Ancient Jewish History: Judges of Ancient Israel
| Othniel | (3:7-11) 1st Judge after Joshua's death |
| Ehud | (3:12-30) Fought the Moabites |
| Shagmar | (3:31) Led Israelites against the Philistines |
| Deborah | (4-5) Prophetess, guided Barak to victory over the Canaanites, only female judge |
| Gideon | (6-8) Defeated Midianites with 300 men |
| Abimelech | (9) Only judge to win leadership through treachery |
| Tola | (10:1-5) Judged Israel for 23 years |
| Yair | (10: 1-5) Judged Israel for 22 years |
| Jepthah | (10:17-12:7) Defeated Ammonites |
| Ibzan | (12:8-15) Judged people for 7 years |
| Elon | (12:8-15) Judge for 10 years |
| Abdon | (12:8-15) Ruled for 8 years |
| Samson | (13-16) Fought Phillistines singlehandedly |
| Eli | (1 Samuel 1:9) Priest, ruled people from the sanctuary at Gilo |
| Samuel | Last judge before the kingdom came under the rule of Saul |
Sources: The Shengold Jewish Encyclopedia. NY: Shengold, 1998.