Stories of the Judges (Judges 3:7-16:31) III. The Tribes of Dan and Benjamin in the Days of the Judges (Judges 17:1-21:25) - (NAB)

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    Livre des Juges



    A. INTRODUCTION
    1 Occupation progressive de Canaan
    2 L'ange de Yahvé annonce des malheurs à Israël
    Mort de Josué et de ses contemporains
    Infidélité d'Israël
    Les nations étrangères seront maintenues face à Israël

    3 B. CORPS DU LIVRE: HISTOIRE DES JUGES
    Othniel
    Éhud
    Schamgar
    4 Débora et Barak
    5 Cantique de Débora
    6 Vocation de Gédéon
    7 Témoignage de Gédéon à l'ouest du Jourdain
    8 Campagne de Gédéon à l'est du Jourdain
    Derniers actes de Gédéon
    9 Abimélec devient roi
    Apologue de Jotham (Yotam)
    Révolte des Sichémites contre Abimélek
    Mort d'Abimélec pendant la prise de Thébets
    10 Thola
    Jaïr (Yaïr)
    Jephthé
    11 Jephthé intronisé chef des habitants de Galaad
    Pourparlers entre Jephthé et les fils d'Ammon
    Le voeu de Jephthé et sa victoire
    Sacrifice de la fille de Jephthé
    12 Guerre contre Ephraïm et Galaad; mort de Jephthé
    Trois autre juges: Ibtsan, Elon, Abdon
    13 Samson - naissance et premières années
    14 Mariage de Samson avec une fille des Philistins
    Samson pose une énigme
    15 Samson incendie les blés des Philistins
    La source de Léchi et la machoire d'âne
    16 Les portes de Gaza
    Samson trahi par Delila (Dalila)
    Vengeance et mort de Samson

    C. APPENDICES
    17 Fondation du sanctuaire privé de Mica (Mika)
    18 Les Danites à la recherche d'un territoire
    Migration des Danites
    Prise de Laïs (Laïch) - fondation de la ville de Dan
    19 La concubine du lévite d'Éphraïm - le crime de Guibéa
    20 Le châtiment du crime de Guibéa
    21 Restauration de la tribu de Benjamin par Israël apitoyé

    Version
    Revised Standard Version (1966) - English
    Nova Vulgata - Latin
    Biblia del Pueblo di Dio (BPD) - Spanish
    Vulgata - Stuttgart 1969 - Latin
    Bíblia Sagrada Ave-Maria (1957) - Portuguese
    CEI (1974) - Italian
    EinheitsÜbersetzung der Heiligen Sc - German