Judges 3:15-25, 29, 30

The text before us illustrates one cycle of a repeating pattern which transpired after Israel took possession of the land — Israel’s turning from God, God’s disciplining Israel, Israel’s calling upon God, God’s raising up a deliverer, and Israel’s enjoying a period of peace in the land. It is not the first, nor the last time which would discipline and then deliver Israel.

The historical date of the transgressions which caused…