twelve tribes.

8. After whom were these tribes named? After the sons of Jā´cob.

9. Where, near the middle of the lands, did Jŏsh´u-ȧ set up the Tabernacle for the worship of God? At Shī´lōh.

10. What did Jŏsh´u-ȧ, before he died, tell the people they must do? Fear the Lord and serve him.

11. What promise did the people make to Jŏsh´u-ȧ? "We will serve the Lord, and the Lord only."

Lesson XVII. The Earlier Judges.

1. Did the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes keep the promise which they had made to serve the Lord only? No, they forgot God, and served idols.

2. What came upon them because of their sins? They fell under the power of their enemies.

3. Who many times brought the people back to God, and set them free from their enemies? Rulers who were called Judges.

4. How many of these "judges" in turn ruled over the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes? Fifteen.

5. Who was the first of the judges? Ŏth´nĭ-el.

6. What one of the judges was a woman? Dĕb´o-rah, the fourth judge.

7. What did Dĕb´o-rah do for the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes? She led them to a great victory over the Cā´năan-ītes.

8. Who was the greatest of all the judges? Ḡĭd´e-on, the fifth judge.

9. What did Ḡĭd´e-on do for the people? He won victories over the Mĭd´ĭ-an-ītes.

10. Who helped Ḡĭd´e-on to win his first great victory? A band of three hundred brave men.

Lesson XVIII. The Later judges.

1. What enemies gave to the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes the greatest trouble in the time of the judges? The Phĭ-lĭs´tĭnes̝.

2. Who began to set Ĭs̝´ra-el free from the Phĭ-lĭs´tĭnes̝? Săm´son.

3. For what was Săm´son famed? For his great strength.

4. What did Săm´son once carry away from a city? The gates of Gā´za.

5. What did the Phĭ-lĭs´tĭnes̝ do to Săm´son when they made him prisoner? They put out his eyes.

6. What did Săm´son do to the Phĭ-lĭs´tĭnes̝ afterward? He pulled down a temple upon them.

7. What good woman came to live among the Ĭs̝´ra-el-ītes in the time of the Judges? Rṳth.

8. In what city did Rṳth live? Bĕth´=lĕ-hĕm.

9. What rich man married Rṳth? Bō´ăz.

10. What king was the great grandson of Bō´ăz and Rṳth? Dā´vid.

Lesson XIX. The Last of the Judges.

1. Who was the fourteenth of the fifteen judges in Ĭs̝´ra-el? Ē´lī, who was also priest.

2. What woman brought her little child to Ē´lī in the house of God? Hăn´nah.

3. What was her little boy's name? Săm´u-el.

4. Where did Săm´u-el grow up? In the house of the Lord.

5. What came to Săm´u-el while he was a child? The voice of the Lord.

6. What did Săm´u-el answer when the Lord spoke to him? "Speak, for thy servant heareth."

7. What was Săm´u-el when he became a man? The last of the judges in Ĭs̝´ra-el.

8. What did Săm´u-el do as Judge? He brought the people back to God.

9. What did the prayers of Săm´u-el give to