1:1    Now  after    thumbs   and  his

                      the    death   of    great toes. 

                      Joshua it came to    1:7           And

                      pass,   that  the    Adonibezek  said,

                      children       of    Threescore    and

                      Israel  asked the    ten kings, having

                      LORD, saying, Who    their  thumbs and

                      shall  go  up for    their  great toes

                      us   against  the    cut off, gathered

                      Canaanites first,    [their      meat]

                      to  fight against    under  my  table:

                      them?                as  I  have done,

                      1:2  And the LORD    so    God    hath

                      said, Judah shall    requited  me. And

                      go  up: behold, I    they  brought him

                      have    delivered    to Jerusalem, and

                      the land into his    there he died. 

                      hand.                1:8      Now  the

                      1:3    And  Judah    children of Judah

                      said  unto Simeon    had        fought

                      his brother, Come    against

                      up  with  me into    Jerusalem,    and

                      my  lot,  that we    had taken it, and

                      may fight against    smitten  it  with

                      the   Canaanites;    the  edge  of the

                      and   I  likewise    sword,   and  set

                      will go with thee    the city on fire.

                      into thy  lot. So

                      Simeon  went with    1:9           And

                      him.                 afterward     the

                      1:4    And  Judah    children of Judah

                      went up;  and the    went    down   to

                      LORD    delivered    fight against the

                      the    Canaanites    Canaanites,  that

                      and           the    dwelt    in   the

                      Perizzites   into    mountain,  and in

                      their  hand:  and    the south, and in

                      they slew of them    the valley. 

                      in    Bezek   ten    1:10    And Judah

                      thousand men.        went  against the

                      1:5     And  they    Canaanites   that

                      found  Adonibezek    dwelt  in Hebron:

                      in   Bezek:   and    (now  the name of

                      they       fought    Hebron     before

                      against  him, and    [was]

                      they   slew   the    Kirjatharba:) and

                      Canaanites    and    they         slew

                      the Perizzites.      Sheshai,      and

                      1:6           But    Ahiman,       and

                      Adonibezek  fled;    Talmai. 

                      and  they pursued    1:11    And  from

                      after   him,  and    thence   he  went

                      caught  him,  and    against       the

                      cut    off    his    inhabitants    of











                      Debir:   and  the    Judah,      which

                      name   of   Debir    [lieth]   in  the

                      before      [was]    south   of  Arad;

                      Kirjathsepher:       and they went and

                      1:12    And Caleb    dwelt  among  the

                      said,   He   that    people. 

                      smiteth              1:17    And Judah

                      Kirjathsepher,       went  with Simeon

                      and taketh it, to    his  brother, and

                      him  will  I give    they   slew   the

                      Achsah         my    Canaanites   that

                      daughter to wife.    inhabited

                                           Zephath,      and

                      1:13  And Othniel    utterly destroyed

                      the son of Kenaz,    it. And  the name

                      Caleb's   younger    of  the  city was

                      brother, took it:    called Hormah. 

                      and  he  gave him    1:18   Also Judah

                      Achsah        his    took   Gaza  with

                      daughter to wife.    the         coast

                                           thereof,      and

                      1:14  And it came    Askelon  with the

                      to pass, when she    coast    thereof,

                      came   [to  him],    and   Ekron  with

                      that   she  moved    the         coast

                      him to ask of her    thereof. 

                      father  a  field:    1:19     And  the

                      and  she  lighted    LORD   was   with

                      from   off  [her]    Judah;   and   he

                      ass;   and  Caleb    drave   out  [the

                      said   unto  her,    inhabitants   of]

                      What wilt thou?      the mountain; but

                      1:15     And  she    could  not  drive

                      said   unto  him,    out           the

                      Give     me     a    inhabitants    of

                      blessing:     for    the       valley,

                      thou  hast  given    because  they had

                      me  a south land;    chariots of iron.

                      give    me   also

                      springs of water.    1:20    And  they

                      And   Caleb  gave    gave  Hebron unto

                      her   the   upper    Caleb,  as  Moses

                      springs  and  the    said:    and   he

                      nether springs.      expelled   thence

                      1:16     And  the    the three sons of

                      children  of  the    Anak. 

                      Kenite,    Moses'    1:21     And  the

                      father   in  law,    children       of

                      went  up  out  of    Benjamin  did not

                      the city  of palm    drive   out   the

                      trees   with  the    Jebusites    that

                      children of Judah    inhabited

                      into          the    Jerusalem;    but

                      wilderness     of    the     Jebusites











                      dwell   with  the    Taanach  and  her

                      children       of    towns,   nor  the

                      Benjamin       in    inhabitants    of

                      Jerusalem    unto    Dor    and    her

                      this day.            towns,   nor  the

                      1:22     And  the    inhabitants    of

                      house  of Joseph,    Ibleam   and  her

                      they also went up    towns,   nor  the

                      against   Bethel:    inhabitants    of

                      and    the   LORD    Megiddo  and  her

                      [was] with them.     towns:   but  the

                      1:23     And  the    Canaanites  would

                      house  of  Joseph    dwell   in   that

                      sent   to  descry    land. 

                      Bethel.  (Now the    1:28  And it came

                      name of  the city    to   pass,   when

                      before      [was]    Israel        was

                      Luz.)                strong, that they

                      1:24     And  the    put           the

                      spies  saw  a man    Canaanites     to

                      come forth out of    tribute,  and did

                      the   city,   and    not utterly drive

                      they   said  unto    them out. 

                      him, Show  us, we    1:29  Neither did

                      pray   thee,  the    Ephraim drive out

                      entrance into the    the    Canaanites

                      city, and we will    that   dwelt   in

                      show thee mercy.     Gezer;   but  the

                      1:25  And when he    Canaanites  dwelt

                      showed  them  the    in   Gezer  among

                      entrance into the    them. 

                      city,  they smote    1:30  Neither did

                      the city with the    Zebulun drive out

                      edge    of    the    the   inhabitants

                      sword;  but  they    of   Kitron,  nor

                      let  go  the  man    the   inhabitants

                      and    all    his    of  Nahalol;  but

                      family.              the    Canaanites

                      1:26  And the man    dwelt among them,

                      went   into   the    and        became

                      land    of    the    tributaries. 

                      Hittites,     and    1:31  Neither did

                      built a city, and    Asher  drive  out

                      called  the  name    the   inhabitants

                      thereof      Luz:    of Accho, nor the

                      which   [is]  the    inhabitants    of

                      name thereof unto    Zidon,   nor   of

                      this day.            Ahlab,   nor   of

                      1:27  Neither did    Achzib,   nor  of

                      Manasseh    drive    Helbah,   nor  of

                      out          [the    Aphik,   nor   of

                      inhabitants   of]    Rehob: 

                      Bethshean and her    1:32     But  the

                      towns,        nor    Asherites   dwelt











                      among         the    Bochim, and said,

                      Canaanites,   the    I made  you to go

                      inhabitants    of    up  out of Egypt,

                      the   land:   for    and  have brought

                      they    did   not    you unto the land

                      drive them out.      which   I   sware

                      1:33  Neither did    unto         your

                      Naphtali    drive    fathers;   and  I

                      out           the    said,    I   will

                      inhabitants    of    never   break  my

                      Bethshemesh,  nor    covenant     with

                      the   inhabitants    you. 

                      of Bethanath; but    2:2  And ye shall

                      he   dwelt  among    make   no  league

                      the   Canaanites,    with          the

                      the   inhabitants    inhabitants    of

                      of    the   land:    this   land;   ye

                      nevertheless  the    shall  throw down

                      inhabitants    of    their altars: but

                      Bethshemesh   and    ye    have    not

                      of      Bethanath    obeyed  my voice:

                      became               why have  ye done

                      tributaries  unto    this? 

                      them.                2:3   Wherefore I

                      1:34     And  the    also said, I will

                      Amorites   forced    not   drive  them

                      the  children  of    out  from  before

                      Dan    into   the    you;   but   they

                      mountain:     for    shall    be   [as

                      they   would  not    thorns]  in  your

                      suffer   them  to    sides,  and their

                      come  down to the    gods  shall  be a

                      valley:              snare unto you. 

                      1:35     But  the    2:4   And it came

                      Amorites    would    to pass, when the

                      dwell   in  mount    angel of the LORD

                      Heres in Aijalon,    spake these words

                      and  in Shaalbim:    unto    all   the

                      yet  the  hand of    children       of

                      the    house   of    Israel,  that the

                      Joseph prevailed,    people  lifted up

                      so    that   they    their  voice, and

                      became               wept. 

                      tributaries.         2:5     And  they

                      1:36     And  the    called  the  name

                      coast    of   the    of   that   place

                      Amorites    [was]    Bochim:  and they

                      from the going up    sacrificed  there

                      to Akrabbim, from    unto the LORD. 

                      the   rock,   and    2:6     And  when

                      upward.              Joshua   had  let

                      2:1  And an angel    the   people  go,

                      of the  LORD came    the  children  of

                      up from Gilgal to    Israel went every











                      man    unto   his    fathers,    which

                      inheritance    to    brought  them out

                      possess the land.    of  the  land  of

                                           Egypt,        and

                      2:7      And  the    followed    other

                      people served the    gods, of the gods

                      LORD all the days    of   the   people

                      of   Joshua,  and    that [were] round

                      all  the  days of    about  them,  and

                      the  elders  that    bowed  themselves

                      outlived  Joshua,    unto   them,  and

                      who  had seen all    provoked the LORD

                      the  great  works    to anger. 

                      of the LORD, that    2:13    And  they

                      he     did    for    forsook the LORD,

                      Israel.              and  served  Baal

                      2:8   And Joshua,    and Ashtaroth. 

                      the  son  of Nun,    2:14     And  the

                      the   servant  of    anger of the LORD

                      the  LORD,  died,    was  hot  against

                      [being]        an    Israel,   and  he

                      hundred  and  ten    delivered    them

                      years old.           into the hands of

                      2:9     And  they    spoilers     that

                      buried him in the    spoiled them, and

                      border   of   his    he sold them into

                      inheritance    in    the    hands   of

                      Timnathheres,  in    their     enemies

                      the    mount   of    round  about,  so

                      Ephraim,  on  the    that  they  could

                      north side of the    not   any  longer

                      hill Gaash.          stand      before

                      2:10    And  also    their enemies. 

                      all          that    2:15

                      generation   were    Whithersoever

                      gathered     unto    they   went  out,

                      their    fathers:    the  hand  of the

                      and  there  arose    LORD  was against

                      another              them for evil, as

                      generation  after    the    LORD   had

                      them,  which knew    said,  and as the

                      not the LORD, nor    LORD   had  sworn

                      yet   the   works    unto   them:  and

                      which he had done    they were greatly

                      for Israel.          distressed. 

                      2:11     And  the    2:16

                      children       of    Nevertheless  the

                      Israel  did  evil    LORD   raised  up

                      in  the  sight of    judges,     which

                      the   LORD,   and    delivered    them

                      served Baalim:       out  of  the hand

                      2:12    And  they    of   those   that

                      forsook  the LORD    spoiled them. 

                      God    of   their    2:17     And  yet











                      they   would  not    was  hot  against

                      hearken      unto    Israel;   and  he

                      their judges, but    said,     Because

                      they    went    a    that  this people

                      whoring     after    hath transgressed

                      other  gods,  and    my covenant which

                      bowed  themselves    I commanded their

                      unto  them:  they    fathers, and have

                      turned    quickly    not     hearkened

                      out  of  the  way    unto my voice; 

                      which       their    2:21  I also will

                      fathers    walked    not    henceforth

                      in,  obeying  the    drive   out   any

                      commandments   of    from  before them

                      the  LORD;  [but]    of   the  nations

                      they did not so.     which Joshua left

                      2:18    And  when    when he died: 

                      the  LORD  raised    2:22         That

                      them  up  judges,    through   them  I

                      then the LORD was    may prove Israel,

                      with  the  judge,    whether they will

                      and     delivered    keep  the  way of

                      them  out  of the    the  LORD to walk

                      hand   of   their    therein, as their

                      enemies  all  the    fathers  did keep

                      days    of    the    [it], or not. 

                      judge:   for   it    2:23    Therefore

                      repented the LORD    the   LORD   left

                      because  of their    those    nations,

                      groanings      by    without   driving

                      reason   of  them    them out hastily;

                      that    oppressed    neither delivered

                      them   and  vexed    he them  into the

                      them.                hand of Joshua. 

                      2:19  And it came    3:1    Now  these

                      to pass, when the    [are] the nations

                      judge  was  dead,    which   the  LORD

                      [that]       they    left,   to  prove

                      returned,     and    Israel  by  them,

                      corrupted            [even]   as  many

                      [themselves] more    [of   Israel]  as

                      than        their    had not known all

                      fathers,       in    the    wars    of

                      following   other    Canaan; 

                      gods   to   serve    3:2    Only  that

                      them,  and to bow    the   generations

                      down  unto  them;    of  the  children

                      they  ceased  not    of  Israel  might

                      from   their  own    know,   to  teach

                      doings,  nor from    them war,  at the

                      their    stubborn    least   such   as

                      way.                 before       knew

                      2:20     And  the    nothing thereof; 

                      anger of the LORD    3:3     [Namely],











                      five lords of the    LORD    was   hot

                      Philistines,  and    against   Israel,

                      all           the    and he  sold them

                      Canaanites,   and    into the  hand of

                      the    Sidonians,    Chushanrishathaim

                      and  the  Hivites    king           of

                      that   dwelt   in    Mesopotamia:  and

                      mount    Lebanon,    the  children  of

                      from        mount    Israel     served

                      Baalhermon   unto    Chushanrishathaim

                      the  entering  in    eight years. 

                      of Hamath.           3:9  And when the

                      3:4     And  they    children       of

                      were   to   prove    Israel cried unto

                      Israel  by  them,    the   LORD,   the

                      to  know  whether    LORD raised  up a

                      they        would    deliverer  to the

                      hearken  unto the    children       of

                      commandments   of    Israel,       who

                      the  LORD,  which    delivered   them,

                      he      commanded    [even]    Othniel

                      their  fathers by    the son of Kenaz,

                      the    hand    of    Caleb's   younger

                      Moses.               brother. 

                      3:5      And  the    3:10     And  the

                      children       of    spirit   of   the

                      Israel      dwelt    LORD   came  upon

                      among         the    him,    and    he

                      Canaanites,          judged    Israel,

                      Hittites,     and    and  went  out to

                      Amorites,     and    war: and the LORD

                      Perizzites,   and    delivered

                      Hivites,      and    Chushanrishathaim

                      Jebusites:           king           of

                      3:6     And  they    Mesopotamia  into

                      took        their    his hand; and his

                      daughters  to  be    hand    prevailed

                      their  wives, and    against

                      gave        their    Chushanrishatha-

                      daughters      to    im. 

                      their  sons,  and    3:11     And  the

                      served      their    land   had   rest

                      gods.                forty  years. And

                      3:7      And  the    Othniel  the  son

                      children       of    of Kenaz died. 

                      Israel  did  evil    3:12     And  the

                      in  the  sight of    children       of

                      the   LORD,   and    Israel  did  evil

                      forgat  the  LORD    again    in   the

                      their   God,  and    sight    of   the

                      served Baalim and    LORD:   and   the

                      the groves.          LORD strengthened

                      3:8     Therefore    Eglon the king of

                      the  anger of the    Moab      against











                      Israel,   because    away  the  people

                      they   had   done    that   bare   the

                      evil in the sight    present. 

                      of the LORD.         3:19      But  he

                      3:13      And  he    himself    turned

                      gathered unto him    again   from  the

                      the  children  of    quarries     that

                      Ammon and Amalek,    [were] by Gilgal,

                      and    went   and    and said,  I have

                      smote Israel, and    a  secret  errand

                      possessed     the    unto    thee,   O

                      city    of   palm    king:  who  said,

                      trees.               Keep silence. And

                      3:14      So  the    all that stood by

                      children       of    him went out from

                      Israel     served    him. 

                      Eglon the king of    3:20    And  Ehud

                      Moab     eighteen    came   unto  him;

                      years.               and     he    was

                      3:15    But  when    sitting    in   a

                      the  children  of    summer   parlour,

                      Israel cried unto    which  he had for

                      the   LORD,   the    himself    alone.

                      LORD  raised them    And  Ehud said, I

                      up  a  deliverer,    have   a  message

                      Ehud  the  son of    from   God   unto

                      Gera,           a    thee.    And   he

                      Benjamite,  a man    arose    out   of

                      lefthanded:   and    [his] seat. 

                      by     him    the    3:21    And  Ehud

                      children       of    put   forth   his

                      Israel   sent   a    left   hand,  and

                      present      unto    took  the  dagger

                      Eglon the king of    from   his  right

                      Moab.                thigh, and thrust

                      3:16    But  Ehud    it    into    his

                      made him a dagger    belly: 

                      which   had   two    3:22     And  the

                      edges, of a cubit    haft also went in

                      length;   and  he    after  the blade;

                      did gird it under    and    the    fat

                      his  raiment upon    closed  upon  the

                      his right thigh.     blade, so that he

                      3:17      And  he    could   not  draw

                      brought       the    the dagger out of

                      present      unto    his   belly;  and

                      Eglon   king   of    the   dirt   came

                      Moab:  and  Eglon    out. 

                      [was]  a very fat    3:23    Then Ehud

                      man.                 went        forth

                      3:18  And when he    through       the

                      had  made  an end    porch,  and  shut

                      to    offer   the    the  doors of the

                      present,  he sent    parlour upon him,











                      and locked them.     after   him,  and

                      3:24  When he was    took the fords of

                      gone   out,   his    Jordan     toward

                      servants    came;    Moab,         and

                      and when they saw    suffered   not  a

                      that, behold, the    man to pass over.

                      doors    of   the

                      parlour    [were]    3:29    And  they

                      locked,      they    slew  of  Moab at

                      said,  Surely  he    that  time  about

                      covereth his feet    ten thousand men,

                      in   his   summer    all   lusty,  and

                      chamber.             all     men    of

                      3:25    And  they    valour; and there

                      tarried till they    escaped   not   a

                      were     ashamed:    man. 

                      and,  behold,  he    3:30  So Moab was

                      opened   not  the    subdued  that day

                      doors    of   the    under the hand of

                      parlour;             Israel.  And  the

                      therefore    they    land   had   rest

                      took  a  key, and    fourscore years. 

                      opened    [them]:    3:31    And after

                      and,      behold,    him  was  Shamgar

                      their  lord [was]    the son of Anath,

                      fallen  down dead    which slew of the

                      on the earth.        Philistines   six

                      3:26    And  Ehud    hundred  men with

                      escaped     while    an  ox  goad: and

                      they tarried, and    he also delivered

                      passed beyond the    Israel. 

                      quarries,     and    4:1      And  the

                      escaped      unto    children       of

                      Seirath.             Israel  again did

                      3:27  And it came    evil in the sight

                      to  pass, when he    of the LORD, when

                      was come, that he    Ehud was dead. 

                      blew a trumpet in    4:2  And the LORD

                      the  mountain  of    sold   them  into

                      Ephraim,  and the    the hand of Jabin

                      children       of    king  of  Canaan,

                      Israel  went down    that  reigned  in

                      with him from the    Hazor;        the

                      mount,   and   he    captain  of whose

                      before them.         host        [was]

                      3:28  And he said    Sisera,     which

                      unto them, Follow    dwelt          in

                      after me: for the    Harosheth  of the

                      LORD         hath    Gentiles. 

                      delivered    your    4:3      And  the

                      enemies       the    children       of

                      Moabites     into    Israel cried unto

                      your   hand.  And    the  LORD: for he

                      they   went  down    had  nine hundred











                      chariots of iron;    go:  but  if thou

                      and  twenty years    wilt  not go with

                      he       mightily    me, [then] I will

                      oppressed     the    not go. 

                      children       of    4:9      And  she

                      Israel.              said,    I   will

                      4:4  And Deborah,    surely   go  with

                      a prophetess, the    thee:

                      wife of Lapidoth,    notwithstanding

                      she judged Israel    the  journey that

                      at that time.        thou takest shall

                      4:5      And  she    not be  for thine

                      dwelt  under  the    honour;  for  the

                      palm    tree   of    LORD  shall  sell

                      Deborah   between    Sisera  into  the

                      Ramah  and Bethel    hand of  a woman.

                      in mount Ephraim:    And       Deborah

                      and  the children    arose,  and  went

                      of Israel came up    with   Barak   to

                      to     her    for    Kedesh. 

                      judgment.            4:10    And Barak

                      4:6  And she sent    called    Zebulun

                      and  called Barak    and  Naphtali  to

                      the     son    of    Kedesh;   and  he

                      Abinoam   out  of    went up  with ten

                      Kedeshnaphtali,      thousand  men  at

                      and   said   unto    his   feet:   and

                      him, Hath not the    Deborah  went  up

                      LORD    God    of    with him. 

                      Israel commanded,    4:11    Now Heber

                      [saying],  Go and    the       Kenite,

                      draw toward mount    [which   was]  of

                      Tabor,  and  take    the  children  of

                      with   thee   ten    Hobab  the father

                      thousand  men  of    in law  of Moses,

                      the  children  of    had       severed

                      Naphtali  and  of    himself  from the

                      the  children  of    Kenites,      and

                      Zebulun?             pitched  his tent

                      4:7   And  I will    unto the plain of

                      draw unto thee to    Zaanaim,    which

                      the  river Kishon    [is] by Kedesh. 

                      Sisera,       the    4:12    And  they

                      captain        of    showed     Sisera

                      Jabin's     army,    that   Barak  the

                      with his chariots    son   of  Abinoam

                      and           his    was  gone  up  to

                      multitude;  and I    mount Tabor. 

                      will  deliver him    4:13   And Sisera

                      into thine hand.     gathered together

                      4:8    And  Barak    all his chariots,

                      said unto her, If    [even]       nine

                      thou wilt go with    hundred  chariots

                      me,  then  I will    of iron,  and all











                      the  people  that    the    house   of

                      [were]  with him,    Heber the Kenite.

                      from Harosheth of

                      the Gentiles unto    4:18    And  Jael

                      the    river   of    went  out to meet

                      Kishon.              Sisera,  and said

                      4:14  And Deborah    unto   him,  Turn

                      said  unto Barak,    in, my lord, turn

                      Up; for this [is]    in  to  me;  fear

                      the  day in which    not. And  when he

                      the   LORD   hath    had   turned   in

                      delivered  Sisera    unto her into the

                      into  thine hand:    tent, she covered

                      is  not  the LORD    him     with    a

                      gone  out  before    mantle. 

                      thee?   So  Barak    4:19  And he said

                      went   down  from    unto   her,  Give

                      mount  Tabor, and    me,  I pray thee,

                      ten  thousand men    a little water to

                      after him.           drink;  for  I am

                      4:15     And  the    thirsty.  And she

                      LORD  discomfited    opened  a  bottle

                      Sisera,  and  all    of milk, and gave

                      [his]   chariots,    him   drink,  and

                      and   all   [his]    covered him. 

                      host,   with  the    4:20    Again  he

                      edge of the sword    said   unto  her,

                      before  Barak; so    Stand in the door

                      that       Sisera    of  the tent, and

                      lighted  down off    it shall be, when

                      [his]    chariot,    any man doth come

                      and fled  away on    and   inquire  of

                      his feet.            thee, and say, Is

                      4:16    But Barak    there   any   man

                      pursued after the    here?  that  thou

                      chariots,     and    shalt say, No. 

                      after  the  host,    4:21    Then Jael

                      unto Harosheth of    Heber's wife took

                      the Gentiles: and    a   nail  of  the

                      all  the  host of    tent, and took an

                      Sisera  fell upon    hammer   in   her

                      the  edge  of the    hand,   and  went

                      sword;      [and]    softly  unto him,

                      there  was  not a    and   smote   the

                      man left.            nail   into   his

                      4:17      Howbeit    temples,      and

                      Sisera  fled away    fastened  it into

                      on  his  feet  to    the  ground:  for

                      the  tent of Jael    he    was    fast

                      the wife of Heber    asleep and weary.

                      the  Kenite:  for    So he died. 

                      [there was] peace    4:22         And,

                      between Jabin the    behold,  as Barak

                      king of Hazor and    pursued   Sisera,











                      Jael came  out to    thou    marchedst

                      meet   him,   and    out  of the field

                      said   unto  him,    of    Edom,   the

                      Come, and  I will    earth   trembled,

                      show thee the man    and  the  heavens

                      whom         thou    dropped,      the

                      seekest. And when    clouds       also

                      he came  into her    dropped water. 

                      [tent],   behold,    5:5           The

                      Sisera  lay dead,    mountains  melted

                      and    the   nail    from  before  the

                      [was]    in   his    LORD, [even] that

                      temples.             Sinai from before

                      4:23      So  God    the  LORD  God of

                      subdued  on  that    Israel. 

                      day   Jabin   the    5:6   In the days

                      king   of  Canaan    of   Shamgar  the

                      before        the    son of  Anath, in

                      children       of    the days of Jael,

                      Israel.              the highways were

                      4:24     And  the    unoccupied,   and

                      hand    of    the    the    travellers

                      children       of    walked    through

                      Israel prospered,    byways. 

                      and     prevailed    5:7          [The

                      against Jabin the    inhabitants   of]

                      king  of  Canaan,    the      villages

                      until   they  had    ceased,      they

                      destroyed   Jabin    ceased in Israel,

                      king of Canaan.      until    that   I

                      5:1    Then  sang    Deborah    arose,

                      Deborah and Barak    that  I  arose  a

                      the     son    of    mother in Israel.

                      Abinoam  on  that

                      day, saying,         5:8    They chose

                      5:2    Praise  ye    new   gods;  then

                      the LORD  for the    [was]  war in the

                      avenging       of    gates:  was there

                      Israel,  when the    a shield or spear

                      people  willingly    seen  among forty

                      offered              thousand       in

                      themselves.          Israel? 

                      5:3    Hear, O ye    5:9     My  heart

                      kings;  give ear,    [is]  toward  the

                      O  ye princes; I,    governors      of

                      [even]   I,  will    Israel,      that

                      sing   unto   the    offered

                      LORD; I will sing    themselves

                      [praise]  to  the    willingly   among

                      LORD    God    of    the people. Bless

                      Israel.              ye the LORD. 

                      5:4    LORD, when    5:10    Speak, ye

                      thou  wentest out    that    ride   on

                      of   Seir,   when    white  asses,  ye











                      that    sit    in    5:15     And  the

                      judgment,     and    princes        of

                      walk by the way.     Issachar   [were]

                      5:11   [They that    with     Deborah;

                      are    delivered]    even    Issachar,

                      from the noise of    and  also  Barak:

                      archers   in  the    he  was  sent  on

                      places of drawing    foot   into   the

                      water,      there    valley.  For  the

                      shall        they    divisions      of

                      rehearse      the    Reuben     [there

                      righteous acts of    were]       great

                      the  LORD, [even]    thoughts       of

                      the     righteous    heart. 

                      acts  [toward the    5:16  Why abodest

                      inhabitants]   of    thou   among  the

                      his  villages  in    sheepfolds,    to

                      Israel:      then    hear          the

                      shall  the people    bleatings  of the

                      of  the  LORD  go    flocks?  For  the

                      down    to    the    divisions      of

                      gates.               Reuben     [there

                      5:12       Awake,    were]       great

                      awake,   Deborah:    searchings     of

                      awake,     awake,    heart. 

                      utter   a   song:    5:17       Gilead

                      arise, Barak, and    abode      beyond

                      lead          thy    Jordan:  and  why

                      captivity            did Dan remain in

                      captive, thou son    ships?      Asher

                      of Abinoam.          continued  on the

                      5:13     Then  he    sea   shore,  and

                      made   him   that    abode    in   his

                      remaineth    have    breaches. 

                      dominion over the    5:18  Zebulun and

                      nobles  among the    Naphtali [were] a

                      people:  the LORD    people     [that]

                      made    me   have    jeoparded   their

                      dominion over the    lives   unto  the

                      mighty.              death in the high

                      5:14      Out  of    places   of   the

                      Ephraim      [was    field. 

                      there] a  root of    5:19    The kings

                      them      against    came        [and]

                      Amalek;     after    fought,      then

                      thee,   Benjamin,    fought  the kings

                      among thy people;    of    Canaan   in

                      out   of   Machir    Taanach   by  the

                      came         down    waters         of

                      governors,    and    Megiddo;     they

                      out   of  Zebulun    took  no  gain of

                      they  that handle    money. 

                      the  pen  of  the    5:20  They fought

                      writer.              from  heaven; the











                      stars   in  their    off   his   head,

                      courses    fought    when    she   had

                      against Sisera.      pierced       and

                      5:21    The river    stricken  through

                      of  Kishon  swept    his temples. 

                      them  away,  that    5:27  At her feet

                      ancient    river,    he    bowed,   he

                      the river Kishon.    fell,    he   lay

                      O  my  soul, thou    down: at her feet

                      hast trodden down    he    bowed,   he

                      strength.            fell:   where  he

                      5:22    Then were    bowed,  there  he

                      the    horsehoofs    fell down dead. 

                      broken   by   the    5:28   The mother

                      means    of   the    of  Sisera looked

                      prancings,    the    out  at a window,

                      prancings      of    and cried through

                      their      mighty    the  lattice, Why

                      ones.                is   his  chariot

                      5:23    Curse  ye    [so]    long   in

                      Meroz,  said  the    coming? why tarry

                      angel    of   the    the wheels of his

                      LORD,   curse  ye    chariots? 

                      bitterly      the    5:29    Her  wise

                      inhabitants          ladies   answered

                      thereof;  because    her,   yea,   she

                      they  came not to    returned   answer

                      the  help  of the    to herself, 

                      LORD, to the help    5:30    Have they

                      of    the    LORD    not   sped?  have

                      against       the    they        [not]

                      mighty.              divided the prey;

                      5:24      Blessed    to  every  man  a

                      above women shall    damsel  [or] two;

                      Jael  the wife of    to Sisera  a prey

                      Heber  the Kenite    of         divers

                      be, blessed shall    colours,  a  prey

                      she    be   above    of divers colours

                      women    in   the    of needlework, of

                      tent.                divers colours of

                      5:25    He  asked    needlework     on

                      water,  [and] she    both       sides,

                      gave  [him] milk;    [meet]   for  the

                      she brought forth    necks   of  [them

                      butter    in    a    that   take]  the

                      lordly dish.         spoil? 

                      5:26  She put her    5:31   So let all

                      hand to the nail,    thine     enemies

                      and   her   right    perish,  O  LORD:

                      hand    to    the    but   [let]  them

                      workmen's hammer;    that   love   him

                      and    with   the    [be]  as  the sun

                      hammer  she smote    when   he   goeth

                      Sisera, she smote    forth    in   his











                      might.   And  the    both   they   and

                      land   had   rest    their camels were

                      forty years.         without   number:

                      6:1      And  the    and  they entered

                      children       of    into the  land to

                      Israel  did  evil    destroy it. 

                      in  the  sight of    6:6    And Israel

                      the LORD: and the    was       greatly

                      LORD    delivered    impoverished

                      them   into   the    because   of  the

                      hand   of  Midian    Midianites;   and

                      seven years.         the  children  of

                      6:2  And the hand    Israel cried unto

                      of         Midian    the LORD. 

                      prevailed against    6:7   And it came

                      Israel:     [and]    to pass, when the

                      because   of  the    children       of

                      Midianites    the    Israel cried unto

                      children       of    the  LORD because

                      Israel  made them    of            the

                      the   dens  which    Midianites, 

                      [are]    in   the    6:8     That  the

                      mountains,    and    LORD    sent    a

                      caves, and strong    prophet  unto the

                      holds.               children       of

                      6:3   And [so] it    Israel,     which

                      was,  when Israel    said  unto  them,

                      had   sown,  that    Thus   saith  the

                      the    Midianites    LORD    God    of

                      came  up, and the    Israel, I brought

                      Amalekites,   and    you    up    from

                      the  children  of    Egypt,        and

                      the   east,  even    brought you forth

                      they    came   up    out of  the house

                      against them;        of bondage; 

                      6:4     And  they    6:9       And   I

                      encamped  against    delivered you out

                      them,         and    of  the  hand  of

                      destroyed     the    the    Egyptians,

                      increase  of  the    and  out  of  the

                      earth,  till thou    hand of  all that

                      come  unto  Gaza,    oppressed    you,

                      and    left    no    and   drave  them

                      sustenance    for    out  from  before

                      Israel,   neither    you, and gave you

                      sheep,   nor  ox,    their land; 

                      nor ass.             6:10   And I said

                      6:5     For  they    unto you,  I [am]

                      came    up   with    the   LORD   your

                      their  cattle and    God; fear not the

                      their  tents, and    gods    of    the

                      they    came   as    Amorites,      in

                      grasshoppers  for    whose   land   ye

                      multitude;  [for]    dwell:   but   ye











                      have  not  obeyed    Lord,   wherewith

                      my voice.            shall    I   save

                      6:11    And there    Israel?   behold,

                      came an  angel of    my   family  [is]

                      the LORD, and sat    poor in Manasseh,

                      under    an   oak    and  I  [am]  the

                      which   [was]  in    least    in    my

                      Ophrah,      that    father's house. 

                      [pertained]  unto    6:16     And  the

                      Joash         the    LORD   said  unto

                      Abiezrite:    and    him,   Surely   I

                      his   son  Gideon    will    be   with

                      threshed wheat by    thee,   and  thou

                      the winepress, to    shalt  smite  the

                      hide   [it]  from    Midianites as one

                      the Midianites.      man. 

                      6:12     And  the    6:17  And he said

                      angel of the LORD    unto him,  If now

                      appeared     unto    I    have   found

                      him,   and   said    grace    in   thy

                      unto   him,   The    sight,  then show

                      LORD   [is]  with    me  a  sign  that

                      thee, thou mighty    thou talkest with

                      man of valour.       me. 

                      6:13   And Gideon    6:18   Depart not

                      said unto him, Oh    hence,   I   pray

                      my  Lord,  if the    thee,   until   I

                      LORD  be with us,    come  unto  thee,

                      why  then  is all    and  bring  forth

                      this befallen us?    my  present,  and

                      and   where  [be]    set  [it]  before

                      all  his miracles    thee.    And   he

                      which our fathers    said,    I   will

                      told    us    of,    tarry  until thou

                      saying,  Did  not    come again. 

                      the LORD bring us    6:19   And Gideon

                      up   from  Egypt?    went in, and made

                      but now  the LORD    ready  a kid, and

                      hath forsaken us,    unleavened  cakes

                      and  delivered us    of  an  ephah  of

                      into the hands of    flour:  the flesh

                      the Midianites.      he   put   in   a

                      6:14     And  the    basket,   and  he

                      LORD  looked upon    put the  broth in

                      him, and said, Go    a     pot,    and

                      in    this    thy    brought  [it] out

                      might,  and  thou    unto   him  under

                      shalt save Israel    the    oak,   and

                      from  the hand of    presented [it]. 

                      the   Midianites:    6:20     And  the

                      have  not  I sent    angel of God said

                      thee?                unto   him,  Take

                      6:15  And he said    the flesh and the

                      unto  him,  Oh my    unleavened cakes,











                      and   lay  [them]    father's    young

                      upon  this  rock,    bullock, even the

                      and  pour out the    second bullock of

                      broth. And he did    seven  years old,

                      so.                  and   throw  down

                      6:21    Then  the    the altar of Baal

                      angel of the LORD    that  thy  father

                      put forth the end    hath,   and   cut

                      of the staff that    down   the  grove

                      [was]    in   his    that [is] by it: 

                      hand, and touched    6:26    And build

                      the flesh and the    an altar unto the

                      unleavened cakes;    LORD thy God upon

                      and there rose up    the  top  of this

                      fire  out  of the    rock,    in   the

                      rock,         and    ordered    place,

                      consumed      the    and    take   the

                      flesh   and   the    second   bullock,

                      unleavened cakes.    and offer a burnt

                      Then the angel of    sacrifice    with

                      the LORD departed    the  wood  of the

                      out of his sight.    grove  which thou

                                           shalt cut down. 

                      6:22    And  when    6:27  Then Gideon

                      Gideon  perceived    took  ten  men of

                      that  he [was] an    his servants, and

                      angel    of   the    did  as  the LORD

                      LORD,      Gideon    had   said   unto

                      said,   Alas,   O    him: and  [so] it

                      Lord   GOD!   for    was,  because  he

                      because   I  have    feared        his

                      seen  an angel of    father's

                      the LORD  face to    household,    and

                      face.                the  men  of  the

                      6:23     And  the    city,   that   he

                      LORD   said  unto    could not do [it]

                      him,  Peace  [be]    by  day,  that he

                      unto  thee;  fear    did    [it]    by

                      not:  thou  shalt    night. 

                      not die.             6:28    And  when

                      6:24  Then Gideon    the  men  of  the

                      built   an  altar    city  arose early

                      there   unto  the    in  the  morning,

                      LORD,  and called    behold, the altar

                      it Jehovahshalom:    of Baal  was cast

                      unto  this day it    down,   and   the

                      [is]    yet    in    grove   was   cut

                      Ophrah   of   the    down  that  [was]

                      Abiezrites.          by  it,  and  the

                      6:25  And it came    second    bullock

                      to pass  the same    was  offered upon

                      night,  that  the    the  altar  [that

                      LORD   said  unto    was] built. 

                      him,   Take   thy    6:29    And  they











                      said    one    to    together,     and

                      another, Who hath    went   over,  and

                      done  this thing?    pitched   in  the

                      And   when   they    valley         of

                      inquired      and    Jezreel. 

                      asked, they said,    6:34     But  the

                      Gideon the son of    spirit   of   the

                      Joash  hath  done    LORD   came  upon

                      this thing.          Gideon,   and  he

                      6:30    Then  the    blew  a  trumpet;

                      men  of  the city    and  Abiezer  was

                      said  unto Joash,    gathered    after

                      Bring   out   thy    him. 

                      son, that  he may    6:35  And he sent

                      die:  because  he    messengers

                      hath   cast  down    throughout    all

                      the    altar   of    Manasseh;     who

                      Baal, and because    also was gathered

                      he  hath cut down    after him: and he

                      the   grove  that    sent   messengers

                      [was] by it.         unto  Asher,  and

                      6:31    And Joash    unto Zebulun, and

                      said   unto   all    unto    Naphtali;

                      that        stood    and  they came up

                      against him, Will    to meet them. 

                      ye    plead   for    6:36   And Gideon

                      Baal?   will   ye    said unto God, If

                      save him? he that    thou   wilt  save

                      will   plead  for    Israel   by  mine

                      him,  let  him be    hand,   as   thou

                      put    to   death    hast said, 

                      whilst   [it   is    6:37    Behold, I

                      yet]  morning: if    will put a fleece

                      he  [be]  a  god,    of  wool  in  the

                      let him plead for    floor;  [and]  if

                      himself,  because    the dew be on the

                      [one]  hath  cast    fleece  only, and

                      down his altar.      [it be]  dry upon

                      6:32    Therefore    all   the   earth

                      on  that  day  he    [beside],    then

                      called        him    shall I know that

                      Jerubbaal,           thou   wilt  save

                      saying,  Let Baal    Israel   by  mine

                      plead     against    hand,   as   thou

                      him,  because  he    hast said. 

                      hath  thrown down    6:38   And it was

                      his altar.           so:  for  he rose

                      6:33    Then  all    up  early  on the

                      the    Midianites    morrow,       and

                      and           the    thrust the fleece

                      Amalekites    and    together,     and

                      the  children  of    wringed  the  dew

                      the   east   were    out     of    the

                      gathered             fleece,   a  bowl











                      full of water.       7:3           Now

                      6:39   And Gideon    therefore  go to,

                      said   unto  God,    proclaim  in  the

                      Let   not   thine    ears    of    the

                      anger    be   hot    people,   saying,

                      against me, and I    Whosoever    [is]

                      will   speak  but    fearful       and

                      this once: let me    afraid,  let  him

                      prove,   I   pray    return and depart

                      thee,   but  this    early  from mount

                      once   with   the    Gilead. And there

                      fleece;   let  it    returned  of  the

                      now  be  dry only    people twenty and

                      upon  the fleece,    two thousand; and

                      and upon  all the    there    remained

                      ground  let there    ten thousand. 

                      be dew.              7:4  And the LORD

                      6:40  And God did    said unto Gideon,

                      so   that  night:    The  people [are]

                      for  it  was  dry    yet  [too]  many;

                      upon  the  fleece    bring  them  down

                      only,  and  there    unto  the  water,

                      was  dew  on  all    and  I  will  try

                      the ground.          them   for   thee

                      7:1          Then    there:   and   it

                      Jerubbaal,    who    shall  be, [that]

                      [is]  Gideon, and    of  whom   I  say

                      all   the  people    unto  thee,  This

                      that  [were] with    shall   go   with

                      him,    rose   up    thee,   the  same

                      early,        and    shall   go   with

                      pitched    beside    thee;    and   of

                      the    well    of    whomsoever  I say

                      Harod:   so  that    unto  thee,  This

                      the  host  of the    shall not go with

                      Midianites   were    thee,   the  same

                      on the north side    shall not go. 

                      of  them,  by the    7:5       So   he

                      hill of Moreh, in    brought  down the

                      the valley.          people  unto  the

                      7:2  And the LORD    water:   and  the

                      said unto Gideon,    LORD   said  unto

                      The  people  that    Gideon, Every one

                      [are]  with  thee    that  lappeth  of

                      [are]   too  many    the   water  with

                      for  me  to  give    his tongue,  as a

                      the    Midianites    dog  lappeth, him

                      into their hands,    shalt thou set by

                      lest Israel vaunt    himself; likewise

                      themselves           every   one  that

                      against       me,    boweth  down upon

                      saying,  Mine own    his    knees   to

                      hand  hath  saved    drink. 

                      me.                  7:6      And  the











                      number   of  them    7:11    And  thou

                      that      lapped,    shalt  hear  what

                      [putting]   their    they   say;   and

                      hand   to   their    afterward   shall

                      mouth, were three    thine   hands  be

                      hundred  men: but    strengthened   to

                      all  the  rest of    go  down unto the

                      the  people bowed    host.  Then  went

                      down  upon  their    he    down   with

                      knees   to  drink    Phurah        his

                      water.               servant  unto the

                      7:7  And the LORD    outside   of  the

                      said unto Gideon,    armed   men  that

                      By    the   three    [were]   in   the

                      hundred  men that    host. 

                      lapped   will   I    7:12     And  the

                      save   you,   and    Midianites    and

                      deliver       the    the    Amalekites

                      Midianites   into    and    all    the

                      thine  hand:  and    children  of  the

                      let    all    the    east lay along in

                      [other] people go    the  valley  like

                      every   man  unto    grasshoppers  for

                      his place.           multitude;    and

                      7:8      So   the    their      camels

                      people       took    [were]    without

                      victuals in their    number,   as  the

                      hand,  and  their    sand  by  the sea

                      trumpets:  and he    side          for

                      sent   all   [the    multitude. 

                      rest  of]  Israel    7:13    And  when

                      every   man  unto    Gideon  was come,

                      his   tent,   and    behold,    [there

                      retained    those    was]  a  man that

                      three     hundred    told a dream unto

                      men: and the host    his  fellow,  and

                      of   Midian   was    said,  Behold,  I

                      beneath   him  in    dreamed  a dream,

                      the valley.          and,  lo,  a cake

                      7:9   And it came    of  barley  bread

                      to  pass the same    tumbled  into the

                      night,  that  the    host  of  Midian,

                      LORD   said  unto    and  came  unto a

                      him,  Arise,  get    tent,  and  smote

                      thee   down  unto    it that  it fell,

                      the  host;  for I    and    overturned

                      have delivered it    it, that the tent

                      into thine hand.     lay along. 

                      7:10  But if thou    7:14     And  his

                      fear  to go down,    fellow   answered

                      go    thou   with    and   said,  This

                      Phurah        thy    [is] nothing else

                      servant  down  to    save the sword of

                      the host:            Gideon the son of











                      Joash,  a  man of    7:19   So Gideon,

                      Israel:     [for]    and  the  hundred

                      into   his   hand    men  that  [were]

                      hath          God    with   him,  came

                      delivered Midian,    unto  the outside

                      and all the host.    of  the  camp  in

                                           the  beginning of

                      7:15   And it was    the middle watch;

                      [so], when Gideon    and they  had but

                      heard the telling    newly   set   the

                      of the dream, and    watch:  and  they

                      the                  blew          the

                      interpretation       trumpets,     and

                      thereof,  that he    brake         the

                      worshipped,   and    pitchers     that

                      returned into the    [were]  in  their

                      host  of  Israel,    hands. 

                      and  said, Arise;    7:20     And  the

                      for the LORD hath    three   companies

                      delivered    into    blew          the

                      your   hand   the    trumpets,     and

                      host of Midian.      brake         the

                      7:16      And  he    pitchers,     and

                      divided the three    held the lamps in

                      hundred       men    their left hands,

                      [into]      three    and  the trumpets

                      companies, and he    in   their  right

                      put  a trumpet in    hands   to   blow

                      every man's hand,    [withal]:     and

                      with        empty    they  cried,  The

                      pitchers,     and    sword    of   the

                      lamps  within the    LORD,    and   of

                      pitchers.            Gideon. 

                      7:17  And he said    7:21    And  they

                      unto  them,  Look    stood  every  man

                      on   me,  and  do    in    his   place

                      likewise:    and,    round  about  the

                      behold,   when  I    camp: and all the

                      come    to    the    host   ran,   and

                      outside   of  the    cried, and fled. 

                      camp, it shall be    7:22     And  the

                      [that], as  I do,    three     hundred

                      so shall ye do.      blew          the

                      7:18  When I blow    trumpets, and the

                      with a trumpet, I    LORD   set  every

                      and    all   that    man's       sword

                      [are]   with  me,    against       his

                      then  blow ye the    fellow,      even

                      trumpets  also on    throughout    all

                      every side of all    the host: and the

                      the   camp,   and    host    fled   to

                      say,  [The sword]    Bethshittah    in

                      of  the LORD, and    Zererath,   [and]

                      of Gideon.           to  the border of











                      Abelmeholah, unto    wentest  to fight

                      Tabbath.             with          the

                      7:23  And the men    Midianites?   And

                      of         Israel    they   did  chide

                      gathered             with him sharply.

                      themselves

                      together  out  of    8:2   And he said

                      Naphtali, and out    unto  them,  What

                      of Asher, and out    have  I  done now

                      of  all Manasseh,    in  comparison of

                      and pursued after    you? [Is] not the

                      the Midianites.      gleaning  of  the

                      7:24   And Gideon    grapes of Ephraim

                      sent   messengers    better  than  the

                      throughout    all    vintage        of

                      mount    Ephraim,    Abiezer? 

                      saying, Come down    8:3     God  hath

                      against       the    delivered    into

                      Midianites,   and    your   hands  the

                      take  before them    princes        of

                      the  waters  unto    Midian,  Oreb and

                      Bethbarah     and    Zeeb:   and  what

                      Jordan.  Then all    was I  able to do

                      the     men    of    in  comparison of

                      Ephraim  gathered    you?  Then  their

                      themselves           anger  was abated

                      together,     and    toward  him, when

                      took  the  waters    he had said that.

                      unto    Bethbarah

                      and Jordan.          8:4    And Gideon

                      7:25    And  they    came  to  Jordan,

                      took  two princes    [and]      passed

                      of            the    over, he, and the

                      Midianites,  Oreb    three hundred men

                      and   Zeeb;   and    that  [were] with

                      they   slew  Oreb    him,  faint,  yet

                      upon   the   rock    pursuing [them]. 

                      Oreb,   and  Zeeb    8:5   And he said

                      they slew  at the    unto  the  men of

                      winepress      of    Succoth,  Give, I

                      Zeeb, and pursued    pray  you, loaves

                      Midian,       and    of bread unto the

                      brought the heads    people       that

                      of Oreb  and Zeeb    follow   me;  for

                      to Gideon  on the    they  [be] faint,

                      other        side    and I am pursuing

                      Jordan.              after  Zebah  and

                      8:1   And the men    Zalmunna,   kings

                      of  Ephraim  said    of Midian. 

                      unto   him,   Why    8:6      And  the

                      hast  thou served    princes        of

                      us   thus,   that    Succoth     said,

                      thou  calledst us    [Are]  the  hands

                      not,   when  thou    of    Zebah   and











                      Zalmunna  now  in    the east of Nobah

                      thine  hand, that    and Jogbehah, and

                      we   should  give    smote  the  host:

                      bread  unto thine    for  the host was

                      army?                secure. 

                      8:7    And Gideon    8:12    And  when

                      said,   Therefore    Zebah         and

                      when   the   LORD    Zalmunna fled, he

                      hath    delivered    pursued     after

                      Zebah         and    them,   and  took

                      Zalmunna     into    the  two kings of

                      mine hand, then I    Midian, Zebah and

                      will   tear  your    Zalmunna,     and

                      flesh   with  the    discomfited   all

                      thorns   of   the    the host. 

                      wilderness    and    8:13   And Gideon

                      with briers.         the  son of Joash

                      8:8   And he went    returned     from

                      up    thence   to    battle before the

                      Penuel, and spake    sun [was up], 

                      unto         them    8:14   And caught

                      likewise: and the    a  young  man  of

                      men   of   Penuel    the     men    of

                      answered  him  as    Succoth,      and

                      the     men    of    inquired  of him:

                      Succoth       had    and  he described

                      answered [him].      unto    him   the

                      8:9  And he spake    princes        of

                      also unto the men    Succoth,  and the

                      of        Penuel,    elders   thereof,

                      saying,   When  I    [even] threescore

                      come   again   in    and     seventeen

                      peace,   I   will    men. 

                      break  down  this    8:15  And he came

                      tower.               unto  the  men of

                      8:10    Now Zebah    Succoth,      and

                      and      Zalmunna    said,      Behold

                      [were] in Karkor,    Zebah         and

                      and  their  hosts    Zalmunna     with

                      with  them, about    whom    ye    did

                      fifteen  thousand    upbraid       me,

                      [men],  all  that    saying, [Are] the

                      were left  of all    hands   of  Zebah

                      the hosts  of the    and  Zalmunna now

                      children  of  the    in   thine  hand,

                      east:  for  there    that   we  should

                      fell  an  hundred    give  bread  unto

                      and        twenty    thy   men   [that

                      thousand men that    are] weary? 

                      drew sword.          8:16  And he took

                      8:11   And Gideon    the elders of the

                      went  up  by  the    city,  and thorns

                      way of  them that    of the wilderness

                      dwelt in tents on    and  briers,  and











                      with    them   he    camels' necks. 

                      taught the men of    8:22    Then  the

                      Succoth.             men   of   Israel

                      8:17  And he beat    said unto Gideon,

                      down the tower of    Rule   thou  over

                      Penuel,  and slew    us,   both  thou,

                      the  men  of  the    and  thy son, and

                      city.                thy   son's   son

                      8:18    Then said    also:   for  thou

                      he unto Zebah and    hast delivered us

                      Zalmunna,    What    from the  hand of

                      manner   of   men    Midian. 

                      [were  they] whom    8:23   And Gideon

                      ye slew at Tabor?    said unto them, I

                      And          they    will   not   rule

                      answered, As thou    over you, neither

                      [art],  so [were]    shall my son rule

                      they;   each  one    over   you:   the

                      resembled     the    LORD  shall  rule

                      children   of   a    over you. 

                      king.                8:24   And Gideon

                      8:19      And  he    said unto them, I

                      said, They [were]    would   desire  a

                      my      brethren,    request  of  you,

                      [even]  the  sons    that   ye   would

                      of   my   mother:    give me every man

                      [as]   the   LORD    the  earrings  of

                      liveth, if ye had    his   prey.  (For

                      saved them alive,    they  had  golden

                      I would  not slay    earrings, because

                      you.                 they       [were]

                      8:20  And he said    Ishmaelites.) 

                      unto  Jether  his    8:25    And  they

                      firstborn,    Up,    answered, We will

                      [and]  slay them.    willingly    give

                      But   the   youth    [them].  And they

                      drew    not   his    spread a garment,

                      sword:   for   he    and    did   cast

                      feared,   because    therein every man

                      he  [was]  yet  a    the  earrings  of

                      youth.               his prey. 

                      8:21   Then Zebah    8:26     And  the

                      and      Zalmunna    weight   of   the

                      said,  Rise thou,    golden   earrings

                      and fall upon us:    that he requested

                      for  as  the  man    was   a  thousand

                      [is,  so  is] his    and seven hundred

                      strength.     And    [shekels]      of

                      Gideon arose, and    gold;      beside

                      slew   Zebah  and    ornaments,    and

                      Zalmunna,     and    collars,      and

                      took   away   the    purple    raiment

                      ornaments    that    that [was] on the

                      [were]  on  their    kings  of Midian,











                      and   beside  the    in  Ophrah of the

                      chains       that    Abiezrites. 

                      [were]      about    8:33  And it came

                      their     camels'    to pass,  as soon

                      necks.               as   Gideon   was

                      8:27   And Gideon    dead,   that  the

                      made   an   ephod    children       of

                      thereof,  and put    Israel     turned

                      it  in  his city,    again, and went a

                      [even] in Ophrah:    whoring     after

                      and   all  Israel    Baalim,  and made

                      went   thither  a    Baalberith  their

                      whoring after it:    god. 

                      which       thing    8:34     And  the

                      became   a  snare    children       of

                      unto  Gideon, and    Israel remembered

                      to his house.        not    the   LORD

                      8:28    Thus  was    their   God,  who

                      Midian    subdued    had     delivered

                      before        the    them  out  of the

                      children       of    hands    of   all

                      Israel,  so  that    their  enemies on

                      they   lifted  up    every side: 

                      their   heads  no    8:35      Neither

                      more.   And   the    showed       they

                      country   was  in    kindness  to  the

                      quietness   forty    house          of

                      years in the days    Jerubbaal,

                      of Gideon.           [namely], Gideon,

                      8:29          And    according  to all

                      Jerubbaal the son    the      goodness

                      of Joash went and    which    he   had

                      dwelt  in his own    showed       unto

                      house.               Israel. 

                      8:30   And Gideon    9:1           And

                      had    threescore    Abimelech the son

                      and  ten  sons of    of Jerubbaal went

                      his          body    to  Shechem  unto

                      begotten:  for he    his      mother's

                      had many wives.      brethren,     and

                      8:31     And  his    communed     with

                      concubine    that    them,   and  with

                      [was] in Shechem,    all the family of

                      she also bare him    the  house of his

                      a son, whose name    mother's  father,

                      he         called    saying, 

                      Abimelech.           9:2     Speak,  I

                      8:32   And Gideon    pray  you, in the

                      the son  of Joash    ears  of  all the

                      died  in  a  good    men  of  Shechem,

                      old age,  and was    Whether      [is]

                      buried   in   the    better  for  you,

                      sepulchre      of    either  that  all

                      Joash his father,    the    sons    of











                      Jerubbaal, [which    together, and all

                      are]   threescore    the    house   of

                      and  ten persons,    Millo,  and went,

                      reign  over  you,    and          made

                      or that one reign    Abimelech   king,

                      over         you?    by  the  plain of

                      remember     also    the  pillar  that

                      that I  [am] your    [was] in Shechem.

                      bone   and   your

                      flesh.               9:7     And  when

                      9:3      And  his    they told [it] to

                      mother's brethren    Jotham,  he  went

                      spake  of  him in    and  stood in the

                      the  ears  of all    top    of   mount

                      the     men    of    Gerizim,      and

                      Shechem all these    lifted   up   his

                      words:  and their    voice, and cried,

                      hearts   inclined    and   said   unto

                      to         follow    them,     Hearken

                      Abimelech;    for    unto  me,  ye men

                      they   said,   He    of  Shechem, that

                      [is] our brother.    God  may  hearken

                                           unto you. 

                      9:4     And  they    9:8    The  trees

                      gave          him    went  forth [on a

                      threescore    and    time] to anoint a

                      ten  [pieces]  of    king  over  them;

                      silver out of the    and   they   said

                      house          of    unto   the  olive

                      Baalberith,          tree,  Reign thou

                      wherewith            over us. 

                      Abimelech   hired    9:9      But  the

                      vain   and  light    olive  tree  said

                      persons,    which    unto them, Should

                      followed him.        I     leave    my

                      9:5   And he went    fatness,

                      unto his father's    wherewith  by  me

                      house  at Ophrah,    they  honour  God

                      and    slew   his    and  man,  and go

                      brethren the sons    to   be  promoted

                      of     Jerubbaal,    over the trees? 

                      [being]              9:10     And  the

                      threescore    and    trees said to the

                      ten persons, upon    fig   tree,  Come

                      one        stone:    thou, [and] reign

                      notwithstanding      over us. 

                      yet   Jotham  the    9:11  But the fig

                      youngest  son  of    tree   said  unto

                      Jerubbaal     was    them,   Should  I

                      left;  for he hid    forsake        my

                      himself.             sweetness, and my

                      9:6   And all the    good  fruit,  and

                      men   of  Shechem    go to be promoted

                      gathered             over the trees? 











                      9:12    Then said    risen  up against

                      the   trees  unto    my father's house

                      the   vine,  Come    this   day,   and

                      thou, [and] reign    have   slain  his

                      over us.             sons,  threescore

                      9:13     And  the    and  ten persons,

                      vine   said  unto    upon  one  stone,

                      them,   Should  I    and   have   made

                      leave   my  wine,    Abimelech,    the

                      which    cheereth    son     of    his

                      God  and man, and    maidservant, king

                      go to be promoted    over  the  men of

                      over the trees?      Shechem,  because

                      9:14    Then said    he    [is]   your

                      all   the   trees    brother;) 

                      unto the bramble,    9:19   If ye then

                      Come  thou, [and]    have  dealt truly

                      reign over us.       and     sincerely

                      9:15     And  the    with    Jerubbaal

                      bramble said unto    and    with   his

                      the trees,  If in    house  this  day,

                      truth  ye  anoint    [then] rejoice ye

                      me king over you,    in Abimelech, and

                      [then] come [and]    let    him   also

                      put your trust in    rejoice in you: 

                      my shadow: and if    9:20  But if not,

                      not,   let   fire    let fire come out

                      come  out  of the    from   Abimelech,

                      bramble,      and    and   devour  the

                      devour the cedars    men  of  Shechem,

                      of Lebanon.          and  the house of

                      9:16          Now    Millo;   and  let

                      therefore,  if ye    fire   come   out

                      have  done  truly    from  the  men of

                      and sincerely, in    Shechem, and from

                      that ye have made    the    house   of

                      Abimelech   king,    Millo, and devour

                      and  if  ye  have    Abimelech. 

                      dealt  well  with    9:21   And Jotham

                      Jerubbaal and his    ran   away,   and

                      house,  and  have    fled, and went to

                      done   unto   him    Beer,  and  dwelt

                      according  to the    there,  for  fear

                      deserving  of his    of  Abimelech his

                      hands;               brother. 

                      9:17     (For  my    9:22         When

                      father fought for    Abimelech     had

                      you,          and    reigned     three

                      adventured    his    years        over

                      life   far,   and    Israel, 

                      delivered you out    9:23    Then  God

                      of  the  hand  of    sent    an   evil

                      Midian:              spirit    between

                      9:18   And ye are    Abimelech and the











                      men  of  Shechem;    the  son  of Ebed

                      and  the  men  of    said,   Who  [is]

                      Shechem     dealt    Abimelech,    and

                      treacherously        who [is] Shechem,

                      with Abimelech:      that   we  should

                      9:24    That  the    serve  him?  [is]

                      cruelty [done] to    not [he]  the son

                      the    threescore    of Jerubbaal? and

                      and  ten  sons of    Zebul         his

                      Jerubbaal   might    officer?    serve

                      come,  and  their    the men  of Hamor

                      blood   be   laid    the   father   of

                      upon    Abimelech    Shechem:  for why

                      their    brother,    should  we  serve

                      which  slew them;    him? 

                      and upon  the men    9:29    And would

                      of Shechem, which    to    God    this

                      aided him  in the    people were under

                      killing   of  his    my   hand!   then

                      brethren.            would   I  remove

                      9:25  And the men    Abimelech. And he

                      of   Shechem  set    said           to

                      liers in wait for    Abimelech,

                      him in the top of    Increase    thine

                      the    mountains,    army,   and  come

                      and  they  robbed    out. 

                      all   that   came    9:30    And  when

                      along that way by    Zebul  the  ruler

                      them:  and it was    of the city heard

                      told Abimelech.      the words of Gaal

                      9:26    And  Gaal    the  son of Ebed,

                      the  son  of Ebed    his   anger   was

                      came   with   his    kindled. 

                      brethren,     and    9:31  And he sent

                      went    over   to    messengers   unto

                      Shechem:  and the    Abimelech

                      men   of  Shechem    privily,  saying,

                      put         their    Behold,  Gaal the

                      confidence     in    son  of  Ebed and

                      him.                 his  brethren  be

                      9:27    And  they    come  to Shechem;

                      went out into the    and, behold, they

                      fields,       and    fortify  the city

                      gathered    their    against thee. 

                      vineyards,    and    9:32          Now

                      trode        [the    therefore  up  by

                      grapes], and made    night,  thou  and

                      merry,  and  went    the  people  that

                      into the house of    [is]  with  thee,

                      their   god,  and    and  lie  in wait

                      did    eat    and    in the field: 

                      drink, and cursed    9:33      And  it

                      Abimelech.           shall  be, [that]

                      9:28    And  Gaal    in  the  morning,











                      as  soon  as  the    the   land,   and

                      sun  is  up, thou    another   company

                      shalt rise early,    come along by the

                      and set  upon the    plain          of

                      city:        and,    Meonenim. 

                      behold, [when] he    9:38    Then said

                      and   the  people    Zebul  unto  him,

                      that   [is]  with    Where   [is]  now

                      him    come   out    thy        mouth,

                      against     thee,    wherewith    thou

                      then  mayest thou    saidst,  Who [is]

                      do   to  them  as    Abimelech,   that

                      thou  shalt  find    we  should  serve

                      occasion.            him?   [is]   not

                      9:34          And    this  the  people

                      Abimelech    rose    that   thou  hast

                      up,  and  all the    despised? go out,

                      people       that    I  pray  now, and

                      [were]  with him,    fight with them. 

                      by   night,   and    9:39    And  Gaal

                      they   laid  wait    went  out  before

                      against   Shechem    the     men    of

                      in           four    Shechem,      and

                      companies.           fought       with

                      9:35    And  Gaal    Abimelech. 

                      the  son  of Ebed    9:40          And

                      went   out,   and    Abimelech  chased

                      stood    in   the    him, and  he fled

                      entering  of  the    before  him,  and

                      gate of the city:    many         were

                      and     Abimelech    overthrown  [and]

                      rose  up, and the    wounded,   [even]

                      people       that    unto the entering

                      [were]  with him,    of the gate. 

                      from   lying   in    9:41          And

                      wait.                Abimelech   dwelt

                      9:36    And  when    at   Arumah:  and

                      Gaal    saw   the    Zebul  thrust out

                      people,  he  said    Gaal    and   his

                      to Zebul, Behold,    brethren,    that

                      there come people    they  should  not

                      down from the top    dwell in Shechem.

                      of the mountains.

                      And   Zebul  said    9:42  And it came

                      unto   him,  Thou    to  pass  on  the

                      seest  the shadow    morrow,  that the

                      of  the mountains    people  went  out

                      as [if they were]    into  the  field;

                      men.                 and   they   told

                      9:37    And  Gaal    Abimelech. 

                      spake  again  and    9:43  And he took

                      said,  See  there    the  people,  and

                      come  people down    divided them into

                      by the  middle of    three  companies,











                      and laid  wait in    up    to    mount

                      the   field,  and    Zalmon,   he  and

                      looked,      and,    all   the  people

                      behold,       the    that  [were] with

                      people     [were]    him;          and

                      come forth out of    Abimelech took an

                      the city;  and he    ax  in  his hand,

                      rose  up  against    and  cut  down  a

                      them,  and  smote    bough   from  the

                      them.                trees,  and  took

                      9:44          And    it, and laid [it]

                      Abimelech,    and    on  his shoulder,

                      the  company that    and said unto the

                      [was]  with  him,    people       that

                      rushed   forward,    [were]  with him,

                      and  stood in the    What ye have seen

                      entering  of  the    me    do,    make

                      gate of the city:    haste,  [and]  do

                      and    the    two    as I [have done].

                      [other] companies

                      ran upon all [the    9:49  And all the

                      people]      that    people   likewise

                      [were]   in   the    cut   down  every

                      fields,  and slew    man   his  bough,

                      them.                and      followed

                      9:45          And    Abimelech,    and

                      Abimelech  fought    put [them] to the

                      against  the city    hold, and set the

                      all that day; and    hold on fire upon

                      he took the city,    them; so that all

                      and    slew   the    the  men  of  the

                      people that [was]    tower  of Shechem

                      therein, and beat    died  also, about

                      down   the  city,    a   thousand  men

                      and sowed it with    and women. 

                      salt.                9:50    Then went

                      9:46    And  when    Abimelech      to

                      all  the  men  of    Thebez,       and

                      the    tower   of    encamped  against

                      Shechem     heard    Thebez,  and took

                      [that],      they    it. 

                      entered  into  an    9:51    But there

                      hold of the house    was    a   strong

                      of     the    god    tower  within the

                      Berith.              city, and thither

                      9:47   And it was    fled all  the men

                      told   Abimelech,    and   women,  and

                      that  all the men    all  they  of the

                      of  the  tower of    city,   and  shut

                      Shechem      were    [it] to them, and

                      gathered             gat  them  up  to

                      together.            the  top  of  the

                      9:48          And    tower. 

                      Abimelech gat him    9:52          And











                      Abimelech    came    Jerubbaal. 

                      unto  the  tower,    10:1    And after

                      and        fought    Abimelech   there

                      against  it,  and    arose  to  defend

                      went   hard  unto    Israel  Tola  the

                      the  door  of the    son  of  Puah the

                      tower  to burn it    son  of  Dodo,  a

                      with fire.           man  of Issachar,

                      9:53      And   a    and  he  dwelt in

                      certain     woman    Shamir  in  mount

                      cast a piece of a    Ephraim. 

                      millstone    upon    10:2      And  he

                      Abimelech's head,    judged     Israel

                      and  all to brake    twenty  and three

                      his skull.           years,  and died,

                      9:54     Then  he    and was buried in

                      called    hastily    Shamir. 

                      unto   the  young    10:3    And after

                      man           his    him arose Jair, a

                      armourbearer, and    Gileadite,    and

                      said   unto  him,    judged     Israel

                      Draw  thy  sword,    twenty   and  two

                      and slay me, that    years. 

                      men  say  not  of    10:4   And he had

                      me, A  woman slew    thirty  sons that

                      him.    And   his    rode   on  thirty

                      young  man thrust    ass   colts,  and

                      him  through, and    they  had  thirty

                      he died.             cities, which are

                      9:55    And  when    called Havothjair

                      the men of Israel    unto   this  day,

                      saw          that    which   [are]  in

                      Abimelech     was    the    land    of

                      dead,        they    Gilead. 

                      departed    every    10:5    And  Jair

                      man    unto   his    died,   and   was

                      place.               buried in Camon. 

                      9:56    Thus  God    10:6     And  the

                      rendered      the    children       of

                      wickedness     of    Israel  did  evil

                      Abimelech,  which    again    in   the

                      he  did  unto his    sight    of   the

                      father,        in    LORD,  and served

                      slaying       his    Baalim,       and

                      seventy brethren:    Ashtaroth,    and

                                           the    gods    of

                      9:57  And all the    Syria,   and  the

                      evil  of  the men    gods   of  Zidon,

                      of   Shechem  did    and  the  gods of

                      God  render  upon    Moab,   and   the

                      their  heads: and    gods    of    the

                      upon   them  came    children       of

                      the    curse   of    Ammon,   and  the

                      Jotham the son of    gods    of    the











                      Philistines,  and    [I  deliver  you]

                      forsook the LORD,    from          the

                      and   served  not    Egyptians,    and

                      him.                 from          the

                      10:7     And  the    Amorites,    from

                      anger of the LORD    the  children  of

                      was  hot  against    Ammon,  and  from

                      Israel,   and  he    the Philistines? 

                      sold   them  into    10:12         The

                      the  hands of the    Zidonians   also,

                      Philistines,  and    and           the

                      into the hands of    Amalekites,   and

                      the  children  of    the Maonites, did

                      Ammon.               oppress  you; and

                      10:8    And  that    ye  cried  to me,

                      year  they  vexed    and  I  delivered

                      and oppressed the    you  out of their

                      children       of    hand. 

                      Israel:  eighteen    10:13     Yet  ye

                      years,   all  the    have forsaken me,

                      children       of    and  served other

                      Israel       that    gods: wherefore I

                      [were]   on   the    will  deliver you

                      other side Jordan    no more. 

                      in  the  land  of    10:14  Go and cry

                      the     Amorites,    unto   the   gods

                      which   [is]   in    which   ye   have

                      Gilead.              chosen;  let them

                      10:9     Moreover    deliver   you  in

                      the  children  of    the time  of your

                      Ammon passed over    tribulation. 

                      Jordan  to  fight    10:15    And  the

                      also      against    children       of

                      Judah,        and    Israel  said unto

                      against Benjamin,    the LORD, We have

                      and  against  the    sinned:  do  thou

                      house of Ephraim;    unto           us

                      so   that  Israel    whatsoever

                      was          sore    seemeth good unto

                      distressed.          thee;  deliver us

                      10:10    And  the    only,   we   pray

                      children       of    thee, this day. 

                      Israel cried unto    10:16    And they

                      the LORD, saying,    put    away   the

                      We   have  sinned    strange gods from

                      against     thee,    among  them,  and

                      both  because  we    served  the LORD:

                      have forsaken our    and his  soul was

                      God,   and   also    grieved  for  the

                      served Baalim.       misery of Israel.

                      10:11    And  the

                      LORD   said  unto    10:17    Then the

                      the  children  of    children of Ammon

                      Israel, [Did] not    were     gathered











                      together,     and    went   out   with

                      encamped       in    him. 

                      Gilead.  And  the    11:4  And it came

                      children       of    to     pass    in

                      Israel  assembled    process  of time,

                      themselves           that the children

                      together,     and    of Ammon made war

                      encamped       in    against Israel. 

                      Mizpeh.              11:5   And it was

                      10:18    And  the    so, that when the

                      people      [and]    children of Ammon

                      princes of Gilead    made  war against

                      said    one    to    Israel,       the

                      another, What man    elders  of Gilead

                      [is he] that will    went   to   fetch

                      begin   to  fight    Jephthah  out  of

                      against       the    the land of Tob: 

                      children       of    11:6    And  they

                      Ammon?  he  shall    said         unto

                      be head  over all    Jephthah,   Come,

                      the   inhabitants    and     be    our

                      of Gilead.           captain,  that we

                      11:1          Now    may   fight  with

                      Jephthah      the    the  children  of

                      Gileadite  was  a    Ammon. 

                      mighty   man   of    11:7          And

                      valour,   and  he    Jephthah     said

                      [was] the  son of    unto  the  elders

                      an   harlot:  and    of   Gilead,  Did

                      Gilead      begat    not  ye  hate me,

                      Jephthah.            and expel  me out

                      11:2          And    of   my  father's

                      Gilead's     wife    house?   and  why

                      bare   him  sons;    are ye  come unto

                      and   his  wife's    me  now  when  ye

                      sons grew up, and    are in distress? 

                      they  thrust  out    11:8     And  the

                      Jephthah,     and    elders  of Gilead

                      said   unto  him,    said         unto

                      Thou   shalt  not    Jephthah,

                      inherit   in  our    Therefore we turn

                      father's   house;    again   to   thee

                      for   thou  [art]    now,   that  thou

                      the   son   of  a    mayest   go  with

                      strange woman.       us,   and   fight

                      11:3         Then    against       the

                      Jephthah     fled    children       of

                      from          his    Ammon, and be our

                      brethren,     and    head over all the

                      dwelt in the land    inhabitants    of

                      of Tob: and there    Gilead. 

                      were     gathered    11:9          And

                      vain    men    to    Jephthah     said

                      Jephthah,     and    unto  the  elders











                      of  Gilead, If ye    Jordan:       now

                      bring   me   home    therefore restore

                      again   to  fight    those     [lands]

                      against       the    again peaceably. 

                      children       of    11:14         And

                      Ammon,   and  the    Jephthah     sent

                      LORD deliver them    messengers  again

                      before  me, shall    unto  the king of

                      I be your head?      the  children  of

                      11:10    And  the    Ammon: 

                      elders  of Gilead    11:15    And said

                      said         unto    unto   him,  Thus

                      Jephthah,     The    saith   Jephthah,

                      LORD  be  witness    Israel  took  not

                      between us, if we    away  the land of

                      do     not     so    Moab,   nor   the

                      according  to thy    land    of    the

                      words.               children       of

                      11:11        Then    Ammon: 

                      Jephthah     went    11:16    But when

                      with  the  elders    Israel   came  up

                      of   Gilead,  and    from  Egypt,  and

                      the  people  made    walked    through

                      him    head   and    the    wilderness

                      captain      over    unto the Red sea,

                      them:         and    and    came    to

                      Jephthah  uttered    Kadesh; 

                      all   his   words    11:17        Then

                      before  the  LORD    Israel       sent

                      in Mizpeh.           messengers   unto

                      11:12         And    the king of Edom,

                      Jephthah     sent    saying, Let me, I

                      messengers   unto    pray  thee,  pass

                      the  king  of the    through thy land:

                      children       of    but  the  king of

                      Ammon,    saying,    Edom   would  not

                      What hast thou to    hearken

                      do  with me, that    [thereto]. And in

                      thou   art   come    like  manner they

                      against   me   to    sent   unto   the

                      fight in my land?    king of Moab: but

                                           he    would   not

                      11:13    And  the    [consent]:    and

                      king    of    the    Israel  abode  in

                      children of Ammon    Kadesh. 

                      answered unto the    11:18   Then they

                      messengers     of    went        along

                      Jephthah, Because    through       the

                      Israel  took away    wilderness,   and

                      my   land,   when    compassed     the

                      they  came up out    land of Edom, and

                      of   Egypt,  from    the land of Moab,

                      Arnon  even  unto    and  came  by the

                      Jabbok,  and unto    east side  of the











                      land of Moab, and    Israel       hath

                      pitched   on  the    dispossessed  the

                      other   side   of    Amorites     from

                      Arnon,  but  came    before his people

                      not   within  the    Israel,       and

                      border  of  Moab:    shouldest    thou

                      for  Arnon  [was]    possess it? 

                      the   border   of    11:24    Wilt not

                      Moab.                thou possess that

                      11:19  And Israel    which Chemosh thy

                      sent   messengers    god  giveth  thee

                      unto  Sihon  king    to   possess?  So

                      of  the Amorites,    whomsoever    the

                      the    king    of    LORD    our   God

                      Heshbon;      and    shall  drive  out

                      Israel  said unto    from  before  us,

                      him, Let us pass,    them    will   we

                      we   pray   thee,    possess. 

                      through  thy land    11:25    And  now

                      into my place.       [art]   thou  any

                      11:20   But Sihon    thing better than

                      trusted       not    Balak the  son of

                      Israel   to  pass    Zippor,  king  of

                      through       his    Moab? did he ever

                      coast:  but Sihon    strive    against

                      gathered  all his    Israel, or did he

                      people  together,    ever        fight

                      and   pitched  in    against them, 

                      Jahaz, and fought    11:26       While

                      against Israel.      Israel  dwelt  in

                      11:21    And  the    Heshbon  and  her

                      LORD    God    of    towns,   and   in

                      Israel  delivered    Aroer   and   her

                      Sihon and all his    towns, and in all

                      people  into  the    the  cities  that

                      hand  of  Israel,    [be] along by the

                      and   they  smote    coasts  of Arnon,

                      them:  so  Israel    three     hundred

                      possessed all the    years?        why

                      land    of    the    therefore  did ye

                      Amorites,     the    not       recover

                      inhabitants    of    [them]     within

                      that country.        that time? 

                      11:22    And they    11:27   Wherefore

                      possessed all the    I have not sinned

                      coasts   of   the    against thee, but

                      Amorites,    from    thou   doest   me

                      Arnon  even  unto    wrong    to   war

                      Jabbok,  and from    against  me:  the

                      the    wilderness    LORD the Judge be

                      even unto Jordan.    judge   this  day

                                           between       the

                      11:23  So now the    children       of

                      LORD    God    of    Israel   and  the











                      children       of    them   into   his

                      Ammon.               hands. 

                      11:28     Howbeit    11:33     And  he

                      the  king  of the    smote  them  from

                      children of Ammon    Aroer,  even till

                      hearkened     not    thou    come   to

                      unto the words of    Minnith,   [even]

                      Jephthah which he    twenty    cities,

                      sent him.            and    unto   the

                      11:29    Then the    plain    of   the

                      spirit   of   the    vineyards, with a

                      LORD   came  upon    very        great

                      Jephthah,  and he    slaughter.   Thus

                      passed       over    the  children  of

                      Gilead,       and    Ammon        were

                      Manasseh,     and    subdued    before

                      passed       over    the  children  of

                      Mizpeh of Gilead,    Israel. 

                      and  from  Mizpeh    11:34         And

                      of    Gilead   he    Jephthah  came to

                      passed       over    Mizpeh  unto  his

                      [unto]        the    house,       and,

                      children       of    behold,       his

                      Ammon.               daughter came out

                      11:30         And    to meet  him with

                      Jephthah  vowed a    timbrels and with

                      vow    unto   the    dances:  and  she

                      LORD,  and  said,    [was   his]  only

                      If   thou   shalt    child; beside her

                      without      fail    he   had  neither

                      deliver       the    son nor daughter.

                      children of Ammon

                      into mine hands,     11:35     And  it

                      11:31    Then  it    came   to   pass,

                      shall   be,  that    when he  saw her,

                      whatsoever cometh    that he  rent his

                      forth    of   the    clothes,      and

                      doors of my house    said,   Alas,  my

                      to  meet me, when    daughter!    thou

                      I return in peace    hast  brought  me

                      from the children    very   low,   and

                      of  Ammon,  shall    thou  art  one of

                      surely   be   the    them that trouble

                      LORD'S,   and   I    me:  for  I  have

                      will  offer it up    opened  my  mouth

                      for    a    burnt    unto   the  LORD,

                      offering.            and  I  cannot go

                      11:32          So    back. 

                      Jephthah   passed    11:36    And  she

                      over   unto   the    said unto him, My

                      children of Ammon    father, [if] thou

                      to  fight against    hast  opened  thy

                      them;   and   the    mouth   unto  the

                      LORD    delivered    LORD,  do  to  me











                      according to that    12:1  And the men

                      which        hath    of        Ephraim

                      proceeded  out of    gathered

                      thy        mouth;    themselves

                      forasmuch  as the    together,     and

                      LORD  hath  taken    went   northward,

                      vengeance     for    and   said   unto

                      thee   of   thine    Jephthah,

                      enemies,   [even]    Wherefore

                      of  the  children    passedst     thou

                      of Ammon.            over   to   fight

                      11:37    And  she    against       the

                      said   unto   her    children       of

                      father,  Let this    Ammon,  and didst

                      thing be done for    not call us to go

                      me: let  me alone    with   thee?   we

                      two  months, that    will  burn  thine

                      I may  go  up and    house  upon  thee

                      down   upon   the    with fire. 

                      mountains,    and    12:2          And

                      bewail         my    Jephthah     said

                      virginity,  I and    unto them,  I and

                      my fellows.          my people were at

                      11:38     And  he    great strife with

                      said, Go.  And he    the  children  of

                      sent   her   away    Ammon; and when I

                      [for] two months:    called   you,  ye

                      and she went with    delivered  me not

                      her   companions,    out    of   their

                      and  bewailed her    hands. 

                      virginity    upon    12:3   And when I

                      the mountains.       saw    that    ye

                      11:39     And  it    delivered    [me]

                      came  to  pass at    not,   I  put  my

                      the  end  of  two    life in my hands,

                      months,  that she    and  passed  over

                      returned unto her    against       the

                      father,  who  did    children       of

                      with          her    Ammon,   and  the

                      [according]    to    LORD    delivered

                      his vow  which he    them    into   my

                      had   vowed:  and    hand:   wherefore

                      she knew  no man.    then  are ye come

                      And   it   was  a    up  unto  me this

                      custom in Israel,    day,   to   fight

                                           against me? 

                      11:40  [That] the    12:4         Then

                      daughters      of    Jephthah gathered

                      Israel       went    together  all the

                      yearly  to lament    men   of  Gilead,

                      the  daughter  of    and  fought  with

                      Jephthah      the    Ephraim:  and the

                      Gileadite    four    men   of   Gilead

                      days in a year.      smote    Ephraim,











                      because      they    Bethlehem  judged

                      said,          Ye    Israel. 

                      Gileadites  [are]    12:9   And he had

                      fugitives      of    thirty  sons, and

                      Ephraim among the    thirty daughters,

                      Ephraimites,         [whom]   he  sent

                      [and]  among  the    abroad,  and took

                      Manassites.          in         thirty

                      12:5     And  the    daughters    from

                      Gileadites   took    abroad   for  his

                      the  passages  of    sons.    And   he

                      Jordan before the    judged     Israel

                      Ephraimites:  and    seven years. 

                      it  was [so] that    12:10   Then died

                      when        those    Ibzan,   and  was

                      Ephraimites which    buried         at

                      were      escaped    Bethlehem. 

                      said,  Let  me go    12:11   And after

                      over;   that  the    him    Elon,    a

                      men   of   Gilead    Zebulonite,

                      said   unto  him,    judged    Israel;

                      [Art]   thou   an    and   he   judged

                      Ephraimite? If he    Israel ten years.

                      said, Nay; 

                      12:6    Then said    12:12    And Elon

                      they   unto  him,    the    Zebulonite

                      Say           now    died,   and   was

                      Shibboleth:   and    buried in Aijalon

                      he           said    in the country of

                      Sibboleth: for he    Zebulun. 

                      could  not  frame    12:13   And after

                      to pronounce [it]    him Abdon the son

                      right.  Then they    of    Hillel,   a

                      took   him,   and    Pirathonite,

                      slew  him  at the    judged Israel. 

                      passages       of    12:14  And he had

                      Jordan: and there    forty   sons  and

                      fell at that time    thirty   nephews,

                      of            the    that    rode   on

                      Ephraimites forty    threescore    and

                      and two thousand.    ten   ass  colts:

                                           and   he   judged

                      12:7          And    Israel      eight

                      Jephthah   judged    years. 

                      Israel six years.    12:15   And Abdon

                      Then         died    the son of Hillel

                      Jephthah      the    the   Pirathonite

                      Gileadite,    and    died,   and   was

                      was   buried   in    buried         in

                      [one    of]   the    Pirathon  in  the

                      cities of Gilead.    land  of Ephraim,

                                           in  the  mount of

                      12:8    And after    the Amalekites. 

                      him    Ibzan   of    13:1     And  the











                      children       of    woman   came  and

                      Israel  did  evil    told her husband,

                      again    in   the    saying,  A man of

                      sight    of   the    God came unto me,

                      LORD;   and   the    and           his

                      LORD    delivered    countenance [was]

                      them   into   the    like          the

                      hand    of    the    countenance of an

                      Philistines forty    angel   of   God,

                      years.               very    terrible:

                      13:2    And there    but  I  asked him

                      was a certain man    not   whence   he

                      of  Zorah, of the    [was],    neither

                      family   of   the    told  he  me  his

                      Danites,    whose    name: 

                      name        [was]    13:7  But he said

                      Manoah;  and  his    unto  me, Behold,

                      wife        [was]    thou        shalt

                      barren,  and bare    conceive,     and

                      not.                 bear  a  son; and

                      13:3     And  the    now drink no wine

                      angel of the LORD    nor strong drink,

                      appeared unto the    neither  eat  any

                      woman,  and  said    unclean  [thing]:

                      unto  her, Behold    for   the   child

                      now,  thou  [art]    shall     be    a

                      barren,       and    Nazarite  to  God

                      bearest  not: but    from the  womb to

                      thou        shalt    the  day  of  his

                      conceive,     and    death. 

                      bear a son.          13:8  Then Manoah

                      13:4          Now    entreated     the

                      therefore beware,    LORD, and said, O

                      I  pray thee, and    my Lord,  let the

                      drink   not  wine    man of  God which

                      nor strong drink,    thou  didst  send

                      and  eat  not any    come  again  unto

                      unclean [thing]:     us,  and teach us

                      13:5    For,  lo,    what  we shall do

                      thou        shalt    unto   the  child

                      conceive,     and    that   shall   be

                      bear  a  son; and    born. 

                      no   razor  shall    13:9     And  God

                      come on his head:    hearkened  to the

                      for   the   child    voice  of Manoah;

                      shall     be    a    and the  angel of

                      Nazarite unto God    God   came  again

                      from   the  womb:    unto the woman as

                      and    he   shall    she  sat  in  the

                      begin  to deliver    field: but Manoah

                      Israel out of the    her husband [was]

                      hand    of    the    not with her. 

                      Philistines.         13:10    And  the

                      13:6    Then  the    woman made haste,











                      and    ran,   and    angel of the LORD

                      showed        her    said unto Manoah,

                      husband, and said    Though       thou

                      unto him, Behold,    detain me, I will

                      the    man   hath    not  eat  of  thy

                      appeared unto me,    bread:   and   if

                      that came unto me    thou wilt offer a

                      the [other] day.     burnt   offering,

                      13:11  And Manoah    thou  must  offer

                      arose,  and  went    it unto the LORD.

                      after  his  wife,    For  Manoah  knew

                      and  came  to the    not that he [was]

                      man,   and   said    an  angel  of the

                      unto  him,  [Art]    LORD. 

                      thou the man that    13:17  And Manoah

                      spakest  unto the    said   unto   the

                      woman?   And   he    angel    of   the

                      said, I [am].        LORD,  What  [is]

                      13:12  And Manoah    thy   name,  that

                      said, Now let thy    when  thy sayings

                      words   come   to    come  to  pass we

                      pass.  How  shall    may    do    thee

                      we    order   the    honour? 

                      child,  and [how]    13:18    And  the

                      shall  we do unto    angel of the LORD

                      him?                 said   unto  him,

                      13:13    And  the    Why  askest  thou

                      angel of the LORD    thus   after   my

                      said unto Manoah,    name,  seeing  it

                      Of  all   that  I    [is] secret? 

                      said   unto   the    13:19   So Manoah

                      woman   let   her    took a kid with a

                      beware.              meat    offering,

                      13:14    She  may    and  offered [it]

                      not  eat  of  any    upon  a rock unto

                      [thing]      that    the   LORD:   and

                      cometh   of   the    [the  angel]  did

                      vine, neither let    wonderously;  and

                      her drink wine or    Manoah   and  his

                      strong drink, nor    wife looked on. 

                      eat  any  unclean    13:20     For  it

                      [thing]: all that    came   to   pass,

                      I  commanded  her    when   the  flame

                      let her observe.     went   up  toward

                      13:15  And Manoah    heaven  from  off

                      said   unto   the    the  altar,  that

                      angel    of   the    the  angel of the

                      LORD,    I   pray    LORD  ascended in

                      thee,    let   us    the  flame of the

                      detain      thee,    altar. And Manoah

                      until   we  shall    and    his   wife

                      have made ready a    looked  on  [it],

                      kid for thee.        and fell on their

                      13:16    And  the    faces    to   the











                      ground.              Philistines. 

                      13:21    But  the    14:2  And he came

                      angel of the LORD    up, and  told his

                      did    no    more    father   and  his

                      appear  to Manoah    mother, and said,

                      and  to his wife.    I  have   seen  a

                      Then  Manoah knew    woman  in Timnath

                      that  he [was] an    of  the daughters

                      angel    of   the    of            the

                      LORD.                Philistines:  now

                      13:22  And Manoah    therefore get her

                      said   unto   his    for me to wife. 

                      wife,   We  shall    14:3    Then  his

                      surely       die,    father   and  his

                      because  we  have    mother  said unto

                      seen God.            him,  [Is  there]

                      13:23    But  his    never   a   woman

                      wife   said  unto    among         the

                      him, If  the LORD    daughters  of thy

                      were  pleased  to    brethren,      or

                      kill us, he would    among    all   my

                      not have received    people, that thou

                      a  burnt offering    goest  to  take a

                      and     a    meat    wife    of    the

                      offering  at  our    uncircumcised

                      hands,    neither    Philistines?  And

                      would   he   have    Samson  said unto

                      showed   us   all    his  father,  Get

                      these   [things],    her  for  me; for

                      nor  would  as at    she  pleaseth  me

                      this   time  have    well. 

                      told   us   [such    14:4     But  his

                      things] as these.    father   and  his

                                           mother  knew  not

                      13:24    And  the    that it  [was] of

                      woman bare a son,    the LORD, that he

                      and   called  his    sought         an

                      name  Samson: and    occasion  against

                      the  child  grew,    the  Philistines:

                      and    the   LORD    for at  that time

                      blessed him.         the   Philistines

                      13:25    And  the    had dominion over

                      spirit   of   the    Israel. 

                      LORD   began   to    14:5    Then went

                      move him at times    Samson  down, and

                      in  the  camp  of    his   father  and

                      Dan between Zorah    his   mother,  to

                      and Eshtaol.         Timnath, and came

                      14:1   And Samson    to  the vineyards

                      went    down   to    of  Timnath: and,

                      Timnath,  and saw    behold,  a  young

                      a     woman    in    lion       roared

                      Timnath   of  the    against him. 

                      daughters  of the    14:6     And  the











                      spirit   of   the    brought    thirty

                      LORD         came    companions  to be

                      mightily     upon    with him. 

                      him, and  he rent    14:12  And Samson

                      him  as  he would    said unto them, I

                      have rent  a kid,    will    now   put

                      and    [he   had]    forth   a  riddle

                      nothing   in  his    unto  you:  if ye

                      hand: but he told    can     certainly

                      not his father or    declare   it   me

                      his  mother  what    within  the seven

                      he had done.         days    of    the

                      14:7  And he went    feast,  and  find

                      down,  and talked    [it] out,  then I

                      with  the  woman;    will   give   you

                      and  she  pleased    thirty sheets and

                      Samson well.         thirty  change of

                      14:8  And after a    garments: 

                      time  he returned    14:13   But if ye

                      to  take her, and    cannot    declare

                      he  turned  aside    [it]   me,   then

                      to     see    the    shall ye  give me

                      carcase   of  the    thirty sheets and

                      lion:        and,    thirty  change of

                      behold,    [there    garments.     And

                      was]  a  swarm of    they   said  unto

                      bees and honey in    him,   Put  forth

                      the   carcase  of    thy  riddle, that

                      the lion.            we may hear it. 

                      14:9  And he took    14:14     And  he

                      thereof   in  his    said  unto  them,

                      hands,  and  went    Out of  the eater

                      on   eating,  and    came  forth meat,

                      came    to    his    and  out  of  the

                      father        and    strong came forth

                      mother,   and  he    sweetness.    And

                      gave   them,  and    they could not in

                      they did eat: but    three        days

                      he  told not them    expound       the

                      that he had taken    riddle. 

                      the honey  out of    14:15     And  it

                      the   carcase  of    came  to  pass on

                      the lion.            the  seventh day,

                      14:10     So  his    that   they  said

                      father  went down    unto     Samson's

                      unto  the  woman:    wife,  Entice thy

                      and  Samson  made    husband,  that he

                      there   a  feast;    may  declare unto

                      for  so  used the    us   the  riddle,

                      young men to do.     lest we burn thee

                      14:11     And  it    and  thy father's

                      came   to   pass,    house  with fire:

                      when   they   saw    have ye called us

                      him,   that  they    to  take  that we











                      have? [is it] not    him,  and he went

                      [so]?                down to Ashkelon,

                      14:16         And    and  slew  thirty

                      Samson's     wife    men of  them, and

                      wept  before him,    took their spoil,

                      and   said,  Thou    and  gave  change

                      dost but hate me,    of  garments unto

                      and   lovest   me    them        which

                      not:   thou  hast    expounded     the

                      put    forth    a    riddle.  And  his

                      riddle  unto  the    anger         was

                      children   of  my    kindled,  and  he

                      people,  and hast    went  up  to  his

                      not told [it] me.    father's house. 

                      And he  said unto    14:20         But

                      her,   Behold,  I    Samson's wife was

                      have   not   told    [given]   to  his

                      [it]   my  father    companion,   whom

                      nor   my  mother,    he  had  used  as

                      and shall  I tell    his friend. 

                      [it] thee?           15:1  But it came

                      14:17    And  she    to  pass within a

                      wept  before  him    while  after,  in

                      the  seven  days,    the time of wheat

                      while their feast    harvest,     that

                      lasted:   and  it    Samson    visited

                      came  to  pass on    his  wife  with a

                      the  seventh day,    kid; and he said,

                      that he told her,    I  will  go in to

                      because  she  lay    my  wife into the

                      sore   upon  him:    chamber.  But her

                      and she  told the    father  would not

                      riddle   to   the    suffer  him to go

                      children  of  her    in. 

                      people.              15:2     And  her

                      14:18    And  the    father   said,  I

                      men  of  the city    verily    thought

                      said unto  him on    that  thou  hadst

                      the  seventh  day    utterly     hated

                      before   the  sun    her;  therefore I

                      went  down,  What    gave  her  to thy

                      [is] sweeter than    companion:   [is]

                      honey?  and  what    not  her  younger

                      [is]     stronger    sister     fairer

                      than a  lion? And    than   she?  take

                      he    said   unto    her, I pray thee,

                      them,  If  ye had    instead of her. 

                      not  plowed  with    15:3   And Samson

                      my heifer, ye had    said   concerning

                      not  found out my    them, Now shall I

                      riddle.              be more blameless

                      14:19    And  the    than          the

                      spirit   of   the    Philistines,

                      LORD   came  upon    though I  do them











                      a displeasure.       top  of  the rock

                      15:4   And Samson    Etam. 

                      went  and  caught    15:9    Then  the

                      three     hundred    Philistines  went

                      foxes,  and  took    up,  and  pitched

                      firebrands,   and    in   Judah,   and

                      turned   tail  to    spread themselves

                      tail,  and  put a    in Lehi. 

                      firebrand  in the    15:10    And  the

                      midst between two    men    of   Judah

                      tails.               said, Why  are ye

                      15:5  And when he    come  up  against

                      had    set    the    us?    And   they

                      brands  on  fire,    answered, To bind

                      he  let [them] go    Samson   are   we

                      into the standing    come up, to do to

                      corn    of    the    him  as  he  hath

                      Philistines,  and    done to us. 

                      burnt up both the    15:11  Then three

                      shocks,  and also    thousand  men  of

                      the      standing    Judah went to the

                      corn,   with  the    top  of  the rock

                      vineyards   [and]    Etam, and said to

                      olives.              Samson,   Knowest

                      15:6    Then  the    thou not that the

                      Philistines said,    Philistines [are]

                      Who   hath   done    rulers  over  us?

                      this?   And  they    what   [is]  this

                      answered, Samson,    [that]  thou hast

                      the son in law of    done unto us? And

                      the      Timnite,    he    said   unto

                      because   he  had    them, As they did

                      taken  his  wife,    unto me,  so have

                      and  given her to    I done unto them.

                      his    companion.

                      And           the    15:12    And they

                      Philistines  came    said unto him, We

                      up, and burnt her    are  come down to

                      and   her  father    bind  thee,  that

                      with fire.           we   may  deliver

                      15:7   And Samson    thee   into   the

                      said  unto  them,    hand    of    the

                      Though   ye  have    Philistines.  And

                      done   this,  yet    Samson  said unto

                      will I be avenged    them,  Swear unto

                      of you, and after    me, that  ye will

                      that    I    will    not fall  upon me

                      cease.               yourselves. 

                      15:8      And  he    15:13    And they

                      smote   them  hip    spake  unto  him,

                      and  thigh with a    saying,  No;  but

                      great  slaughter:    we will bind thee

                      and  he went down    fast, and deliver

                      and  dwelt in the    thee  into  their











                      hand:  but surely    called   on   the

                      we  will not kill    LORD,  and  said,

                      thee.   And  they    Thou  hast  given

                      bound   him  with    this        great

                      two   new  cords,    deliverance  into

                      and  brought  him    the  hand  of thy

                      up from the rock.    servant:  and now

                                           shall  I  die for

                      15:14  [And] when    thirst,  and fall

                      he    came   unto    into  the hand of

                      Lehi,         the    the

                      Philistines          uncircumcised? 

                      shouted   against    15:19    But  God

                      him:    and   the    clave  an  hollow

                      spirit   of   the    place  that [was]

                      LORD         came    in  the  jaw, and

                      mightily     upon    there  came water

                      him,    and   the    thereout;     and

                      cords that [were]    when    he    had

                      upon   his   arms    drunk, his spirit

                      became   as  flax    came  again,  and

                      that   was  burnt    he       revived:

                      with   fire,  and    wherefore      he

                      his  bands loosed    called  the  name

                      from    off   his    thereof

                      hands.               Enhakkore,  which

                      15:15     And  he    [is] in Lehi unto

                      found    a    new    this day. 

                      jawbone   of   an    15:20     And  he

                      ass,    and   put    judged  Israel in

                      forth  his  hand,    the  days  of the

                      and took  it, and    Philistines

                      slew  a  thousand    twenty years. 

                      men therewith.       16:1    Then went

                      15:16  And Samson    Samson  to  Gaza,

                      said,   With  the    and saw  there an

                      jawbone   of   an    harlot,  and went

                      ass,  heaps  upon    in unto her. 

                      heaps,  with  the    16:2  [And it was

                      jaw  of   an  ass    told]         the

                      have  I  slain  a    Gazites,  saying,

                      thousand men.        Samson   is  come

                      15:17     And  it    hither.  And they

                      came   to   pass,    compassed   [him]

                      when  he had made    in, and laid wait

                      an     end     of    for him all night

                      speaking, that he    in  the  gate  of

                      cast   away   the    the   city,   and

                      jawbone   out  of    were   quiet  all

                      his   hand,   and    the        night,

                      called that place    saying,   In  the

                      Ramathlehi.          morning,  when it

                      15:18  And he was    is  day, we shall

                      sore athirst, and    kill him. 











                      16:3   And Samson    they bind me with

                      lay          till    seven green withs

                      midnight,     and    that  were  never

                      arose          at    dried, then shall

                      midnight,     and    I be weak, and be

                      took the doors of    as another man. 

                      the  gate  of the    16:8    Then  the

                      city, and the two    lords    of   the

                      posts,  and  went    Philistines

                      away  with  them,    brought up to her

                      bar  and all, and    seven green withs

                      put  [them]  upon    which   had   not

                      his    shoulders,    been  dried,  and

                      and  carried them    she   bound   him

                      up to  the top of    with them. 

                      an hill that [is]    16:9   Now [there

                      before Hebron.       were]  men  lying

                      16:4  And it came    in  wait, abiding

                      to           pass    with  her  in the

                      afterward,   that    chamber.  And she

                      he  loved a woman    said   unto  him,

                      in  the valley of    The   Philistines

                      Sorek, whose name    [be]  upon  thee,

                      [was] Delilah.       Samson.   And  he

                      16:5     And  the    brake  the withs,

                      lords    of   the    as  a  thread  of

                      Philistines  came    tow   is   broken

                      up unto  her, and    when  it toucheth

                      said   unto  her,    the  fire. So his

                      Entice  him,  and    strength  was not

                      see  wherein  his    known. 

                      great    strength    16:10         And

                      [lieth],  and  by    Delilah said unto

                      what  [means]  we    Samson,   Behold,

                      may       prevail    thou  hast mocked

                      against him, that    me,  and  told me

                      we  may  bind him    lies:   now  tell

                      to  afflict  him:    me, I  pray thee,

                      and  we will give    wherewith    thou

                      thee every one of    mightest       be

                      us eleven hundred    bound. 

                      [pieces]       of    16:11     And  he

                      silver.              said unto her, If

                      16:6  And Delilah    they bind me fast

                      said  to  Samson,    with   new  ropes

                      Tell  me,  I pray    that  never  were

                      thee, wherein thy    occupied,    then

                      great    strength    shall I  be weak,

                      [lieth],      and    and be as another

                      wherewith    thou    man. 

                      mightest be bound    16:12     Delilah

                      to afflict thee.     therefore    took

                      16:7   And Samson    new   ropes,  and

                      said unto her, If    bound         him











                      therewith,    and    him   daily  with

                      said   unto  him,    her   words,  and

                      The   Philistines    urged  him,  [so]

                      [be]  upon  thee,    that his soul was

                      Samson.       And    vexed unto death;

                      [there      were]

                      liers   in   wait    16:17    That  he

                      abiding   in  the    told  her all his

                      chamber.  And  he    heart,  and  said

                      brake  them  from    unto  her,  There

                      off his arms like    hath  not  come a

                      a thread.            razor  upon  mine

                      16:13         And    head; for I [have

                      Delilah said unto    been]  a Nazarite

                      Samson,  Hitherto    unto God  from my

                      thou  hast mocked    mother's womb: if

                      me,  and  told me    I be shaven, then

                      lies:   tell   me    my  strength will

                      wherewith    thou    go from me, and I

                      mightest       be    shall      become

                      bound.   And   he    weak, and be like

                      said unto her, If    any [other] man. 

                      thou  weavest the    16:18    And when

                      seven locks of my    Delilah  saw that

                      head   with   the    he  had  told her

                      web.                 all   his  heart,

                      16:14    And  she    she    sent   and

                      fastened     [it]    called   for  the

                      with the pin, and    lords    of   the

                      said   unto  him,    Philistines,

                      The   Philistines    saying,  Come  up

                      [be]  upon  thee,    this once, for he

                      Samson.   And  he    hath   showed  me

                      awaked out of his    all   his  heart.

                      sleep,  and  went    Then the lords of

                      away with the pin    the   Philistines

                      of the  beam, and    came up unto her,

                      with the web.        and brought money

                      16:15    And  she    in their hand. 

                      said   unto  him,    16:19    And  she

                      How   canst  thou    made   him  sleep

                      say, I love thee,    upon  her  knees;

                      when  thine heart    and   she  called

                      [is] not with me?    for  a  man,  and

                      thou  hast mocked    she caused him to

                      me   these  three    shave   off   the

                      times,  and  hast    seven   locks  of

                      not    told    me    his head; and she

                      wherein thy great    began  to afflict

                      strength [lieth].    him,    and   his

                                           strength     went

                      16:16     And  it    from him. 

                      came   to   pass,    16:20    And  she

                      when  she pressed    said,         The











                      Philistines  [be]    16:25     And  it

                      upon        thee,    came   to   pass,

                      Samson.   And  he    when their hearts

                      awoke out  of his    were  merry, that

                      sleep,  and said,    they  said,  Call

                      I will  go out as    for  Samson, that

                      at   other  times    he  may  make  us

                      before, and shake    sport.  And  they

                      myself.   And  he    called for Samson

                      wist not that the    out of the prison

                      LORD was departed    house;   and   he

                      from him.            made  them sport:

                      16:21    But  the    and they  set him

                      Philistines  took    between       the

                      him,  and put out    pillars. 

                      his   eyes,   and    16:26  And Samson

                      brought  him down    said unto the lad

                      to    Gaza,   and    that  held him by

                      bound   him  with    the  hand, Suffer

                      fetters of brass;    me   that  I  may

                      and he  did grind    feel  the pillars

                      in   the   prison    whereupon     the

                      house.               house   standeth,

                      16:22     Howbeit    that  I  may lean

                      the  hair  of his    upon them. 

                      head   began   to    16:27    Now  the

                      grow  again after    house was full of

                      he was shaven.       men   and  women;

                      16:23    Then the    and all the lords

                      lords    of   the    of            the

                      Philistines          Philistines

                      gathered     them    [were] there; and

                      together  for  to    [there were] upon

                      offer   a   great    the   roof  about

                      sacrifice    unto    three    thousand

                      Dagon  their god,    men   and  women,

                      and  to  rejoice:    that beheld while

                      for   they  said,    Samson       made

                      Our    god   hath    sport. 

                      delivered  Samson    16:28  And Samson

                      our   enemy  into    called  unto  the

                      our hand.            LORD, and said, O

                      16:24    And when    Lord         GOD,

                      the   people  saw    remember   me,  I

                      him, they praised    pray   thee,  and

                      their   god:  for    strengthen  me, I

                      they   said,  Our    pray  thee,  only

                      god          hath    this once, O God,

                      delivered    into    that I  may be at

                      our   hands   our    once  avenged  of

                      enemy,   and  the    the   Philistines

                      destroyer  of our    for my two eyes. 

                      country,    which    16:29  And Samson

                      slew many of us.     took hold  of the











                      two        middle    thou    cursedst,

                      pillars      upon    and   spakest  of

                      which  the  house    also    in   mine

                      stood,   and   on    ears, behold, the

                      which    it   was    silver  [is] with

                      borne  up, of the    me;  I  took  it.

                      one    with   his    And   his  mother

                      right  hand,  and    said, Blessed [be

                      of the other with    thou]    of   the

                      his left.            LORD, my son. 

                      16:30  And Samson    17:3  And when he

                      said,  Let me die    had  restored the

                      with          the    eleven    hundred

                      Philistines.  And    [shekels]      of

                      he  bowed himself    silver   to   his

                      with   [all  his]    mother,       his

                      might;   and  the    mother   said,  I

                      house  fell  upon    had        wholly

                      the   lords,  and    dedicated     the

                      upon    all   the    silver  unto  the

                      people       that    LORD from my hand

                      [were]   therein.    for  my  son,  to

                      So the dead which    make   a   graven

                      he  slew  at  his    image    and    a

                      death  were  more    molten image: now

                      than [they] which    therefore  I will

                      he  slew  in  his    restore  it  unto

                      life.                thee. 

                      16:31    Then his    17:4      Yet  he

                      brethren  and all    restored      the

                      the  house of his    money   unto  his

                      father came down,    mother;  and  his

                      and took him, and    mother  took  two

                      brought [him] up,    hundred [shekels]

                      and   buried  him    of   silver,  and

                      between Zorah and    gave them  to the

                      Eshtaol   in  the    founder, who made

                      buryingplace   of    thereof  a graven

                      Manoah        his    image    and    a

                      father.   And  he    molten image: and

                      judged     Israel    they were  in the

                      twenty years.        house of Micah. 

                      17:1    And there    17:5  And the man

                      was   a   man  of    Micah    had   an

                      mount    Ephraim,    house   of  gods,

                      whose  name [was]    and    made    an

                      Micah.               ephod,        and

                      17:2  And he said    teraphim,     and

                      unto  his mother,    consecrated   one

                      The        eleven    of  his sons, who

                      hundred [shekels]    became        his

                      of   silver  that    priest. 

                      were  taken  from    17:6    In  those

                      thee, about which    days  [there was]











                      no     king    in    the young man was

                      Israel,     [but]    unto  him  as one

                      every   man   did    of his sons. 

                      [that  which was]    17:12   And Micah

                      right in  his own    consecrated   the

                      eyes.                Levite;  and  the

                      17:7    And there    young  man became

                      was  a  young man    his  priest,  and

                      out            of    was in  the house

                      Bethlehemjudah of    of Micah. 

                      the   family   of    17:13   Then said

                      Judah,  who [was]    Micah, Now know I

                      a Levite,  and he    that   the   LORD

                      sojourned there.     will do  me good,

                      17:8  And the man    seeing  I  have a

                      departed  out  of    Levite   to  [my]

                      the   city   from    priest. 

                      Bethlehemjudah to    18:1    In  those

                      sojourn  where he    days  [there was]

                      could   find   [a    no     king    in

                      place]:   and  he    Israel:   and  in

                      came   to   mount    those   days  the

                      Ephraim   to  the    tribe    of   the

                      house  of  Micah,    Danites    sought

                      as he journeyed.     them           an

                      17:9    And Micah    inheritance    to

                      said   unto  him,    dwell   in;   for

                      Whence     comest    unto   that   day

                      thou? And he said    [all       their]

                      unto  him, I [am]    inheritance   had

                      a    Levite    of    not  fallen  unto

                      Bethlehemjudah,      them   among  the

                      and   I   go   to    tribes of Israel.

                      sojourn  where  I

                      may    find    [a    18:2     And  the

                      place].              children  of  Dan

                      17:10   And Micah    sent   of   their

                      said   unto  him,    family  five  men

                      Dwell   with  me,    from        their

                      and be  unto me a    coasts,   men  of

                      father    and   a    valour,      from

                      priest,   and   I    Zorah,  and  from

                      will   give  thee    Eshtaol,  to  spy

                      ten  [shekels] of    out the land, and

                      silver   by   the    to search it; and

                      year, and  a suit    they   said  unto

                      of  apparel,  and    them,  Go, search

                      thy  victuals. So    the   land:   who

                      the  Levite  went    when they came to

                      in.                  mount Ephraim, to

                      17:11    And  the    the    house   of

                      Levite        was    Micah,       they

                      content  to dwell    lodged there. 

                      with the man; and    18:3    When they











                      [were]   by   the    shame   in  [any]

                      house  of  Micah,    thing;  and  they

                      they   knew   the    [were]  far  from

                      voice    of   the    the    Zidonians,

                      young   man   the    and     had    no

                      Levite:  and they    business     with

                      turned         in    [any] man. 

                      thither, and said    18:8    And  they

                      unto   him,   Who    came  unto  their

                      brought      thee    brethren to Zorah

                      hither?  and what    and  Eshtaol: and

                      makest   thou  in    their    brethren

                      this [place]? and    said  unto  them,

                      what   hast  thou    What [say] ye? 

                      here?                18:9    And  they

                      18:4  And he said    said, Arise, that

                      unto  them,  Thus    we   may   go  up

                      and  thus dealeth    against them: for

                      Micah   with  me,    we have  seen the

                      and   hath  hired    land,        and,

                      me, and  I am his    behold,  it  [is]

                      priest.              very   good:  and

                      18:5    And  they    [are]  ye  still?

                      said   unto  him,    be  not  slothful

                      Ask  counsel,  we    to  go,  [and] to

                      pray   thee,   of    enter  to possess

                      God, that  we may    the land. 

                      know  whether our    18:10    When  ye

                      way  which  we go    go, ye shall come

                      shall          be    unto   a   people

                      prosperous.          secure,  and to a

                      18:6     And  the    large  land:  for

                      priest  said unto    God hath given it

                      them,    Go    in    into  your hands;

                      peace: before the    a   place   where

                      LORD   [is]  your    [there   is]   no

                      way   wherein  ye    want of any thing

                      go.                  that [is]  in the

                      18:7    Then  the    earth. 

                      five          men    18:11   And there

                      departed,     and    went  from thence

                      came   to  Laish,    of  the family of

                      and    saw    the    the  Danites, out

                      people       that    of  Zorah and out

                      [were]   therein,    of  Eshtaol,  six

                      how   they  dwelt    hundred       men

                      careless,   after    appointed    with

                      the manner of the    weapons of war. 

                      Zidonians,  quiet    18:12    And they

                      and  secure;  and    went    up,   and

                      [there   was]  no    pitched        in

                      magistrate in the    Kirjathjearim, in

                      land,  that might    Judah:  wherefore

                      put   [them]   to    they  called that











                      place  Mahanehdan    ephod,   and  the

                      unto   this  day:    teraphim, and the

                      behold,  [it  is]    molten image: and

                      behind               the  priest stood

                      Kirjathjearim.       in  the  entering

                      18:13    And they    of the  gate with

                      passed     thence    the  six  hundred

                      unto        mount    men  [that  were]

                      Ephraim, and came    appointed    with

                      unto the house of    weapons of war. 

                      Micah.               18:18   And these

                      18:14        Then    went into Micah's

                      answered the five    house,        and

                      men  that went to    fetched       the

                      spy    out    the    carved image, the

                      country of Laish,    ephod,   and  the

                      and   said   unto    teraphim, and the

                      their   brethren,    molten     image.

                      Do  ye  know that    Then   said   the

                      there is in these    priest unto them,

                      houses  an ephod,    What do ye? 

                      and teraphim, and    18:19    And they

                      a  graven  image,    said   unto  him,

                      and    a   molten    Hold  thy  peace,

                      image?        now    lay   thine  hand

                      therefore            upon  thy  mouth,

                      consider  what ye    and  go  with us,

                      have to do.          and  be  to  us a

                      18:15    And they    father    and   a

                      turned               priest:  [is  it]

                      thitherward,  and    better  for  thee

                      came to the house    to  be  a  priest

                      of  the young man    unto the house of

                      the       Levite,    one man,  or that

                      [even]  unto  the    thou be  a priest

                      house  of  Micah,    unto a  tribe and

                      and saluted him.     a    family    in

                      18:16    And  the    Israel? 

                      six  hundred  men    18:20    And  the

                      appointed    with    priest's    heart

                      their  weapons of    was glad,  and he

                      war, which [were]    took  the  ephod,

                      of  the  children    and the teraphim,

                      of  Dan, stood by    and   the  graven

                      the  entering  of    image,  and  went

                      the gate.            in  the  midst of

                      18:17    And  the    the people. 

                      five   men   that    18:21    So  they

                      went  to  spy out    turned        and

                      the land went up,    departed, and put

                      [and]   came   in    the  little  ones

                      thither,    [and]    and   the  cattle

                      took  the  graven    and  the carriage

                      image,   and  the    before them. 











                      18:22  [And] when    back   unto   his

                      they were  a good    house. 

                      way    from   the    18:27    And they

                      house  of  Micah,    took [the things]

                      the    men   that    which  Micah  had

                      [were]   in   the    made,   and   the

                      houses   near  to    priest  which  he

                      Micah's     house    had,   and   came

                      were     gathered    unto  Laish, unto

                      together,     and    a   people  [that

                      overtook      the    were]   at  quiet

                      children of Dan.     and  secure:  and

                      18:23    And they    they  smote  them

                      cried   unto  the    with  the edge of

                      children  of Dan.    the   sword,  and

                      And  they  turned    burnt   the  city

                      their  faces, and    with fire. 

                      said  unto Micah,    18:28  And [there

                      What aileth thee,    was]           no

                      that  thou comest    deliverer,

                      with    such    a    because  it [was]

                      company?             far  from  Zidon,

                      18:24     And  he    and  they  had no

                      said,   Ye   have    business     with

                      taken   away   my    [any] man; and it

                      gods    which   I    was in the valley

                      made,   and   the    that  [lieth]  by

                      priest,   and  ye    Bethrehob.    And

                      are   gone  away:    they    built   a

                      and  what  have I    city,  and  dwelt

                      more?   and  what    therein. 

                      [is]  this [that]    18:29    And they

                      ye  say  unto me,    called  the  name

                      What aileth thee?    of  the city Dan,

                                           after the name of

                      18:25    And  the    Dan their father,

                      children  of  Dan    who was born unto

                      said   unto  him,    Israel:   howbeit

                      Let not thy voice    the  name  of the

                      be   heard  among    city  [was] Laish

                      us,   lest  angry    at the first. 

                      fellows  run upon    18:30    And  the

                      thee,   and  thou    children  of  Dan

                      lose   thy  life,    set up the graven

                      with the lives of    image:        and

                      thy household.       Jonathan, the son

                      18:26    And  the    of  Gershom,  the

                      children  of  Dan    son  of Manasseh,

                      went  their  way:    he  and  his sons

                      and   when  Micah    were  priests  to

                      saw   that   they    the tribe  of Dan

                      [were] too strong    until the  day of

                      for    him,    he    the  captivity of

                      turned  and  went    the land. 











                      18:31    And they    him; and he abode

                      set    them    up    with   him  three

                      Micah's    graven    days: so they did

                      image,  which  he    eat   and  drink,

                      made,   all   the    and lodged there.

                      time   that   the

                      house  of God was    19:5  And it came

                      in Shiloh.           to  pass  on  the

                      19:1  And it came    fourth  day, when

                      to pass  in those    they  arose early

                      days, when [there    in  the  morning,

                      was]  no  king in    that  he  rose up

                      Israel,      that    to   depart:  and

                      there    was    a    the      damsel's

                      certain    Levite    father  said unto

                      sojourning on the    his  son  in law,

                      side   of   mount    Comfort     thine

                      Ephraim, who took    heart    with   a

                      to      him     a    morsel  of bread,

                      concubine  out of    and  afterward go

                      Bethlehemjudah.      your way. 

                      19:2     And  his    19:6    And  they

                      concubine  played    sat down, and did

                      the whore against    eat   and   drink

                      him,   and   went    both    of   them

                      away   from   him    together: for the

                      unto her father's    damsel's   father

                      house          to    had said unto the

                      Bethlehemjudah,      man,  Be content,

                      and   was   there    I pray  thee, and

                      four        whole    tarry  all night,

                      months.              and   let   thine

                      19:3     And  her    heart be merry. 

                      husband    arose,    19:7    And  when

                      and   went  after    the  man  rose up

                      her,   to   speak    to   depart,  his

                      friendly     unto    father   in   law

                      her,   [and]   to    urged        him:

                      bring  her again,    therefore      he

                      having        his    lodged      there

                      servant with him,    again. 

                      and  a  couple of    19:8      And  he

                      asses:   and  she    arose   early  in

                      brought  him into    the   morning  on

                      her      father's    the  fifth day to

                      house:  and  when    depart:  and  the

                      the father of the    damsel's   father

                      damsel  saw  him,    said,     Comfort

                      he   rejoiced  to    thine   heart,  I

                      meet him.            pray   thee.  And

                      19:4     And  his    they      tarried

                      father   in  law,    until  afternoon,

                      the      damsel's    and they  did eat

                      father,  retained    both of them. 











                      19:9    And  when    [is]  not  of the

                      the  man  rose up    children       of

                      to   depart,  he,    Israel;  we  will

                      and           his    pass    over   to

                      concubine,    and    Gibeah. 

                      his  servant, his    19:13     And  he

                      father   in  law,    said   unto   his

                      the      damsel's    servant,    Come,

                      father, said unto    and  let  us draw

                      him,  Behold, now    near  to  one  of

                      the  day  draweth    these  places  to

                      toward evening, I    lodge  all night,

                      pray   you  tarry    in Gibeah,  or in

                      all        night:    Ramah. 

                      behold,  the  day    19:14    And they

                      groweth   to   an    passed   on   and

                      end,  lodge here,    went  their  way;

                      that  thine heart    and  the sun went

                      may be merry; and    down   upon  them

                      to morrow get you    [when  they were]

                      early   on   your    by  Gibeah, which

                      way,   that  thou    [belongeth]    to

                      mayest go home.      Benjamin. 

                      19:10    But  the    19:15    And they

                      man   would   not    turned      aside

                      tarry that night,    thither, to go in

                      but  he  rose  up    [and] to lodge in

                      and departed, and    Gibeah:  and when

                      came over against    he  went  in,  he

                      Jebus, which [is]    sat him down in a

                      Jerusalem;    and    street   of   the

                      [there were] with    city:  for [there

                      him   two   asses    was]  no man that

                      saddled,      his    took   them  into

                      concubine    also    his    house   to

                      [was] with him.      lodging. 

                      19:11  [And] when    19:16        And,

                      they   [were]  by    behold,     there

                      Jebus,   the  day    came  an  old man

                      was   far  spent;    from his work out

                      and  the  servant    of  the  field at

                      said   unto   his    even, which [was]

                      master,  Come,  I    also   of   mount

                      pray   thee,  and    Ephraim;  and  he

                      let  us  turn  in    sojourned      in

                      into this city of    Gibeah:  but  the

                      the    Jebusites,    men  of the place

                      and lodge in it.     [were]

                      19:12    And  his    Benjamites. 

                      master  said unto    19:17    And when

                      him,  We will not    he had  lifted up

                      turn aside hither    his eyes,  he saw

                      into  the city of    a  wayfaring  man

                      a  stranger, that    in the  street of











                      the city: and the    they  were making

                      old   man   said,    their      hearts

                      Whither     goest    merry,    behold,

                      thou?  and whence    the  men  of  the

                      comest thou?         city,     certain

                      19:18     And  he    sons  of  Belial,

                      said unto him, We    beset  the  house

                      [are]     passing    round      about,

                      from                 [and] beat at the

                      Bethlehemjudah       door,  and  spake

                      toward  the  side    to  the master of

                      of mount Ephraim;    the   house,  the

                      from  thence [am]    old  man, saying,

                      I: and  I went to    Bring  forth  the

                      Bethlehemjudah,      man   that   came

                      but  I  [am  now]    into thine house,

                      going    to   the    that we  may know

                      house    of   the    him. 

                      LORD;  and  there    19:23    And  the

                      [is] no  man that    man,  the  master

                      receiveth  me  to    of   the   house,

                      house.               went   out   unto

                      19:19   Yet there    them,   and  said

                      is both straw and    unto  them,  Nay,

                      provender for our    my      brethren,

                      asses;  and there    [nay],   I   pray

                      is bread and wine    you, do  not [so]

                      also  for me, and    wickedly;  seeing

                      for thy handmaid,    that this  man is

                      and for the young    come   into  mine

                      man   [which  is]    house,   do   not

                      with          thy    this folly. 

                      servants:  [there    19:24     Behold,

                      is]  no  want  of    [here    is]   my

                      any thing.           daughter        a

                      19:20    And  the    maiden,  and  his

                      old   man   said,    concubine; them I

                      Peace  [be]  with    will   bring  out

                      thee;   howsoever    now,  and  humble

                      [let]   all   thy    ye  them,  and do

                      wants  [lie] upon    with   them  what

                      me;   only  lodge    seemeth good unto

                      not     in    the    you:   but   unto

                      street.              this  man  do not

                      19:21      So  he    so vile a thing. 

                      brought  him into    19:25    But  the

                      his   house,  and    men   would   not

                      gave    provender    hearken  to  him:

                      unto  the  asses:    so  the  man took

                      and  they  washed    his    concubine,

                      their  feet,  and    and  brought  her

                      did    eat    and    forth  unto them;

                      drink.               and   they   knew

                      19:22    [Now] as    her,  and  abused











                      her all the night    saw    it   said,

                      until         the    There was no such

                      morning: and when    deed   done   nor

                      the day  began to    seen from the day

                      spring,  they let    that the children

                      her go.              of Israel came up

                      19:26   Then came    out  of  the land

                      the  woman in the    of   Egypt   unto

                      dawning   of  the    this         day:

                      day,   and   fell    consider  of  it,

                      down  at the door    take  advice, and

                      of    the   man's    speak       [your

                      house  where  her    minds]. 

                      lord  [was], till    20:1    Then  all

                      it was light.        the  children  of

                      19:27    And  her    Israel  went out,

                      lord  rose  up in    and           the

                      the  morning, and    congregation  was

                      opened  the doors    gathered together

                      of the house, and    as one  man, from

                      went  out  to  go    Dan    even    to

                      his   way:   and,    Beersheba,   with

                      behold, the woman    the    land    of

                      his concubine was    Gilead,  unto the

                      fallen  down [at]    LORD in Mizpeh. 

                      the  door  of the    20:2     And  the

                      house,   and  her    chief  of all the

                      hands [were] upon    people, [even] of

                      the threshold.       all the tribes of

                      19:28     And  he    Israel, presented

                      said   unto  her,    themselves in the

                      Up, and let us be    assembly  of  the

                      going.  But  none    people   of  God,

                      answered.    Then    four      hundred

                      the  man took her    thousand  footmen

                      [up] upon an ass,    that drew sword. 

                      and the  man rose    20:3    (Now  the

                      up,  and  gat him    children       of

                      unto his place.      Benjamin    heard

                      19:29    And when    that the children

                      he  was come into    of   Israel  were

                      his   house,   he    gone     up    to

                      took a knife, and    Mizpeh.)     Then

                      laid  hold on his    said the children

                      concubine,    and    of  Israel,  Tell

                      divided      her,    [us],   how   was

                      [together]   with    this wickedness? 

                      her  bones,  into    20:4     And  the

                      twelve    pieces,    Levite,       the

                      and sent her into    husband   of  the

                      all the coasts of    woman   that  was

                      Israel.              slain,   answered

                      19:30  And it was    and said,  I came

                      so, that all that    into  Gibeah that











                      [belongeth]    to    the   tribes   of

                      Benjamin,  I  and    Israel,   and  an

                      my  concubine, to    hundred    of   a

                      lodge.               thousand,  and  a

                      20:5  And the men    thousand  out  of

                      of   Gibeah  rose    ten  thousand, to

                      against  me,  and    fetch victual for

                      beset  the  house    the  people, that

                      round  about upon    they may do, when

                      me    by   night,    they    come   to

                      [and]  thought to    Gibeah         of

                      have   slain  me:    Benjamin,

                      and  my concubine    according  to all

                      have they forced,    the   folly  that

                      that she is dead.    they have wrought

                                           in Israel. 

                      20:6   And I took    20:11  So all the

                      my concubine, and    men   of   Israel

                      cut     her    in    were     gathered

                      pieces,  and sent    against the city,

                      her    throughout    knit  together as

                      all  the  country    one man. 

                      of            the    20:12    And  the

                      inheritance    of    tribes  of Israel

                      Israel:  for they    sent  men through

                      have    committed    all  the tribe of

                      lewdness      and    Benjamin, saying,

                      folly in Israel.     What   wickedness

                      20:7   Behold, ye    [is] this that is

                      [are]         all    done among you? 

                      children       of    20:13         Now

                      Israel; give here    therefore deliver

                      your  advice  and    [us] the men, the

                      counsel.             children       of

                      20:8  And all the    Belial,     which

                      people  arose  as    [are]  in Gibeah,

                      one  man, saying,    that  we  may put

                      We  will  not any    them   to  death,

                      [of us] go to his    and put away evil

                      tent,     neither    from  Israel. But

                      will  we  any [of    the  children  of

                      us] turn into his    Benjamin    would

                      house.               not   hearken  to

                      20:9     But  now    the    voice   of

                      this  [shall  be]    their    brethren

                      the  thing  which    the  children  of

                      we  will   do  to    Israel: 

                      Gibeah;  [we will    20:14    But  the

                      go   up]  by  lot    children       of

                      against it;          Benjamin gathered

                      20:10     And  we    themselves

                      will take ten men    together  out  of

                      of   an   hundred    the  cities  unto

                      throughout    all    Gibeah, to go out











                      to battle against    Israel rose up in

                      the  children  of    the  morning, and

                      Israel.              encamped  against

                      20:15    And  the    Gibeah. 

                      children       of    20:20    And  the

                      Benjamin     were    men   of   Israel

                      numbered  at that    went    out    to

                      time  out  of the    battle    against

                      cities twenty and    Benjamin; and the

                      six  thousand men    men of Israel put

                      that  drew sword,    themselves     in

                      beside        the    array   to  fight

                      inhabitants    of    against  them  at

                      Gibeah,     which    Gibeah. 

                      were     numbered    20:21    And  the

                      seven     hundred    children       of

                      chosen men.          Benjamin     came

                      20:16   Among all    forth    out   of

                      this       people    Gibeah,       and

                      [there      were]    destroyed down to

                      seven     hundred    the ground of the

                      chosen        men    Israelites   that

                      lefthanded; every    day   twenty  and

                      one  could  sling    two thousand men.

                      stones at an hair

                      [breadth],    and    20:22    And  the

                      not miss.            people the men of

                      20:17    And  the    Israel encouraged

                      men   of  Israel,    themselves,   and

                      beside  Benjamin,    set  their battle

                      were     numbered    again in array in

                      four      hundred    the  place  where

                      thousand men that    they          put

                      drew  sword:  all    themselves     in

                      these  [were] men    array  the  first

                      of war.              day. 

                      20:18    And  the    20:23    (And the

                      children       of    children       of

                      Israel arose, and    Israel   went  up

                      went  up  to  the    and  wept  before

                      house of God, and    the   LORD  until

                      asked  counsel of    even,  and  asked

                      God,   and  said,    counsel   of  the

                      Which of us shall    LORD,     saying,

                      go  up  first  to    Shall  I   go  up

                      the        battle    again  to  battle

                      against       the    against       the

                      children       of    children       of

                      Benjamin? And the    Benjamin       my

                      LORD  said, Judah    brother?  And the

                      [shall   go   up]    LORD said,  Go up

                      first.               against him.) 

                      20:19    And  the    20:24    And  the

                      children       of    children       of











                      Israel  came near    LORD said, Go up;

                      against       the    for  to  morrow I

                      children       of    will deliver them

                      Benjamin      the    into thine hand. 

                      second day.          20:29  And Israel

                      20:25         And    set liers in wait

                      Benjamin     went    round       about

                      forth     against    Gibeah. 

                      them    out    of    20:30    And  the

                      Gibeah the second    children       of

                      day,          and    Israel   went  up

                      destroyed down to    against       the

                      the ground of the    children       of

                      children       of    Benjamin  on  the

                      Israel      again    third   day,  and

                      eighteen thousand    put themselves in

                      men;   all  these    array     against

                      drew the sword.      Gibeah,   as   at

                      20:26    Then all    other times. 

                      the  children  of    20:31    And  the

                      Israel,  and  all    children       of

                      the  people, went    Benjamin went out

                      up, and came unto    against       the

                      the house of God,    people,     [and]

                      and wept, and sat    were  drawn  away

                      there  before the    from   the  city;

                      LORD,  and fasted    and they began to

                      that   day  until    smite    of   the

                      even, and offered    people,     [and]

                      burnt   offerings    kill, as at other

                      and         peace    times,   in   the

                      offerings  before    highways,      of

                      the LORD.            which  one  goeth

                      20:27    And  the    up  to  the house

                      children       of    of  God,  and the

                      Israel   inquired    other  to  Gibeah

                      of the LORD, (for    in   the   field,

                      the  ark  of  the    about  thirty men

                      covenant  of  God    of Israel. 

                      [was]   there  in    20:32    And  the

                      those days,          children       of

                      20:28         And    Benjamin    said,

                      Phinehas, the son    They        [are]

                      of  Eleazar,  the    smitten      down

                      son   of   Aaron,    before us,  as at

                      stood  before  it    the   first.  But

                      in  those  days,)    the  children  of

                      saying,  Shall  I    Israel  said, Let

                      yet  again go out    us flee, and draw

                      to battle against    them   from   the

                      the  children  of    city   unto   the

                      Benjamin       my    highways. 

                      brother, or shall    20:33    And  all

                      I cease?  And the    the men of Israel











                      rose  up  out  of    drew [themselves]

                      their  place, and    along,  and smote

                      put themselves in    all the city with

                      array          at    the  edge  of the

                      Baaltamar:    and    sword. 

                      the liers in wait    20:38   Now there

                      of   Israel  came    was  an appointed

                      forth    out   of    sign  between the

                      their     places,    men of Israel and

                      [even] out of the    the    liers   in

                      meadows        of    wait,  that  they

                      Gibeah.              should   make   a

                      20:34   And there    great  flame with

                      came      against    smoke rise up out

                      Gibeah        ten    of the city. 

                      thousand   chosen    20:39    And when

                      men  out  of  all    the men of Israel

                      Israel,  and  the    retired   in  the

                      battle  was sore:    battle,  Benjamin

                      but they knew not    began   to  smite

                      that  evil  [was]    [and] kill of the

                      near them.           men   of   Israel

                      20:35    And  the    about      thirty

                      LORD        smote    persons: for they

                      Benjamin   before    said, Surely they

                      Israel:  and  the    are  smitten down

                      children       of    before   us,   as

                      Israel  destroyed    [in]   the  first

                      of the Benjamites    battle. 

                      that  day  twenty    20:40    But when

                      and five thousand    the  flame  began

                      and   an  hundred    to  arise  up out

                      men:   all  these    of the  city with

                      drew the sword.      a    pillar    of

                      20:36     So  the    smoke,        the

                      children       of    Benjamites looked

                      Benjamin saw that    behind them, and,

                      they         were    behold, the flame

                      smitten:  for the    of    the    city

                      men   of   Israel    ascended   up  to

                      gave place to the    heaven. 

                      Benjamites,          20:41    And when

                      because      they    the men of Israel

                      trusted  unto the    turned again, the

                      liers   in   wait    men  of  Benjamin

                      which   they  had    were  amazed: for

                      set        beside    they   saw   that

                      Gibeah.              evil   was   come

                      20:37    And  the    upon them. 

                      liers   in   wait    20:42   Therefore

                      hasted,       and    they       turned

                      rushed       upon    [their     backs]

                      Gibeah;  and  the    before the men of

                      liers   in   wait    Israel  unto  the











                      way     of    the    in    the    rock

                      wilderness;   but    Rimmon       four

                      the        battle    months. 

                      overtook    them;    20:48    And  the

                      and   them  which    men   of   Israel

                      [came] out of the    turned again upon

                      cities       they    the  children  of

                      destroyed  in the    Benjamin,     and

                      midst of them.       smote  them  with

                      20:43      [Thus]    the  edge  of the

                      they enclosed the    sword,   as  well

                      Benjamites  round    the     men    of

                      about,      [and]    [every]  city, as

                      chased      them,    the   beast,  and

                      [and]  trode them    all  that came to

                      down   with  ease    hand:  also  they

                      over      against    set  on  fire all

                      Gibeah toward the    the  cities  that

                      sunrising.           they came to. 

                      20:44   And there    21:1  Now the men

                      fell  of Benjamin    of   Israel   had

                      eighteen thousand    sworn  in Mizpeh,

                      men;   all  these    saying,     There

                      [were]   men   of    shall  not any of

                      valour.              us    give    his

                      20:45    And they    daughter     unto

                      turned  and  fled    Benjamin to wife.

                      toward        the

                      wilderness   unto    21:2     And  the

                      the    rock    of    people   came  to

                      Rimmon:  and they    the house of God,

                      gleaned  of  them    and  abode  there

                      in  the  highways    till  even before

                      five     thousand    God,  and  lifted

                      men;  and pursued    up  their voices,

                      hard  after  them    and wept sore; 

                      unto  Gidom,  and    21:3  And said, O

                      slew two thousand    LORD    God    of

                      men of them.         Israel,   why  is

                      20:46    So  that    this come to pass

                      all   which  fell    in  Israel,  that

                      that    day    of    there  should  be

                      Benjamin     were    to  day one tribe

                      twenty  and  five    lacking        in

                      thousand men that    Israel? 

                      drew  the  sword;    21:4  And it came

                      all  these [were]    to  pass  on  the

                      men of valour.       morrow,  that the

                      20:47    But  six    people       rose

                      hundred       men    early,  and built

                      turned  and  fled    there  an  altar,

                      to the wilderness    and offered burnt

                      unto   the   rock    offerings     and

                      Rimmon, and abode    peace offerings. 











                      21:5     And  the    there. 

                      children       of    21:10    And  the

                      Israel  said, Who    congregation sent

                      [is  there] among    thither    twelve

                      all the tribes of    thousand  men  of

                      Israel  that came    the   valiantest,

                      not  up  with the    and     commanded

                      congregation unto    them,  saying, Go

                      the   LORD?   For    and   smite   the

                      they  had  made a    inhabitants    of

                      great        oath    Jabeshgilead with

                      concerning    him    the  edge  of the

                      that came  not up    sword,  with  the

                      to  the  LORD  to    women   and   the

                      Mizpeh,   saying,    children. 

                      He  shall  surely    21:11    And this

                      be put to death.     [is]   the  thing

                      21:6     And  the    that ye shall do,

                      children       of    Ye  shall utterly

                      Israel   repented    destroy     every

                      them for Benjamin    male,  and  every

                      their    brother,    woman  that  hath

                      and  said,  There    lain by man. 

                      is  one tribe cut    21:12    And they

                      off  from  Israel    found  among  the

                      this day.            inhabitants    of

                      21:7    How shall    Jabeshgilead four

                      we  do  for wives    hundred     young

                      for   them   that    virgins, that had

                      remain, seeing we    known  no  man by

                      have sworn by the    lying   with  any

                      LORD that we will    male:   and  they

                      not give  them of    brought them unto

                      our  daughters to    the    camp    to

                      wives?               Shiloh,     which

                      21:8    And  they    [is] in  the land

                      said,   What  one    of Canaan. 

                      [is there] of the    21:13    And  the

                      tribes  of Israel    whole

                      that  came not up    congregation sent

                      to  Mizpeh to the    [some]  to  speak

                      LORD?        And,    to  the  children

                      behold,     there    of  Benjamin that

                      came  none to the    [were]   in   the

                      camp         from    rock  Rimmon, and

                      Jabeshgilead   to    to call peaceably

                      the assembly.        unto them. 

                      21:9     For  the    21:14         And

                      people       were    Benjamin     came

                      numbered,    and,    again   at   that

                      behold,    [there    time;   and  they

                      were] none of the    gave  them  wives

                      inhabitants    of    which   they  had

                      Jabeshgilead         saved   alive  of











                      the    women   of    highway      that

                      Jabeshgilead: and    goeth   up   from

                      yet    so    they    Bethel         to

                      sufficed     them    Shechem,  and  on

                      not.                 the    south   of

                      21:15    And  the    Lebonah. 

                      people   repented    21:20   Therefore

                      them          for    they    commanded

                      Benjamin, because    the  children  of

                      that the LORD had    Benjamin, saying,

                      made a  breach in    Go   and  lie  in

                      the   tribes   of    wait    in    the

                      Israel.              vineyards; 

                      21:16    Then the    21:21    And see,

                      elders   of   the    and,  behold,  if

                      congregation         the  daughters of

                      said,  How  shall    Shiloh  come  out

                      we  do  for wives    to    dance    in

                      for   them   that    dances, then come

                      remain,    seeing    ye  out   of  the

                      the   women   are    vineyards,    and

                      destroyed  out of    catch  you  every

                      Benjamin?            man  his  wife of

                      21:17    And they    the  daughters of

                      said, [There must    Shiloh, and go to

                      be]            an    the    land    of

                      inheritance   for    Benjamin. 

                      them    that   be    21:22     And  it

                      escaped        of    shall   be,  when

                      Benjamin,  that a    their  fathers or

                      tribe    be   not    their    brethren

                      destroyed  out of    come  unto  us to

                      Israel.              complain, that we

                      21:18  Howbeit we    will   say   unto

                      may not give them    them,          Be

                      wives    of   our    favourable   unto

                      daughters:    for    them    for   our

                      the  children  of    sakes: because we

                      Israel       have    reserved  not  to

                      sworn,    saying,    each man his wife

                      Cursed   [be]  he    in  the  war: for

                      that   giveth   a    ye  did  not give

                      wife to Benjamin.    unto them at this

                                           time,  [that]  ye

                      21:19   Then they    should be guilty.

                      said,     Behold,

                      [there    is]   a    21:23    And  the

                      feast of the LORD    children       of

                      in  Shiloh yearly    Benjamin  did so,

                      [in    a   place]    and  took  [them]

                      which [is] on the    wives,  according

                      north   side   of    to  their number,

                      Bethel,   on  the    of    them   that

                      east side  of the    danced, whom they











                      caught:  and they

                      went and returned

                      unto        their

                      inheritance,  and

                      repaired      the

                      cities, and dwelt

                      in them. 

                      21:24    And  the

                      children       of

                      Israel   departed

                      thence   at  that

                      time,  every  man

                      to  his tribe and

                      to   his  family,

                      and they went out

                      from thence every

                      man     to    his

                      inheritance. 

                      21:25    In those

                      days  [there was]

                      no     king    in

                      Israel: every man

                      did  [that  which

                      was] right in his

                      own eyes. 

                      ^Z^Z



 

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