Judges 1:1--5:31

Abinoam : father of Barak from Kedesh in Naphtali

Acco : a town of Canaanites north of Mount Carmel in Asher (OS)
(32° 55´, 35° 4´)

Achsah : daughter of Caleb (Hezron Judah) and Maacah, Caleb's concubine

Achzib : a town in the western foothills of Judah,a town of Asher on the coast 14 km north of Acco
(31° 42´, 35° 0´); (33° 2´, 35° 6´)

Adoni-Bezek : the Canaanite King of Bezek in Joshua's time

Adoni-bezek : the Canaanite King of Bezek in Joshua's time

Ahiman : a man descended from Anak in Hebron in Moses' time,a Levite temple gate keeper under Nehemiah

Ahlab : a Canaanite town in Asher
(33° 1´, 35° 26´)

Aijalon : a town 19 km WNW of Jerusalem,a town in the land of Zebulun some 90 km north of Jerusalem
(31° 50´, 35° 1´)

Akrabbim : a mountain pass at south end of Dead Sea; Scorpion Pass
(30° 41´, 35° 15´)

Amalek : members of the nation of Amalek
(30° 39´, 34° 50´); (31° 42´, 35° 12´); (31° 42´, 35° 12´)

Amalekites : members of the nation of Amalek
(30° 39´, 34° 50´); (31° 42´, 35° 12´); (31° 42´, 35° 12´)

Ammonites : the tribe/nation of people descended from Ben-Ammi, Lot's son,Territory of the tribe/nation of Ammon
(31° 57´, 35° 55´)

Amorites : members of a pre-Israel Semitic tribe from Mesopotamia

Anak : the forefather of the Anakim people

Anath : father of Shamgar, a judge of Israel

Aphik : a town of Asher 10 km SSE of Acco near the coast
(34° 3´, 35° 51´); (32° 6´, 34° 55´); (32° 46´, 35° 41´); (34° 3´, 35° 51´)

Arad : a town of Canaanites in Judah 16 km east of Beer-Sheba,son of Beriah of Benjamin
(31° 16´, 35° 7´)

Asher : a tribe of Israel that came from Asher; son of Jacob and Zilpah,the man; son of Jacob and Zilpah,a tribe of Israel or its land

Asherites : members of the clan of Asher; descendants of Asher

Ashkelon : a town of the Philistines between Ashdod and Gaza (OS)
(31° 39´, 34° 32´)

Ashtaroth : pagan god images of the Canaanite goddess Ashtoreth,a town of Manasseh about 35 km east of the sea of Chinnereth
(32° 49´, 36° 0´); (32° 45´, 36° 0´); (32° 49´, 36° 0´)

Baal : a pagan god,a title of a pagan god,a town in the Negeb on the border of Simeon and Judah,son of Reaiah son of Micah; a descendant of Reuben,the forth son of Jeiel, the Benjamite
(31° 45´, 35° 43´); (31° 45´, 35° 43´); (31° 45´, 35° 43´); (31° 45´, 35° 43´)

Barak : a son of Abinoam in the days of the judges,son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali who defeated Sisera

Benjamin : the tribe of Benjamin of Israel

Benjaminite : the tribe of Benjamin of Israel

Beth-anath : a town of Naphtali in upper Galilee
(33° 8´, 35° 25´)

Beth-Anath : a town of Naphtali in upper Galilee
(33° 8´, 35° 25´)

Beth-shean : a town of Manasseh 5 km west of the Jordan & 25 km south of Lake Galilee
(32° 30´, 35° 30´); (32° 30´, 35° 30´)

Beth-Shean : a town of Manasseh 5 km west of the Jordan & 25 km south of Lake Galilee
(32° 30´, 35° 30´); (32° 30´, 35° 30´)

Beth-Shemesh : a town marking the northern boarder of Judah (YC),a town of Issachar in lower Galilee by the boarder of Naphtali,a town of Naphtali in upper Galilee perhaps 25 km west of Hazor
(31° 45´, 34° 58´); (32° 24´, 35° 30´); (33° 8´, 35° 25´); (30° 6´, 31° 20´)

Beth-shemesh : a town marking the northern boarder of Judah (YC),a town of Issachar in lower Galilee by the boarder of Naphtali,a town of Naphtali in upper Galilee perhaps 25 km west of Hazor
(31° 45´, 34° 58´); (32° 24´, 35° 30´); (33° 8´, 35° 25´); (30° 6´, 31° 20´)

Bethel : a town of Benjamin bordering Ephraim 18 km north of Jerusalem
(31° 55´, 35° 13´); (32° 2´, 35° 44´)

Bezek : a town of Ephraim west of Beth-Horon (OS),a town of Manasseh between Shechem and Beth-Shan (OS)
(31° 53´, 34° 57´); (32° 22´, 35° 24´)

Bochim : a place west of Gilgal where God rebuked Israel for compromise
(31° 55´, 35° 13´)

Caleb : son of Hezron son of Perez son of Judah

Canaan : the region ofeast Mediterranean coastal land from Arvad (modern Lebanon) south to Gaza,the coast land from Mt. Carmel north to the Orontes River
(31° 41´, 34° 50´); (33° 33´, 35° 21´)

Canaanites : the region ofeast Mediterranean coastal land from Arvad (modern Lebanon) south to Gaza,the coast land from Mt. Carmel north to the Orontes River
(31° 41´, 34° 50´); (33° 33´, 35° 21´)

city of palms : Tamar: 35 km SSW of Dead Sea. Jericho: 30 km ENE of Jerusalem

City of Palms : Tamar: 35 km SSW of Dead Sea. Jericho: 30 km ENE of Jerusalem

Cushan-rishathaim : king of Mesopotamia in the time of the judges

Cushan-Rishathaim : king of Mesopotamia in the time of the judges

Dan : residents of the town of Dan; members of the tribe of Dan,the tribe of Dan as a whole; the descendants of Dan in Israel
(33° 14´, 35° 39´); (31° 45´, 34° 59´)

Danites : residents of the town of Dan; members of the tribe of Dan,the tribe of Dan as a whole; the descendants of Dan in Israel
(33° 14´, 35° 39´); (31° 45´, 34° 59´)

Debir : the Amorite king of Eglon,a town of Judah 14 km SW of Hebron,a border town of Judah, about 16 km east of Jerusalem,a northern border town of Gad, about 80 km NE of Jerusalem
(31° 25´, 34° 58´); (31° 48´, 35° 20´); (32° 39´, 35° 47´)

Deborah : Rebekah's nurse,wife of Lappidoth; prophetess and judge of Israel

Dor : a coastal town of Canaanites in Manasseh 25 km west of Megiddo
(32° 36´, 34° 55´); (32° 36´, 34° 55´); (32° 36´, 34° 55´)

Edom : resident(s) of the region of Edom
(34° 50´, 39° 7´); (33° 12´, 36° 30´); (35° 5´, 42° 0´); (30° 44´, 35° 36´); (32° 32´, 44° 25´); (33° 31´, 36° 18´)

Eglon : a town in the western foothills of Judah near Lachish,king of Moab
(31° 30´, 34° 46´)

Egypt : descendants of Mizraim
(30° 6´, 31° 20´); (30° 6´, 31° 20´)

Ehud : son of Bilhan son of Jediael son of Benjamin; a war chief,son of Gera (Bela Benjamin); a judge of Israel before King Saul

Ekron : a town in the western foothills of Judah,residents of the town of Ekron
(31° 46´, 34° 51´)

Ephraim : the tribe of Ephraim as a whole,the northern kingdom of Israel
(31° 57´, 35° 17´)

Gaash : a mountain of Ephraim south of Timnath-Serah, 20 km ESE of Joppa,a region known as "The Brooks of Gaash"
(32° 7´, 35° 9´)

Gaza : a city A Philistine town 5 km east of the Mediterranean and 60 west of Hebron,a town on the western coast of the territory of Judah,a town and the region it controled
(31° 31´, 34° 26´)

Gera : son of Ehud the judge son of Gera I son Bela son of Benjamin.

Gezer : a town of Ephraim 25 km SE of Joppa & 12 km NW of Beth-Shemesh
(31° 52´, 34° 55´)

Gilead : a mountainous region east of the Jordan & north of the Arnon to Hermon,son of Machir son of Manasseh; founder of the clan of Gilead,father of Jephthah the judge,son of Michael of the tribe of Gad
(32° 2´, 35° 43´)

Gilgal : a place where Israel encamped between Jericho and the Jordan,a town between Dor and Tirza in the territory of Ephraim (YC),a town just north of Joppa, originally a military base (YC),a place 12 miles south of Shechem now called Jiljiliah (YC)
(31° 51´, 35° 31´); (32° 42´, 35° 18´); (31° 51´, 35° 31´); (32° 1´, 35° 13´); (32° 48´, 35° 35´)

hamath : a town of Syria on the Orontes between Aleppo and Damascus (OS)
(35° 8´, 36° 44´); (33° 7´, 35° 9´); (35° 8´, 36° 44´); (34° 18´, 36° 55´)

Hamath : a town of unknown location
(35° 8´, 36° 44´); (33° 7´, 35° 9´); (35° 8´, 36° 44´); (34° 18´, 36° 55´)

Har-heres : a town of Ammorites on the lowland border between Judah and Dan
(31° 45´, 34° 58´)

Har-Heres : a town of Ammorites on the lowland border between Judah and Dan
(31° 45´, 34° 58´)

Harosheth-Ha-Goiim : a town perhaps near modern Haifa (OS)
(32° 41´, 35° 6´)

Hazor : a town 15 km north of Chinnereth, the NW shore of Galilee,a town of south-eastern Judah,a town of south-eastern Judah 20 km south of Hebron (OS),a town of Ephraim 25 km north of Jerusalem,a collective name for some semi-namadic Arabs as distinct from the bedoin of the desert (OS)
(33° 1´, 35° 34´); (30° 41´, 34° 29´); (31° 9´, 35° 3´); (31° 49´, 35° 12´); (31° 9´, 35° 3´)

Heber : son of Beriah of Asher,the Kenite husband of the woman Jael who killed Sisera,son of Mered of Judah by his Jewish wife,son of Elpaal of Benjamin

Hebron : a valley and town of Judah 25 km west of the dead sea,son of Kohath son of Levi,son of Mareshah of Judah
(31° 32´, 35° 5´)

Helbah : a town of Asher that the Canaanites were allowed to remain in
(34° 3´, 35° 51´)

Hittite : a person/people living in the land of Syro-Palestine

Hivite : a person/people descended from Canaan son of Ham son of Noah

Hobab : son of Reuel the Midianite; brother-in-law to Moses

Hormah : a town of Simeon about 10 km east of Beersheba
(30° 52´, 34° 37´)

Ibleam : a town on the border of Issachar and Manasseh
(32° 27´, 35° 16´)

Israel : a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

Issachar : the tribe of Israel that came from his Jacob's son Issachar,son of Jacob and Leah; founder of the tribe of Issachar,the tribe of Issachar in Israel,son of Obed-Edom

Jabin : king of Hazor in the time of Joshua,king of Canaan in Hazor in the time of Judge Deborah and Baruch

Jael : wife of Heber

Jebusite : resident(s) of the town of Jebus (Jerusalem)
(31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Jerusalem : the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin
(31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Jordan : the river that flows from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea,a river that begins at Mt. Hermon, flows south through Lake Galilee and on to its end at the Dead Sea 175 km away (by air)
(32° 18´, 35° 33´)

Joseph : the husband of Mary and foster-father of Jesus,a Jewish man from Arimathea in whose grave the body of Jesus was laid,two different men listed as ancestors of Jesus,a man nominated with Matthias to take the place of Judas Iscariot as apostle,a son of Jacob and Rachel; the father of Ephraim and Manasseh and ruler of Egypt,a brother of Jesus; a son of Mary,a man who was a companion of Paul,son of Jacob and Rachel; patriarch of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh,a tribe, actually two tribes named after Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh,father of Igal, of Issachar, who helped spy out Canaan,son of Asaph the Levite; worship leader under Asaph and King David,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Binnui,priest and head of the house of Shebaniah under High Priest Joiakim in the time of Nehemiah

Joshua : a son of Eliezer; the father of Er; an ancestor of Jesus,the son of Nun and successor of Moses,son of Nun of Ephraim; successor to Moses,a man: owner of the field where the ark stopped,governor of Jerusalem under King Josiah,son of Jehozadak; high priest in the time of Zerubbabel
(31° 9´, 35° 3´)

Judah : the son of Jacob and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,a tribe, the land/country,a son of Joseph; the father of Simeon; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Jacob/Israel and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,the tribe of Judah,citizens of the southern kingdom of Judah,citizens of the Persian Province of Judah; the Jews who had returned from Babylonian exile,"house of Judah", a phrase which highlights the political leadership of the tribe of Judah,"king of Judah", a phrase which relates to the southern kingdom of Judah,"kings of Judah", a phrase relating to the southern kingdom of Judah,"princes of Judah", a phrase relating to the kingdom of Judah,the territory allocated to the tribe of Judah, and also the extended territory of the southern kingdom of Judah,the Province of Judah under Persian rule,"hill country of Judah", the relatively cool and green central highlands of the territory of Judah,"the cities of Judah",the language of the Jews; Hebrew,head of a family of Levites who returned from Exile,a Levite who put away his heathen wife,a man who was second in command of Jerusalem; son of Hassenuah of Benjamin,a Levite in charge of the songs of thanksgiving in Nehemiah's time,a leader who helped dedicate Nehemiah's wall,a Levite musician who helped Zechariah of Asaph dedicate Nehemiah's wall
(31° 46´, 35° 14´); (31° 46´, 35° 14´)

Kedesh : a city of refuge in Naphtali, given to the Levite descendants of Gershon; originally a Canaanite town,a town in Issachar given to the GershoniteLevites,a town of south-eastern Judah near the border of Edom (YC)
(33° 6´, 35° 32´); (30° 41´, 34° 29´); (32° 33´, 35° 14´)

Kenaz : son of Eliphaz son of Esau,a chief of Edom,a descendant of Jephunneh of Judah; brother to Caleb the friend of Joshua; father of Othniel,son of Elah of Jephunneh of Judah

Kenite : resident(s) of the southeastern hill country of Judah

Kiriath-arba : a city of refuge in the hill country of Judah, 30 km SSW of Jerusalem
(31° 32´, 35° 5´)

Kiriath-Arba : a city of refuge in the hill country of Judah, 30 km SSW of Jerusalem
(31° 32´, 35° 5´)

Kiriath-Sepher : a town of Judah 14 km SW of Hebron
(31° 25´, 34° 58´); (31° 25´, 34° 58´)

Kiriath-sepher : a town of Judah 14 km SW of Hebron
(31° 25´, 34° 58´); (31° 25´, 34° 58´)

Kishon : a river that flows NW through the Plain of Esdraelon past Jezreel & Megiddo to the Mediterranean Sea north of Mt. Carmel
(32° 45´, 35° 3´)

Kitron : a town of Canaanites in the territory of Zebulun
(32° 45´, 35° 16´)

Lappidoth : husband of Deborah, the prophetess who judged Israel

Lebanon : a mountain range and the adjoining regions (IBD)
(33° 45´, 35° 35´)

Luz : a town of Canaanites about 20 km north of Jerusalem later named Bethel by the Israelites,a town established in the land of the Hittites by a refugee from old Luz
(31° 55´, 35° 13´); (37° 0´, 36° 34´)

Machir : son of Manasseh (Joseph); father of Hezron's wife and of Gilead,son of Ammiel at Lo-Debar; Mephibosheth's friend

Manasseh : the tribe of Manasseh.

Megiddo : a town and a plain of Manasseh
(32° 35´, 35° 10´)

Meroz : a town south of Kedesh in Naphtali (OS)
(32° 41´, 35° 23´)

Mesopotamia : the country between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers,the region between (and around) the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
(34° 50´, 39° 7´); (33° 12´, 36° 30´); (35° 5´, 42° 0´); (30° 44´, 35° 36´); (32° 32´, 44° 25´); (33° 31´, 36° 18´)

Moab : resident(s) of the country of Moab
(31° 29´, 35° 46´)

Moabite : a female descendant of Moab
(31° 29´, 35° 46´)

Moses : a son of Amram; the Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them The Law of Moses,a Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them the law

Nahalol : a town of resistant Canaanites in the territory of Zebulun
(32° 43´, 35° 21´)

Naphtali : region/territority and the tribe of Israel,the son of Jacob and Bilhah,the tribe of people descended from Naphtali,the territory of the people of Naphtali

Negeb : geographical region: South country
(30° 17´, 34° 12´)

Nun : son of Elishama; father of Joshua (Ephraim), Moses' aide

Othniel : son of Kenaz of Judah; son-in-law to his uncle Caleb

Perizzite : a people of ancient Canaan in the later territory of Ephraim

Philistines : a sea people coming from Crete in 1200BC to the coast of Canaan
(33° 33´, 35° 21´)

Ramah : a town 8 km north of Jerusalem,a town of Simeon,a town of Benjamin 9 km north of Jerusalem and 8 km south of Bethel (OS),a town on the border of Asher (OS),a town of Ephraim 10 km SE of Aphek, and 25 km east of Joppa,a town in Gilead 50-60 km east of Beth-Shan
(31° 53´, 35° 12´); (33° 6´, 35° 18´); (32° 56´, 35° 22´); (31° 49´, 35° 10´); (32° 33´, 36° 0´)

Rehob : a town of Asher given to the Gershonites,father of Hadadezer, king of Zobah whom David defeated,son of Henadad, a Levite who covenanted to obey God's law
(33° 13´, 35° 32´); (33° 7´, 35° 9´); (32° 57´, 35° 12´)

Reuben : the tribe of Reuben

sea : the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan River,the Mediterranean Sea,the Persian Gulf south east of Babylon,the Red Sea
(33° 14´, 33° 28´); (30° 5´, 31° 13´); (27° 5´, 34° 46´); (31° 32´, 35° 28´); (27° 5´, 34° 46´); (31° 32´, 35° 28´); (31° 1´, 33° 51´)

Seir : a mountain and adjoining land,a man from the highlands of Seir (OS); father-in-law of Esau
(30° 44´, 35° 36´)

Seirah : a town of Ephraim
(31° 55´, 35° 13´)

Sela : a musical notation for crescendo or emphasis by action (IBD)
(30° 19´, 35° 27´)

Shaalbim : a town of Amorites 5 km NW of Aijalon & 7 km ENE of Gezer
(31° 52´, 34° 58´)

Shamgar : son of Anath; judge who killed 600 Philistines with an ox goad

Sheshai : a descendant of Anak who lived in Hebron at the time of Moses

Sidon : residents of the town of Sidon
(33° 33´, 35° 21´)

Sidonians : residents of the town of Sidon
(33° 33´, 35° 21´)

Simeon : a son of Jonas and brother of Andrew; an apostle of Jesus Christ,a man who was one of the apostles of Christ and also called 'the Zealot',a brother of Jesus,a man who was a well-know victim of leprosy who had been healed by Jesus (NIV note),a man from Cyrene who was forced to carry the cross of Jesus,a Pharisee man in whose house Jesus' feet were washed with tears and anointed,the father of Judas Iscariot,a man who was a sorcerer in Samaria and who wanted to buy the gifts of the Spirit,a man who was a tanner at Joppa and with whom Peter was staying when Cornelius sent for him

Sinai : a mountain located either between the gulfs of Suez and Akaba or in Arabia, east of Akaba,a mountain; the place where the law was given to Moses
(28° 32´, 33° 58´)

Sisera : the commander of the army of Jabin, king of Canaan in Hazor,a Levite leader of a group of temple servants in Ezra's time

Taanach : a town of Manasseh given to the Kohathites, 7 km SSE of Megiddo
(32° 31´, 35° 12´)

Tabor : a mountain on the border between Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali,a place near Bethel where there was a notable oak tree (OS),a town of Zebulun near Issachar given to the Merarites
(32° 41´, 35° 23´); (32° 40´, 35° 19´); (31° 55´, 35° 13´)

Talmai : a descendant of Anak who lived in Hebron at the time of Moses,son of Ammihud; the king of Geshur in David's time

Timnath-Heres : a place belonging to Joshua's Clan in the Ephraim hills (OS)
(32° 7´, 35° 9´); (32° 7´, 35° 9´)

Timnath-heres : a place belonging to Joshua's Clan in the Ephraim hills (OS)
(32° 7´, 35° 9´); (32° 7´, 35° 9´)

Za-Anannim : a town on the northeastern corner of tribal allotment of Naphtali near Kadesh (Holman Bible Dictionary)
(33° 6´, 35° 32´)

Zebulun : the tribe of Israel that came from Zebulun whose territory was in Galilee,the man; son of Jacob and Leah,the tribe of Zebulun,the territory of the tribe of Zebulun

Zephath : a town of Simeon perhaps 10 km east of Beer-Sheba (SMM)
(30° 52´, 34° 37´)