Category Archives: Judges

Jephthah the Ninth Judge 1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a valiant warrior, but he was the son of a harlot. And 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 […]

Jephthah and His Successors 1 Then the men of Ephraim were summoned, and they crossed to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the sons of Ammon without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down on you.” 2 Jephthah said to them, “I and […]

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

Samson’s Marriage 1 Then Samson went down to Timnah and saw a woman in Timnah,oneof the daughters of the Philistines. 2 So he came back and told his father and mother, “I saw a woman in Timnah,oneof the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore, get her for me as a wife.” 3 Then his father […]

Samson Burns Philistine Crops 1 But after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a young goat, and said, “I will go in to my wife inherroom.” But her father did not let him enter. 2 Her father said, “I really thought that you hated her intensely; so I […]

Samson’s Weakness 1 Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her. 2 When it was toldto the Gazites, saying, “Samson has come here,” they surroundedthe placeand lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. And they kept silent all night, saying, “Let us […]

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

Danites Seek Territory 1 In those days there was no king of Israel; and in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking an inheritance for themselves to live in, for until that day an inheritance 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 came about in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite staying in the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah. 2 But his concubine played the harlot against him, […]

Resolve to Punish the Guilty 1 Then all the sons of Israel from Dan to Beersheba, 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,evenof all the tribes of Israel, took their stand in the assembly of the people […]