The 7 Major Judges (3-16)

A  Othniel (3:7-11) Evaluation: Positive (“…and the land had rest”)
Good wife from Israel (cf. 1:11-15)
Father-in-law mentioned (good)

B  Ehud (3:12-30) Evaluation: Positive (“…and the land had rest”)
Enemy crosses the Jordan and attacks tribe of Benjamin (3:13). 18 years. 
Ehud and the Ephraimites capture the banks of the Jordan and defeat the Moabites.

C  Deborah and Barak (4—5) Evaluation: Positive (5:31, “…and the land had rest.”)
Prediction (by Deborah) and fulfillment when a woman (Jael) crushes Sisera’s skull

D  Gideon (6—8:32) Evaluation: Positive 🡪 Negative (8:28, “and the land had rest, 40 years!”)
i  Gideon is against idolatry in Ophrah (6:1-32)
ii  Gideon’s battle against Midian (6:33—7) 
ii'  Gideon’s battle against Israel (8:1-21)
i  Gideon is committing idolatry in Ophrah (8:22-32)

C’  Abimelech (8:33—9) Evaluation: Negative
Prediction (by Jotham) and fulfillment when a woman crushes Abimelech’s skull. 

B’  Jephthah (10:6—12:7) Evaluation: Negative
Enemy crosses the Jordan and attacks tribe of Benjamin (10:9). 18 years.
Jephthah captures the banks of the Jordan and attacks the Ephraimites

A’  Samson (13—16) Evaluation: Negative
Bad wives from Canaan.
Father-in-law mentioned (weak)