Oppression of Philistines and Ammonites 1 Now after Abimelech died, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, arose to save Israel; and he lived…

Jephthah the Ninth Judge 1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a valiant warrior, but he was the son of a harlot. And Gilead was the father of Jephthah. 2 Gilead’s…

Jephthah and His Successors 1 Then the men of Ephraim were summoned, and they crossed to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the…

Philistines Oppress Again 1 Now the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, so that the Lordgave them into the hands of the Philistines forty…

Samson’s Marriage 1 Then Samson went down to Timnah and saw a woman in Timnah,oneof the daughters of the Philistines. 2 So he came back and told his father and…

Samson Burns Philistine Crops 1 But after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a young goat, and said, “I will go in to…

Samson’s Weakness 1 Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her. 2 When it was toldto the Gazites, saying, “Samson has come here,”…

Micah’s Idolatry 1 Now there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. 2 He said to his mother, “The eleven hundredpiecesof silver which were…

Danites Seek Territory 1 In those days there was no king of Israel; and in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking an inheritance for themselves to live…

A Levite’s Concubine Degraded 1 Now it came about in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite staying in the remote part…