Judges

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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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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

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Deborah mentionedIn Judges
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Deborah appearsInChapter Judges
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Deborah scripturalBook Judges
Micah appearsIn Judges
subject surface form: Micah (Book of Judges)
this entity surface form: Book of Judges
Micah narrativeSection Judges
subject surface form: Micah (Book of Judges)
this entity surface form: Judges 17
Elimelech timePeriod Judges
this entity surface form: Period of the Judges
Abimelech appearsIn Judges
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Abimelech narrativeSource Judges
this entity surface form: Judges 9
Valley of Sorek mentionedIn Judges
this entity surface form: Book of Judges
Samson and Delilah basedOn Judges
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Samson and Delilah subjectHeading Judges
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Ehud mentionedIn Judges
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Israelite conquest of Canaan hasAdditionalSource Judges
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Othniel appearsIn Judges
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Othniel scripturalChapter Judges
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Othniel scripturalBook Judges
this entity surface form: Book of Judges
Othniel category Judges
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Delilah appearsIn Judges
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Amalekites mentionedIn Judges
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Samson Agonistes basedOn Judges
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Sefer Shoftim notToBeConfusedWith Judges
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Tola mentionedIn Judges
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Tola scripturalChapter Judges
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Chemosh mentionedIn Judges
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Ephraim mentionedIn Judges
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Tribe of Asher mentionedIn Judges
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Tribe of Zebulun mentionedIn Judges
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Tribe of Naphtali mentionedIn Judges
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Manasseh mentionedIn Judges
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Tribe of Gad mentionedIn Judges
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Tribe of Issachar describedIn Judges
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Tribe of Manasseh sacredTextMention Judges
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Benjamin mentionedIn Judges
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Har Tavor biblicalAssociation Judges
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Har Tavor mentionedIn Judges
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Shiloh mentionedIn Judges
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Bethel mentionedIn Judges
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Tel Dan mentionedIn Judges
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Dagon mentionedIn Judges
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Jephthah mentionedIn Judges
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Jephthah textLocation Judges
this entity surface form: Judges 11
שְׁכֶם mentionedIn Judges
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this entity surface form: Book of Judges
Kishon River mentionedIn Judges
this entity surface form: Book of Judges
Jael and Sisera basedOn Judges
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Ramah mentionedIn Judges
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Hivites mentionedInBook Judges
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Samson and the lion basedOn Judges
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Sihon king of the Amorites mentionedIn Judges
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Kedesh mentionedIn Judges
this entity surface form: Book of Judges