Larry Barnes

11/13/2025 Judges 5 NKJV: This is the song Deborah and Barak sang after their victory to free Israel from the hands of Sisera and eventually King Jaben. I had a hard time following it all, but it sounded like they were praising God, first and foremost, and praising

11/12/2025 Judges 4 NKJV: It is sad to see that after this time of evil-doing by Israel, it took 20 years for them to cry out to the Lord. Again, they seemed to do fine while God's judge was around, but once he died, they went

11/11/2025 Judges 3 NKJV: the chapter opens with an explanation of the nation's left in the land whom God chose not to drive out, but rather use as training for those of Israel who have not tasted war, and as tests against Israel to see if

11/07/2025 Judges 2 NKJV: Obviously, this chapter, just as with chapter 1, is not written chronologically from the end of Joshua. These two chapters seem to be a blended narrative to tie the rest of Judges to Joshua which came before. Clearly, before Joshua died, the Angel of

11/06/2025 Judges 1 NKJV: The start of this book seems to be an overlap of the book of Joshua. The part telling of Caleb and his daughter seems to be lifted straight from Joshua, and many of the accounts seem to be a retelling from Joshua. The chapter