Ancient Jewish History: Judges of Ancient Israel
Othniel | (3:7-11) 1st Judge after Joshua's death |
Ehud | (3:12-30) Fought the Moabites |
Shagmar | (3:31) Led Israelites against the Philistines |
Deborah | (4-5) Prophetess, guided Barak to victory over the Canaanites, only female judge |
Gideon | (6-8) Defeated Midianites with 300 men |
Abimelech | (9) Only judge to win leadership through treachery |
Tola | (10:1-5) Judged Israel for 23 years |
Yair | (10: 1-5) Judged Israel for 22 years |
Jepthah | (10:17-12:7) Defeated Ammonites |
Ibzan | (12:8-15) Judged people for 7 years |
Elon | (12:8-15) Judge for 10 years |
Abdon | (12:8-15) Ruled for 8 years |
Samson | (13-16) Fought Phillistines singlehandedly |
Eli | (1 Samuel 1:9) Priest, ruled people from the sanctuary at Gilo |
Samuel | Last judge before the kingdom came under the rule of Saul |
Sources: The Shengold Jewish Encyclopedia. NY: Shengold, 1998.