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.

Aliases (1)

Book of Judges ×84

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 →