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The leaders God raised up between Joshua and the kings — military deliverers for desperate times
lightbulbThe era between Joshua and the kings — everyone did what was right in their own eyes. It went badly
After Joshua died and before Israel had kings, God raised up 'judges' — charismatic leaders who delivered Israel from oppression during cycles of sin, suffering, crying out, and rescue. They include Deborah, Gideon, Samson, and others. The book of Judges has one of the Bible's bleakest summary lines: 'In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes' (Judges 21:25). It's a case study in what happens without godly leadership.