Bethel Picture 11 Concepts

Front 1

Vacant throne, unclaimed crown, and robe

Back 1

Israel, during the period of the judges, was a loosely organized confederacy without king or central government

Front 2

Disheveled figure on bottom right

Back 2

Personification of Israel's political enemies during period of the judges

Front 3

Figure holds stone axe

Back 3

Israel's enemies during the period of the judges were the small powers of the immediate locale

Front 4

Figure with ripped tunic and broken axe handle in hand

Back 4

These small powers, who had attacked the Israelites and subjected them to bondage for brief periods, were defeated under rallies led by the judges

Front 5

Six figures in center of picture

Back 5

The six major judges of Israel

Front 6

Judge with raised arm

Back 6

Othniel delivered Israel from the Mesopotamian oppression

Front 7

Judge with sword in hand

Back 7

Ehud delivered Israel from the Moabite attack--sword symbolic of gift given to King Egion

Front 8

Judge with tent spike in hand

Back 8

Deborah won victory over the Canaanites--tent spike associated with Sisera's death

Front 9

Judge with lamp and trumpet in hand

Back 9

Gideon carried out psychological warfare against the Midianites with trumpets and lamps

Front 10

Judge with manuscript in hand

Back 10

Jephthah defeated the Ammonites and in the process made rash vows

Front 11

Judge with jawbone in hand

Back 11

Samson defeated the Philistines