It is Israel’s failure to heed the warnings of the LORD, through both Moses and Joshua, that leads us into the Judges Era. While the Lord raises up many different regional rulers, or judges, during this era, perhaps none is as well known as Samson. So, we will pick as the central figure of the Judges Era, the judge, Samson. The main location of the Judges Era is Canaan, that land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River that in the next era, the Kingdom Era, Canaan will finally be called Israel.