Jephthah 1 Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father. 2 Gilead’s wife also bore for him sons; and…

Tribal Conflict Between Gilead and Ephraim 1 The men of Ephraim were called to arms, and they crossed over to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over…

Samson’s Parents 1 And again, the Israelitesdid evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and Yahweh gave them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. 2 There was a certain…

Samson Marries 1 And Samson went down to Timnah, and he saw a woman in Timnah from the daughters of the Philistines. 2 He went up and told his father…

Samson Defeats the Philistines 1 After a while, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a young goat.He said, “I want to go to my…

Samson and Delilah 1 Samson went down to Gaza; there he saw a prostitute and had sex with her. 2 The Gazites were told, “Samson has come here,” so they…

Micah’s Idolatry 1 There was a man from the hill country of Ephraim; his name was Micah. 2 And he said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver…

The Tribe of Dan Seeks Territory 1 In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking territory for itself…

The Concubine and the Levite 1 In those days there was no king in Israel; there was a man, a Levite, who dwelled as a foreignerin the remote areas of…

The Punishment of Benjamin 1 All the Israeliteswent out, from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, and they gathered as one bodyto Yahweh at Mizpah. 2 And the…