Book 7 of 66 · Old Testament · Kingdom
Judges
Judges is the 7th book of the Bible and the 7th of the 39 books of the Old Testament. It belongs to the Kingdom section (History) and has 21 chapters.
- Book number
- 7 of 66
- Testament
- Old Testament (7 of 39)
- Section
- Kingdom
- Group
- History
- Chapters
- 21
- Abbreviation
- Jdg
- Comes after
- Joshua
- Comes before
- Ruth
About Judges
Judges covers the unsettled centuries between Joshua and the kings, when leaders such as Deborah, Gideon and Samson delivered Israel from its enemies. Its refrain is that everyone did what was right in their own eyes.
Where is Judges in the Bible?
Open a Bible near the front: Judges is book 7 of 66, right after Joshua and just before Ruth. In the Old Testament it is number 7 of 39, in the Kingdom section (the first of the historical books).
Practise Judges
- Find Judges in Book Hunt — tap it on a shelf of all 66 spines before the timer runs out.
- What number is Judges? Book Number Blitz — drill book numbers 1 to 66 against the clock.
- Is Judges canon? Canon or Not — tell the real 66 from apocryphal and invented titles.
- Old or New? Testament Toss-Up — sort each book into its testament as fast as you can.
- Shelve Kingdom in Order the Books — learn Judges's neighbours by placing the whole section in order.
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