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The judges (sing.Hebrew: שופט, romanized: šop̄ēṭ, pl. שופטים šop̄əṭīm) whose stories are recounted in the Hebrew Bible, primarily in the Book of Judges, were individuals who served as military leaders of the tribes of Israel in times of crisis, in the period before the monarchy was established.
Judges 1 narrates how the Tribe of Judah, which would later establish the southern Kingdom of Judah, took the initiative and was most successful in conquering lands from the Canaanites, while especially those tribes who later formed the northern Kingdom of Israel experienced several failures, with the Canaanites repelling Israelite attacks on their cities.
(The statement that Israel has a certain period of peace after each judge is a recurrent theme.) Ehud (3:11–29) vs. Eglon of Moab Deborah , directing Barak the army captain (4–5), vs. Jabin of Hazor (a city in Canaan ) and Sisera , his captain ( Battle of Mount Tabor )
The Twelve Tribes of Israel (Hebrew: ... [10] [11] The Bible's depiction of the 'period of the Judges' is widely considered doubtful. [7] [12] [13] ...
The following is a list of people who were in the position of the leaders of the Jewish nation, heads of state and/or government in the Land of Israel. Because of the position of the Land of Israel in Judaism, the leaders of the inhabitants of the land had a priority status also over Diaspora Jewry, although there were periods when this status weakened due to the weakening of the Jewish ...
Reigned over Israel in Tirzah for 24 years. Death: Natural Causes: 877–876 BCE: 886–885 BCE: 885–884 BCE: 887–886 BCE: Elah: אלה בֵּן-בעשא מלך ישראל 'Ela ben Ba'sha, Melekh Yisra'el. Reigned over Israel in Tirzah for 2 years. Death: Zimri, one of his officials, got him drunk and killed him at his house in Azra.
Pages in category "Judges of the Supreme Court of Israel" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Judges of the Supreme Court of Israel (2 C, 48 P) M. Mandatory Palestine judges (1 C, 12 P) W. Israeli women judges (19 P) Pages in category "Israeli judges"