Cycles of apostasy, oppression, deliverance

Othniel delivers from Mesopotamia. Ehud assassinates Moabite king. Deborah and Barak defeat Canaanite general Sisera. Gideon defeats Midianites with 300 men. Jephthah’s tragic vow costs daughter’s life. Samson fights Philistines; betrayed by Delilah, destroys temple in death. Samuel bridges judges and monarchy.