In this lesson, we trace the six repeating cycles of decline in the Book of Judges (chapters 2–16)—a pattern of disobedience, oppression, repentance, deliverance, and temporary peace. Download Lesson Handout PDF: These cycles reveal a nation spiraling toward chaos, culminating in a devastating civil war among the tribes of Israel (Judges 17–21), punctuated by the haunting refrain: "There was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes" (Judges 21:25). But