* See Book of Judges at Bible Gateway

By the end of Judges the Israelites are in a worse condition than they were at the beginning, with Yahweh's treasures used to make idolatrous images, the Levites ( priests ) corrupted, the tribe of Dan conquering a remote village instead of the Canaanite cities, and the tribes of Israel making war on the Benjamites, their own brothers.

Despite their appearance at the end of the Book of Judges, certain characters ( like Jonathan, the grandson of Moses ) and idioms present in the epilogue show that the therein " must have taken place ... early in the period of the judges.

* Judges at Mechon-Mamre ( Jewish Publication Society translation )

* Judges at Bible Gateway ( various versions )

Judges at the competition watch for illegal moves from the group or any individual member.

Thomas Harrison and John Carew were Commissioners ( Judges ) at the trial of Charles I and signed the death warrant.

Judges also look at the height of the element.

Judges at the House of Lords secured their position by mere virtue of the fact that their fathers were hereditary peers and so individuals would automatically inherit seats in the upper house rather than securing their position through merit.

Judges were paid 15, 000 Dutch florins a year, with daily expenses of 50 florins to pay for living expenses, and an additional 45, 000 florins for the President, who was required to live at The Hague.

This compound name occurs chiefly in the prophetic literature and does not appear at all in the Torah, Joshua or Judges.

Whereas the late King James the Second by the Assistance of diverse evill Councellors Judges and Ministers imployed by him did endeavour to subvert and extirpate the Protestant Religion and the Lawes and Liberties of this Kingdome ( list of grievances including ) ... by causing severall good Subjects being Protestants to be disarmed at the same time when Papists were both Armed and Imployed contrary to Law, ( Recital regarding the change of monarch ) ... thereupon the said Lords Spirituall and Temporall and Commons pursuant to their respective Letters and Elections being now assembled in a full and free Representative of this Nation takeing into their most serious Consideration the best meanes for attaining the Ends aforesaid Doe in the first place ( as their Auncestors in like Case have usually done ) for the Vindicating and Asserting their ancient Rights and Liberties, Declare ( list of rights including ) ... That the Subjects which are Protestants may have Arms for their Defence suitable to their Conditions and as allowed by Law.

Judges at all levels are appointed by the president and approved by the Oliy Majlis.

Judges must retire at the age of 70, but may hold office until a new judge is elected and / or the cases in which they sit have come to an end.

Judges at the International Court of Justice

For example, the horse's straightness going across the diagonal may be assessed by judges at M and H. Judges in the United States are licensed by the USEF for different levels of competition, depending on the judge's experience and training.

Scribing ( also known as Penciling ) is the writing down of the scores and comments of Judges at dressage events, so that the Judge can concentrate on the performance.

The second year, 1929, there were no nominations at all, although the Academy has a list of unofficial titles which were under consideration by the Board of Judges.

Judges are either appointed by the governor after being reviewed by the Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation ( JNE ) if a vacancy is created during a sitting judges six-year term, or elected by the county residents in nonpartisan elections if the vacancy occurs at the end of a six-year term.

In Judges 6-8 in the story of Gideon, the Amalekites and the Midianites are said to have amassed a visible army of at least 135, 000 encamped against Israel.

# The Rock of Rimmon was where the Benjamites fled ( Judges 20: 45, 47 ; 21: 13 ), and where they maintained themselves for four months after the fearful battle at Gibeah, in which they were almost exterminated, 600 only surviving out of about 27, 000.

The Israelites, in entering the " promised land ", did not pass through the Moabites, ( Judges 11: 18 ) but conquered Sihon's kingdom and his capital at Heshbon.

John Selden in his esteemed work Titles of Honour writes, " The word Baro ( Latin for Baron ) hath been also so much communicated, that not only all Lords of Mannors have been from antient time, and are at this day called sometimes Barons ( as in the stile of their Court Barons, which is Curia Baronis, & c. And I have read hors de son Barony in a barr to an Avowry for hors de son fee ) But also the Judges of the Exchequer have it from antient time fixed on them.

It was originally proposed by Markus Reiner, a professor at Technion in Israel, inspired by a verse in the Bible, stating " The mountains flowed before the Lord " in a song by prophetess Deborah ( Judges 5: 5 ).

After the fall, the rule of God was expressed through the Law, the Judges, the King of Israel and finally the promise that God would write his law on his people's hearts ( Jer 31: 33 ).

The Bible provides a number of references to nails, including the story in Judges of the wife who drives a nail into the temple of her husband while he is asleep, the provision of iron for nails by King David for Solomon's Temple, and of course the crucifixion of Christ.

The reference is to Barak's campaign against Sisera, the commander of the forces of Jabin, King of Canaan ( Judges 4: 10 ).

The act of this Shamgar is evidently similar to that of Shammah, son of Agee, mentioned in the appendix of the Books of Samuel as being one of The Three, a distinct group of warriors associated with King David ; scholars believe that the same individual is meant, and that the passage in the book of Judges moved to its present location as a result of the mention of a Shamgar in the subsequent ( to the present position ) Song of Deborah.

James stated that " In cases where there is not express authority in law, the King may himself decide in his royal person ; the Judges are but delegates of the King ".

The Council then debated whether the law of the land would justify putting Felton to the rack, and the King directed that before any such thing should be done the advice of the Judges should be taken.

On 13 November the King formally asked the Judges whether by law Felton might not be racked " and whether there was any law against it ", for said the King " if it might be done by law he would not use prerogative in this point ".

* The Amalekites defeated by King Saul were not the ones living in the Negev and / or the Sinai, but a northern branch of this people, " in the territory of Ephraim, on the highlands of Amalek "-or, in an alternative translation " in the Land of Ephraim, the mountains of the Amalekites " ( Judges 12: 15 ).

" The case was heard before a jury in Judge William J. Willkins ' ( who was also one of the presiding Judges at the Nuremberg Trials ) courtroom in King County Superior Court beginning February 6, 1951.

Judges were Charles N. Brown, Carl Jacobi, Stephen King, T. E. D. Klein and Karl Edward Wagner.

Judges were John M. Ford, Paul Hazel, Tappan King, Michael McDowell and Melissa Ann Singer.

" Whereas the late King James the Second, by the Assistance of divers evil Counsellors, Judges, and Ministers, employed by Him, did endeavour to subvert and extirpate the Protestant Religion, and the Laws and Liberties of this Kingdom ..( b ) y assuming and exercising a Power of dispensing with and suspending of Laws, and the Execution of Laws, without Consent of Parliament ....( b ) y causing several good Subjects, being Protestants, to be disarmed, at the same Time when Papists were both armed and employed contrary to Law ...( a ) ll which are utterly and directly contrary to the known Laws and Statutes and Freedom of this Realm ..... the said Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons, pursuant to their respective Letters and Elections, being now assembled in a full and free Representative of this Nation, taking into their most serious Consideration the best Means for attaining the Ends aforesaid, do in the First Place ( as their Ancestors in like Case have usually done ), for the vindicating and asserting their ancient Rights and Liberties, Declare ,.... That the Subjects which are Protestants may have Arms for their Defence, suitable to their Condition, and as allowed by Law.

In the early 14th century BC, much of Israel was under Arameans rule for eight years according to the Biblical Book of Judges, until Othniel defeated the forces led by Chushan-Rishathaim, the King of Aram-Naharaim.

On 16 February 1649 he served as one of the Judges against King Charles I, after which he gained notoriety as regicide.

This pattern consists of apostasy, hardship, crying out to the Lord, and rescue and it is clearly present in the tale of Ehud: apostasy and hardship occur in Judges 3. 12, “ The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord ; and the Lord strengthened King Eglon of Moab against Israel .” The “ crying out to the Lord ” and the subsequent rescue are evident in Judges 3. 15: “ but when the Israelites cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud son of Gera .” The rather lively and humorous tale is ended with the refrain of “ and the land had rest 80 years ,” ( Judges 3. 30 ) an editorially constructed ending typical to Gideon and other “ major ” judge stories in the book of Judges.

from Judges 12: 8-10 ( King James Version )

* The text of Judges 13-16 ( King James Version ) at biblegateway. com.

Judges were John M. Ford, Paul Hazel, Tappan King, Michael McDowell and Melissa Ann Singer.