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
Period of the Judges	2
Bible—Judges—Samson	1
Judges (period of the Judges)	1
Judges 10	1
Judges 11	1
Judges 17	1
Judges 20	1
Judges 21	1
Judges 3	1
Judges 7	1
Judges 8	1
Judges 9	1
Judges of Israel	1
Old Testament judges	1
biblical Book of Judges	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T157933 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Judges
Context triple: [Prophets, containsBook, Judges]

A. Final Judgment
Final Judgment is the Christian belief in a future, definitive divine judgment in which God will assess all people and determine their eternal destiny.
B. Prophets
Prophets is a major section of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that contains the writings and historical accounts of Israel’s prophetic figures and their messages.
C. The People
"The People" is a politically charged hip-hop track by Common that reflects on social issues, community struggles, and empowerment.
D. Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments are a foundational set of biblical moral principles that outline core duties toward God and other people in the Judeo-Christian tradition.
E. Twelve Tribes of Israel
The Twelve Tribes of Israel are the traditional divisions of the ancient Israelite people, each descended from one of the twelve sons of the biblical patriarch Jacob.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Judges
Target entity description: 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.

A. Final Judgment
Final Judgment is the Christian belief in a future, definitive divine judgment in which God will assess all people and determine their eternal destiny.
B. Prophets
Prophets is a major section of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that contains the writings and historical accounts of Israel’s prophetic figures and their messages.
C. The People
"The People" is a politically charged hip-hop track by Common that reflects on social issues, community struggles, and empowerment.
D. Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments are a foundational set of biblical moral principles that outline core duties toward God and other people in the Judeo-Christian tradition.
E. Twelve Tribes of Israel
The Twelve Tribes of Israel are the traditional divisions of the ancient Israelite people, each descended from one of the twelve sons of the biblical patriarch Jacob.
F. None of above. chosen

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 ⓘ