Old Testament
Judges
And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, The Lord is with you, you mighty man of courage
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Chapters
Chapter I: Israel Fights the Remaining Canaanites
1 After the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked of Yahweh, saying, “Who should go up for us first against the …
Chapter II: The Angel of the Lord at Bokim
1 Yahweh’s angel came up from Gilgal to Bochim. He said, “I brought you out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land w…
Chapter III: These are the nations the Lord left
1 Now these are the nations which Yahweh left, to test Israel by them, even as many as had not known all the wars of Can…
Chapter IV: The Story of Deborah
1 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, when Ehud was dead. 2 Yahweh sold them into th…
Chapter V: The Song of Deborah
1 Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying, 2 “Because the leaders took the lead in Israel, be…
Chapter VI: The Story of Gideon
1 The children of Israel did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, so Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Midian sev…
Chapter VII: Gideon Defeats the Midianites
1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him, rose up early and encamped beside the spring of H…
Chapter VIII: Zebah and Zalmunna
1 The men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you treated us this way, that you didn’t call us when you went to fight with…
Chapter IX: The Story of Abimelek
1 Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s brothers, and spoke with them and with all the family o…
Chapter X: The Tale of Tola
1 After Abimelech, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, arose to save Israel. He lived in Shamir in…
Chapter XI: Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior
1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor. He was the son of a prostitute. Gilead became the father of Jeph…
Chapter XII: Jephthah and Ephraim
1 The men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said to Jephthah, “Why did you pass over to …
Chapter XIII: The Birth of Samson
1 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight; and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of the…
Chapter XIV: Samson’s Marriage
1 Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 He came up, and told his …
Chapter XV: Samson’s Vengeance on the Philistines
1 But after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a young goat. He said, “I will go in to …
Chapter XVI: Samson and Delilah
1 Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her. 2 The Gazites were told, “Samson is here!” They s…
Chapter XVII: Micah’s Idols
1 There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 2 He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pie…
Chapter XVIII: The Danites Settle in Laish
1 In those days there was no king in Israel. In those days the tribe of the Danites sought an inheritance to dwell in; f…
Chapter XIX: A Levite and His Concubine
1 In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite living on the farther side of the hill cou…
Chapter XX: The Israelites Punish the Benjamites
1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, w…
Chapter XXI: Wives for the Benjamites
1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, “None of us will give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife.” 2 The pe…
