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Judges 1
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Judges 2
An angel of the Lord appears at Gilgal and warns them about living with the inhabitants of Canaan. The Israelites quickly repent, but soon fall into idolatry.
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PLACES: Gilgal – Bochim – Timnath-heres – Mount Ephraim – Gaash
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Judges 3
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Judges 4
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Judges 5
Deborah and Barak sing about the recent defeat of Sisera and his army, praising God for the victory and lamenting that some of the tribes refused to help fight.
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ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeJudges 6
After forty years of peace, the Israelites again turn away from God are attacked by
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Judges 7
God instructs Gideon to narrow the number of men from 32,000 to 300 so that Gideon's army cannot claim the victory as their own, but give credit to God. At night they surround the camp, each man with a torch hidden inside a jar. At Gideon's signal, every man blows his trumpet and brakes his jar. God confuses the Midianites, and makes them turn on one another. The survivors run and continue to retreat across Israel.
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RELATED ARTICLES: Shofar - Tribe of Naphtali - Tribe of Asher - Tribe of Manasseh - Tribe of Ephraim
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeJudges 8
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Judges 9
Abimelech rises as a king in Israel and murders all of his brothers except Jotham, who escapes. A revolt, led by Gaal, results in Abimalech's death.
PEOPLE: Abimelech - Jotham - God - Gaal - Zebul
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Judges 10
The Israelites again fall into idolatry and as a result are invaded by Philistines and Ammonites. They cry unto God, but God tells them He will not deliver them and to cry unto their false gods for deliverance. The Israelites put away their false gods and prepare for battle.
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Judges 11
Jephthah is driven out by his half-brothers. The elders of Gilead ask him to be their leader in the campaign against the Ammonites. Relying on the might of God, Jephthah challenges the Ammonites. The spirit of God comes upon Jephthah and he swears an oath: "Whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me ... I will offer it up for a burnt offering". The victorious Jephthah is met on his return by his daughter, his only child.
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Judges 12
Jephthah goes to war against the Ephraimites, who refuse to acknowledge him. The story is remembered for the killing of 42,000 fugitive Ephraimites who were identified by their accent; they said the Hebrew word shibboleth as sibboleth. Three other lesser judges are also mentioned.
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ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeJudges 13
An Angel of the Lord appears to Manoah's wife, who is barren, and tells her that she will give birth to a son, who is to be dedicated from the womb as a Nazirite. Manoah prays for angel to return to instruct the both of them. The angel returns and Manoah offers a burnt sacrifice. The angel ascends to heaven in the flame.
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RELATED ARTICLES: Nazirite - Korban
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeJudges 14
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RELATED ARTICLES: Philistines – Riddle
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard – Douay–Rheims – Free – King James – Jewish Publication Society – Tyndale – World English – WycliffeJudges 15
Samson attaches torches to the tails of three hundred foxes, which run through the fields of the Philistines, burning all in their wake. The Philistines burn Samson's wife and father-in-law to death. In revenge, Samson slaughters many more Philistines, and then takes refuge in a cave in the rock of Etam. An army of Philistines demands from the men of Judah to deliver them Samson. With Samson's consent, they tie him with two new ropes and are about to hand him over to the Philistines when he breaks free. Using the jawbone of a donkey, he slays one thousand Philistines.
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RELATED ARTICLES: Timnite
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeJudges 16
At Gaza, Samson's enemies ambush him, but he escapes. He then falls in love with Delilah. The Philistines induce Delilah to find the secret of his strength. Eventually he tells her that he will lose his strength with the loss of his hair. She calls for a servant to shave Samson, and he is captured by the Philistines. When he Philistine leaders assemble in a temple for a religious sacrifice to their god, they summon Samson to entertain them. Once inside the temple, Samson, his hair having grown long again, prays to the Lord, and removes the two pillars holding up the temple, destroying it and killing himself and everyone inside.
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ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeJudges 17
An Ephraimite named Micah restores to his mother a large amount of silver he had stolen, and she commissions an idol to be made from it. After this, a wandering Levite visits Micah, and he hires him as his personal priest.
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PLACES: Bethlehem - Mount Ephraim
RELATED ARTICLES: Ephod - Micah's Idol - Teraphim
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeJudges 18
The Tribe of Dan sends five scouts, and consequently 600 warriors to attack Laish, wherein is Micah's house. They steal Micah's idol, ephod, teraphim, and carved image, and persuade the priest go with them. When Micah discovers what has happened, he pursues the warriors, and is threatened with violence. The warriors burn Laish to the ground and then rebuild the town, renaming it Dan, and install the idols, which remain in use until the captivity of the land.
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RELATED ARTICLES: Micah's Idol - Ephod - Teraphim - Idol - Kohen - Gershom - Manasseh
ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeJudges 19
A Levite and his concubine traveling from Bethlehem enter Gibeah and lodge in the street. An old man persuades them to come into his house. The men outside shout to the old man to bring the traveler out. Instead the concubine is brought out and the men of Gibeah rape and kill her. The Levite traveler then cuts the concubine into twelve pieces and sends one piece to each of the tribes of Israel.
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PLACES: Land of Israel - Mount Ephraim - Bethlehem, Judah - Jebus - Jerusalem - Gibeah - Ramah
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Judges 20
When the murder of the Levite traveler's concubine becomes known, the children of Israel rise up against the tribe of Benjamin, and civil war ensues.
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ENGLISH TEXT: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - WycliffeJudges 21
The Israelites in Mizpeh decide that the tribe of Benjamin, which was nearly extinguished, shall be allowed to survive, and all the men from another town are slaughtered, so that their wives can be re-wed to the surviving men of Benjamin.
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PLACES: Mizpeh - Jabesh-Gilead - Shiloh, Canaan - Rimmon - Bethel - Shechem - Lebonah
RELATED ARTICLES: Vineyard - Capital punishment
ENGLISH TEXT: King James - World English - American Standard - Wycliffe