Hebrews 11:32 explicitly names Barak among its examples of faith. Judges 4:11–16 is used here as the representative reader anchor because Barak goes into battle and the LORD routs Sisera’s army; Hebrews’ commendation should not be read as endorsing every hesitation in the wider story.

Hebrews 11:32 explicitly names Gideon among its witnesses of faith. Judges 7:9–15 is used here as a representative reader anchor because Gideon receives God’s reassurance, worships, and confidently announces the LORD’s coming victory; the marker is not an endorsement of Gideon’s later vengeance or ephod.

Hebrews 11:32 explicitly names Jephthah among the examples of faith. Judges 11:29–33 is used here as the representative reader anchor because the Spirit of the LORD comes upon Jephthah and Ammon is defeated; the marker is deliberately kept away from the rash-vow episode that follows.

Hebrews 11:32 explicitly names Samson among the witnesses of faith. Judges 16:23–31 is used here as the representative reader anchor because Samson calls upon the LORD for strength in his final conflict; Hebrews’ commendation does not sanitize Samson’s sexual sin, vengeance, or Nazirite failures elsewhere.

Hebrews 11 explicitly names both Samuel and David in its catalogue of faithful witnesses, giving a New Testament whole-book lens on 1 Samuel without erasing the moral complexity of either man. The connection is certain at the level of named figures, while individual episodes still require their own evidence.