Judges

People recorded in this book 76

Recorded names may include people recalled from earlier stories. Each entry keeps its existing source identity.

• Abiezer

  son of Gilead

  Explorer record: Iezer

  Supporting Scripture

  Judges 8:2
  Open person record

• Zalmunna

  King of Midian

  Sample references (3 of 8)

  Judges 8:5Judges 8:6Judges 8:7
  Open person record

• Zebah

  King of Midian

  Sample references (3 of 8)

  Judges 8:5Judges 8:6Judges 8:7
  Open person record

• Jether

  firstborn son of Gideon

  Supporting Scripture

  Judges 8:20
  Open person record

• Abimelech

  son of Gideon (Jerubbaal) by a concubine in Shechem who killed his brothers

  Sample references (3 of 36)

  Judges 8:31Judges 9:1Judges 9:3
  Open person record
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  Jotham

  youngest son of Gideon (Jerubbaal)

  Sample references (3 of 4)

  Judges 9:5Judges 9:7Judges 9:21
  Open person record

• Ebed

  father of Gaal

  Sample references (3 of 5)

  Judges 9:26Judges 9:28Judges 9:30
  Open person record

• Gaal

  son of Ebed whom the men of Shechem trusted

  Sample references (3 of 9)

  Judges 9:26Judges 9:28Judges 9:30
  Open person record

• Hamor

  the Hivite, father of Shechem

  Supporting Scripture

  Judges 9:28
  Open person record

• Shechem

  son of Hamor, the Hivite (GEN 33:19, GEN 34:2) who raped Dinah

  Supporting Scripture

  Judges 9:28
  Open person record

• Zebul

  the ruler of Shechem

  Sample references (3 of 5)

  Judges 9:28Judges 9:30Judges 9:36
  Open person record

• Dodo

  father of Puah

  Supporting Scripture

  Judges 10:1
  Open person record

• Puah

  a descendant of Issachar and father of Tola

  Supporting Scripture

  Judges 10:1
  Open person record

• Tola

  a descendant of Issachar who arose to save Israel

  Supporting Scripture

  Judges 10:1
  Open person record

• Jair

  a Gileadite who judged Israel for twenty-two years

  Supporting Scripture

  Judges 10:3Judges 10:5
  Open person record
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  Gilead

  the father of Jephthah with a harlot

  Supporting Scripture

  Judges 11:1Judges 11:2
  Open person record
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  Jephthah

  a valiant warrior

  Sample references (3 of 24)

  Judges 11:1Judges 11:2Judges 11:3
  Open person record

• King of the sons of Ammon

  the king of Ammon at the time of the judges

  Sample references (3 of 4)

  Judges 11:12Judges 11:13Judges 11:14
  Open person record

• King of Moab

  Midianite prophet who worked against Israel, son of Zippor

  Recorded names: King of Moab · Balak

  Explorer record: Balak

  Supporting Scripture

  Judges 11:17Judges 11:25
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• King of Edom

  Moses sent messengers to him

  Supporting Scripture

  Judges 11:17
  Open person record

Events referenced in this book 43

Includes earlier events recalled in this book. Passage order and historical dates describe different aspects of the record.

• End of Samson's time as judge of Israel*

  End · 1056 BC · Derived in source chronology

  Supporting Scripture

  Judges 12:14
  Explore event

• Beginning of the 40-year period of Israel's oppression by the Philistines*

  Begin · 1066 BC · Derived in source chronology

  Supporting Scripture

  Judges 13:1
  Explore event

• End of the 40-year period of Israel's oppression by the Philistines*

  End · 1025 BC · Derived in source chronology

  Supporting Scripture

  Judges 13:1
  Explore event

Places linked through referenced events 0

Reviewed places associated with the cited events. These associations do not form a complete list of places mentioned in the book or prove that every supporting verse names the place.

No reviewed event-place associations are recorded for this selection. Place coverage is incomplete; this does not mean the book names no places.