Judah’s Leadership against the Canaanites 1 After the death of Joshua,the Israelites inquired of theLord,“Who will be the first to fight for us against the Canaanites? ” 2 TheLordanswered, “Judahis…

Pattern of Sin and Judgment 1 The Angel of theLordwent up from Gilgal to Bochimand said, “I brought you out of Egypt and led you into the landI had promised…

The Lord Tests Israel 1 These are the nations theLordleft in order to test Israel, since the Israelites had fought none of these inany of the wars with Canaan. 2…

Deborah and Barak 1 The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of theLordafter Ehud had died. 2 So theLordsold them into the hand of Jabinking of Canaan,…

Deborah’s Song 1 On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang: 2 When the leaders leadin Israel, when the people volunteer, praise theLord. 3 Listen, kings! Pay attention,…

Midian Oppresses Israel 1 The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of theLord.So theLordhandedthem over to Midian seven years, 2 and they oppressed Israel.Because of Midian, the Israelites…

God Selects Gideon’s Army 1 Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and everyone who was with him, got up early and camped beside the spring of Harod. The camp of Midian was…

1 The men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you done this to us, not calling us when you went to fight against the Midianites? ” And they argued…

Abimelech Becomes King 1 Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and spoke to them and to all his maternal grandfather’s clan, saying, 2 “Please speak…

Tola and Jair 1 After Abimelech, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo became judge and began to deliver Israel. He was from Issachar and lived in Shamir in the…