1 Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior. His father was Gilead; his mother was a prostitute. 2 Gilead’s wife also bore him sons, and when they were grown up,…

1 The Ephraimite forces were called out, and they crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why did you go to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go…

1 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of theLord, so theLorddelivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years. 2 A certain man of Zorah, named…

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 Philistine woman…

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 my wife’s room.” But her…

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 told, “Samson is…

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 about which…

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 they might settle, because they…

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 concubine from Bethlehem in Judah….

1 Then all Israel from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came together as one and assembled before theLordin Mizpah. 2 The leaders of all the people…