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• SiseraPeople

  Sisera was the commander of the army of Jabin, the Canaanite king who oppressed Israel during the period of the judges. In Judges 4–5 he is defeated by the Israelite forces led by Deborah and Barak, and while fleeing he is killed by Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite.

• EliPeople

  Eli was an Israelite priest who served at the sanctuary in Shiloh at the close of the period of the judges. He raised the boy Samuel but failed to restrain the wickedness of his two sons, and his house came under judgment. His story is told in 1 Samuel 1–4.

• TolaPeople

  Tola was a judge from the tribe of Issachar who succeeded Abimelech and judged Israel for twenty-three years during the period of the judges. He is briefly recorded in Judges 10:1–2.

• PhilistiaBible

  Philistia is the name of both a people and the land they inhabited on the Mediterranean coastal plain of southwestern Canaan. In the Bible, the Philistines appear as a power that frequently opposed Israel from the period of the judges through the time of David.

• Philistine PentapolisBible

  The Philistine Pentapolis is the collective name for the five cities that the Philistines established on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Canaan: Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. During the period of the judges and the early monarchy, these cities were the centers of the Philistine power that opposed Israel.

• MidianBible

  Midian was a people said to descend from Midian, the son of Abraham and Keturah. In the Bible they appear both as the family into which Moses married and, during the period of the judges, as an enemy that oppressed Israel.

• Jezreel ValleyBible

  The Jezreel Valley is a broad plain in northern Israel between the hill country of Galilee and the hill country of Samaria. It is the setting for the stories of Gideon, Saul, Ahab, and Jehu, and in the Book of Hosea it becomes a symbol of both judgment and restoration.

• GilgalBible

  Gilgal was the first place where Israel encamped after crossing the Jordan River, and it lay east of Jericho. It was the site of the memorial stones, the circumcision, and the Passover, and during the period of the judges and the early monarchy it served as a center of sacrifice and assembly.

• OrebPeople

  Oreb was one of the two princes (leaders) of Midian who were captured and killed by the men of Ephraim during the judge Gideon's war against Midian. He appears in Judges 7 and 8 and is mentioned again in the Psalms and Isaiah as an example of God's overthrow of His enemies.

• AshtorethBible

  Ashtoreth (also Ashtaroth) is a Canaanite and Sidonian goddess named in the Old Testament. Usually mentioned together with Baal, her name serves as a representative term for the foreign gods that Israel served after forsaking the LORD.

• Psalm 83Bible

  Psalm 83 is a psalm of Asaph and a communal prayer. It asks God to judge the surrounding nations that have allied to destroy Israel, as He did in the days of the judges, and prays that they may come to know that the LORD alone is the Most High over all the earth.

• 1 Samuel 12Bible

  First Samuel 12 records Samuel's farewell address before all Israel after Saul became king. Samuel has his integrity publicly affirmed, reviews Israel's history, reminds the people of their sin in asking for a king, and urges king and people alike to serve the LORD.

• MegiddoBible

  Megiddo was an ancient city on the edge of the Jezreel Valley in northern Israel. The Old Testament presents it as the site of several battles, and the name "Armageddon" in Revelation 16:16 is commonly understood to derive from it.

• 1 Samuel 1Bible

  The first chapter of 1 Samuel tells how Hannah, who was childless, prayed and made a vow at Shiloh, gave birth to Samuel, and, after weaning the child, dedicated him to the LORD.

• Jehovah-shalomBible

  Jehovah-shalom is the name Gideon gave to the altar he built at Ophrah in Judges 6:24. In Hebrew it means "the LORD is peace."

• Judges 6Bible

  Judges 6 tells how, while Israel lay under Midianite oppression, the angel of the LORD appeared and called Gideon as a deliverer, and how Gideon tore down his father's altar of Baal and twice sought a sign with a fleece.

• Song of DeborahBible

  The Song of Deborah is a victory song recorded in Judges 5. Deborah, a prophetess and judge, sang it to God together with Barak after they defeated the army of the Canaanite commander Sisera.

• Judges 8Bible

  Judges 8 recounts how Gideon relentlessly pursues and captures Zebah and Zalmunna, the two kings of Midian. It goes on to tell how, after he declines the kingship, the golden ephod he makes becomes a snare, and how Israel returns to the worship of Baal after his death.

• Judges 13Bible

  Judges 13 recounts how, during forty years of Philistine oppression, the angel of the LORD appeared to the wife of Manoah of the tribe of Dan to announce the birth of a Nazirite son, and how Samson was born.

• Puah (Father of Tola)People

  Puah is a man of the tribe of Issachar mentioned in Judges 10:1, the son of Dodo and the father of the judge Tola. Scripture records only his name and lineage, and only once.