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 .
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 ..."
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 • 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 .
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).
judge, ruler, deliverer
Judge, charismatic ruler, deliverer raised up by God to rescue Israel from foreign oppressors during the amphictyony.
Derivation: Active participle of שָׁפַט (H8199).
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 • 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 .
Zephaniah • Chapter 3 (20 verses)
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God. Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Ethiopia , Zion , Jerusalem .
Joshua • Chapter 23 (16 verses)
And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. And Joshua called for all Israel , and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers,... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Joshua, Moses , Jordan .
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 .
Interactive Book Map • Judges
Geographic map plotting ancient cities, rivers, mountains, and events recorded across the Book of Judges .
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 .
Interactive 3D Ceramic Vessel • Judges 7:16 & 1 Kings 17:12
Large ovoid terracotta storage amphora (pithos/kad) with twin vertical loop handles excavated in Canaan and housed at the Israel Museum, used throughout the patriarchal, Conquest, and Judges periods to store grain, olive oil, wine, and water.
Daniel • Chapter 3 (30 verses)
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura , in the province of Babylon . Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains,... Mentions: Dura , Babylon .
to judge, govern, deliver, administer justice
To exercise governance, vindicate the wronged, deliver from oppressors, pronounce legal sentence; office of the Judges.
Derivation: Primitive root.
1 Chronicles • Chapter 23 (32 verses)
So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel . And he gathered together all the princes of Israel , with the priests and the Levites . Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by m... Mentions: David , Solomon , Jacob/Israel, Levi , Gershon ( Gershom ), Haran , Hebron , Eder 1 , Jerusalem .
Hosea • Chapter 13 (16 verses)
When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel ; but when he offended in Baal , he died. And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of th... Mentions: Ephraim , Jacob/Israel , Baal , Egypt , Samaria .
Judges Chapter 4, Verse 4
Scripture passage in Judges 4:4
Job • Chapter 31 (40 verses)
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? Mentions: Adam .
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 .
1 Samuel • Chapter 3 (21 verses)
And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli . And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision. And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see; And ere the lamp o... Mentions: Samuel , Eli, Jacob/Israel , Dan , Shiloh .
deliverance, salvation, victory
Deliverance, military victory wrought by God, spiritual salvation from judgment (Judges 15:18, Psalm 51:14).
Derivation: From יָשַׁע (H3467).
Judges Chapter 15, Verse 15
Scripture passage in Judges 15:15