9 Judges: Apostasies of God’s People The book of Judges is one of the saddest parts of the Bible, humanly speaking. Some have called it the “Book of Failure.” The last chapter of the preceding book, Joshua, anticipates continued blessing upon God’s people in the rest land of their inheritance. (Read Joshua 24:19–28.) But one does not proceed far into the account of Judges before he senses that all is not well. While there are deliverances along the way, the tone of the book is predominantly one of
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