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Daily Devotion Archive
Judges 11:23-28 When does God condone war?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 11:23-28 23 “Now, after the LORD God of Israel has driven out the Amorites before his people Israel, will you try to take possession? 24 Why not take whatever your god Chemosh gives you? And we can have whatever the LORD our God give to us! After laying out the […]
Judges 11:14-22 The negotiation
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 11:14-22 14 Jephthah sent messengers back to the king of the Ammonites 15 saying, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites. 16 But when they came out of Egypt, Israel went through the desert to the Red Sea […]
Judges 11:9-13 Jephthah’s suzerain-vassal treaty
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 11:9-13 9 So Jephthah said to them, “If you are bringing me back to fight the Ammonites and the Lord gives them to me, I will be your leader.” 10 The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The Lord is our witness if we do not do as you say.” […]
The Chronology of Judges – Judges 10:3-5
3 After him came Jair of Gilead, who judged Israel twenty-two years. 4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. They governed thirty towns in Gilead, which are still called the Villages of Jair today. 5 When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon. These villages of Jair were originally captured by Jair’s […]
The Punishment of Sin – Judges 9:42-45
42 The next day the people of Shechem went into the fields, and this was reported to Abimelech. 43 He took his troops, divided them into three companies, and set an ambush in the countryside. He watched, and as the people were coming out of the city he arose up and attacked them. 44 Abimelech […]
What We Owe Our Government
37 Then Gaal spoke again, “Look, troops are coming down from the central part of the land, and a company is coming from the direction of the Soothsayer’s Oak.” 38 Then Zebul said, “Where is your big mouth now? You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him? ’ Aren’t these the troops you despised? […]
Lies at Sunrise – Judges 9:30-36
30 When Zebul, the ruler of the city, heard what Gaal son of Ebed said, he became angry. 31 So he secretly sent messengers to Abimelech, saying, “Be careful! Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem and are turning the city against you. 32 Come and hide in the fields tonight, […]
Gaal’s Rash Plan – Judges 9:22-29
22 When Abimelech had ruled over Israel three years, 23 God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the citizens of Shechem. They acted treacherously toward Abimelech, 24 so that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerub-Baal might come to justice and their blood would be avenged on their brother Abimelech, who killed them, […]
