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Judges 13:1 Meet the Philistines
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 13:1 In this chapter, we are introduced to Samson, the final judge of the book, in the book’s longest account. We meet Samson’s parents. We are made aware that he is a child fulfilling a prophecy, and that the Lord planned to do great things through him. Samson’s personal flaws […]
Ruth 3:1-3 The plan
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU RUTH 3:1-3 In this chapter the book moves toward its climax. All of the points of Naomi life and Ruth’s in which these women have been emptied again and again are now about to be refilled—just as Ruth’s full dinner plate and overflowing baskets of grain have already hinted. Boaz and […]
Judges 12:13-15 Sons on donkeys, and the Son on a donkey
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 12:13-15 13 After him, Abdon son of Hillel from Pirathon, judged Israel. 14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. Abdon judged Israel eight years, 15 and when he died, he was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of […]
Judges 12:11-12 Elon
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 12:11-12 11 After him, Elon of Zebulun judged Israel for ten years, 12 and when he died, he was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun. There was another Aijalon in the territory assigned to Dan (Joshua 19:42) but which was taken under the protection of Judah (2 Chron […]
Judges 12:8-10 Ibzan’s family ties
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 12:8-10 Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon 8 Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel after Jephthah. 9 He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He sent his thirty daughters in marriage to men outside the tribe and brought back thirty wives for his sons from outside the tribe. Ibzan judged Israel seven years, […]
Judges 12:4-7 Shibboleth! Shibboleth!
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 12:4-7 Quick, say “often” out loud. Now, if you said it with the “t” sound instead of with the “t” silent, that man with a sword behind you is going to run you through and drop you into the grave over there with all of your comrades. Jephthah’s test was […]
Judges 12:1-3 The sins of anger
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 12:1-3 Chapter 12 begins with almost the same scene as chapter 8. The men of Ephraim, who consistently refused to take the lead in any attack against an enemy, once again picked a fight with the judge who saved their necks in order to sooth their shame.. But Gideon’s gentle […]
Ruth 2:21-23 She lived with her mother-in-law
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU RUTH 2:21-23 21 Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “He even said to me, ‘Stay close by to my workers until they have finished my harvest.’” “Finished” is an important word here. The harvest was going to continue for some time yet. At the end of the previous chapter, we were told […]
Judges 11:38-40 The fate of Jephthah’s daughter
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 11:38-40 38 “Go,” he said, and he let her go for two months. So she went with her friends and wandered on the mountains and mourned her virginity. 39 At the end of the two months, she returned to her father, and he kept the vow he had made about […]
Judges 11:36-37 The faith of Jephthah’s daughter
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 11:36-37 36 Then she said to him, “My father, you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me as you have promised, for the LORD brought vengeance on your enemies, the Ammonites.” 37 “But permit me this one thing,” she said. “Let me wander two months through the […]
God’s Word for You – Judges 11:34-35 Jepththah’s sin
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 11:34-35 34 When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, there was his daughter, coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no other son or daughter besides her. 35 When he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Oh! My […]
Judges 11:29-33 Jephthah’s vow
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 11:29-33 Jephthah’s Vow and Sacrifice 29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came on Jephthah. He advanced through Gilead and Manasseh, and passed through Mizpah of Gilead. From there he crossed over to the Ammonites. This is the third time we have heard that the Spirit of the LORD came […]
