Category Archives: Judges

Jephthah 1 NowJephthah the Gileadite wasa mighty man of valor, but hewasthe son of a harlot; and Gilead begot Jephthah. 2 Gilead’s wife bore sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall haveno inheritance in our father’s house, for youarethe son of another woman.” 3 […]

Jephthah’s Conflict with Ephraim 1 Thenthe men of Ephraim gathered together, crossed over toward Zaphon, and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the people of Ammon, and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house down on you with fire!” 2 And Jephthah said to […]

The Birth of Samson 1 Again the children of Israeldid evil in the sight of theLord, and theLorddelivered theminto the hand of the Philistines for forty years. 2 Now there was a certain man fromZorah, of the family of the Danites, whose namewasManoah; and his wifewasbarren and had no children. 3 And theAngel of theLordappeared […]

Samson’s Philistine Wife 1 Now Samson went downto Timnah, andsaw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 So he went up and told his father and mother, saying, “I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore,get her for me as a wife.” 3 Then […]

Samson Defeats the Philistines 1 After a while, in the time of wheat harvest, it happened that Samson visited his wife with ayoung goat. And he said, “Let me go in to my wife, intoherroom.” But her father would not permit him to go in. 2 Her father said, “I really thought that you thoroughlyhated […]

Samson and Delilah 1 Now Samson went toGaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her. 2 Whenthe Gazitesweretold,“Samson has come here!” theysurroundedtheplaceand lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They were quiet all night, saying, “In the morning, when it is daylight, we will kill him.” […]

Micah’s Idolatry 1 Now there was a man from the mountains of Ephraim, whose namewasMicah. 2 And he said to his mother, “The eleven hundredshekelsof silver that were taken from you, and on which youput a curse, even saying it in my ears—hereisthe silver with me; I took it.” # And his mother said,“Mayyoubeblessed by […]

The Danites Adopt Micah’s Idolatry 1 Inthose daystherewasno king in Israel. And in those daysthe tribe of the Danites was seeking an inheritance for itself to dwell in; for until that daytheirinheritance among the tribes of Israel had not fallen to them. 2 So the children of Dan sent five men of their family from […]

The Levite’s Concubine 1 And it came to pass in those days,whentherewasno king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite staying in the remote mountains of Ephraim. He took for himself a concubine fromBethlehem in Judah. 2 But his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him to her father’s house […]

Israel’s War with the Benjamites 1 Soall the children of Israel came out, fromDan toBeersheba, as well as from the land of Gilead, and the congregation gathered together as one man before theLordat Mizpah. 2 And the leaders of all the people, all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people […]