Judges
Chapter 1
1: Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?
2: And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
3: And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight aga ......More in This Judges Book
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Chapter 2
1: And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; andI said, I will never break my covenant with you.
2: And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
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Chapter 3
1: Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
2: Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
3: Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, a ......More in This Judges Book
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Chapter 4
1: And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
2: And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
3: And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twent ......More in This Judges Book
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Chapter 5
1: Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
2: Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
3: Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.
4: LORD, when thou wentest ......More in This Judges Book
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Chapter 6
1: And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
2: And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
3: And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the M ......More in This Judges Book
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Chapter 7
1: Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
2: And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, sayin ......More in This Judges Book
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Chapter 8
1: And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst usnot, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.
2: And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
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Chapter 9
1: And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father,saying,
2: Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, eitherthat all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that ......More in This Judges Book
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Chapter 10
1: And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
2: And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
3: And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
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