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The book of Judges picks up immediately following the death of Joshua, with the Israelites asking God, what\u2019s next? Until now, rarely did Moses or Joshua have to ask such a question, as God proactively provided them with instructions to carry out. But now, with no national leader at the helm, the Israelites are looking for a plan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout the book of Joshua and its recounting of battles with victories and failures, the entire nation of Israelites fought as one. The verses that begin the Book of Judges detail the individual tribal conquests and their outcomes, beginning with Judah. Judah goes first but has a proposal for his brother Simeon: you come to battle by my side, and when we\u2019re victorious, I\u2019ll come with you. The plan works, and together they conquer a great deal of land. Benjamin is next, with unfavourable results, followed by the Tribe of Joseph. Remember that Joseph is comprised of two tribes: Ephraim and Manasseh\u2013 and they were victorious in Beth-El. Manasseh was subsequently defeated with further individual attempts at conquest, followed with similar losses by the rest of the tribes. <\/span><\/p>\n

It is interesting to note that the only victories achieved were by tribes working in pairs: Judah and Simeon, and Ephraim and Manasseh. Each tribe that went solo failed to complete their conquest.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to tradition, the Book of Judges was written by the prophet Samuel, who was instrumental, almost 360 years after these events, in the transition from the tribal nation led by judges to a statehood ruled by kings. Prophecy is usually about foreshadowing events, but if Samuel wrote this Book, then it was done so as a retrospective: a review and analysis, or debrief of sorts, to better understand this physically, militarily and spiritually tumultuous period in Jewish history. In this sometimes-painful examination of events, Samuel begins with this introduction of the landscape of heavy defeat. 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