Judges
Explore the people and evidence recorded for the book of Judges. Entries follow their first cited passage in the selected text.
People recorded in this book 76
Recorded names may include people recalled from earlier stories. Each entry keeps its existing source identity.
Sihon
King of the Amorites
Recorded names: King of Amorites · King of Heshbon · Sihon
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordZippor
father of Balak
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordIbzan
judge of Israel for seven years
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordElon
descendant of Zebulun who judged Israel
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordAbdon
son of Hillel who judged Israel for eight years
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordHillel
father of Abdon
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordManoah
a Danite man from Zorah, father of Samson
Sample references (3 of 14)Open person recordSamson
son of Manoah, who killed a thousand men with the jawbone of a donkey
Sample references (3 of 36)Open person recordDelilah
a woman who Samson loved who betrayed him
Sample references (3 of 7)Open person recordMicah
who stole 1100 pieces of silver from his mother
Sample references (3 of 19)Open person recordGershom
father of Jonathan, son of Manasseh
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordJonathan
priest of the Danites
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordManasseh
father of Gershom
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordAaron
brother of Moses and Levitical priest
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordEleazar
son of Aaron
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordPhinehas
Eleazar's son, Aaron's grandson given a covenant of peace and perpetual priesthood
Supporting ScriptureOpen 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 ScriptureBeginning of the 40-year period of Israel's oppression by the Philistines*
Begin · 1066 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureEnd of the 40-year period of Israel's oppression by the Philistines*
End · 1025 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting Scripture
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.