According to Judaism, the only Judges who achieved prophecy were Eli and Samuel, and possibly Gideon. See also:
The last Judge was Samson, and the first major prophet was Samuel.
There are 13 judges spoken of in the book of Judges. Those were not the only judges in Israel's history, however. Some consider Joshua to be a judge, though he is not officially recognized as such. Samuel, on the other hand, is a judge; and becomes the last prior to the rise of the Israeli kings.
The site where Samson slaughtered many Philistines is known as the temple of Dagon in Gaza, as described in the biblical story in the Book of Judges.
prophets
the two types of prophets are major and minor. It major and minor is referred to as the length of their books not importance. major are: Isaiah, Lamentations, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel minor are: the 12 books between hosea to malachi
Elijah
That answer would be...Judges!!
Deborah (Judges ch.4).see also:more about the Judgesmore about the Israelite prophets
Fourteen, if we include Avimelech and Samuel. (Avimelech was opposed by the people; and Samuel was on the borderline between the Judges and the Prophets).
Prophets (Nevi'im).
The last Judge was Samson, and the first major prophet was Samuel.
Judges. These were leaders who guided the people, often adjudicated matters of dispute, sometimes led the people in war, and in a few instances were prophets. They served for some 350 years.
Jews do not use this phrase (in English), but "Former Prophets" (we would call them "Early Prophets") refers to these books: Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings. They are largely narrative, historical; and less poetic than the other Prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible.
The 12 disciples were not prophets.
Oh yes prophets are very much true, but there are also false prophets as well to fool people and make money.
The Declaration of Independence outlined many injuries and usurpations the King of Great Britain caused on the colonist. One of them was "he has made judges dependent on his will alone."
The verb "to judge" has a third-person present-tense conjugation "judges". (He, or she, judges.) The plural noun applying to court officials is also "judges". (e.g. Magistrate judges)