Sixteen Judges by Tribes

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  1. Othniel-Judah (Judges 1:10-20; Judges 3:9)
  2. Ehud-Benjamin (Judges 3:15)
  3. Shamgar-Benjamin? (Judges 3:31; Judges 5:6-8)
  4. Deborah-Ephraim (Judges 4:5; Judges 5:14)
  5. Barak-Naphtali (Judges 4:6)
  6. Gideon-Manasseh (Judges 6:15)
  7. Abimelech-Manasseh (Judges 9:1; Judges 7:1)
  8. Tola-Issachar (Judges 10:1-2)
  9. Jair-Manasseh (Judges 10:3-5)
  10. Jephthah-Manasseh (Judges 11:1-3,29)
  11. Ibson-Zebulun or Judah (Judges 12:8-10)
  12. Elon-Zebulun (Judges 12:11-12)
  13. Abdon-Ephraim (Judges 12:13-15)
  14. Samson-Dan (Judges 13:2)
  15. Eli-Levi (1 Samuel 1:3; 1 Samuel 2:11; 1 Samuel 4:15-18)
  16. Samuel-Levi (1 Samuel 1:1; 1 Samuel 3:1; 1 Samuel 7:6-17)

All left-handed men mentioned in Scripture came from Benjamin (Judges 20:16).

Eglon means “little calf.”  This was also the name of the successor of Balak of Numbers 22-24 (Judges 3:12-17), and the name of a city (Joshua 10:3-37; Joshua 12:12; Joshua 15:39).

Finis J. Dake, Dake Topical Index, WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: “Judges by Tribes, Sixteen”.

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