Name Period

Judges Test Key

**The Era of the Judges**
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Judge Name Judge Facts
Shamgar
Son of Anath
Struck down 600 Philistines with an ogoad !a stick"
A#imelech
Son of $ideon
%aised money& hired #ad men and killed all #ut one of $ideon's sons
Judged for ( years
)ro*e $aal and his relati*es out of Shechem
Killed the citi+ens of Shechem while they were hiding in a tower
Attacked the tower in The#e+ and was mortally wounded #y a stone
thrown on his head #y a woman
,as killed #y his ser*ant
Ehud
Son of $era the -en.amite
/eft01anded
Killed Eglon& king of 2oa#& with a short sword !which was swallowed u3 #y
Eglon's stomach fat"
$a*e the land 3eace for 40 years
Samson
%ecount Three )istinct 5acts6

$ideon
Son of Joash the A#ie+rite
Tested $od multi3le times !using a fleece" to make sure 1e would do what
1e said
7alled Jeru#0-aal& meaning& 8let -aal contend with him&8 #ecause he
destroyed his father's altar to -aal
)efeated at least 9:0&000 2idianites with an army of only (00 ;sraelites
7reated an E3hod using golden earrings and caused ;srael to sin #y
3rostituting themsel*es to it
;+#an
1ad thirty sons and thirty daughters
2arried his sons and daughters to those outside his clan
/ed ;srael for se*en years
Eli
1ad two wicked sons6 1o3hni and Phineas
)ied from falling o*er in his chair and #reaking his neck when he learned
that the Ark was taken #y the Philistines
Took care of Samuel after he had #een weened #y his 2other
/ed ;srael for <0 years
Elon
A =e#ulunite
/et for 90 years
>thniel
Son of Kena+& 7ale#'s younger #rother
)efeated 7ushan0%ishathaim& king of Aram
$a*e the land 3eace for <0 years
Jair
5rom $ilead
/ed ;srael for twenty0two years
1ad thirty sons who rode thirty donkeys and controlled thirty towns in
$ilead
A#don
Son of 1illel
1ad forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on se*enty donkeys
/ed ;srael for 4 years
Je3hthah
Son of $ilead
1is mother was a 3rostitute
)ri*en away #y his own sons
Taken #ack #y the $ileadites and made commander o*er them in order to
defeat the Ammonites
2ade a deal to kill whate*er came out of his tent if the /ord would gi*e
him *ictory o*er the Ammonites
Killed his daughter as a result of his deal with $od
Punished the E3hraimites for not hel3ing $ilead against the Ammonites
/ed ;srael for si years
)e#orah
,ife of /a33idoth
Told -arak to attack the armies of Ja#in king of 1a+or lead #y Sisera
Told -arak that Sisera would #e killed #y a woman !which was fulfilled
when Jael nailed him to the ground with a tent03eg"
Tola
Son of Puah
/i*ed in Shamir
/ed ;srael for twenty0three years