# bible_fts_content

c0book: Deut
c1chapter: 34
c2verse: 2
c3content:
and all of Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh and all of the land of Judah, up to the western sea,That is, the Mediterranean Sea


c0book: Deut
c1chapter: 34
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And Yahweh said to him, "This is the land that I swore to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob, {saying},Literally "to say" 'To your offspring I will give it.' I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross {into it}."Literally "to there"


c0book: Deut
c1chapter: 34
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Then Moses, the servant of Yahweh, died there in the land of Moab {according to the command of Yahweh}.Literally "at the mouth of Yahweh"


c0book: Deut
c1chapter: 34
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And heThat is, Yahweh buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth Peor. But until this day no one knows his burial site.


c0book: Deut
c1chapter: 34
c2verse: 7
c3content:
{Now Moses was a hundred and twenty years old}Literally "and Moses was a son of a hundred and twenty year" {when he died};Literally "at/in his dying" {his sight was not impaired and his vigor had not abated}.Literally "not faded his eyes and not had fled away his vitality"


c0book: Deut
c1chapter: 34
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" wept concerning Moses thirty days; finally the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were completed. 


c0book: Deut
c1chapter: 34
c2verse: 9
c3content:
NowOr "And" Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom because Moses had placed his hands on him, and the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" listened to him, and they did as Yahweh had commanded Moses.


c0book: Deut
c1chapter: 34
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And not againOr "since then" has a prophet arisen in Israel like Moses, whom Yahweh knewHebrew "knew him" face to face,


c0book: Deut
c1chapter: 34
c2verse: 11
c3content:
as far as all the signs and the wonders Yahweh sent him to do in the land of Egypt, againstHebrew "to" Pharaoh and all of his servants and againstHebrew "to" all of his land,


c0book: Deut
c1chapter: 34
c2verse: 12
c3content:
and as far as all of {the mighty deeds}Literally "the hand the strong" and as far as {the great awesome wonders}Literally "the terrifying the great actions" Moses did before the eyes of all Israel. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 1
c3content:
After the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, Yahweh said to Joshua son of Nun, the assistantOr "servant" of Moses, saying,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 2
c3content:
"My servant Moses is dead. Get up and cross the Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the {Israelites}.Literally "sons/children of Israel"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Every place that the soles of your feet will tread, I have given it to you, as I promisedOr "spoke" to Moses.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 4
c3content:
From the wilderness {and the Lebanon},Literally "this Lebanon"; "Lebanon" in Hebrew means "white mountain" up to the great river, the river Euphrates, all of the land of the Hittites, and up to {the great sea in the west},Literally "the great sea of the setting sun" will be your territory.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 5
c3content:
No one will stand before youOr "in your presence" all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will not fail you, and I will not forsake you.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Be strong and courageous, for you will give the people this land as an inheritance that I swore to their ancestorsOr "fathers" to give them.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Only be strong and very courageous {to observe diligently the whole law}Literally "to keep and to act according to the whole law" that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn aside from it, to the right or left, so that you may succeed {wherever you go}.Literally "in all that you go"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 8
c3content:
The scroll of this law will not depart from your mouth; you will meditate on it day and night so that {you may observe diligently all that is written}Literally "to keep and to act according to all that is written" in it. For then you will succeed in your ways and prosper.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Did I not command you? Be strong and courageous! Do not fear or be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you {wherever you go}."Literally "in all that you go"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 11
c3content:
"Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people: 'Prepare your provisions;Hebrew "provision" {in}Literally "for in still" three days you are to cross the Jordan to go possess the land that Yahweh your God is giving you to possess.'" 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 13
c3content:
"Remember the word that Moses Yahweh's servant commanded you, saying, 'Yahweh your God is giving rest to you, and he is givingHebrew "he gave" you this land.'


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 14
c3content:
Your wives, your little children, and your livestock, they will remain in the land that Moses gave to you beyond the Jordan. {All of the best fighting men}Literally "All the mighty warriors of the troop" will cross armed in front of your families; they will help you


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 15
c3content:
until Yahweh gives rest to your families as well as to you. They will take possession of the land that Yahweh your God is giving to them. Then you will return to your own land and take possession of it, the land that Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan {to the east}."Literally "to the sunrise"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And they answered Joshua, saying, "All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you will send us we will go.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Just as we obeyed Moses, so will we obey you. Only may Yahweh your God be with you, as he was with Moses.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 18
c3content:
Whoever {rebels against your orders}Literally "defiles against your mouth" and does not obey your words according to what you commanded us will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous." 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men from Acacia GroveHebrew "Shittim" as spies, saying, "Go, view the land, especially Jericho." So they went, and entered the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and {spent the night}Literally "lay down" there.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 2
c3content:
The king of Jericho was told, "Look, some men from the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" have come here tonight to search out the land."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And the king of Jericho sent for Rahab, saying, "Bring out the men who came to you, the ones who have entered your house, for they have come to search out the whole land."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 4
c3content:
But the woman took the two men and hid them. And she said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And when it was time to shut the gate {for the night},Literally "in the darkness" or "at dark" the men left, and I do not know where they went. Chase after them quickly, for you may catch up to them."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 6
c3content:
(But she had taken them to the roof and had hidden them {in the stalks of flax}Literally "in the flaxes of the plant stalk" that she {had spread out}Literally "had been arranged" on the roof.)


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 7
c3content:
So the men chased after them on {the way to the Jordan}Literally "the road of the Jordan" at the fords; and they shut the gate behind the pursuers that had gone out after them. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 9
c3content:
and said to the men, "I know that Yahweh has given you the land, and that dread of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away in fear because of your presence.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 10
c3content:
For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the waters of the {Red Sea}Literally "sea of reeds" before you when you went out from Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 11
c3content:
We heard this, and our heartsHebrew "heart" melted, and {no courage was left in anyone}Literally "a spirit no longer stood in anyone" because of your presence. For Yahweh your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 12
c3content:
So then please swear to me by Yahweh, because {I have shown loyalty to you},Literally "I have done with you a loyal love" and {you will also show loyalty}Literally "you will do ... loyal love" {to my family}.Literally "with the house of my father" You must give me a sign of good faith,Or "faithfulness"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 13
c3content:
and you will spare my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all that belongs to them; you will deliver our lives from death."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 14
c3content:
And the men said to her, "{Our lives for yours}.Literally "Our lives in place of yours to die" If you do not report this business of ours, {we will show you loyalty and faithfulness}Literally "we will do with you loyal love and faithfulness" when Yahweh gives us the land." 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Then she lowered them with a rope through the window, as her house was on the outer side of the wall, and she was residing in the wall.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And she said to them, "Go to the mountain, so that the pursuers will not find you, and hide yourselves there three days until the pursuers return, and afterward you may go {on your way}."Literally "to your way"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 18
c3content:
When we come to the land, you must tie this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and you must gather your father and mother, and your brothers, and your whole family to your house.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 19
c3content:
If anyone goes outside the doors of your house, {they will be responsible for their own death},Literally "his blood will be on his head" and we will be innocent. Anyone who will be with you in the house, {we will be responsible for their death}Literally "his blood will be on our head" {if a hand is laid on them}.Literally "if a hand will be against him"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 20
c3content:
But if you report this business of ours, we will be released from your oath that you made us swear."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 21
c3content:
And she said, "According to your word it will be." Then she sent them away, and they went, and she tied the scarlet cord in the window. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 22
c3content:
They departed and came to the mountain, and they stayed there three days until the pursuers returned. The pursuers searched {all along the way}Literally "on all of the road" but did not find them.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 23
c3content:
The two men returned and went down from the mountain, and they crossed over and came to Joshua son of Nun, and they told him everything that happened to them.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 24
c3content:
They said to Joshua, "Surely Yahweh has given all the land into our hand; also, all the inhabitants of the land melt away in fear because of our presence." 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Joshua rose early in the morning, and they set out from Acacia Grove.Hebrew "Shittim" And they came up to the Jordan, he and all the {Israelites},Literally "sons/children of Israel" and they spent the night there before they crossed over.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 3
c3content:
and they commanded the people: "When you see the Levitical priests carrying the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God you must set out from your place and go after it.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 4
c3content:
But there will be a distance between you and it of about two thousand cubits in measurement.That is, about 1 km Do not come near it, so that you may know the way that you must go, for you have not passed on this way {before}."Literally "from yesterday three days before"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And Joshua said to the people, "Sanctify yourselves, because tomorrow Yahweh will do wonders in your midst."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And Joshua said to the priests, "Take up the ark of the covenant and cross over {ahead of the people}."Literally "before the presence of the people" And they took up the ark of the covenant and went {ahead of the people}.Literally "before the presence of the people" 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Then Yahweh said to Joshua, "This day I will begin exalting you {in the sight}Literally "in the eyes" of all Israel, that they may know that I was with Moses, and I will be with you.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 8
c3content:
You will command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant, saying, 'At the moment that you come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you will stand still in the Jordan.'"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And Joshua said to the {Israelites},Literally "sons/children of Israel" "Come here, and hear the words of Yahweh your God."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Joshua said, "By this you will know that the living God is in your midst, and he will certainly drive out the Canaanites {from before you},Or "from your presence" and the Hittites, Hivites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Look! The ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earthOr "world" is about to cross over ahead of you into the Jordan.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 12
c3content:
So then, take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, {one from each tribe}.Literally "one man for the tribe"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 13
c3content:
When the soles of the feet of the priests carrying the ark of Yahweh, Lord of all the earth,Or "world" rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan will be cut off {upstream},Literally "going down from above" and they will stand still in one heap. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 14
c3content:
And it happened, when the people set out from their tents to cross over the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant were {ahead of the people}.Literally "before the presence of the people"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 15
c3content:
When those carrying the ark came up to the Jordan, and the priests carrying the ark dipped their feet in the edge of the water (the Jordan was flowing over its banks during all the days of harvest),


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 16
c3content:
the waters flowing down from above stood still; they stood up in one heap very far from Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, while the waters flowing down to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea,That is, the Dead Sea {were completely cut off};Literally "they were completed they were cut off" and the people crossed over opposite Jericho.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of Yahweh stood firmly on the dry land in the middle of the Jordan while all Israel crossed on dry ground, until all the nation finished crossing the Jordan. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 3
c3content:
and command them, saying, 'Take for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests' feet stood firmly, and bring them over with you, and set them up in {the place where you will camp tonight}.'"Literally "the lodging place where you will lodge tonight"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 4
c3content:
So Joshua summoned the twelve men whom he had appointed from the {Israelites},Literally "sons/children of Israel" one from each tribe.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And Joshua said to them, "Cross over beforeOr "the presence" the ark of Yahweh your God to the middle of the Jordan, and each one of you lift up a stone on yourHebrew "his" shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the {Israelites},Literally "sons/children of Israel"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 6
c3content:
so that this may be a reminderOr "sign" among you. When your children ask in the future, saying, '{What do these stones mean to you}?'Literally "What are these stones for you?"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 7
c3content:
you will say to them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off {from before}Or "the presence of" the ark of the covenant of Yahweh. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones will be as a memorial for the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" for eternity." 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Thus the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" did as Joshua commanded. They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan as Yahweh told Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the {Israelites},Literally "sons/children of Israel" and they carried them over with them to {the camp},Literally "the place of overnight lodging" and they put them there.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Then Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood, and they are there to this day.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 10
c3content:
The priests carrying the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything that Yahweh commanded Joshua to tell the people was finished, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua. And the people hastily crossed over. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And it happened, when all the people had finished crossing, the ark of Yahweh and the priests crossed over in front ofOr "before the presence" the people.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 12
c3content:
The children of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed before the {Israelites},Literally "sons/children of Israel" as Moses told them.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 13
c3content:
About forty thousand armed for fighting crossed over before the presence of Yahweh to the plains of Jericho for battle.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 14
c3content:
On that day Yahweh exalted Joshua {in the sight}Literally "in the eyes" of all Israel, and they respected himOr "feared him" as they respectedOr "feared" Moses all the days of his life. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 16
c3content:
"Command the priests carrying the ark of the testimonyThat is, the ark of the covenant {to come up}Literally "and let them come up" from the Jordan."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And it happened that when the priests carrying the ark came up from the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet {touched dry land},Literally "were raised from the ground to dry land" the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and flowed over all its banks as before. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 19
c3content:
And the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they camped in Gilgal on the eastern edgeThat is, border of Jericho.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 21
c3content:
And he said to the {Israelites},Literally "sons/children of Israel" "When your children ask in the future {their parents},Literally "their fathers" '{What is the meaning of these stones}?'Literally "What are these stones?"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 23
c3content:
For Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you, until you had crossed, just as Yahweh your God did to the {Red Sea},Literally "sea of reeds" which he dried up before us until we had crossed over,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 24
c3content:
so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of Yahweh is strong, so that you may fear Yahweh your God {forever}."Literally "all the days" 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And it happened, when all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the CanaanitesHebrew "Canaanite" who were by the sea heard that Yahweh dried up the waters of the Jordan in front of the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" until they crossed over, their hearts melted, and {there was no courage left in them}Literally "a spirit was no longer in them" because of the presence of the {Israelites}. Literally "sons/children of Israel" 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 2
c3content:
At that time Yahweh said to Joshua, "Make for yourself knives of flint, and circumcise the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" a second time."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 3
c3content:
So Joshua made knives of flint, and he circumcised the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" at the hill of the foreskins.Hebrew "Gibeath-haaraloth"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 4
c3content:
This is the reason why Joshua circumcised all the people: all the males who went out from Egypt, all the warriors, died in the wilderness as they went out from Egypt {on the journey}.Literally "on the road"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 5
c3content:
For all the people who left were circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness {on the journey}Literally "on the road" after they left from Egypt were not circumcised.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 6
c3content:
For forty years the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" traveled in the wilderness until all the nation, the warriors that left Egypt, perished, because they did not listen to the voice of Yahweh. To them Yahweh swore that they would not see the land that heHebrew "Yahweh" swore to their ancestorsOr "fathers" to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And it was their children whom he raised in their place that Joshua circumcised, for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised {on the journey}.Literally "on the road" 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And it happened, when all the nation had finished circumcising, they remained where they were in the camp until they recovered.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And Yahweh said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the disgrace of Egypt from you." Therefore, the name of that place is called GilgalHebrew "rolling" to this day.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" camped at Gilgal, and they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, on the plains of Jericho.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 11
c3content:
On the next day after the Passover, on thatLiterally "this" very day, they ate from the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and roasted corn.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 12
c3content:
And the manna ceased the day after, when they started eating the produce of the land, and there was no longer manna for the {Israelites}.Literally "sons/children of Israel" They ate from the crop of the land of Canaan in that year. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 13
c3content:
And it happened, when Joshua was by Jericho, {he looked up},Literally "he lifted up his eyes" and he saw a man standing {opposite him}Literally "against him" with his sword drawn in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said, "Are you with us, or with our adversaries?"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 14
c3content:
And he said, "Neither. I have come now as the commander of Yahweh's army." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and {he bowed down}Or "he worshiped" and said to him, "What is my lord commanding his servant?"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 15
c3content:
The commander of Yahweh's army said to Joshua, "Take off your sandalsHebrew "sandal" from your feet,Hebrew "foot" for the place where you are standing is holy." And Joshua did so. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Now Jericho was shut up inside and out because of the presence of the {Israelites};Literally "sons/children of Israel" no one was going out or coming in.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And Yahweh said to Joshua, "Look, I am giving Jericho into your hand, its king and the soldiers of the army.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 3
c3content:
You will march around the city, all the warriors circling the city once; you will do so for six days.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And seven priests will bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. On the seventh day you will march around the city seven times, and the priests will blow on the trumpets.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And when they blow long on the horn of the ram, when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people will shout with a great war cry, and the wall of the city will fall flat,Or "in its place" and {the people will charge, each one straight ahead}."Literally "the people will go up, each before him"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 6
c3content:
So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said to them, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests carry the trumpets of the rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And he saidHebrew "they said" to the people, "Go forward and march around the city, and let the armed men pass before the ark of Yahweh. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 8
c3content:
{And when Joshua spoke}Literally "And it happened the moment of the saying of Joshua" to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the presence of Yahweh went forward and they blew the trumpets; and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh followed behind them.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And the armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard came after the ark, while they were blowing the trumpets.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 10
c3content:
But Joshua commanded the people, saying, "You will not shout, and you will not let your voice be heard; a word will not go out from your mouth until the day I say to you 'Shout!' Then you will shout."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And the ark of Yahweh went around the city, {circling once},Literally "circling one occurrence" and they came into the camp and spent the night in the camp.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 13
c3content:
The seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of the rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh went on continually, and they blew on the trumpets. And the armed men went before them, and the rear guard came after the ark of Yahweh, while the trumpets blew continually.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 14
c3content:
And they marched around the city once on the second day, and they returned to the camp. They did this for six days. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Then on the seventh day they rose early at dawn, and they marched around the city in this manner seven times. It was only on that day that they marched around the city seven times.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And at the seventh time the priests blew on the trumpets, and Joshua said to the people, "Shout! For Yahweh has given you the city.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 17
c3content:
The city and all that is in it will be devoted to Yahweh; only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in the house will live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 18
c3content:
As for you, keep away from the thingsHebrew "thing" devoted to destruction so that you do not take them and bring about your own destruction, making the camp of Israel an object for destruction, bringing trouble upon it.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 19
c3content:
But all of the silver and gold, and the items of bronze and iron, are holy to Yahweh, and they must go to Yahweh's treasury."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 20
c3content:
So the people shouted, and theyThat is, the priests blew on the trumpets. And when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, they raised a great shout, and the wall fell flat. {The people charged, each one straight ahead into the city},Literally "The people went up, each before him" and they captured it.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 21
c3content:
And they utterly destroyed {by the edge of the sword}Literally "by the mouth of the sword" all who were in the city, both men and women, young and old, ox, sheep, and donkey. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 22
c3content:
Then Joshua said to the two men who spied on the land, "Go to the prostitute's house and bring out from there the woman and all who belong to her, just as you swore to her."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 23
c3content:
So the young men who were spies went and brought Rahab and her father and mother, her brothers, and all who were with her. And they brought all her family out and set them outside the camp of Israel.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 24
c3content:
And they burned the city and all that was in it with fire; they put only the silver and gold, and the items of copper and iron, into the treasury of the house of Yahweh.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 25
c3content:
But Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute {and her family}Literally "and the house of her father" and all who were with her, and she has lived in the midst of Israel until this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 26
c3content:
And Joshua swore at that time, saying, "Cursed is anyone before Yahweh who gets up and builds Jericho, this city. At the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 1
c3content:
But the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" broke faith concerning the devoted things.Or "consecrated possessions" Achan son of Carmi son of Zabdi son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took from the devoted things;Hebrew "thing" or "consecrated possession" and {Yahweh's anger was kindled}Literally "the nose of Yahweh became hot" against the {Israelites}.Literally "sons/children of Israel" 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 2
c3content:
Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth Aven, east of Bethel, and he said to them, "Go up and spy out Ai." And the men went up and spied out Ai.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And they returned to Joshua and said to him, "Do not let all the people go up and attack Ai; only two or three thousand men should go up because theyThat is, the people of Ai are few. Do not make all the people weary up there."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 5
c3content:
The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them, and they chased them from the gate up to Shebarim and killed them on the slope. And the heartsHebrew "heart" of the people melted and became like water. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the ground on his face before the ark of Yahweh until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.Hebrew "head"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And Joshua said, "Ah, my Lord! Why did you bring this people across the Jordan to give us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us? If only we had been content and stayed beyond the Jordan.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Please, my Lord! What can I say after {Israel has fled from its enemies}?Literally "Israel has turned its neck before its enemies"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 9
c3content:
The Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of this, and they will surround us and cut off our name from the land. What will you do, for your great name?" 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Israel has sinned and {transgressed my covenant}Literally "crossed my covenant" that I commanded them. They have taken from the devoted things;Hebrew "thing" or "from the consecrated possession" they have stolen and acted deceitfully, and they have put them among their belongings.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 12
c3content:
The {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" were unable to stand before their enemies; {they fled from their enemies}Literally "they turned their neck before their enemies" because they have become a thing devotedOr "consecrated" for destruction. {I will be with you no more}Literally "I will not do again to be with you" unless you destroy the devoted thingsHebrew "thing" or "consecrated possession" from among you.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Get up, sanctify the people, and say, 'Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow. Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel: "There are devoted thingsHebrew "thing" or "consecrated possession" in your midst, O Israel. You will be unable to stand before you enemies until you remove the devoted thingsHebrew "thing" or "consecrated possession" from your midst."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 14
c3content:
In the morning you will come forward, {tribe by tribe},Literally "according to your tribes" and the tribe that Yahweh will select by lot will come forward by clans, and the clan that Yahweh selects by lot will come forward by families, and the family that Yahweh selects by lot will come forward one by one.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 15
c3content:
The one caught with the devoted thingsHebrew "thing" or "consecrated possession" will be burned with fire, he and all that belongs to him, because {he transgressed the covenant}Literally "he crossed the covenant" of Yahweh, and because he did a disgraceful thing in Israel." '" 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 16
c3content:
SoOr "And" Joshua rose early in the morning and brought forward Israel, {tribe by tribe},Literally "according to its tribes" and the tribe of Judah was selected by lot.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And he brought forward the clans of Judah and selected the clan of the ZerahitesHebrew "Zerahite" by lot. Then he brought forward the clan of the Zerahites,Hebrew "Zerahite" one by one, and Zabdi was selected by lot.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 18
c3content:
He brought forward his family, one by one, and Achan son of Carmi son of Zabdi son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected by lot.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 19
c3content:
And Joshua said to Achan, "My son, please, give glory to Yahweh the God of Israel, and give him a doxology in court.Some interpret "make a confession" Tell me, please, what you have done; do not hide it from me."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 20
c3content:
And Achan answered Joshua and said, "It is true. I have sinned against Yahweh the God of Israel, and this is what I did:


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 21
c3content:
I saw among the spoil a beautiful robe from Shinar,"Shinar" refers to Babylonia two hundred shekels of silver, and one bar of gold that weighed fifty shekels; I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, and the silver is under it." 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 22
c3content:
Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and there they were, hidden in his tent, and the silver was under it.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 23
c3content:
And they took them from the tent and brought them to Joshua and all the {Israelites}.Literally "sons/children of Israel" And they spread them out before the presence of Yahweh.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 24
c3content:
Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his cattle and donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and everything that was his, and they brought them to the valley of Achor.Hebrew "trouble"; a valley in the Jericho region


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 25
c3content:
And Joshua said, "Why did you bring us trouble? Yahweh will bring you trouble on this day." And all Israel stoned themHebrew "him" with stones;Hebrew "stone" and they burned them with fire after they stoned them with stones.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 26
c3content:
Then {they placed}Literally "they raised up" on top of him a great pile of stones that remains to this day. And Yahweh {turned from his burning anger},Literally "turned from his burning nose" and thus the name of that place to this day is called the valley of Achor.Hebrew "trouble"; a valley in the Jericho region 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Then Yahweh said to Joshua, "Do not fear or be dismayed. Take {all the fighting men}Literally "all the people of war" with you {and go up immediately to Ai}.Literally "get up and go up to Ai" Look, I am giving into your hand the king of Ai, his city, and his land.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 2
c3content:
You will do to Ai and its king that which you did to Jericho and its king; you may take only its spoilsHebrew "spoil" and livestock as booty for yourself. Set for yourself an ambush against the city from behind it." 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 3
c3content:
So Joshua and {all the fighting men}Literally "all the people of war" went up immediately to Ai. Joshua chose thirty thousand of the best fighting men and sent them by night.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And he commanded them, saying, "Look, you are to lay an ambush against the city from behind. Do not go very far from the city and be ready.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Then I and all of the people who are with me will approach the city. And when they go out to meet us {as before},Literally "as that at the first occasion" we will flee from them.Or "before their presence"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 6
c3content:
They will come out after us until we draw them away from the city, because they will think, 'They are fleeing from usOr "before our presence" {as before}.'Literally "as that at the first occasion" So we will flee from them.Or "before their presence"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Then you will rise up from the ambush and take possession of the city, for Yahweh your God will give it into your hand.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And when you capture the city you will set it on fire as Yahweh commanded. Look, I have commanded you."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 9
c3content:
So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of the ambush, and they sat between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai; but Joshua spent the night {with the people}.Literally "in the middle of the people" 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Joshua rose early in the morning and mustered the people, and he went up with the elders of Israel before the people of Ai.Or "before the presence of the people of Ai"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 11
c3content:
{All the fighting men}Literally "All the people of war" who were with him {went up and drew near before the city}Literally "went up, drew near, and came before the city" and camped north of Ai; there was a valley between him and Ai.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 12
c3content:
And he took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 13
c3content:
So they stationed the forces; all the army was north of the city while {the rear guard was west}.Literally "while its rear guard was west of the city" But Joshua went that night to the middle of the valley.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 14
c3content:
When the king of Ai saw this, the men of the city hurried and rose early and went out to meet Israel for battle--heThat is, the king and all his army--to the meeting place before the Arabah.A dry region that runs south of the Sea of Galilee along the Jordan Valley He did not know that there was an ambush for him behind the city.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Then Joshua and all Israel acted like they were beaten before them, and they fled {in the direction of the wilderness}.Literally "the way of the wilderness"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 16
c3content:
All of the people who were in the city were called to pursue after them. As they pursued after Joshua, they were drawn away from the city.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Not a man remained in Ai or Bethel who had not gone out after Israel; they left the city open and pursued after Israel. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And Yahweh said to Joshua, "Stretch out the swordOr "spear" that is in your hand to Ai, because I will give it into your hand." And Joshua stretched out the sword that was in his hand to the city.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 19
c3content:
The moment he stretched out his hand, those in the ambush stood up quickly from their place and ran. And they went into the city and captured it, quickly setting the city ablaze with fire.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 20
c3content:
Then the men of Ai looked behind them, and they saw smoke from the city rising to the sky; {they had no power to flee this way or that},Literally "it was not in their hands to flee here and here" and the people fleeing the wilderness turned around to the pursuers.Hebrew "pursuer"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 21
c3content:
And Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had captured the city and that the smoke of the city was rising; they returned and struck down the men of Ai.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 22
c3content:
Then the others from the city came out to meet them, {and they found themselves surrounded by Israel},Literally "they were in the middle of Israel" {some on one side, and others on the other side}.Literally "these from these, and these from this" And theyThat is, Israel struck them down until no survivor or fugitive was left.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 24
c3content:
When Israel finished slaughtering all the inhabitants of Ai in the open field, in the wilderness where they pursued them, and when all of them had fallen by {the edge of the sword}Literally "the mouth of the sword" until they all had perished, all Israel returned to Ai and attacked it with {the edge of the sword}.Literally "the mouth of the sword"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 25
c3content:
All the people that fell on that day, both men and women, were twelve thousand--all the inhabitants of Ai.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 26
c3content:
For Joshua did not draw back his hand that was stretched out with the sword until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 27
c3content:
Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took as booty for themselves, according to the word of Yahweh that Joshua commanded.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 29
c3content:
The king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the time of evening, and as the sun went down Joshua commanded them, and they brought down his dead body from the tree. Then they threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and they raised over it a great heap of stones that remains to this day. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 31
c3content:
as Moses Yahweh's servant commanded the {Israelites},Literally "sons/children of Israel" as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses: "an altar of unhewnOr "whole" stones on which no one has {wielded}Literally "waved over them" an iron implement."See Exod 20:25 And they offered burnt offerings on it and sacrificed fellowship offerings.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 32
c3content:
And there Joshua wrote on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which heThat is, Moses had written, in the presence of the {Israelites}.Literally "sons/children of Israel"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 33
c3content:
Then all Israel, {foreigner as well as native},Literally "as the alien as the native" with the elders, officials, and judges stood {on either side}Literally "from this and from this" of the ark before the priests and the Levites, who carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh. Half of them stood in front of Mount Gerizim, and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses Yahweh's servant had commanded before to bless the people of Israel.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 34
c3content:
And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessingsHebrew "blessing" and the curses,Hebrew "curse" according to all that was written in the scroll of the law.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 35
c3content:
There was not a word from all that Moses commanded that Joshua did not read before the assembly of all Israel, and the women, the little children, and the traveling foreignersHebrew "foreigner" among them. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 1
c3content:
NowOr "And it happened" when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan in the hill country and in the Shephelah,Or "lowlands"; a geographical region on the western edge of the hills of Judea and on all the coast of the great sea toward LebanonLiterally "white mountain"--the Hittites,Hebrew "Hittite" the Amorites,Hebrew "Amorite" the Canaanites,Hebrew "Canaanite" the Perizzites,Hebrew "Perizzite" the Hivites,Hebrew "Hivite" and the JebusitesHebrew "Jebusite"--heard of this,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 4
c3content:
and they acted on their part with cunning: they went and prepared provisions,The Hebrew is difficult here. Some ancient manuscripts read, "they sent out a delegation/an envoy" and took worn-out sacksOr "sackcloths" for their donkeys and old wineskins that were torn and mended.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 5
c3content:
The sandals on their feet were patched and old, their clothes were old, and their food was dry and crumbled.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And they went to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, "We have come from a far land; so then {make a covenant with us}."Literally "cut for us a covenant"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And the men of Israel said to the Hivites,Hebrew "Hivite" "Perhaps you are living among us; how can we {make a covenant}Literally "cut a covenant" with you?"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 8
c3content:
They said to Joshua, "We are your servants." And Joshua said to them, "Who are you, and from where do you come?"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And they said to him, "Your servants have come from a very far land because of the name of Yahweh your God; we have heard of his reputation, of all that he did in Egypt,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 10
c3content:
and of all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan--to Sihon king of Heshbon and to Og king of Bashan, who was in Ashtaroth.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 11
c3content:
So our elders said to us and all the inhabitants of our land, 'Take in your hand provisions for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them, "We are your servants; so then {make a covenant with us}." 'Literally "cut for us a covenant"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 12
c3content:
This is our bread; it was hot when we took it from our houses as provisions on the day we set out to come to you. But now, look, it is dry and crumbled.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 13
c3content:
These are the wineskins that we filled new, but look, they have burst; and these are our clothes and sandals that have worn out from the very long journey."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 14
c3content:
So the leadersOr "men" took from their provisions, but {they did not ask direction from Yahweh}.Literally "the mouth of Yahweh they did not ask"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And Joshua made peace with them, and {he made a covenant with them}Literally "he cut a covenant with them" to allow them to live happily, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And it happened that at the end of three days, after they made a covenant with them, they heard that {they were their neighbors}Literally "they were near them" and living among them.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" set out and went to their cities on the third day (their cities were Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim).


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 18
c3content:
But the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh the God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured {against their leaders}.Literally "against the leaders of the congregation"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 19
c3content:
But all the leaders of the congregation said, "We have sworn to them by Yahweh the God of Israel, and so we cannot touch them.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 20
c3content:
This we will do to them: we will let them live so that wrath will not be on us because of the oath we swore to them."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 21
c3content:
And the leadersOr "men" said to them, "Let them live." So they became woodcutters and water carriers for all the congregation, just as the leaders had said to them. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 22
c3content:
And Joshua summoned them and said, "Why have you deceived us saying, 'We are very far from you' when you are living among us?


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 23
c3content:
Therefore you are cursed; some of you will always be slaves as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 24
c3content:
And they answered Joshua and said, "Because it was told with certainty to your servants that Yahweh your God commanded Moses his servant to give to you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you, so we were very afraid for our lives because of you, and so we did this thing.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 26
c3content:
So he did this to them: he saved them from the hand of the {Israelites},Literally "sons/children of Israel" and they did not kill them.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 27
c3content:
And that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the altar of Yahweh, to this day, in the place that he should choose. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And it happened that when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua captured Ai and had utterly destroyed it (just as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he did to Ai and its king) and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 2
c3content:
heHebrew "they" became very afraid because Gibeon was a very large city, {like one of the royal cities},Literally "like one of the cities of the kingship" and because it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty warriors.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 3
c3content:
So Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hohman king of Hebron, to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 4
c3content:
"Come up and help me, and let us attack Gibeon, because it has made peace with Joshua and the {Israelites}."Literally "sons/children of Israel"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And the five kings of the Amorites,Hebrew "Amorite" the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered together and went up, they and all their forces, and {they laid siege to Gibeon}Literally "they camped against Gibeon"; see Josh 10:31 and made war against it. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, "{Do not abandon}Literally "do not release your hands from" your servant. Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us, for all the kings of the AmoritesHebrew "Amorite" who dwell in the hill country have gathered against us."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 7
c3content:
So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and {all the fighting men}Literally "all the people of the war" with him, {all the best warriors}.Literally "all the mighty warriors of the army"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And Yahweh said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid of them, for I have given them into your hand; {no one will withstand you}.Literally "not a man of them will stand in your presence"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And Yahweh threw them into panic before Israel, whoHebrew "he" struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and pursued them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And as they were fleeing from Israel, they were on the slope of Beth-horon, and Yahweh threw huge stones from the heavens on them as far as Azekah; and more died by the hail stones than those whom the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" killed by the sword. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Then Joshua spoke to Yahweh, on the day Yahweh gave the AmoritesHebrew "Amorite" over to the {Israelites},Literally "sons/children of Israel" and he said in the sight of Israel, 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 14
c3content:
There has not been a day like this before it or after, that Yahweh listened to the voice of a man; for Yahweh fought for Israel.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And Joshua said, "Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and set men in front of it to guard them.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 19
c3content:
But do not stay there; pursue after your enemies and attack them from the rear. Do not allow them to go into their cities, for Yahweh your God has given them into your hand."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 20
c3content:
When Joshua and the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" had finished striking them with a very great blow, until they perished, {those of them who survived}Literally "the survivors who survived" went into the fortified cities,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 21
c3content:
and all the people returned to the camp safelyOr "in peace" to Joshua at Makkedah. {No one spoke}Literally "No one moved his tongue" against the {Israelites}.Literally "sons/children of Israel" 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 23
c3content:
And they did so, and brought him these five kings from the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 24
c3content:
And when they brought these kings to Joshua, Joshua called all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of {the fighting men}Literally "the men of war" who had gone with him, "Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings." So they came near and put their feet on their necks.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 25
c3content:
And Joshua said to them, "Do not be afraid or dismayed! Be strong and bold, for thus Yahweh will do to all your enemies whom you are about to fight.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 26
c3content:
And after this Joshua struck them down and killed them, and he hanged them on five trees. And they were hanging on the trees until the evening.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 27
c3content:
And it happened {at the time of sunset},Literally "at the time of the going of the sun" Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees and threw them into the cave where they had hidden themselves, and they put large stones against the mouth of the cave, which are there to this very day. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 28
c3content:
Joshua captured Makkedah on that day, and he struck it and its king with {the edge of the sword};Literally "the mouth of the sword" he utterly destroyed it and everyone that was in it. He did not leave behind a survivor. So he did to the king of Makkedah just as he did to the king of Jericho. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 29
c3content:
And Joshua passed on, and all of Israel with him, from Makkedah to Libnah, and he fought against Libnah.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 30
c3content:
And Yahweh also gave it into the hand of Israel, and its king and all the people in it he struck with {the edge of the sword}.Literally "the mouth of the sword" He left in it no survivor. He did to its king just as he did to the king of Jericho. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 31
c3content:
And Joshua passed on, and all of Israel with him, from Libnah to Lachish, and {he laid siege to it}Literally "he camped opposite it" and fought against it.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 32
c3content:
And Yahweh gave Lachish into the hand of Israel, and he captured it on the second day. He struck it with {the edge of the sword},Literally "the mouth of the sword" and everyone in it, just as he did to Libnah. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 33
c3content:
Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, and Joshua struck him and his people until he left no survivor behind. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 34
c3content:
And Joshua passed on, and all of Israel with him, from Lachish to Eglon, and {they laid siege to it}Literally "they camped opposite it" and fought against it.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 35
c3content:
And they captured it on that day, and he struck it with {the edge of the sword},Literally "the mouth of the sword" and all the people that were in it on that day he utterly destroyed as he had done to Lachish. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 37
c3content:
and captured it, and they struck it with {the edge of the sword},Literally "the mouth of the sword" its king and all its cities, and all the people that were in it; he left behind no survivor, as he had done to Eglon, and he utterly destroyed it and all the people that were in it.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 39
c3content:
and he captured it and its king and all its cities, and they struck them with {the the edge of the sword},Literally "the mouth of the sword" and they utterly destroyed all the people that were in it; he left behind no survivor, just as he had done to Hebron. Thus he did to Debir and its king what he had done to Libnah and its king. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 40
c3content:
So Joshua struck all the land--the hill country, the Negev,An arid region south of the Judaean hills the Shephelah,Or "lowlands"; a geographical region on the western edge of the hills of Judea and the slopesThe slopes of the hills of the western Jordan to the Dead Sea region--and all their kings; he left behind no survivor, and {all that breathed}Literally "all of the breath" he utterly destroyed as Yahweh the God of Israel commanded.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 42
c3content:
all of these kings and their land Joshua captured at one time, because Yahweh the God of Israel fought for Israel.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And it happened, when Jabin king of Hazor heard this, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Acshaph,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 2
c3content:
and to the kings who were in the north in the hill country, in the ArabahA dry region that runs south of the Sea of Galilee along the Jordan valley south of Kinnereth,That is, the Sea of Galilee in the Shephelah,Or "lowlands"; a geographical region on the western edge of the hills of Judea and in Naphoth DorOr "the heights of Dor" in the west,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 3
c3content:
to the CanaanitesHebrew "Canaanite" in the east and west, the Amorites,Hebrew "Amorite" the Hittites,Hebrew "Hittite" the Perizzites,Hebrew "Perizzite" and the JebusitesHebrew "Jebusite" in the hill country, and the HivitesHebrew "Hivite" {at the foot of}Literally "under" Hermon in the land of Mizpah.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 4
c3content:
They came out, they and all their armies with them, as a great army like the sand on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And all these kings joined forces, and they came and camped together by the waters of Merom to fight with Israel. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And Yahweh said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid because of their presence, for tomorrow at this time I will hand them over slain to Israel; you will hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 7
c3content:
So Joshua, and {all the fighting men}Literally "all the people of war" with him, came against them suddenly at the waters of Merom, and {they attacked them}.Literally "they fell upon them"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And Yahweh gave them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them and pursued them up to Great Sidon and Misrephoth Maim, and eastward up to the valley of Mizpeh. And they struck them until they left behind no survivor.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And Joshua did to them as Yahweh commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Then Joshua turned back at that time, and he captured Hazor and struck its king with the sword, because Hazor formerly was the head of all these kingdoms.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 11
c3content:
He struck all the people that were in it with {the edge of the sword},Literally "the mouth of the sword" utterly destroying them. {There was no one left who breathed},Literally "No one was left over of any breath" and he burned Hazor with fire.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 12
c3content:
And Joshua captured all the cities of these kings, and all their kings, and he utterly destroyed them with {the edge of the sword},Literally "the mouth of the sword" as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Israel did not burn the cities standing on their mounds,Hebrew "mound" except Hazor alone, which Joshua burned.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 14
c3content:
And all the spoil and livestock of these cities the {Israelites} took as booty; they struck the people with {the edge of the sword},Literally "the mouth of the sword" until they had destroyed them--they left behind no one who breathed.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Just as Yahweh commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did; he left nothing undone that Yahweh had commanded Moses. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 16
c3content:
So Joshua took all this land: the hill country, all the Negev,An arid region south of the Judaean hills all the land of Goshen,A southern region; the name means "on the mountains" the Shephelah,Or "lowlands"; a geographical region on the western edge of the hills of Judea the Arabah,A dry region that runs south of the Sea of Galilee along the Jordan valley and the hill country of Israel and its Shephelah,Or "lowlands"; a geographical region on the western edge of the hills of Judea


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 17
c3content:
from Mount Halak that rises to Seir and to Baal Gad in the valley of LebanonOr "white mountain" {at the foot of}Literally "under" Mount Hermon; he captured all their kings, struck them, and killed them.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 19
c3content:
There was not a city that made peace with the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" besides the HivitesHebrew "Hivite" and the inhabitants of Gibeon--{all were taken in battle}.Literally "the all they took in the battle"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 20
c3content:
For it was Yahweh that {hardened their hearts},Literally "made their hearts strong" to meet Israel in war in order to utterly destroy them without mercy, that they would destroy them just as Yahweh commanded Moses. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 21
c3content:
At that time Joshua came and exterminated the Anakites from the hill country, from Hebron, Debir, Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel; Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 22
c3content:
None of the Anakites were left in the land of the {Israelites};Literally "sons/children of Israel" some remained only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 23
c3content:
Joshua took all the land according to all that Yahweh had spoken to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel, according to their tribal divisions, and the land rested from war. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 1
c3content:
These are the kings of the land whom the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" defeated, and of whose land they took possession beyond the Jordon {to the east},Literally "to the rising of the sun" from the wadiA valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season of Arnon up to Mount Hermon, and all the ArabahA dry region that runs south of the Sea of Galilee along the Jordan Valley to the east:


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 2
c3content:
Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the wadiA valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season of Arnon, from the middle of the valley and half of Gilead, up to the {Jabbok River},Literally "Jabbok the wadi" which marks the border of the {Ammonites};Literally "sons of Ammon" or "children of Ammon"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 3
c3content:
and the ArabahA dry region that runs south of the Sea of Galilee along the Jordan Valley up to the Kinnereth SeaThat is, the Sea of Galilee to the east, and as far as the sea of Arabah, the Salt SeaThat is, the Dead Sea to the east, {in the direction of}Literally "the way of" Beth Jeshimoth, and to the area southward, {at the foot of}Literally "under" the slopes of Pisgah;Or Ashdoth Pisgah


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 4
c3content:
the territory of Og king of Bashan, one of the last of the Rephaites, who lived at Ashtaroth and Edrei


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 5
c3content:
and ruled over Mount Hermon and Salecah and over all Bashan up to the border of the GeshuritesHebrew "Geshurite" and the Maacathites,Hebrew "Maacathite" and half of Gilead, as far as the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Moses Yahweh's servant and the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" defeated them; and Moses Yahweh's servant gave it as a possession to the Reubenites,Hebrew "Reubenite" the Gadites,Hebrew "Gadite" and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 7
c3content:
These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" defeated beyond to the Jordan to the west, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon,Or "white mountain" and up to Mount Halak, which rises to Seir. And Joshua gave it as a possession to the tribes of Israel according to their allotments,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 8
c3content:
in the hill country, the Shephelah,Or "lowlands"; a geographical region on the western edge of the hills of Judea the Arabah,A dry region that runs south of the Sea of Galilee along the Jordan Valley on the slopes, in the wilderness, and in the Negev;An arid region south of the Judaean hills the Hittites,Hebrew "Hittite" the Amorites,Hebrew "Amorite" the Canaanites,Hebrew "Canaanite" the Perizzites,Hebrew "Perizzite" the Hivites,Hebrew "Hivite" and the Jebusites:Hebrew "Jebusite" 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Now Joshua was old and {advanced in years},Literally "he went in the days" and Yahweh said to him, "You are old and {advanced in years},Literally "you went in the days" and very much of the land remains to be possessed.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 2
c3content:
This is the remaining land: all the regions of the Philistines, and all of the Geshurites,Hebrew "Geshurite"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 3
c3content:
from the Shihor, which is {east of Egypt},Literally "on the face of Egypt" up to the border of Ekron to the north, which is reckoned as Canaanite; there are five Philistine rulers: the Gazites,Hebrew "Gazite" Ashdodites,Hebrew "Ashdodite" Ashkelonites,Hebrew "Ashkelonite" Gittites,Hebrew "Gittite" Ekronites,Hebrew "Ekronite" and the Avvim.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 4
c3content:
In the south; all the land of the Canaanites,Hebrew "Canaanite" and Mearah, which belongs to the Sidonians up to Aphek, to the border of the Amorites,Hebrew "Amorite"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 5
c3content:
and the land of the Gebalites, and all the Lebanon,Or "white mountain" {toward the east},Literally "the rise of the sun" from Baal Gad {at the foot of}Or "below" or "under" Mount Hermon up to Lebo-Hamath;


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 6
c3content:
all the inhabitants of the hill country, from the LebanonOr "white mountain" up to Misrephoth Maim, and all the Sidonians. I will drive them out from before the {Israelites};Literally "sons/children of Israel" only allocate it to Israel as an inheritance just as I have commanded you.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 8
c3content:
With itThat is, the other half-tribe of Manasseh the Reubenites,Hebrew "Reubenite" and the GaditesHebrew "Gadite" received their inheritance, which Moses gave them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses Yahweh's servant gave to them:


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 9
c3content:
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the wadiA valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season of Arnon, and the city which is in the middle of the wadi, and all the plateau from Medeba up to Dibon;


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 10
c3content:
and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites,Hebrew "Amorite" who reigned in Heshbon up to the border of the {Ammonites};Literally "sons/children of Ammon"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 11
c3content:
and Gilead, and the border of the GeshuriteHebrew "Geshurite" and the Maacathites,Hebrew "Maacathite" all of {Mount Hermon},Or "the hill country of Hermon" and Bashan up to Salecah;


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 12
c3content:
all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei--he was left over from the survivorsHebrew "survivor" of the Rephaim; these Moses had defeated and driven out.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 13
c3content:
But the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" did not drive out the GeshuritesHebrew "Geshurite" or the Maacathites;Hebrew "Maacathite" Geshur and Maacah live among Israel to this day.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 14
c3content:
Only the tribe of LevitesHebrew "Levite" Moses did not give an inheritance; the offerings made by fire to Yahweh the God of Israel are theirHebrew "his" inheritance, just as he promised to them.Hebrew "he said to him" 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the descendantsOr "sons" of Reuben according to their families.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 16
c3content:
Their territory was from Aroer, which was on the edge of the wadiA valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season of Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plateau by Medeba;


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 21
c3content:
all of the cities of the plateau, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites,Hebrew "Amorite" who reigned in Heshbon and whom Moses defeated with the leaders of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon who dwelled in the land.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 22
c3content:
In addition to their slain, the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" killed with the sword Balaam son of Beor, who practiced divination.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 23
c3content:
And the border of the descendantsOr "sons" of Reuben was the Jordan and its banks.Hebrew "bank" This was the inheritance of the descendantsOr "sons" of Reuben according to their families, the cities, and their villages. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 24
c3content:
Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of Gad, to the descendantsOr "sons" of Gad, according to their families.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 25
c3content:
Their territory was Jazer and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the {Ammonites}Literally "sons/children of Ammon" up to Aroer, {which is east of Rabbah};Literally "which is before Rabbah"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 27
c3content:
in the valley of Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, Zaphon, and the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and its banks,Hebrew "bank" up to the lower end of the Kinnereth SeaThat is, the Sea of Galilee beyond the Jordan to the east.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 28
c3content:
This is the inheritance of the {Gadites}Literally "sons/children of Gad" according to their families, the cities, and their villages. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 29
c3content:
Moses gave an inheritance to the half-tribe of Manasseh; it was for the half-tribe of the descendantsOr "sons" of Manasseh according to their families.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 30
c3content:
Their territory was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the settlementsOr "tent villages" of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 31
c3content:
and half of Gilead, with Ashtaroth, Edrei, and the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan; these were allotted to the children of Makir son of Manasseh, for half of the children of Makir according to their families.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 32
c3content:
These are the territories that Moses gave as an inheritance on the desert-plateau of Moab, beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 33
c3content:
But to the tribe of Levi Moses did not give an inheritance; Yahweh the God of Israel, he is their inheritance, just as {he promised them}.Literally "he said to them" 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 1
c3content:
These are the territories that the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" gave as an inheritance to them.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 2
c3content:
Their inheritance was by lot, just as Yahweh commanded through the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 3
c3content:
For Moses had given an inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan, but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 4
c3content:
For the descendantsOr "sons" of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim, and they did not give a plot of ground to the Levites in the land, only cities to live in, with their pastureland for their flocks and for their goods.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Just as Yahweh commanded Moses, so the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" did; and they allotted the land. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Then the descendantsOr "sons" of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal; and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You know the word that Yahweh said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh Barnea concerning you and me.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 7
c3content:
{I was forty years old}Literally "I was a son of forty years" when Moses Yahweh's servant sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land, and I returned {with an honest report}.Literally "with a word just as was with my heart"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 8
c3content:
My companions who went up with me made the heartsHebrew "heart" of the people melt, but I remained true to Yahweh my God.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And Moses swore on that day, saying, 'Surely the land that your foot has trodden on will be an inheritance to you and your sons forever, because you remained true to Yahweh my God.'


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 10
c3content:
So then, look, Yahweh has kept me alive just as he promised these forty-five years,Hebrew "year" from the time that Yahweh spoke this word to Moses while Israel {wandered}Literally "went" in the wilderness. Now look, today {I am eighty-five years old}.Literally "I am a son of eighty-five years"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Today I am still strong, just as on the day that Moses sent me; as my strength was then, so now also is my strength for war {and for daily activities}.Literally "for going out and for coming in"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 12
c3content:
So now give me this hill country that Yahweh spoke of on that day, for you heard on that day that the Anakites were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps Yahweh is with me, and I will drive them out just as Yahweh promised."Or "said" 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 14
c3content:
Thus Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he remained true to Yahweh the God of Israel.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath Arba;Or "the city of Arba" Arba was the greatest person among the Anakites. And the land rested from war. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 1
c3content:
The allotment for the tribe of the descendantsOr "sons" of Judah according to their families reached to the border of Edom, to the wilderness of Zin, {to the far south}.Literally "to the south at the end of south"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 2
c3content:
Their southern border was from the end of the Salt Sea,That is, the Dead Sea from the bay facing southward;


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 3
c3content:
it continuesHebrew "goes out" to the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, passes along to Zin, it goes up south of Kadesh Barnea, passes along Hezron, goes up to Addar, and makes a turn to Karka;


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 4
c3content:
{it passes on}Literally "it was to" to Azmon, continuesHebrew "goes out" by the wadi of Egypt, and {it ends}Literally "the goings out of the border were" at the sea. This will be your southern border.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 5
c3content:
The eastern border is the Salt SeaThat is, the Dead Sea up to the mouthOr "end" of the Jordan. The border on the northern side runs from the bay of the sea at the mouthOr "end" of the Jordan;


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 6
c3content:
the border goes up to Beth-hoglah and passes along north of Beth Arabah; and the border goes up the stone of Bohan son of Reuben;


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 7
c3content:
and the border goes up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and to the north, turning to Gilgal, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, which is south of the wadi;A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season and the border passes on to the waters of En Shemesh, and it ends at En Rogel.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Then the border goes up by the Valley of Ben HinnomOr "valley of the son of Hinnom" to the slope of the JebusitesHebrew "Jebusite" from the south (that is, Jerusalem); and the border goes up to the top of the mountain that lies opposite the valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the valley of Rephaim to the north;


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 9
c3content:
then the border turns from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and continuesHebrew "goes out" from there to the cities of Mount Ephron; the border then turns to Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim);


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 10
c3content:
and the border goes around from Baalah to the west, to Mount Seir, and passes on to the slope of Mount Jearim from the north (that is, Kesalon), and goes down to Beth Shemesh, and passes along by Timnah.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 11
c3content:
The border continues"Hebrew "goes out" to the slope of Ekron to the north, then bends around to Shikkeron, it passes on to Mount Baalah and continues to Jabneel; and {the border ends}Literally "the goings out of the border were" at the sea.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 12
c3content:
And the western border is to the Great SeaThat is, the Mediterranean and its coast. This is the border surrounding the descendantsOr "sons" of Judah according to their families. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 13
c3content:
{According to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua},Literally "according to the mouth of Yahweh to Joshua" he gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh a plot of ground among the descendantsOr "sons" of Judah, Kiriath Arba,Or "the city of Arba" which is Hebron (Arba was Anak's father).


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 14
c3content:
Caleb drove out from there three of Anak's sons, Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the descendantsOr "children" of Anak.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And from there he went up against the inhabitants of Debir (the former name of Debir was Kiriath Sepher).


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And Caleb said, "Whoever attacks Kiriath Sepher and captures it, I will give to him my daughter Acsah as a wife."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Othniel son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it, and he gave to him Acsah his daughter as a wife.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 18
c3content:
When she came to him she urged him to ask her father for a field. So she dismounted from the donkey, and Caleb said to her, "{What do you want}?"Literally "What is for you?"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 19
c3content:
And she said to him, "Give to me a gift;Or "blessing" you have given me the land of the Negev,An arid region south of the Judaean hills and you must give to me a spring of water." And he gave to her the upper and lower spring.Joshua 15:13-19 is almost identical to Judges 1:11-15 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 20
c3content:
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendantsOr "sons" of Judah according to their families:


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 21
c3content:
the cities belonging to the tribe of the descendantsOr "sons" of Judah to the far south, to the border of Edom to the south, were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 33
c3content:
In the Shephelah:Or "lowlands"; a geographical region on the western edge of the hills of Judea Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 46
c3content:
from Ekron to the sea, and all that {were near}Literally "were on the hand of" Ashdod and their villages. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 47
c3content:
Ashdod, its towns and villages; Gaza, its towns and villages, up to the wadiA valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season of Egypt and the Great SeaThat is, the Mediterranean and its coast.Literally "border" 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 54
c3content:
Humtah, Kiriath ArbaOr "the city of Arba" (that is, Hebron), and Zior; nine cities and their villages. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 63
c3content:
But the descendantsOr "sons" of Judah were unable to drive out the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so the Jebusites live with the descendantsOr "sons" of Judah in Jerusalem to this day. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 1
c3content:
The allotment of the descendantsOr "sons" of Joseph went from the Jordan by Jericho, at the waters of Jericho to the east, into the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel;


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 2
c3content:
it continues from Bethel to Luz, and it passes along to the territory of the ArkitesHebrew "Arkite" at Ataroth.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Then it goes down, to the west, to the territory of the Japhletites,Hebrew "Japhletite" up to the territory of Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, and {it ends}Literally "the goings out of it were" at the sea. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 5
c3content:
This was the border of the descendantsOr "sons" of Ephraim according to their families: the border of their inheritance to the east was Ataroth Addar, up to Upper Beth-horon.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 6
c3content:
The border continues to the sea; from Micmethath to the north, the border turns to the east to Taanath Shiloh, and it passes along it from the east to Janoah.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 8
c3content:
from Tappuah the border goes to the west, to the wadiA valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season of Kanah, and {it ends}Literally "the goings out of it were" at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendantsOr "sons" of Ephraim according to their families,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 9
c3content:
with the cities that were set apart for the descendantsOr "sons" of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the descendantsOr "sons" of Manasseh, all the cities and their villages.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 10
c3content:
But they did not drive out the CanananitesHebrew "Canaanite" who were dwelling in Gezer, and so the CanaanitesHebrew "Canaanite" live in the midst of Ephraim to this day, but they became forced laborers. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Then the allotment was made for the tribe of Manasseh, because he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Makir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, {were allotted}Literally "and there was to him" Gilead and Bashan, because he was a warrior.Literally "a man of war"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 2
c3content:
An allotment was made for the remaining descendantsOr "sons" of Manasseh, according to their families: For the children of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida--these were the male descendantsOr "sons" of Manasseh son of Joseph according to their families. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 3
c3content:
But Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 4
c3content:
They came before Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, saying, "Yahweh commanded Moses to give an inheritance to us among our kinsmen."Or "among our brothers" Therefore, according to the {command of Yahweh}Literally "mouth of Yahweh" he gave them an inheritance among the kinsmenOr "brothers" of their father.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Thus ten shares fell to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 6
c3content:
because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead was allotted to the remaining descendantsOr "sons" of Manasseh.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 7
c3content:
The border of Manasseh was from Asher to Micmethath, which is opposite Shechem;Or "which faces Shechem" then the border goes to the south, to the inhabitants of En Tappuah.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 8
c3content:
The land of Tappuah {belonged to Manasseh},Literally "was to Manasseh" but Tuppuah on the border of Manasseh {belonged to the descendants of Ephraim}.Literally "was to the children of Ephraim"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Then the border goes down to the wadiA valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season of Kanah to the south of the wadi. These cities belong to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh. The border of Manasseh is north of the wadi, and {it ends}Literally "the goings out of it were" at the sea.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 10
c3content:
The south is Ephraim's, and the north is Manasseh's; the sea is theirHebrew "its" border; Asher touches the north and on the east Issachar.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 11
c3content:
In Issachar and Asher, Manasseh had Beth-shean and its villages, Ibleam and its villages, the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, the inhabitants of En-dor and its villages, the inhabitants of Taanach and its villages, the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; the third is Napheth.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 12
c3content:
But the descendantsOr "sons" of Manasseh were not able to take possession of these towns; the CanaanitesHebrew "Canaanite" were determined to live in this land.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 13
c3content:
And it happened, when the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" grew strong, they put the CanaanitesHebrew "Canaanite" to forced labor but never drove them out completely. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 14
c3content:
The descendantsOr "sons" of Joseph spoke with Joshua, saying, "Why have you given usHebrew "to me" one allotment and one share as an inheritance? We are many people, which Yahweh has blessed."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And Joshua said to them, "If you are many people, go up to the forest and clear a place there for yourselves in the land of the PerizzitesHebrew "Perizzite" and Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And the descendantsOr "sons" of Joseph said, "The hill country is not enough for us, and all of the CanaanitesHebrew "Canaanite" living in the land of the valley have chariotsHebrew "chariot" of iron, those in Beth-shean and its villages, and those in the Jezreel Valley."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And Joshua said to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, "You are many people and have great power; you will not have one allotment only;


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 18
c3content:
the hill country will be yours. Even though it is a forest, you will clear it, and it will be yours to its farthest borders. You will drive out the Canaanites,Hebrew "Canaanite" even though they have iron chariots and are strong." 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 1
c3content:
The entire congregation of the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" assembled at Shiloh, and they set up there the tent of meeting, and the land was subdued before them.Or "in their presence"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And seven tribes remained among the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" who had not been apportioned their inheritance.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And Joshua said to the {Israelites},Literally "sons/children of Israel" "{How long}Literally "Until when" will you be slack about going to take possession of the land that Yahweh, the God of your ancestors,Or "fathers" has given you?


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 4
c3content:
Provide three men {from each tribe},Literally "according to each tribe" and I will send them so that they may begin to go through the land and write a description of it {according to their inheritance},Literally "according to the mouth of their inheritance" and let them come to me.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 5
c3content:
They will divide it among themselves into seven portions; {Judah will maintain its border}Literally "Judah will stand on its border" from the south, and {the house of Joseph will maintain its border}Literally "the house of Joseph will stand on its border" from the north.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Describe the land in seven divisions, and bring it to me here; I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh our God.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 7
c3content:
The Levites among you have no portion, for their inheritance is the priesthood of Yahweh; Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh received their inheritance beyond the Jordan to the east, which Moses Yahweh's servant gave to them." 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And {the men went immediately},Literally "the men got up and went" and Joshua commanded the ones going to describe the land, saying, "Go and walk about through the land, write a description, and return to me, and here I will cast a lot for you beforeOr "in the presence of" Yahweh at Shiloh."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And the men went and passed through the land, and they {described}Literally "wrote it" the cities in seven divisions in a book; and they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 10
c3content:
and Joshua cast a lot for them at Shiloh beforeOr "in the presence of" Yahweh, and there he divided the land for the {Israelites},Literally "sons/children of Israel" {to each a portion}.Literally "according to their allotment" 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And the allotment of the tribe of Benjamin came up according to their families, and the border of their allotment fellLiterally "went out" between the descendantsOr "sons" of Judah and the descendantsOr "sons" of Joseph.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Their northern border began at the Jordan and went up to the slope of Jericho on the north and continued into the hill country to the west; {it ends}Literally "the goings out of it were" at the wilderness of Beth Aven.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 13
c3content:
The border passes on from there to Luz, to the slope of Luz to the south (that is, Bethel); then the border goes down to Ataroth Addar to the mountain that is south of Lower Beth-Horon.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 14
c3content:
Then the border changes direction and turns to the western side southward, from the mountain that {is opposite}Literally "against the face of" Beth-Horon to the south. {It ends}Literally "the goings out of it were" at Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a town belonging to the descendantsOr "sons" of Judah. This is the western side.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 15
c3content:
The southern side begins on the outskirts of Kiriath Jearim, and the border continues to the west to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah;


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 16
c3content:
the border goes down to the footOr "to the edge" of the mountain, which is opposite the Valley of Ben Hinnom,Or "valley of the son of-Hinnom" which is in the valley of Rephaim to the north; then it does down the valley of Hinnom to the slope of the JebusitesHebrew "Jebusite" to the south, and then it goes down to En Rogel.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 17
c3content:
It changes direction from the north, and it continues to En Shemesh; it goes out to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, and it goes down to the stone of Bohan, son of Reuben.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 18
c3content:
It passes on to the slope opposite the ArabahA dry region that runs south of the Sea of Galilee along the Jordan Valley to the north, and it goes down to the Arabah.A dry region that runs south of the Sea of Galilee along the Jordan Valley


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 19
c3content:
The border passes on to the slope of Beth-hoglah to the north and {ends}Literally "the goings out of it were" at the north bay of the Salt SeaThat is, the Dead Sea at the south end of the Jordan. This is the southern border.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 20
c3content:
The Jordan forms its border on the eastern side. This is the inheritance of the tribe of Benjamin, its borders that surrounds them, according to their families. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 21
c3content:
Now the towns of the tribes of the descendantsOr "sons" of Benjamin, according to their families, were Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek Keziz,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 28
c3content:
Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath; fourteen cities and their villages. This is the inheritance of the descendantsOr "sons" of Benjamin according to their families. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 1
c3content:
The second allotment {fell}Literally "went out" for Simeon, for the tribe of the descendantsOr "sons" of Simeon, according to their families. And their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the descendantsOr "sons" of Judah.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 8
c3content:
and all the villages that were around these towns up to Baalat-Beor, Ramath of the Negev.An arid region south of the Judaean hills This was the inheritance of the tribe of the descendantsOr "sons" of Simeon according to their families.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Part of the portion allotted to the descendantsOr "sons" of Judah became the inheritance of the descendantsOr "sons" of Simeon because the portion for the descendantsOr "sons" of Judah was {too large for them},Literally "large from them" so the descendantsOr "sons" of Simeon inherited from their inheritance. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 10
c3content:
The third allotment came up for the descendantsOr "sons" of Zebulun according to their families. The border of their inheritance went up to Sarid.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Their border goes up to the west, to Maralah; it touchesOr "reaches to" Dabbesheth, then the wadiA valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season that is opposite Jokneam.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 12
c3content:
It turns from Sarid to the east to the sunrise, to the border of Kislot-Tabor; it continues to Daberath and goes up to Japhia.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 13
c3content:
From there it passes along to the east toward the sunrise, to Gath Hepher and to Eth Kazin, and continuing to Rimmon, it turns to Neah;


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 14
c3content:
it changes direction from the north of Hannathon, and {it ends}Literally "the goings out of it were"  at the valley of Yiptah-El;


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 16
c3content:
This is the inheritance of the descendantsOr "sons" of Zebulun according to their families, these cities and their villages. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 17
c3content:
The fourth allotment {fell}Literally "came out" for Issachar, for the descendantsOr "sons" of Issachar, according to their families.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 22
c3content:
and the border touches Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh. {Its border ends}Literally "the goings out of their border were" at the Jordan; sixteen cities and their villages.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 23
c3content:
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendantsOr "sons" of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 24
c3content:
The fifth allotment {fell}Literally "came out"  for the tribe of the descendantsOr "sons" of Asher according to their families.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 27
c3content:
Then it turns {eastward}Literally "to the rising of the sun" to Beth-dagon and touches Zebulun and the valley of Yiptah-El to the northLiterally "left hand/side"  to Beth Emeck and Neiel; it continues to Cabul from the north,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 29
c3content:
then the border turns to Ramah, and up to the fortified city of Tyre, where the border turns to Hosah; {it ends}Literally "the goings out of it were" at the sea, from Hebel to Aczib.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 31
c3content:
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendantsOr "sons" of Asher according to their families, these cities and their villages. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 32
c3content:
The sixth allotment {fell}Literally "came out" for the children of Naphtali, for the children of Naphtali according to their families.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 33
c3content:
Their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, Adami Nekeb, Jabneel, up to Lakkum; {it ends}Literally "the goings out of it were" at the Jordan;


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 34
c3content:
then the border turns to the west, to Aznoth Tabor, and continues from there to Hukok, and it touchesOr "reaches to" Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and Judah on {the east}Literally "the rising of the sun" at the Jordan.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 35
c3content:
{The fortified cities}Literally "the cities of fortification" are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 39
c3content:
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 40
c3content:
The seventh lot {fell}Literally "came out" for the tribe of the descendantsOr "sons" of Dan according to their families.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 47
c3content:
The border of the descendantsOr "sons" of Dan continued {beyond them},Literally "from them" because the descendantsOr "sons" of Dan went up and fought with Lesham, and they captured and struck it with {the edge of the sword},Literally "the mouth of the sword" and they took possession of it and settled in it; and they called Leshem Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor.Or "father"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 48
c3content:
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendantsOr "sons" of Dan according to their families, these cities and their villages. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 49
c3content:
They finished assigning the land according to its borders, and the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" gave an inheritance from among them to Joshua son of Nun.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 50
c3content:
{According to the commandment of Yahweh},Literally "On the mouth of Yahweh" they gave him the city that he requested, Timnath Serah, in the hill country of Ephraim, and he rebuilt the city and settledOr "dwelt" in it.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 51
c3content:
These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes, distributed by allotment to the {Israelites},Literally "sons/children of Israel" at Shiloh {before Yahweh}Or "in the presence of Yahweh" at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And they finished dividing the land. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 2
c3content:
"Speak to the {Israelites},Literally "sons/children of Israel" saying, 'Appoint for yourselves cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through the hand of Moses.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Anyone who kills a person by accident or unintentionallyOr "by not knowing" may flee there; they will be for yourselves a refuge from the avenger of blood.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 4
c3content:
The killer will flee to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and {state his case to the elders of that city};Literally "he will speak his words in the ears of the elders of that city" and they will take himOr "they will gather him" into the city and give him a place, and he will dwell among them.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And if the avenger of blood pursues after him, they will not hand over the killer into his hand, because he killed his neighbor unintentionally, and {he did not hate him previously}.Literally "he did not hate him since yesterday and the day before that"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 6
c3content:
The killer will stay in that city until he stands before the congregation for the trial, until the death of the one who is the high priest in those days. Then {the killer will return}Literally "the killer will return and go" to his city and to his house, to the city from which he fled.'" 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 7
c3content:
So {they set apart}Or "consecrated" Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath ArbaOr "the city of Arba" (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, they appointed Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau, from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead, from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in the Bashan, from the tribe of Manasseh.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 9
c3content:
These were the cities designated for all the {Israelites},Literally "sons/children of Israel" and for the foreignersHebrew "foreigner" dwelling among them, for anyone that kills a person unintentionally to flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, {until there is a trial}Literally "until he stands" before the congregation. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Then the heads of the families of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the families of the tribes of the {Israelites}.Literally "sons/children of Israel"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "Yahweh commanded through the hand of Moses to give us cities to live in, with their pasturelands for our livestock."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 3
c3content:
So, {by command of Yahweh},Literally "by the mouth of Yahweh" the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands from their inheritance. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 4
c3content:
The allotment {fell}Literally "came out" for the families of the Kohathites.Hebrew "Kohathite" The descendantsOr "sons" of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, {received}Literally "they had" by lot thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 5
c3content:
The remaining descendantsOr "sons" of Kohath received by lot ten cities from the families of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 6
c3content:
The descendantsOr "sons" of Gershon received by lot thirteen cities from the families of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 7
c3content:
The descendantsOr "sons" of the MeraritesHebrew "Merarite" according to their families received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 8
c3content:
The {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" gave to the Levites these cities and their pastureland by lot, just as Yahweh commanded through the hand of Moses. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 9
c3content:
They gave these cities, which are here mentioned by name, from the tribe of the families of Judah and from the tribe of the families of Simeon;


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 10
c3content:
and they were for the descendantsOr "sons" of Aaron, from the families of the Kohathites,Hebrew "Kohathite" from the descendantsOr "sons" of Levi, because the first lot was theirs.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And they gave to them Kiriath Arba,Or "the city of Arba" Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah and the pasturelands surrounding it.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 13
c3content:
To the descendantsOr "sons" of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, Libnah and its pasturelands,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 16
c3content:
Ain and its pasturelands, Juttah and its pasturelands, and Beth Shemesh and its pasturelands; nine cities from these two tribes.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 19
c3content:
All the cities of the descendantsOr "sons" of Aaron the priests, thirteen cities and their pasturelands. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 20
c3content:
For the families of the descendantsOr "sons" of Kohath, the remaining Levites of the descendantsOr "sons" of Kohath, they received the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 21
c3content:
They gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 25
c3content:
From the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its pasturelands and Gath Rimmon with its pasturelands; two cities.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 26
c3content:
All the cities and their pasturelands for the remaining families of the descendantsOr "sons" of Kohath were ten. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 27
c3content:
To the descendantsOr "sons" of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, and Eshtarah and its pasturelands; two cities.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 32
c3content:
From the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, Hammoth Dor and its pasturelands, and Kartan and its pasturelands; three cities.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 33
c3content:
All the cities of the GershonitesHebrew "Gershonite" according to their families were thirteen cities and their pasturelands. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 34
c3content:
To the families of the descendantsOr "sons" of Merarite, the remaining Levites, from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its pasturelands, Kartah and its pasturelands,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 38
c3content:
From the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the killer, and its pasturelands, Mahanaim and its pasturelands,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 40
c3content:
All these were the cities of the descendantsOr "sons" of Merarite according to their families, the remaining families of the Levites; their allotment was twelve cities. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 41
c3content:
All the cities of the Levites among the property of the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" were forty-eight cities and their pasturelands.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 43
c3content:
And Yahweh gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their ancestors,Or "fathers" and they took possession of it and {settled in it}.Or "dwelled in it"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 44
c3content:
Yahweh gave them rest on every side, according to all that he had sworn to their ancestors,Or "fathers" and nobody from all their enemies withstood them, for Yahweh had given all their enemies into their hand.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 45
c3content:
And {nothing failed from}Literally "Not a thing fell" all the good thingsHebrew "thing" that Yahweh promised to the house of Israel; {everything came to pass}.Literally "everything it came" 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 2
c3content:
and he said to them, "You have observed all that Moses Yahweh's servant commanded you, and you have listenedOr "you have obeyed" to my voice in all that I have commanded you;


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 3
c3content:
you have not forsaken your kinsmenOr "brothers" these many days, up to this day, and you have observed the obligation of the command of Yahweh your God.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 4
c3content:
So then, Yahweh your God has given rest to your kinsmen,Or "brothers" just as he promised them; so then, turn and go to your tents to the land of your possession, which Moses Yahweh's servant gave to you beyond the Jordan.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Only be very careful to observe the commandment and law that Moses Yahweh's servant commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."Or "inner self"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And to the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given a possession in Bashan, but to the other half Joshua had given a possession with their kinsmenOr "brothers" beyond the Jordan to the west; and when Joshua sent them to their tents and blessed them,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 8
c3content:
he said to them, "Return to your tents with much wealth, and with very much livestock, with silver, gold, copper, iron, and with very much clothing; divide the war-booty of your enemies with your kinsmen."Or "brothers"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 9
c3content:
So the descendantsOr "sons" of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned home and departed with the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead to the land of their possession, which they had acquired {according to the command of Yahweh}Literally "on the mouth of Yahweh" through the hand of Moses. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And they came to the region of the Jordan that is in the land of Canaan, and the descendantsOr "sons" of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar on the Jordan, {a large and imposing altar}.Literally "a large altar to appearance"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" heard it said that the descendantsOr "sons" of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had built an altar next to the land of Canaan, in the region of the Jordan, on the side belonging to the {Israelites}.Literally "sons/children of Israel"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 12
c3content:
When the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" heard of it, the whole congregation of the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" gathered at Shiloh to go up against them for battle.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 13
c3content:
And the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" sent to the descendantsOr "sons" of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, Phinehas the priest son of Eleazar,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 14
c3content:
and ten leaders with him, {one leader for each}Literally "one leader, one leader" {family}Literally "of the house of father" from each of the tribes of Israel; and each one was the head of {his family}Literally "house of their fathers" among the clans of Israel.Or "thousands of Israel"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 15
c3content:
They came to the descendantsOr "sons" of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 16
c3content:
"Thus says all the congregation of Yahweh: 'What is this treachery that you have committed against the God of Israel by turning away today from following Yahweh, by building for yourselves an altar to rebel today against Yahweh?


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Is not the sin of Peor {enough for us},Literally "too little for us" from which we have not cleansed ourselves today, and for which a plague came to the congregation of Yahweh,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 18
c3content:
that you must turn today from following Yahweh? If you rebel today against Yahweh, tomorrow he will be angry with all of the congregation of Israel;


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 19
c3content:
if, however, the land of your property is unclean, cross over to the land of Yahweh's property, where Yahweh's tabernacle resides,Or "stands" and take possession among us. But you must not rebel against Yahweh or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of Yahweh our God.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 20
c3content:
Did not Achan son of Zerah commit treachery with devoted things,Or "consecrated possession" and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? {And he alone}Literally "And he is one man that" did not perish because of his iniquity.'" 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 21
c3content:
And the descendantsOr "sons" of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh spoke with the heads of the clansOr "thousands" of Israel,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 22
c3content:
"Yahweh, God of gods! Yahweh, God of gods knows. And let Israel itself know, if it was in rebellion or treachery against Yahweh, do not spare us this day


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 23
c3content:
for building for ourselves an altar to turn away from Yahweh, or if it was to offer burnt offerings,Hebrew "offering" grain offerings,Hebrew "offering" or fellowship offerings on it, may Yahweh himself take vengeance.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 24
c3content:
But in fact, we have done this because of anxiety, because of a reason, saying, 'In the future your children may say to our children, '{What is the relationship between you and Yahweh the God of Israel}?Literally "What is to you and to Yahweh the God of Israel"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 25
c3content:
Yahweh has made the Jordan a border between us and you, the descendantsOr "sons" of Reuben and Gad; you have no portion in Yahweh.' So your children may put an end to our children worshipingOr "seeing" Yahweh.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 26
c3content:
So we said, 'Let us build immediately for ourselves an altar, not for burnt offeringsHebrew "offering" or for sacrifices;Hebrew "sacrifice"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 27
c3content:
instead, it is a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us for performing the serving of Yahweh in his presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and fellowship offerings; so that your children may not say in the future to our children, "You have no portion in Yahweh." '


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 28
c3content:
And we thought, if they say to us and to our children in the future, we can say, 'Look at this replica of the altar of Yahweh, which our ancestorsOr "fathers" made, not for burnt offeringsHebrew "offering" or sacrifices;Hebrew "sacrifice" rather, it is a witness between us and you.'


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 29
c3content:
Far be it from us to rebel against Yahweh, to turn today from following Yahweh, to build an altar for burnt offerings,Hebrew "offering" grain offerings,Hebrew "offering" or sacrifices,Hebrew "sacrifice" instead of the altar of Yahweh our God that is before his tabernacle." 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 30
c3content:
Phinehas the priest, the leaders of the congregation, and the heads of the clansOr "thousands" of Israel who were with him heard the words that the descendantsOr "sons" of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh spoke, and {they were satisfied}.Literally "it was good in their eyes"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 31
c3content:
Phinehas the priest, son of Eleazar, said to the descendantsOr "sons" of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, "Today we know that Yahweh is among us, because you have not committed this treachery against Yahweh. Therefore you have rescued the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" from the hand of Yahweh." 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 32
c3content:
And Phinehas the priest, son of Eleazar, and the leaders returned from the descendantsOr "sons" of Reuben and Gad, from the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan to the {Israelites},Literally "sons/children of Israel" and {they gave them their report}.Literally "they brought back a word to them"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 33
c3content:
{The report satisfied the Israelites};Literally "The report was good in the eyes of the children of Israel" they blessed God, and they did not speak of going up for battle against them to destroy the land in which the descendantsOr "sons" of Reuben and Gad were living.Or "dwelling"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 22
c2verse: 34
c3content:
The descendantsOr "sons" of Reuben and Gad called the altar Witness, "Because," they said, "it is a witness between us that Yahweh is God." 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 23
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And it happened, after {a long time},Literally "many days" after Yahweh had given rest to Israel from all their surrounding enemies, and after Joshua was old and {well-advanced in years},Literally "he went into the days"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 23
c2verse: 2
c3content:
Joshua summoned all Israel, their elders, heads, judges, and officials, and he said to them, "I am old and {well-advanced in years},Literally "I went into the days"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 23
c2verse: 3
c3content:
and you have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to all these nations {for your sake},Literally "because of your presence" for Yahweh your God is fighting for you.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 23
c2verse: 4
c3content:
Look! I have allotted to you these remaining nations as an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, to the Great SeaThat is, the Mediterranean {in the west}.Literally "to the setting of the sun"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 23
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And Yahweh your God will push them {back before you}Literally "from your presence" and drive them {out of your sight},Literally "from your face" and you will possess their land, just as Yahweh your God promised to you.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 23
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Be very strong to observe carefully all that is written in the scroll of the law of Moses so as not to turn aside from it, to the right or left,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 23
c2verse: 7
c3content:
so as not to go among these remaining nations with you; {do not profess}Literally "do not mention" the name of their gods, and do not swear by them, serve them, or {bow down to them}.Literally "bow yourselves down to them"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 23
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Yahweh has driven out before you great and strong nations; and as for you, {nobody has withstood}Literally "a man has not stood in your presence" you to this day.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 23
c2verse: 10
c3content:
One of your men put to flight a thousand, for Yahweh your God is fighting for you, just as he promised you.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 23
c2verse: 12
c3content:
for if indeed you turn back and join these remaining nations {among you},Literally "with you" and you intermarry with them, {marrying their women and they yours},Literally "you go into them and they into you"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 23
c2verse: 13
c3content:
know for certain that Yahweh your God {will not continue to drive out}Literally "will not drive out again" these nations from before you; they will be for you a snare and a trap, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that Yahweh your God has given to you. 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 23
c2verse: 14
c3content:
Look! {I am about to die},Literally "I am going today on the way of all the earth" and you know in all your heartsHebrew "heart" and soulsHebrew "soul"; or "inner self" that not one thing {failed}Literally "fell" from all the good things that Yahweh your God promised concerning you; everything {has been fulfilled};Literally "has come out" {not one thing failed}.Literally "not one thing fell from it"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 23
c2verse: 15
c3content:
But just as all the good thingsHebrew "thing" came to you that Yahweh your God promised, so will Yahweh bring to you all the bad thingsHebrew "things" until he has destroyed you from this good land that Yahweh your God has given to you.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 23
c2verse: 16
c3content:
If you transgress the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he commanded to you, and you go and serve other gods and bow down to them, {Yahweh's anger will be kindled}Literally "Yahweh's nose will become hot" against you, and you will perish quickly from the good land that he has given to you." 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem; he summoned the elders of Israel, their heads, their judges, and their officials, and they presented themselves before God.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel: '{Long ago}Literally "from ancient" your ancestorsOr "fathers"--Terah the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor--lived beyond the river,That is, the Euphrates and they served other gods.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 3
c3content:
I took your ancestorOr "father" Abraham from beyond the riverThat is, the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I increased his offspring; I gave him Isaac,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 4
c3content:
and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I gave the hill country of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt with what I did in its midst; and afterward I brought you out.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 6
c3content:
When I brought out your ancestorsOr "fathers" from Egypt, you came to the sea, and the Egyptians pursued after your ancestorsOr "fathers" with chariotsHebrew "chariot" and horsemen to the {Red Sea}.Literally "sea of reed"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 7
c3content:
They cried out to Yahweh, and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and he brought the sea over themThat is, the Egyptians and covered them; your own eyes saw what I did in Egypt. Then you lived in the wilderness for many days.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And I brought you to the land of the AmoritesHebrew "Amorite" who lived beyond the Jordan; they fought you, and I gave them into your hand; you took possession of their land, and I destroyed them {before you}.Literally "in your presence"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Then Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, set out and fought against Israel, and he sent and summoned Balaam son of Beor to curse you,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 10
c3content:
but I was not willing to listen to Balaam, and he richly blessed you. So I rescued you from his hand,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 11
c3content:
and you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. And the citizens of Jericho, the Amorites,Hebrew "Amorite" the Perizzites,Hebrew "Perizzite" the Canaanites,Hebrew "Canaanite" the Hittites,Hebrew "Hittite" the Girgashites,Hebrew "Girgashite" the Hivites,Hebrew "Hivite" and the Jebusites,Hebrew "Jebusite" fought against you, and I gave them into your hand.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 12
c3content:
I sent before you the hornet and they drove out before you two kings of the Amorites;Hebrew "Amorite" but not by your sword or bow.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 13
c3content:
I gave to you a land that you have not labored on, and cities that you have not built, and you liveOr "dwell" in them; you eat from vineyards and olive groves that you have not planted.' 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 14
c3content:
"So now, revere Yahweh and serve him in sincerity and faithfulness; remove the gods that your ancestorsOr "fathers" served beyond the riverThat is, the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve Yahweh.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 15
c3content:
But if it is bad in your eyes to serve Yahweh, choose for yourselves today whom you want to serve, whether it is the gods that your ancestorsOr "fathers" served beyond the river,That is, the Euphrates or the gods of the AmoritesHebrew "Amorite" in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve Yahweh."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And the people answered and said, "Far be it from us that we would forsake Yahweh to serve other gods,


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 17
c3content:
for Yahweh our God brought us and our ancestorsOr "fathers" from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery, and did these great signs before our eyes. He protected us along the entire way that we went, and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And Yahweh drove out all the people before us, the Amorites"Hebrew "Amorite" who liveOr "dwell" in the land. We will serve Yahweh, for he is our God." 


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 19
c3content:
But Joshua said to the people, "You cannot serve Yahweh, for he is a holy and jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 20
c3content:
If you forsake Yahweh and serve foreign gods, he will turn and bring disaster to you; he will destroy you after he has done good to you."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 22
c3content:
And Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen for yourselves to serve Yahweh." And they said, "We are witnesses."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 23
c3content:
He said, "Remove the foreign gods that are in your midst, and incline your hearts to Yahweh the God of Israel."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 25
c3content:
So Joshua {made a covenant}Literally "cut a covenant" with the people on that day, and he established for them a statute and a judgment at Shechem.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 26
c3content:
Then Joshua wrote these words in a scroll of the law of God, and he took a large stone and set it up there under a large tree, which is at the shrine of Yahweh.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 27
c3content:
And Joshua said to all the people, "Look, this stone will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words of Yahweh that he spoke with us. It will be as a witness against you, so that you do not deny your God."


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 29
c3content:
After these things Joshua son of Nun servant of Yahweh died; {he was one hundred and ten years old}.Literally "a son of one hundred and ten years"


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 30
c3content:
They buried him in the territory of his inheritance, at Timnath-Serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 31
c3content:
Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who lived long after Joshua, and who had known all the work that Yahweh did for Israel.Joshua 24:28-31 is repeated in Judges 2:6-10


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 32
c3content:
The bones of Jacob, which the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" had brought out from Egypt, they buried at Shechem, in a piece of land that Jacob had bought from the children of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of money;Hebrew kesitah it became an inheritance for the descendantsOr "sons" of Joseph.


c0book: Josh
c1chapter: 24
c2verse: 33
c3content:
And Eleazar son of Aaron died; and they buried him in Gibeah in the hill country of Ephraim, which had been given to his son Phinehas. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 1
c3content:
After the death of Joshua, the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" inquired of Yahweh, saying, "Who will go up first for us against the CanaanitesHebrew "Canaanite" to fight against them?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And Judah said to Simeon his brother, "Go up with me into my allotment, and let us fight against the Canaanites; then I too will go with you into your allotment." And Simeon went with him.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And Judah went up, and Yahweh gave the CanaanitesHebrew "Canaanite" and the PerizzitesHebrew "Perizzite" into their hand, and they defeated ten thousand men at Bezek.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 5
c3content:
At Bezek they came upon Adoni-bezek, and they fought against him and defeated the CanaanitesHebrew "Canaanite" and the Perizzites.Hebrew "Perizzite"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And Adoni-bezek fled, but they pursued after him; they caught him and cut off {his thumbs and big toes}.Literally "the thumbs of his hands and feet"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with {their thumbs and big toes}Literally "the thumbs of their hands and feet" cut off used to pick up scraps under my table; just as I have done, so God has repaid to me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 8
c3content:
The descendantsOr "sons/children" of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and they captured it, {put it to the sword},Literally "they struck it with the mouth of the sword" and {set the city on fire}.Literally "the city they sent away with fire"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Afterward the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Judah pursued to fight against the CanaanitesHebrew "Canaanite" who were living in the hill country, the Negev,An arid region south of the Judean hills and the Shephelah.A geographical region associated with an area of low country on the western edge of the Judaean hills.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And Judah went against the CanaanitesHebrew "Canaanite" living in Hebron (the former name of Hebron was Kiriath Arba). And they defeated Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 12
c3content:
And Caleb said, "Whoever attacks Kiriath Sepher and captures it, I will give to him Acsah my daughter as a wife."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Othniel son of Kenaz, the younger brother of Caleb, captured it, and he gave to him Acsah his daughter as a wife.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 14
c3content:
When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. As she dismounted from the donkey, Caleb said to her, "{What do you want}?"Literally "What is for you?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And she said to him, "Give me {a gift};Literally "blessing" you have given me the land of the Negev,An arid region south of the Judaean hills and give me also a spring of water." And Caleb gave to her the upper and lower spring.Judges 1:11-15 is almost identical to Joshua 15:13-19 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 16
c3content:
The descendantsOr "sons/children" of Hobab the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Judah from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the NegevAn arid region south of the Judaean hills near Arad. And they wentHebrew "he went" and settled with the people.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And Judah went with his brother Simeon, and they defeated the CanaanitesHebrew "Canaanite" inhabiting Zephath; they utterly destroyed it, so he called the name of the city Hormah.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 19
c3content:
And Yahweh was with Judah, and he took possession of the hill country, but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain because they had chariots of iron.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 21
c3content:
But the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Benjamin did not drive out the JebusitesHebrew "Jebusite" who lived in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites have lived among the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 24
c3content:
And when the spies saw a man leaving the city,Or "going out from the city" they said to him, "Please show us the entrance of the city, and we will deal kindlyOr "do a loyal love" with you."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 25
c3content:
So he showed them the entrance of the city, and they struck the city with {the edge of the sword},Literally "the mouth of the sword" but they let go the man and all his family.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 26
c3content:
And the man went to the land of the Hittites, and he built a city and named it Luz; this is its name to this day. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 27
c3content:
Manasseh did not drive out Beth-Sean and its towns, or Taanach and its towns, or the inhabitantsHebrew "inhabitant" of Dor and its towns, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; the CanaanitesHebrew "Canaanite" were determined to live in this land.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 28
c3content:
And it happened, when Israel grew strong, they put the CanaanitesHebrew "Canaanite" to forced labor, but they never totally drove them out.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 29
c3content:
Ephraim did not drive out the CanaanitesHebrew "Canaanite" living in Gezer, so the CanaanitesHebrew "Canaanite" lived in their midst in Gezer.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 30
c3content:
Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron or Nahalol, so the CanaanitesHebrew "Canaanite" lived in their midst and became subjected to forced labor.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 32
c3content:
so the AsheritesHebrew "Asherite" lived in the midst of the Canaanites,Hebrew "Canaanite" the inhabitants of the land, for they did not drive them out. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 33
c3content:
Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh or Beth-anath, but lived in the midst of the Canaanites,Hebrew "Canaanite" the inhabitants of the land; the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and Beth-anath became forced labor for them. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 34
c3content:
The Amorites pressedOr "forced" the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Dan to the hill country, and they did not allow them to come down to the plain;


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 35
c3content:
the Amorites were determined to live in Har-heres,Or "Mount Heres" in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim, but the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy on them, and they became subjected to forced labor.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And the angel of Yahweh went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, "I brought you up from Egypt, and I brought you to the land that I had promised to your ancestors.Or "fathers" I said, 'I will never break my covenant with you.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And as for you, do not {make a covenant}Literally "cut a covenant" with the inhabitants of this land; break down their altars.' But you did not listen to my voice. {Why would you do such a thing}?Literally "What is this thing you have done?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Now I say, I will not drive them out from before you; they will {become as thorns}Or "become snares;" some ancient manuscripts read "be adversaries" for you, and their gods will be a trap for you."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And as the angel of Yahweh spoke these words to all the {Israelites},Literally "sons/children of Israel" the people {wept bitterly}.Literally "lifted up their voices and they wept"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And they called the name of this place Bokim,"Bokim" means "weepers" and there they sacrificed to Yahweh. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And Joshua sent the people away, and the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" went each to theirHebrew "his" own inheritance to take possession of the land.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And the people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who saw all the great work Yahweh had done for Israel.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And Joshua son of Nun, servant of Yahweh, died {at the age of one hundred and ten years}.Literally "a son of one hundred and ten years"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 9
c3content:
They buried him within the border of his inheritance in Timnah-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim north of Mount Gaash.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Moreover, that entire generation was gathered to theirHebrew "his" ancestors,Or "fathers" and another generation grew up after them who did not know Yahweh or the work he had done for Israel.Judges 2:6-10 is repeated in Joshua 24:28-31 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 11
c3content:
The {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and {they served}Or "they worshiped" the Baals.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 12
c3content:
They abandoned Yahweh the God of their ancestors,Or "fathers" who brought them out from the land of Egypt. They {followed}Literally "went after" other gods from the gods of the people who were around them; and they bowed down to them, and they provoked the anger of Yahweh.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 14
c3content:
So {the anger of Yahweh was kindled}Literally "The nose of Yahweh became hot" against Israel, and he gave them into the hand of plunderers; and they plundered them, and he sold them into the hand of their enemies from all sides. They were unable to withstand their enemies any longer.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 15
c3content:
{Whenever}Literally "At all that" they went out, the hand of Yahweh was against them to harm them, just as Yahweh warned, and just as Yahweh had sworn to them. And {they were very distressed}.Literally "it was very cramped for them" 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 16
c3content:
Then Yahweh raised up leaders,Or "judges" and they delivered them from the hand of their plunderers.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 17
c3content:
But they did not listen to their leaders,Or "judges" but lusted after other gods and bowed down to them. They turned away quickly from the way that their ancestorsOr "fathers" went, who had obeyed the commandment of Yahweh; they did not do as their ancestors.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And when Yahweh raised leadersOr "judges" for them, Yahweh was with the leader,Or "judge" and he delivered them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the leader,Or "judge" for Yahweh was moved by their groaning because of their persecutors and oppressors.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 19
c3content:
But when the leaderOr "judge" died they relapsed and acted corruptly, more than their ancestors,Or "fathers" following other gods, serving them,Or "worshiping them" and bowing down to them. They would not give up their deeds or their stubborn ways.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 20
c3content:
{So the anger of Yahweh burned}Literally "So the nose of Yahweh became hot" against Israel, and he said, "Because this people transgressed my covenant that I commanded their ancestors,Or "fathers" and have not obeyed my voice,


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 22
c3content:
in order to test Israel whether or not they would observe the way of Yahweh, to walk in it just as their ancestorsOr "fathers" did."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 23
c3content:
So Yahweh left those nations; he did not drive them out at once, and he did not give them into the hand of Joshua. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 1
c3content:
These are the nations that Yahweh left, to test Israel by them (that is, to test all those who {had not experienced}Literally "did not know" any of the wars of Canaan,


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 2
c3content:
in order that the generations of Israel would know war, to teach those {who had not experienced it}Literally "who had not known it" before):


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 3
c3content:
the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites,Hebrew "Canaanite" the Sidonians,Hebrew "Sidonian" and the HivitesHebrew "Hivite" living on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon up to Lebo-Hamath.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 4
c3content:
They were left for testing Israel, to know whether they would keep the commands of Yahweh that he commanded their ancestorsOr "fathers" through the hand of Moses.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" lived in the midst of the Canaanites,Hebrew "Canaanite" the Hittites,Hebrew "Hittite" the Amorites,Hebrew "Amorite" the Perizzites,Hebrew "Perizzite" the Hivites,Hebrew "Hivite" and the Jebusites.Hebrew "Jebusite"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And they took their daughters as wives for themselves, and they gave their daughters to their sons, and they served their gods.Or "worshiped their gods" 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 7
c3content:
The {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" did evil in the eyes of Yahweh. They forgot Yahweh their God, and they served the Baals and the Asheroth.Asheroth are cultic poles set up next to an altar symbolizing the goddess Asherah


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And {the anger of Yahweh was kindled}Literally "the nose of Yahweh became hot" against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-Rishathaim, the king of Aram Naharaim; and the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" served Cushan-Rishathaim eight years.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 9
c3content:
The {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" cried out to Yahweh, and Yahweh raised up a deliverer for the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" who delivered them, Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And the spirit of Yahweh came upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and Yahweh gave Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram into his hand, and {he prevailed over}Literally "his hand was strong over" Cushan-Rishathaim.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 12
c3content:
And again the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" did evil in the eyes of Yahweh. So Yahweh strengthened Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because they did evil in the eyes of Yahweh.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 13
c3content:
He gathered to himself the {Ammonites and Amalekites},Literally "sons of Ammon and Amalek" or "children of Ammon and Amalek" and he went and defeated Israel, and they took possession of the city of palms.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" cried out to Yahweh, and Yahweh raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjaminite and {a left-handed man}.Literally "a man bound by his right hand" And the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" sent a tribute to Eglon king of Moab {through him}.Literally "in his hand"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 16
c3content:
Ehud made for himself a short, {two-edged}Literally "with two mouths" sword (a cubit in length), and he fastened it under his clothes on his right thigh.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 18
c3content:
When EhudThat is, Eglon had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people who carried the tribute.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 19
c3content:
But he turned back from the sculptured stonesOr "Pesilim"; some translations translate the phrase as a proper name that were near Gilgal, and he said, "I have {a secret message}Literally "a word of secrecy" for you, O king." And heHebrew "he" said, "Silence!" So all those standing in his presence went out,


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 20
c3content:
and Ehud came to him while he was sitting alone in his cool upper room. And Ehud said, "I have a {message from God}Literally "word of God" for you." So he got up from his seat.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 21
c3content:
Then Ehud reached with his left hand for the sword on his right thigh, and he thrust it into hisThat is, Eglon's stomach.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 22
c3content:
And the handle also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade because he did not draw back the sword from his stomach; and it went protruding out the back.The Hebrew is uncertain; some translations have "and the dirt/entrails came out"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 23
c3content:
And Ehud went out the vestibule, and he closed the doors of the upper room and locked them behind him. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 24
c3content:
After he left, his servants returned. When they saw that the doors of the upper room were locked, {they thought},Hebrew "they said" "Surely he is {relieving himself}Literally "covering his feet" in the cool inner room."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 25
c3content:
And they waited so long they became embarrassed because he did not open the doors of the upper room. So they took the key and opened the doors, and there their lord was lying on the ground dead. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 26
c3content:
And Ehud escaped while they delayed. He passed by the sculptured stonesOr "Pesilim;" some translations to translate the phrase as a proper name and escaped to Seirah.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 27
c3content:
And when he arrived he sounded the trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim, and the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" went down from the hill country with him leading them.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 28
c3content:
And he said to them, "Follow after me! Yahweh has given Moab your enemies into your hand." So they went down after him, and they captured the fords of the Jordan toward Moab; and they did not allow anyone to cross over.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 29
c3content:
And they struck Moab at that time, about ten thousand men, {all strong and able men};Literally "all fat and men of strength" no one escaped.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 30
c3content:
And Moab was subdued on that day under the hand of Israel. And the land rested eighty years.Hebrew "year" 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 31
c3content:
And Shamgar son of Anath came after him, and he killed six hundred Philistines with the goad of an ox; he also delivered Israel. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And again the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and Ehud died.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 2
c3content:
So Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, and he was living in Harosheth Haggoyim.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" cried to Yahweh, as he had nine hundred iron chariots,Hebrew "chariot" and he oppressed the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" {cruelly}Literally "with force" for twenty years.Hebrew "year" 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And she used to sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" went up to her for judgment.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 6
c3content:
She sent and called for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh Naphtali and said to him, "Has not Yahweh the God of Israel commanded you? 'Go, {march to}Literally "take the lead at" Mount Tabor, and take ten thousand men from the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Naphtali and Zebulun.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 7
c3content:
{I will draw out}Literally "I will draw to you" Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, with his chariots and troops, to the wadiA valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season of Kishon, and I will give him into your hand.'"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 9
c3content:
She said, "Surely I will go with you; however, there will be no glory for you in {the path you are taking},Or "the way you are going" for Yahweh will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman." And Deborah stood up and went with Barak to Kedesh.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and {they went up behind him},Literally "they went up in his feet" ten thousand men, and Deborah went up with him. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And Heber the Kenite was separated from the other Kenites,Hebrew "Kenite" that is, from the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses. And {he was encamped}Literally "he spread his tent" at Elon-bezaanannim, which is near Kedesh. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 12
c3content:
When theyThe subject is not specified in Hebrew reported to Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Sisera summoned all his chariots--all nine hundred chariotsHebrew "chariot" of iron--and the entire army that was with him from Harosheth Haggoyim to the wadiA valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season of Kishon.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 14
c3content:
And Deborah said to Barak, "Get up! This is the day that Yahweh has given Sisera into your hand. Has Yahweh not gone out before you?" So Barak went out from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And Yahweh threw Sisera and all his chariots and army into confusionOr "routed Sisera and all his chariots and army" before {the edge of Barak's sword};Literally "the mouth of the sword before Barak" and Sisera dismounted from his chariot and fled on foot.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 16
c3content:
But Barak pursued after the chariotsHebrew "chariot" and army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim, and all of Sisera's army fell to {the edge of the sword};Literally "the mouth of the sword" no one was left. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Sisera fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And Jael came out to meet Sisera, and she said to him, "Turn aside, my lord; turn aside to me and do not be afraid." So he turned aside into her tent, and she covered him {with a blanket}.Literally "with a covering/rug"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 19
c3content:
And he said to her, "Please, give me a drink of water, because I am thirsty." So she opened a skin vessel of milk and gave him a drink and covered him.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 20
c3content:
And he said to her, "Stand at the doorway of the tent, and if anyone comes and asks you, and says, 'Is there anyone here?' You must answer, 'No.'"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 21
c3content:
But Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, took in her hand a tent peg and a hammer, and she went softlyOr "secretly" to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went through into the ground; he was fast asleep since he was exhausted, and he died.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 22
c3content:
And behold, Barak was pursuing Sisera, and Jael went out to meet him, and she said to him, "Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking." And he came with her and saw that Sisera was lying dead with the peg in his temple.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 23
c3content:
On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the {Israelites}.Literally "sons/children of Israel"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 24
c3content:
And the hand of the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" {pressed harder}Literally "went harder" and harder on Jabin king of Canaan, until they destroyed Jabin king of Canaan. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Hear, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to Yahweh; I will sing praise to Yahweh, the God of Israel.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 4
c3content:
Yahweh, when you went down from Seir, when you marched from the region of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down water.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 5
c3content:
The mountains trembledOr "quaked" before Yahweh, this Sinai, at the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 6
c3content:
"In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the caravans had ceased, {the travelers},Literally "the ones walking on the paths" {they kept to the byways}.Literally "they went on the crooked roads"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 7
c3content:
The warriorsOthers interpret this word as referring to the "rural dwellers" ceased; they failed to appear in Israel, until I,Or "you" Deborah, arose; IOr "you" arose as a mother in Israel.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 8
c3content:
God chose new leaders,ESV, NRSV translate "when new gods were chosen" then war was at the gates; a small shield or a spear was not seen among forty thousand in Israel.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 9
c3content:
My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel, those offering themselves willingly among the people; bless Yahweh!


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 10
c3content:
The riders of white female donkeys, those sitting on saddle blankets, and those going on the way, talk about it!


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 11
c3content:
At the sound of those dividingMeaning uncertain; other translations have "archers" (Tanakh), "musicians" (ESV, NRSV) or "singers" (NIV, HCSB) the sheep among the watering places, there they will recount the righteous deeds of Yahweh, the righteous deeds for his warriorsHebrew "warrior" in Israel. Then the people of Yahweh went down to the gates.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 12
c3content:
"Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, sing a song! Get up, Barak! Take captive your captives, O son of Abinoam.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Then the remnant went down to the nobles; the people of Yahweh went down for himHebrew "me" against the mighty.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 14
c3content:
From Ephraim is their root into Amalek, after you, Benjamin, with your family; from Makir the commanders went down, and from Zebulun those carrying the scepter of the military commander.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And the chiefsHebrew "my chiefs"; ancient translations read "the chiefs" in Issachar were with Deborah; and Issachar likewise was with Barak; into the valley {he was sent to get him from behind}.Literally "he was sent at his feet" Among the clans of Reuben were great {decisions of the heart}.Or "thoughts of the heart"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 16
c3content:
Why do you sit among the sheepfolds, to hear the calling sounds of the herds? For the clans of Reuben, there were great searchings of the heart.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Gilead has remainedOr "stayed" beyond the Jordan. Why did Dan dwell as a foreigner with ships? Asher sat at the coast of the waters, and by his coves he has been settling down.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 19
c3content:
"The kings came, they fought; then the kings of Canaan fought; at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, they got no plunder in silver.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 21
c3content:
The wadiA valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season torrent of Kishon swept them away, the raging wadi torrent, the wadi torrent of Kishon. March on, my soul, with strength!


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 23
c3content:
'Curse Meroz,' says the angel of Yahweh; 'curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they did not come to the help of Yahweh, to the help of Yahweh against the mighty.'


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 24
c3content:
"Most blessed of women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; most blessed is she of women among tent dwellers.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 26
c3content:
She reached out her hand to the peg, and her right hand for the workman's hammer; and she struck Sisera, crushed his head, and she shattered and pierced his temple.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 27
c3content:
Between her feet he sank, he fell, he lay. Between her feet he sank down, he fell; Where he sank down, there he fell--{dead}.Literally "devastated"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 28
c3content:
"Through the window she looked down; the mother of Sisera cried out through the lattice, 'Why is his chariot delayed in coming? Why do the hoof beatsOr "steps" of his chariot tarry?'


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 30
c3content:
'Are they not finding and dividing the plunder? {A bedmate or two bedmates for every man};Literally "a womb, two wombs for head of every man" colorful garments for Sisera, plunder of colorful garments,Hebrew "garment" beautifully finished colorful garments, on the neck of the plunderer?'


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 31
c3content:
So may all your enemies perish, O Yahweh, but those who love him are like the rising sun at its brightest."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 1
c3content:
The {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and Yahweh gave them into the hand of the MidianitesHebrew "Midianite" for seven years.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 2
c3content:
The hand of the MidianitesHebrew "Midianite" prevailed over Israel; because of the presence of the Midianites,Hebrew "Midianite" the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" made for themselves hiding places that were in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And whenever Israel sowed seed, the Midianites,Hebrew "Midianite" Amalekites,Hebrew "Amalekite" and the people of the east would come up against them.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 4
c3content:
They would camp against them and destroy the produce of the land {as far as}Literally "until your coming to" Gaza; they left no produce in Israel, or sheep, ox, or donkey.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 5
c3content:
For they, their livestock, and their tents would come up like a great number of locusts; they and their camels could not be counted; they came into the land and devoured it.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Israel was very poor because of the presence of the Midianites,Hebrew "Midianite" and the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" cried out to Yahweh. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 7
c3content:
When the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" cried out to Yahweh on account of the Midianites,Hebrew "Midianite"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Yahweh sent a prophet to the {Israelites},Literally "sons/children of Israel" and he said to them, "Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel: 'I brought you up from Egypt; I brought you from the house of slavery.Hebrew "slaves"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 9
c3content:
I delivered you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of all your oppressors, and drove them out from {before you};Literally "your face/presence" and I gave you their land.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And I said to you, 'I am Yahweh your God; do not fearOr "revere" the gods of the Amorites,Hebrew "Amorite" in whose land you are living.' But you have not listened to my voice." 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 11
c3content:
The angel of Yahweh came and sat under the oakOr "terebinth" that was at Ophrah that belonged to Jehoash the Abiezrite; and Gideon his son was threshing wheat in the winepress to hide itOr "keep it away" from the Midianites.Hebrew "Midianite"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 12
c3content:
The angel of Yahweh appeared to him and said to him, "Yahweh is with you, {you mighty warrior}."Literally "strong/mighty of power"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Gideon said to him, "Excuse me, my lord. If Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonderful deeds that our ancestorsOr "fathers" recounted to us, saying, 'Did not Yahweh bring us up from Egypt?' But now Yahweh has forsaken us; he has given us into the palm of Midian."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 14
c3content:
And Yahweh turned to him and said, "Go in this your strength, and you will deliver Israel from the palm of Midian. Did I not send you?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 15
c3content:
He said to him, "Excuse me, my lord. How will I deliver Israel? Look, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father's house."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And Yahweh said to him, "But I will be with you, and you will defeat Midian {as if they are one man}."Literally "as one man"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And heThat is, Gideon said to him, "Please, if I have found favor in your eyes, {show me a sign}Literally "make a sign for me" that you are speaking with me.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 18
c3content:
Please, do not depart from here until I come back to you and bring out my gift and set it out before you."Or "in your presence" And he said, "I will stay until you return." 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 19
c3content:
And Gideon went and prepared {a young goat}Literally "a kid of goat" and unleavened cakes from an ephah of flour; he put meat in a basket, and the broth he put in a pot, and he brought them to him under the oakOr "terebinth" and presented them.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 20
c3content:
The angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and the unleavened cakes and put them on this rock; pour the broth over it." And he did so.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 21
c3content:
Then the angel of Yahweh reached out the tip of the staff that was in his hand, and he touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and fire went up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. And the angel of Yahweh went {from his sight}.Literally "from his eyes"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 22
c3content:
And Gideon realized that he was the angel of Yahweh; and Gideon said, "Oh, my lord Yahweh! For now I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 24
c3content:
And Gideon built there an altar to Yahweh, and he called it "Yahweh is peace." To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.Hebrew "Abiezrite" 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 25
c3content:
Now on that same night Yahweh said to him, "Take the bull of the cattle that belongs to your father, and a second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal that belongs to your father, and cut down the AsherahAn Asherah is a cultic pole set up next to an altar symbolizing the goddess Asherah that is beside it;


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 26
c3content:
and build an altar to Yahweh your God on the top of this stronghold in the proper arrangement, and take a second bull and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the AsherahAn Asherah is a cultic pole set up next to an altar symbolizing the goddess Asherah that you will cut down.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 27
c3content:
Gideon took ten men from his servants, and he did just as Yahweh told him;Or "spoke to him" and because he was too afraid of his {father's family}Literally "father's house" and the men of the city to do it during the day, he did it during night. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 28
c3content:
When the men of the city got up early in the morning, look, the altar of Baal and the AsherahAn Asherah is a cultic pole set up next to an altar symbolizing the goddess Asherah that was beside it were cut down, and the second bull was offered on the altar that had been built.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 29
c3content:
{And they said to one another},Literally "And each man to his neighbor said" "Who did this thing?" So they searched and inquired, and they said, "Gideon son of Jehoash did this thing."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 30
c3content:
And the men of the city said to Jehoash, "Bring out your son so that he may die, for he has pulled down the altar of Baal and cut down the Asherah that was beside it."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 31
c3content:
But Jehoash said to all who stood against him,Or "who arrayed against him" "Will you contend for Baal? Will you rescue him? Whoever contends for him will be put to death by the morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself because {his altar has been pulled down}."Literally "because he has pulled down his altar"; the subject in Hebrew has not been specified


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 32
c3content:
Thus, on that day heThat is, Gideon was called Jerub-Baal, {which means},Literally "saying" "Let Baal contend against him," because he had pulled down his altar. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 33
c3content:
Then all the Midianites,Hebrew "Midianite" Amalekites,Hebrew "Amalekite" and the people of the east gathered together and crossed the Jordan; and they camped in the valley of Jezreel.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 34
c3content:
So the Spirit of Yahweh {took possession of}Literally "clothed" Gideon, and he blew on the trumpet, and the AbiezritesHebrew "Abiezerite" were called to follow him.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 35
c3content:
He sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, and they were also called to follow him; and he sent messengers throughout Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they went up to meet them. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 36
c3content:
Then Gideon said to God, "In order to see that you will deliver Israel by my hand, just as you have said,


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 37
c3content:
I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece only, and all of the ground is dry, I will know that you will deliver Israel by my hand, just as you have said."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 38
c3content:
And it was so. He arose early the next day and squeezed the fleece, and he wrung out dew from the fleece, a full drinking bowl of water.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 39
c3content:
And Gideon said to God, "{Do not let your anger burn}Literally "Do not let your nose become hot" against me; let me speak once more. Please let me test once more with the fleece; let the fleece be dry, and let there be dew on the ground."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Then Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) rose early, and all the army that was with him. They were camped beside the spring of Harod;Or "En-Harod" the camp of Midian was north of the hill of Moreh, in the valley.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And Yahweh said to Gideon, "The troops that are with you are too many for me to give Midian into their hands; Israel will boast, saying, 'My hand has delivered me.'


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 3
c3content:
So then, please proclaim in the {hearing}Literally "ears" of the troops, saying, 'Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from the Mount of Gilead.'" About twenty-two thousand troops returned, and ten thousand remained.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And Yahweh said to Gideon, "There are still too many troops; bring them down to the water, and I will sift through themOr "test them" for you there. For whomever I say to you, 'This one will go with you,' he will go with you; and for all whom I say to you, 'This one will not go with you,' he will not go."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 5
c3content:
So he brought down the troops to the water, and Yahweh said to Gideon, "You must separate everyone who laps up the water to drink with his tongue like a dog from those {who kneel}."Literally "who kneels to his knees"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 6
c3content:
The number of those lapping up the water with their hand to their mouth was three hundred men; all the rest of the troops kneeled to drink the water.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And Yahweh said to Gideon, "I will deliver you with the three hundred men lapping up the water; I will give Midian into your hand, so let the other troops go, each to his own place.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 8
c3content:
So they took their provisions and their trumpets into their hand, and he sent all the men of Israel, each one, to his tent; but three hundred of the men he kept; the camp of Midian was below him in the valley. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And that night Yahweh said to him, "Get up; go down against the camp, for I have given it into your hand.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 11
c3content:
and you will hear what they say; and afterward {you will have courage},Literally "your hands will be strong" and you will go down against the camp." Then he went down with Purah his servant to the outpost of the armed menOr "edge of the men lined up in array" that were in the camp.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Now the Midianites,Hebrew "Midianite" Amalekites,Hebrew "Amalekite" and all the people of the east were lying in the valley, like a great multitude of locusts; their camels were without number, as numerous as the sand that is on the shore of the sea.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 13
c3content:
When Gideon came, a man was recounting a dreamOr "telling a dream" to his friend, and he said, "Behold, {I had a dream};Literally "I dreamed a dream" a round loaf of barley bread was tumbling into the camp of Midian, and it came up to the tent, it struck it, and it fell and turned it upside down so that the tent fell."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 14
c3content:
His friend answered him and said, "This cannot be anything except the sword of Gideon son of Jehoash, a man of Israel; God has given Midian and the entire camp into his hand." 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 15
c3content:
When Gideon heard the recounting of the dreamOr "telling of the dream" and its interpretation, he bowed down and returned to the camp of Israel; and he said, "Get up, for Yahweh has given the camp of Midian into your hand."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 16
c3content:
He divided the three hundred men into three companies,Or "divisions" and he put trumpets and empty jars in everyone's hand, with torches inside the jars.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And he said to them, "Watch me and do the same. When I come to the edge of the camp, {do just as I do}.Literally "just as I will do, you must do"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 18
c3content:
When I and all who are with me blow on the trumpet, you must also blow on the trumpets and surround the camp, and you must say, 'To Yahweh and to Gideon!'" 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 19
c3content:
So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle night-watch, when they had just finished setting up the guards, and they blew on the trumpets and smashed the jars that were in their hands.Hebrew "hand"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 20
c3content:
When three companiesOr "divisions" blew on the trumpets and broke the jars, they held in their left hand the torches and in their right hand the trumpets for blowing, and they cried, "A sword for Yahweh and for Gideon!"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 21
c3content:
And each stood {in his place}Literally "under him" all around the camp, and all the camp ran, and they cried out as they fled.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 22
c3content:
When they blew the three hundred trumpets, Yahweh set the sword of each one against his neighbor throughout the whole camp, and the campOr "army" fled as far as Beth Shittah toward Zererah, up to Abel Meholah, the border by Tabbath.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 23
c3content:
And the men of Israel were called from Naphtali, from Asher, and from all of Manasseh, and they pursued after Midian. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 24
c3content:
And Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, "Come down to opposeOr "meet" Midian, and capture from them the waters up to Beth Barah and the Jordan." He called out all the men of Ephraim, and they captured the waters up to Beth Barah and the Jordan.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 25
c3content:
And they captured the two commanders of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and they killed Zeeb at the wine press of Zeeb, while they chased Midian; and they brought the headsHebrew "head" of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon from beyond the Jordan. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 1
c3content:
The men of Ephraim said to him, "What is this thing you have done to us, not calling us when you went to fight against the Midianites?"Hebrew "Midianite" And they quarreled with him severely.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And he said to them, "What I have done now in comparison with you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 3
c3content:
God has given into your hand the commanders of Midian, Oreb, and Zeeb. What have I been able to do in comparison with you?" And their {anger}Literally "spirit" against him subsided when {he said that}.Literally "he said this thing/word" 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 4
c3content:
Then Gideon came to the Jordan, crossing it with the three hundred men who were with him, weary and pursuing.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 5
c3content:
He said to the men of Succoth, "Please give loaves of bread to the people who are {following me},Literally "at my feet" for they are weary, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 6
c3content:
The officials of Succoth said, "Is the handOr "palm" of Zebah and Zalmunna in your hand now, that we should give bread to your army?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Gideon said, "Well then, when Yahweh gives Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will trample your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 8
c3content:
He went from there to Penuel, and he spoke similarly to them; and the men of Penuel answered him just as the men of Succoth answered.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And he said also to the men of Penuel, saying, "When I return {safely},Literally "in peace" I will tear down this tower." 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men remained from the entire armyOr "camp" of the people of the east; those that fell in battle were one hundred and twenty thousand {swordsmen}.Literally "sword-drawing men"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And Gideon went up the route of those who dwell in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked the armyOr "camp" when it was off its guard.Or "unsuspecting"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 12
c3content:
And Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he pursued them and captured the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and he routedOr "he frightened" or "he threw into panic" the entire army.Or "camp" 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Then Gideon son of Jehoash returned from the battle {by way of}Literally "from" the ascent of Heres.Or "pass of Heres"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 14
c3content:
He captured a young man {from Succoth}Literally "from the men of Succoth" and questioned him. The young man listedOr "wrote down" for him the commanders of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 15
c3content:
He came to the men of Succoth, and he said, "Here is Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, 'Is the palmOr "hand" of Zebah and Zalmunna in your hand now, that we should give food to your weary men?'"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 16
c3content:
He took the elders of the city and the thorn bushes and briers of the wilderness, and {he trampled}Literally "he taught," but see v. 7 the men of Succoth with them.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, "What type were the men whom you killed at Tabor?" And they said, "{They were like you};Literally, "like you, like them" each one of them had the appearance of the sons of the king."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 19
c3content:
He said, "They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As Yahweh lives, if you had kept them alive I would not kill you."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 20
c3content:
And he said to Jether, his firstborn, "Get up, kill them." But the boy did not draw his sword, for he was afraid because he was still a boy.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 21
c3content:
Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Get up yourself, and strike us, for as is the man, so is his power."Or "strength" So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments that were on the necks of their camels. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 22
c3content:
The men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us, both you and your sons, and your sons' son, for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 23
c3content:
But Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; Yahweh will rule over you."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 24
c3content:
And Gideon said to them, "{Let me make a request of you},Literally "Let me ask from you a request" that each of you give to me an ornamental ring from his plunder." (They had ornamental rings of gold, because they were Ishmaelites.)


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 25
c3content:
They said, "We will gladly give them," and they spread out a garment, and everyone threw there an ornamental ring of his plunder.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 26
c3content:
The weight of the ornamental rings of gold that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold, apart from the crescents, pendants, and purple garments that were on the kings of Midian, and apart from the pendants that were on the necks of their camels.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 27
c3content:
Gideon made an ephod out of it, and he put it in his town in Ophrah, and all Israel prostituted themselves to it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his family.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 28
c3content:
And Midian was subdued before the {Israelites},Literally "sons/children of Israel" and they did not again lift up their head, and the land rested for forty years in the days of Gideon. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 30
c3content:
Now Gideon had seventy sons, {his own offspring},Literally "from his own loins" for he had many wives.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 31
c3content:
His concubine who was in Shechem also bore for him a son, and {he named him}Literally "he set his name" Abimelech.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 32
c3content:
And Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age, and he was buried in the tomb of Jehoash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.Hebrew "Abiezrite" 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 33
c3content:
And it happened, as soon as Gideon died, the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" returned and prostituted themselves after the Baals, and they made for themselves Baal-Berith as god.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 34
c3content:
The {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" did not remember Yahweh their God, who had delivered them from the hand of their enemies from all around,


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 35
c3content:
nor did they show favorOr "loyalty" to the house of Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) in accordance with all the good that he did for Israel. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem, to the relatives of his mother, and he said to them and to the house of his mother's father,


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 2
c3content:
"{Speak to}Literally "Speak into the ears" the lords of Shechem, 'What is better for you, that seventy men all from the sons of Jerub-Baal rule over you, or that one man rules over you?' Remember that I am your bone and your flesh."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And his mother's relatives spoke all these words concerning him {to}Literally "in the ears of" all the lords of Shechem; and {they supported Abimelech},Literally "it reached their heart after Abimelech" for they said, "He is our relative."Or "brother"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And they gave to him seventy pieces of silver from the templeOr "house" of Baal-Berith, and Abimelech hired with themThat is, the pieces of silver worthless and reckless men, and {they followed him}.Literally "They went after him"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and he killed his brothers, the sons of Jerub-Baal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerub-Baal survived, because he hid himself.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 6
c3content:
All the lords of Shechem and Beth-Millo gathered, and they went and made Abimelech as king, near the oakOr "terebinth" of the pillar that is at Shechem. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And they told Jotham, and he went up and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and {he cried out loud}Literally "he lifted his voice and called" and said to them, "Listen to me, lords of Shechem, so that God may listen to you. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 8
c3content:
"The trees went certainly, to anoint a king over themselves. And they said to the olive tree, 'Rule over us.'


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And the olive tree replied, 'Should I stop producing my oil, which by me gods and men are honored, to go sway over the trees?'


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 11
c3content:
But the fig tree said to them, 'Should I stop producing my sweetness, and my good crop, to go sway over the trees?'


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 13
c3content:
But the vine said to them, 'Should I stop producing my wine that makes the gods and men happy, to go sway over the trees?'


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And the thornbush said to the trees, 'If in good faithOr "honesty" you are anointing me as king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; if not, may fire go out from the thornbush and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 16
c3content:
"So then, if you have acted in good faithOr "honesty" and sincerity in making Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerub-Baal and his house, and have dealt with him {according to his accomplishments}Literally "according to the dealings of his hand"--


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 17
c3content:
for my father fought and {risked his life}Literally "he threw his life in front" for you and delivered you from the hand of Midian;


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 18
c3content:
but today you have risen against the house of my father and killed his sons, seventy men on one stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his slave woman, a king over the lords of Shechem, because he is your relativeOr "brother"--


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 19
c3content:
if you have acted in good faithOr "honesty" and sincerity with Jerub-Baal and his house this day, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 20
c3content:
But if not, let a fire come out from Abimelech and let it devour the lords of Shechem and Beth-Millo; and let a fire come out from the lords of Shechem, and from Beth-Millo, and let it devour Abimelech."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 23
c3content:
And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the lords of Shechem, and the lords of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech,


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 24
c3content:
so that the violence done to the seventy brothers of Abimelech would be avenged and their blood be placed on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the lords of Shechem, {who helped}Literally "who strengthened his hands" to kill his brothers.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 25
c3content:
And the lords of Shechem set for him ambushes on the top of the mountains, and they robbed all who passed by them along the road; and it was reported to Abimelech. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 26
c3content:
And Gaal son of Ebel and his relatives came, and they crossed over into Shechem, and the lords of Shechem {gave him confidence}.Literally "put confidence into him"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 27
c3content:
They went out into the field and harvested their vineyards and trod them, and they {held a festival}.Literally "made a rejoicing" And they went into the templeOr "house" of their god, and they ate and drank and cursed Abimelech.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 28
c3content:
Then Gaal son of Ebed said, "Who is Abimelech, and who are we of Shechem that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerub-Baal, and is not Zebul his chief officer?Or "overseer" Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem. Why should we serve him?That is, Abimelech


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 29
c3content:
If only this people {were in my command}!Literally "were in my hand" Then I would remove Abimelech, and I would have said,Hebrew "he said"; the translation "I would have said" follows the LXX 'Increase your army and come out!'" 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 30
c3content:
When Zebul the commander of the city heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, {he became angry},Literally "his nose became hot"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 31
c3content:
and he sent messengers to Abimelech in Tormah, saying, "Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his relatives are coming to Shechem, and they are stirring up the city against you.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 33
c3content:
And in the morning at sunrise, get up and rush the city; and look, when he and the troops who are with him come out to you, {you must act according to whatever opportunity offers itself}.Literally "you must do to him just as it will find your hand" 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 34
c3content:
So Abimelech and all the army that was with him got up by night, and they lay in ambush against Shechem in four divisions.Or "companies"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 35
c3content:
Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate, and Abimelech and the army that was with him got up from the ambush.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 36
c3content:
When Gaal saw the army, he said to Zebul, "Look, people are coming down from the top of the mountains!" And Zebul said to him, "{The shadows of the mountains look like people to you}."Literally "the shadows of the mountains you are seeing as men"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 37
c3content:
{And Gaal spoke again}Literally "And he did again again Gaal to speak" and said, "Look, people are coming down from Tabbur-erez, and one divisionOr "company" is coming from the direction of Elon-meonenim."Or "the Sorcerer's Oak"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 38
c3content:
And Zebul said to him, "Where then {is your boast},Literally "is your mouth" you who said, 'Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?' Is this not the army that you rejected? Please, go out now and fight against them."Hebrew "against him"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 41
c3content:
So Abimelech resided at Arumah, and Zebul drove out Gaal and his relativesOr "brothers" from living in Shechem. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 43
c3content:
so he took the army and divided them into three divisions,Or "companies" and he laid an ambush in the field. And he saw the people were coming out from the city, and he arose against them and killed them.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 44
c3content:
Then Abimelech and the divisionsOr "companies" that were with him dashed out and stood at the entrance of the city gate, and the two divisions dashed out against all who were in the field, and they killed them.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 45
c3content:
Abimelech fought against the city all that day, and he captured the city and killed the people that were in it; then he broke down the city and sowed it with salt. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 46
c3content:
When all the lords of the tower of Shechem heard, they went to the vaultOr "cellar" of the templeOr "house" of El-Berith.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 48
c3content:
So Abimelech went up Mount Zalmon, he and all his army that were with him, and Abimelech took the axHebrew "axes" in his hand and cut down a bundle of brushwood, and he lifted it and put it on his shoulder. And he said to the army that was with him, "What you have seen me do, quickly do also."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 49
c3content:
So the whole army cut down each one branch for himself and followed Abimelech, and they put them against the vaultOr "cellar" and set the vault ablaze with fire on those inside, so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died, about a thousand men and women. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 51
c3content:
But there was a strong tower in the middle of the city, and all the men, women, and lords of the city fled there and shut themselves in; and they went up to the roof of the tower.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 52
c3content:
Abimelech came up to the tower and fought against it, and he came near the entrance of the tower to burn it with fire.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 53
c3content:
But a certain womanOr "But one woman" threw an upper millstone on Abimelech's head and cracked open his skull.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 54
c3content:
He called quickly to the young man carrying his weapons, and he said to him, "Draw your sword and kill me, so that they will not say of me, 'A woman killed him.'" So the young manHebrew "his young man" stabbed him, and he died.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 56
c3content:
So God repaidOr "returned" the wickednessOr "evil" that Abimelech committed against his father by killing his seventy brothers.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 57
c3content:
And God also repaid all the wickednessOr "evil" of the men of Shechem on their heads, and the curse of Jotham son of Jerub-Baal fell on them. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 1
c3content:
After Abimelech, Tola son of Puah son of Dod, a man of Issachar, rose up to deliver Israel; and he was living at Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And he had thirty sons who would ride on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty towns that are in the land of Gilead that they called Havvoth Jair until this day.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And again, the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" did evil in the eyes of Yahweh. They served the Baals, the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, Sidon, Moab, and the gods of the {Ammonites}Literally "sons/children of Ammon" and Philistines; they abandoned Yahweh and did not serve him.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And {the anger of Yahweh burned}Literally "the nose of Yahweh became hot" against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and the {Ammonites}.Literally "sons/children of Ammon"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 8
c3content:
They crushed and oppressed the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" in that year; for eighteen years they crushed all the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" who were beyond the Jordan, in the land of the Amorites,Hebrew "Amorite" which is in Gilead.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 9
c3content:
The {Ammonites}Literally "sons/children of Ammon" crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim; and Israel was very distressed. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Then the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" cried out to Yahweh, saying, "We have sinned against you; we have abandoned our God and served the Baals."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And Yahweh said to the {Israelites},Literally "sons/children of Israel" "Did I not deliver you from the Egyptians,Hebrew "from Egypt" the Amorites,Hebrew "Amorite" from the {Ammonites},Literally "sons/children of Ammon" and from the Philistines?Hebrew "Philistine"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 12
c3content:
And when the Sidonians, the Amalekites,Hebrew "Amalekite" and the MaonitesHebrew "Maonite" oppressed you, you cried out to me, and I delivered you from their hand.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" said to Yahweh, "We have sinned; {do to us accordingly as you see fit};Literally "do to us according to the good in your eyes" only please deliver us this day."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 16
c3content:
So they removed the foreign gods from their midst and served Yahweh; and {he could no longer bear}Literally "his soul was short with" the misery of Israel. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And the {Ammonites}Literally "sons/children of Ammon" were summoned,Or "were called to arms" and they camped in Gilead. And the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" gathered and camped at Mizpah.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 18
c3content:
The people, the ones commanding Gilead, {said to each other},Literally "said each to his neighbor" "Who is the man that will begin to fight against the {Ammonites}?Literally "sons/children of Ammon" He will be as head over all the inhabitants of Gilead." 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior; he was the son of a prostitute, and {Gilead was his father}.Literally "Gilead fathered Jephthah"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 2
c3content:
Gilead's wife also bore for him sons; and the sons of his wife grew up and drove Jephthah away, and they said to him, "You will not inherit the house of our father because you are the son of another woman."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 3
c3content:
So Jephthah fled from the presence of his brothers, and he lived in the land of Tob. And {outlaws}Literally "unprincipled/worthless men" gathered around Jephthah and went with him. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 5
c3content:
When the {Ammonites}Literally "sons/children of Ammon" made war with Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our commander, so that we may make war against the {Ammonites}."Literally "sons/children of Ammon"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Jephthah said to the elders, "Did you not shun me and drive me out from the house of my father? Why do you come to me now when you have trouble?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "That being so, we have now returned to you, that you may go with us {to fight}Literally "to make war" against the {Ammonites}Literally "sons/children of Ammon" and become for us as head of all the inhabitants of Gilead."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 9
c3content:
So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "If you bring me back {to fight}Literally "to make war" against the {Ammonites},Literally "sons/children of Ammon" and Yahweh gives them {over to me},Literally "before me" will I be your head?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "Yahweh will be a {witness}Literally "hearer" between us; we will act according to your word."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 11
c3content:
So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and commander over them. And Jephthah spoke all his words before Yahweh at Mizpah. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 12
c3content:
And Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the {Ammonites},Literally "sons/children of Ammon" saying, "What is between you and me that you have come to me to make war against my land?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 13
c3content:
And the king of the {Ammonites}Literally "sons/children of Ammon" said to Jephthah's messengers, "Because Israel took my land from the Arnon up to the Jabbok and the Jordan when they came up from Egypt; so then, restore it peacefully."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 14
c3content:
Once again Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the {Ammonites},Literally "sons/children of Ammon"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 15
c3content:
and he said to him, "Thus says Jephthah, 'Israel did not take the land of Moab or the land of the {Ammonites},Literally "sons/children of Ammon"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 16
c3content:
because when they came up from Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness to the {Red Sea}Literally "sea of reed" and went to Kadesh.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, "Please let us cross through your land," but the king of Edom would not listen. And they also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he was not willing. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 18
c3content:
Then they traveled through the wilderness, went around the land of Edom and Moab, and came to {the east}Literally "from rise of sun" side of the land of Moab, and theyHebrew "he" encamped beyond the Arnon; and they did not go into the territory of Moab because the Arnon was the border of Moab.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 19
c3content:
Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites,Hebrew "Amorite" king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, 'Please let us cross through your land {to our country}.'Literally "to our place"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 20
c3content:
But Sihon did not trust Israel to cross through his territory, so Sihon gathered all his people and then encamped at Jahaz; and he made war with Israel.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 21
c3content:
And Yahweh, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they defeated them; and Israel occupied all the land of the AmoritesHebrew "Amorite" inhabiting that land.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 22
c3content:
They occupied all the territory of the AmoritesHebrew "Amorite" from the Arnon up to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness up to the Jordan.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 23
c3content:
So then Yahweh, the God of Israel, has driven out the AmoritesHebrew "Amorite" from before his people Israel, and you want to possess it?


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 24
c3content:
Do you not possess what Chemosh your god gave you to possess? Whoever Yahweh our God has driven out before us, we will possess it.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 25
c3content:
So then, are you any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever quarrel with Israel, or did he ever make war against them?


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 26
c3content:
When Israel lived in Heshbon and its villages, and in Aroer and its villages, and in all the towns that are {along the Arnon},Literally "on the hands of the Arnon" for three hundred years,Hebrew "year" why did you not recover them at that time?


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 27
c3content:
I have not sinned against you; but you are the one who is doing wrong by making war against me. {Let Yahweh judge}Literally "Let Yahweh the judge, judge" today between the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" and the {Ammonites}."Literally "sons/children of Ammon"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 28
c3content:
But the king of the {Ammonites}Literally "sons/children of Ammon" did not listen to the message that Jephthah sent to him. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 29
c3content:
And the Spirit of Yahweh came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh. He passed through Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed through to the {Ammonites}.Literally "sons/children of Ammon"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 30
c3content:
And Jephthah made a vow to Yahweh, and he said, "If indeed you will give the {Ammonites}Literally "sons/children of Ammon" into my hand,


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 31
c3content:
whateverOr "whoever" comes out from the doors of my house to meet me when I return safely from the {Ammonites}Literally "sons/children of Ammon" will be Yahweh's, and I will offer it as a burnt offering."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 32
c3content:
And Jephthah crossed over to the {Ammonites}Literally "sons/children of Ammon" to make war against them; and Yahweh gave them into his hand.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 33
c3content:
And he defeated them with a very great blow, from Aroer as far as Minnith, twenty towns,Hebrew "town" up to Abel Keramim. And the {Ammonites}Literally "sons/children of Ammon" were subdued before the {Israelites}.Literally "sons/children of Israel" 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 34
c3content:
Jephthah came to Mizpah, to his house, and behold his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and dancing. She was his only child; he did not have a son or daughter except her.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 35
c3content:
And the moment he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, "Ah! My daughter, you have caused me to bow down, and you have become my trouble. {I made an oath}Literally "I have opened wide my mouth" to Yahweh, and I cannot take it back."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 36
c3content:
She said to him, "My father, {you made an oath}Literally "you have opened wide your mouth" to Yahweh. Do to me according to what has gone out from your mouth, since Yahweh gave vengeance to you against your enemies, the {Ammonites}."Literally "sons/children of Ammon"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 37
c3content:
And she said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me: grant me two months so that I may go wanderHebrew "down" on the mountains and lament over my virginity, I and my companions.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 38
c3content:
And he said, "Go." He sent her away for two months, and she went with her friends, and she lamented over her virginity on the mountains.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 39
c3content:
At the end of the two months she returned to her father, and he did to her according to his vow; and {she did not sleep with a man}.Literally "she did not know a man" And it became an annual custom in Israel


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 40
c3content:
for the daughters of Israel to go and lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite for forty days of the year. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 1
c3content:
The men of Ephraim were called to arms, and they crossed over to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, "Why did you cross over and make war against the {Ammonites},Literally "sons/children of Ammon" and why did you not call us to go with you? We will burn down your house over you with fire."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And Jephthah said to them, "I and my people were engaged in great conflict with the {Ammonites};Literally "sons/children of Ammon" I called you, but you did not deliver me from their hand.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 3
c3content:
I saw that you would not deliver us; {I risked my own life},Literally "I put my life in my hand" and I crossed over to the {Ammonites},Literally "sons/children of Ammon" and Yahweh gave them into my hand. Why have you come up to me this day to fight against me?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 4
c3content:
Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead, and he made war with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead defeated Ephraim because they said, "You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim and Manasseh."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Then Gilead captured the fords of the Jordan from Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive of Ephraim said, "Let me cross over," the men of Gilead said to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" When he said, "No,"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 6
c3content:
they said to him, "Please say Shibboleth," and if he said, "Sibboleth"--because he could not {pronounce it}Literally "speak it" correctly--they grabbed him and executed him at the fords of Jordan. At that time forty-two thousand from Ephraim fell. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 9
c3content:
He had thirty sons. He gave his thirty daughters away in marriage outside his clan and brought in from outside thirty young women for his sons. He judged Israel for seven years.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 14
c3content:
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons that rode on seventy male donkeys. He judged Israel for eight years.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 15
c3content:
ThenOr "And" Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim in the hill country of the Amalekites.Hebrew "Amalekite" 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And again, the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and Yahweh gave them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 2
c3content:
There was a certain man from Zorah, from the tribe of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; his wife was infertile and did not bear children.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And an angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman, and he said to her, "Behold, you are infertile and have not borne children, but you will conceive and bear a son.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 5
c3content:
because you will conceive and bear a son. No razor {will touch}Literally "will go upon" his head, because the boy will be a {Nazirite of God}Literally "consecrated of God" or "devoted of God" {from birth}.Literally "from the womb" And it is he who will begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And the woman came and told her husband, saying, "A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like the appearance of an angel of God, very awesome. I did not ask him from where he came, and he did not tell me his name.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And he said to me, 'Look, you will conceive and bear a son, so then, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, for the boy will be a Nazirite of God from birthOr "the womb" until the day of his death.'" 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Then Manoah prayed to Yahweh and said, "Excuse me, my Lord, please let the man of God whom you sent again come to us and teach us what we should do concerning the boy who will be born."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and an angel of God came again to the woman; she was sitting in the field, but Manoah her husband was not with her.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 10
c3content:
The woman quickly ran and told her husband, and she said to him, "Look! The man who came to me the other day appeared to me."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 11
c3content:
So Manoah got up and went after his wife, and he came to the man and said to him, "Are you the man that spoke to the woman?" And he said, "I am."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 12
c3content:
And Manoah said to him, "Now {when your words come true},Literally "when your words will come" what will be the boy's {manner of life}Literally "measure" and work?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 14
c3content:
She should not eat of anything that comes from the vine, or drink wine or strong drink, or eat anything unclean; she should keep all that I commanded." 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, "{Please stay},Literally "Please, let us hold you back" and let us prepare a {young goat}Literally "kid of goat" for you."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 16
c3content:
The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, "If you keep me, I will not eat your food, but if you prepare a burnt offering for Yahweh, you can offer it (for Manoah did not know that he was an angel of Yahweh)."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, "What is your name so that when your words come true we may honor you?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 19
c3content:
And Manoah took the {young goat}Literally "kid of goat" and the grain offering, and he offered it to Yahweh on the rock, to the one who performs miracles.Or "the one who works wonders" And Manoah and his wife were watching.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 20
c3content:
And when the flame went up toward the heaven from the altar, the angel of Yahweh went up in the flame of the altar to heaven while Manoah and his wife were watching. And they fell on their faces to the ground.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 21
c3content:
The angel of Yahweh did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, and then Manoah knew that he was a messengerOr "angel" of Yahweh.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 23
c3content:
But his wife said to him, "If Yahweh wanted to kill us he would not have takenOr "accepted" from our hand the burnt offering and the grain offering, or shown us all these things, or now announced to us things such as these." 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 2
c3content:
He went up and told his father and mother, and he said, "I saw a woman in Timnah from the daughters of the Philistines; so then, take her for me as a wife."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 3
c3content:
But his father and mother said to him, "Is there not a wife among the daughters of your relatives, or among all ourHebrew "my" people, that you must take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?" But Samson said to his father, "Take her for me because {she pleases me}."Literally "she is right in my eyes"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 4
c3content:
His father and mother did not know that this was from Yahweh; he was seeking for an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines were rulingOr "having control" in Israel. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And Samson and his father and mother went down to Timnah, and they came to the vineyards of Timnah, and suddenly a young lion came roaring to meet him.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And the Spirit of Yahweh rushed upon him, and he tore the lion apart as one might tear apart a male kid goat ({he was bare-handed}).Literally "there was nothing in his hand" But he did not tell his father and mother what he had done.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Then he went down and talked to the woman, and {she pleased Samson}.Literally "she did what was right in the eyes of Samson"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And he returned after awhile {to marry her},Literally "to take her" and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion, and there was a swarm of wild honey bees in the body of the lion, and honey.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 9
c3content:
He scraped it out into his hands, and he went on, eating it as he went. And he went to his father and mother and gave some to them, and they ate it. But he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey from the body of the lion. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 10
c3content:
His father went down to the woman, and Samson prepared there a feast, as young men were accustomed to doing this.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 12
c3content:
And Samson said to them, "Let me tell you a riddle. If you can fully explain it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, I will give to you thirty linen garments and thirty festal garments.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 13
c3content:
But if you are unable to explain it to me, you must give me thirty linen garments and thirty festal garments." So they said to him, "Tell your riddle; let us hear it."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 15
c3content:
When it was the fourthHebrew "seventh"; other ancient translations have "fourth" day, they said to Samson's wife, "Entice your husband and tell us the riddle, or we will burn you and your father's house with fire. Have you invited us to rob us?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And Samson's wife wept before him, and she said, "You must hate me; you do not love me. You told the riddle to {my people},Literally "the sons/children of my people" but you have not explained it to me." He said to her, "I have not explained it to my father and mother. Why should I explain it to you?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 17
c3content:
She wept before him the seven days of their feast; and it happened, because she nagged him, on the seventh day he explained it to her, and she told the riddle to {her people}.Literally "the sons/children of her people"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 19
c3content:
And the Spirit of Yahweh rushed on him, and he went down to Ashkelon. He killed thirty men from them, and he took their belongings, and he gave festal garments to the ones that explained the riddle. {He was angry},Literally "his nose was hot" and he went up to his father's house.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 1
c3content:
After a while, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a {young goat}.Literally "kid of goat" He said, "I want to go to my wife's private room." But her father would not allow him to enter.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 2
c3content:
Her father said, "I really thought that you hated her, so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please, {take her instead}."Literally "let her be in the place of her"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And Samson said to them, "This time, as far as the Philistines are concerned, when I do something evil I am without blame."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And Samson went and captured three hundred foxes, and he took torches. He turned them tail to tail, and he put one torch between two tails.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 5
c3content:
He set fire to the torches and let the foxes go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and he burned both the stacksHebrew "stack" of sheaves and the standing grain, up to the vineyardsHebrew "vineyard" of olive groves.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And the Philistines said, "Who has done this?" And they said, "Samson the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took his wife and gave her to his companion." And the Philistines went up and burned her and her father with fire.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Samson said to them, "If you want to behave like this, I swear I will not rest unless I have taken revenge on you."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And {he gave them a thorough beating},Literally "he struck them hip and thigh with a great blow" and he went down and stayed in the cleft of the rock of Etam. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And the men of Judah said, "Why have you come up against us?" And they said, "To bind Samson; to do to him just as he did to us."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Then three thousand men from Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and they said to Samson, "Do you not know that the Philistines are ruling over us? What is this that you have done to us?" And he said to them, "Just as they did to me, so I have done to them."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 12
c3content:
They said to him, "We have come down to bind you and give you over into the hand of the Philistines." And Samson said to them, "Swear to me that you will not attack me yourselves."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 13
c3content:
They said to him, "No, we will only bind you and give you into their hand; we will certainly not kill you." So they bound him with two new ropes, and they brought him up from the rock. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 14
c3content:
As he came up to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting to meet him; and the Spirit of Yahweh rushed on him, and the ropes that were on his arms became like flax that has burned with fire, and his bindings melted from his hands.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey; he reached down and took it and killed one thousand men with it.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And it happened, when he finished speaking he threw the jawbone from his hand; and he called that place Ramath Lehi.That is, "Hill of the Jawbone" 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And he was very thirsty, and he called to Yahweh and said, "You gave this great victory into the hand of your servant, but now I must die of thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 19
c3content:
So God split the hollow place that is at Lehi, and water came out from it; and he drank, and his spirit returned, and he was revived. Thus he called its name {The Spring of Ha-Qore},Literally "the spring of the one who called" or "En-hakkore" which is at Lehi to this day.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Samson went down to Gaza; there he saw a prostitute and {had sex with her}.Literally "went into her"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 2
c3content:
The Gazites were told, "Samson has come here," so they surrounded the place and lay in ambush for him all night at the city gate. They kept silent all night, saying, "We will wait until the morning light, and then we will kill him."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 3
c3content:
But Samson lay until the middle of the night; he got up in the middle of the night and took hold of the doors of the city gate and the two door posts, tore them loose with the bar, put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the hill that is {in front of}Literally "on the face of" Hebron. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 4
c3content:
After this he fell in love with a woman in the wadiA valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season of Sorek, and her name was Delilah.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And the rulers of the Philistines came up to her and said, "Entice him and find out what makes his strength so great, and how we can overpower him, so that we may bind him up in order to subdue him; each of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 6
c3content:
So Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me what makes your strength so great, and with what can you be tied up to subdue you?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Samson said to her, "If you tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that are not dried up, I will become weak like everyone else."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 8
c3content:
So the rulers of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings that were not dried up, and she tied him up with them.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 9
c3content:
The ambush was sitting in wait for her in an inner room. And she said to him, "The Philistines are upon you Samson!" And he snapped the bowstrings just as flax fiber snaps when it comes close to fire. And the secret of his strength remained unknown.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Delilah said to Samson, "Look, you have mocked me and told me lies. Please tell me how you can be bound."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 11
c3content:
He said to her, "If they tie me tightly with new ropes that have not been used, I will become weak and be like everyone else."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 12
c3content:
So Delilah took new ropes and tied him up with them, and she said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" (The ambush was sitting in an inner room.) But he snapped them from his arms like thread. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 13
c3content:
And Delilah said to Samson, "Until now you have mocked me and told lies to me. Tell me how you can be bound." And he said to her, "If you weave seven locks of my head with warp-threads."Many modern translations include an additional phrase found in the Greek translation: "and fasten it with a pin, then I will become weak and be like everyone else. So while he slept, Delilah took the seven locks of his head and wove them"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 14
c3content:
She fastened it with the pin and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And Samson woke up from his sleep and tore loose the loom pin of the web and the warp-threads.Hebrew "warp-thread" 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And she said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and you have not told me how your strength is so great."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And because she nagged him day after day with her words, and pestered him, {his soul grew impatient to the point of death}.Literally "his inner self grew tired/impatient to death"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 17
c3content:
So {he confided everything to her},Literally "he told her all his heart" and he said to her, "A razor {has never touched}Literally "has never gone up" my head, for I am a {Nazirite of God}Literally "consecrated of God" or "devoted of God" {from birth}.Literally "from the womb of my mother" If I am shaved my strength will leave me, and I will become weak, like everyone else. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 18
c3content:
Delilah realized that {he had confided in her},Literally "he had told her all his heart" so she sent and called the rulers of the Philistines, saying, "Come up one more time, for {he has confided in me}."Literally "he has told me all his heart" And the rulers of the Philistines came up, and they brought the money {with them}.Literally "in their hand"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 19
c3content:
And she put him to sleep on her lap; then she called the menHebrew "man" and shaved off seven locks of his head. Then she began to subdue him,Or "humiliate him" and his strength went away from him.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 20
c3content:
And she said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And he woke up from his sleep and said, "I will go out just like every other time and shake myself free," but he did not know that Yahweh had left him.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 21
c3content:
And the Philistines seized him, gouged his eyes, and brought him to Gaza. They tied him up with bronze shackles, and he became a grinder {in the prison}.Literally "in the house of the prisoners"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 23
c3content:
The rulers of the Philistines had gathered to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to rejoice. And they said, "Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hand."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 24
c3content:
And the people saw him, and they praised their god, for they said, "Our god has given into our hand those who hate us, devastate our land, and have {killed many of us}."Literally "made numerous our slain"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 25
c3content:
After awhile, when their heartsHebrew "heart" were merry, they said, "Call Samson and let him entertain us." And they called Samson {from the prison},Literally "from the house of the prisoner" and {he entertained them}.Literally "he made sport before them" And they made him stand between the pillars.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 26
c3content:
Then Samson said to the servant who was holding him by his hand, "Position me so that I can touch the pillars on which the houseOr "temple" rests, so I can lean on them."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 27
c3content:
And the houseOr "temple" was full of men and women, and all of the rulers of the Philistines were there--about three thousand men and women were on the roof watching the performance of Samson. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 28
c3content:
And Samson called to Yahweh and said, "My Lord Yahweh, remember me! Please give me strength this one time, O God, so that I can repay with one act of revenge to the Philistines for my eyes."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 29
c3content:
And Samson reached out and held two of the middle pillars on which the houseOr "temple" was resting, and he leaned on them, one on his right and one on his left.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 30
c3content:
And Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines." And he pushedOr "he caused to bend" with all his strength, and the houseOr "temple" fell on the rulers and all of the people who were with him. And the dead whom he killed in his death were more than those he killed in his life. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 31
c3content:
His brothers and {his whole family}Literally "all the house of his father" came down and picked him up; and they brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father; he judged Israel twenty years. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And he said to his mother, "The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, and about which you also pronounced a curse {in my hearing},Literally "In my ears" are with me; I took it." And his mother said, "Blessed be my son by Yahweh."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 3
c3content:
He returned the eleven hundred piecesHebrew "piece" of silver to his mother, and his mother thought, "I will certainly consecrate to Yahweh the piecesHebrew "piece" of silver from my hand for my son to make an idol of cast metal; now then, I will return themHebrew "it" to you."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 4
c3content:
When he returned the piecesHebrew "piece" of silver to his mother, his mother took two hundred piecesHebrew "piece" of silver, and she gave it to the smith, and he made it into an idol of cast metal; and it was in the house of Micah.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 5
c3content:
The man Micah had for himself {a shrine},Literally "a house of god" and he made an ephod and teraphim, and {he appointed one of his sons}Literally "he filled the hand of one of his sons" who became a priest for him.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 7
c3content:
There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, from the clan of Judah; he was a Levite and was dwelling as a foreignerOr "alien" there.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And the man went from the town of Bethlehem in Judah to live as a foreignerOr "alien" wherever he could find a place. And he came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, to continue his journey.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And Micah said to him, "From where do you come?" And he said to him, "I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah; I am going to dwell as a foreignerOr "alien" wherever I can find a place."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And Micah said to him, "Stay with me and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give to you ten piecesHebrew "piece" of silver a year, a set of clothes, and your food." So the Levite went with him.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 12
c3content:
So Micah {appointed the Levite},Literally "filled the hand of the Levite" and the young man became a priest for him; and he was in the house of Micah.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 13
c3content:
And Micah said, "Now I know Yahweh will make me prosperous, because the Levite has become my priest." 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 1
c3content:
In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking territory for itself to live in, because until that day it had not been allotted territory among the tribes of Israel.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 2
c3content:
The descendantsOr "sons/children" of Dan sent from the whole number of their clan five {capable men}Literally "sons of physical strength" from Zorah and Eshtaol to spy out the land and to explore it. And they said to them, "Go, explore the land." And they went to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and they spent the night there.Or "they lodged there"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 3
c3content:
While they were with the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young Levite, and they turned aside there and said to him, "Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place, and {what is your business here}?"Literally "What is for you here?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And they said to him, "Please inquire of God that we may know whether our journey that we are going on will be successful."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And the priest said to them, "Go in peace. Yahweh is in front of you on the journey you want to go on." 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And the five men went and came to Laish, and they observed the people who were living according to the customs of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, and lacking nothing in the land, and possessing restraint.Or perhaps "prosperity"; the Hebrew of this word is uncertain And they were far from the Sidonians and had no word with anyone.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 8
c3content:
They came to their relativesOr "brothers" at Zorah and Eshtaol, and their relativesOr "brothers" said to them, "What do you report?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And they said to them, "Come, let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Will you do nothing? Do not hesitate to go, to enter, to possess the land.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 10
c3content:
When you go you will come to an unsuspecting people, and the land {is spread out on all sides};Literally "is wide of hands" God has given a place into your hands where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth." 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Six hundred men from the clan of the Danites from Zorah and Eshtaol, armed with weapons of war, set out from there.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 12
c3content:
They went up and encamped at Kiriath Jearim in Judah. Therefore they called this place Camp of DanThat is "Mahaneh-dan" to this day; it is west of Kiriath Jearim.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 14
c3content:
And the five men that went out to spy out the land (that is, Laish) responded and said to their relatives,Or "brothers" "Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod, teraphim, and an idol of cast metal? So then, consider what you must do."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 15
c3content:
So they turned to that direction, and they came to the house of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and {they greeted him}.Literally "they asked for him in peace"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And six hundred men from the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Dan, armed with their weapons of war, were standing at the entrance of the gate.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and they entered there and took the carved divine image, ephod, teraphim, and the molten image. The priest was standing at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with the weapons of war.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 18
c3content:
When these went to Micah's house, they took the divine carved image, ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image, and the priest asked them, "What are you doing?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 19
c3content:
And they said to him, "Keep quiet! Put your hand on your mouth and come with us and be for us a father and a priest. Is it better being a priest for a house of one man or being a priest for a tribe and clan in Israel?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 20
c3content:
{The priest accepted the offer},Literally "It was good in the heart of the priest" and he took the ephod, teraphim, and molten image and went along with the people. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 21
c3content:
And they turnedOr "resumed their journey" and went and put the little children, the livestock, and the valuable property in front of them.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 22
c3content:
When they were at a distance from the house, Micah and the men who were in the houses that were near the house of Micah cried out, and they overtook the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Dan.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 23
c3content:
And they called to the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Dan, who turned around to face them, and they said to Micah, "What is the matter with you that you assembled together?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 24
c3content:
He said, "You took away my gods that I had made, and the priest, and then you go away. What is now left for me? How can you say to me, 'What is the matter?'"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 25
c3content:
And the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Dan said to him, "You should not let your voice be heard among us, so that {ill-tempered men}Literally "men of bitter soul" {will not attack you},Literally "will not fall on you" {and take your life}Literally "and you will lose your life" and the lives of your household."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 26
c3content:
And the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Dan went their way. When Micah saw that they were stronger than him, he turned to return to his house. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 27
c3content:
And they took what Micah had made, and his priest, and they came to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and {they put them to the sword}Literally "they put them to the mouth of the sword" and burned the city with fire.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 28
c3content:
There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and {they had had no dealings with anyone}.Literally "a thing was not for them with anyone" It was in the valley that belonged to Beth-rehob, and they rebuiltHebrew "built" the city and lived in it.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 29
c3content:
And they called the name of the city Dan, after Dan their ancestor,Or "father" who was born to Israel; but the former name of the city was Laish.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 30
c3content:
And the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Dan set up for themselves the carved divine image, and Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Manasseh,Other ancient versions read "Moses" he and his sons were priests for the tribe of the Danites until the time of the captivity of the land.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 31
c3content:
So they set up for themselves the carved divine image that Micah had made, all the days that the house of God was in Shiloh. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 1
c3content:
In those days there was no king in Israel; there was a man, a Levite, who dwelled as a foreignerOr "alien" in the remote areas of the hill country of Ephraim. And he took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 2
c3content:
But his concubine felt repugnance toward him,Other modern translations read "his concubine played the harlot against him" and she left him and went to her father's house, to Bethlehem in Judah; she was there some four months.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 3
c3content:
So her husband set out, and he went after her to speak {tenderly to her},Literally "to her heart" to bring her back. He took with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. And she brought him to her father's house, and the father of the young woman saw him and was glad to meet him.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 4
c3content:
His father-in-law, the young woman's father, urged him to stay with him three days; and they ate and drank, and they spent the night there.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 5
c3content:
On the fourth day, they rose early in the morning, and he prepared to go, but the father of the young woman said to his son-in-law, "{Refresh yourself}Literally "Refresh your heart" with a bit of food, and afterward you may go."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 6
c3content:
So the two of them sat and ate and drank together, and the father of the young woman said to the man, "Please, agree to spend the night and {enjoy yourself}."Literally "and let your heart be good"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 8
c3content:
On the fifth day he rose early in the morning to go, and the father of the young woman said, "Please, {enjoy yourself},"Literally "and let your heart be good" and they lingered until the day declined, and the two of them ate.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And the man got up to go--he, his concubine, and his servant--but his father-in-law, the father of the young woman, said to him, "Please, the day has worn on to evening; please, spend the night, the day has drawn to a close. Spend the night here and {enjoy yourself}.Literally "and let your heart be good" You can rise early tomorrow for your journey and {go to your home}."Literally "go to your tent" 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 10
c3content:
But the man was not willing to spend the night, and he got up and went; and he arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). He had with him a pair of saddled donkeys and his concubine.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 11
c3content:
They were near Jebus, and {the day was far spent},Literally "the day went down very" and the servant said to his master, "Please, come, let us turn aside to this city of the Jebusites,Hebrew "Jebusite" and let us spend the night in it."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 12
c3content:
But his master said to him, "We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners,Hebrew "foreigner" who are not from the {Israelites};Literally "sons/children of Israel" we will cross over up to Gibeah."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 13
c3content:
And he said to his servant, "Come, let us approach one of these places; we will spend the night in Gibeah or in Ramah."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 14
c3content:
So they crossed over and went their way, and the sun went down on them beside Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And they turned aside there to enter and to spend the night at Gibeah. And they went and sat in the open square of the city, but no one {took them in to spend the night}.Literally "was receiving them to their house to spend the night" 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 16
c3content:
Then behold, an old man was coming from his work from the field in the evening, and the man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he was dwelling as a foreignerOr "alien" in Gibeah. (The people of the place were descendantsOr "sons/children" of Benjamin.)


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And the old man raised his eyes and saw the traveler in the open square of the city, and he said, "Where are you going, and from where do you come?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And he said to him, "We are crossing over from Bethlehem in Judah up to the remote areas of the hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, but now I am going to Yahweh's house,Or "my house," according to the LXX and some modern translations (NASB, NRSV) but no one {took me in to spend the night}.Literally "was receiving me to their house"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 19
c3content:
There is both straw and fodder for our donkeys, and also bread and wine for me, for your servant,That is, the concubine and for the young man who is with your servant; there is no lack of anything."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 20
c3content:
And the old man said, "Peace to you. I will take care of your needs; however, you must not spend the night in the open square."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 22
c3content:
While {they were enjoying themselves},Literally "their hearts were being good" behold, the men of the city, {the perverse lot},Literally "sons of uselessness" surrounded the house, pounding on the door. And they said to the old man, the owner of the house, "Bring out the man who came to your house so that {we may have sex with him}."Literally "we may know him"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 23
c3content:
So the man, the owner of the house, went out to them and said to them, "No, my brothers, do not act wickedly; since this man has come into my house, do not do this disgraceful thing.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 24
c3content:
Here is my virgin daughter and his concubine. Please, let me bring them out; do violence to them,Or "rape them" and do to them {whatever you please}.Literally "the good in your eyes" Do not do this disgraceful thing to this man."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 25
c3content:
But the men were not willing to listen to him, and the man seized his concubine and brought her out to them; and they had intercourse with her, and they abused her all night until the morning; they let her go at the approach of dawn.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 26
c3content:
And the woman came as the morning appeared, and she fell at the entrance of the man's house where her master was, until daylight.Hebrew "light" 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 27
c3content:
In the morning her master got up, and he opened the doors of the house and went out to go on his journey, and behold, his concubine was fallingOr "spread out" at the entrance of the house, with her hand on the threshold.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 28
c3content:
And he said to her, "Get up, let us go," but there was no answer. So he put her on the donkey, and the man got up and went to his place.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 29
c3content:
When he entered his house he took a knife, and he grasped his concubine and cut her into twelve pieces; and he sent her throughout the whole territory of Israel.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 30
c3content:
All who saw it said, "Nothing like this has ever been since the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" went up from the land of Egypt until this day. Take note of it, consider it, and speak up." 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 1
c3content:
All the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" went out, from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, and they gathered as one bodyHebrew "man" to Yahweh at Mizpah.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And the leaders of all the people, all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand sword-bearing infantry.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 3
c3content:
(The descendantsOr "sons/children" of Benjamin heard that the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" had gone up to Mizpah.) And the {Israelites}Literally "sons of Israel" or "children of "Israel" said, "Tell us, how did this evil act occur?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 4
c3content:
The Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered and said, "I came to Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 5
c3content:
The lords of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house at night. They intended to kill me, and they raped my concubine, and she died.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Then I grabbed my concubine and cut her into pieces, and I sent her throughout all the territory of Israel's inheritance; for they committed a shameful and disgraceful thing in Israel.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Look, all you {Israelites}!Literally "sons/children of Israel" {Make your decision}Literally "give your word" and advice here." 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 8
c3content:
All the people got up as one body,Hebrew "man" saying, "Not one of us will go to his tent, or will any of us return to his house.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 10
c3content:
We will take ten men of one hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of one thousand, and one thousand of ten thousand, to bring provisions to the troops, to repay them when they come to GibeahHebrew "Geba" of Benjamin for all the disgraceful thingsHebrew "thing" they did in Israel."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Then the tribes of Israel sent men throughout all the tribes of Benjamin, saying, "What is this wickedness that happened among you?


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 13
c3content:
So then, hand over the men, {the perverse lot},Literally "sons of uselessness" who are in Gibeah, so that we may kill them and purge this wickedness from Israel." But the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Benjamin were not willing to listen to the voice of their relatives,Or "brothers" the {Israelites}.Literally "sons/children of Israel"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 14
c3content:
And the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Benjamin were gathered from the cities to Gibeah to go out for battle against the {Israelites}.Literally "sons/children of Israel"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 15
c3content:
From the cities the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Benjamin were counted on that day twenty-six thousand {sword-wielding men},Literally "men drawing sword" besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were counted seven hundred well-trainedOr "chosen" men.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 16
c3content:
From all these troops were seven hundred well-trainedOr "choice/chosen" men {who were left-handed};Literally "bound by his right hand" each one could sling with a stone at a hair and not miss.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And the men of Israel besides Benjamin were counted four hundred thousand {sword-wielding men};Literally "men drawing sword" {all were warriors}.Literally "all were men of war" 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 18
c3content:
Then the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" got up and went up to Bethel, and they inquired of God, saying, "Who will go up first for the battle against the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Benjamin?" And Yahweh said, "Judah will go first."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 19
c3content:
And the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" got up in the morning, and they encamped against Gibeah.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 20
c3content:
Then the men of Israel marched out for the battle against Benjamin, and the men of Israel took up positions against them for battle at Gibeah.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 21
c3content:
The descendantsOr "sons/children" of Benjamin went out from Gibeah, and they struck down on that day twenty-two thousand men of Israel to the ground.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 22
c3content:
But the troops, the men of Israel, {encouraged themselves},Literally "took heart" and again they arranged their battle lines in the place where they had arranged themselves the first day.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 23
c3content:
The {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" went up and wept before Yahweh until evening and inquired of Yahweh, saying, "Should we again draw near from the battle against the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Benjamin, our relatives?"Hebrew "my brother" And Yahweh said, "Go up against them."Hebrew "him" 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 24
c3content:
And the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" drew near to the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Benjamin on the second day.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 25
c3content:
And Benjamin went out from Gibeah to meet them on the second day, and they struck down the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" again, eighteen thousand men to the ground; all of these were {sword-wielding}.Literally "drawers of sword"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 26
c3content:
And all the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" and all the troops went up and came to Bethel and wept; and they sat there before Yahweh and fasted on that day until evening; and they offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before Yahweh.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 27
c3content:
And the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" inquired of Yahweh (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 28
c3content:
and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, was standing {before it}Literally "before presence of it/him" to minister in those days), saying, "Should we go out once more to battle against the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Benjamin our relatives,Hebrew "my brother" or should we stop?" And Yahweh said, "Go up tomorrow; I will give themHebrew "him" into your hand." 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 30
c3content:
And the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" went up against the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Benjamin on the third day, and they took up positions against Gibeah as before.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 31
c3content:
The descendantsOr "sons/children" of Benjamin went out to meet the troops, and they lured them away from the city and began to inflict casualties on the troops as before, on the main road, one of which goes up to Bethel, the other to Gibeah; and in the field there were about thirty men of Israel.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 32
c3content:
And the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Benjamin thought,Or "said" "They are being defeated before us {as previously},"Literally "on the first" and the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" said, "Let us flee and lure themHebrew "him" away from the city to the main roads."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 33
c3content:
And all the men of Israel got up from their placesHebrew "place" and took up positions in Baal Tamar; and the ambush of Israel charged from their places,Hebrew "place" from the vicinity of Gibeah.Hebrew "Geba"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 34
c3content:
Then ten thousand well-trainedOr "choice/chosen" men from all Israel came out against Gibeah, and the battle became fierce;Or "the battle became heavy" they did not know that disaster was about to {close in}Literally "touching" on them.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 35
c3content:
And Yahweh defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" destroyed on that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men of Benjamin, all of them {sword-wielding}.Literally "drawing sword" 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 36
c3content:
The descendantsOr "sons/children" of Benjamin saw that they were defeated, and the men of Israel gave groundOr "a place" or "space" to Benjamin because they trusted the ambush that they had set against Gibeah.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 37
c3content:
And the ambush came quickly and advanced against Gibeah, and it {put the whole city to the sword}.Literally "struck the whole city with the mouth of the sword"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 38
c3content:
Now the appointed time for the men of Israel with the ambush was that they sent up for them a great amount of smoke from the city.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 39
c3content:
And the men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to inflict casualties on about thirty men of Israel because they thought,Or "said" "They will be completely defeated before us as in the first battle."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 40
c3content:
And the cloud of smoke began to go up from the city in a column of smoke, and Benjamin turned backward, and behold, the whole city was going up {in smoke}!Literally "to heaven"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 41
c3content:
And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed because they saw that disaster was {closing in}Literally "touching" on them.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 42
c3content:
And they retreated from before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness, but the battle caught up to them, and those who came from the citiesOther ancient translations "city" destroyed them in the midst of them.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 43
c3content:
They surrounded Benjamin; they pursued themHebrew "him" without restOr "at Nohah," a location and trod themHebrew "him" down opposite Gibeah to the east.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 45
c3content:
And they turned and fled toward the wilderness, to the rock of Rimmon, but they cut down on the main roads five thousand men; and they pursued after them up to Gidom, and they struck down two thousand men.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 46
c3content:
So all of Benjamin who fell on that day were twenty-five thousand {sword-wielding men};Literally "men drawing sword" all of these were {able men}.Literally "men of strength"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 47
c3content:
But six hundred turned and fled toward the wilderness, to the rock of Rimmon, and they remained at the rock of Rimmon for four months.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 48
c3content:
And the men of Israel returned to the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Benjamin, and they put them to {the edge of the sword},Literally the mouth of the sword" both the inhabitants of city and the animals that were found; they also set on fire all the cities that they found. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 1
c3content:
The men of Israel had sworn at Mizpah, saying, "None of us will give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And the people of Bethel came and sat there until evening before God, and they lifted their voices and {wept bitterly}.Literally "they cried a great weeping"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And they said, "Why, Yahweh, God of Israel, has it happened today in Israel that one tribe is lacking from Israel?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 4
c3content:
On the next day the people rose early, and they built there an altar and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" said, "Who in the assembly has not come up from all the tribes of Israel to Yahweh?" For a solemn oath was taken concerning whoever did not come up to Yahweh at Mizpah, saying, "He will certainly be put to death."


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 6
c3content:
But the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" had compassion for Benjamin, their relatives,Hebrew "his brother" and they said, "Today one tribe is cut off from Israel.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 7
c3content:
What will we do for them--for the ones being left over--for wives? For we have sworn by Yahweh not to give to them our daughters as wives." 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 8
c3content:
They asked, "Which one is there from the tribes of Israel who did not come up to Yahweh at Mizpah?" And behold, no one came from Jabesh-gilead to the camp, to the assembly.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And the congregation sent there twelve thousand men from the troops, and they commanded them, saying, "Go, strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with {the edge of the sword},Literally "the mouth of the sword" and the women and children.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 11
c3content:
This is the thing you will do: {you will destroy}Literally "you will devote to destruction" every man and {every woman who had sex with a man}."Literally "every woman who knows the bed of a man"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 12
c3content:
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virginsHebrew "virgin" who had not {had sex with a man},Literally "known a man, as far as the bed of a male" and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Then the congregation sent and spoke all this to the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Benjamin who were at the rock of Rimmon, and {they assured them they would not be hurt}.Literally "they proclaimed peace to them"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 14
c3content:
And Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave to them the women whom they kept alive from Jabesh-gilead; but they were not enough for them. 


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And the people felt sorry for Benjamin because {Yahweh weakened the tribes of Israel}.Literally "Yahweh make a breach with the tribes of Israel"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 16
c3content:
So the elders of the congregation said, "What should we do for the remaining ones for wives, since the women from Benjamin have been destroyed?"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And they said, "There must be a remnant for Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be blotted out from Israel.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 18
c3content:
But we cannot give them wives from our daughters." (For the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" swore, saying, "Cursed be anyone who gives a wife to Benjamin.")


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 19
c3content:
And they said, "Look, the annual feast of Yahweh is in Shiloh, which is to the north of Bethel, {east}Literally "rising of the sun" of the main road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 20
c3content:
They instructed the descendantsOr "sons/children" of Benjamin, saying, "Go, lie in ambush in the vineyards,


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 21
c3content:
and watch and look; when the daughters of Shiloh dance in the dances, come out from the vineyards and seize for yourselves a wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 22
c3content:
And if their fathers or their brothers complain to us, we will say to them, 'Allow us to have them, because we did not capture a wife for each man in the battle, and because you did not give them to them, {or else}Literally "as the time" you would have been guilty.'"


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 23
c3content:
The descendantsOr "sons/children" of Benjamin did likewise, and they took wives for each of them from the dancers whom they seized, and they went and returned to their territory, and they rebuilt the cities and they lived in them.


c0book: Judg
c1chapter: 21
c2verse: 24
c3content:
So the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" dispersed from there at that time according to tribe and family; and they went out from there, each one to their own territory.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And it happened in the days when {the judges ruled},Literally "the judging of the judges" there was a famine in the land, and a man from Bethlehem of Judah went {to reside}Literally "to dwell as an alien" in the countryside of Moab--he and his wife and his two sons.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephraimites from Bethlehem in Judah. And they went to the countryside of Moab and remained there. 


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 3
c3content:
But Elimelech the husband of Naomi died and she was left behind with {her two sons}.Literally "she and her two sons"


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And {they took}Literally "they lifted up" for themselves Moabite wives. The name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other was Ruth. And they lived there about ten years.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 5
c3content:
But {both}Literally "the two of them" Mahlon and Kilion died, and the woman was left without her two sons and without her husband. 


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And she got up, she and her daughters-in-law, and returned from the countryside of Moab, because she had heard in the countryside of Moab that Yahweh had {come to the aid of}Literally "had considered" his people to give food to them.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 7
c3content:
So she set out from the place {where she was}Literally "which she was there" and her two daughters-in-law with her, and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. 


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 8
c3content:
But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go, each of you return to her mother's house. May Yahweh {show kindness to you}Literally "do loyal love with you" just as you did with the dead and with me.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 9
c3content:
May Yahweh {grant that you}Literally "give to you" find a resting place, each in the house of her husband." And she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and cried. 


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And Naomi said, "Return, my daughters. {Why do you still want to go with me}?Literally "To what do you want to go still for me?" Are there sons {in my womb}Literally "in my intestines" that may be husbands for you?


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Turn back, my daughters! Go, for {I am too old to have a husband}.Literally "I am too old from being to a man" If I should think there is hope for me, even if I should have a husband this night, and even if I should bear sons,


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 13
c3content:
would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you therefore {refrain from marrying}?Literally "Would you therefore let yourself be hindered to not belong to a man?" No, my daughters, for it is far more bitter to me than to you. For the hand of Yahweh has gone out against me."


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 14
c3content:
And they lifted up their voices and cried again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And she said, "Look, your sister-in-law has returned to her people and to her gods. Return after your sister-in-law too." 


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 16
c3content:
But Ruth said, "{Do not urge}Literally "You shall not press me" me to leave you or to return from {following you}!Literally "from behind you" For where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people will be my people and your God will be my God.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. So may Yahweh do to me, {and even more, unless}Literally "and so may he do again, that" death {separates you and me}!"Literally "makes a separation between you and between me"


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 18
c3content:
When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, {she said no more}.Literally "she ceased to speak to her" 


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 19
c3content:
So the two of them went until they came to Bethlehem. {And when they came}Literally "And it happened at the moment of coming" to Bethlehem, all of the town was stirred because of them. And they said, "Is this Naomi?"


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 20
c3content:
And she said to them, "You should not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for ShaddaiOften translated "the Almighty" has {caused me to be very bitter}.Literally "caused very bitterness to me"


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 21
c3content:
I went away full, but Yahweh brought me back empty-handed! Why call me Naomi {when Yahweh has testified against me}Literally "and Yahweh answered against me" and ShaddaiOften translated "the Almighty" has brought calamity upon me?"


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 22
c3content:
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite her daughter-in-law with her, returning from the countryside of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the harvest of barley. 


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 1
c3content:
{Now}Literally "and for" Naomi {had a relative of her husband},Literally "was an acquaintance of a man of her husband" {a prominent rich man}Literally "a man mighty of wealth" from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, "Please let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after someone in whose eyes I may find favor." And she said to her, "Go, my daughter."


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 3
c3content:
So she went and came and gleaned in the field behind the reapers. And she happened by chance upon the tract of field {belonging to}Literally "was for" Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And look, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, "May Yahweh be with you." And they said to him, "May Yahweh bless you."


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And Boaz said to his servant {in charge of the reapers},Literally "the one standing over the reapers" "To whom does this young woman belong?"


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And {the servant in charge of the reapers}Literally "the servant the one standing over the reapers" said, "She is a Moabite girl returning with Naomi from the countryside of Moab.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And she said, 'Please let me glean and let me gather among the sheaves behind the reapers.' So she came and remained from the morning up to now. {She is sitting for a little while in the house}."Literally "this one she is sitting a little in the house" 


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And Boaz said to Ruth, "{Listen carefully},Literally, "You have heard" my daughter, go no longer to glean in another field. Moreover, do not leave from this one, but {stay close}Literally "cling" with my young women.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Keep your eyes on the field that they reap and go after them. Have I not ordered the servants not to bother you? And if you get thirsty, you shall go to the containers and drink from where the servants have drawn."


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And she fell on her face and bowed down to the ground and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your eyes by recognizing me--for I am a foreigner?"


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And Boaz answered and said to her, "All that you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband was fully told to me. How you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and you went to a people that you did not know {before}.Literally "yesterday three days ago"


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 12
c3content:
May Yahweh reward your work and may a full reward be given to you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you came to take refuge."


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 13
c3content:
And she said, "May I find favor in your eyes, my lord, for you have comforted me and have spoken {kindly to your servant},Literally "on the heart of your servant" and I am not one of your servants." 


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 14
c3content:
And Boaz said to her {at mealtime},Literally "at the time of the food" "Come here and eat from the bread and dip your morsel in the wine vinegar." So she sat beside the gleaners, and he offered to her roasted grain. And she ate and was satisfied, and she had some left over.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And she got up to glean, and Boaz instructed his servants saying, "Let her also glean between the sheaves and do not reproach her.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And also pull out for her from your bundles and leave it so that she may glean--and do not rebuke her." 


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 17
c3content:
So she gleaned in the field until the evening and she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And she picked it up and went to the town. Her mother-in-law saw how much she had gleaned. And she took it out and gave to her what she had left over {after being satisfied}.Literally "from her satiety"


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 19
c3content:
And her mother-in-law said to her, "Where did you glean {today}Literally "the day" and where did you work? May he who took notice of you be blessed." And she told her mother-in-law {with whom she had worked}Literally "who she had worked with him" and said, "The name of the man who I worked with today is Boaz."


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 20
c3content:
And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "May he be blessed by Yahweh, whose loyal love has not forsaken the living or the dead." And Naomi said to her, "The man is a close relative for us, he is one of our redeemers."


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 21
c3content:
And Ruth the Moabite said, "Also, he said to me, 'You shall stay close with the servants which are mine until they have finished all of the harvest which is mine.'"


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 22
c3content:
And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, "It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maidservants so that you will not {be bothered}Literally "they touch on you" in another field."


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 23
c3content:
So she stayed close with the maidservants of Boaz to glean until the end of the barley harvest and wheat harvest. And she lived with her mother-in-law. 


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Now Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, should I not seek for you security that things may be good for you?


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 2
c3content:
So then, is not Boaz our kinsman whose maidservants you were with? Look, he is winnowing the barley at the threshing floor tonight.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Wash, anoint yourself, put your clothing on, and go down to the threshing floor. Do not make yourself known to the man until he finishes eating and drinking.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And when he lies, take notice of the place where he lies. And you shall go and {uncover}Literally "open" his feet and lie down, and he shall tell you what to do."


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And Boaz ate and drank until his heart was {merry}Literally "good" and then he came to lie at the end of the grain heap. And she came in quietly and {uncovered}Literally "opened" his feet and lay down.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And it happened in the middle of the night the man was startled and he reached out and behold, a woman was lying at his feet.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And he said, "Who are you?" And she said, "I am Ruth, your servant. Spread {your garment}Literally "your wing" over your servant because you are a redeemer."


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And he said, "You are blessed by Yahweh my daughter. You did better in this last kindness than the first by not going after young men, whether poor or rich.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And so then my daughter, do not be afraid. All that you ask I will do for you, for the entire assembly of my people knows that you are a worthy woman.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 13
c3content:
{Stay tonight,}Literally "Spend the night tonight" and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, good; but if he is not willing to redeem, {then as Yahweh lives,}Literally "the life of Yahweh" I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning." 


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 14
c3content:
So she lay at his feet until morning and got up before {anyone could recognize each other}.Literally "a man could recognize his friend" And he said, "It must not be known that {you}Literally "the woman" came to the threshing floor."


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 15
c3content:
And he said, "Bring the cloak that is on you and {hold it out}."Literally "hold on her" And she held it out and he measured six measures of barley and put it on her cloak. Then she went into the city.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And she came to her mother-in-law, and she said, "{How did it go for you,}Literally "who are you?" my daughter?" And she told her all that the man did for her.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And she said, "These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said, 'You shall not go empty-handed to your mother-in-law.'"


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And she said, "Wait, my daughter, until you know how the matter turns out, for the man will not rest but will settle the matter today." 


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And Boaz had gone up to the city gate and sat there. And look, the redeemer of whom Boaz had spoken was passing by. And he said, "Come over here to sit, {friend}."Literally "certain someone" And he came over and sat.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And he said to the redeemer, "Naomi, who returned from the countryside of Moab, is selling the tract of land which was for our brother Elimelech.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And I thought {I would tell you}Literally "I would open your ear" and say, '{Buy it in the presence of}Literally "Buy before" those sitting and before the elders of my people,' if you want to redeem it, redeem it. But if you do not want to redeem, tell me so that I may know, for there is no one except you to redeem it, and I am after you." And he said, "I want to redeem it."


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And Boaz said, "On the day of your acquiring the field from the hand of Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the wife of the dead man, in order to raise up for the name of the dead his inheritance."


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And the redeemer said, "I am not able to redeem for myself, lest I ruin my inheritance. You redeem for yourself my kinsman-redemption, for I am not able to redeem it." 


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 7
c3content:
(Now this {was the custom in former times}Literally "before faces" in Israel concerning the kinsman-redemption and transfer of property: to confirm the matter, a man removed his sandal and gave it to his fellow countryman. This was the manner of attesting in Israel.)


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And Boaz said to the elders and all of the people, "You are witnesses today that I have acquired all that was for Elimelech and that was for Kilion and Mahlon from the hand of Naomi.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And also Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, I have acquired as a wife, to raise up the name of the dead over his inheritance, so that the name of the dead may not be cut off from his relatives and from the gate of his birth place. You are witnesses today."


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 11
c3content:
And all of the people who were at the gate and the elders said, "We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman coming into your house as Rachel and as Leah, who {together}Literally "the two of them" built the house of Israel. May you have strength in Ephrathah and bestow a name in Bethlehem.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 12
c3content:
And may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah from the offspring that Yahweh will give to you from this young woman." 


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 13
c3content:
So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and Yahweh {enabled her to conceive},Literally "gave to her conception" and she bore a son.


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 14
c3content:
And the women said to Naomi, "Blessed be Yahweh who today {did not leave you without a redeemer}!Literally "did not allow to be missing for you a redeemer" And may his name be renowned in Israel!


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 15
c3content:
He shall be for you a restorer of life and a sustainer in your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is better for you than seven sons, has borne him."


c0book: Ruth
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And the women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, "A son has been born to Naomi." And they called his name Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 1
c3content:
There was a certain man from Ramathaim Zophim, from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.Or "Ephrathite"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 2
c3content:
He had two wives; the name of the first was Hannah, and the name of the second was Peninnah. Now Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Now this man used to go up from his town {year by year}Literally "from days to days" to worship and to sacrifice to Yahweh of hosts in Shiloh, {where}Literally "and there" the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to Yahweh.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 4
c3content:
{On}Literally "And it happened on" the day Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 5
c3content:
But to Hannah he would give {a double portion},Literally "a portion of two faces" because he loved Hannah, though Yahweh had closed her womb.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 6
c3content:
(Now her rival wife would provoke her severely in order to upset her because Yahweh had closed her womb.)


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And so he used to doSo Hebrew; because of the abrupt change of subject some revocalize the verb to read "it used to be" year after year; {whenever}Or "as often as"; literally "from enough" she went up to the house of Yahweh, sheThat is, Penninah would provoke her so that sheThat is, Hannah would weep and would not eat.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 8
c3content:
So Elkanah her husband would say to her: "Hannah, why do you weep and why do you not eat? And {why are you heartsick}?Literally "why is your heart evil" Am I not better to you than ten sons?"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Then Hannah got up after eating and drinking at Shiloh. (Now Eli the priest was sitting on his chair by the doorpost of the templeThis is not the temple of Solomon (ca. 966 bc), but rather the tabernacle that first resided at Shiloh after the conquest of Joshua. of Yahweh.)


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 11
c3content:
She {made a vow}Literally "vowed a vow" and said: "O Yahweh of hosts, if you will look with compassion on the misery of your female servant, and will remember me, and not forget your female servant, and will give to your female servant {a male child}Literally "an offspring of men" then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and a razor will never pass over his head.""A razor will never pass over his head" indicates that Hannah promised to dedicate her son to Yahweh as a Nazirite, according to the terms of Num 6:1-21


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 12
c3content:
{While}Literally "And it happened that when" she continued to pray before Yahweh, Eli was observing her mouth.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Now Hannah had been speaking in her heart; her lips were moving, but her voice could not be heard, so Eli considered her to be drunk.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 15
c3content:
But Hannah answered and said, "No, my lord. I am a woman {deeply distressed},Literally "difficult of spirit" but I have not drunk wine or strong drink. Rather, I have poured out my soul before Yahweh.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 16
c3content:
Do not regard your female servant as {worthless},Literally "as a daughter of Belial/daughter of worthlessness" but because of the extent of my worries and my provocation I have spoken all of this."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Then Eli answered and said, "Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant your request that you have asked of him."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And she said, "May your female slave find favor in your sight." Then the woman went on her way and ate something, and {her face did not look sad any longer}.Literally "her faces were not for her any longer" 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 19
c3content:
Then they rose early in the morning and worshiped before Yahweh {and returned}Literally "and they returned and went" to their house at Ramah. Then Elkanah {had sexual relations with}Literally "knew" Hannah his wife, and Yahweh remembered her.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 20
c3content:
{In due time},Literally "At the turning of the days" Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She called his name Samuel, for she said, "I requested him from Yahweh." 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 21
c3content:
So the man Elkanah went up with all his household {to make the annual sacrifice}Literally "to sacrifice the sacrifice of days" to Yahweh and to pay his vow.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 22
c3content:
But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, "Once the boy is weaned, I will bring him, so that he may appear before Yahweh; and he will remain there forever."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 23
c3content:
So her husband Elkanah said to her, "{Do what seems right to you};Literally "do what is good in your eyes" stay until you wean him. Only may Yahweh fulfill his word." So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 24
c3content:
Then she brought him up with her when she had weaned him, along with three bulls, one ephah of flour, and a skinOr "a clay jar" of wine. She brought him to the house of Yahweh at Shiloh while the boy was still young.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 26
c3content:
She said, "Excuse me, my lord. As {you live},Literally "your soul lives" my lord, I am the woman who stood with you in this place to pray to Yahweh.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 1
c2verse: 28
c3content:
I in turn have lent him to Yahweh. {As long as he lives}Literally "All the days that he lives" he is lent to Yahweh." Then they worshiped Yahweh there. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 2
c3content:
There is no one holy like Yahweh, for there is no one besides you, and there is no rock like our God.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Do not increase speaking {very proud}Literally "proud, proud" words! Let no arrogance go forth from your mouth, for Yahweh is a God of knowledge whose deeds are not weighed.So Masoretic Hebrew text (Kethib); the reading tradition (Qere) reads "and by him deeds are weighed"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Those who were full must hire themselves out for bread, but those who are hungry will become fat. As for the infertile, she will bear seven, but she who has many sons withers away.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Yahweh kills and restores alive, he brings down to Sheol"Sheol" is a Hebrew term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the underworld. and raises up.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 8
c3content:
He raises up the poor from the dust. From the ash heap he lifts up the needy, to cause them to sit with noble people and to cause them to inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth belong to Yahweh and he has set the inhabited world on them.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 9
c3content:
He will guard the feet of his faithfulOr "loyal" ones, but the wicked will be destroyedOr "will be silenced" in the darkness, because a man will not prevail by his might.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Yahweh will shatterSingular verb supported by Syriac, Targums, Septuagint, and Old Latin versions. his adversaries;The Masoretic Hebrew text (Kethib) has the singular "adversary"; the reading tradition (Qere) reads the plural he will thunder against them in the heavens. Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king and will exalt the might of his anointed one.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Then Elkanah went to Ramah, to his house. Now the boy was serving Yahweh {in the presence of}Literally "in the face of" Eli the priest. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Now the sons of Eli were {worthless scoundrels};Literally "sons of Belial" they did not knowOr "acknowledge" Yahweh.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 13
c3content:
And the custom of the priests with the people was this: When any man {brought a sacrifice},Literally "was sacrificing a sacrifice" and so throughout 1 &amp; 2 Samuel as the meat was boiling, the servant of the priest would take a three-pronged meat fork in his hand


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 14
c3content:
and would thrust it into the pan or into the kettle or into the cauldron or into the cooking pot. All that the meat fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This is what they used to do to all of the Israelites who came there at Shiloh.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Also, before they {offered up}Literally "caused to go up in smoke" the fat as a burnt offering, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, "Give the priest meat for roasting, for he will not take boiled meat from you, but only {raw}."Literally "with the life"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And if the man said to him, "Let them burn the fat completely {first},Literally "as the day" then take for yourself as {you}Literally "as your soul" desire," then he would say to him, "No!According to the reading tradition (Qere) Give it now! If not, I will take it by force!"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 17
c3content:
So the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of Yahweh, because the men treated the offering of Yahweh with contempt. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 19
c3content:
His mother used to make for him a small robe and take it to him {year by year}Literally "from days to days" whenever she came up with her husband to offer the {annual sacrifice}.Literally "the sacrifice of days"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 20
c3content:
And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and he said, "May Yahweh give you an offspring from this woman in place of the petitioned one that she requested from Yahweh." Then they went to their home.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 21
c3content:
Yahweh took note of Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters, while the young man Samuel grew up with Yahweh. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 22
c3content:
Now Eli was very old, and he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel and that they were having sexual relations with the women who were serving at the entrance of the tent of assembly.Or "meeting"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 23
c3content:
And he asked them, "Why are you doing all these things that I am hearing, namely, your evil dealings with all these people?


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 25
c3content:
If a man sins against a man, then God can intercede for him. But if a man sins against Yahweh, who can intercede for him?" But they did not {obey}Literally "listen to the voice of" their father, because Yahweh wanted to kill them.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 26
c3content:
But the boy Samuel {continued to grow in stature and in favor}Literally "was going and being great and good" with Yahweh and with the people. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 27
c3content:
Now a man of God came to Eli and said to him: "Thus says Yahweh: 'Did I not clearly reveal myself to the house of your ancestorOr "father," meaning Aaron when they were in Egypt under the house of Pharaoh?


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 28
c3content:
And I chose him from all the tribes of Israel to be a priest to me, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, and to bear an ephod before me. I gave to the house of your ancestorOr "father" all the offerings made by fire by the {Israelites}.Literally "sons/children of Israel"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 29
c3content:
Why do you despise my sacrifice and my offering which I commanded for my dwelling place, while you honored your sons more than me by making yourselves fat from the best of all the offerings of my people Israel?


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 30
c3content:
Therefore,' {declares}Literally "the declaration of" Yahweh the God of Israel, 'though I solemnly said that your house and the house of your ancestorOr "father" would walk before me forever, but now,' {declares}Literally "the declaration of" Yahweh, 'far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me, I will treat with contempt!


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 31
c3content:
Look, days are coming when I will cut off your {strength}Literally "arm," figurative of "strength" in the context of "descendants" and the {strength}Literally "arm," figurative of "strength" in the context of "descendants" of the house of your ancestorOr "father" {so that no one in your house will live to old age}.Literally "from being old in your house"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 32
c3content:
You will look at the distress of my dwelling place, despite all the good caused for Israel, but there will never be an old man in your household {forever}!Literally "all the days"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 33
c3content:
The only one I will not cut off from my altar is you.Understanding the beth preposition as a beth essentiae Rather, to cause your eyes to fail and to cause your soul to grieve, {all the members of your household}Literally "all the abundance of your house" will die as men.Or "in their prime"; some Greek and other manuscripts supply "sword" ("will die by the sword of men")


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 34
c3content:
This is the sign for you that will come regarding your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: they will both die on the same day!


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 35
c3content:
But I will raise up for myself a reliableOr "faithful" priest; he will do just according to what is in my heart and in my soul. I will build for him a lastingHebrew "faithful" or "reliable" house and he will walk continually before my anointed one {forever}.Literally "all the days"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 2
c2verse: 36
c3content:
All the remainder of your household will come to bow down {before}Literally "to" him for a bit of silver or a loaf of bread and will say, "Please assign me to one of the {priestly offices}Literally "priesthoods" so that I can eat a morsel of bread." '" 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Now the boy Samuel was serving Yahweh {in the presence}Literally "in the face of" of Eli. The word of Yahweh was rare in those days; visions were not widespread.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 2
c3content:
{And then}Literally "And it happened" one day when Eli was lying in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow weak so that he was not able to see)


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 3
c3content:
and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, Samuel was lying in the templeAlthough the Hebrew text reads "temple," this is a reference to the tabernacle (see 1:3, 9) of Yahweh where the ark of God was.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And he ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, because you called me." But he said, "I did not call you. Go back and lie down." So he went and lay down.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And Yahweh called Samuel again, so Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, because you called me." And he said, "I did not call you, my son. Go back and lie down."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Again Yahweh called Samuel a third time, so he got up and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, because you called me." Then Eli realized that Yahweh was calling the boy.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 9
c3content:
So Eli said to Samuel "Go lie down. {If he calls}Literally "And it will happen that if he calls" to you, then you must say, 'Speak Yahweh, because your servant is listening.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Then Yahweh came and stood there and called out {as before},Literally "as an occurrence, in an occurrence" "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, because your servant is listening."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 11
c3content:
So Yahweh said to Samuel, "Look, I am doing something in Israel {which will cause}Literally "about which" the two ears of everyone who hears it to tingle.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 12
c3content:
On that day I will fulfill against Eli all that I have spoken against his household, {from beginning to end}.Literally "begin and finish"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 13
c3content:
I will make him know that I am about to judge his household forever because of the iniquity that he knew, for his sons were bringing curses on themselves,LXX reads "were cursing God" but he did not rebuke them.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 14
c3content:
Therefore I swore to the house of Eli that the iniquity of the house of Eli would not be atoned forOr "be expiated" by sacrifice or by offering forever." 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 15
c3content:
So Samuel lay down until morning; then he opened the doors of the house of Yahweh, but Samuel was afraid of telling the vision to Eli.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 17
c3content:
And he said, "What is the messageOr "word" that he spoke to you? Please do not conceal it from me. May God {punish you severely}Literally "do to you and so may he add" if you conceal anything from me of all the words that he told you."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 18
c3content:
So Samuel told him all the words and did not conceal anything from him. And heThat is, Eli said, "He is Yahweh, he will do {what is}Literally "the" good in his {sight}."Literally "eyes" 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 19
c3content:
And Samuel grew up, and Yahweh was with him. {He did not allow any of his prophecies to go unfulfilled}.Literally "He let none from all of his words fall to the ground."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 20
c3content:
All Israel from Dan to Beersheba realized that Samuel was faithfulOr "reliable" or "trustworthy" as a prophet to Yahweh.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 3
c2verse: 21
c3content:
And Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh, for Yahweh revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh through the word of Yahweh. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 1
c3content:
And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to meet the Philistines for battle, and they encamped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines encamped at Aphek.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 2
c3content:
The Philistines lined up for the battle to meet Israel, and the battle was prolongedOr "drawn out" until Israel was defeated before the Philistines, {who}Literally "and they" killed about four thousand men {on the battlefield}.Literally "in the battle line in the field"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 3
c3content:
When the armyOr "people" came back to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, "Why has Yahweh defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to us from Shiloh so that it may come into our midst and deliverOr "save" us from the hand of our enemies."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 4
c3content:
So the army sent to Shiloh and brought from there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of hosts who sits between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Now when the ark of the covenant of Yahweh arrived at the camp, all Israel {let out a loud shout}Literally "shouted a great shout" so that the earth shook. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 6
c3content:
When the Philistines heard the noise of the shouting, they said, "What is the noise of this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?" Then they learned that the ark of Yahweh had come into the camp.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 7
c3content:
So the Philistines were afraid, for they said, "God has comeOr "gods have come" to the camp." And they said, "Woe to us, {for this has never happened before!}Literally "it has not happened like this since yesterday and since the day before that"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the same gods who struck the Egyptians with all sorts of plagues in the desert.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Take courage and be men, you Philistines, lest you end up serving the Hebrews just like they have served you. Be men and fight!"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 10
c3content:
So the Philistines fought and Israel was defeated and each man fled to his tent, for the slaughter was very great. Thirty thousand foot soldiers from Israel fell.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Furthermore, the ark of God was captured,Or "taken" and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 12
c3content:
A man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh that same day, and his clothes were torn and earth was on his head.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 13
c3content:
When he came, {there was}Literally "look" Eli sitting on his chair {by the side of the road}Literally "by the hand of the road" watching, because his heart was anxious about the ark of God. Now the man had come {to give his report}Literally "to tell" in the city, and all the city cried out.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 14
c3content:
When Eli heard the noise of the outcry, he said, "What is the noise of this commotion?" Then the man {came quickly}Literally "hastened and came" and told Eli.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Now Eli was {ninety-eight years old}Literally "a son of ninety and eight years" and his eyes {stayed fixed ahead}Literally "were standing" and he was not able to see.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And the man said to Eli, "I am the one who has come from the battle line! I have fled today from the battle line!" And he said, "{What exactly happened},Literally "what is the thing/matter" my son?"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Then the messenger answered and said, "Israel has fled before the Philistines. There has been a great defeat among the troops. Also, your two sons have died, Hophni and Phinehas, and the ark of God has been captured."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 18
c3content:
Just as he mentioned the ark of God, heThat is, Eli fell from his chair backwards against the side of the gate. He broke his neck and died, because the man was old and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 19
c3content:
Now his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news concerning the capture of the ark of God and that her father-in-law and her husband had died, she {went into labor}Literally "bowed down" and gave birth, because her labor pains came upon her.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 20
c3content:
Just before the time of her death, those {attending her}Literally "standing over her" said, "Do not fear, for you have given birth to a son." But she did not answer, or {pay any attention}.Literally "set her heart"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 4
c2verse: 21
c3content:
She called the boy Ichabod,The name "Ichabod" means "no glory" saying, "The glory has departed from Israel," referring to the capture of the ark of God and concerning her father-in-law and husband.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 2
c3content:
Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to the temple of Dagon and placed it beside Dagon.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 3
c3content:
When the Ashdodites got up early the next morning, {there was}Literally "look" Dagon fallen with his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh! So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 4
c3content:
When they got up early in the morning the next day, {there was}Literally "look" Dagon fallen again with his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh! The head of Dagon and the palms of his two hands were cut off, lying atHebrew "to" the threshold; only the bodyThe phrase may suggest that only the "fish" part of Dagon was left of Dagon was left.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 5
c3content:
(Therefore the priests of Dagon and all who come into the house of Dagon do not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod until this very day.) 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Now the hand of Yahweh was heavy against the Ashdodites and he destroyed them and struck them with tumors,The Masoretic Hebrew text (Kethib) reads "boils"; the reading tradition (Qere) has "tumors" both in Ashdod and its territories.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 7
c3content:
The men of Ashdod saw that it was so, and they said, "The ark of the God of Israel should not remain with us, because his hand is harsh on us and on Dagon our god!"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 8
c3content:
So they sent and gathered all the rulers of the Philistines to them, and they asked, "What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?" And they said, "Let the ark of the God of Israel be brought around toward Gath." So they moved the ark of the God of Israel to Gath. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 9
c3content:
After they moved it, the hand of Yahweh was against the city, causing a very great confusion, and he struck the men of the city {from the youngest to the oldest},Literally "from small up to great" causing tumorsThe Masoretic Hebrew text (Kethib) reads "boils"; the reading tradition (Qere) has "tumors" to break out on them.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 10
c3content:
So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. But when the ark of God came to Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, "They have brought around the ark of the God of Israel to kill us and ourHebrew "me and my" people!"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 11
c3content:
So they sent and gathered all the rulers of the Philistines, and they said, "Send away the ark of the God of Israel and let it return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people." For a {deadly confusion}Literally "a confusion of death"; indicates a genitive of attribute was throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 5
c2verse: 12
c3content:
The men who did not die were struck with the tumors,The Masoretic Hebrew text (Kethib) reads "boils"; the reading tradition (Qere) has "tumors" so that the cry of the city for help went up to heaven. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 2
c3content:
and the Philistines called to the priests and to those who practiced divination, saying, "What should we do with the ark of Yahweh? Inform us how we should send it to its place."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 3
c3content:
They said, "If you are sending the ark of the God of Israel away, you must not send it away empty, but by all means return it with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed and it will become known to you why his hand is not turned aside from you."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And they said, "What is the guilt offering that we should return to him?" They said, "The number of the rulers of the Philistines is five. Therefore send five gold tumorsThe Masoretic Hebrew text (Kethib) reads "boils"; the reading tradition (Qere) has "tumors" and five gold mice, because one plague was on all of you and all your rulers.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 5
c3content:
You must make images of your tumorsThe Masoretic Hebrew text (Kethib) reads "boils"; the reading tradition (Qere) has "tumors" and images of your mice that are ravaging the land, and you must give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will lighten his hand on you and on your gods and on your land.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Why should you harden your hearts like the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their heart? Is it not just like when he dealt with them wantonly so that they sent them away and they left?


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 7
c3content:
So then, {prepare}Literally "take and make" one new utility cart and two milking cows that have never had a yoke on them, and you must harness the cows to the utility cart and then turn their calves from following them to their stall.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 8
c3content:
And you must take the ark of Yahweh and place it on the utility cart with the gold objects that you are returning to him as a guilt offering. You must place them in the containerOr perhaps "chest" or "bag" beside the ark and then send it off so that it goes away.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 9
c3content:
You must watch; if it goes up by the way of its territory to Beth Shemesh, he has caused this great disaster to come on us. But if not, then we will know his hand has not struck us; it was by chance that this happened to us.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 10
c3content:
So the men did so; they took two milking cows and harnessed them to the utility cart, but they shut up their calves in the stall.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Then they put the ark of Yahweh on the utility cart with the containerOr perhaps "chest" or "bag" holding the gold mice and the images of their tumors.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 12
c3content:
The cows went straight on the way on the road to Beth Shemesh, on the one main road, {lowing as they went}.Literally "they went going and lowing" They did not turn aside to the right or to the left, and the rulers of the Philistines were walking after them up to the border of Beth Shemesh. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Now the people of Beth Shemesh were reaping the wheat harvest in the valley. They lifted their eyes and saw the ark, and they were glad to see it.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 14
c3content:
The utility cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh and stopped there where there was a large stone. They split the wood of the utility cart and sacrificed the cows as a burnt offering to Yahweh.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Then the Levites took down the ark of Yahweh and the containerOr perhaps "chest" or "bag" that was beside it, in which were the gold objects, and they set them on the large stone.The Masoretic Hebrew text reads "Abel" here; some Hebrew manuscripts and LXX read "stone" (see 6:14-15) Then the men of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings, and they {made}Literally "sacrificed" sacrifices to Yahweh on that day.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Now these are the gold tumors which the Philistines returned as a guilt offering to Yahweh: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And the gold mice according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines, for their five rulers, from the fortified city to the unwalled village of the open country as far as the great stone, {where they set}Literally "which they set down on it" the ark of Yahweh until this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 19
c3content:
HeThat is, Yahweh struck seventy menThough the MT has "seventy men, fifty thousand men" (= 50,070), it is likely the original was "seventy men" among the men of Beth Shemesh because they looked into the ark of Yahweh. So the people mourned because Yahweh had struck a great blow among the people.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 20
c3content:
Then the men of Beth Shemesh asked, "Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? And to whom shall itThat is, the ark of the covenant (alternatively read as "he," referring to Yahweh) go up from us?"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 6
c2verse: 21
c3content:
So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath Jearim saying, "The Philistines have returned the ark of Yahweh. Come down and take it up to yourselves." 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 1
c3content:
The men of Kiriath Jearim came and brought up the ark of Yahweh, and they brought it to the house of Abinadab in Gibeah. They consecrated Eleazer his son to guard the ark of Yahweh.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 2
c3content:
{From}Literally "And it happened from" the day the ark stayed in Kiriath Jearim, {days multiplied and became twenty years}Literally "and the days were numerous, and they were twenty years" while all the house of Israel mourned after Yahweh.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 3
c3content:
And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, "If with all your heart you are turning to Yahweh, remove the foreign gods and AshtorethsHebrew plural "Ashtaroth" (Ashtoreth was the female consort of Ba'al) from your midst. Commit your hearts to Yahweh and serve him alone. Then he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 4
c3content:
So the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" removed the BaalsHebrew plural "Be'alim" (Ba'al was a major Canaanite deity) and the Ashtoreths, and they served Yahweh alone. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 6
c3content:
So they gathered to Mizpah and drew water and poured it out before Yahweh. They fasted on that day and said there, "We have sinned against Yahweh!" So Samuel judged the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" at Mizpah.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Now when the Philistines heard that the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" had gathered at Mizpah, the rulers of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" heard of it, {they were afraid of the Philistines}.Literally "and they were afraid from (= because of) the presence of the Philistines"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Then the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" said to Samuel, "{You must not cease}Literally "You must not be silent from us" from crying out to Yahweh our God, so that he will deliver us from the hand of the Philistines."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 9
c3content:
So Samuel took a single {nursing lamb}Literally "lamb of milk" and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to Yahweh. Then Samuel cried out to Yahweh on behalf of Israel, and Yahweh answered him.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 10
c3content:
{While}Literally "And it happened" Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near for the battle against Israel. But Yahweh thundered against the Philistines with a great noise on that day and threw them into confusion so that they were defeated before Israel.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Then the men of Israel went out from Mizpah and pursued the Philistines and they struck them down as far as below Beth Car. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 12
c3content:
So Samuel took a single stone and put it between Mizpah and Shen, and he named it Ebenezer and said, "Up to here Yahweh has helped us."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 13
c3content:
So the Philistines were subdued and they did not come into the territory of Israel again, and the hand of Yahweh was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 14
c3content:
The townsOr "cities" which the Philistines had taken from Israel were returned to Israel from Ekron to Gath, and Israel delivered their territories from the hand of the Philistines. Then there was peace between Israel and the Amorites. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 16
c3content:
He used to go on the circuit {from year to year}.Literally "from what is required year in year" He went around Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, and he judged Israel in all these places.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 7
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Then {he returned}Literally "and his return was" to Ramah, because his house was there, and there he judged Israel, and he built an altar to Yahweh there. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 2
c3content:
The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second son was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 3
c3content:
But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after gain, they took bribes, and they perverted justice. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 5
c3content:
They said to him, "Look, you are old and your sons do not follow in your ways. So then appoint a king for us to judgeOr "to rule" us, like all the nations.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 6
c3content:
But the matter {was displeasing to Samuel}Literally "was evil in the eyes of Samuel" when they said, "Give us a king to judgeOr "to rule" us," so Samuel prayed to Yahweh. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Then Yahweh said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people concerning all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Like all the deeds they have done from the day I brought them up from Egypt until this day, they have forsaken me and have served other gods--so they are doing to you also.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 9
c3content:
And so then, listen to their voice. However, you must earnestly warn them; you must explain to them the custom of the king who will rule over them." 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 11
c3content:
He said, "This will be the custom of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and his horsemen, and they will run before his chariots.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 12
c3content:
He will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and those {to do his plowing}Literally "to plow his plowing" and to reap his harvest, and those to make weapons of war and the equipment for his chariots.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 14
c3content:
He will take the best of your fields and your vineyards and your olive trees and will give them to his servants.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 15
c3content:
He will take a tenth of your seed and your vineyards and give it to his high officials and to his servants.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 16
c3content:
He will take your male slaves and your female slaves and the best of your young menLXX reads "cattle" and your donkeys and {will use them for his projects}.Literally "will put them to his work"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 17
c3content:
He will take a tenth of your flocks,The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals) and you yourselves will become his servants.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 18
c3content:
So you will cry out on that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but Yahweh will not answer you on that day!"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 19
c3content:
However, the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel and they said, "No, but there must be a king over us,


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 20
c3content:
so that we {also}Literally "even we" may be like all the nations, and our king may rule us and go out before us and fight our battles." 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 8
c2verse: 22
c3content:
Then Yahweh said to Samuel, "Listen to their voice, and appoint a king for them." So Samuel spoke to the men of Israel, "Each of you go to his own town." 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Now there was a man from Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjaminite, {a very wealthy man}.Literally "a man mighty of wealth" or "a man mighty of valor"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 2
c3content:
He had a son whose name was Saul,The name "Saul" means "the requested one" a young and handsome man. There was not a man from the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" more handsome than he was; from his shoulders up, he was taller than all the people. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Now the female donkeys of Kish the father of Saul got lost, and Kish said to Saul his son, "Please take one of the servants with you and get up; go and seek the female donkeys."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 4
c3content:
So he passed through the hill country of Ephraim; he passed through the land of Shalisha but they did not find them. They passed through the land of Shaalim but they were not there. He passed through the land of Benjamin but did not find them. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 5
c3content:
When they entered the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, "Come, let us return, lest my father cease caring about the female donkeys and worry about us!"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 6
c3content:
But heThat is, Saul's servant said to him, "Look, a man of God is in this town, and the man is honored. All that he says certainly comes true. So then let us go there; perhaps he will tell us about our journey on which we have gone."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 7
c3content:
So Saul said to his servant, "Look, we may go, but what should we bring to the man? For the bread is gone from our bags, and there is no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have with us?"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 8
c3content:
The servant again answered Saul and said, "Look, {I have}Literally "what was found" in my hand a quarter shekel of silver! I will give it to the man of God so that he will tell us our way."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 9
c3content:
(Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he would say: "Come, let us go up to the seer." For the prophet of today was formerly called a seer.)


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 10
c3content:
So Saul said to his servant, "{Your suggestion is a good one}.Literally "Your word is good" Come, let us go." And they went to the town where the man of God was. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 11
c3content:
They were going up the ascent of the town when they found young women going out to draw water. They said to them, "Is there the seer here?"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 12
c3content:
They answered them and said, "There is. Look, he is just in front of you! Hurry now, because he has come to the town today, because there is a sacrifice for the people today at the high place.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 13
c3content:
As soon as you enter the town, you will find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat. For the people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice. Then afterward the invited guests will eat. So then, go up, because you will find him today!"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 14
c3content:
So they went up to the town. As they were entering into the middle of the town, Samuel was coming forth to meet them, to go up to the high place. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Now Yahweh {had revealed this to}Literally "had opened the ear" Samuel the day before Saul arrived, saying,


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 16
c3content:
"This time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you must anoint him as leader over my people Israel. He will deliver my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have seen the suffering of my people, because their cry of distress has come to me."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 17
c3content:
When Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh answered him, "Here is the man about whom I told you! This is the one who will govern my people." 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 18
c3content:
Then Saul approached Samuel in the middle of the gate and said, "Please tell me, where is the house of the seer?"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 19
c3content:
Samuel answered Saul and said, "I am the seer. Go up {ahead of me}Literally "before my face" to the high place, and you will eat with me today; then I will send you away in the morning. I will tell you all that is {on your mind}.Literally "in your heart"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 20
c3content:
And as for your female donkeys that were lost {three days ago},Literally "the day three of the days" {do not be concerned about them},Literally "you shall not put your heart to them" because they have been found. For whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not for you and for all the house of your father?" 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 21
c3content:
Saul answered and said, "Am I not a Benjaminite, from the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family the humblest of all the families of the tribes of Benjamin? Why do you speak to me {in this way}?"Literally "according to this word"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 22
c3content:
So Samuel took Saul and his servant and brought them to a room in the building and gave them a place at the head of {the invited guests}.Literally "the ones being invited" There were about thirty men.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 23
c3content:
Then Samuel said to the cook, "Bring the portion that I gave to you, about which I said to you, 'Keep it with you.'"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 24
c3content:
So the cook took up the shank and what was on it and put it before Saul, and heThat is, Samuel said, "Look, {the saved portion}Literally "what was being kept" is placed {before you}Literally "to your face"--eat, because it has been kept for you for the appointed time," {and he said},Literally "saying" "I have invited the people." So Saul ate with Samuel that day. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 26
c3content:
They got up early, {and as dawn was breaking},Literally "as the dawn was going up" Samuel called to Saul on the roof, saying, "Get up, so that I can send you away." So Saul got up and the two of them, he and Samuel, went outside.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 9
c2verse: 27
c3content:
As they were going down to the outskirts of the town, Samuel said to Saul, "Tell the servant to pass on before us. When he has passed, you stand here {a while},Literally "as the day" so that I can make known to you the word of God." 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it over his head and kissed him and said, "{Has not}Literally "Is it not that" Yahweh anointed you as leader over his inheritance?


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 2
c3content:
As you go from with me {today},Literally "the day" you will find two men near the burial site of Rachel in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah. They will say to you, 'The female donkeys that you went to search for have been found.' Now look, your father {is no longer concerned about}Literally "has given up the matter of" the female donkeys and has begun worrying about you,Here the pronoun is plural, referring to Saul and his servant saying, 'What should I do about my son?'


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Then you will go on from there and further you will come to the oak of Tabor. There three men will meet you, who are going up to God at Bethel. One will be carrying three male kid goats, one will be carrying three loaves of bread, and one will be carrying a skin of wine.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 4
c3content:
{They will ask how you are doing}Literally "they will ask peace for you" and will give you two loaves, which you will take from their hand.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 5
c3content:
After this, you will come to the Gibeah of God,Or "to Gibeath Elohim," which means "the hill of God" where there are sentriesOr "garrisons" or "overseers" of the Philistines. {Just as you enter}Literally "and will it happen that as you enter" the town there, you will meet a procession of prophets coming down from the high place, with harp, tambourine, flute, and zither before them, and they will be prophesying.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Then the Spirit of Yahweh will rush upon you,Or "will come upon you in power" and you will prophesy with them; and you will turn into {a different person}.Literally "another man"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Then you will go down before me to Gilgal. Look, I am coming down to you to offer burnt offerings {and to make}Literally "to sacrifice sacrifices of" fellowship offerings. You must wait seven days until I come to you. Then I will let you know what you should do."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 9
c3content:
{Just as he turned}Literally "And it happened as he turned" his shoulder to depart from Samuel, God {changed his}Literally "gave for him another" heart. And all these signs were fulfilled on that day. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 10
c3content:
When they went from there to Gibeah, a procession of prophets met him, and the Spirit of God rushed upon him,Or "came upon him in power" and he prophesied among them.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 11
c3content:
{And when}Literally "and it happened" all who knew him {formerly}Literally "three days from yesterday" saw that he prophesied with prophets, the people said to one another, "What is this that has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 12
c3content:
And a man from there responded and said, "And who is their father?" Therefore it became a proverb: "Is Saul also among the prophets?"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 14
c3content:
Then Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, "Where did you go?" And he said, "To search for the female donkeys; and when we saw none, we went to Samuel."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 16
c3content:
Then Saul said to his uncle, "He told us for certain that the female donkeys had been found." But he did not tell him about the matter of the kingship of which Samuel had spoken. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 18
c3content:
and he said to the {Israelites},Literally "sons/children of Israel" "Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel: 'I brought Israel up from Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.'


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 19
c3content:
But you today have rejected your God who always delivers you from all of your calamities and your distresses. You have said to him, 'No, but you must appoint a king over us!' So then present yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes and by your clans." 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 21
c3content:
Then he brought near the tribe of Benjamin according to its families, and the family of Matri was selected by lot. Then Saul the son of Kish was chosen, and they sought him, but he could not be found.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 22
c3content:
So they inquired again of Yahweh, "{Did the man come here}?" Literally "Did he come still here a man" And Yahweh said, "Look, he is hiding himself among the baggage."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 23
c3content:
So they ran and took him from there, and when he took his stand among the people, he was taller than all the people from his shoulders and up.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 24
c3content:
Then Samuel said to all the people, "Do you see him whom Yahweh has chosen? For there is no one like him among all the people!" And all the people shouted and said, "Long live the king!" 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 25
c3content:
Then Samuel told the people the custom of the kingship, and he wrote the rules down on a scroll and laid it before Yahweh. Then Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own house.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 26
c3content:
And Saul also went to his house at Gibeah, and the troops whose heartsHebrew "heart" God had touched went with him.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 10
c2verse: 27
c3content:
However, some {worthless men}Literally "sons of wickedness" said, "How can this man deliver us?" So they despised him and brought no gift to him, but he kept silent.The Dead Sea Scrolls contained a nearly complete scroll of 1 and 2 Samuel, the oldest Hebrew manuscript extant. There is a story therein that provides a setting for the acts of Nahash in 1 Samuel 11, which otherwise seems to occur obtrusively. This story may be translated: "Now Nahash, king of the Ammonites, harshly tormented the Gadites and the Reubenites, and he gouged out all their right eyes, and struck terror and dread in Israel. No Israelite beyond the Jordan remained whose right eye was not gouged out by Nahash king of the Ammonites, except for seven thousand men who had fled from the Ammonites and entered Jabesh Gilead. About a month later ..." This early text leaves off with 11:1 at this point 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Now Nahash the Ammonite went up and encamped against Jabesh Gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "{Make a treaty with us}Literally "Cut with us a covenant" and we will serve you."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 2
c3content:
But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, "On this condition {I will make a treaty}Literally "I will cut" with you, by gouging out the right eye of each of you, so that I can make it a disgrace for all Israel."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 3
c3content:
So the elders of Jabesh said to him, "Leave us alone for seven days so that we may send messengers in all the territory of Israel, and if there is no deliverer for us, then we will come out to you."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 4
c3content:
When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, {they reported these things to}Literally "they spoke the words in the ears of" the people. Then all the people lifted up their voices and wept.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 5
c3content:
{Just then},Literally "And look/behold" Saul was coming from the field behind the cattle. Saul said, "What is the matter with the people, that they are weeping?" So they recounted to him the words of the men of Jabesh. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Then the Spirit of God rushed upon Saul when he heard these words, and {he became very angry}.Literally "his nose became very hot"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 7
c3content:
So he took a yoke of oxen and cut them into pieces and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hand of the messengers, saying, "Whoever is not going out after Saul and after Samuel, so will it be done to his oxen." Then the fear of Yahweh fell on the people and they went out as one man.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 8
c3content:
He mustered them at Bezek; the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah were thirty thousand.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 9
c3content:
They said to the messengers who had come, "Thus you will say to the men of Jabesh Gilead: 'Tomorrow deliverance for you will come {when the sun is hot}.'"Literally "at the heating of the sun" When the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 10
c3content:
The men of Jabesh said, "Tomorrow we will come out to you and you may do to us {whatever seems good to you}."Literally "as all of the good that is in your eyes"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 11
c3content:
{And the}Literally "and it happened the" next day Saul placed the people in three divisions. Then they came into the middle of the camp {at the early morning watch}Literally "at the night watch of the morning" and struck down {the Ammonites}Literally "Ammon" until the heat of the day. It happened that the remainder were scattered {so that no two among them remained together}.Literally "and they did not remain among them two together"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Then the people said to Samuel, "Who is the one who asked, 'Will Saul reign over us?' Give the men to us that we may kill them."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 13
c3content:
But Saul said, "No one will be put to death on this day, because {today}Literally "the day" Yahweh has provided deliverance in Israel." 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 11
c2verse: 15
c3content:
So all the people went to Gilgal and they made Saul king there before Yahweh in Gilgal. They sacrificed fellowship offerings there before Yahweh. Then Saul rejoiced there greatly along with all the men of Israel. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Then Samuel said to all Israel, "Look, I have listened to your voice regarding all that you have said to me, so I have set a king over you.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And so then here is the king walking about before you. Now I am old and gray, but my sons (look at them!) are with you; and I have walked about before you from my youth until this day.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Here I am! Testify against me before Yahweh and before his anointed one! Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I exploited? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe, that I may shut my eyes {regarding}Literally "with" him?-then I will restore it to you."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 4
c3content:
Then they said, "You have not exploited us or oppressed us, and you have not taken anything from the hand of anyone."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 5
c3content:
So he said to them, "Yahweh is witness against you, and his anointed one is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand." Then they said, "He is witness."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Then Samuel said to the people, "Yahweh is witness, who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your ancestorsOr "fathers" up from the land of Egypt.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 7
c3content:
So then take your stand, so that I may judge you before Yahweh with regard to all the deeds of justiceOr "righteous deeds" of Yahweh that he performed with both you and your ancestors.Or "fathers" 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 8
c3content:
"When Jacob came to Egypt, your ancestorsOr "fathers" cried out to Yahweh, so he sent Moses and Aaron, and they brought your ancestorsOr "fathers" out from Egypt and settled them in this place.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 9
c3content:
But they forgot Yahweh their God, so he sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the hosts of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 10
c3content:
So they cried out to Yahweh and said, 'We have sinned, because we have forsaken Yahweh and have served the BaalsHebrew plural "Be'alim" (Ba'al was a major Canaanite deity) and the Ashtoreths.Hebrew plural "Ashtoroth" (Ashtoreth was the female consort of Ba'al) But now deliver us from the hand of our enemies and we will serve you!'


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 11
c3content:
So Yahweh sent Jerub-Baal and BedanMany English translations follow the LXX here and read "Barak" and Jephthah and Samuel. Then he delivered you from the hand of your enemies all around, and you lived in security. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 12
c3content:
"And when you saw that Nahash, the king of the {Ammonites},Literally "sons/children of Ammon" was coming against you, you said to me, 'No! A king shall reign over us,' although Yahweh your God is your king.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 13
c3content:
So then look! Here is the king you have chosen, for whom you have asked! Look, Yahweh has placed a king over you!


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 14
c3content:
If you will fear Yahweh, and serve him, and listen to his voice, and not be rebellious against {what Yahweh says},Literally "the mouth of Yahweh" and both you and the king who rules over you will follow after Yahweh your God, all will be well.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 15
c3content:
But, if you do not listen to the voice of Yahweh, and you rebel against {what Yahweh says},Literally "the mouth of Yahweh" then the hand of Yahweh will be against youHere LXX reads "against you and against your king" as it was against your ancestors.Or "fathers"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Is the wheat harvest not today? I will call out to Yahweh so that he still sends thunder and rain, so that you will know and will see that your wickedness is great that you have done in the eyes of Yahweh by asking for a king for yourselves." 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 18
c3content:
So Samuel called out to Yahweh, and Yahweh brought thunder and rain that same day, so all the people feared Yahweh and Samuel greatly.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 19
c3content:
Then all the people said to Samuel, "Pray for your servants to Yahweh your God so that we will not die, because we have added to all our sins by requesting a king for ourselves."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 20
c3content:
And Samuel said to the people, "Do not fear! You have done all this evil; only do not turn aside from {following}Literally "after" Yahweh. But you must serve Yahweh with all your heart.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 21
c3content:
And do not turn aside after the triviality,That is, the triviality of lifeless idols. The same Hebrew word, tohu, is used in Genesis 1:2 to describe the pre-created state of the earth. which have no value and cannot deliver, for they are triviality.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 22
c3content:
For Yahweh will not forsake his people for the sake of his great name, because Yahweh has decided to make you his own people.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 23
c3content:
Also, as for me, far be it from me {that I should sin}Literally "from sinning" against Yahweh by ceasing to pray for you! I will instruct you in the good and righteous way.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 12
c2verse: 24
c3content:
Only fear Yahweh and serve him faithfully with all of your heart. For consider {what great things he has done for you}.Literally "what he made great with you"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Saul was thirtyA few LXX manuscripts have "thirty," but the number of years is missing from the Masoretic Hebrew text {years old}Literally "a son of years" at the beginning of his reign, and he reigned forty-two yearsThe Masoretic Hebrew text reads "two years" here, but this number seems far too small; either it is not correct or part of the number is missing (the present translation supplies "forty"); other English versions differ as to Saul's age at coronation and the total years of his reign over Israel.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 2
c3content:
He chose for himself three thousand from Israel. Two thousand of these were with Saul at Micmash in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in Benjamin. He sent away the rest of the people, each to his tent.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Jonathan defeated the garrison of the Philistines that was at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear!"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 4
c3content:
And all Israel did hear, saying, "Saul has defeated the garrison of the Philistines; and also, Israel has become a stench among the Philistines!" So the people were called out after Saul at Gilgal. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 5
c3content:
And the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen and an army as numerous as sand which is on the seashore. And they came up and encamped at Micmash, east of Beth Aven. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 6
c3content:
When the men of Israel saw that it was {too difficult}Literally "too narrow" for them, because the army was hard pressed, the people hid themselves in the caves, in the thorn bushes, in the cliffs, in the vaultsOr "cellars" or "tombs" ' or "strongholds" and in the wells.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. But Saul was still at Gilgal, and all the army {followed him trembling}.Literally "trembled after him"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 8
c3content:
He waited seven days according to the appointed time Samuel determined, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and {the army started to slip away from him}.Literally "the people scattered away from him"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 9
c3content:
So Saul said, "Bring here to me the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings." Then he offered up the burnt offering.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 10
c3content:
{Just as}Literally "And it happened as" he finished offering the burnt sacrifice, Samuel was coming. So Saul went out to meet him and to bless him.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 11
c3content:
But Samuel said, "What have you done?" Saul said, "Because I saw that the army {was scattering}Literally "dispersed themselves" from me and you did not come {at the appointed time}Literally "according to the appointed time of the days" and that the Philistines had gathered at Micmash,


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 12
c3content:
therefore I said, 'Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not yet implored the face of Yahweh.' So I forced myself and offered the burnt offering." 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Then Samuel said to Saul, "You have behaved foolishly! You have not kept the command of Yahweh your God which he commanded you. For then, Yahweh would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 14
c3content:
But now, your kingdom will not endure. Yahweh has sought for himself a man according to his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him as leader over his people, because you have not kept what Yahweh commanded you." 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Then Samuel got up and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul mustered the people who were found with him, about six hundred men.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 16
c3content:
Saul and Jonathan his son and the army that remained with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, and the Philistines encamped at Micmash.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 17
c3content:
The {raiders}Literally "destroyers" went out from the camp of the Philistines in three divisions. One division turned on the roadOr "way" to Ophrah toward the land of Shual.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 18
c3content:
One division turned on the roadOr "way" to Beth Horon, and one turned on the roadOr "way" toward the border overlooking the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 19
c3content:
Now no skilled craftsman could be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines had said, "So that the Hebrews cannot make swords or spears for themselves."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 20
c3content:
So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to have his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his iron plowshareSo the Masoretic Hebrew text; LXX reads "sickle" sharpened.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 21
c3content:
The chargeOr "fee" was {two-thirds of a shekel}Literally "a pim" (possibly a stone weight used as a measure) for the plowshare and for the mattock, and {a third of a shekel for the pick}Literally "and for three, a pick" (uncertain; perhaps meaning "a third of a shekel," or a three-pronged pick" and for the axe, and to set the goading sticks.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 13
c2verse: 22
c3content:
{So}Literally, "And it happened" on the day of battle, there was not a sword or a spear found in the hands of all the army that was with Saul and Jonathan, but {Saul and his son Jonathan had them}.Literally, "it could be found for Saul and for Jonathan his son"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 1
c3content:
{One day}Literally "And it happened the day" Jonathan the son of Saul said to {his armor bearer},Literally "the young man carrying his weapons" "Come and let us go over to the garrison of the Philistines which is over there." But he did not tell his father.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 2
c3content:
Now Saul was staying at the outskirts of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree that was in Migron, and the troops that were with him were about six hundred men.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Now Ahijah, the son of Ahitub (the brother of Ichabod), the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of Yahweh at Shiloh, was carrying an ephod. The troops did not know that Jonathan had gone.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 4
c3content:
Now between the passes where Jonathan sought to go over to the garrison of the Philistines there was a crag of rock {on one side}Literally "from the beyond from this" and a crag of rock {on the other}.Literally "from the beyond from this" The name of the one was Bozez and the name of the other was Seneh.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 6
c3content:
So Jonathan said to {his armor bearer},Literally "the young man carrying his weapons" "Come, let us go over to the garrisons of these uncircumcised; perhaps Yahweh will act for us, for there is no hindrance for Yahweh to save by many or by few."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 7
c3content:
And {his armor bearer}Literally "the one carrying his weapons" said, "Do all that is in your heart {that you are inclined to do}.Literally "turn/incline for yourself" {I am with you all of the way}!Literally "Behold, I am with you according to your heart"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 9
c3content:
If they say to us: 'Wait until we reach you,' {then we will stand as we are}Literally "and we will stand under us" and not go up to them.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 10
c3content:
But if they say, 'Come up to us,' then we will go up, for Yahweh has given them into our hand, and this will be the sign for us."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 11
c3content:
So the two of them showed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines, and the Philistines said, "The Hebrews are coming out from the holes in which they have hidden themselves."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Then the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and {his armor bearer},Literally "the one carrying his weapons" "Come up to us and we will show you something!" Then Jonathan said to {his armor bearer},Literally "the one carrying his weapons" "Come up after me, for Yahweh has given them into the hand of Israel!"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 13
c3content:
So Jonathan went up on his hands and his feet, with {his armor bearer}Literally "the one carrying his weapons" after him. They fell before Jonathan and then {his armor bearer}Literally "the one carrying his weapons" would kill them after him.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 14
c3content:
So was the first attack in which Jonathan and {his armor bearer}Literally "the one carrying his weapons" killed about twenty men within about half of a furrow in an acre of an open field.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Then there was terrorOr "panic" in the camp, in the open field, and among all the army of the garrison. Even the {raiders}Literally "destroyers" trembled. The earth shook, and it became {a very great panic}.Literally "like the panic/terror of God"; some interpreters understand this to be a panic caused by God, while others understand the expression merely as a superlative ("a very great panic") 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 16
c3content:
And the lookouts of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin saw {that}Literally "and look" the multitude {surged back and forth}.Literally "waved, going here and there"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Saul said to the troops that were with him, "Please call the roll and see who has gone from us." So they called the roll {and found that}Literally "and look" Jonathan and {his armor bearer}Literally "the one carrying his weapons" were not present.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 18
c3content:
Then Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring near the ark of God"LXX reads "bring near the ephod" (for the ark of God was {at that time}Literally "on that day" with the {Israelites}).Literally "sons/children of Israel"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 19
c3content:
WhileHebrew "And" Saul was still speaking to the priest, the tumult in the camp of the Philistines {increased more and more},Literally "and it went, going and increasing" so Saul said to the priest, "Withdraw your hand!"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 20
c3content:
Then Saul and all the troops who were with him were assembled on command and came up to the battle, and look! Each Philistine's sword was against his friend; and there was a very great confusion.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 21
c3content:
The Hebrews who had been for the Philistines {previously},Literally "as yesterday three days ago" who had gone up with them into the camp all around, even they {joined the Israelites}Literally "were with Israel" who were with Saul and Jonathan.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 22
c3content:
All the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, so even they pursued them closely in the battle.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 24
c3content:
Now the men of Israel were hard pressed on that day, because Saul had made the army take an oath, saying, "Cursed be the man who eats any food until evening, when I will have avenged myself on my enemies!" So none of the army tasted any food.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 25
c3content:
(Now all the people of the land used to go into the forest, for there was honey on the surface of the ground.)


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 26
c3content:
When the army came to the forest, look! There was honey flowing, but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the army was afraid of the solemn oath. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 27
c3content:
However, Jonathan had not heard about the oath of his father with the army, so he extended the end of the staff which was in his hand, and he dipped it into the honeycomb.Hebrew "the honeycomb of the honey" Then he put his hand to his mouth and his eyes gleamed.The Masoretic Hebrew text (Kethib) reads "saw"; the reading tradition (Qere) reads "gleamed"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 28
c3content:
Then a man from the army informed him and said, "Your father made the army swear a solemn oath, saying, 'Cursed be the man who eats food today,'" so the army is exhausted.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 29
c3content:
Then Jonathan said, "My father has brought trouble on the land! See now that my eyes have brightened because I have tasted a little of this honey.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 30
c3content:
{How much more could have been done}Literally "even that if" if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder of their enemies that they had found! For now the loss among the Philistines is not great."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 32
c3content:
Then the troops took the plunder: they took sheep and cattle and {calves}Literally "the children of cattle" and slaughtered them on the ground and the troops ate them all with the blood.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 33
c3content:
So they reported it to Saul, saying, "Look! The troops are sinning against Yahweh by eating the animals with the blood!" And he said, "You have dealt treacherously! Roll to me a large stone {today}!"Literally "the day"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 34
c3content:
Then Saul said, "Disperse yourselves among the troops and say to them, 'Bring to me each one his ox and each his sheep and slaughter them in this place and eat, but do not sin against Yahweh by eating the animals with the blood.'" So all the troops brought them, each leading his ox in his hand that night, and slaughtered it there. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 35
c3content:
Then Saul built an altar to Yahweh; {it was the first altar he built}Literally "with it he began to build an altar" to Yahweh.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 36
c3content:
Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and let us plunder them until the morning light, and let us not leave alive a man among them." So they said, "Do all that is good in your eyes." But the priest said, "Let us draw near to God here."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 37
c3content:
So Saul inquired of God, "Should I go down after the Philistines? Will you give them into the hand of Israel?" But he did not answer him on that day.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 38
c3content:
Then Saul said, "Come here, all you leaders of the people, {so that we find out}Literally "and know and see" what the sin was this day.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 39
c3content:
For as Yahweh lives, who delivers Israel, I swear that even if it is in Jonathan my son, {he will certainly die}!"Literally "surely dying he will die" But nobody from all the army answered him.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 40
c3content:
Then he said to all Israel, "You will be {on one side},Literally "opposite one" and I and my son Jonathan will be {on the other}."Literally "opposite one" And the army said to Saul, "Do what is good in your eyes."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 41
c3content:
Then Saul said to Yahweh the God of Israel, "{Render a decision perfectly}."Literally "give what is perfect"; the LXX includes additional words not found in the Masoretic Hebrew text but included in a number of modern English versions: "If this guilt is on me or in my son Jonathan, give Urim, but if this guilt is in your people Israel, give Thummim" Jonathan and Saul were chosen by lot and the people went out.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 43
c3content:
So Saul said, "Tell me what you have done." So Jonathan told him and said, "I {merely tasted}Literally "tasted I tasted" a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. Here I am, I must die."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 44
c3content:
Then Saul said, "So may God do to me and {more},Literally "so may he add" you will certainly die today, Jonathan!"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 45
c3content:
But the army said to Saul, "Must Jonathan die, who accomplished this great victory in Israel? Far from it! As Yahweh lives, not a hair from his head will fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day." So the army ransomed Jonathan and he did not die. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 47
c3content:
So Saul took the kingship over Israel, and he fought all around against his enemies, against Moab, against the {Ammonites},Literally "sons/children of Ammon" against Edom, against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines. He inflicted punishment against all who rebelled.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 48
c3content:
He acted bravely and defeated the Amalekites and rescued Israel from the hand of those who plundered it. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 49
c3content:
Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malki-Shua; the names of his two daughters were as follows: the name of the firstborn was Merab and the younger was Michal.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 50
c3content:
The name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz, and the name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 14
c2verse: 52
c3content:
Warfare was severe against the Philistines all the days of Saul. Whenever Saul saw {anyone who was a mighty warrior}Literally "each man who was a mighty warrior" or {any brave man},Literally "each son of ability" he {conscripted him into his service}.Literally "he gathered him to himself" 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Then Samuel said to Saul, "Yahweh sent me to anoint you as king over his people Israel. So then, {listen to the words}Literally "listen to the voice of the words" of Yahweh!


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 2
c3content:
Thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'I have observed what Amalek did to Israel, {how he opposed him}Literally "what he placed against him in the way" when he went up from Egypt.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 3
c3content:
So then, go and attack Amalek and utterly destroy all that is his! You must not spare him, but kill both man and woman, both child and nursing infant, both ox and sheep, both camel and donkey.'" 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 4
c3content:
Saul summoned the army and mustered them at Telaim; two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Judah.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 5
c3content:
Then Saul came up to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the wadi.A valley that is usually dry but contains a stream during the rainy season


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Saul said to the Kenites, "Go, leave! Withdraw from among the Amalekites so that I do not destroy you with them. You have shown loyal love to all the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" when they came up from Egypt." So the Kenites left from among the Amalekites.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Then Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah as one goes to Shur which is {east of}Literally "upon the face of" Egypt.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 8
c3content:
He captured Agag the king of Amalek alive, but all the people he utterly destroyed with the {edge}Literally "mouth" of the sword.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 9
c3content:
However, Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and the cattle and the second best of the young fatlings and {all that was valuable};Literally "all the good things" they were not willing to utterly destroy them. But all the possessions that were despised or worthless, they utterly destroyed. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 11
c3content:
"I regret that I made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and has not kept my word." {Samuel became angry},Literally "it became hot for Samuel" and he cried out to Yahweh all night.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Then Samuel got up early in the morning to meet Saul. Samuel was told, "Saul has gone to Carmel, and look, he is setting up a monument for himself." Then he turned around and crossed over and went down to Gilgal. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 13
c3content:
When Samuel came to Saul, Saul said to him, "May you be blessed by Yahweh! I have kept the word of Yahweh."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 14
c3content:
But Samuel said, "Then what is this bleating of the sheep that I hear in my ears and the lowing of the cattle that I am hearing?"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 15
c3content:
Saul said, "They have brought them from the Amalekites; the troops spared the best of the sheep and the cattle in order to sacrifice them to Yahweh your God. But the rest we have utterly destroyed."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 16
c3content:
Then Samuel said to Saul, "Stop and let me tell you what Yahweh said to me last night." So he said to him, "Speak." 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Samuel said, "Even though you are small in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? Yahweh has anointed you as king over Israel.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 18
c3content:
When Yahweh sent you on your way, he said to you: 'Go! You must utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and you must fight against them until youThe Masoretic Hebrew text reads "they"; LXX, Peshitta, and Targum read "you" have destroyed them.'


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 19
c3content:
Why did you not listen to the voice of Yahweh and fall with shouting on the plunder? You have done evil in the sight of Yahweh!"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 20
c3content:
Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have listened to the voice of Yahweh, and I have gone on the way that Yahweh sent me! I brought Agag the king of Amalek, and the Amalekites I have utterly destroyed.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 21
c3content:
The troops took from the plunder, sheep and cattle, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God at Gilgal." 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 23
c3content:
For rebellion is like the sin of divination; arrogance is like iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of Yahweh, he has rejected you from being king!"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 24
c3content:
Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned because I have transgressed {the commandment of Yahweh}Literally "the mouth of Yahweh" and your words, for I feared the troops and I listened to their voice.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 25
c3content:
So then, please pardon my sin and return with me {so that I can worship}Literally "so that I can bow down to" Yahweh."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 26
c3content:
But Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you, for you have rejected the word of Yahweh, and he has rejected you from being king over Israel!" 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 28
c3content:
Then Samuel said to him, "Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor {who is better than you}.Literally "the better than you"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 29
c3content:
Moreover, the Glory of Israel will not break faith and will not regret, for he is not a human that he should regret."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 30
c3content:
Then heThat is, Saul said, "I have sinned! Now please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me {so that I can worship}Literally "so that I can bow down to" Yahweh your God."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 32
c3content:
Then Samuel said, "Bring Agag the king of Amalek out to me!" Agag came to him confidently,Or "trembling"; literally "in chains/bonds" (HALOT 609 s.v. 2); the meaning here is uncertain (LXX has "trembling") for Agag thought, "Surely the bitterness of death {is over}."Literally "has turned aside"; other English versions follow the LXX and Peshitta and omit "has turned aside," reading "Surely the bitterness of death!" 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 15
c2verse: 35
c3content:
Samuel {did not see Saul again}Literally "did not add to see Saul" until the day of his death, but Samuel mourned over Saul, and Yahweh regretted that he made Saul king over Israel. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Then Yahweh said to Samuel, "{How long}Literally "Until when" will you mourn about Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel! Fill up your horn with oil and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have chosen a king for myself among his sons."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 2
c3content:
But Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears, he will kill me." Yahweh said, "You must take a heifer from the herd {with you},Literally "in/with your hand" and you must say, 'I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh.'


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 3
c3content:
You will invite Jesse to the sacrifice and I will make known to you what you must do. You will anoint for me the one whom I tell you." 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 4
c3content:
So Samuel did what Yahweh said. He came to Bethlehem, and the elders of the city came trembling to meet him. They said, "{Have you come in peace}?"Literally "Is your coming peace?"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 5
c3content:
He said, "I come in peace. I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh. Sanctify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice." So he sanctified Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 6
c3content:
{When they came},Literally "And it happened at their coming" heThat is, Samuel saw Eliab and said, "Surely his anointed one is before Yahweh!"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 7
c3content:
But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For God does not see what man sees, for a man {looks on the outward appearance},Literally "sees as far as the eyes" but Yahweh {looks on the heart}."Literally "sees as far as the heart"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 8
c3content:
Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel, and he said, "This one also Yahweh has not chosen."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 10
c3content:
And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse, "Yahweh has not chosen any of these." 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Then Samuel said to Jesse, "{Are all the young men here}?"Literally "Are the boys finished?" And he said, "The youngest still remains, but look, he is shepherding the flock." And Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and bring him, for we cannot {sit down}Literally "turn"; for "sit down" see HALOT 739 s.v. 2.c until he comes here."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 12
c3content:
So he sent and brought him. Now he was ruddy with beautiful eyes and of {handsome}Literally "good" appearance. And Yahweh said, "Arise, anoint him, for this is he."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 13
c3content:
So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. Then the Spirit of Yahweh rushed upon David from that day {on}.Literally "and forward" Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 16
c3content:
Please, let our lord command your servants who are before you! Let them seek a man skilled in playing on the lyre. {When}Literally "And it will happen that" the evil spirit from God is upon you, he can play {on it}Literally "with his hand" and {you will feel better}."Literally "and it will be good for you"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 17
c3content:
So Saul said to his servants, "Please select a man {who plays a stringed instrument well}Literally "doing well to play a stringed instrument" and bring him to me." 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 18
c3content:
One of the servants answered and said, "Look, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing a stringed instrument, a {brave man, a warrior, prudent in speech, and handsome}.Literally "a hero of ability, a man of war, discerning of word, and a man of appearance" And Yahweh is with him."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 20
c3content:
And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread and a skin of wine and one {young goat}Literally "kid of a goat" and sent them to Saul by the hand of David his son.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 21
c3content:
So David came to Saul and {entered his service}.Literally "stood before him" HeThat is, Saul loved him greatly and {he became Saul's armor bearer}.Literally "he became for him a carrier of weapons"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 22
c3content:
Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, "Please let David stand before me, because he has found favor {in my sight}."Literally "in my eyes"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 16
c2verse: 23
c3content:
So whenever the evil spirit from God came to Saul, David would take the stringed instrument and play it with his hand. Then {it would bring relief}Literally "it would be relieved" for Saul; {he would feel better}Literally "it would be good for him" and the evil spirit would depart from him. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 1
c3content:
The Philistines gathered their campsOr "armies" for battle and they were gathered at Socoh which belongs to Judah. They camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes Dammim.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 2
c3content:
Then Saul and the men of Israel were gathered and encamped in the valley of Elah, and they formed ranks for the battle to meet the Philistines.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 3
c3content:
The Philistines were standing on the hill on one side and the army of Israel was standing on the hill on the other side with the valley between them.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 4
c3content:
Then {a champion}Literally "a man of the space between" went out from the camps of the Philistines, whose name was Goliath from Gath. His height was six cubits and a span.A cubit was about eighteen inches and a span about nine inches, so the Masoretic Hebrew text gives the height of nine feet, nine inches. Ancient Greek versions variously give Goliath's height as four, five, or sixteen cubits.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 5
c3content:
A bronze helmet was on his head, and he was clothed with scale body armor; the weight of the body armor was five thousand bronze shekels.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 6
c3content:
Bronze greavesOr "shin guards" were on his legs,Hebrew "feet" and a bronze javelin was slung between his shoulders.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 7
c3content:
The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam and the point of his spear weighed six hundred iron shekels. {His shield bearer}Literally "The one who carried his shield" was walking in front of him. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 8
c3content:
He stood and called to the battle lines of Israel and said to them, "Why have you come out to form ranks for battle? Am I not the Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Commission for yourselves a man and let him come down to me.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 9
c3content:
If he is able to fight with me and he defeats me, then we will be your servants; but if I prevail over him and defeat him, then you will be our servants and you will serve us."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 10
c3content:
Then the Philistine said, "I hereby defy the battle lines of Israel today! Give me a man so that we may fight each other!"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 12
c3content:
Now David was the son of an Ephrathite. This man was from Bethlehem of Judah, and his name was Jesse. {He had}Literally "And for him were" eight sons; in the days of Saul this man was old, yet he still walked amongThe LXX reads "he went in years"; that is, he was advanced in years the men.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 13
c3content:
The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone and {followed}Literally "went after" Saul to the battle. The names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, his second oldest was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 15
c3content:
but David went {back and forth}Literally "was going and was returning" from Saul to feed the sheep of his father in Bethlehem.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Then Jesse said to his son David, "Please take for your brothers an ephah of this roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread, and bring them quickly to the camp for your brothers.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 18
c3content:
And these ten portions of cheese you will bring to the commander of the thousand; {find out how your brothers are doing},Literally "make a careful inspection as far as peace concerning your brothers" and take their pledge."That is, some pledge or token of assurance that they had received the goods


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 19
c3content:
Now Saul and theyThat is, David's brothers and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah fighting the Philistines. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 20
c3content:
David rose early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper, and he took the provisions and went as Jesse had commanded him. He came to the encampment while the troops were going to the battle line, and they raised the war cry.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 21
c3content:
Israel and the Philistines drew up in battle lines, {one battle line against the other}.Literally "battle line to oppose battle line"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 22
c3content:
David left the baggage he had with him in the {care}Literally "hand" of the baggage keeper, ran to the battle line, and came and {asked how his brothers were doing}.Literally "asked his brothers as far as peace"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 23
c3content:
While he was speaking to them, {the champion},Literally "the man of the space between" whose name was Goliath the Philistine from Gath, was coming up from the cavesSo the Masoretic Hebrew text (Kethib); the reading tradition (Qere) and LXX have "ranks" of the Philistines. He spoke {just as he had previously},Literally "according to these words" and David heard his words.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 25
c3content:
And the men of Israel said, "Did you see this man who has come up? For he is going up to defy Israel! It will be that the man who defeats him, the king will make himThat is, the man who defeats Goliath very rich with great wealth and will give him his daughter in marriage and will make his father's house free in Israel."That is, free from taxation


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 26
c3content:
Now David had spoken to the men who were standing with him, saying, "What will be done for the man who defeats this Philistine and removes the disgrace from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he defies the battle lines of the living God?"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 27
c3content:
And the troops had spoken to him according to this word, saying, "So it will be done for the man who defeatsOr "kills" him." 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 28
c3content:
His oldest brother Eliab heard while he was speaking to the men, {and Eliab became very angry against David}Literally "and the nose of Eliab became hot concerning David" and said, "Why have you come down today, and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumptuousness and the evil of your heart! For you have come down in order to see the battle!"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 30
c3content:
He turned around from him to another opposite him and {he spoke to him in the same way},Literally "and he said according to this word" and the peopleOr "troops" {answered him as before}.Literally "returned to him a word as the first word" 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 31
c3content:
Now the words which David had spoken were heard and they reported them {to}Literally "before the face/in the presence of" Saul, and he summoned him.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 32
c3content:
David said to Saul, "Do not let anyone's heart fail concerning him! Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 33
c3content:
But Saul said to David, "You will not be able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, because you are only a boy, whereas he has been a man of war since his childhood!"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 34
c3content:
And David said to Saul, "Your servant has been a shepherd of the flock for his father. If the lion or the bear would come and carry off a sheep from the group,


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 35
c3content:
I would go out after it and strike it down and rescue the sheep from its mouth. If it rose against me, I would grab it by its beard and strike it down and kill it.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 36
c3content:
Your servant has struck down both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he defied the battle lines of the living God." 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 37
c3content:
And David said, "Yahweh, who rescued me from the hand of the lion and from the hand of the bear, will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine!" Then Saul said to David, "Go and may Yahweh be with you!"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 38
c3content:
Then Saul clothed David with his own fighting attire and put a helmet of bronze on his head and clothed him with body armor.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 39
c3content:
Then David strapped on his sword over his fighting attire, but he tried in vain to walk around, for he was not trained to use them. So David said to Saul, "I am not able to walk with these, because I am not trained to use them." So David removed them.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 40
c3content:
Then he took his staff in his hand, picked out for himself five smooth stones from the wadi,A valley that is usually dry but contains a stream during the rainy season and he put them in his shepherd's bag, in the pouch. And with his sling in his hand, he approached the Philistine. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 41
c3content:
Then the Philistine {came on, getting nearer and nearer}Literally "went going and near" to David, with {his shield bearer}Literally "the man carrying the shield" in front of him.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 42
c3content:
When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him, for he was only a boy and ruddy with a handsome appearance.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 43
c3content:
So the Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you are coming to me with sticks?" Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 44
c3content:
The Philistine said to David, "Come to me so that I can give your flesh to the birds of heaven and to the wild animals of the field!"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 45
c3content:
Then David said to the Philistine, "You are coming to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I am coming to you in the name of Yahweh of hosts, the God of the battle lines of Israel, whom you have defied!


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 46
c3content:
This day Yahweh will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down {and cut off your head}!Literally "and I will remove your head from upon you" Then I will give the corpses of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of heaven and to the animals of the earth, so that all the earth may know that there is a God who is for Israel.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 47
c3content:
And all of this assembly will know that Yahweh does not rescue with sword or with spear, for the battle belongs to Yahweh, and he will give you into our hands!" 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 48
c3content:
{When}Literally "And it happened that when" the Philistine got up and came and drew near to meet David, David {ran quickly}Literally "made quickly and he ran" to the battle line to meet the Philistine.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 49
c3content:
Then David put his hand into the bag and took a stone from it and slung it. He struck the Philistine on his forehead, and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 50
c3content:
So David prevailed over the Philistine with the sling and with the stone, and he struck down the Philistine and killed him, but there was no sword in David's hand. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 51
c3content:
Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it from its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 52
c3content:
The men of Israel and Judah got up, raised the war cry, and pursued the Philistines {as far as}Literally "up to your coming to" the valleySo the Masoretic Hebrew text; LXX reads "Gath" and up to the gates of Ekron. So the slain of the Philistines fell on the wayOr "road" to Shaaraim up to Gath and as far as Ekron.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 53
c3content:
Then the {Israelites}Literally "sons/children of Israel" returned from pursuing the Philistines and plundered their camp.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 54
c3content:
And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem and placed his weapons in his tent. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 55
c3content:
Now when Saul saw David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, "Whose son is this young man, Abner?" And Abner said, "As your soul lives, O king, I do not know."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 57
c3content:
So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. The head of the Philistine was in his hand.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 17
c2verse: 58
c3content:
Then Saul said to him, "Whose son are you, young man?" And David said, "I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite." 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 1
c3content:
{When}Literally "And it happened as" he finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan became attached to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 4
c3content:
Jonathan stripped off the robe {that he was wearing}Literally "which was on him" and gave it to David, along with his fighting attire,Hebrew "gown," in this context "fighting tunic," perhaps "armor" and even his sword, his bow, and his belt. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 5
c3content:
David went out {whenever}Literally "in all that" Saul sent him, and he succeeded. So Saul appointed him over the men of the war, and it {pleased}Literally "was good in the eyes of" all the people and even {pleased}Literally "was good in the eyes of" the servants of Saul.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 6
c3content:
{When they were coming back}Literally "And it happened at their coming" after David had returned from striking down the Philistine, the women went out from all the cities of Israel singing and dancing to meet King Saul with tambourines, with joy, and with three-stringed instruments.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 8
c3content:
{Saul became very angry},Literally "And it was very hot for Saul" and {this saying displeased him},Literally "this thing was bad in his eyes" and he thought, "They have attributed to David ten thousands, but to me they have attributed thousands! {What more can he have but the kingdom}?"Literally "And still for him is only the kingdom"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 9
c3content:
So Saul was watchingThe Masoretic Hebrew text (Kethib) reads "sin"; the translation follows the reading tradition (Qere) which has "eyeing" or "watching" David with suspicion from that day onward. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 10
c3content:
{On}Literally "And it happened from" the next day, the evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and he prophesied in the middle of the house. Now David was playing the lyre with his hand on that day {as usual},Literally "as day on day" and the spear was in Saul's hand.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Then Saul hurled the spear and thought, "{I will pin David to the wall}."Literally "I will strike David and to the wall" But David eluded him twice.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 12
c3content:
{Now Saul was threatened by the presence of David}Literally "And Saul was afraid from the presence of David" because Yahweh was with him, but had departed from Saul.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 13
c3content:
So Saul removed him {from his presence},Literally "from with him" and made him commander of a thousand, {so heThat is, David marched in and out at the front of the army}.Literally "for he was going out and was coming in before the army"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 15
c3content:
but when Saul saw that he was very successful, {he was severely threatened by him}.Literally "he was terrified from his face"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 16
c3content:
However, all of Israel and Judah were loving David, for he was going forth and marching ahead of them. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Then Saul said to David, "Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you as your wife. Only be {a brave warrior}Literally "a son of valor" for me and fight the battles of Yahweh." For Saul thought, "My hand will not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 18
c3content:
But David said to Saul, "Who am I, and who are my relatives, the clan of my father in Israel, that I should be a son-in-law to the king?"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 19
c3content:
{But}Literally "And it happened" at the time Saul's daughter Merab was to be given to David, she was given instead to Adriel the Meholathite as wife. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 20
c3content:
Now Saul's daughter Michal loved David, so they told Saul, and the matter {pleased him}.Literally "was right in his eyes"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 21
c3content:
And Saul thought, "I will give her to him, so that she may be a snare for him and the hand of the Philistines may be against him." So Saul said to David, "For a second time you can become my son-in-law today."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 22
c3content:
Then Saul commanded his servants, "Speak to David in secret, saying, 'Look, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. So then, become a son-in-law of the king.'"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 23
c3content:
And Saul's servants spoke these words {to David privately}.Literally "in the ears of David" But David said, "Is it insignificant {in your sight}Literally "in your eyes" to become the son-in-law of the king, as I am a poor and lightly esteemed man?"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 24
c3content:
So the servants of Saul informed him, saying, "{This is what David said}."Literally "According to these words David spoke"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 25
c3content:
Then Saul said, "This is what you must say to David: '{The king desires no bride price}Literally "There is not a desire for the king for a bride price" except for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to avenge himself on the enemies of the king.'" (Now Saul had planned to allow David to fall by the hand of the Philistines.)


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 26
c3content:
So his servants told David these words, and the matter {pleased David}Literally "was right in the eyes of David" to become the son-in-law of the king as {the specified time had not expired}.Literally "the days were not full" 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 27
c3content:
And David got up, and he and his men went and struck down two hundred men of the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and {they presented the full number}Literally "they filled them up" to become the king's son-in-law. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as his wife.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 28
c3content:
When Saul {realized}Literally "saw and knew" that Yahweh was with David and {his own daughter Michal}Literally "Michal the daughter of Saul" loved him,


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 29
c3content:
Saul {was threatened by David still more},Literally "added to be afraid from the presence of David" so Saul {became a perpetual enemy of David}.Literally "was an enemy with David all the days"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 18
c2verse: 30
c3content:
Then the commanders of the Philistines went out for battle, and as often as they went out, David succeeded more than all the servants of Saul, and his name became very esteemed. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Now Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants about killing David, but Saul's son Jonathan {liked David very much}.Literally "delighted in David very"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 2
c3content:
So Jonathan informed David, saying, "My father Saul is trying to kill you; now please take care! In the morning you should stay in the hiding place and conceal yourself.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 3
c3content:
I will go out and stand {at my father's side}Literally "at the hand of my father" in the field where you are, and I will speak about you to my father; {if I find out anything}Literally "if I see and what?" I will tell it to you."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 4
c3content:
So Jonathan spoke well about David to his father Saul and said to him, "The king should not sin against his servant David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his service for you has been very good.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 5
c3content:
He put his life in his hand and attacked the Philistine, and Yahweh brought about a great victory for all of Israel, and you saw it and rejoiced! Now why should you sin against innocent blood by killing David without cause?"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 6
c3content:
And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore, "{As Yahweh lives},Literally "the life of Yahweh" he will not be put to death!"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 7
c3content:
Jonathan called to David and told him all of these words. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul and he was before him as {formerly}.Literally "yesterday three days ago" 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 8
c3content:
War came again, so David went out and fought against the Philistines and {defeated them thoroughly}Literally "he struck them down with a great blow" so that they fled before him.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 9
c3content:
Then the evil spirit from Yahweh came upon Saul while he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. And David was playing a stringed instrument in his hand.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 10
c3content:
So Saul tried {to pin David to the wall with the spear},Literally "to strike with the spear on David and to the wall" but {he eluded Saul},Literally "he escaped from the presence of Saul" so that he struck the spear into the wall, and David fled and escaped that same night. 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 11
c3content:
Then Saul sent messengers to David's house to guard him and to kill him in the morning, but Michal his wife told David, saying, "If {you do not save your life}Literally "you are not saving your life" tonight, then tomorrow you will be killed!"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 13
c3content:
Then Michal took the household godHebrew teraphim and put it on the bed and put a quilt of goat's hair at its head and covered it with the clothes.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 15
c3content:
So Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, "Bring him up to me in the bed, so that I can kill him."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 16
c3content:
When the messengers came, {to their surprise}Literally "and look" the idol was on the bed with the quilt of goat's hair at the head.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 17
c3content:
Then Saul said to Michal, "Why have you deceived me like this and sent away my enemy, so that he escaped?" Michal said to Saul, "He said to me, 'Let me go, why should I kill you?'" 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 18
c3content:
So David fled and escaped, and he came to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 20
c3content:
So Saul sent messengers to capture David. When they saw the company of the prophets prophesying and Samuel standing as chief over them, then the Spirit of God came upon Saul's messengers, and they also prophesied.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 21
c3content:
So they told Saul, and he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. Again Saul sent messengers a third time, and they also prophesied.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 22
c3content:
Then he also went to Ramah. When he came to the great cistern which was in Secu, he asked and said, "Where are Samuel and David?" Someone said, "Look they are in Naioth in Ramah."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 23
c3content:
So he went there to Naioth in Ramah and the Spirit of God came upon him also, and {he walked along prophesying}Literally "he went going and he prophesied" until he came to Naioth in Ramah.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 19
c2verse: 24
c3content:
He also stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel. He lay naked all that day and all night. Therefore they say, "Is Saul also among the prophets?" 


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 1
c3content:
Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came and said before Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my guilt and what is my sin before your father that he is {trying to kill me}?Literally "seeking my life"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 2
c3content:
And he said to him, "Far from it! You will not die! Look, my father does not doThe Masoretic Hebrew text (Kethib) reads "he does to/for him"; the translation follows the reading tradition (Qere) which has "does not do" {anything large or small unless he reveals it to me}.Literally "a large thing or a small thing and he does not reveal to my ear" Why should my father hide this thing or anything from me?"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 3
c3content:
Then David {took an oath}Literally "swore" again and said, "Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thought, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he worry.' But {as Yahweh lives}Literally "the life of Yahweh" and {as your soul lives},Literally "the life of your soul" surely there is merely a step between me and death!"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 4
c3content:
Then Jonathan said to David, "{Whatever you wish},Literally "What your soul says" I will do for you."


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 5
c3content:
David said to Jonathan, "Look, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should certainly sit with the king to eat. You must send me away so that I can hide myself in the field until the third evening.


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 6
c3content:
If your father misses me at all, then you must say, 'David earnestly asked from me to run to Bethlehem his city, for {the yearly sacrifice}Literally "the sacrifice of the days" is there for all the clan.'


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 7
c3content:
If he says 'Good,' it will mean peace for your servant; but if he is very angry, know that {he has decided to do me harm}.Literally "the evil has been determined from with him"


c0book: 1Sam
c1chapter: 20
c2verse: 8
c3content:
So you must show loyal love to your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you. But if there is guilt in me, then kill me yourself! But why should you bring me to your father?"


