Judges And Apostles

Historia Judicum non parva mysteriorum indicat sacramenta. Primum, quod est Josue succedunt Judices, sicut et post Christum succedunt Apostoli, et Ecclesiarum rectores ad gubernandos et regendos fideles, quos ipse ad spem aeternae repromissionis perducit. Per omnia autem in hoc volumine delicta Judaici populi, et servitutes, clamor quoque eorum, et miserationes Dei describuntur. Sanctus Isidorus Hispalensis, Mysticorum Expositiones Sacramentorum Seu Quaestiones In Vetus Testamentum, In Librum Judicum, Cap I Source: Migne PL 83.379c

The history of the Judges does not speak of a trivial sacred matter of the mysteries. First, Joshua being succeeded by the Judges is as the succession of the Apostles after Christ, they becoming faithful leaders of the Churches for guidance and rule, those whom He led to the hope of the eternal promise. So all through this book is described the errors of the people, their falling into servitude and their crying out, and the mercy of God. Saint Isidore of Seville, Expositions of Sacred Mysteries or Questions on the Old Testament, On The Book of Judges, Chap 1