The Judges who Delivered Israel

Judges 2:18 - And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. 

List of the Judges of Israel and Foreign Oppressors
The Oppressor Years of Oppression Judge - Deliverer Years of Peace
Mesopotamia 8 Years Othniel 40 Years
The Moabites
The Ammonites
The Amalekites		 18 Years Ehud 80 Years
The Canaanites 20 Years Deborah
Barak		 40 Years
The Midianites 7 Years Gideon 40 Years
    Abimelech
Tola
Jair		 3 Years
23 Years
22 Years
The Ammonites 18 Years Jephthah 6 Years
    Ibzan
Elon
Abdon		 7 Years
10 Years
8 Years
The Philistines 40 Years Samson 20 Years
The Philistines   Eli 40 Years
The Philistines   Samuel 20 Years
Total 111 Years   339 Years

The Judges were not necessarily actual judges or elders or rulers in accordance with the traditionally accepted title in ancient Israel. They were actually more like local deliverers who were raised up by God to bring relief to the oppression that was brought about by their enemies. The oppression came because of their lack of faith, although there were some who were faithful, as in the case of Boaz (Ruth 2-4).


Judges 2:17 - And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; [but] they did not so. 

 

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