14 Bible Verses about Judging Israel
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There was a famine in the land in the days when the judges ruled. And a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.
Samuel judged Israel as long as he lived. Every year he went around to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah in order to judge Israel in all those places. Then he returned home to Ramah where he judged Israel. And in Ramah he built an altar to Jehovah.
The Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and he became Israel's leader (judge). Othniel went to war, and Jehovah gave him the victory over the king of Mesopotamia.
Now Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet, and she was serving as a judge for the Israelites at that time. She held court under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim. The children of Israel came to her for judgment.
He was Israel's judge (leader) for twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried at Shamir.
After Tola came Jair from Gilead. He judged (led) Israel for twenty-two years.
Jephthah led Israel for six years. Then he died and was buried in his hometown in Gilead.
After Elon, Abdon son of Hillel from Pirathon was leader of Israel. He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. Abdon led Israel for eight years,
Samson judged Israel for twenty years while the Philistines ruled the land.
His brothers and the rest of his family came to get his body. They took him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had been Israel's judge for twenty years.
The Israelites gathered at Mizpah. They drew some water, poured it out in front of Jehovah and fasted that day. They confessed: We have sinned against Jehovah. So Samuel judged Israel in Mizpah.
The name of his firstborn son was Joel. He named his second son Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
