The TanakhNevi'im
Judgesשופטים
Judges covers the generations between Joshua and the monarchy in a repeating cycle of drift, oppression and rescue, told through Deborah, Gideon, Jephthah and Samson. Tradition names Samuel as its writer.
- Chapters
- 21
- Verses
- 618
- Words
- 9,885
- Letters
- 38,944
Judges 1:1, the first of 618 verses
וַיְהִ֗י אַחֲרֵי֙ מ֣וֹת יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ וַֽיִּשְׁאֲלוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בַּיקוָ֖ק לֵאמֹ֑ר מִ֣י יַעֲלֶה־לָּ֧נוּ אֶל־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֛י בַּתְּחִלָּ֖ה לְהִלָּ֥חֶם בּֽוֹ׃
AND IT came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying: ‘Who shall go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?’