Deborah 1 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, now that Ehud was dead. 2 So the Lordsold them into the hands of Jabin king of…

The song of Deborah 1 On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song: 2 ‘When the princes in Israel take the lead, when the people willingly…

Gideon 1 The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites. 2 Because the power of…

Gideon defeats the Midianites 1 Early in the morning, Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and all his men camped at the spring of Harod. The camp of Midian was north of…

Zebah and Zalmunna 1 Now the Ephraimites asked Gideon, ‘Why have you treated us like this? Why didn’t you call us when you went to fight Midian?’ And they challenged…

Abimelek 1 Abimelek son of Jerub-Baal went to his mother’s brothers in Shechem and said to them and to all his mother’s clan, 2 ‘Ask all the citizens of Shechem,…

Tola 1 After the time of Abimelek, a man of Issachar named Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the…

1 Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior. His father was Gilead; his mother was a prostitute. 2 Gilead’s wife also bore him sons, and when they were grown up,…

Jephthah and Ephraim 1 The Ephraimite forces were called out, and they crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, ‘Why did you go to fight the Ammonites without calling…

The birth of Samson 1 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so the Lorddelivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years. 2…