Judges

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Book of the Bible Old Testament book

Judges is an Old Testament book that recounts the cyclical pattern of Israel’s apostasy, oppression, and deliverance under a series of divinely appointed leaders before the establishment of the monarchy.

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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
Book of Judges 85
Judges canonical 7
Judges 4 2

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Book of the Bible ⓘ
Old Testament book ⓘ
belongsToSection Prophets ⓘ
surface form: Former Prophets
canonicalStatus scripture in Christianity ⓘ
scripture in Judaism ⓘ
centralTheme God’s mercy and deliverance ⓘ
Israel’s disobedience to God ⓘ
cycle of apostasy oppression and deliverance ⓘ
failure of Israel to complete the conquest of Canaan ⓘ
need for righteous leadership in Israel ⓘ
closingSituation Israel without a king ⓘ
containsLiteraryForm heroic tales ⓘ
narrative ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
containsPoem Song of Deborah ⓘ
epilogueContent stories of Micah’s idol and the Benjamite war ⓘ
featuresCharacter Abdon ⓘ
Abimelech ⓘ
Barak ⓘ
Deborah ⓘ
Delilah ⓘ
Ehud ⓘ
Elon ⓘ
Gideon ⓘ
Ibzan ⓘ
Jair ⓘ
Jephta ⓘ
surface form: Jephthah

Levite of Ephraim ⓘ
Micah ⓘ
Othniel ⓘ
Samson ⓘ
Shamgar ⓘ
Tola ⓘ
featuresEnemyGroup Amalekites ⓘ
Ammonite ⓘ
surface form: Ammonites

Canaanites ⓘ
Midian ⓘ
surface form: Midianites

Moabites ⓘ
Philistines ⓘ
featuresTribe Tribe of Benjamin ⓘ
surface form: tribe of Benjamin

tribe of Dan ⓘ
tribe of Ephraim ⓘ
Tribe of Judah ⓘ
surface form: tribe of Judah
follows Book of Joshua ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
surface form: Biblical Hebrew
openingEvent death of Joshua ⓘ
partOf Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
positionInHebrewCanon 2 ⓘ
positionInProtestantCanon 7 ⓘ
precedes Ruth ⓘ
surface form: Book of Ruth
prologueContent Israel’s failure to drive out the Canaanites ⓘ
refrain In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
settingPeriod time between Joshua and the monarchy ⓘ
settingRegion Canaan ⓘ
surface form: land of Canaan
structure prologue main cycles and epilogue ⓘ
usedIn Christian preaching and teaching ⓘ
Jewish liturgy and study ⓘ

Referenced by (110)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prophets → containsBook → Judges ⓘ
Neviim → contains → Judges ⓘ
Brandeis University → nickname → Judges ⓘ
Tribe of Judah → mentionedIn → Judges ⓘ
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Ruth → follows → Judges ⓘ
subject surface form: Book of Ruth
this entity surface form: Book of Judges
Samson and Delilah (1949 film) → basedOn → Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Judges
Joshua → precedes → Judges ⓘ
subject surface form: Book of Joshua
this entity surface form: Book of Judges
Roman Catholic biblical canon → includesBook → Judges ⓘ
Twelve Tribes of Israel → describedIn → Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Judges
Mount Tabor → mentionedIn → Judges ⓘ
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Jebus → mentionedIn → Judges ⓘ
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Orit → contains → Judges ⓘ
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Megiddo → mentionedIn → Judges ⓘ
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Hazor → mentionedIn → Judges ⓘ
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Issachar → mentionedIn → Judges ⓘ
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Zebulun → mentionedIn → Judges ⓘ
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Gibeah → mentionedIn → Judges ⓘ
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Gibeah → conflictDescribedIn → Judges ⓘ
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Perizzites → sourceText → Judges ⓘ
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Jebusites → mentionedInBook → Judges ⓘ
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Historical Books (Christian canon) → includesBook → Judges ⓘ
Tribe of Naftali (in some traditions) → mentionedIn → Judges ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Book of Judges
Book of Joshua → precedes → Judges ⓘ
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Tribe of Simeon → mentionedIn → Judges ⓘ
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Gilead → mentionedIn → Judges ⓘ
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Tribe of Dan → mentionedIn → Judges ⓘ
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Tribe of Reuben → mentionedIn → Judges ⓘ
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Tribe of Benjamin → mentionedIn → Judges ⓘ
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Samson the Nazarite → inspiredBy → Judges ⓘ
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Jephta → basedOn → Judges ⓘ
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Song of Deborah → partOf → Judges ⓘ
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Gideon → describedIn → Judges ⓘ
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Gideon → biblicalBookChapter → Judges ⓘ
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Elon → mentionedIn → Judges ⓘ
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Abdon → mentionedIn → Judges ⓘ
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Samson → describedIn → Judges ⓘ
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Levite of Ephraim → appearsIn → Judges ⓘ
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Levite of Ephraim → appearsIn → Judges ⓘ
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Levite of Ephraim → appearsIn → Judges ⓘ
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tribe of Ephraim → mentionedIn → Judges ⓘ
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Deuteronomistic history → hasPart → Judges ⓘ
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Barak → appearsIn → Judges ⓘ
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Barak → sourceText → Judges ⓘ
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Shamgar → mentionedIn → Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Judges