Judges and Prophets of Israel

The Conquest & the Judges

Judges and Prophets of Israel

The judges were local deliverers, not national rulers. Each was raised up where the trouble was — which is why this map puts every one of them at his own home rather than on a throne. Read across it and the pattern of the book becomes a geography: the oppression comes from a particular direction, and the man God raises up lives in its path.

The judges of Israel and where they came fromOriginal map showing the home country of each judge in the book of Judges and the oppressor each one was raised up against.The Great SeaSea ofGalileeSaltSeaRiver Jordan1 Othniel — Debir2 Ehud — Benjamin3 Deborah — Ephraim4 Gideon — Ophrah5 Tola — Shamir6 Jair — Gilead7 Jephthah — Mizpah of Gilead8 Ibzan — Bethlehem9 Elon — Zebulun10 Abdon — Pirathon11 Samson — ZorahSamuel — the last of themJerusalemShilohHazorGazaAshkelonAshdodBeershebaMegiddoBeth ShanRabbahDibonP H I L I S T I AA M M O NM O A BThe judges were local deliverers, not national rulers — each raised upwhere the trouble was. That is the argument this map makes.Shamgar is not shown: the text records no home for him (Judges 3:31).Judges 3–1625 milesN
Each judge at his own home — Judges 3–16.
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