The book of Judges is a book of episodes about tribal leaders called 'judges' who deliver Israel from surrounding peoples and sits in the historical books of the Old Testament; it has 21 chapters in the King James Version.
Judges is traditionally attributed to Samuel. Judges follows the Book of Joshua and precedes Ruth and 1 Samuel; among its named judges are Deborah, Gideon, and Samson. A well-known passage from this book is Judges 6-8 (Gideon). Read the full book at Judges.