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* CrapsackWorld / HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Made alarmingly clear in the stories after Samson.
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* ChronicVillainy: The Israelites lapse in their faith whenever God saves them.
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* ChronicVillainy: The Israelites lapse in their faith whenever God saves them. Not to mention that the phrase "The children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD" has been mentioned [[RuleOfSeven seven times]].
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** Jephthah.
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** Abimelech was mortally wounded when a woman dropped a millstone on his head. He immediately told his armor bearer to finish the job, so that no one would know he had been killed by a woman. It didn't work.
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* CowwardlyLion: Gideon.
** Also, Barak. When he insists on Deborah accompanying him to the battle even though he has already been promised a victory, Deborah tells him that she'll come, but for demanding this he won't be the one to kill Sisera; a civilian woman named Jael will be.
** Also, Barak. When he insists on Deborah accompanying him to the battle even though he has already been promised a victory, Deborah tells him that she'll come, but for demanding this he won't be the one to kill Sisera; a civilian woman named Jael will be.
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* OneManArmy: Several of the judges. Notably, Samson kills ''one thousand Philistines'' with a donkey's jawbone. Give a medal to those 400 hundred soldiers that thought they'd succeed where 600 of them had failed.
* RapeAndRevenge: A Levite man gives his concubine to a bunch of horny townsmen to protect his own ass. They rape her to death, and he hacks up her body and distributes the pieces to his buddies to call them to war with the town ofGibeah. Gibeah.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Deborah is the only female judge.
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* OneManArmy: Several of the judges. Notably, Samson kills ''one thousand Philistines'' with a donkey's jawbone. Give a medal to those 400 hundred soldiers that thought they'd succeed where 600 of them had failed.
* RapeAndRevenge: A Levite man gives his concubine to a bunch of horny townsmen to protect his own ass. They rape her to death, and he hacks up her body and distributes the pieces to his buddies to call them to war with the town of
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* UndignifiedDeath: When King Eglon is stabbed by Ehud through his bowels, fecal matter spills out from the wound.
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* UndignifiedDeath: When King Eglon is stabbed by Ehud through his bowels, fecal matter spills out from the wound. wound.
** King Sisera is lured to sleep by the wife of one of his allies then stabbed in the head with a tent peg.
** King Sisera is lured to sleep by the wife of one of his allies then stabbed in the head with a tent peg.
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* BreakoutCharacter: Samson
**Jephthah's rashness led to the death of his daughter and a breakout of civil war that had previously been defused by Gideon.
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* LadyOfWar: Deborah
* {{Ninja}}: Ehud is probably the first known ninja in history.
* {{Ninja}}: Ehud is probably the first known ninja in history.
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* PreMortemOneLiner: Ehud's "I have a message from God for you."
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* TheSouthpaw: A critical part of Ehud's assassination of King Eglon is accomplished by the fact he was left-handed.
* TokenGirl: Deborah is the only female judge; she took the job when no men were willing or able.
* TokenGirl: Deborah is the only female judge; she took the job when no men were willing or able.
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The Jewish structure holds Judges to be the second book of the ''Nevi'im'' (Prophets), the second part of the Tanakh.
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The Jewish structure holds Judges to be the second book of the ''Nevi'im'' (Prophets), the second part of the Tanakh. \n With Joshua, Samuel and Kings, they form the ''Nevi'im Reshonim'' (First Prophets), in opposition to the ''Nevi'im Acharonim'' (Later Prophets, called the "Minor Prophets" in some circles because there are a lot of them, none really stands out, and it's easy to get confused).
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The seventh book of Literature/TheBible.
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The seventh book of Literature/TheBible.
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The Jewish structure holds Judges to be the second book of the ''Nevi'im'' (Prophets), the second part of the Tanakh.
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''Judges'' is followed by the Literature/BookOfRuth.Literature/BookOfRuth in the Christian Old Testament and by Literature/BooksOfSamuel in the Jewish Tanakh.
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Don\'t think that\'s an example, someone more familiar with context can add it back. Note that it has been renamed Must Not Die A Virgin.
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* YouDontWantToDieAVirginDoYou: Due to a poorly thought out promise on the part of her father, Jephthah's only daughter cannot marry. A sacrifice in more ways than one, as [[HeirClubForMen having descendants was a big deal back then]].
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* The Southpaw: A critical part of Ehud's assassination of King Eglon is accomplished by the fact he was left-handed.
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* TooDumbToLive: Most notably Samson, tells Delilah his weakness ''after she has already tried to betray him multiple times''.
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* AdiposeRex: King Eglon is so fat, that after he is stabbed his body swallows up the entire sword.
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* {{Ninja}}: Ehud is probably the first known ninja in history.
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* UndignifiedDeath: When King Eglon is stabbed by Ehud through his bowels, fecal matter spills out from the wound.
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* FatalFlaw: Samson's drunkenness.
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* FatalFlaw: Samson's drunkenness.drunkenness and tendency to fall for "bad" women.
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* ArcWords: "Israel had no king in those days. Everyone did as he pleased."
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* ArcWords: "Israel had no king in those days. [[AnarchyIsChaos Everyone did as he pleased.pleased]]."
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* RapeAndRevenge: A Levite man gives his concubine to a bunch of horny townsmen to protect his own ass. They [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel rape her to death]], and he hacks up her body and distributes the pieces to his buddies to call them to war with the town of Gibeah.
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* RapeAndRevenge: A Levite man gives his concubine to a bunch of horny townsmen to protect his own ass. They [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel rape her to death]], death, and he hacks up her body and distributes the pieces to his buddies to call them to war with the town of Gibeah.
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* YouDontWantToDieAVirginDoYou: Due to a poorly thought out promise on the part of her father, Jephthah's daughter cannot marry. A sacrifice in more ways than one, as [[HeirClubForMen having descendants was a big deal back then]].
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* YouDontWantToDieAVirginDoYou: Due to a poorly thought out promise on the part of her father, Jephthah's only daughter cannot marry. A sacrifice in more ways than one, as [[HeirClubForMen having descendants was a big deal back then]].
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Years after the Israelites settled into Canaan, they are still suffering from foreign attacks and inter-tribal conflicts. Whenever Israel is in trouble, God calls a "[[JudgeDredd Judge]]" to save them.
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Years after the Israelites settled into Canaan, they are still suffering from foreign attacks and inter-tribal conflicts. Whenever Israel is in trouble, God calls a "[[JudgeDredd Judge]]" "Judge" to save them.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Chapter 1 says the Israelites did not destroy all the Canaanites. They became thorns in Israel's side.
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!!This book contains the following tropes
* ArcWords: "Israel had no king in those days. Everyone did as he pleased."
* {{Badass}}: The Judges
** BadassIsraeli: A whole bunch of them.
** BadassLonghair: Samson.
* BreakoutCharacter: Samson
* ChosenOne: The Judges
* ChronicVillainy: The Israelites lapse in their faith whenever God saves them.
* CrapsackWorld / HumansAreBastards: Made alarmingly clear in the stories after Samson.
* CycleOfRevenge: The CentralTheme of Samson.
* FatBastard: Eglon.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Chapter 1 says the Israelites did not destroy all the Canaanites. They became thorns in Israel's side.
* HopeSpot: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gibeah The battle of Gibeah]] showed the Israelite tribes can still band together to oppose evil.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Shamgar used an ox goad and Samson had his... donkey's jaw bone.
** Also, Yael, who killed the enemy king using a tent peg.
* LadyOfWar: Deborah
* NoEnding
* PreMortemOneLiner: Ehud's "I have a message from God for you."
* RapeAndRevenge: A Levite man gives his concubine to a bunch of horny townsmen to protect his own ass. They [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel rape her to death]], and he hacks up her body and distributes the pieces to his buddies to call them to war with the town of Gibeah.
* TokenGirl: Deborah is the only female judge; she took the job when no men were willing or able.
* YouDontWantToDieAVirginDoYou: Due to a poorly thought out promise on the part of her father, Jephthah's daughter cannot marry. A sacrifice in more ways than one, as [[HeirClubForMen having descendants was a big deal back then]].
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Years after the Israelites settled into Canaan, they are still suffering from foreign attacks and inter-tribal conflicts. Whenever Israel is in trouble, God calls a "[[JudgeDredd Judge]]" to save them.
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!!This book contains the following tropes
* ArcWords: "Israel had no king in those days. Everyone did as he pleased."
* {{Badass}}: The Judges
** BadassIsraeli: A whole bunch of them.
** BadassLonghair: Samson.
* BreakoutCharacter: Samson
* ChosenOne: The Judges
* ChronicVillainy: The Israelites lapse in their faith whenever God saves them.
* CrapsackWorld / HumansAreBastards: Made alarmingly clear in the stories after Samson.
* CycleOfRevenge: The CentralTheme of Samson.
* FatBastard: Eglon.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Chapter 1 says the Israelites did not destroy all the Canaanites. They became thorns in Israel's side.
* HopeSpot: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gibeah The battle of Gibeah]] showed the Israelite tribes can still band together to oppose evil.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Shamgar used an ox goad and Samson had his... donkey's jaw bone.
** Also, Yael, who killed the enemy king using a tent peg.
* LadyOfWar: Deborah
* NoEnding
* PreMortemOneLiner: Ehud's "I have a message from God for you."
* RapeAndRevenge: A Levite man gives his concubine to a bunch of horny townsmen to protect his own ass. They [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel rape her to death]], and he hacks up her body and distributes the pieces to his buddies to call them to war with the town of Gibeah.
* TokenGirl: Deborah is the only female judge; she took the job when no men were willing or able.
* YouDontWantToDieAVirginDoYou: Due to a poorly thought out promise on the part of her father, Jephthah's daughter cannot marry. A sacrifice in more ways than one, as [[HeirClubForMen having descendants was a big deal back then]].
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