Judges of Israel |
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| Joshua | 1398 - 1380 | Joshua 24:29 | Led the Israelites into the Promised Land (1405 B.C.) |
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| Othniel | 1350 - 1310 | Judges 3:9-11 | God raised up this judge to save his people when they were oppressed by Cushan, the King of Mesopotamia |
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| Ehud | 1292 - 1212 | Judges 3:15-30 | God raised up this judge when Israel was oppressed by Eglon, King of Moab. |
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Deborah
and Barak | 1192 - 1152 | Judges 4, 5 | These judges freed the people from the bondage and slavery of Jabin, King of Canaan. |
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| Eli | 1153 - 1113 | 1Samuel 2-4 | Judges for forty years |
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| Gideon | 1145 - 1105 | Judges 6:11-40,
7-8 | Saves the people from oppression by the Midianites. |
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Abimelech
(in the North) | 1105 - 1102 | Judges 9:1-54 | |
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Tola
(in the North) | 1102 - 1079 | Judges 10:1-2 | |
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Jephthah
(in the East) | 1087 - 1081 | Judges 11, 12:1-7 | Saves the people from eighteen years of oppression by the Ammonites. |
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Samson
(in the South and West) | 1085 - 1065 | Judges 13 - 16 | God raises up Samson to free his people of forty years under the Philistines. |
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| Samuel | 1085 - 1053 | 1Samuel 7:6, 15-17 | Samuel anoints Saul, then later David, as king. |
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Ibzan
(in the East) | 1081 - 1074 | Judges 12:8-10 | Had thirty sons and thirty daughters (Judges 12:9) |
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Jair
(in the North) | 1079 - 1057 | Judges 10:3-5 | Had thirty sons (Judges 10:4) |
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Elon
(in the East) | 1074 - 1064 | Judges 12:11-12 | |
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Abdon
(in the East) | 1064 - 1056 | Judges 12:13-14 | Had forty sons and thirty nephews (Judges 12:14) |
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| Samuel's sons | 1053 - 1050 | 1Samuel 8:1-5 | The name of Samuel's sons that served as judges are Joel and Abiah. They take bribes and pervert justice. Their corruption spurs the elders to ask Samuel to anoint them a human king like all the nations around them (1Samuel 8) |
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The Promised Land |
Palestine is referred to in several different ways in the Bible: the "land of Canaan" (Genesis 12:5) the "land of Jehovah" (Psalm 85:1) the "holy land" (Zechariah 2:12) the "land of Israel" (1Samuel 13:19) the "land of promise" (Hebrews 11:9) the "land of Judah" (Isaiah 19:17)
Moses described the beauty and blessings of the Holy Land when he told the children of Israel: "For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, that flow out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can dig copper. When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you." (Deuteronomy 8:7-9)
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References: Holy Bible in Its Original Order, Second Edition, Chronology I |
