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Period of the Judges
The period of the Judges is the era from the death of Joshua until Saul became king, when Israel lived as a confederation of tribes without a king. During this time God repeatedly delivered His people through judges whom He raised up. The period is recorded chiefly in the Book of Judges.
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- Jonathan (Grandson of Moses)People
Jonathan was a Levite of the period of the judges who is introduced in Judges 18:30 as "the son of Gershom" and the grandson of Moses. He became the priest of the household of Micah the Ephraimite and later went with the tribe of Dan, serving as priest at their idolatrous shrine.
- ShamgarPeople
Shamgar is a figure from the period of the judges recorded in the Book of Judges. Coming after Ehud, he is said to have delivered Israel by killing six hundred Philistines with an ox goad.
- MahlonPeople
Mahlon is a figure from the period of the judges who appears in the Book of Ruth. He was the son of Elimelech and Naomi of Bethlehem and the first husband of Ruth the Moabitess. He died childless in the land of Moab.
- 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.
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