Now after [0310] the death [04194] of Joshua [03091] it came to pass, that the children [01121] of Israel [03478] asked [07592] the Lord [03068], saying [0559], Who shall go up [05927] for us against the Canaanites [03669] first [08462], to fight [03898] against them?
And the Lord [03068] said [0559], Judah [03063] shall go up [05927]: behold, I have delivered [05414] the land [0776] into his hand [03027].
And Judah [03063] went up [05927]; and the Lord [03068] delivered [05414] the Canaanites [03669] and the Perizzites [06522] into their hand [03027]: and they slew [05221] of them in Bezek [0966] ten [06235] thousand [0505] men [0376].
And the Lord [03068] was with Judah [03063]; and he drave out [03423] the inhabitants of the mountain [02022]; but could not [03808] drive out [03423] the inhabitants [03427] of the valley [06010], because they had chariots [07393] of iron [01270].drave…: or, possessed the mountain
And the house [01004] of Joseph [03130], they also went up [05927] against Beth–el [01008]: and the Lord [03068] was with them.
And an angel [04397] of the Lord [03068] came up [05927] from Gilgal [01537] to Bochim [01066], and said [0559], I made you to go up [05927] out of Egypt [04714], and have brought [0935] you unto the land [0776] which I sware [07650] unto your fathers [01]; and I said [0559], I will never [05769] break [06565] my covenant [01285] with you.angel: or, messenger
And it came to pass, when the angel [04397] of the Lord [03068] spake [01696] these words [01697] unto all the children [01121] of Israel [03478], that the people [05971] lifted up [05375] their voice [06963], and wept [01058].
And they called [07121] the name [08034] of that place [04725] Bochim [01066]: and they sacrificed [02076] there unto the Lord [03068].Bochim: that is, Weepers
And the people [05971] served [05647] the Lord [03068] all the days [03117] of Joshua [03091], and all the days [03117] of the elders [02205] that outlived [0310] [03117] [0748] Joshua [03091], who had seen [07200] all the great [01419] works [04639] of the Lord [03068], that he did [06213] for Israel [03478].outlived: Heb. prolonged days after
And Joshua [03091] the son [01121] of Nun [05126], the servant [05650] of the Lord [03068], died [04191], being an hundred [03967] and ten [06235] years [08141] old [01121].
And also all that generation [01755] were gathered [0622] unto their fathers [01]: and there arose [06965] another [0312] generation [01755] after [0310] them, which knew [03045] not the Lord [03068], nor yet the works [04639] which he had done [06213] for Israel [03478].
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the Lord [03068], and served [05647] Baalim [01168]:
And they forsook [05800] the Lord [03068] God [0430] of their fathers [01], which brought them out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], and followed [0310] [03212] other [0312] gods [0430], of the gods [0430] of the people [05971] that were round about [05439] them, and bowed [07812] themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord [03068] to anger [03707].
And they forsook [05800] the Lord [03068], and served [05647] Baal [01168] and Ashtaroth [06252].
And the anger [0639] of the Lord [03068] was hot [02734] against Israel [03478], and he delivered [05414] them into the hands [03027] of spoilers [08154] that spoiled [08155] them, and he sold [04376] them into the hands [03027] of their enemies [0341] round about [05439], so that they could [03201] not any longer [05750] stand [05975] before [06440] their enemies [0341].
Whithersoever they went out [03318], the hand [03027] of the Lord [03068] was against them for evil [07451], as the Lord [03068] had said [01696], and as the Lord [03068] had sworn [07650] unto them: and they were greatly [03966] distressed [03334].
Nevertheless the Lord [03068] raised up [06965] judges [08199], which delivered [03467] them out of the hand [03027] of those that spoiled [08154] them.delivered: Heb. saved
And yet they would not hearken [08085] unto their judges [08199], but they went a whoring [02181] after [0310] other [0312] gods [0430], and bowed [07812] themselves unto them: they turned [05493] quickly [04118] out of the way [01870] which their fathers [01] walked in [01980], obeying [08085] the commandments [04687] of the Lord [03068]; but they did [06213] not so.
And when the Lord [03068] raised [06965] them up judges [08199], then the Lord [03068] was with the judge [08199], and delivered [03467] them out of the hand [03027] of their enemies [0341] all the days [03117] of the judge [08199]: for it repented [05162] the Lord [03068] because [06440] of their groanings [05009] by reason of them that oppressed [03905] them and vexed [01766] them.
And the anger [0639] of the Lord [03068] was hot [02734] against Israel [03478]; and he said [0559], Because that this people [01471] hath transgressed [05674] my covenant [01285] which I commanded [06680] their fathers [01], and have not hearkened [08085] unto my voice [06963];
That through them I may prove [05254] Israel [03478], whether they will keep [08104] the way [01870] of the Lord [03068] to walk [03212] therein, as their fathers [01] did keep [08104] it, or not.
Therefore the Lord [03068] left [03240] those nations [01471], without [01115] driving them out [03423] hastily [04118]; neither delivered [05414] he them into the hand [03027] of Joshua [03091].left: or, suffered
Now these are the nations [01471] which the Lord [03068] left [03240], to prove [05254] Israel [03478] by them, even as many of Israel as had not known [03045] all the wars [04421] of Canaan [03667];
And they were to prove [05254] Israel [03478] by them, to know [03045] whether they would hearken [08085] unto the commandments [04687] of the Lord [03068], which he commanded [06680] their fathers [01] by the hand [03027] of Moses [04872].
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the Lord [03068], and forgat [07911] the Lord [03068] their God [0430], and served [05647] Baalim [01168] and the groves [0842].
Therefore the anger [0639] of the Lord [03068] was hot [02734] against Israel [03478], and he sold [04376] them into the hand [03027] of Chushan–rishathaim [03573] king [04428] of Mesopotamia [0763]: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] served [05647] Chushan–rishathaim [03573] eight [08083] years [08141].Mesopotamia: Heb. Aram–naharaim
And when the children [01121] of Israel [03478] cried [02199] unto the Lord [03068], the Lord [03068] raised up [06965] a deliverer [03467] to the children [01121] of Israel [03478], who delivered [03467] them, even Othniel [06274] the son [01121] of Kenaz [07073], Caleb's [03612] younger [06996] brother [0251].deliverer: Heb. saviour
And the Spirit [07307] of the Lord [03068] came upon him, and he judged [08199] Israel [03478], and went out [03318] to war [04421]: and the Lord [03068] delivered [05414] Chushan–rishathaim [03573] king [04428] of Mesopotamia [0763] into his hand [03027]; and his hand [03027] prevailed [05810] against Chushan–rishathaim [03573].came: Heb. wasMesopotamia: Heb. Aram
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did [06213] evil [07451] again [03254] in the sight [05869] of the Lord [03068]: and the Lord [03068] strengthened [02388] Eglon [05700] the king [04428] of Moab [04124] against Israel [03478], because they had done [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the Lord [03068].
But when the children [01121] of Israel [03478] cried [02199] unto the Lord [03068], the Lord [03068] raised them up [06965] a deliverer [03467], Ehud [0164] the son [01121] of Gera [01617], a Benjamite [01145], a man [0376] lefthanded [03225] [0334]: and by him [03027] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] sent [07971] a present [04503] unto Eglon [05700] the king [04428] of Moab [04124].a Benjamite: or, the son of Jeminilefthanded: Heb. shut of his right hand
And he said [0559] unto them, Follow [07291] after [0310] me: for the Lord [03068] hath delivered [05414] your enemies [0341] the Moabites [04124] into your hand [03027]. And they went down [03381] after [0310] him, and took [03920] the fords [04569] of Jordan [03383] toward Moab [04124], and suffered [05414] not a man [0376] to pass over [05674].
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] again [03254] did [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the Lord [03068], when Ehud [0164] was dead [04191].
And the Lord [03068] sold [04376] them into the hand [03027] of Jabin [02985] king [04428] of Canaan [03667], that reigned [04427] in Hazor [02674]; the captain [08269] of whose host [06635] was Sisera [05516], which dwelt [03427] in Harosheth [02800] of the Gentiles [01471].
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] cried [06817] unto the Lord [03068]: for he had nine [08672] hundred [03967] chariots [07393] of iron [01270]; and twenty [06242] years [08141] he mightily [02394] oppressed [03905] the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
And she sent [07971] and called [07121] Barak [01301] the son [01121] of Abinoam [042] out of Kedesh–naphtali [06943], and said [0559] unto him, Hath not the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] commanded [06680], saying, Go [03212] and draw [04900] toward mount [02022] Tabor [08396], and take [03947] with thee ten [06235] thousand [0505] men [0376] of the children [01121] of Naphtali [05321] and of the children [01121] of Zebulun [02074]?
And she said [0559], I will surely [01980] go [03212] with thee: notwithstanding [0657] the journey [01870] that thou takest [01980] shall not be for thine honour [08597]; for the Lord [03068] shall sell [04376] Sisera [05516] into the hand [03027] of a woman [0802]. And Deborah [01683] arose [06965], and went [03212] with Barak [01301] to Kedesh [06943].
And Deborah [01683] said [0559] unto Barak [01301], Up [06965]; for this is the day [03117] in which the Lord [03068] hath delivered [05414] Sisera [05516] into thine hand [03027]: is not the Lord [03068] gone out [03318] before [06440] thee? So Barak [01301] went down [03381] from mount [02022] Tabor [08396], and ten [06235] thousand [0505] men [0376] after [0310] him.
And the Lord [03068] discomfited [02000] Sisera [05516], and all his chariots [07393], and all his host [04264], with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719] before [06440] Barak [01301]; so that Sisera [05516] lighted down [03381] off his chariot [04818], and fled away [05127] on his feet [07272].
Praise [01288] ye the Lord [03068] for the avenging [06546] [06544] of Israel [03478], when the people [05971] willingly offered [05068] themselves.
Hear [08085], O ye kings [04428]; give ear [0238], O ye princes [07336]; I, even I, will sing [07891] unto the Lord [03068]; I will sing [02167] praise to the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478].
Lord [03068], when thou wentest out [03318] of Seir [08165], when thou marchedst out [06805] of the field [07704] of Edom [0123], the earth [0776] trembled [07493], and the heavens [08064] dropped [05197], the clouds [05645] also dropped [05197] water [04325].
The mountains [02022] melted [05140] from before [06440] the Lord [03068], even that Sinai [05514] from before [06440] the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478].melted: Heb. flowed
My heart [03820] is toward the governors [02710] of Israel [03478], that offered themselves willingly [05068] among the people [05971]. Bless [01288] ye the Lord [03068].
They that are delivered from the noise [06963] of archers [02686] in the places of drawing water [04857], there shall they rehearse [08567] the righteous acts [06666] of the Lord [03068], even the righteous acts [06666] toward the inhabitants of his villages [06520] in Israel [03478]: then shall the people [05971] of the Lord [03068] go down [03381] to the gates [08179].righteous…: Heb. righteousnesses
Then he made him that remaineth [08300] have dominion [07287] over the nobles [0117] among the people [05971]: the Lord [03068] made me have dominion [07287] over the mighty [01368].
Curse [0779] ye Meroz [04789], said [0559] the angel [04397] of the Lord [03068], curse [0779] ye bitterly [0779] the inhabitants [03427] thereof; because they came [0935] not to the help [05833] of the Lord [03068], to the help [05833] of the Lord [03068] against the mighty [01368].
So let all thine enemies [0341] perish [06], O Lord [03068]: but let them that love [0157] him be as the sun [08121] when he goeth forth [03318] in his might [01369]. And the land [0776] had rest [08252] forty [0705] years [08141].
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the Lord [03068]: and the Lord [03068] delivered [05414] them into the hand [03027] of Midian [04080] seven [07651] years [08141].
And Israel [03478] was greatly [03966] impoverished [01809] because [06440] of the Midianites [04080]; and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] cried [02199] unto the Lord [03068].
And it came to pass, when the children [01121] of Israel [03478] cried [02199] unto the Lord [03068] because [0182] of the Midianites [04080],
That the Lord [03068] sent [07971] a prophet [05030] [0376] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], which said [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], I brought you up [05927] from Egypt [04714], and brought you forth [03318] out of the house [01004] of bondage [05650];a prophet: Heb. a man a prophet
And I said [0559] unto you, I am the Lord [03068] your God [0430]; fear [03372] not the gods [0430] of the Amorites [0567], in whose land [0776] ye dwell [03427]: but ye have not obeyed [08085] my voice [06963].
And there came [0935] an angel [04397] of the Lord [03068], and sat [03427] under an oak [0424] which was in Ophrah [06084], that pertained unto Joash [03101] the Abi–ezrite [033]: and his son [01121] Gideon [01439] threshed [02251] wheat [02406] by the winepress [01660], to hide [05127] it from [06440] the Midianites [04080].Gideon: Gr. Gedeonto hide…: Heb. to cause it to flee
And the angel [04397] of the Lord [03068] appeared [07200] unto him, and said [0559] unto him, The Lord [03068] is with thee, thou mighty [01368] man of valour [02428].
And Gideon [01439] said [0559] unto him, Oh [0994] my Lord [0113], if [03426] the Lord [03068] be with us, why then is all this befallen [04672] us? and where be all his miracles [06381] which our fathers [01] told [05608] us of, saying [0559], Did not the Lord [03068] bring us up [05927] from Egypt [04714]? but now the Lord [03068] hath forsaken [05203] us, and delivered [05414] us into the hands [03709] of the Midianites [04080].
And the Lord [03068] looked [06437] upon him, and said [0559], Go [03212] in this thy might [03581], and thou shalt save [03467] Israel [03478] from the hand [03709] of the Midianites [04080]: have not I sent [07971] thee?
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite [05221] the Midianites [04080] as one [0259] man [0376].
Then the angel [04397] of the Lord [03068] put forth [07971] the end [07097] of the staff [04938] that was in his hand [03027], and touched [05060] the flesh [01320] and the unleavened cakes [04682]; and there rose up [05927] fire [0784] out of the rock [06697], and consumed [0398] the flesh [01320] and the unleavened cakes [04682]. Then the angel [04397] of the Lord [03068] departed [01980] out of his sight [05869].
And when Gideon [01439] perceived [07200] that he was an angel [04397] of the Lord [03068], Gideon [01439] said [0559], Alas [0162], O Lord [0136] God [03069]! for because [03651] I have seen [07200] an angel [04397] of the Lord [03068] face [06440] to face [06440].
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto him, Peace [07965] be unto thee; fear [03372] not: thou shalt not die [04191].
Then Gideon [01439] built [01129] an altar [04196] there unto the Lord [03068], and called [07121] it Jehovah–shalom [03073]: unto this day [03117] it is yet in Ophrah [06084] of the Abi–ezrites [033].Jehovah–shalom: that is, The Lord send peace
And it came to pass the same night [03915], that the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto him, Take [03947] thy father's [01] young [06499] bullock [07794], even the second [08145] bullock [06499] of seven [07651] years old [08141], and throw down [02040] the altar [04196] of Baal [01168] that thy father [01] hath, and cut down [03772] the grove [0842] that is by it:even: or, and
And build [01129] an altar [04196] unto the Lord [03068] thy God [0430] upon the top [07218] of this rock [04581], in the ordered place [04634], and take [03947] the second [08145] bullock [06499], and offer [05927] a burnt sacrifice [05930] with the wood [06086] of the grove [0842] which thou shalt cut down [03772].rock: Heb. strong placein the ordered…: or, in an orderly manner
Then Gideon [01439] took [03947] ten [06235] men [0582] of his servants [05650], and did [06213] as the Lord [03068] had said [01696] unto him: and so it was, because he feared [03372] his father's [01] household [01004], and the men [0582] of the city [05892], that he could not do [06213] it by day [03119], that he did [06213] it by night [03915].
But the Spirit [07307] of the Lord [03068] came [03847] upon Gideon [01439], and he blew [08628] a trumpet [07782]; and Abi–ezer [044] was gathered [02199] after [0310] him.came…: Heb. clothedgathered: Heb. called
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto Gideon [01439], The people [05971] that are with thee are too many [07227] for me to give [05414] the Midianites [04080] into their hands [03027], lest Israel [03478] vaunt [06286] themselves against me, saying [0559], Mine own hand [03027] hath saved [03467] me.
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto Gideon [01439], The people [05971] are yet too many [07227]; bring them down [03381] unto the water [04325], and I will try [06884] them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say [0559] unto thee, This shall go [03212] with thee, the same shall go [03212] with thee; and of whomsoever I say [0559] unto thee, This shall not go [03212] with thee, the same shall not go [03212].
So he brought down [03381] the people [05971] unto the water [04325]: and the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto Gideon [01439], Every one that lappeth [03952] of the water [04325] with his tongue [03956], as a dog [03611] lappeth [03952], him shalt thou set [03322] by himself; likewise every one that boweth down [03766] upon his knees [01290] to drink [08354].
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto Gideon [01439], By the three [07969] hundred [03967] men [0376] that lapped [03952] will I save [03467] you, and deliver [05414] the Midianites [04080] into thine hand [03027]: and let all the other people [05971] go [03212] every man [0376] unto his place [04725].
And it came to pass the same night [03915], that the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto him, Arise [06965], get thee down [03381] unto the host [04264]; for I have delivered [05414] it into thine hand [03027].
And it was so, when Gideon [01439] heard [08085] the telling [04557] of the dream [02472], and the interpretation [07667] thereof, that he worshipped [07812], and returned [07725] into the host [04264] of Israel [03478], and said [0559], Arise [06965]; for the Lord [03068] hath delivered [05414] into your hand [03027] the host [04264] of Midian [04080].interpretation: Heb. breaking
When I blow [08628] with a trumpet [07782], I and all that are with me, then blow [08628] ye the trumpets [07782] also on every side [05439] of all the camp [04264], and say [0559], The sword of the Lord [03068], and of Gideon [01439].
And the three [07969] companies [07218] blew [08628] the trumpets [07782], and brake [07665] the pitchers [03537], and held [02388] the lamps [03940] in their left [08040] hands [03027], and the trumpets [07782] in their right [03225] hands [03027] to blow [08628] withal: and they cried [07121], The sword [02719] of the Lord [03068], and of Gideon [01439].
And the three [07969] hundred [03967] blew [08628] the trumpets [07782], and the Lord [03068] set [07760] every man's [0376] sword [02719] against his fellow [07453], even throughout all the host [04264]: and the host [04264] fled [05127] to Beth–shittah [01029] in Zererath [06888], and to the border [08193] of Abel–meholah [065], unto Tabbath [02888].in: or, towardborder: Heb. lip
And Gideon [01439] said [0559], Therefore when the Lord [03068] hath delivered [05414] Zebah [02078] and Zalmunna [06759] into mine hand [03027], then I will tear [01758] your flesh [01320] with the thorns [06975] of the wilderness [04057] and with briers [01303].tear: Heb. thresh
And he said [0559], They were my brethren [0251], even the sons [01121] of my mother [0517]: as the Lord [03068] liveth [02416], if [03863] ye had saved them alive [02421], I would not slay [02026] you.
And Gideon [01439] said [0559] unto them, I will not rule [04910] over you, neither shall my son [01121] rule [04910] over you: the Lord [03068] shall rule [04910] over you.
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] remembered [02142] not the Lord [03068] their God [0430], who had delivered [05337] them out of the hands [03027] of all their enemies [0341] on every side [05439]:
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did [06213] evil [07451] again [03254] in the sight [05869] of the Lord [03068], and served [05647] Baalim [01168], and Ashtaroth [06252], and the gods [0430] of Syria [0758], and the gods [0430] of Zidon [06721], and the gods [0430] of Moab [04124], and the gods [0430] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and the gods [0430] of the Philistines [06430], and forsook [05800] the Lord [03068], and served [05647] not him.
And the anger [0639] of the Lord [03068] was hot [02734] against Israel [03478], and he sold [04376] them into the hands [03027] of the Philistines [06430], and into the hands [03027] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983].
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] cried [02199] unto the Lord [03068], saying [0559], We have sinned [02398] against thee, both because we have forsaken [05800] our God [0430], and also served [05647] Baalim [01168].
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians [04714], and from the Amorites [0567], from the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and from the Philistines [06430]?
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto the Lord [03068], We have sinned [02398]: do [06213] thou unto us whatsoever seemeth [05869] good [02896] unto thee; deliver [05337] us only, we pray thee, this day [03117].seemeth…: Heb. is good in thine eyes
And they put away [05493] the strange [05236] gods [0430] from among [07130] them, and served [05647] the Lord [03068]: and his soul [05315] was grieved [07114] for the misery [05999] of Israel [03478].strange…: Heb. gods of strangersgrieved: Heb. shortened
And Jephthah [03316] said [0559] unto the elders [02205] of Gilead [01568], If ye bring me home again [07725] to fight [03898] against the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and the Lord [03068] deliver [05414] them before [06440] me, shall I be your head [07218]?
And the elders [02205] of Gilead [01568] said [0559] unto Jephthah [03316], The Lord [03068] be witness [08085] between us, if we do [06213] not so according to thy words [01697].witness…: Heb. the hearer between us
Then Jephthah [03316] went [03212] with the elders [02205] of Gilead [01568], and the people [05971] made [07760] him head [07218] and captain [07101] over them: and Jephthah [03316] uttered [01696] all his words [01697] before [06440] the Lord [03068] in Mizpeh [04709].
And the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] delivered [05414] Sihon [05511] and all his people [05971] into the hand [03027] of Israel [03478], and they smote [05221] them: so Israel [03478] possessed [03423] all the land [0776] of the Amorites [0567], the inhabitants [03427] of that country [0776].
So now the Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] hath dispossessed [03423] the Amorites [0567] from before [06440] his people [05971] Israel [03478], and shouldest thou possess [03423] it?
Wilt not thou possess [03423] that which Chemosh [03645] thy god [0430] giveth thee to possess [03423]? So whomsoever the Lord [03068] our God [0430] shall drive out [03423] from before [06440] us, them will we possess [03423].
Wherefore I have not sinned [02398] against thee, but thou doest [0853] [06213] me wrong [07451] to war [03898] against me: the Lord [03068] the Judge [08199] be judge [08199] this day [03117] between the children [01121] of Israel [03478] and the children [01121] of Ammon [05983].
Then the Spirit [07307] of the Lord [03068] came upon Jephthah [03316], and he passed over [05674] Gilead [01568], and Manasseh [04519], and passed over [05674] Mizpeh [04708] of Gilead [01568], and from Mizpeh [04708] of Gilead [01568] he passed over [05674] unto the children [01121] of Ammon [05983].
And Jephthah [03316] vowed [05087] a vow [05088] unto the Lord [03068], and said [0559], If thou shalt without fail [05414] deliver [05414] the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] into mine hands [03027],
Then it shall be, that whatsoever [03318] cometh forth [03318] of the doors [01817] of my house [01004] to meet [07125] me, when I return [07725] in peace [07965] from the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], shall surely be the Lord's [03068], and I will offer it up [05927] for a burnt offering [05930].whatsoever…: Heb. that which cometh forth, which shall come forthand…: or, or I will offer it, etc
So Jephthah [03316] passed over [05674] unto the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] to fight [03898] against them; and the Lord [03068] delivered [05414] them into his hands [03027].
And it came to pass, when he saw [07200] her, that he rent [07167] his clothes [0899], and said [0559], Alas [0162], my daughter [01323]! thou hast brought [03766] me very [03766] low [03766], and thou art one of them that trouble [05916] me: for I have opened [06475] my mouth [06310] unto the Lord [03068], and I cannot [03201] go back [07725].
And she said [0559] unto him, My father [01], if thou hast opened [06475] thy mouth [06310] unto the Lord [03068], do [06213] to me according to that which [0834] hath proceeded [03318] out of thy mouth [06310]; forasmuch [0310] as the Lord [03068] hath taken [06213] vengeance [05360] for thee of thine enemies [0341], even of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983].
And when I saw [07200] that ye delivered [03467] me not, I put [07760] my life [05315] in my hands [03709], and passed over [05674] against the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and the Lord [03068] delivered [05414] them into my hand [03027]: wherefore then are ye come up [05927] unto me this day [03117], to fight [03898] against me?
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did [06213] evil [07451] again [03254] in the sight [05869] of the Lord [03068]; and the Lord [03068] delivered [05414] them into the hand [03027] of the Philistines [06430] forty [0705] years [08141].did evil…: Heb. added to commit, etc
And the angel [04397] of the Lord [03068] appeared [07200] unto the woman [0802], and said [0559] unto her, Behold now, thou art barren [06135], and bearest [03205] not: but thou shalt conceive [02029], and bear [03205] a son [01121].
Then Manoah [04495] intreated [06279] the Lord [03068], and said [0559], O [0994] my Lord [0136], let [04994] the man [0376] of God [0430] which thou didst send [07971] come again [0935] unto us, and teach [03384] us what we shall do [06213] unto the child [05288] that shall be born [03205].
And the angel [04397] of the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto Manoah [04495], Of all that I said [0559] unto the woman [0802] let her beware [08104].
And Manoah [04495] said [0559] unto the angel [04397] of the Lord [03068], I pray thee, let us detain [06113] thee, until we shall have made ready [06213] a kid [05795] [01423] for [06440] thee.for thee: Heb. before thee
And the angel [04397] of the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto Manoah [04495], Though thou detain [06113] me, I will not eat [0398] of thy bread [03899]: and if [0518] thou wilt offer [06213] a burnt offering [05930], thou must offer [05927] it unto the Lord [03068]. For Manoah [04495] knew [03045] not that he was an angel [04397] of the Lord [03068].
And Manoah [04495] said [0559] unto the angel [04397] of the Lord [03068], What is thy name [08034], that when thy sayings [01697] come to pass [0935] we may do thee honour [03513]?
And the angel [04397] of the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto him, Why askest [07592] thou thus after my name [08034], seeing it is secret [06383] [06383]?secret: or, wonderful
So Manoah [04495] took [03947] a kid [05795] [01423] with a meat offering [04503], and offered [05927] it upon a rock [06697] unto the Lord [03068]: and the angel did [06213] wondrously [06381]; and Manoah [04495] and his wife [0802] looked on [07200].
For it came to pass, when the flame [03851] went up [05927] toward heaven [08064] from off the altar [04196], that the angel [04397] of the Lord [03068] ascended [05927] in the flame [03851] of the altar [04196]. And Manoah [04495] and his wife [0802] looked on [07200] it, and fell on [05307] their faces [06440] to the ground [0776].
But the angel [04397] of the Lord [03068] did no more [03254] appear [07200] to Manoah [04495] and to his wife [0802]. Then Manoah [04495] knew [03045] that he was an angel [04397] of the Lord [03068].
But his wife [0802] said [0559] unto him, If [03863] the Lord [03068] were pleased [02654] to kill [04191] us, he would not have received [03947] a burnt offering [05930] and a meat offering [04503] at our hands [03027], neither would he have shewed [07200] us all these things, nor would as at this time [06256] have told [08085] us such things as these [02063].
And the woman [0802] bare [03205] a son [01121], and called [07121] his name [08034] Samson [08123]: and the child [05288] grew [01431], and the Lord [03068] blessed [01288] him.
And the Spirit [07307] of the Lord [03068] began [02490] to move him at times [06470] in the camp [04264] of Dan [01835] between Zorah [06881] and Eshtaol [0847].the camp…: Heb. Mahaneh–dan
But his father [01] and his mother [0517] knew [03045] not that it was of the Lord [03068], that he sought [01245] an occasion [08385] against the Philistines [06430]: for at that time [06256] the Philistines [06430] had dominion [04910] over Israel [03478].
And the Spirit [07307] of the Lord [03068] came mightily [06743] upon him, and he rent [08156] him as he would have rent [08156] a kid [01423], and he had nothing [03972] in his hand [03027]: but he told [05046] not his father [01] or his mother [0517] what he had done [06213].
And the Spirit [07307] of the Lord [03068] came [06743] upon him, and he went down [03381] to Ashkelon [0831], and slew [05221] thirty [07970] men [0376] of them, and took [03947] their spoil [02488], and gave [05414] change [02487] of garments unto them which expounded [05046] the riddle [02420]. And his anger [0639] was kindled [02734], and he went up [05927] to his father's [01] house [01004].spoil: or, apparel
And when he came [0935] unto Lehi [03896], the Philistines [06430] shouted [07321] against [07125] him: and the Spirit [07307] of the Lord [03068] came mightily [06743] upon him, and the cords [05688] that were upon his arms [02220] became as flax [06593] that was burnt [01197] with fire [0784], and his bands [0612] loosed [04549] from off his hands [03027].loosed: Heb. were melted
And he was sore [03966] athirst [06770], and called [07121] on the Lord [03068], and said [0559], Thou hast given [05414] this great [01419] deliverance [08668] into the hand [03027] of thy servant [05650]: and now shall I die [04191] for thirst [06772], and fall [05307] into the hand [03027] of the uncircumcised [06189]?
And she said [0559], The Philistines [06430] be upon thee, Samson [08123]. And he awoke [03364] out of his sleep [08142], and said [0559], I will go out [03318] as at other times before [06471], and shake [05287] myself. And he wist [03045] not that the Lord [03068] was departed [05493] from him.
And Samson [08123] called [07121] unto the Lord [03068], and said [0559], O Lord [0136] God [03069], remember [02142] me, I pray thee, and strengthen [02388] me, I pray thee, only this once [06471], O God [0430], that I may be at once [0259] avenged [05359] [05358] of the Philistines [06430] for my two [08147] eyes [05869].
And he said [0559] unto his mother [0517], The eleven hundred [03967] [0505] shekels of silver [03701] that were taken [03947] from thee, about which thou cursedst [0422], and spakest [0559] of also in mine ears [0241], behold, the silver [03701] is with me; I took [03947] it. And his mother [0517] said [0559], Blessed [01288] be thou of the Lord [03068], my son [01121].
And when he had restored [07725] the eleven hundred [03967] [0505] shekels of silver [03701] to his mother [0517], his mother [0517] said [0559], I had wholly [06942] dedicated [06942] the silver [03701] unto the Lord [03068] from my hand [03027] for my son [01121], to make [06213] a graven image [06459] and a molten image [04541]: now therefore I will restore [07725] it unto thee.
Then said [0559] Micah [04318], Now know [03045] I that the Lord [03068] will do me good [03190], seeing I have a Levite [03881] to my priest [03548].
And the priest [03548] said [0559] unto them, Go [03212] in peace [07965]: before [05227] the Lord [03068] is your way [01870] wherein ye go [03212].
And he said [0559] unto him, We are passing [05674] from Beth–lehem–judah [03063] [01035] toward the side [03411] of mount [02022] Ephraim [0669]; from thence am I: and I went [03212] to Beth–lehem–judah [03063] [01035], but I am now going [01980] to the house [01004] of the Lord [03068]; and there is no man [0376] that receiveth [0622] me to house [01004].receiveth: Heb. gathereth
Then all the children [01121] of Israel [03478] went out [03318], and the congregation [05712] was gathered together [06950] as one [0259] man [0376], from Dan [01835] even to Beer–sheba [0884], with the land [0776] of Gilead [01568], unto the Lord [03068] in Mizpeh [04709].
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] arose [06965], and went up [05927] to the house [01004] of God [01008] [0430], and asked [07592] counsel of God [0430], and said [0559], Which [04310] of us shall go up [05927] first [08462] to the battle [04421] against the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144]? And the Lord [03068] said [0559], Judah [03063] shall go up first [08462].
(And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] went up [05927] and wept [01058] before [06440] the Lord [03068] until even [06153], and asked [07592] counsel of the Lord [03068], saying [0559], Shall I go up [05066] again [03254] to battle [04421] against the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] my brother [0251]? And the Lord [03068] said [0559], Go up [05927] against him.)
Then all the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and all the people [05971], went up [05927], and came [0935] unto the house [01004] of God [01008] [0430], and wept [01058], and sat [03427] there before [06440] the Lord [03068], and fasted [06684] that day [03117] until even [06153], and offered [05927] burnt offerings [05930] and peace offerings [08002] before [06440] the Lord [03068].
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] enquired [07592] of the Lord [03068], (for the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of God [0430] was there in those days [03117],
And Phinehas [06372], the son [01121] of Eleazar [0499], the son [01121] of Aaron [0175], stood [05975] before [06440] it in those days [03117],) saying [0559], Shall I yet again [03254] go out [03318] to battle [04421] against the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] my brother [0251], or shall I cease [02308]? And the Lord [03068] said [0559], Go up [05927]; for to morrow [04279] I will deliver [05414] them into thine hand [03027].
And the Lord [03068] smote [05062] Benjamin [01144] before [06440] Israel [03478]: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] destroyed [07843] of the Benjamites [01145] that day [03117] twenty [06242] and five [02568] thousand [0505] and an hundred [03967] men [0376]: all these drew [08025] the sword [02719].
And said [0559], O Lord [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], why is this come to pass in Israel [03478], that there should be to day [03117] one [0259] tribe [07626] lacking [06485] in Israel [03478]?
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] said [0559], Who is there among all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] that [0834] came [05927] not up with the congregation [06951] unto the Lord [03068]? For they had made a great [01419] oath [07621] concerning him that came not up [05927] to the Lord [03068] to Mizpeh [04709], saying [0559], He shall surely [04191] be put to death [04191].
How shall we do [06213] for wives [0802] for them that remain [03498], seeing we have sworn [07650] by the Lord [03068] that we will not give [05414] them of our daughters [01323] to wives [0802]?
And they said [0559], What one [0259] is there of the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] that came not up [05927] to Mizpeh [04709] to the Lord [03068]? And, behold, there came [0935] none [0376] to the camp [04264] from Jabesh–gilead [01568] [03003] to the assembly [06951].
And the people [05971] repented [05162] them for Benjamin [01144], because that the Lord [03068] had made [06213] a breach [06556] in the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478].
Then they said [0559], Behold, there is a feast [02282] of the Lord [03068] in Shiloh [07887] yearly [03117] [03117] in a place which is on the north side [06828] of Beth–el [01008], on the east side [08121] [04217] of the highway [04546] that goeth up [05927] from Beth–el [01008] to Shechem [07927], and on the south [05045] of Lebonah [03829].yearly: Heb. from year to yearon the east…: or, toward the sunrisingof the highway: or, on the highway