²⁰ All this took about 450 years. And after that ^(A)he gave them judges until ^(B)Samuel the prophet.

The Lord Raises Up Judges

^16 (A)Then the Lord raised up judges, ^(B)who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them.

²⁰ And all Israel ^(A)from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established as a prophet of the Lord.

²⁴ And ^(A)all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days.

⁶ In all places where I have moved with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people, saying, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?”’

^22 (A)For no such Passover had been kept since the days of the judges who judged Israel, or during all the days of the kings of Israel or of the kings of Judah.

^11 (A)from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And ^(B)I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that ^(C)the Lord will make you a house.

¹¹ And the Lord sent ^(A)Jerubbaal ^(B)and Barak^{[a] (C)}and Jephthah and ^(D)Samuel and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you lived in safety.

Naomi Widowed

1 In the days ^(A)when the judges ruled there was ^(B)a famine in the land, and a man of ^(C)Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.

^10 (A)The Spirit of the Lord was upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the Lord gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand. And his hand prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim.