þ   Judges Ruth 1 Samuel
April 2 ¨ Fourth period of judges: Gideon 6:19-27
¨ Gideon destroys the altar of Baal 6:28-35
¨ Sign of the fleece 6:36-40
¨ Gideon's three hundred men 7:1-18
¨ Gideon defeat's Midian 7:19-25
  ¨ Gideon defeats Zebah and Zalmuna 8:1-21    
April 3 ¨ Gideon's ephod 8:22-28
¨ Gideon's death 8:29-35
¨ Abimelech's conspiracy 9:1-21
¨ Abimelech's downfall 9:22-57
  ¨ Fourth period of judges: Tola and Jair 10:1-5    
April 4 ¨ Fifth period of judges: Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon and Abdon 10:6-18
¨ Jephthah defeats the Ammonites 11:1-28
¨ Jephthah's tragic vow (concerning his daugther) 11:29-40
¨ Jephthah defeats the Ephraimites 12:1-7
  ¨ Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon 12:8-15    
April 5 ¨ Naomi widowed 1:1-5
¨ Ruth's loyalty to Naomi 1:6-18
¨ Naomi and Ruth return to Bethlehem 1:19-22
¨ Ruth meets Boaz 2:1-23
¨ Ruth and Boaz at the threshing floor 3:1-18
  ¨ Boaz asks to redeems Ruth   4:1-12  
April 6 ¨ Ruth and Boaz marry 4:13-22
¨ Benjamites rape a Levite's concubine in Gibeah 19:1-30
  ¨ Israel fights the tribe of Benjamin 20:1-28    
April 7 ¨ Israel fights the tribe of Benjamin 20:29-48
¨ Wives are provided for the remaining Benjamites 21:1-25
  ¨ Samson's birth 13:1-25    
April 8 ¨ Samuel's birth 1:1-20
¨ Samuel dedicated to the Lord 1:21-28
¨ Hannah's prayer 2:1-11
¨ Eli's worthless sons 2:12-21
¨ Eli rebukes his sons 2:22-26
  ¨ Samson's marriage 14:1-20