This masterly commentary sheds exegetical and theological light on the books of Judges and Ruth for contemporary preachers and students of Scripture. Listening closely to the Hebrew text while interacting with the best of scholarship, Robert Chisholm provides a thorough exegetical and homiletical analysis of each passage, treating Judges in its downward spiral and Ruth as the quiet counterpoint that follows it.

What distinguishes the Kregel Exegetical Library is that each unit moves all the way from the Hebrew to a preachable idea: literary structure, exegetical notes, theological synthesis, and then a homiletical outline with a stated main idea. Chisholm taught Old Testament for decades and writes with the preacher's problem in view, which makes this one of the most practically useful treatments of these two books available.