11.9 times of the judges

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Judges 1; 1 Sam. 7.

his is a period of transition for Israel Nothing was quite certain, and "every man did that which was right in his own eyes" (17:6). In consequence of this there was lack of organization, cooperation or leadership.   there was no central stable government and no hereditary rulers the people accepted from time to time as their rulers certain military leaders whom God raised up and who, by their prowess, delivered them from the yoke of foreign oppression. It was, therefore, a period of personal efforts some of which are preserved for us in this portion of scripture. Fifteen Judges are named counting Eli and Samuel, 

The Mesopotamians came down from the northeast and oppressed Israel until Othniel, Caleb's nephew, was raised up to deliver them. 

The invasion of the Moabites and the deliverance through Ehud.

The oppression of the Canaanites, who came down from the north, was thrown off through the leadership of Deborah assisted by Barak. 

The Midianites came in from the east and greatly oppressed Israel until Gideon defeated and destroyed these bold oppressors. 


he invasion of the Ammonites and Israel's deliverance through Jephthah. 


The Philistines were the next successful enemies of Israel and were enabled to do great harm to Israel until Samson arose and overthrew their power.

Samuel was the last of the judges and was also a priest and prophet. He is one of the outstanding Old Testament characters. Abraham founded the Hebrew race; Joseph saved them from famine; Moses gave them a home and Samuel organized them into a great kingdom which led to their glory. His birth was in answer to prayer and as judge or deliverer he won his most signal victory, that against the Philistines, by means of prayer. He founded schools for the instruction of young prophets at Gilgal. Bethel, Mizpeh and Ramah.

15	Joshua	Son of Tausret & Nun	?–1149
	[Assyrian Conquest]			Ramses IV	1150–1144
16	Othniel		1145–1134	Ramses V	1144–1140
				Ramses VI	1140–1132
17	Eglon of Moab		1134–1125	Ramses VII	1132–1131
				Ramses VIII	1131–1124
18	Ehud		1125–1115	Ramses IX	1124–1105
19	Jabin of Canaan		1115–1105
20	Deborah		1105–1089	Ramses X	1105–1097
21	? of Midian		1089–1085	Ramses XI	1097–1069
22	Gideon		1085–1084
23	Abimelech		1084–1082
24	Tola		1082–1071
25	Jair		1071–1060	Nesbanebdjed I (Smendes)	1069–1043
	[Philistine Conquest]
26	Jephthah		1051–1048
27	Ibzan		1048–1045
28	Elon		1045–1040	Amenemnisu (Amenophthis)	1043–1039
29	Abdon		1040–1036	Pasebakhaenniut I (Psousennes I)	1039–991
	[Philistine Conquest]
30	Shamgar		?–1016
31	Eli		1016–996
32	Samuel		996–986	Amenemope (Nepherkheres)	991–984
1This is a king-list, not a genealogy. None of these rulers is necessarily related to his predecessor, even in those parts in which the Hebrew bible has them as father and son. That being said, there is no reason to assume that these rulers were not related in some way, whether biologically or by marriage. This is, after all, an Egyptian dynasty, in which kings were commonly created by marriage to their fathers' daughters or, at the transition between dynasties, by marriage of someone of rank to that same daughter. 2Possibly the commissioner mentioned in the Amarna Letters by Abdi-Heba, king of Jerusalem, and Labayu, king of Shechem. 3Blue=Foreign rulers.  4Highlighted in gray=direct Hebrew rule of Egypt?

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