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Judges

Judges (Old Testament • 21 Chapters): Judges (Old Testament, 21 chapters). Key figures: Joshua , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Simeon , Hebron , Caleb . Key places: Bezek 1 , Jerusalem , Hebron , Debir 1 , Arad , Zephath . Opens with: "Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaan ..." Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Canaanite Conquest & Period of the Judges—After forty years in the wilderness, Joshua and Caleb lead Israel across the Jordan River into Canaan , followed by the era of the Judges—from Othniel to Samuel —and the Moabite- Bethlehem narrative of Ruth and Boaz .

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Othniel (Generation 27 • Child of Kenaz ): ( Joshua 15:17 , Judges 3:9 ) Othniel judged Israel 40 years: 1409-1369 BCE ( Judges 3:11 ). (mentioned in Joshua 15 , Judges 1 , Judges 3 ) Ehud (Generation 32 • Child of Gera ): ( 1 Chronicles 8:6 ) Son of Gera ( Judges 3:15 ) Ehud was left-handed and used that attribute to enable him to kill Israel 's enemy, Eglon the King of Moab ( Judges 3:15-4 :1). Ehud judged 80 years: 1369-1289 BCE ( Judges 3:30 ). (mentioned in Judges 3 , Judges 4 , 1 Chronicles 7 ) Kenaz (Generation 26 • Child of Jephunneh ): Kenaz is a biblical figure in Generation 26, child of Jephunneh , parent of Othniel, Seraiah . ( Joshua 15:17 , Judges 3:9 ) (mentioned in Joshua 15 , Judges 3 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Ophrah 2 (Ancient biblical location referenced in Judg 6:11 , Judg 6:24 , Judg 8:27 , Judg 8:32 , Judg 9:5 .) Gibeah 1 (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 18:28 , Josh 24:33 , Judg 19:12 , Judg 19:13 , Judg 19:14 , Judg 19:15 .) Zorah (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:33 , Josh 19:41 , Judg 13:2 , Judg 13:25 , Judg 16:31 , Judg 18:2 .)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Judges 12:11 : "And after him Elon , a Zebulunite, judged Israel ; and he judged Israel ten years."; Judges 12:8 : "And after him Ibzan of Beth–lehem judged Israel."; Judges 12:13 : "And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.". Related canonical books and chapters: Judges (Old Testament • 21 Chapters), Judges 16 ( Judges • Chapter 16 (31 verses)), Judges 7 (Judges • Chapter 7 (25 verses)).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

Judges
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Old Testament • 21 Chapters

Judges (Old Testament, 21 chapters). Key figures: Joshua , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Simeon , Hebron , Caleb . Key places: Bezek 1 , Jerusalem , Hebron , Debir 1 , Arad , Zephath . Opens with: "Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaan ..."

Wiki Article • History & Monarchy

After forty years in the wilderness, Joshua and Caleb lead Israel across the Jordan River into Canaan , followed by the era of the Judges —from Othniel to Samuel —and the Moabite- Bethlehem narrative of Ruth and Boaz .

אֱלֹהִים
elohim (ʾĕlōhîm) [el-o-HEEM]
H430 Hebrew noun masculine plural 2602x
God, gods, deity

Plural of majesty used predominantly with singular verbs to designate the one true God, Creator of the universe, possessing supreme transcendent power, sovereign authority, and plenitude of divine attributes.

Derivation: Plural of אֱלוֹהַּ (H433), probably from אֵל (H410).
Judges Map
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Interactive Book Map • Judges

Geographic map plotting ancient cities, rivers, mountains, and events recorded across the Book of Judges .

Judges 4:4
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Judges Chapter 4, Verse 4

Scripture passage in Judges 4:4

Map of the Judges of Israel and Oppressors
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Geographic zones of Deborah, Gideon, Jephthah, and Samson battling Canaanites, Midianites, and Philistines.

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Judges 16
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Judges • Chapter 16 (31 verses)

Then went Samson to Gaza , and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her. And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it i... Mentions: Hebron , Jacob/Israel , Gaza , Zorah , Eshtaol .

Judges 15:15
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Judges Chapter 15, Verse 15

Scripture passage in Judges 15:15

Judges 7
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Judges • Chapter 7 (25 verses)

Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod : so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh , in the valley. And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people that are wi... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Midian , Amalekites , Joash , Abel , Harod , Moreh 1 , Gilead .

Judges 4
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Judges • Chapter 4 (24 verses)

And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead. And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan , that reigned in Hazor ; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles. And the children of Israel ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Ehud , Canaan , Ephraim , Naphtali , Hazor 1 , Ramah 1 , Kedesh 1 .

Judges 15
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Judges • Chapter 15 (20 verses)

But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in. And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hate... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Etam 1 , Lehi .

Judges 8
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Judges • Chapter 8 (35 verses)

And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes ... Mentions: Ephraim , Midian , Joash , Jacob/Israel , Baal , Jordan , Succoth 1 , Penuel .

Judges 11
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Judges • Chapter 11 (40 verses)

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. And Gilead 's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou... Mentions: Ammon , Jacob/Israel , Moab , Esau ( Edom ), Manasseh , Gilead, Tob , Mizpah 3 , Egypt .

Judges 12
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Judges • Chapter 12 (15 verses)

And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon , and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire. And Jephthah said unto them, ... Mentions: Ephraim , Ammon , Jacob/Israel , Zebulun , Abdon , Gilead , Jordan , Elon .

Judges 5
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Judges • Chapter 5 (31 verses)

Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel , when the people willingly offered themselves. Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Isr... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Esau ( Edom ), Ephraim , Amalek , Benjamin , Seir , Edom, Sinai .

Judges 14
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Judges • Chapter 14 (20 verses)

And Samson went down to Timnah , and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife. Then his father an... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Timnah 1, Ashkelon .

Judges 3
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Judges • Chapter 3 (31 verses)

Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan ; Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; Namely, fiv... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Canaan , Baal , Moses , Othniel , Lebanon , Hamath , Mesopotamia .

Judges 6
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Judges • Chapter 6 (40 verses)

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel : and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Midian, Amalekites , Joash , Manasseh , Gaza , Egypt , Ophrah 2 , Baal .

Judges 2
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Judges • Chapter 2 (23 verses)

And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim , and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt , and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this la... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Joshua , Nun (or Non ), Ephraim , Baal , Gilgal 1 , Bochim , Egypt , Gaash .

Judges 1
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Judges • Chapter 1 (36 verses)

Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. And Judah said unt... Mentions: Joshua , Jacob/Israel , Judah, Simeon , Hebron , Bezek 1 , Jerusalem , Debir 1 , Arad .

Judges 10
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Judges • Chapter 10 (18 verses)

And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar ; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim . And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir . And after him arose Jair , a Gileadite, and judged I... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Issachar , Ephraim , Jair , Moab , Shamir 2, Gilead , Syria .

Judges 13
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Judges • Chapter 13 (25 verses)

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. And there was a certain man of Zorah , of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. And the ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Dan , Zorah , Eshtaol .

Judges 9
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Judges • Chapter 9 (57 verses)

And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem , Whether is better for you, either that all the son... Mentions: Baal , Jotham , Midian , Jacob/Israel , Shechem, Ophrah 2 , Millo , Lebanon .

Othniel
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Generation 27 • Child of Kenaz

( Joshua 15:17 , Judges 3:9 ) Othniel judged Israel 40 years: 1409-1369 BCE ( Judges 3:11 ).

Ehud
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Generation 32 • Child of Gera

( 1 Chronicles 8:6 ) Son of Gera ( Judges 3:15 ) Ehud was left-handed and used that attribute to enable him to kill Israel 's enemy, Eglon the King of Moab ( Judges 3:15-4 :1). Ehud judged 80 years: 1369-1289 BCE ( Judges 3:30 ).

Judges 17
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Judges • Chapter 17 (13 verses)

And there was a man of mount Ephraim , whose name was Micah . And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Ble... Mentions: Ephraim , Micah , Jacob/Israel , Judah .

Judges 18
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Judges • Chapter 18 (31 verses)

In those days there was no king in Israel : and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel . And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from th... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Dan , Ephraim , Micah , Judah , Zorah , Eshtaol , Laish .

Judges 19
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Judges • Chapter 19 (30 verses)

And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel , that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim , who took to him a concubine out of Beth–lehem–judah. And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her fathe... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Ephraim , Benjamin , Jebus , Jerusalem , Gibeah 1 , Ramah 1 .

Judges 20
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Judges • Chapter 20 (48 verses)

Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, with the land of Gilead , unto the Lord in Mizpah . And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel , presented themselves in the assembly ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Dan , Benjamin , Judah , Phinehas , Gilead , Mizpah 3 , Gibeah 1 , Baal .

Judges 21
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Judges • Chapter 21 (25 verses)

Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah , saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; And said, O Lord God of Israel , why is t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Benjamin , Canaan , Mizpah 3 , Jabesh , Shiloh , Rimmon 2 .

Ophrah 2
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Biblical Place • 32.609°N, 35.288°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Judg 6:11 , Judg 6:24 , Judg 8:27 , Judg 8:32 , Judg 9:5 .

Kenaz
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Generation 26 • Child of Jephunneh

Kenaz is a biblical figure in Generation 26, child of Jephunneh , parent of Othniel , Seraiah . ( Joshua 15:17 , Judges 3:9 )

Gibeah 1
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Biblical Place • 31.824°N, 35.231°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 18:28 , Josh 24:33 , Judg 19:12 , Judg 19:13 , Judg 19:14 , Judg 19:15 .

1 Samuel 8
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1 Samuel • Chapter 8 (22 verses)

And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel . Now the name of his firstborn was Joel ; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer–sheba. And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and p... Mentions: Samuel , Jacob/Israel , Joel , Ramah 1 , Egypt .

Zorah
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Biblical Place • 31.762°N, 34.969°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:33 , Josh 19:41 , Judg 13:2 , Judg 13:25 , Judg 16:31 , Judg 18:2 .

Scripture Passages (24)

And after him Elon , a Zebulunite, judged Israel ; and he judged Israel ten years.

And after him Ibzan of Beth–lehem judged Israel .

And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel .

And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

And after him arose Jair , a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.

When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel ,

And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.

And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir .

Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth–lehem.

And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah .

Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.

And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtoreth.

Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.

Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.

Then went Abimelech to Thebez , and encamped against Thebez , and took it.

And there was a man of mount Ephraim , whose name was Micah .

And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead .

Judges 3:14 (KJV)
Judges 3 KJV

So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,

And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.

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