Judges 14
Samson’s marriage 1 Samson went down to Timnah and saw there a young Philistine woman. 2 When he returned, he said to his father and mother, ‘I have seen a…
Judges 15
Samson’s vengeance on the Philistines 1 Later on, at the time of wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. He said, ‘I’m going to…
Judges 16
Samson and Delilah 1 One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her. 2 The people of Gaza were…
Judges 17
Micah’s idols 1 Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim 2 said to his mother, ‘The eleven hundred shekelsof silver that were taken from you and…
Judges 18
The Danites settle in Laish 1 In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking a place of their own where…
Judges 19
A Levite and his concubine 1 In those days Israel had no king. Now a Levite who lived in a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim took a…
Judges 20
The Israelites punish the Benjaminites 1 Then all Israel from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came together as one and assembled before the Lordin Mizpah. 2…
Judges 21
Wives for the Benjaminites 1 The men of Israel had taken an oath at Mizpah: ‘Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjaminite.’ 2 The…
Ruth 1
Naomi loses her husband and sons 1 In the days when the judges ruled,there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his…
Ruth 2
Ruth meets Boaz in the cornfield 1 Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a man of standing from the clan of Elimelek, whose name was Boaz. 2…