Judges 1

Israel Fights the Remaining Canaanites 1 After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked theLord, “Who of us is to go up first to fight against the Canaanites?” 2 TheLordanswered,…

Judges 2

The Angel of the Lord at Bokim 1 The angel of theLordwent up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into…

Judges 3

1 These are the nations theLordleft to test all those Israelites who had not experienced any of the wars in Canaan 2 (he did this only to teach warfare to…

Judges 4

Deborah 1 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of theLord, now that Ehud was dead. 2 So theLordsold them into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who…

Judges 5

The Song of Deborah 1 On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song: 2 “When the princes in Israel take the lead, when the people willingly…

Judges 6

Gideon 1 The Israelites did evil in the eyes of theLord, and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites. 2 Because the power of Midian…

Judges 7

Gideon Defeats the Midianites 1 Early in the morning, Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and all his men camped at the spring of Harod. The camp of Midian was north of…

Judges 8

Zebah and Zalmunna 1 Now the Ephraimites asked Gideon, “Why have you treated us like this? Why didn’t you call us when you went to fight Midian?” And they challenged…

Judges 9

Abimelek 1 Abimelek son of Jerub-Baal went to his mother’s brothers in Shechem and said to them and to all his mother’s clan, 2 “Ask all the citizens of Shechem,…

Judges 10

Tola 1 After the time of Abimelek, a man of Issachar named Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the…