section_path: Content and themes/Hebrew Bible/Nevi'im/Former Prophets
section_name: Former Prophets
paragraph_text: Former Prophets
  
  The Former Prophets are the books Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings. They contain narratives that begin immediately after the death of Moses with the divine appointment of Joshua as his successor, who then leads the people of Israel into the Promised Land, and end with the release from imprisonment of the last king of Judah. Treating Samuel and Kings as single books, they cover: