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They chose new gods; then
was war in the gates:
was there a shield or
spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or
spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.
Out of Ephraim
was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of
Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from
Zebulun.
And the princes of
Issachar were with
Deborah; even
Issachar, and also
Barak: he
was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of
Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of
Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the
whistling for the flocks? In the clans of
Reuben there
was great indecision.
Zebulun was a people who risked their lives;
Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.
And so it
was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the
Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites,
Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and
invade them,
And Israel
was greatly
impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel
cried unto the LORD.
And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which
was in Ophrah, that
pertained unto
Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son
Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to
Joash the Abiezrite, where his son
Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that
was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the
unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the
unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.
Then the angel of the LORD extended the
tip of the staff that
was in his hand and touched the meat and the
unleavened bread. And fire
flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the
unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD
vanished from his sight.
And when
Gideon perceived that he
was an angel of the LORD,
Gideon said,
Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.
When
Gideon realized that it
was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”
Then
Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it
was, because he feared his father’s household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
So
Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he
was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the
daytime.
And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of
Baal was cast down, and the
grove was cut down that
was by it, and the second
bullock was offered upon the altar that
was built.
When the men of the city got up in the morning, there
was Baal’s altar
torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second bull offered up on the newly built altar.
Then the men of the city said unto
Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of
Baal, and because he hath cut down the
grove that
was by it.
Then the men of the city said to
Joash, “Bring out your son. He must die, because he has
torn down
Baal’s altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”
Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let
Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
So on that day
Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let
Baal contend with him,” because he had
torn down
Baal’s altar.
But the Spirit of the LORD came upon
Gideon, and he
blew a
trumpet; and Abi-ezer
was gathered after him.
So the Spirit of the LORD came upon
Gideon, who
blew the ram’s horn and
rallied the Abiezrites behind him.
And he sent messengers throughout all
Manasseh; who also
was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto
Zebulun, and unto
Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
And God did so that night: for it
was dry upon the
fleece only, and there
was dew on all the ground.
And that night God did so. Only the
fleece was dry, and
dew covered the ground.
Then Jerubbaal, who is
Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is,
Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of
Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
And the number of them that
lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
And the number of those who
lapped the water with their hands to their mouths
was three hundred men; all the others
knelt to drink.
So the people took
victuals in their hand, and their
trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of
Midian was beneath him in the valley.
So
Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of
Midian lay below him in the valley.
And when
Gideon was come, behold, there
was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a
cake of barley bread
tumbled into the host of
Midian, and came unto a tent, and
smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
And as
Gideon arrived, a man
was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a
loaf of barley bread come
tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and
collapsed.”
And it
was so, when
Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of
Midian.
When
Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of
Midian into your hand.”
God hath delivered into your hands the princes of
Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what
was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger
was abated toward him, when he had said that.
God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of
Midian, into your hand. What
was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him
subsided.
And
Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and
smote the host: for the host
was secure.
And
Gideon went up by way of the
caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.
And
Gideon the son of
Joash returned from battle before the sun
was up,
And he said unto Jether his
firstborn, Up, and
slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he
was yet a youth.
So he said to Jether, his
firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he
was fearful because he
was still a youth.
And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested
was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple
raiment that
was on the kings of
Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels’ necks.
The weight of the gold earrings he had requested
was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the
crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of
Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
Thus
was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country
was in quietness forty years in the days of
Gideon.
In this way
Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of
Gideon,
And
Gideon the son of
Joash died in a good old age, and
was buried in the
sepulchre of
Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
Later,
Gideon son of
Joash died at a ripe old age and
was buried in the tomb of his father
Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
And it came to pass, as soon as
Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a
whoring after
Baalim, and made
Baal-berith their god.
And as soon as
Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and
prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up
Baal-berith as their god.
And he went unto his father’s house at Ophrah, and
slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being
threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal
was left; for he
hid himself.
He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he
hid himself.
And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount
Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and
cried, and said unto them,
Hearken unto me, ye men of
Shechem, that God may
hearken unto you.
And the men of
Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they
robbed all that came along that way by them: and it
was told
Abimelech.
And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger
was kindled.
When Zebul the governor of the city heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he burned with anger.
And it came to pass on the
morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told
Abimelech.
The next day the people of
Shechem went out into the fields, and this
was reported to
Abimelech.
And
Abimelech, and the company that
was with him,
rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and
slew them.
Then
Abimelech and the companies with him
rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two companies
rushed against all who were in the fields and struck them down.
And
Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and
slew the people that
was therein, and beat down the city, and
sowed it with salt.
And all that day
Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he
demolished the city and
sowed it with salt.
And it
was told
Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of
Shechem were gathered together.
And when
Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of
Shechem were gathered there,
But there
was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and
gat them up to the top of the tower.
But there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.
And when the men of Israel saw that
Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
And when the Israelites saw that
Abimelech was dead, they all went home.
And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
Tola judged Israel twenty-three years, and when he died, he
was buried in Shamir.
And after him arose
Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
Tola was followed by
Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.
And
Jair died, and
was buried in Camon.
When
Jair died, he
was buried in Kamon.
And the anger of the LORD
was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of
Ammon.
So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and
Ammonites,
Moreover the children of
Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel
was sore distressed.
The
Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel
was in deep distress.
And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul
was grieved for the misery of Israel.
So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
And it
was so, that when the children of
Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of
Gilead went to
fetch Jephthah out of the land of
Tob:
and made war with them, the elders of
Gilead went to get
Jephthah from the land of
Tob.
Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of
Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of
Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for
Arnon was the border of Moab.
Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of
Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the
Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the
Arnon was its border.
And
Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with
timbrels and with dances: and she
was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
And when
Jephthah returned home to
Mizpah, there
was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She
was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his
vow which he had
vowed: and she knew no man. And it
was a custom in Israel,
After two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had
vowed. And she had never had relations with a man. So it has become a custom in Israel
And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it
was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of
Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said,
Nay;
The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a
fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”
And
Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died
Jephthah the Gileadite, and
was buried in one of the cities of
Gilead.
Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he
was buried in one of the cities of
Gilead.
Then died Ibzan, and
was buried at
Bethlehem.
Then Ibzan died, and he
was buried in
Bethlehem.
And Elon the Zebulonite died, and
was buried in
Aijalon in the country of
Zebulun.
Then Elon the Zebulunite died, and he
was buried in
Aijalon in the land of
Zebulun.
And Abdon the son of
Hillel the Pirathonite died, and
was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the
Amalekites.
Then Abdon son of
Hillel, from Pirathon, died, and he
was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the
Amalekites.
And there
was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name
was Manoah; and his wife
was barren, and bare not.
Now there
was a man from Zorah named
Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife
was barren and had no children.
Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance
was like the angel of God, exceedingly
awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
And God
hearkened to the voice of
Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but
Manoah her husband
was not with her.
And God
listened to the voice of
Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the woman as she
was sitting in the field; but her husband
Manoah was not with her.
And the angel of the LORD said unto
Manoah, Though thou
detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou
wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For
Manoah knew not that he
was an angel of the LORD.
And the angel of the LORD replied, “Even if I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD.” For
Manoah did not know that it
was the angel of the LORD.
But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to
Manoah and to his wife. Then
Manoah knew that he
was an angel of the LORD.
And when the angel of the LORD did not appear again to
Manoah and his wife,
Manoah realized that it had been the angel of the LORD.
But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
(Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)
And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased
Samson well.
Then
Samson continued on his way down and spoke to the woman, because she
was pleasing to his eyes.
And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the
carcase of the lion: and, behold, there
was a
swarm of bees and honey in the
carcase of the lion.
When
Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s
carcass, and in it
was a
swarm of bees, along with their honey.
So his father went down unto the woman: and
Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
Then his father went to visit the woman, and
Samson prepared a feast there, as
was customary for the
bridegroom.
And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and
slew thirty men of them, and took their
spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which
expounded the
riddle. And his anger
was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.
Then the Spirit of the LORD came
mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their
apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had
solved the
riddle. And burning with anger,
Samson returned to his father’s house,
But
Samson’s wife
was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.
And her father said, I
verily thought that thou hadst utterly
hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
“I
was sure that you thoroughly
hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.”
Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered,
Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
“Who did this?” the Philistines demanded. “It
was Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite,” they were told. “For his wife
was given to his companion.” So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death.
And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines
shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came
mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that
was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
When
Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out
shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came
mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.
But God
clave an hollow place that
was in the jaw, and there came water
thereout; and when he had
drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When
Samson drank, his strength returned, and he
was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.
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, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
When the Gazites heard that
Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until
dawn; then we will kill him.”
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name
was Delilah.
Some time later,
Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name
was Delilah.
Now there were men lying in wait,
abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee,
Samson. And he
brake the withs, as a thread of
tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength
was not known.
While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “
Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he
snapped the bowstrings like a
strand of yarn
seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.
And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul
was vexed unto death;
Finally, after she had pressed him daily with her words and
pleaded until he
was sick to death,
That he told her all his heart, and said unto her. There hath not come a
razor upon mine head; for I have been a
Nazarite unto God from my mother’s
womb: if I be
shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
Samson told her all that
was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a
Nazirite to God from my mother’s
womb. If I am
shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”
And when
Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.
When
Delilah realized that he had revealed to her all that
was in his heart, she sent this message to the lords of the Philistines: “Come up once more, for he has revealed to me all that is in his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came to her, bringing the money in their hands.
And she said, The Philistines be upon thee,
Samson. And he
awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and
shake myself. And he
wist not that the LORD
was departed from him.
Then she called out, “
Samson, the Philistines are here!” When
Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and
shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.
But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to
Gaza, and bound him with
fetters of brass; and he did
grind in the prison house.
Then the Philistines seized him,
gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to
Gaza, where he
was bound with bronze
shackles and forced to
grind grain in the prison.
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he
was shaven.
However, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been
shaved.
Now the house
was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that
beheld while
Samson made
sport.
Now the temple
was full of men and women; all the lords of the Philistines were there, and about three thousand men and women were on the roof watching
Samson entertain them.
And
Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it
was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
And
Samson reached out for the two central pillars supporting the temple.
Bracing himself against them with his right hand on one
pillar and his left hand on the other,
And there
was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name
was Micah.
Now a man named
Micah from the hill country of Ephraim
In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
In those days there
was no king in Israel;
everyone did what
was right in his own eyes.
And there
was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who
was a
Levite, and he
sojourned there.
And there
was a young
Levite from
Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.
And the
Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man
was unto him as one of his sons.
and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to
Micah.
And
Micah consecrated the
Levite; and the young man became his priest, and
was in the house of
Micah.
Micah ordained the
Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
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 unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.
In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians,
tranquil and
unsuspecting. There
was nothing lacking in the land and no
oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with
anyone.
And the priest’s heart
was glad, and he took the
ephod, and the
teraphim, and the
graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
So the priest
was glad and took the
ephod, the household idols, and the
graven image, and went with the people.
And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
There
was no one to deliver them, because the city
was far from
Sidon and had no alliance with
anyone; it
was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
And they called the name of the city
Dan, after the name of
Dan their father, who
was born unto Israel:
howbeit the name of the city
was Laish at the first.
They named it
Dan, after their
forefather Dan, who
was born to Israel—though the city
was formerly named Laish.
And they set them up
Micah’s
graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God
was in
Shiloh.
So they set up for themselves
Micah’s
graven image, and it
was there the whole time the house of God
was in
Shiloh.
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 Bethlehemjudah.
Now in those days, when there
was no king in Israel, a
Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a
concubine from
Bethlehem in Judah.
And his
concubine played the
whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Bethlehemjudah, and
was there four whole months.
But she
was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in
Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,
But the man would not
tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against
Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two
asses saddled, his
concubine also
was with him.
But the man
was unwilling to
spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite
Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two
saddled donkeys and his
concubine.
