Bible Verses About Judges of Israel

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy young donkeys. He judged Isra'el for eight years.

Sh'mu'el continued in office as judge of Isra'el as long as he lived.

Year by year he would travel in a circuit that included Beit-El, Gilgal and Mitzpah; and in all these places he served as judge over Isra'el.

Then he would return to Ramah, because that's where his home was, and he would judge Isra'el there too. He also built an altar there to ADONAI.

When Sh'mu'el grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Isra'el.

His firstborn was named Yo'el, while his second son was named Aviyah; they were judges in Be'er-Sheva.

However, his sons did not follow his way of life; they turned off it to pursue riches, so that they would take bribes to distort justice.

All the leaders of Isra'el gathered themselves together, approached Sh'mu'el in Ramah

and said to him, "Look, you have grown old, and your sons are not following your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations."

For certain individuals, the ones written about long ago as being meant for this condemnation, have wormed their way in — ungodly people who pervert God’s grace into a license for debauchery and disown our only Master and Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.

Since you already know all this, my purpose is only to remind you that Adonai, who once delivered the people from Egypt, later destroyed those who did not trust.

And S’dom, ‘Amora and the surrounding cities, following a pattern like theirs, committing sexual sins and perversions, lie exposed as a warning of the everlasting fire awaiting those who must undergo punishment.

Likewise, these people, with their visions, defile their own flesh, despise godly authority and insult angelic beings.

savage sea-waves heaving forth their shameful deeds like foam; wandering stars for whom the blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

Moreover, Hanokh, in the seventh generation starting with Adam, also prophesied about these men, saying, “Look! Adonai came with his myriads of holy ones

to execute judgment against everyone, that is, to convict all the godless for their godless deeds which they have done in such a godless way, and for all the harsh words these godless sinners have spoken against him.”

These people are grumblers and complainers, they follow their evil passions, their mouths speak grandiosities, and they flatter others to gain advantage.