14 Bible Verses about Judging Israel

And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel and Gilgal, and Mizpah. And he judged Israel in all those places. And his return was to Ramah, for his house was there. And there he judged Israel, and there he built an altar to LORD.

And the Spirit of LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel. And he went out to war, and LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand, and his hand prevailed against Cushan-rishathaim.

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time. And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill-country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel came up to her for judgment.

And he judged Israel twenty-three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.

And after him arose Jair, the Gileadite, and he judged Israel twenty-two years.

And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.

And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

And after him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel, and he judged Israel ten years.

And after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel. And he had forty sons and thirty sons' sons who rode on seventy donkey colts, and he judged Israel eight years.

And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.

And they gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against LORD. And Samuel judged the sons of Israel in Mizpah.

Now the name of his first-born was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.