Judges 2:16-18

International Children’s Bible

God Chooses Judges

¹⁶ Then the Lord chose leaders called judges.^[a] These leaders saved the people of Israel from the robbers. ¹⁷ But the Israelites did not listen to their judges. They were not faithful to God. They followed other gods instead. In the past the people of Israel obeyed the Lord’s commands. But now the Israelites stopped obeying the Lord. ¹⁸ Many times the enemies of Israel hurt the Israelites. So the Israelites would cry for help. And each time the Lord felt sorry for them. Each time he sent a judge to save them from their enemies. The Lord was with those judges.