Judges

Israel cries before the LORDverses 1-3

Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh

saying

There shall not any of us give his daughter

to Benjamin to wife

And the people came to the house of God

and abode there till even before God

                        and lifted up their voices – and wept sore

and said

O LORD God … Read More

Army of 400,000 gather at Mizpehverses 1-3

Then all the children of Israel went out

            and the congregation was gathered together as one man

                        from Dan even to Beer-sheba – with the land of Gilead

to the LORD in Mizpeh

And the chief of all the people – even of all the tribes of Israel

            presented themselves in the … Read More

Levite has wife who is unfaithfulverses 1-3

And it came to pass in those days – when there was no king in Israel

that there was a certain Levite sojourning

on the side of mount Ephraim

                  who took to him a concubine

out of Bethlehem- Judah

And his concubine played the whore against him

and went away from him … Read More

Men of Dan meet Micah’s priestverses 1-4

 In those days there was no king in Israel

            and in those days the tribe of the Danites

sought them an inheritance

to dwell in

FOR to that day all their inheritance had not fallen

            to them among the tribes of Israel

And the children of Dan

sent of their family five … Read More

Micah admits stealing mother’s moneyverses 1-2a

 And there was a man of mount Ephraim

whose name was Micah

And he said to his mother

The eleven hundred shekels of silver

that were taken from you – about which you cursed

and spoke of also in mine ears

            BEHOLD – the silver is with me – I took it

Mother … Read More

Samson visits a prostitute in Gazaverses 1-2

Then went Samson to Gaza and saw there a harlot – and went in to her

            and it was told the Gazites

saying –

 Samson is come hither

and they compassed him in

and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city

and were quiet all the night … Read More

Samson went to visit his wifeverse 1

But it came to pass within a while after – in the time of wheat harvest

            that Samson visited his wife with a kid

and he said

I will go in to my wife into the chamber

But her father would not suffer him to go in

Father of bride explains and … Read More

Samson wants to marry woman from Timnathverses 1-2

 And Samson went down to Timnath

and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines

And he came up – and told his father and his mother

and said

I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines

now therefore get her for me … Read More

Philistines oppress Israel for forty yearsverse 1

And the children of Israel did EVIL again in the sight of the LORD

            and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines

                        FORTY YEARS 

Angel of the LORD appears to Manoah’s wifeverses 2-5

And there was a certain man of Zorah – of the family of the Danites … Read More

Ephraim complained to Jephthahverses 1-2

And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together

            and went northward – and said to Jephthah

Wherefore passed you over to fight against the children of Ammon

and did not call us to go with you?

                        we will burn your house on you with fire

And Jephthah said to them

            I and my people … Read More