| Judges 1 | |
|---|---|
 Beginning of Judges in the Aleppo Codex, a 10th-century CE Hebrew manuscript | |
| Book | Book of Judges |
| Hebrew Bible part | Nevi'im |
| Order in the Hebrew part | 2 |
| Category | Former Prophets |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament (Heptateuch) |
| Order in the Christian part | 7 |
Judges 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Judges, the seventh book of the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament, a sacred text in Judaism and Christianity. With the exception of the first verse, scholars have long recognised and studied the parallels between chapter 1 of Judges and chapters 13 to 19 in the preceding Book of Joshua.[1] Both provide similar accounts of the purported conquest of Canaan by the ancient Israelites. Judges 1 and Joshua 15–19 present two accounts of a slow, gradual, and only partial conquest by individual Israelite tribes, marred by defeats, in stark contrast with the 10th and 11th chapters of the Book of Joshua, which portray a swift and complete victory of a united Israelite army under the command of Joshua.[2]
- ^ Younger, Jr., K. Lawson (1995). "The Configuring of Judicial Preliminaries: Judges 1.1-2.5 and Its Dependence On the Book of Joshua". Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. 20 (68). SAGE Publishing: 75–87. doi:10.1177/030908929502006805. S2CID 170339976.
- ^ Wright, G. Ernest (1946). "The Literary and Historical Problem of Joshua 10 and Judges 1". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 5 (2). University of Chicago Press: 105–114. doi:10.1086/370775. JSTOR 542372. S2CID 161249981. Retrieved 23 May 2021.