| A | B |
|---|
| Othniel | from the Hebron area |
| Ehud | from the tribe of Benjamin and left handed |
| Shamgar | from Anath, probably the same as Beth-Anoth mentioned in Joshua 15:59 in the hill country of Judah |
| Barak | Prophetess guided him to victory over the Canaanites from Kedesh in Naphtali |
| Gideon | from the Shechem area, with the * indicating Abimelech also ruled briefly from here and came from a family of Baal worshipers |
| Tola | son of Puah from the tribe of Issachar but living in the hill country of Ephraim |
| Jair or Yair | from Gilead, in the area later called Havvoth Jair |
| Jephthah | from Mizpah in Gilead, although he had lived in Tob, a city and region east and north of Ramoth Gilead |
| Ibzan | of Bethlehem two possibilities, in Judah or Zebulun |
| Elon | of the tribe of Zebulun |
| Abdon | son of Hillel from Pirathon, southwest of Shechem |
| Samson | of the tribe of Dan and was a womanizer and a drunk |
| Deborah | Woman tribal leader, both military and legal |
| Abimelech | not a judge but attempted to make himself king but failed and is considered to be the only judge to win leadership through treachery |
| Eli | Priest, who ruled people from the sanctuary at Gilo |
| Samuel | Last judge before the kingdom came under the rule of Saul |
| Baal | The god they worshiped when without a judge |
| Joshua | He said to the people as Moses did Choose ye this day whom ye will serve but as for me and my house |
| Again the Israelites did evil | used to introduce each major judge |
| judge | In Hebrew it is shophet and was primarily a military leader of a particular tribe |
