Category Archives: JUDGES

Jephthah the Ninth Judge 1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. Gilead was the father of Jephthah. 2 Gilead’s wife bore him sons, and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, “You shall not have an inheritance in […]

Jephthah and His Successors 1 The men of [the tribe of] Ephraim were summoned [to action], and they crossed over to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight with the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? [For that] we will burn your house down upon you.” 2 And […]

Philistines Oppress Again 1 Now Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lordgave them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years. 2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was infertile and […]

Samson’s Marriage 1 Samson went down to Timnah and at Timnah he saw a woman, one of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 So he went back and told his father and his mother, “I saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines; now get her for me as a wife.” […]

Samson Burns Philistine Crops 1 But after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, Samson went to visit his wife with a young goat [as a gift of reconciliation]; and he said, “I will go in to my wife inherroom.” But her father would not allow him to go in. 2 Her father said, […]

Samson’s Weakness 1 Then Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute there, and went in to her. 2 The Gaziteswere told,“Samson has come here.” So they surroundedthe placeand waited all night at the gate of the city to ambush him. They kept quiet all night, saying, “In the morning, when it is light, we […]

Micah’s Idolatry 1 There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. 2 And he said to his mother, “The eleven hundredpiecesof silver which were taken from you, about which you cursed [the thief] and also spoke about in my hearing, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.” […]

Danites Seek Territory 1 In those days there was no king in Israel; and in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking an inheritance [of land] for themselves to live in, for until then aninheritance had not been allotted to them as a possession among the tribes of Israel. 2 So the sons […]

A Levite’s Concubine Degraded 1 Now it happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that a certain Levite living [as an alien] in the most remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took aconcubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah. 2 But his concubine was unfaithful to him, and […]

Resolve to Punish the Guilty 1 Then all the sons of Israel from Dan [in the north] to Beersheba [in the south], including the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man to the Lordat Mizpah. 2 The chiefs of all the people of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves […]