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== Judge? ==
== Judge? ==
The Bible says that Eli "judged" Israel for forty years. This refers to his term of service as high priest. In this sense, every high priest in the era of the Judges, from [[Moses]] to [[Samuel]], was an associate Judge.<ref name=Jones2>Jones, ''op. cit.'', pp. 81-82.</ref> Furthermore, one of the functions of a high priest in the regal era was to "judge" the conduct of the king, as [[Azariah (high priest)|Azariah]] needed to do with [[Uzziah]] tried to offer [[incense]] in the [[Temple of Jerusalem]].
The Bible says that Eli "judged" Israel for forty years. This refers to his term of service as high priest. In this sense, every high priest in the era of the Judges, from [[Moses]] to [[Samuel]], was an associate Judge.<ref name=Jones2>Jones, ''op. cit.'', pp. 81-82.</ref> Furthermore, one of the functions of a high priest in the regal era was to "judge" the conduct of the king, as [[Azariah (high priest)|Azariah]] needed to do when [[Uzziah]] tried to offer [[incense]] in the [[Temple of Jerusalem]].
== Chronological placement ==
== Chronological placement ==