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\BibleBook{Judges}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of people who delivered Israel from their enemies. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Judges }

\BibleSectionHeading{The tribes of Judah and Simeon defeated the Canaanites }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The tribes of Judah and Simeon defeated the Canaanites }
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\chapterNumber{1}After|strong="H1961" Joshua|strong="H3091" died|strong="H4194", the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H1121" asked|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “Which|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w*} should|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3068" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group first|strong="H1121"?” 
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\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" the|strong="H5414" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" [IDM] the|strong="H5414" Canaan|strong="H3667" people-group.” 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H5927" men|strong="H1980" of|strong="H5927" Judah|strong="H3063" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" their|strong="H1571" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1980"\+w*} from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5927" Simeon|strong="H8095", and|strong="H1980" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1980" them|strong="H5927", “Come|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" help|strong="H5826" us|strong="H3898" to|strong="H1980" fight|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5927" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3669"\+w* \+w we|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w can|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w take|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5927"\+w*} the|strong="H5927" land|strong="H1486" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3669"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} allotted|strong="H1486" to|strong="H1980" us|strong="H3898". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3212" do|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3669", we|strong="H1980" will|strong="H1571" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3212"\+w*} conquer|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5927" people|strong="H1571" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5927" land|strong="H1486" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3669"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w*} you|strong="H3212".” So|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5927" men|strong="H1980" from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5927" Simeon|strong="H8095" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5927" men|strong="H1980" of|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5927" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" two|strong="H5221" tribes|strong="H7626" attacked|strong="H5221", Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" 10,000 men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5414" Periz people-group [DOU] at|strong="H3068" Bezek|strong="H0966" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5221" battle|strong="H3898" they|strong="H5221" found|strong="H4672" Adoni-Bezek|strong="H0137", the|strong="H5221" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" city|strong="H5892", 
\verseNumber{6}but|strong="H7291" he|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tried|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w*} run|strong="H7291" away|strong="H5127". The|strong="H3027" Israelis pursued|strong="H7291" him|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" caught|strong="H3920" him|strong="H3027". Then|strong="H0227" they|strong="H7272" cut|strong="H7112" off|strong="H7112" his|strong="H3027" thumbs|strong="H0931" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" big|strong="H0931" toes|strong="H7272". 
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\verseNumber{7}Adoni-Bezek|strong="H0137" said|strong="H3651", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w My|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w captured|strong="H3920"\+w*} 70 kings|strong="H4428". We|strong="H6213" cut|strong="H7112" off|strong="H7112" their|strong="H1961" thumbs|strong="H0931" and|strong="H4428" big|strong="H0931" toes|strong="H7272". After|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3651", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w forced|strong="H4522"\+w*} those|strong="H6213" kings|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4191" eat|strong="H0398" scraps that|strong="H3651" fell|strong="H1961" from|strong="H3027" our|strong="H1961" table|strong="H7979". Now|strong="H1961" God|strong="H7999" has|strong="H1961" ◄paid|strong="H7999" me|strong="H6213" back|strong="H7999" for|strong="H6213"/done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H6213" like|strong="H1961"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w we|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3027"\+w*}.” Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6213" men|strong="H6213" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" took|strong="H1961" Adoni-Bezek|strong="H0137" to|strong="H4191" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H8033" died|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H5221" army|strong="H3389" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5221" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H6310" captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H5221" city|strong="H5892". With|strong="H3898" their|strong="H7971" swords|strong="H2719" they|strong="H6310" killed|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H6310" burned|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w houses|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5892"\+w*} the|strong="H5221" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{9}Later|strong="H0310", the|strong="H3427" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" fight|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3427" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" hilly area|strong="H2022", in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" desert|strong="H6160" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3427" south|strong="H5045", and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" foothills|strong="H8219" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H6440" men|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063" also|strong="H8034" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Hebron|strong="H2275" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, which|strong="H3063" at|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3669" time|strong="H6440" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Kiriath-Arba|strong="H7153". They|strong="H5221" defeated|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4428"\+w*} Sheshai|strong="H8344", Ahiman|strong="H0289", and|strong="H3063" Talmai|strong="H8526". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Springs|strong="H4599" for|strong="H6440" Caleb’s|strong="H3612" daughter|strong="H1323" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Springs|strong="H4599" for|strong="H6440" Caleb’s|strong="H3612" daughter|strong="H1323" }
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H0227" they|strong="H8033" left|strong="H3427" that|strong="H8033" area|strong="H1508" and|strong="H3212" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3427" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Debir|strong="H1688" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, which|strong="H8033" was|strong="H8034" previously|strong="H6440" named|strong="H8034" Kiriath-Sepher|strong="H7158". 
\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Before|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w attacked|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, Caleb|strong="H3612" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414", “If|strong="H0518" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1323" you|strong="H5414" attacks|strong="H5221" and|strong="H1323" captures|strong="H3920" Kiriath-Sepher|strong="H7158", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" marry|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323".” 
\verseNumber{13}Othniel|strong="H6274", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Caleb’s|strong="H3612" younger|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251" Kenaz|strong="H7073", captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892". So|strong="H4480" Caleb|strong="H3612" gave|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" Acsah|strong="H5915" to|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414", to|strong="H5414" become|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802". 
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H1961" Acsah|strong="H5915" married|strong="H3947" Othniel|strong="H6274", she|strong="H5921" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" ask|strong="H7592" her|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H1961" give|strong="H7704" him|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" field|strong="H7704". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w she|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w decided|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w herself|strong="H5921"\+w*. \+w She|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w rode|strong="H7392"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Caleb’s|strong="H3612"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w donkey|strong="H2543"\+w*}, and|strong="H7704" when|strong="H1961" she|strong="H5921" got|strong="H6965" off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" donkey|strong="H2543", Caleb|strong="H3612" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w could|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w troubling|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5921"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w*} asked|strong="H7592" her|strong="H5921", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5921" want|strong="H4270"?” 
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\verseNumber{15}She|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5414" do|strong="H6213" a|strong="H5414" favor|strong="H2580" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5414". You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5414" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" land|strong="H0776" in|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" southern|strong="H5045" desert|strong="H6160", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w dry|strong="H3004"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}. So|strong="H5414" please|strong="H4994" also|strong="H3588" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w land|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3588"\+w*} springs|strong="H1543" of|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325".” So|strong="H5414" Caleb|strong="H3612" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" land|strong="H0776" on|strong="H5414" higher|strong="H1364" ground|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" a|strong="H5414" spring|strong="H4325", and|strong="H4325" some|strong="H4480" land|strong="H0776" on|strong="H5414" lower|strong="H8482" ground|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" a|strong="H5414" spring|strong="H4325". 

\BibleSectionHeading{More|strong="H3588" fights|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3588" Canaanites|strong="H3669" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{More|strong="H3588" fights|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3588" Canaanites|strong="H3669" }
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H5927" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5927" Ken people-group who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Moses’|strong="H4872" father-in-law|strong="H2859" left|strong="H3427" Jericho|strong="H3405", which|strong="H5971" was|strong="H5892" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5927" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" Palm|strong="H8558" Trees’. They|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3427" some|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5927" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3212" live|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" them|strong="H5927" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5927" southern|strong="H5045" desert|strong="H4057" area|strong="H1508", near|strong="H7126" Arad|strong="H6166" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H5221" men|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" their|strong="H5221" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis from|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5221" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3427" Simeon|strong="H8095" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5221" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Zephath|strong="H6857" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. They|strong="H2763" completely|strong="H2763" destroyed|strong="H2763" the|strong="H5221" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3063" gave|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" a|strong="H7121" new|strong="H2319" name|strong="H8034", Hormah|strong="H2767", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w means|strong="H5221"\+w* ‘\+w complete|strong="H3617"\+w* destruction’}. 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H3920" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1366" Judah|strong="H3063" also|strong="H5804" captured|strong="H3920" Gaza|strong="H5804", Ashkelon|strong="H0831", and|strong="H3063" Ekron|strong="H6138" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3920" land|strong="H1366" that|strong="H3063" is|strong="H3063" near|strong="H3920" those|strong="H1992" cities|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{19}Yahweh|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H3423" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3068" capture|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3588" hilly area|strong="H2022", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" force|strong="H2394" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" plains|strong="H6160" to|strong="H3068" leave|strong="H3423", because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w better|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w weapons|strong="H3627"\+w*—}they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" iron|strong="H1270" chariots|strong="H7393". 
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\verseNumber{20}Hebron|strong="H2275" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} was|strong="H4872" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" Caleb|strong="H3612" because|strong="H4872" Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H4872" promised|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H8033" could|strong="H3201" have|strong="H1121" that|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892". And|strong="H1121" Caleb|strong="H3612" forced|strong="H4522" the|strong="H5414" three|strong="H7969" clans|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Anak|strong="H6061" to|strong="H1696" leave|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" area|strong="H1508". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" could|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" force|strong="H2394" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group to|strong="H5704" leave|strong="H3423" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". So|strong="H3808", since|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group have|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" with|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H3068" men|strong="H1992" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1004" Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H3068" Manasseh|strong="H4519" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} Bethel|strong="H1008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" them|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{23}They|strong="H6440" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" spies|strong="H7270" to|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H8446"\+w* \+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w could|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H8446"\+w* \+w about|strong="H8034"\+w*} Bethel|strong="H1008", which|strong="H1004" was|strong="H8034" previously|strong="H6440" called|strong="H8034" Luz|strong="H3870". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H7200" spies|strong="H8104" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H6213" man|strong="H7200" who|strong="H8104" was|strong="H5892" coming|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892". They|strong="H6213" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H6213", “If|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6213" show|strong="H7200" us|strong="H4994" a|strong="H6213" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3318" get|strong="H3318" into|strong="H6213" the|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892", we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H4994" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H3318" you|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w we|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{26}That|strong="H3117" man|strong="H2088" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3117" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3117" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3117" Heth|strong="H2845" lived|strong="H3427", and|strong="H3117" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" city|strong="H5892". He|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3117" city|strong="H5892" Luz|strong="H3870", and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H2088" still|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3117" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{27}There|strong="H3427" were|strong="H1323" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H3423" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Beth-Shan|strong="H1052", Taanach|strong="H8590", Dor|strong="H1756", Ibleam|strong="H2991", and|strong="H3427" Megiddo|strong="H4023" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3423" surrounding|strong="H1323" villages|strong="H1323". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1323"\+w*} the|strong="H3423" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1323" Manasseh|strong="H4519" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" force|strong="H2394" those|strong="H3427" people|strong="H3427" to|strong="H1323" leave|strong="H3423" those|strong="H3427" towns|strong="H1323", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3423" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H3423" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group were|strong="H1323" determined|strong="H2974" to|strong="H1323" stay|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{28}Later|strong="H1961", the|strong="H3588" Israelis became|strong="H1961" ◄stronger|strong="H2388"/more|strong="H3808" numerous|strong="H7227"►, and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3588" forced|strong="H4522" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3588" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group to|strong="H3478" work|strong="H7760" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H7760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w their|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w slaves|strong="H5650"\+w*}, but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" force|strong="H2388" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3588" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group to|strong="H3478" leave|strong="H7760" their|strong="H7760" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{29}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w*} the|strong="H3423" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3427" Ephraim|strong="H0669" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" force|strong="H2394" the|strong="H3423" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3423" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group to|strong="H3427" leave|strong="H3423" Gezer|strong="H1507" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. So|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3423" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3423" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group continued|strong="H3427" to|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3423" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3423" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3427" Ephraim|strong="H0669". 
\verseNumber{30}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w men|strong="H4522"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w*} the|strong="H3423" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3427" Zebulun|strong="H2074" did|strong="H3808" nor|strong="H3808" compel|strong="H5647" the|strong="H3423" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3423" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group who|strong="H3427" were|strong="H1961" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Kitron|strong="H7003" and|strong="H3427" Nahalol|strong="H5096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H1961" leave|strong="H3423". They|strong="H3808" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H1961" and|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" among|strong="H7130" the|strong="H3423" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3423" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3427" Zebulun|strong="H2074", but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3423" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Zebulun|strong="H2074" forced|strong="H4522" them|strong="H3423" to|strong="H1961" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H3427" them|strong="H3423" as|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3423" slaves|strong="H5650". 
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\verseNumber{32}So|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3427" Asher|strong="H0836" lived|strong="H3427" among|strong="H7130" them|strong="H3423". 
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\verseNumber{34}The|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" Amor people-group forced|strong="H3905" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" to|strong="H3381" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" hills|strong="H2022". They|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3381" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w*} on|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3588" plain|strong="H4334". 
\verseNumber{35}The|strong="H1961" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1961" Amor people-group were|strong="H1961" determined|strong="H2974" to|strong="H1961" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Heres|strong="H2776" Mountain|strong="H2022" and|strong="H3027" in|strong="H3427" Aijalon|strong="H0357" and|strong="H3027" Shaalbim|strong="H8169" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}. But|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" Israelis became|strong="H1961" ◄stronger|strong="H2388"/more|strong="H1961" numerous|strong="H7227"►, they|strong="H3027" forced|strong="H4522" the|strong="H1961" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1961" Amor people-group to|strong="H1961" work|strong="H3027" as|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{36}The|strong="H4605" land|strong="H1366" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H4605" Amor people-group lived|strong="H3427" extended|strong="H5186" from|strong="H1366" Scorpion Pass|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="H4605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4605"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*} beyond|strong="H5676" Sela|strong="H5553" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, up|strong="H4605" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H4605" hilly area|strong="H1366". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh’s message to Israel }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Yahweh’s message to Israel }
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\chapterNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w appeared|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w form|strong="H8389"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} an|strong="H7650" angel|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* } went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" Gilgal|strong="H1537" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w place|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w later|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} Bokim|strong="H1066". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w*}, “I|strong="H4714" brought|strong="H5927" your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*} up|strong="H5927" here|strong="H6311" from|strong="H4480" Egypt|strong="H4714". I|strong="H4714" led|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5927" into|strong="H5927" this|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H4714" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". I|strong="H4714" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5927", ‘The|strong="H3068" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H4714" made|strong="H7650" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808", as|strong="H3068" for|strong="H4714" me|strong="H4480", I|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" ◄break|strong="H6565" it|strong="H5927"/say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5927" is|strong="H3068" ended|strong="H1961"►. 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H3808" as|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213", you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" peace|strong="H6963" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776". You|strong="H6213" must|strong="H3808" tear|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H8085" altars|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*}.’ But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8085" me|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961", I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" telling|strong="H1571" you|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" expel|strong="H1644" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} as|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" advance|strong="H0935". They|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" thorns|strong="H6975" in|strong="H6440" your|strong="H6440" sides|strong="H6654". And|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3808"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H1961" trap|strong="H4170" you|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w making|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} their|strong="H6440" idols|strong="H1544".” 
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\verseNumber{4}After|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" that|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelis, the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" cried|strong="H1058" loudly|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H8033" called|strong="H7121" that|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" Bokim|strong="H1066", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w means|strong="H3027"\+w* ‘weeping’}. There|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Joshua|strong="H3091" died|strong="H4191" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Joshua|strong="H3091" died|strong="H4191" }
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\verseNumber{6}After|strong="H7971" Joshua|strong="H3091" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3423" Israeli people|strong="H5971" away|strong="H7971", each|strong="H5971" group|strong="H7235" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3478" possess|strong="H3423" the|strong="H3423" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H5971" allotted|strong="H5159" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H3117" served|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" Joshua|strong="H3091" was|strong="H3068" alive|strong="H7200", and|strong="H3478" as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205", those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" Israel|strong="H3478", were|strong="H3478" alive|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" Joshua|strong="H3091" died|strong="H4191". He|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" 110 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H1992" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H6912" body|strong="H1320" in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H6912" area|strong="H1366" he|strong="H6912" had|strong="H3068" received|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*}, at|strong="H6912" Timnath-Serah|strong="H8556", in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H6912" area|strong="H1366" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6912" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669" lived|strong="H3427", north|strong="H6828" of|strong="H2022" Gaash|strong="H1608" Mountain|strong="H2022". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H6912" Israelis were|strong="H2022" punished|strong="H6485" for|strong="H2022" doing|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H6912" Israelis were|strong="H2022" punished|strong="H6485" for|strong="H2022" doing|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" }
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\verseNumber{10}After|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" died|strong="H4191" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" time|strong="H1755" as|strong="H6213" Joshua|strong="H3091" [EUP], a|strong="H6213" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808" grew|strong="H1431" up|strong="H6965" who|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H6965" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4639" great|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{11-13}They|strong="H1992" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" were|strong="H0834" very|strong="H3966" evil|strong="H7451". They|strong="H1992" worshiped|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* represented \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w*} Baal|strong="H1168" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" goddess|strong="H0430" Astarte|strong="H6253". They|strong="H1992" worshiped|strong="H7812" [DOU] the|strong="H3605" various|strong="H2921" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" people-groups around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H5414" worshiped|strong="H7812". They|strong="H1992" stopped|strong="H5975" worshiping|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" worshiped|strong="H7812", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H0935" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714". That|strong="H0834" caused|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734". 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H5414" he|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3201" people|strong="H3808" from|strong="H6440" other|strong="H5750" groups|strong="H7218" to|strong="H3478" raid|strong="H6584" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3478" steal|strong="H1589" their|strong="H3068" crops|strong="H8393" and|strong="H3478" animals|strong="H0929". They|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3478" resist|strong="H5975" their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3201" all|strong="H5439" their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H3027" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{15}Whenever|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelis went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1696" fight|strong="H3898" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H3027"\+w*}, Yahweh|strong="H3068" [MTY] was|strong="H3068" opposing them|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1696" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H3027", just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" Israelis were|strong="H1961" greatly|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H3334". 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H6965" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H3467" leaders|strong="H8199" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3027". These|strong="H6965" leaders|strong="H8199" rescued|strong="H5337" the|strong="H3068" Israelis from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3027" raiding them|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" Israelis still|strong="H1980" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1980" their|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H8199". Instead|strong="H3588", they|strong="H3588" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H8085" idols|strong="H1544", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w acting|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3651"\+w*} prostitutes|strong="H1870" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w husbands|strong="H1167"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"], and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H3588" worshiped|strong="H7812" those|strong="H4480" idols|strong="H1544". They|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3651" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". Their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" obeyed|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H4687", but|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" quickly|strong="H4118" stopped|strong="H5493" behaving|strong="H0270" as|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" behaved|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{18}Whenever|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" leader|strong="H5387" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6440", he|strong="H3588" helped|strong="H3467" that|strong="H3588" leader|strong="H5387" and|strong="H6965" enabled|strong="H5414" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H3467" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H6440" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H6965". He|strong="H3588" helped|strong="H3467" them|strong="H6440" like|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" leader|strong="H5387" was|strong="H3068" alive|strong="H2416". Yahweh|strong="H3068" pitied|strong="H2550" them|strong="H6440" as|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3588" groaned|strong="H0584" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" being|strong="H1961" oppressed|strong="H3905" and|strong="H6965" caused|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" suffer|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3808" after|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5307" leader|strong="H5387" died|strong="H4191", the|strong="H5647" people|strong="H3808" went|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" behaving|strong="H0270" in|strong="H4191" ways|strong="H1870" even|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451" than|strong="H3808" their|strong="H7725" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H1961" behaved|strong="H7737". They|strong="H3808" worshiped|strong="H7812" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430" and|strong="H7725" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H5307" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" did|strong="H3808" all|strong="H7843" [LIT|strong="H0215"] the|strong="H5647" things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5307" they|strong="H3808" thought|strong="H0559" those|strong="H1961" gods|strong="H0430" wanted|strong="H2654" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H5647". 
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\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2088" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" Israeli people|strong="H1471". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085", “These|strong="H2088" people|strong="H1471" have|strong="H3068" disobeyed|strong="H6963" the|strong="H8085" agreement|strong="H1285" I|strong="H6680" made|strong="H3478" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". They|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H3478" what|strong="H2088" I|strong="H6680" told|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H4480" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1471" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3254" expel|strong="H3423" the|strong="H6440" people-groups that|strong="H1471" Joshua|strong="H3091" left|strong="H5800" in|strong="H4191" this|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" when|strong="H4480" he|strong="H4480" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{22}I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" use|strong="H4399" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3478" test|strong="H5254" the|strong="H8104" Israeli people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" see|strong="H7200" whether|strong="H0518" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1870" I|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068", as|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" did|strong="H3478".” 
\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H5414" those|strong="H3240" people-groups to|strong="H3068" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776". He|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" expel|strong="H3423" them|strong="H5414" by|strong="H3027" allowing Joshua|strong="H3091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3423"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". 
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\chapterNumber{3}\verseNumber{1-2}At|strong="H3427" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" still|strong="H5750" many|strong="H7227" people-groups in|strong="H0935" Canaan|strong="H3667". Yahweh|strong="H3068" left|strong="H7604" them|strong="H5414" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H0413" test|strong="H5254" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971". But|strong="H3588" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israelis in|strong="H0935" Canaan|strong="H3667" were|strong="H0834" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" fought|strong="H3898" in|strong="H0935" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" wars|strong="H4421" in|strong="H0935" Canaan|strong="H3667". So|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" left|strong="H7604" those|strong="H1992" people-groups in|strong="H0935" Canaan|strong="H3667" so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" fought|strong="H3898" in|strong="H0935" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" wars|strong="H4421" might|strong="H1369" learn|strong="H3925" how|strong="H4100" to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898". 
\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w list|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" people-groups that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" left|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427": The|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" and|strong="H2568" their|strong="H3605" five|strong="H2568" leaders|strong="H5633", the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H2022" near|strong="H5704" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3427" Canaan|strong="H3669", and|strong="H2568" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3427" Hiv who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H6430" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022" of|strong="H3427" Lebanon|strong="H3844" between|strong="H3427" Baal-Hermon|strong="H1179" Mountain|strong="H2022" and|strong="H2568" Lebo-Hamath|strong="H2574". 
\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068" left|strong="H1961" these|strong="H8085" people-groups there|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" test|strong="H5254" the|strong="H8085" Israelis, to|strong="H3478" see|strong="H3045" if|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085" his|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H6680" which|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872" to|strong="H3478" give|strong="H6680" them|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H7130" Israelis lived|strong="H3427" among|strong="H7130" the|strong="H7130" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group, the|strong="H7130" Hiv people-group, the|strong="H7130" Amor people-group, the|strong="H7130" Periz people-group, the|strong="H7130" Hiv people-group, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7130" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group. 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Moses|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w had|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w associate|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w any|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w*}. But|strong="H1992" the|strong="H5414" Israelis took|strong="H3947" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" people-groups \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w own|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w wives|strong="H0802"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" own|strong="H1961" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5414" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" groups|strong="H1121", to|strong="H5414" marry|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5414". And|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w*} they|strong="H1992" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5414" worship|strong="H5647" the|strong="H5414" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" people-groups. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Othniel|strong="H6274" became|strong="H3205" their|strong="H5414" leader|strong="H5387" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Othniel|strong="H6274" became|strong="H3205" their|strong="H5414" leader|strong="H5387" }
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H6213" Israelis did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451". They|strong="H3068" forgot|strong="H7911" about|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068", their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3068" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H5647" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* represented} the|strong="H6213" god|strong="H3068" Baal|strong="H1168" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" goddess|strong="H0430" Asherah|strong="H0842". 
\verseNumber{8}Yahweh|strong="H3068" became|strong="H2734" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5647" Israelis. So|strong="H3027" he|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" Cushan|strong="H3572" from|strong="H3478" Mesopotamia|strong="H0763" to|strong="H3478" conquer|strong="H3423" them|strong="H3027" and|strong="H1121" rule|strong="H3027" them|strong="H3027" for|strong="H3027" eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" pleaded|strong="H7378" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w help|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1121"\+w*}, he|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H3467" them|strong="H1121" a|strong="H4480" leader|strong="H5387" to|strong="H3478" rescue|strong="H3467" them|strong="H1121". He|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" Othniel|strong="H6274", the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Caleb’s|strong="H3612" younger|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251" Kenaz|strong="H7073". 
\verseNumber{10}Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H1961" upon|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3068" became|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3068" leader|strong="H5387". He|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w led|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w an|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*} fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Cushan|strong="H3572", and|strong="H3478" defeated|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{11}After|strong="H8141" that|strong="H8141", there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1121" peace|strong="H8252" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H4191" land|strong="H0776" for|strong="H4191" 40 years|strong="H8141", until|strong="H5704" Othniel|strong="H6274" died|strong="H4191". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ehud|strong="H0164" became|strong="H3205" their|strong="H4191" next|strong="H4283" leader|strong="H5387" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Ehud|strong="H0164" became|strong="H3205" their|strong="H4191" next|strong="H4283" leader|strong="H5387" }
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\verseNumber{12}After|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588", the|strong="H5921" Israelis again|strong="H3254" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451". As|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" result|strong="H6903", he|strong="H3588" allowed|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Eglon|strong="H5700", who|strong="H3068" ruled|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* } Moab|strong="H4124" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}, to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" Israelis. 
\verseNumber{13}Eglon|strong="H5700" persuaded|strong="H5496" the|strong="H5221" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" Ammon|strong="H5983" and|strong="H1121" Amalek|strong="H6002" people-groups to|strong="H3478" join|strong="H2266" their|strong="H3423" armies|strong="H6635" with|strong="H3212" his|strong="H5221" army|strong="H2428" to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H5221" Israel|strong="H3478". They|strong="H5221" captured|strong="H3920" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jericho|strong="H3405"\+w*, \+w which|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H5221" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" Palm|strong="H8558" Trees’. 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Eglon|strong="H5700" ruled|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5647" Israelis for|strong="H1121" eighteen|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3068" then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3068" Israelis again|strong="H7971" pleaded|strong="H7378" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w help|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w*}. So|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" another|strong="H0312" leader|strong="H5387" to|strong="H3478" rescue|strong="H3467" them|strong="H7971". He|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" Ehud|strong="H0164", a|strong="H7971" left-handed|strong="H3225" man|strong="H1121", the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gera|strong="H1617", from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1145". The|strong="H3068" Israelis sent|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Eglon|strong="H5700" to|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" him|strong="H7971" their|strong="H3068" yearly|strong="H3117" protection|strong="H6738" money|strong="H3701". 
\verseNumber{16}Ehud|strong="H0164" had|strong="H3225" with|strong="H6213" him|strong="H5921" a|strong="H6213" double-edged dagger|strong="H2719", about|strong="H5921" a|strong="H6213" foot|strong="H8478" and|strong="H2719" a|strong="H6213" half|strong="H2677" long|strong="H5921". He|strong="H6213" strapped|strong="H2296" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" thigh|strong="H3409", under|strong="H8478" his|strong="H5921" clothes|strong="H4055". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H7126" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H7126" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Eglon|strong="H5700", who|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" a|strong="H7126" very|strong="H3966" fat|strong="H1277" man|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H1961" Ehud|strong="H3615" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971" back|strong="H4503" home|strong="H1004" with|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5375" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H1961" carried|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" money|strong="H3701". 
\verseNumber{19}When|strong="H3318" they|strong="H5921" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" stone|strong="H0068" carvings|strong="H4734" near|strong="H5921" Gilgal|strong="H1537", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w told|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w go|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H1931"\+w*} he|strong="H1931" himself|strong="H1931" turned|strong="H7725" around|strong="H5921" and|strong="H7725" went|strong="H3318" back|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w*. \+w When|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w at|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w*}, he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", “Your|strong="H3605" majesty|strong="H1926", I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1697" a|strong="H3318" secret|strong="H5643" message|strong="H1697" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605".” So|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" told|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1697" quiet|strong="H2013", and|strong="H7725" sent|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" room|strong="H2315". 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H6965", as|strong="H1697" Eglon|strong="H5700" was|strong="H1931" sitting|strong="H3427" alone|strong="H1931" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" upstairs room|strong="H5944" of|strong="H1697" his|strong="H5921" summer|strong="H4747" palace|strong="H1004", Ehud|strong="H0164" came|strong="H1697" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H1697", “I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1697" a|strong="H5921" message|strong="H1697" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430".” As|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H3678" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" chair|strong="H3678", 
\verseNumber{21}Ehud|strong="H0164" reached|strong="H7971" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7971" left|strong="H8040" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H7971" pulled|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" dagger|strong="H2719" from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7971" right|strong="H3225" thigh|strong="H3409", and|strong="H7971" plunged it|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" belly|strong="H0990". 
\verseNumber{22}He|strong="H3588" thrust|strong="H1920" it|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3808" so|strong="H3808" far|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" handle|strong="H5325" went|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" king’s|strong="H4428" belly|strong="H0990", and|strong="H2719" the|strong="H3588" blade|strong="H3851" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" king’s|strong="H4428" back|strong="H3318". Ehud|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pull|strong="H8025" the|strong="H3588" dagger|strong="H2719" out|strong="H3318". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w left|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*, \+w with|strong="H3318"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" handle|strong="H5325" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" king’s|strong="H4428" fat|strong="H2459". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H3318" Ehud|strong="H0164" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" room|strong="H5944". He|strong="H3318" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" porch|strong="H4528". He|strong="H3318" shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H3318" doors|strong="H1817" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" room|strong="H5944" and|strong="H3318" locked|strong="H5274" them|strong="H3318". 
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\verseNumber{24}After|strong="H7272" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1817" gone|strong="H3318", King|strong="H4428" Eglon’s servants|strong="H5650" came|strong="H3318" back|strong="H3318", but|strong="H7200" they|strong="H1931" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H5650" the|strong="H7200" room|strong="H2315" were|strong="H5650" locked|strong="H5274". They|strong="H1931" said|strong="H3318", “The|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H5650" defecating in|strong="H5650" the|strong="H7200" inner|strong="H2315" room|strong="H2315".” 
\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H3947" they|strong="H5704" waited|strong="H2342", but|strong="H2009" when|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" did|strong="H5307" not|strong="H4191" open|strong="H6605" the|strong="H3947" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3947" room|strong="H5944", after|strong="H1817" a|strong="H3947" while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" were|strong="H2009" worried|strong="H1672". They|strong="H5704" got|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" key|strong="H4668" and|strong="H3947" unlocked the|strong="H3947" doors|strong="H1817". And|strong="H3947" they|strong="H5704" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H5307" their|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H3068" lying|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5307" the|strong="H3947" floor|strong="H1637", dead|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{26}Meanwhile|strong="H3541", Ehud|strong="H0164" escaped|strong="H4422". He|strong="H1931" passed|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5704" stone|strong="H0068" carvings|strong="H4734" and|strong="H5674" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5704" Seirah|strong="H8167", in|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5704" hilly area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5704" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H6456" Ephraim|strong="H0669" lived|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{27}There|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" blew|strong="H8628" a|strong="H1961" trumpet|strong="H7782" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w signal|strong="H5251"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w join|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w*}. So|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" Israelis went|strong="H3381" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6440" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" hills|strong="H2022". They|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w toward|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w river|strong="H5104"\+w*}, with|strong="H5973" Ehud|strong="H0164" leading|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H0376", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" going|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3381" allow|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3381" defeat|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H3027", the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" Moab|strong="H4124". So|strong="H5414" follow|strong="H7291" me|strong="H5414"!” So|strong="H5414" they|strong="H3588" followed|strong="H7291" him|strong="H5414" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3588" river|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" stationed|strong="H5975" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" men|strong="H0376" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" place|strong="H5414" where|strong="H3027" people|strong="H3808" can|strong="H3808" walk|strong="H5674" across|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3588" river|strong="H3588", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w any|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tried|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w*} cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3588" river|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w escape|strong="H5674"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{29}At|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256", the|strong="H3605" Israelis killed|strong="H5221" about|strong="H5221" 10,000 people|strong="H3808" from|strong="H4422" Moab|strong="H4124". They|strong="H3808" were|strong="H2428" all|strong="H3605" strong|strong="H2428" and|strong="H2428" capable|strong="H2428" men|strong="H2428", but|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6256" them|strong="H5221" escaped|strong="H4422". 
\verseNumber{30}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3117" Israelis conquered|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3117" Moab|strong="H4124". Then|strong="H3117" there|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3478" peace|strong="H8252" in|strong="H8141" their|strong="H8478" land|strong="H0776" for|strong="H8478" 80 years|strong="H8141". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Shamgar|strong="H8044" became|strong="H4124" their|strong="H8478" next|strong="H3027" leader|strong="H5387" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Shamgar|strong="H8044" became|strong="H4124" their|strong="H8478" next|strong="H3027" leader|strong="H5387" }
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\verseNumber{31}After|strong="H1961" Ehud|strong="H8044" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}, Shamgar|strong="H8044" became|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1961" leader|strong="H5387". He|strong="H1931" rescued|strong="H5337" the|strong="H5221" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w Philistines|strong="H6430"\+w*. \+w In|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*} he|strong="H1931" killed|strong="H5221" 600 Philistines|strong="H6430" with|strong="H3478" an|strong="H1961" ◄ox|strong="H1241" goad|strong="H4451"/sharp|strong="H2299" wooden|strong="H6086" pole|strong="H5251"►. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Deborah became the next leader }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Deborah became the next leader }
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\chapterNumber{4}After|strong="H0310" Ehud|strong="H0164" died|strong="H4191", the|strong="H6213" Israelis again|strong="H3254" started|strong="H2490" doing|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H3427" he|strong="H1931" allowed|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" Jabin|strong="H2985", one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3068" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Canaan|strong="H3667" land|strong="H0776", who|strong="H1931" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H3427" Hazor|strong="H2674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}, to|strong="H3068" conquer|strong="H3423" the|strong="H3068" Israelis. The|strong="H3068" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3068" army|strong="H6635" was|strong="H3068" Sisera|strong="H5516", who|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Harosheth-Haggoyim. 
\verseNumber{3}Sisera’s|strong="H5516" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} had|strong="H3068" 900 chariots|strong="H7393". For|strong="H3588" 20 years|strong="H8141" he|strong="H1931" oppressed|strong="H3905" the|strong="H3588" Israelis. Then|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" pleaded|strong="H7378" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{4}At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256" Deborah|strong="H1683", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8199" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H6256" Lappidoth|strong="H3941", was|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" prophetess|strong="H5031" who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8199" leader|strong="H5387" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{5}She|strong="H1931" would|strong="H3478" sit|strong="H3427" under|strong="H8478" her|strong="H1931" palm|strong="H8560" tree|strong="H8560" at|strong="H3427" a|strong="H5927" place|strong="H8478" between|strong="H3427" Ramah|strong="H7414" and|strong="H1121" Bethel|strong="H1008", in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8478" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" lived|strong="H3427", and|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" would|strong="H3478" come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" her|strong="H1931" and|strong="H1121" ask|strong="H7592" her|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3478" settle|strong="H3427" disputes|strong="H6099" between|strong="H3427" them|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{6}One|strong="H3808" day|strong="H3117" she|strong="H7121" summoned|strong="H7121" Barak|strong="H1301", the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abinoam|strong="H0042", when|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3478" Kedesh|strong="H6943", in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3947" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Naphtali|strong="H5321" lived|strong="H3427". She|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H7121", “This|strong="H7121" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3947" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H7121" we|strong="H0587" Israelis worship|strong="H7121", is|strong="H3068" commanding|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068": ‘ake with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H6680" 1,000 men|strong="H1121", some|strong="H4480" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Naphtali|strong="H5321" and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H4480" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zebulun|strong="H2074", and|strong="H1121" lead|strong="H3212" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" Tabor|strong="H8396" Mountain|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H6635" lure|strong="H4170" Sisera|strong="H5516", the|strong="H5414" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3027" King|strong="H4428" Jabin’s|strong="H2985" army|strong="H6635", to|strong="H5414" come|strong="H6635" with|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5414" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5414" army|strong="H6635", to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Kishon|strong="H7028" River|strong="H5158", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w few|strong="H4592"\+w* \+w miles|strong="H7341"\+w* \+w away|strong="H4900"\+w*}. I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H6635" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H5414" men|strong="H8269" to|strong="H5414" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" there|strong="H5158".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{8}Barak|strong="H1301" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1980" only|strong="H0389" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5973" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5973".” 
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\verseNumber{9}She|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “Okay, I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588". But|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1870" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" decided|strong="H6965" to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H3068", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" to|strong="H1980" defeat|strong="H5221" Sisera|strong="H5516", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" ◄you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" honored|strong="H3513"/people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" honor|strong="H8597" you|strong="H3588"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H5927" Deborah|strong="H1683" went|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" Barak|strong="H1301" to|strong="H5927" Kedesh|strong="H6943". There|strong="H5927" he|strong="H7272" summoned|strong="H2199" men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H5927" Zebulun|strong="H2074" and|strong="H5927" Naphtali|strong="H5321". Ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5973", and|strong="H5927" then|strong="H5927" they|strong="H7272" went|strong="H5927" together|strong="H2199" with|strong="H5973" Deborah|strong="H1683" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Tabor|strong="H8396"\+w* \+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}At|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1121" time|strong="H5704" Heber|strong="H2268", one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5704" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5704" Ken people-group, had|strong="H4872" moved|strong="H4131" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H2859"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5186"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w Jael|strong="H3278"\+w*} from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5704" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H0834" that|strong="H1121" group|strong="H7235" lived|strong="H3427", and|strong="H1121" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5704" his|strong="H5186" tent|strong="H0168" near|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" big|strong="H0931" oak|strong="H0424" tree|strong="H6086" at|strong="H1121" Zaanannim|strong="H6815", near|strong="H5704" Kedesh|strong="H6943". Heber|strong="H2268" was|strong="H4872" a|strong="H5704" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Moses’|strong="H4872" brother-in-law|strong="H2992" Hobab|strong="H2246". 
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\verseNumber{12}Someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Sisera|strong="H5516" that|strong="H3588" Barak|strong="H1301" had|strong="H3588" gone|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5927" Tabor|strong="H8396" Mountain|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w an|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H3651" he|strong="H3605" gathered|strong="H2199" his|strong="H3605" troops|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5971" their|strong="H3605" 900 chariots|strong="H7393", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H5971" marched|strong="H5973" from|strong="H1471" Harosheth-Haggoyim to|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" Kishon|strong="H7028" River|strong="H5158". 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H6965" Deborah|strong="H1683" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3381" Barak|strong="H1301", “Get|strong="H6965" ready|strong="H3559"! This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} to|strong="H3381" defeat|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3068" Sisera|strong="H5516". Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" going|strong="H3318" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588"!” So|strong="H5414" Barak|strong="H1301" led|strong="H3318" his|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" as|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3588" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3318" Tabor|strong="H8396" Mountain|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{15}As|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" advanced|strong="H0935", Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H2000" Sisera|strong="H5516" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264" to|strong="H3381" have|strong="H3068" great|strong="H6440" difficulty|strong="H3811" maneuvering/moving|strong="H1980" around|strong="H5921". So|strong="H3381" Sisera|strong="H5516" jumped down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H6440" his|strong="H3605" chariot|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3068" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127". 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3808" Barak|strong="H1301" and|strong="H7393" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" pursued|strong="H7291" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H7393" the|strong="H3605" enemy|strong="H0340" soldiers|strong="H5650" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Harosheth-Haggoyim. They|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2719" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6310" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" in|strong="H7604" Sisera’s|strong="H5516" army|strong="H4264". Not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" survived|strong="H7604". 
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\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H3588" Sisera|strong="H5516" ran|strong="H5127" to|strong="H1004" Jael’s tent|strong="H0168". He|strong="H3588" did|strong="H7965" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3588"\+w* boss}, King|strong="H4428" Jabin|strong="H2985" of|strong="H4428" Hazor|strong="H2674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, was|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3588" good|strong="H2896" friend|strong="H7453" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Jael’s \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w*} Heber|strong="H2268". 
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\verseNumber{18}Jael|strong="H3278" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" greet|strong="H7592" Sisera|strong="H5516". She|strong="H1931" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H3318", “Sir|strong="H0113", come|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" my|strong="H3318" tent|strong="H0168"! Do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3372" afraid|strong="H3372"!” So|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3318" went|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3680" tent|strong="H0168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w lay|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w down|strong="H5493"\+w*}, and|strong="H3318" she|strong="H1931" covered|strong="H3680" him|strong="H3318" with|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3318" blanket|strong="H4541". 
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\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4325" her|strong="H3680", “I’m thirsty|strong="H6770"; can|strong="H4994" you|strong="H3588" give|strong="H8248" me|strong="H4994" some|strong="H4592" water|strong="H4325"?” So|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" opened|strong="H6605" a|strong="H3588" leather|strong="H5785" container|strong="H3627" of|strong="H4325" milk|strong="H2461", and|strong="H2461" gave|strong="H8248" him|strong="H8248" a|strong="H3588" drink|strong="H8248". Then|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" covered|strong="H3680" him|strong="H8248" with|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3588" blanket|strong="H4541" again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H3426" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" her|strong="H7592", “Stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5975" the|strong="H1961" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H7592" the|strong="H1961" tent|strong="H0168". If|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H0376" comes|strong="H1961" and|strong="H5975" asks|strong="H7592" ‘Is|strong="H3426" anyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" here|strong="H6311"?’, say|strong="H0559" ‘No|strong="H5975".’” 
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\verseNumber{21}Sisera|strong="H5516" was|strong="H1931" very|strong="H3966" exhausted|strong="H3027", so|strong="H3947" he|strong="H1931" soon|strong="H3512" was|strong="H1931" asleep|strong="H7290". While|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" sleeping|strong="H7290", Jael|strong="H3278" crept quietly|strong="H8252" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H3027", holding|strong="H2388" a|strong="H3947" hammer|strong="H4718" and|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3947" tent|strong="H3489" peg|strong="H3489". She|strong="H1931" pounded|strong="H1743" the|strong="H3947" peg|strong="H3489" into|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7760" skull|strong="H1538", and|strong="H3027" all|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3947" way|strong="H1870" through|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7760" head|strong="H7218" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3947" ground|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H1931" died|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{22}When|strong="H7200" Barak|strong="H1301" passed|strong="H7291" by|strong="H3318" Jael’s tent|strong="H3489" to|strong="H3318" look|strong="H7200" for|strong="H4191" Sisera|strong="H5516", she|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3212" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" greet|strong="H7592" him|strong="H7200". She|strong="H1931" said|strong="H3318", “Come|strong="H3318" in|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3212" I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H5307" show|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" man|strong="H4191" you|strong="H7200" are|strong="H7291" searching|strong="H1245" for|strong="H4191"!” So|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3318" followed|strong="H3212" her|strong="H7200" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H7200" tent|strong="H3489", and|strong="H3212" he|strong="H3318" saw|strong="H7200" Sisera|strong="H5516" lying|strong="H5307" there|strong="H2009", dead|strong="H4191", with|strong="H3318" the|strong="H7200" tent|strong="H3489" peg|strong="H3489" through|strong="H3212" his|strong="H7200" head|strong="H5307". 
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\verseNumber{23}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" enabled|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" Israelis to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Jabin|strong="H2985", the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Canaan|strong="H3667". 
\verseNumber{24}From|strong="H3772" that|strong="H3478" time|strong="H5704", the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" continued|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H3027" stronger|strong="H2388", and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Jabin|strong="H2985" continued|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H3027" weaker|strong="H1800". Finally|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" Israelis were|strong="H3478" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5704" completely|strong="H5704" subdue|strong="H3665" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" ruled|strong="H4428" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Canaan|strong="H3667". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The song that Deborah sang }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The song that Deborah sang }
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\chapterNumber{5}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", Deborah|strong="H1683" sang|strong="H7891" this|strong="H1931" song|strong="H7891", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3117" Barak|strong="H1301": 
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\verseNumber{2}“hen|strong="H2581" the|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H6546" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971" really|strong="H2088" lead|strong="H5148" them|strong="H1288", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" follow|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1288", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! 
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\verseNumber{3}Listen|strong="H8085", you|strong="H2167" kings|strong="H4428"! Pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085", you|strong="H2167" leaders|strong="H7891"! 
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I|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068". With|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3068" song|strong="H2167" I|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H2167" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H8085" God|strong="H3068" we|strong="H8085" Israelis worship|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{4}O|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", when|strong="H3318" you|strong="H1571" came|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" Seir|strong="H8165", when|strong="H3318" you|strong="H1571" marched|strong="H6805" from|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3068" land|strong="H7704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w better|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w known|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1571"\+w*} Edom|strong="H0112", 
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the|strong="H3068" earth|strong="H8064" shook|strong="H7493", 
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and|strong="H3068" rain|strong="H4325" poured|strong="H5197" down|strong="H5197" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" skies|strong="H7834". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H6440" mountains|strong="H2022" shook|strong="H1607" when|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" came|strong="H3478", 
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just|strong="H2088" like|strong="H3478" Sinai|strong="H5514" Mountain|strong="H2022" shook|strong="H1607" when|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" appeared|strong="H7200" there|strong="H2088", 
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because|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
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the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" we|strong="H0587" Israelis worship|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{6}“hen|strong="H2581" Shamgar|strong="H8044" was|strong="H3117" our|strong="H3068" leader|strong="H5387" and|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3117" Jael|strong="H3278" ruled|strong="H4427" us|strong="H3117", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w walk|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3117"\+w*} the|strong="H3117" main|strong="H1419" roads|strong="H1870"; 
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instead|strong="H8478", caravans|strong="H0734" of|strong="H1121" travelers|strong="H1980" walked|strong="H1980" on|strong="H3117" winding|strong="H3883" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w less|strong="H0637"\+w* \+w traveled|strong="H1980"\+w*} roads|strong="H1870" 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w avoid|strong="H6544"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1121"\+w* molested}. 
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\verseNumber{7}People|strong="H5971" left|strong="H2308" their|strong="H6965" small|strong="H6996" villages|strong="H6520", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w moved|strong="H4131"\+w* \+w into|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w walled|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} 
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until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704", Deborah|strong="H1683", became|strong="H3205" their|strong="H6965" leader|strong="H5387". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w became|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3478"\+w*} a|strong="H3478" mother|strong="H0517" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" Israeli people|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w abandoned|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} chose|strong="H0977" new|strong="H2319" gods|strong="H0430", 
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enemies|strong="H0341" attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H7200" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H7200" cities|strong="H8179", 
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and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w took|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5493"\+w*} the|strong="H7200" shields|strong="H4043" and|strong="H3478" spears|strong="H7420" from|strong="H3478" 40,000 Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650". 
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Not|strong="H7200" one|strong="H7200" shield|strong="H4043" or|strong="H7200" spear|strong="H7420" was|strong="H3478" left|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H3478" am|strong="H3068" thankful|strong="H3034" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H5068" and|strong="H3478" soldiers|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" volunteered|strong="H5068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w*}. 
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Praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1288"\+w*!} 
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\verseNumber{10}“ou wealthy|strong="H1431" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" ride|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" donkeys|strong="H2543", 
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sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" nice|strong="H2899" padded saddles, 
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and|strong="H1980" you|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" just|strong="H3512" walk|strong="H1980" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" road|strong="H1870", 
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you|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" listen|strong="H8085"! 
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\verseNumber{11}Listen|strong="H6963" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3068" voices|strong="H6963" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" singers|strong="H7891" who|strong="H5971" gather|strong="H6908" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" places|strong="H4857" where|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w drink|strong="H8354"\+w*} water|strong="H4857". 
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They|strong="H8033" tell|strong="H5046" about|strong="H8033" how|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" acted|strong="H6213" righteously|strong="H6666" 
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when|strong="H3068" he|strong="H8033" enabled|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3068" Israeli warriors|strong="H6520" to|strong="H3381" conquer|strong="H3423" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}. 
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“ahweh’s people|strong="H5971" marched|strong="H5973" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3068" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" city|strong="H8179". 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H6965" people|strong="H1121" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H1696" my|strong="H6965" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" shouted|strong="H7321", 
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‘eborah, wake|strong="H5782" up|strong="H6965"! Wake|strong="H5782" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" start|strong="H1870" singing|strong="H7892"!’ 
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They|strong="H1696" also|strong="H1121" shouted|strong="H7321", 
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‘arak, son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abinoam|strong="H0042", get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H1121" capture|strong="H7617" our|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H6965"!’ 
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\verseNumber{13}Later|strong="H0310", some|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971" came|strong="H3068" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Tabor|strong="H8396"\+w* \+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*} 
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with|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5971", their|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H7218". 
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These|strong="H5971" men|strong="H1368" who|strong="H5971" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" came|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H0413" 
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to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" their|strong="H3068" strong|strong="H1368" enemies|strong="H0341". 
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\verseNumber{14}Some|strong="H4480" came|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H7626" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Ephraim|strong="H0669". 
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They|strong="H5971" came|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H5971" once|strong="H3381" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H4480" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H7626" Amalek|strong="H6002". 
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And|strong="H5971" men|strong="H5971" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H7626" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Benjamin|strong="H1144" followed|strong="H0310" them|strong="H3381". 
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Troops|strong="H5971" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" group|strong="H7235" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Makir|strong="H4353" also|strong="H5971" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381", 
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and|strong="H5971" officers|strong="H7860" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H7626" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Zebulun|strong="H2074" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381", carrying|strong="H5375" staffs|strong="H4294". 
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\verseNumber{15}Leaders|strong="H8269" from|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" tribes|strong="H7626" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H7971" Issachar|strong="H3485" joined|strong="H2266" Barak|strong="H1301" and|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971". 
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They|strong="H3651" followed|strong="H7272" Barak|strong="H1301", rushing|strong="H7494" down|strong="H7971" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H7971" valley|strong="H6010". 
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But|strong="H3651" men|strong="H1419" from|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" tribe|strong="H4294" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H7971" Reuben|strong="H7205" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" decide|strong="H3198" whether|strong="H0518" or|strong="H1419" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H7971" join|strong="H5973" us|strong="H7971". 
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\verseNumber{16}Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" men|strong="H1419" stay|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" your|strong="H8085" sheep|strong="H6629" pens|strong="H0723", 
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waiting|strong="H8104" to|strong="H3820" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" shepherds|strong="H7462" whistle|strong="H8319" for|strong="H3427" their|strong="H8085" flocks|strong="H5739" of|strong="H3427" sheep|strong="H6629" to|strong="H3820" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H3820" the|strong="H8085" pens|strong="H0723"? 
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Men|strong="H1419" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" tribe|strong="H4294" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H8085" Reuben|strong="H7205" could|strong="H4100" not|strong="H8085" decide|strong="H3198" 
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whether|strong="H0518" they|strong="H4100" would|strong="H4100" join|strong="H3427" us|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3820" fight|strong="H3898" our|strong="H8085" enemies|strong="H0341", or|strong="H8085" not|strong="H8085". 
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\verseNumber{17}Similarly|strong="H2088", the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H3220" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" Gilead|strong="H1568" area|strong="H1508" stayed|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" home|strong="H1004", east|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5104". 
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And|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H3220" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H5921" Dan|strong="H1835", 
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why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" they|strong="H5921" stay|strong="H3427" home|strong="H1004"? 
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The|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H5921" Asher|strong="H0836" sat|strong="H3427" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seashore|strong="H3220". 
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They|strong="H5921" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H5921" coves. 
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\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H5971" men|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H5921" Zebulun|strong="H2074" risked|strong="H7993" ◄their|strong="H5921" lives|strong="H5315"/were|strong="H5971" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191" fighting|strong="H3898"► on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" battlefield|strong="H4634", 
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and|strong="H5971" men|strong="H5971" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H5921" Naphtali|strong="H5321" were|strong="H5971" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5971", also|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{19}“he|strong="H3808" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Canaan|strong="H3667" fought|strong="H3898" us|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" Taanach|strong="H8590", near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" springs|strong="H4599" in|strong="H5921" Megiddo|strong="H4023" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Valley|strong="H6010"\+w*}. 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w since|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w defeat|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*}, 
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they|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" carry|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" any|strong="H3947" silver|strong="H3701" or|strong="H3808" other|strong="H0312" treasures|strong="H0214" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H3898". 
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H4480" stars|strong="H3556" in|strong="H8064" the|strong="H4480" sky|strong="H8064" fought|strong="H3898" for|strong="H8064" us|strong="H3898" 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} those|strong="H4480" stars|strong="H3556" in|strong="H8064" their|strong="H8064" paths|strong="H4546" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" Sisera|strong="H5516". 
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H1869" Kishon|strong="H7028" River|strong="H5158" swept|strong="H1640" them|strong="H1869" away|strong="H1640"— 
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that|strong="H5315" river|strong="H5158" that|strong="H5315" has|strong="H5315" been|strong="H1961" there|strong="H5158" for|strong="H5315" ages|strong="H5769". 
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I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" tell|strong="H5046" myself|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" brave|strong="H2428" and|strong="H5797" continue|strong="H1961" marching|strong="H5265" on|strong="H1869". 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H1986" hooves|strong="H6119" of|strong="H5483" the|strong="H1986" horses|strong="H5483" of|strong="H5483" Sisera’s|strong="H5516" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} pounded|strong="H1986" the|strong="H1986" ground|strong="H0776". 
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Those|strong="H1992" powerful|strong="H2392" horses|strong="H5483" kept|strong="H8104" galloping|strong="H6335" along|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H3588" angel|strong="H4397" sent|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", 
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‘urse the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" Meroz|strong="H4789" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, 
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because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H1368" to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5833" Yahweh|strong="H3068" 
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to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3588" mighty|strong="H1368" warriors|strong="H1368" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{24}“ut God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H1288" very|strong="H3966" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H1288" Jael|strong="H3278", 
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the|strong="H1288" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1288" Heber|strong="H2268" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H1288" Ken people-group. 
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He|strong="H1288" is|strong="H1288" more|strong="H3254" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H1288" her|strong="H1288" than|strong="H4480" with|strong="H1288" all|strong="H1288" the|strong="H1288" other|strong="H0312" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H7017" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1288" tents|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{25}Sisera|strong="H5516" asked|strong="H7592" for|strong="H4325" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H4325", 
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but|strong="H4325" Jael|strong="H3278" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" milk|strong="H2461". 
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She|strong="H5602" brought|strong="H7126" him|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" yogurt/curds|strong="H2529" in|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" bowl|strong="H5602" that|strong="H5414" was|strong="H4325" suitable|strong="H5048" for|strong="H4325" kings|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H7971", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w asleep|strong="H3463"\+w*}, she|strong="H1931" reached|strong="H7971" for|strong="H3027" a|strong="H7971" tent|strong="H3489" peg|strong="H3489" with|strong="H3027" her|strong="H7971" left|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027", 
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and|strong="H7971" she|strong="H1931" reached|strong="H7971" for|strong="H3027" a|strong="H7971" hammer|strong="H1989" with|strong="H3027" her|strong="H7971" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3027". 
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She|strong="H1931" hit|strong="H4672" Sisera|strong="H5516" hard|strong="H7186" with|strong="H3027" it|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" crushed|strong="H7533" his|strong="H7971" head|strong="H7218". 
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She|strong="H1931" pounded|strong="H1986" the|strong="H7971" tent|strong="H3489" peg|strong="H3489" right|strong="H3225" through|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7971" head|strong="H7218". 
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\verseNumber{27}He|strong="H8033" collapsed|strong="H5307" 
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and|strong="H8033" fell|strong="H5307" dead|strong="H7703" at|strong="H5307" her|strong="H7901" feet|strong="H7272". 
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\verseNumber{28}“isera’s mother|strong="H0517" looked|strong="H8259" out|strong="H8259" from|strong="H8259" her|strong="H1157" window|strong="H2474". 
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She|strong="H2474" waited|strong="H3176" for|strong="H1157" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4818" return|strong="H7725". 
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She|strong="H2474" said|strong="H0559", ‘hy is|strong="H0369" he|strong="H5516" taking|strong="H3947" so|strong="H3651" long|strong="H0753" to|strong="H4818" come|strong="H0935" home|strong="H1004" in|strong="H6471" his|strong="H1157" chariot|strong="H7393"? 
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Why|strong="H4069" don’t|strong="H0408" I|strong="H6471" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H1157" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H7393" the|strong="H1157" wheels|strong="H6471" of|strong="H7393" his|strong="H1157" chariot|strong="H7393"?’ 
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\verseNumber{29}One|strong="H1931" wise|strong="H2450" woman|strong="H0802" replied|strong="H6030" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7725", 
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and|strong="H6030" she|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kept|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w consoling|strong="H5162"\+w* \+w herself|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w by|strong="H7725"\+w*} repeating|strong="H8138" those|strong="H1931" words|strong="H1697": 
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\verseNumber{30}‘erhaps they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H7356" dividing|strong="H2505" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H4672" things|strong="H7218" and|strong="H7218" the|strong="H4672" people|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" captured|strong="H3920" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H4672" battle|strong="H4421". 
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Each|strong="H0376" soldier|strong="H6635" will|strong="H3808" get|strong="H4672" one|strong="H3808" or|strong="H3808" two|strong="H7361" women|strong="H0802". 
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Sisera|strong="H5516" will|strong="H3808" get|strong="H4672" some|strong="H4480" beautiful|strong="H3303" robes|strong="H0899", 
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and|strong="H7218" some|strong="H4480" beautiful|strong="H3303" embroidered|strong="H7553" robes|strong="H0899" for|strong="H3808" me|strong="H4672".’ 
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\verseNumber{31}But|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}! Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3651" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191" as|strong="H3651" Sisera|strong="H5516" did|strong="H3068"! 
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And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3651" desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" love|strong="H0157" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3651" strong|strong="H1369" as|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121" when|strong="H3318" it|strong="H3651" rises|strong="H3318"! 

\BibleSectionHeading{Gideon became the next leader }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Gideon became the next leader }
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\chapterNumber{6}Again|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5414" Israelis did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451". So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" allowed|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080" to|strong="H3478" conquer|strong="H3423" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" rule|strong="H3027" them|strong="H5414" for|strong="H6213" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080" treated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" Israelis so|strong="H6213" cruelly|strong="H7188" that|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" Israelis fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" mountains|strong="H2022". There|strong="H2022" they|strong="H5921" made|strong="H6213" places|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5921" caves|strong="H4631" and|strong="H1121" animal|strong="H0929" dens|strong="H4492". 
\verseNumber{3}Whenever|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" Israelis planted|strong="H2232" things|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" fields|strong="H7704", the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080" and|strong="H1121" Amalek|strong="H6002" and|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" groups|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" east|strong="H6924" invaded|strong="H5927" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H3808" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H5704" tents|strong="H2583" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" area|strong="H1508", and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H3808" destroyed|strong="H7843" the|strong="H5921" crops|strong="H2981" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" south|strong="H5045" as|strong="H5704" Gaza|strong="H5804". They|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H7604" anything|strong="H3808" for|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" Israelis’ sheep|strong="H7716" or|strong="H3808" cattle|strong="H7716" or|strong="H3808" donkeys|strong="H2543" to|strong="H5704" eat|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H1992" came|strong="H5927" into|strong="H5927" Israel|strong="H3478" with|strong="H5927" their|strong="H1992" tents|strong="H0168" and|strong="H5927" their|strong="H1992" livestock|strong="H4735" like|strong="H5927" a|strong="H3588" swarm|strong="H8317" of|strong="H4557" locusts|strong="H0697". There|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7230"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} arrived|strong="H0935" riding|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5927" their|strong="H1992" camels|strong="H1581" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H5927" one|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" count|strong="H4557" them|strong="H1992". They|strong="H1992" stayed|strong="H3427" and|strong="H5927" ruined|strong="H7843" the|strong="H3588" Israelis’ crops|strong="H8393". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080" took|strong="H3478" almost|strong="H3966" everything|strong="H3605" the|strong="H6440" Israelis owned|strong="H3426". So|strong="H3966" finally|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" Israelis pleaded|strong="H7378" for|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" Israelis pleaded|strong="H7378" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" help|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5921" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" Midian|strong="H4080" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{8}he|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" prophet|strong="H5030", who|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3318", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3541" God|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0587" Israelis worship|strong="H3478", says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H3541": ‘Your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H3478" slaves|strong="H5650" in|strong="H3478" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" rescued|strong="H5337" them|strong="H5414" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3027" Egypt|strong="H4713" and|strong="H3027" from|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H0312" who|strong="H3605" oppressed|strong="H3905" them|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" expelled|strong="H1644" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H3027" from|strong="H6440" this|strong="H5414" land|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3027" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H3808" told|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3427", “I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". You|strong="H3808" are|strong="H3068" now|strong="H8085" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H3808" the|strong="H8085" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Amor live|strong="H3427", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H3372" the|strong="H8085" gods|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H3372".” But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6963".’” 
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\verseNumber{11}One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w form|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} an|strong="H6440" angel|strong="H4397" and|strong="H1121" sat|strong="H3427" underneath|strong="H8478" a|strong="H3068" big|strong="H0931" oak|strong="H0424" tree|strong="H6086" at|strong="H3427" Ophrah|strong="H6084" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. That|strong="H3068" tree|strong="H6086" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Joash|strong="H3101", who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Abiezer|strong="H0044". Joash’s|strong="H3101" son|strong="H1121" Gideon|strong="H1439" was|strong="H3068" threshing|strong="H2251" wheat|strong="H2406" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" pit|strong="H0953" where|strong="H8478" they|strong="H3068" pressed|strong="H6555" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grapes|strong="H6025"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w make|strong="H3427"\+w*} wine|strong="H1660". He|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" threshing|strong="H2251" the|strong="H6440" grain|strong="H2406" there|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3068" hide|strong="H5127" it|strong="H6440" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080". 
\verseNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w over|strong="H3068"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" Gideon|strong="H1439" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7200", “You|strong="H5973" mighty|strong="H1368" warrior|strong="H1368", Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" helping|strong="H5826" you|strong="H5973"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}Gideon|strong="H1439" replied|strong="H0559", “Sir|strong="H0113", if|strong="H3426" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" helping|strong="H5826" us|strong="H5414", why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3426" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w bad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w*} happened|strong="H4672" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414"? We|strong="H6258" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H3605" [RHQ] all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" miracles|strong="H6381" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" performed|strong="H5414" for|strong="H4714" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". We|strong="H6258" heard|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5608" us|strong="H5414" about|strong="H3605" how|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" them|strong="H5414" from|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w slaves|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} Egypt|strong="H4714". But|strong="H3808" now|strong="H6258" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5203" us|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" we|strong="H6258" are|strong="H4100" ruled|strong="H4427" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" from|strong="H5927" Midian|strong="H4080".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" turned|strong="H6437" toward|strong="H3709" him|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H7971" strength|strong="H3581" to|strong="H3478" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" rescue|strong="H3467" the|strong="H3068" Israelis from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" Midian|strong="H4080". I|strong="H2088" am|strong="H3068" sending|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{15}Gideon|strong="H1439" replied|strong="H0559", “But|strong="H2009" Yahweh|strong="H3068", how|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" I|strong="H2009" rescue|strong="H3467" the|strong="H2009" Israelis? My|strong="H3467" clan|strong="H4940" is|strong="H4100" the|strong="H2009" least|strong="H6810" significant in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H2009" whole|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3478" Manasseh|strong="H4519", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H2009" least|strong="H6810" significant person|strong="H5315" in|strong="H3478" my|strong="H3467" whole|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004"!” 
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\verseNumber{16}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5221", “I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588". So|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3588" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3068" Midian|strong="H4080" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w easily|strong="H4592"\+w*} as|strong="H1961" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" fighting|strong="H3898" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376"!” 
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\verseNumber{17}Gideon|strong="H1439" replied|strong="H1696", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6213" are|strong="H5869" truly|strong="H6213" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H4994", do|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" which|strong="H5869" will|strong="H5869" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H5869" you|strong="H6213" who|strong="H4672" are|strong="H5869" speaking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994" are|strong="H5869" really|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H7725" do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H2088" go|strong="H3318" away|strong="H7725" until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" go|strong="H3318" and|strong="H7725" bring|strong="H3318" back|strong="H7725" an|strong="H6440" offering|strong="H4503" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H6440".” 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H7725", “Okay, I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5704" stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2088" until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H6440" return|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Gideon|strong="H1439" hurried|strong="H4116" to|strong="H3318" his|strong="H7760" home|strong="H1004". He|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*} a|strong="H6213" young|strong="H1423" goat|strong="H5795" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6213"\+w*} cooked|strong="H2102" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H7760"\+w*}. Then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H6213" took|strong="H3318" ◄a|strong="H6213" half|strong="H2677" a|strong="H6213" bushel|strong="H0374"/18 liters► of|strong="H8478" flour|strong="H7058" and|strong="H6213" baked|strong="H0644" some|strong="H4480" bread|strong="H4682" without|strong="H5795" yeast|strong="H7603". Then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H6213" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H6213" cooked|strong="H2102" meat|strong="H1320" in|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" basket|strong="H5536", and|strong="H6213" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H6213" broth|strong="H4839" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w meat|strong="H1320"\+w*} in|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" pot|strong="H6517", and|strong="H6213" took|strong="H3318" it|strong="H7760" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H6213" was|strong="H1439" sitting|strong="H3427" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H6213" tree|strong="H6086". 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H3947" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213", “Put|strong="H3240" the|strong="H3947" meat|strong="H1320" and|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3947" bread|strong="H4682" on|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3651" rock|strong="H5553". Then|strong="H3947" pour|strong="H8210" the|strong="H3947" broth|strong="H4839" on|strong="H6213" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4397" it|strong="H6213".” So|strong="H3651" Gideon|strong="H8210" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3651". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H1980" Yahweh|strong="H3068" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3068" meat|strong="H1320" and|strong="H1980" bread|strong="H4682" with|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3068" walking|strong="H1980" stick|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027". A|strong="H7971" fire|strong="H0784" flamed up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3068" rock|strong="H6697" and|strong="H1980" burned|strong="H7971" up|strong="H5927" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3068" Gideon|strong="H7971" had|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5927"! And|strong="H1980" then|strong="H1980" Yahweh|strong="H3068" disappeared|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{22}When|strong="H3588" Gideon|strong="H1439" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" really|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w appeared|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w form|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w an|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w angel|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w talked|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w*}, he|strong="H1931" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “O|strong="H3069", Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3588" face-to-face \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w form|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} an|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H4191" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" afraid|strong="H3372"! You|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w seeing|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w me|strong="H3372"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H2088" Gideon|strong="H1439" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7121"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033". He|strong="H3117" named|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" gives|strong="H7121" us|strong="H3117" peace’. That|strong="H3117" altar|strong="H4196" is|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H3068" Ophrah|strong="H6084" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3117" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Abiezer|strong="H0044". 
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\verseNumber{25}That|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Gideon|strong="H1439", “Take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" second-best/oldest|strong="H1419" bull|strong="H6499" from|strong="H3772" your|strong="H3068" father’s|strong="H0001" herd|strong="H7794", the|strong="H5921" bull|strong="H6499" that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Kill|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1931"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1961" tear|strong="H2040" down|strong="H2040" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H1931" your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" built|strong="H1129" to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" god|strong="H3068" Baal|strong="H1168". Also|strong="H3068" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H2040" the|strong="H5921" pole|strong="H5251" for|strong="H5921" worshipping|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Astarte|strong="H6253" that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" there|strong="H1961" beside|strong="H5921" it|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H2088" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stone|strong="H0068"\+w*} altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H5921", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", here|strong="H2088" on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" hill|strong="H2022". Take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" wood|strong="H6086" from|strong="H3772" the|strong="H5921" pole|strong="H5251" you|strong="H5921" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" and|strong="H3068" make|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3947" fire|strong="H0784" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w cook|strong="H2876"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w meat|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w bull|strong="H6499"\+w*} as|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{27}So|strong="H6213" Gideon|strong="H1439" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H1696". But|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" at|strong="H3068" night|strong="H3915", because|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3947" other|strong="H0312" members|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H5650" in|strong="H3068" town|strong="H5892" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213" if|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" found|strong="H3068" out|strong="H3947" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{28}Early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242", as|strong="H5927" soon|strong="H1242" as|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H3772" got|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", they|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H5927" Baal|strong="H1168" had|strong="H1129" been|strong="H5927" torn|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422", and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5921" pole|strong="H5251" for|strong="H5921" worshiping|strong="H7812" Astarte|strong="H6253" was|strong="H5892" gone|strong="H5927". They|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H5892" there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H5892" a|strong="H3772" new|strong="H2319" altar|strong="H4196" there|strong="H2009", and|strong="H5892" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H5892" what|strong="H5927" remained|strong="H3427" from|strong="H3772" the|strong="H5921" bull|strong="H6499" they|strong="H5921" had|strong="H1129" sacrificed|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{29}The|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1121" asked|strong="H1697" each|strong="H2088" other|strong="H2088", “Who|strong="H4310" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088"?” After|strong="H1875" they|strong="H1697" investigated|strong="H1245", someone|strong="H4310" told|strong="H1697" them|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1697" it|strong="H6213" was|strong="H1697" Gideon|strong="H1439", the|strong="H6213" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{30}They|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Joash|strong="H3101" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5921", “Bring|strong="H3318" your|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" out|strong="H3318" here|strong="H5921"! ◄He|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191"/We|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921"►, because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" destroyed|strong="H3772" our|strong="H5921" god|strong="H0430" Baal’s|strong="H1168" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H1121" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H5921" pole|strong="H5251" for|strong="H3588" our|strong="H5921" goddess|strong="H0430" Astarte|strong="H6253"!” 
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\verseNumber{31}But|strong="H3588" Joash|strong="H3101" replied|strong="H0559", “Are|strong="H5975" you|strong="H3588" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H5704" defend|strong="H5975" Baal|strong="H1168"? Are|strong="H5975" you|strong="H3588" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H5704" argue|strong="H7378" his|strong="H3605" case|strong="H3588"? Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" tries|strong="H0974" to|strong="H5704" defend|strong="H5975" Baal|strong="H1168" should|strong="H3588" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191" by|strong="H5921" tomorrow|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242"! If|strong="H3588" Baal|strong="H1168" is|strong="H1931" truly|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" god|strong="H0430", he|strong="H1931" ought|strong="H3972" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H4191" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5704" defend|strong="H5975" himself|strong="H1931", and|strong="H1242" to|strong="H5704" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3605" tore|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" his|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196"!” 
\verseNumber{32}From|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117", people|strong="H1931" called|strong="H7121" Gideon|strong="H1439" Jerub-Baal|strong="H3378", which|strong="H1931" means|strong="H3027" ‘Baal|strong="H1168" should|strong="H3588" defend|strong="H7378" himself’, because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" tore|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" Baal’s|strong="H1168" altar|strong="H4196". 
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\verseNumber{33}Soon|strong="H3512" after|strong="H0310" that|strong="H3605", the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080" and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amalek|strong="H6002" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H6924" gathered|strong="H6960" together|strong="H3162". They|strong="H3605" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israelis}. They|strong="H3605" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H2583" in|strong="H2583" Jezreel|strong="H3157" Valley|strong="H6010". 
\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" took|strong="H3947" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" Gideon|strong="H1439". He|strong="H3068" blew|strong="H8628" a|strong="H3068" ram’s|strong="H7782" horn|strong="H7782" to|strong="H3068" summon|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3068" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H3068" prepare|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898". So|strong="H7307" the|strong="H3068" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H3068" Abiezer|strong="H0044" came|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H8628". 
\verseNumber{35}He|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w four|strong="H0702"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4397"\+w*} Manasseh|strong="H4519", Asher|strong="H0836", Zebulun|strong="H2074", and|strong="H7971" Naphtali|strong="H5321" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w come|strong="H5927"\+w*}, and|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4397" them|strong="H7971" came|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="H1696" Gideon|strong="H1439" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" God|strong="H3027", “If|strong="H3426" you|strong="H3027" are|strong="H3478" truly|strong="H3588" going|strong="H3426" to|strong="H1696" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" rescue|strong="H3467" the|strong="H3027" Israeli people|strong="H1696" as|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3027" promised|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{37}confirm|strong="H6965" it|strong="H5921" by|strong="H3027" doing|strong="H3027" this|strong="H1696": Tonight|strong="H3915" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" put|strong="H3322" a|strong="H1961" dry|strong="H2721" wool|strong="H6785" fleece|strong="H1492" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" where|strong="H5921" I|strong="H3588" thresh|strong="H1758" the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605". Tomorrow|strong="H4279" morning|strong="H1242", if|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" fleece|strong="H1492" is|strong="H3027" wet|strong="H6647" with|strong="H1696" dew|strong="H2919" but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" is|strong="H3027" dry|strong="H2721", then|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" enable|strong="H7980" to|strong="H1696" rescue|strong="H3467" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3045" of|strong="H3027" Israel|strong="H3478" as|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H1696".” 
\verseNumber{38}And|strong="H7925" that|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3651" happened|strong="H1961". When|strong="H1961" Gideon|strong="H1439" got|strong="H7925" up|strong="H7925" the|strong="H4480" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H4283", he|strong="H3651" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="H7925" the|strong="H4480" fleece|strong="H1492", and|strong="H7925" squeezed|strong="H2115" out|strong="H4480" a|strong="H1961" whole|strong="H3605" bowlful of|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325"! 
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\verseNumber{39}Then|strong="H1961" Gideon|strong="H1439" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" God|strong="H0430", “Do|strong="H4994" not|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994", but|strong="H7535" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H4994" one|strong="H3605" more|strong="H6471" thing|strong="H3605". Tonight|strong="H3915" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" put|strong="H5254" the|strong="H3605" fleece|strong="H1492" out|strong="H5921" again|strong="H1961". This|strong="H1696" time|strong="H6471", let|strong="H4994" the|strong="H3605" fleece|strong="H1492" remain|strong="H1961" dry|strong="H2721", while|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" is|strong="H3605" wet|strong="H6647" with|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" dew|strong="H2919".” 
\verseNumber{40}So|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915", God|strong="H0430" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Gideon|strong="H1439" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213". The|strong="H3605" next|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242" the|strong="H3605" fleece|strong="H1492" was|strong="H1961" dry|strong="H2721", but|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" was|strong="H1961" covered|strong="H3680" with|strong="H6213" dew|strong="H2919". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Gideon and his men defeated the army from Midian }

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\chapterNumber{7}The|strong="H3605" next|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H7925", Gideon|strong="H1439" and|strong="H5971" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" got|strong="H7925" up|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" and|strong="H5971" went|strong="H5971" as|strong="H1961" far|strong="H5921" as|strong="H1961" Harod|strong="H5878" Spring|strong="H6779". The|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H6010" Midian|strong="H4080" was|strong="H1961" camped|strong="H2583" north|strong="H6828" of|strong="H6010" them|strong="H5921", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H6010" near|strong="H5921" Moreh|strong="H4176" Hill|strong="H1389". 
\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Gideon|strong="H1439", “You|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" too|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" soldiers|strong="H5971" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414". If|strong="H6435" I|strong="H5414" allow|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Midian|strong="H4080", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H6435"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5971"\+w* defeats \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}, they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" boast|strong="H6286" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3068" defeated|strong="H5221" their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H3027" by|strong="H3027" themselves|strong="H5414", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w help|strong="H3467"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H4480" tell|strong="H4994" the|strong="H4480" men|strong="H5971", ‘Whoever|strong="H4310" among|strong="H4480" you|strong="H7725" is|strong="H4310" timid|strong="H7390" or|strong="H4480" afraid|strong="H3373" may|strong="H4994" leave|strong="H7604" us|strong="H4994" and|strong="H6242" go|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725".’ ” So|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w Gideon|strong="H1439"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*}, 22,000 of|strong="H2022" them|strong="H7725" went|strong="H5971" home|strong="H7725". Only|strong="H0389" 10,000 men|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" left|strong="H7604" there|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" Gideon|strong="H1439", “There|strong="H8033" are|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5750" too|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7227" men|strong="H5971"! Take|strong="H1961" them|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" spring|strong="H4325", and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033" I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3068" choose|strong="H0977" from|strong="H3381" among|strong="H5973" them|strong="H3381", which|strong="H1931" ones|strong="H2945" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3068" which|strong="H1931" ones|strong="H2945" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212".”. 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3068" Gideon|strong="H1439" took|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" spring|strong="H4325", Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921", “When|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" drink|strong="H8354", put|strong="H3322" into|strong="H3381" one|strong="H3605" group|strong="H7235" the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H3605" scoop|strong="H2834" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" into|strong="H3381" their|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H3068" lap|strong="H1290" it|strong="H5921" up|strong="H5921" like|strong="H3381" dogs|strong="H3611" do|strong="H3068". Put|strong="H3322" into|strong="H3381" another|strong="H4480" group|strong="H7235" the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H3605" kneel|strong="H3766" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w bend|strong="H1869"\+w* \+w over|strong="H5921"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" drink|strong="H8354" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" mouths|strong="H6310" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325".” 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" drank|strong="H8354", only|strong="H3605" 300 men|strong="H5971" drank|strong="H8354" from|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H5971" drank|strong="H8354" with|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" mouths|strong="H6310" down|strong="H3766" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325". 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" Gideon|strong="H1439", “The|strong="H3605" 300 men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" lapped|strong="H3952" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3068" army|strong="H5971"! I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" defeat|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" Midian|strong="H4080" army|strong="H5971". Let|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H5971" go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H4725"!” 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H3947" Gideon’s 300 men|strong="H5971" collected|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3605" food|strong="H6720" and|strong="H3967" rams’|strong="H0352" horns|strong="H7782" from|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3967" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" home|strong="H1004". 
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The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3027" Midian|strong="H4080" were|strong="H3478" camping|strong="H2583" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H6010" below|strong="H8478" Gideon|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{9}That|strong="H3588" night|strong="H3915", Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" Gideon|strong="H1439", “Get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" their|strong="H3068" camp|strong="H4264", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w hear|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* convince \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H3068" men|strong="H4264" to|strong="H3381" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3381" are|strong="H5288" afraid|strong="H3373" to|strong="H3381" attack|strong="H5221" them|strong="H3381" by|strong="H3381" yourself|strong="H0859", take|strong="H3381" your|strong="H3381" servant|strong="H5288" Purah|strong="H6513" with|strong="H3381" you|strong="H3381". 
\verseNumber{11}Go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="H3027" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H4100" some|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8085" Midian|strong="H4080" soldiers|strong="H5288" are|strong="H3027" saying|strong="H1696". Then|strong="H1696" you|strong="H4100" will|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3027" very|strong="H3966" encouraged|strong="H2388", and|strong="H3027" you|strong="H4100" will|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3027" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H1696" attack|strong="H5221" their|strong="H8085" camp|strong="H4264".” So|strong="H1696" Gideon|strong="H1439" took|strong="H2388" Purah|strong="H6513" with|strong="H1696" him|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H4100" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" edge|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8085" enemy|strong="H0340" camp|strong="H4264". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080" and|strong="H1121" Amalek|strong="H6002" and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H6924" had|strong="H1121" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168" and|strong="H1121" looked|strong="H7200" like|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5921" swarm|strong="H8317" of|strong="H1121" locusts|strong="H0697". It|strong="H5921" seemed|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" camels|strong="H1581" were|strong="H1121" as|strong="H7230" impossible|strong="H1219" to|strong="H5921" count|strong="H4557" as|strong="H7230" the|strong="H3605" grains|strong="H4579" of|strong="H1121" sand|strong="H2344" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" seashore|strong="H3220". 
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\verseNumber{13}Gideon|strong="H1439" crept closer|strong="H5066" and|strong="H3899" heard|strong="H8085" one|strong="H7453" man|strong="H5307" telling|strong="H5608" a|strong="H5221" friend|strong="H7453" about|strong="H5221" a|strong="H5221" dream|strong="H2472". He|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5704" just|strong="H3512" had|strong="H2492" a|strong="H5221" dream|strong="H2472", and|strong="H3899" in|strong="H3899" the|strong="H5221" dream|strong="H2472" I|strong="H5704" saw|strong="H2009" a|strong="H5221" round|strong="H4605" loaf|strong="H6742" of|strong="H4264" barley|strong="H8184" bread|strong="H3899" tumble down|strong="H5307" into|strong="H2015" our|strong="H5307" Midian|strong="H4080" camp|strong="H4264". It|strong="H5221" struck|strong="H5221" a|strong="H5221" tent|strong="H0168" so|strong="H5704" hard|strong="H7186" that|strong="H5307" the|strong="H5221" tent|strong="H0168" turned|strong="H2015" upside|strong="H4605" down|strong="H5307" and|strong="H3899" collapsed|strong="H5307"!” 
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\verseNumber{14}His|strong="H3605" friend|strong="H7453" said|strong="H6030", “Your|strong="H3605" dream|strong="H2472" can|strong="H1121" mean|strong="H2823" only|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H2063". It|strong="H5414" means|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" enable|strong="H7980" Gideon|strong="H1439", the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H4264" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" here|strong="H2063" with|strong="H3027" us|strong="H5414" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3478" Midian|strong="H4080".” 
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\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H3588" Gideon|strong="H1439" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w man|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w*} dream|strong="H2472" and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H8085" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" dream|strong="H2472", he|strong="H3588" thanked|strong="H1288" God|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w Purah|strong="H6513"\+w*} returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H8085" Israeli camp|strong="H4264", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" shouted|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H8085" men|strong="H3478", “Get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965"! Because|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" enabling you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7725" defeat|strong="H5414" the|strong="H8085" men|strong="H3478" from|strong="H7725" Midian|strong="H4080"!” 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H3605" divided|strong="H2673" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H7218" into|strong="H8432" three|strong="H7969" groups|strong="H7218". He|strong="H3605" gave|strong="H5414" each|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" a|strong="H5414" ram’s|strong="H7782" horn|strong="H7782" and|strong="H3967" an|strong="H5414" empty|strong="H7386" clay|strong="H2635" jar|strong="H3537". He|strong="H3605" also|strong="H3027" gave|strong="H5414" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3027" them|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" torch|strong="H3940" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w lit|strong="H0215"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H6213" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H6213", “Watch|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200". When|strong="H1961" we|strong="H6213" come|strong="H1961" close|strong="H4480" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7200" enemy|strong="H0340" camp|strong="H4264", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w spread|strong="H6566"\+w* \+w out|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w surround|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w camp|strong="H4264"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" exactly|strong="H3651" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H2009" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{18}As|strong="H1571" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1571" I|strong="H1571" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1571" blow|strong="H8628" our|strong="H3068" ram’s|strong="H7782" horns|strong="H7782", you|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" groups|strong="H7218" surrounding|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" blow|strong="H8628" your|strong="H3068" horns|strong="H7782" and|strong="H3068" shout|strong="H7321", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3068"\+w*} for|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3068" Gideon|strong="H1439"!’” 
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\verseNumber{19}A|strong="H8628" while|strong="H5704" before|strong="H6965" midnight|strong="H2677", just|strong="H3512" after|strong="H7097" a|strong="H8628" new|strong="H2319" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3027" Israeli guards|strong="H8104" took|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8104" places|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8104" previous|strong="H7223" group|strong="H7235", Gideon|strong="H1439" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H8104" 100 men|strong="H7218" with|strong="H3027" him|strong="H3027" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H4264" the|strong="H8104" edge|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8104" Midian|strong="H4080" camp|strong="H4264". Suddenly|strong="H6597" they|strong="H3027" all|strong="H6965" blew|strong="H8628" their|strong="H8104" horns|strong="H7782", and|strong="H3967" broke|strong="H7665" their|strong="H8104" jars|strong="H3537". 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3068" men|strong="H7218" in|strong="H3068" all|strong="H7121" three|strong="H7969" groups|strong="H7218" blew|strong="H8628" their|strong="H3068" horns|strong="H7782" and|strong="H3068" smashed|strong="H7665" their|strong="H3068" jars|strong="H3537". They|strong="H3068" held|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3068" torches|strong="H3940" high|strong="H7218" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" left|strong="H8040" hands|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3068" held|strong="H2388" up|strong="H7665" the|strong="H3068" horns|strong="H7782" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3225" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3068" alternatively blew|strong="H8628" them|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3068" shouted|strong="H7121", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w*} for|strong="H7121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H7121" Gideon|strong="H1439"!” 
\verseNumber{21}Each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4264" Gideon’s men|strong="H3605" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5975" his|strong="H3605" position|strong="H5975" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" enemy|strong="H0340" camp|strong="H4264". As|strong="H8478" they|strong="H7323" watched|strong="H7200", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Midian|strong="H4080" men|strong="H3605" started|strong="H2490" running|strong="H7323" around|strong="H5439" and|strong="H5975" shouting|strong="H7321" in|strong="H5975" a|strong="H5975" panic|strong="H2865". 
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\verseNumber{22}While|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" 300 Israeli men|strong="H3605" kept|strong="H8104" blowing|strong="H8628" their|strong="H3605" horns|strong="H7782", Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H5704" start|strong="H1870" fighting|strong="H3898" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H7453" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" swords|strong="H2719"/daggers. Some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" killed|strong="H2719" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H7453". The|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" fled|strong="H5127". Some|strong="H3605" fled|strong="H5127" south|strong="H5045" to|strong="H5704" Beth-Shittah|strong="H1029". Some|strong="H3605" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H5704" Zerarah \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w village|strong="H1949"\+w*}, near|strong="H5921" Tabbath|strong="H2888". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H3605" Gideon|strong="H1439" sent|strong="H7971" messages|strong="H2372" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" areas|strong="H0776" where|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4480" Naphtali|strong="H5321", Asher|strong="H0836", and|strong="H3478" Manasseh|strong="H4519" lived|strong="H3427", to|strong="H3478" tell|strong="H3605" them|strong="H7291" to|strong="H3478" come|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" pursue|strong="H7291" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4480" Midian|strong="H4080". 
\verseNumber{24}He|strong="H5704" also|strong="H1571" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669" lived|strong="H3427", saying|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H5704" attack|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H2022" Midian|strong="H4080". Come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5704", to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H3605" where|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" can|strong="H4310" wade|strong="H5975" across|strong="H5676", to|strong="H5704" prevent|strong="H6923" enemy|strong="H0340" troops|strong="H1416" from|strong="H3381" crossing|strong="H5674" it|strong="H3381"! Station|strong="H5324" men|strong="H3605" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" south|strong="H5045" as|strong="H5704" Beth-Barah|strong="H1012".” 
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So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669" did|strong="H2022" what|strong="H4100" Gideon|strong="H1439" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{25}They|strong="H3920" also|strong="H8269" captured|strong="H3920" Oreb|strong="H6159" and|strong="H7218" Zeeb|strong="H2062", the|strong="H5676" two|strong="H8147" generals|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H5676" Midian|strong="H4080" army|strong="H2428". They|strong="H3920" killed|strong="H2026" Oreb|strong="H6159" at|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5676"\+w* \+w big|strong="H0931"\+w* \+w rock|strong="H6697"\+w* \+w which|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w is|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w now|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} the|strong="H5676" rock|strong="H6697" of|strong="H8269" Oreb|strong="H6159", and|strong="H7218" they|strong="H3920" killed|strong="H2026" Zeeb|strong="H2062" at|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5676"\+w* \+w place|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w crush|strong="H1792"\+w* \+w grapes|strong="H6025"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w is|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w now|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} the|strong="H5676" winepress|strong="H3342" of|strong="H8269" Zeeb|strong="H2062". Afterwards|strong="H0310", the|strong="H5676" Israelis cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5676" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H8269" Oreb|strong="H6159" and|strong="H7218" Zeeb|strong="H2062" and|strong="H7218" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H8147" to|strong="H3383" Gideon|strong="H1439", while|strong="H3383" he|strong="H8147" was|strong="H7218" near|strong="H3920" the|strong="H5676" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H5104". 

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\chapterNumber{8}Then|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1697" Ephraim|strong="H0669" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1980" Gideon|strong="H1439", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" acted|strong="H6213" toward|strong="H1980" us|strong="H6213" like|strong="H1697" this|strong="H2088"? When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" went|strong="H1980" out|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1980" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1697" Midian|strong="H4080", why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H1115" summon|strong="H7121" us|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w help|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}?” They|strong="H3588" rebuked|strong="H7378" Gideon|strong="H1439" severely|strong="H2394". 
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\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H3808" Gideon|strong="H1439" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H6258" have|strong="H6258" done|strong="H6213" [RHQ] very|strong="H6213" little|strong="H4592" compared|strong="H1819" with|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H6258" done|strong="H6213"! My|strong="H6213" small|strong="H6996" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H6213" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H6213" Abiezer|strong="H0044" only|strong="H0389" started|strong="H2490" the|strong="H6213" battle|strong="H4421", but|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w very|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w large|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w group|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6213"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H6213" Ephraim|strong="H0669" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w helped|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w finish|strong="H3615"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w task|strong="H6045"\+w* \+w very|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w well|strong="H2896"\+w*. \+w It|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3808"\+w*} the|strong="H6213" final|strong="H0319" grapes|strong="H5955" of|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" harvest|strong="H1210" being|strong="H1961" much|strong="H4100" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H2896" the|strong="H6213" first|strong="H7223" grapes|strong="H5955" that|strong="H6213" are|strong="H4100" picked|strong="H5375". 
\verseNumber{3}God|strong="H5414" enabled|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" defeat|strong="H5414" Oreb|strong="H6159" and|strong="H3027" Zeeb|strong="H2062", the|strong="H5921" generals|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" from|strong="H5921" Midian|strong="H4080". That|strong="H1697" is|strong="H2088" [RHQ] much|strong="H3027" more|strong="H5921" important|strong="H5704" than|strong="H5921" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H5414" did|strong="H6213"!” After|strong="H5921" Gideon|strong="H1439" told|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5414" that|strong="H1697", they|strong="H5921" no|strong="H6213" longer|strong="H5750" resented what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H6213" had|strong="H5414" done|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H5674" Gideon|strong="H1439" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H5674" 300 men|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w*} crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. Although|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1931" were|strong="H7291" very|strong="H3966" tired|strong="H5889", they|strong="H1931" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5674" pursue|strong="H7291" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H4428" Succoth|strong="H5523" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, Gideon|strong="H1439" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" town|strong="H7151" leaders|strong="H7218", “Please|strong="H4994" give|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" men|strong="H5971" some|strong="H1992" food|strong="H3899"! They|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" very|strong="H1992" tired|strong="H5889". We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1992" pursuing|strong="H7291" Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H4428" Zalmunna|strong="H6759", the|strong="H3588" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Midian|strong="H4080".” 
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\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3027" Succoth|strong="H5523" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3027" not|strong="H5414" caught|strong="H3920" [RHQ] Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H3027" Zalmunna|strong="H6759" yet|strong="H3588". So|strong="H5414" why|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" give|strong="H5414" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" troops|strong="H6635" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H6258"\+w*? \+w Catch|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w first|strong="H7223"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w then|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{7}Gideon|strong="H1439" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w said|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*}, after|strong="H0310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enables us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H3068" Zalmunna|strong="H6759", we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725". And|strong="H3068" then|strong="H3651" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H5414" whips|strong="H7752" from|strong="H3027" thorns|strong="H6975" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" desert|strong="H4057", and|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3068" rip|strong="H1234" the|strong="H5414" flesh|strong="H1320" off|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" bones|strong="H6106"!” 
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\verseNumber{8}From|strong="H5927" there|strong="H8033", Gideon|strong="H1439" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5927"\+w* 300 \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w*} went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" Peniel|strong="H6439" and|strong="H6030" asked|strong="H1696" for|strong="H8033" food|strong="H3899" there|strong="H8033", but|strong="H6030" the|strong="H5927" people|strong="H1696" gave|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6030" the|strong="H5927" same|strong="H2063" answer|strong="H6030". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H7725" he|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4026" Peniel|strong="H6439", “After|strong="H0310" I|strong="H2088" defeat|strong="H5221" those|strong="H2088" kings|strong="H4428", I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H1571" return|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" tear|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" this|strong="H2088" tower|strong="H4026"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}By|strong="H5973" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6924", Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H3967" Zalmunna|strong="H6759" had|strong="H1121" gone|strong="H5307" to|strong="H1121" Karkor|strong="H7174" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} with|strong="H5973" 15,000 troops|strong="H4264". They|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" left|strong="H3498" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H4264" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1121" come|strong="H5307" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H6924". 120,000 of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1121" already|strong="H3528" been|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{11}Gideon|strong="H1439" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w men|strong="H4264"\+w*} went|strong="H5927" east|strong="H6924" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5221" road|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1870" which|strong="H0834" caravans|strong="H0734" travel|strong="H1980". They|strong="H5221" went|strong="H5927" past|strong="H6924" Nobah|strong="H5025" and|strong="H1870" Jogbehah|strong="H3011" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w villages|strong="H2691"\+w*} and|strong="H1870" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H4264" the|strong="H5221" enemy|strong="H0340" camp|strong="H4264" by|strong="H1870" surprise. 
\verseNumber{12}Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H4428" Zalmunna|strong="H6759" fled|strong="H5127", but|strong="H3605" Gideon’s men|strong="H3605" pursued|strong="H7291" them|strong="H8147" and|strong="H4428" captured|strong="H3920" them|strong="H8147" and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" warriors|strong="H1368". 
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\verseNumber{13}After|strong="H4480" that|strong="H4480", Gideon|strong="H1439" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7725" men|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w took|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Zebah|strong="H2078"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\+w* \+w with|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725", going|strong="H7725" through|strong="H4480" Heres|strong="H2776" Pass|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{14}There|strong="H8033" he|strong="H2205" captured|strong="H3920" a|strong="H3789" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" from|strong="H3920" Succoth|strong="H5523", and|strong="H5288" demanded|strong="H7592" that|strong="H5288" he|strong="H2205" write|strong="H3789" down|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3920" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H8269" all|strong="H3920" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3920" leaders|strong="H8269" in|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3920" town|strong="H7151". The|strong="H3920" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" wrote|strong="H3789" down|strong="H3789" seventy-seven|strong="H7657" names|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H2009" Gideon|strong="H1439" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5414" Succoth|strong="H5523" and|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" those|strong="H3588" leaders|strong="H7218", “Here|strong="H2009" are|strong="H3027" Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H3027" Zalmunna|strong="H6759". When|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3027" here|strong="H2009" before|strong="H6440", you|strong="H3588" made|strong="H5414" fun of|strong="H3027" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559" ‘You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3027" not|strong="H5414" [RHQ] caught|strong="H3920" Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H3027" Zalmunna|strong="H6759" yet|strong="H3588"! After|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" catch|strong="H3920" them|strong="H5414", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3027" give|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" exhausted|strong="H3286" men|strong="H0376" some|strong="H3027" food|strong="H3899".’ ” 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H3947" Gideon’s men|strong="H2205" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" town|strong="H5892" leaders|strong="H2205" and|strong="H5892" whipped them|strong="H3947" with|strong="H3045" whips|strong="H7752" made|strong="H3045" from|strong="H3947" briers|strong="H1303" from|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" desert|strong="H4057", to|strong="H3045" teach|strong="H3045" them|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w deserved|strong="H1576"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w giving|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w any|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H0227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w went|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5892"\+w*} Peniel|strong="H6439" and|strong="H5892" tore|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H2026" tower|strong="H4026", and|strong="H5892" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H2026" the|strong="H2026" men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H2026" town|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H4428" Gideon|strong="H1439" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H1121" Zalmunna|strong="H6759", “The|strong="H2026" men|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3644" killed|strong="H2026" near|strong="H7126" Tabor|strong="H8396" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}, what|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" they|strong="H4428" look|strong="H7200" like|strong="H3644"?” 
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They|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H4428" were|strong="H1121" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H3644"; they|strong="H4428" all|strong="H2026" looked|strong="H7200" like|strong="H3644" they|strong="H4428" were|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3644" king|strong="H4428".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Gideon|strong="H1439" replied|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3068" brothers|strong="H1121"! Just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H2421" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", I|strong="H3808" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H3808" if|strong="H3863" you|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026" them|strong="H1992".” 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" turned|strong="H2015" to|strong="H6965" his|strong="H6965" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1060", Jether|strong="H3500". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6965" him|strong="H2026", “Kill|strong="H2026" them|strong="H2026"!” But|strong="H3588" Jether|strong="H3500" was|strong="H5288" only|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" boy|strong="H5288", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H5288" afraid|strong="H3372", so|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pull|strong="H8025" out|strong="H8025" his|strong="H6965" dagger|strong="H2719" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w them|strong="H2026"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H6965" Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H6965" Zalmunna|strong="H6759" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6965" Gideon|strong="H1439", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" ask|strong="H6293" a|strong="H3947" young|strong="H5288" boy|strong="H5288" to|strong="H6965" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3947" man|strong="H0376" should|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213"!” So|strong="H3947" Gideon|strong="H1439" killed|strong="H2026" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H6677" them|strong="H3947". Then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3588" gold|strong="H2091" ornaments|strong="H7720" from|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3588" necks|strong="H6677" of|strong="H6677" their|strong="H3947" camels|strong="H1581". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Gideon|strong="H1439" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H6965" be|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Gideon|strong="H1439" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H6965" be|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" }
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H1571" a|strong="H3588" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" Israeli men|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w came|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} Gideon|strong="H1439" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H3027", “You|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3027" our|strong="H3588" ruler|strong="H4910"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3588" grandsons|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} be|strong="H3027" our|strong="H3588" rulers|strong="H4910", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" rescued|strong="H5337" us|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" Midian|strong="H4080" army|strong="H2428".” 
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\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" Gideon|strong="H1439" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" you|strong="H3808", and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" you|strong="H3808". Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" you|strong="H3808".” 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H5414" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" request|strong="H7596" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H4480" thing|strong="H3588". I|strong="H3588" request|strong="H7596" that|strong="H3588" each|strong="H5414" of|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3588" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" one|strong="H4480" earring|strong="H5141" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" things|strong="H1992" you|strong="H3588" captured|strong="H3920" after|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" battle|strong="H4421".” 
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[All|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H1992" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" Ishmael|strong="H3458" wore|strong="H3830" gold|strong="H2091" earrings|strong="H5141".] 
\verseNumber{25}They|strong="H8033" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H8033" will|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" glad|strong="H8055" to|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" earrings|strong="H5141" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414"!” So|strong="H5414" they|strong="H8033" spread|strong="H6566" a|strong="H5414" cloth|strong="H8071" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w*}, and|strong="H8033" each|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" threw|strong="H7993" on|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" one|strong="H0259" gold|strong="H2091" earring|strong="H5141" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H8033" had|strong="H5414" taken|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w had|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H5921" weight|strong="H4948" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earrings|strong="H5141" was|strong="H1961" ◄43 pounds|strong="H1993"/19.4 kg.►. That|strong="H4428" did|strong="H4080" not|strong="H1961" include|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Gideon|strong="H1439"\+w*}—the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" ornaments|strong="H7720" or|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" pendants|strong="H5188" or|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" clothes|strong="H0899" that|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Midian|strong="H4080" wore|strong="H5921" or|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" gold|strong="H2091" chains|strong="H6060" that|strong="H4428" were|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" necks|strong="H6677" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H5921" camels|strong="H1581". 
\verseNumber{27}Gideon|strong="H1439" made|strong="H6213"/decorated|strong="H5927" a|strong="H1961" sacred|strong="H6944" vest from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H3478" later|strong="H1961" he|strong="H8033" put|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" hometown|strong="H4725", Ophrah|strong="H6084". But|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" vest. So|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" became|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" trap|strong="H4170" [MET|strong="H6298"] for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w causing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w instead|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w only|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Gideon|strong="H1439" died|strong="H4191" }

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\verseNumber{28}That|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" how|strong="H4100" the|strong="H6440" Israelis defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H6440" Midian|strong="H4080". The|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" become|strong="H5375" strong|strong="H2388" enough|strong="H1767" to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H5221" Israel|strong="H3478" again|strong="H3254". So|strong="H3808" while|strong="H3117" Gideon|strong="H1439" was|strong="H3478" alive|strong="H2416", there|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3478" peace|strong="H8252" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" for|strong="H6440" 40 years|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{29}Gideon|strong="H1439" went|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3212" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{30}He|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7227" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" bore|strong="H3205" him|strong="H3318" seventy|strong="H7657" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{31}He|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" had|strong="H3205" a|strong="H7760" slave|strong="H5650" wife|strong="H0802" in|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, who|strong="H1931" bore|strong="H3205" him|strong="H3205" a|strong="H7760" son|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H1931" named|strong="H8034" Abimelech|strong="H0040". 
\verseNumber{32}Gideon|strong="H1439" died|strong="H4191" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1439" was|strong="H1121" very|strong="H2896" old|strong="H1121". They|strong="H1992" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H6912" body|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" grave|strong="H6913" where|strong="H0834" his|strong="H6912" father|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101" was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912", at|strong="H4191" Ophrah|strong="H6084", in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" land|strong="H0776" belonging to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abiether. 
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\verseNumber{33}But|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" Gideon|strong="H1439" died|strong="H4191", the|strong="H7725" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stopped|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w started|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w images|strong="H6456"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w Baal|strong="H1168"\+w*, \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] adultresses \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leave|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w their|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w husbands|strong="H1167"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w go|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w sleep|strong="H8142"\+w* \+w with|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w*}. They|strong="H3478" made|strong="H7760" a|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statue|strong="H6755"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w*} new|strong="H2319" god|strong="H0430" called|strong="H7760" Baal-Berith|strong="H1170". 
\verseNumber{34}They|strong="H3068" forgot|strong="H7911" about|strong="H5439" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" them|strong="H3027" from|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3605" surrounded|strong="H5439" them|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{35}And|strong="H3478" even|strong="H3808" though|strong="H3588" Gideon|strong="H1439" had|strong="H3478" done|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H3605" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Israelis, they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" kind|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3478" Gideon’s family|strong="H1004". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Abimelech became king in Shechem }

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\chapterNumber{9}Gideon’s son|strong="H1121" Abimelech|strong="H0040" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1004"\+w*} his|strong="H3605" mother’s|strong="H0517" brothers|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1004" Shechem|strong="H7927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. He|strong="H3605" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" mother’s|strong="H0517" relatives|strong="H4940", 
\verseNumber{2}“Ask|strong="H7592" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892": ‘Do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w think|strong="H2142"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w*} good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" 70 of|strong="H1121" Gideon’s sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1696" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" you|strong="H3588"? Or|strong="H1121" would|strong="H4100" it|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1121" better|strong="H2896" to|strong="H1696" have|strong="H1121" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H4994"\+w*}, to|strong="H1696" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" you|strong="H3588"?’ And|strong="H1121" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3588" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3605" relative|strong="H1167"! [MTY]” 
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\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H3588" Abimelech’s|strong="H0040" mother’s|strong="H0517" brothers|strong="H0251" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1697" Shechem|strong="H7927" about|strong="H5921" what|strong="H1697" Abimelech|strong="H0040" had|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" each|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605", “We|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" allow|strong="H5414" Abimelech|strong="H0040" to|strong="H1696" rule|strong="H1697" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" our|strong="H3605" relative|strong="H1167".” 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" Shechem|strong="H7927" took|strong="H5414" from|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w god|strong="H5414"\+w*} Baal-Berith|strong="H1170" ◄almost|strong="H4592" 2 pounds|strong="H1993"/0.8 kg.► of|strong="H1004" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" Abimelech|strong="H0040". With|strong="H1004" that|strong="H5414" silver|strong="H3701" he|strong="H1004" paid|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" worthless|strong="H7386" troublemakers to|strong="H3212" help|strong="H5826" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3701" they|strong="H5414" went|strong="H3212" with|strong="H1004" Abimelech|strong="H0040" wherever|strong="H3605" he|strong="H1004" went|strong="H3212". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H3588" went|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5921" Ophrah|strong="H6084", his|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" town|strong="H7151", and|strong="H1121" murdered|strong="H2026" 69 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" 70 brothers|strong="H1121", the|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" father|strong="H1121" Gideon|strong="H1439". They|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1121" huge|strong="H1995" rock|strong="H6697". But|strong="H3588" Gideon’s youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147" hid|strong="H2244" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" escaped|strong="H3498". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H4428" Shechem|strong="H7927" and|strong="H4428" Beth-Millo|strong="H1037" gathered|strong="H7927" under|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" big|strong="H0931" sacred|strong="H6944" tree|strong="H6086" in|strong="H1004" Shechem|strong="H7927". There|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" appointed|strong="H5324" Abimelech|strong="H0040" to|strong="H3212" be|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387". 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H8085" Jotham|strong="H3147" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085", he|strong="H7121" climbed|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5375" Gerizim|strong="H1630" Mountain|strong="H2022". He|strong="H7121" stood|strong="H5975" at|strong="H5975" the|strong="H8085" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H8085" mountain|strong="H2022" and|strong="H3212" shouted|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w down|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w below|strong="H8478"\+w*}, “You|strong="H5046" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H2022" Shechem|strong="H7927", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H5046", in|strong="H8085" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H2022" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H5046"! 
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\verseNumber{9}“ut the|strong="H5921" olive|strong="H2132" tree|strong="H6086" said|strong="H0559", ‘No|strong="H2308"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H2132"\+w* \+w not|strong="H2308"\+w* \+w be|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*} Men|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" gods|strong="H1980" enjoy|strong="H3513" the|strong="H5921" oil|strong="H8081" from|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" fruit|strong="H6086". I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H2132" not|strong="H2308" [RHQ] stop|strong="H2308" producing|strong="H6509" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olives|strong="H2132"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w which|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w we|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w make|strong="H3513"\+w*} that|strong="H6086" oil|strong="H8081", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H1980" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" trees|strong="H6086"!’ 
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\verseNumber{10}“hen|strong="H2581" the|strong="H5921" trees|strong="H6086" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5921" fig|strong="H8384" tree|strong="H6086", ‘You|strong="H5921" come|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" be|strong="H6086" our|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427"!’ 
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\verseNumber{11}“ut the|strong="H5921" fig|strong="H8384" tree|strong="H6086" replied|strong="H0559", ‘No|strong="H2308"! I|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H2308" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1980" [RHQ] stop|strong="H2308" producing|strong="H6509" my|strong="H5921" good|strong="H2896" sweet|strong="H2896" fruit|strong="H8570", and|strong="H1980" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" trees|strong="H6086"!’ 
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\verseNumber{12}“hen|strong="H2581" the|strong="H5921" trees|strong="H6086" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5921" grapevine, ‘Come|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" be|strong="H6086" our|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427"!’ 
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\verseNumber{13}“ut the|strong="H5921" grapevine replied|strong="H0559", ‘No|strong="H2308"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1612"\+w* \+w not|strong="H2308"\+w* \+w be|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*} The|strong="H5921" new|strong="H8492" wine|strong="H8492" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w is|strong="H8492"\+w* \+w made|strong="H8055"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w grapes|strong="H8492"\+w*} causes|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5128" and|strong="H1980" gods|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w drink|strong="H8354"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*} to|strong="H1980" become|strong="H1980" very|strong="H8055" happy|strong="H8055". I|strong="H5921" do|strong="H1612" not|strong="H2308" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1980" stop|strong="H2308" producing|strong="H6509" grapes|strong="H8492" and|strong="H1980" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" trees|strong="H6086"!’ [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{14}“hen|strong="H2581" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" thornbush, ‘Come|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" be|strong="H6086" our|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427"!’ 
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\verseNumber{15}“he|strong="H4480" thornbush replied|strong="H0559", ‘If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5921" truly|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3318" appoint|strong="H6485" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H6086" your|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", come|strong="H3318" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" shade|strong="H6738" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{tiny \+w branches|strong="H6086"\+w*}. But|strong="H4428" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5921" do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3318" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H3318" that|strong="H4428", I|strong="H5921" hope|strong="H2620"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H4428" fire|strong="H0784" will|strong="H4428" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" burn|strong="H8313" up|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" huge|strong="H1995" cedar|strong="H0730" trees|strong="H6086" in|strong="H5921" Lebanon|strong="H3844" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*}!’” 
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\verseNumber{16}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H1004"\+w*} Jotham|strong="H3147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w finished|strong="H3615"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w parable|strong="H4912"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w*} said|strong="H0559", “So|strong="H6213" now|strong="H6258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w*}, were|strong="H3027" you|strong="H6213" being|strong="H4427" completely|strong="H3617" honest|strong="H3653" and|strong="H3027" sincere|strong="H3476" when|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" appointed|strong="H6213" Abimelech|strong="H0040" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3027" your|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4427" [RHQ]? And|strong="H3027" have|strong="H3027" you|strong="H6213" treated|strong="H6213" Gideon|strong="H1439" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" family|strong="H1004" [RHQ] fairly|strong="H6664"? Have|strong="H3027" you|strong="H6213" rewarded|strong="H1580" Gideon|strong="H1439" by|strong="H3027" honoring|strong="H3513" him|strong="H3027" as|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" deserved|strong="H1576" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w all|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w good|strong="H2895"\+w* \+w things|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w*}? No|strong="H6213"! 
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\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" rebelled|strong="H6965" against|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" family|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026" 69 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1931" huge|strong="H1995" rock|strong="H6697". And|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" appointed|strong="H1121" Abimelech|strong="H0040"—who|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" slave|strong="H5650" girl|strong="H5291", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*}—to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1121" rule|strong="H4427" you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927". You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5921" relatives|strong="H1121"! 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H6213", if|strong="H1931" today|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1571" truly|strong="H1571" acted|strong="H6213" fairly|strong="H6664" and|strong="H3117" sincerely|strong="H8549" toward|strong="H5973" Gideon|strong="H1439" and|strong="H3117" his|strong="H6213" family|strong="H1004", I|strong="H3117" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1571" cause|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3117" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1571" happy|strong="H8055" and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1571" cause|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1571" happy|strong="H8055". 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3318" did|strong="H7927" was|strong="H1004" not|strong="H3318" right|strong="H3225", I|strong="H1004" wish|strong="H2896"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H1004" Abimelech|strong="H0040" will|strong="H1004" burn|strong="H8313" up|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3318" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1004" Shechem|strong="H7927" and|strong="H1004" Beth-Millo|strong="H1037" with|strong="H1004" fire|strong="H0784"! And|strong="H1004" I|strong="H1004" also|strong="H3318" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3318" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1004" Shechem|strong="H7927" and|strong="H1004" Beth-Millo|strong="H1037" will|strong="H1004" cause|strong="H3318" fire|strong="H0784" to|strong="H3318" burn|strong="H8313" up|strong="H3318" Abimelech|strong="H0040"!” 
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\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H0310"\+w*} Jotham|strong="H3147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w finished|strong="H3615"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3212"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H8033"\+w*} escaped|strong="H5127" from|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3212" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Beer|strong="H0876" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. He|strong="H8033" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" because|strong="H6440" he|strong="H8033" was|strong="H6440" afraid|strong="H3372" that|strong="H3212" his|strong="H6440" brother|strong="H0251" Abimelech|strong="H0040" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 

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\verseNumber{22}Abimelech|strong="H0040" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w became|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w leader|strong="H5387"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*. \+w He|strong="H5921"\+w*} ruled|strong="H4427" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H7971" God|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" an|strong="H7971" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H2600"\+w* \+w trouble|strong="H7451"\+w*} between|strong="H7307" Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H7307" Shechem|strong="H7927", with|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H7451" the|strong="H7971" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H7307" Shechem|strong="H7927" rebelled|strong="H4784" against|strong="H7307" Abimelech|strong="H0040". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H5921" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927" had|strong="H3027" previously|strong="H8543" helped|strong="H2388" Abimelech|strong="H0040" to|strong="H5921" kill|strong="H2026" 69 of|strong="H1121" Gideon’s sons|strong="H1121", who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7760" brothers|strong="H1121". So|strong="H7760" now|strong="H7760" God|strong="H3027" sent|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" to|strong="H5921" punish|strong="H6485" all|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H2022" Shechem|strong="H7927" ◄set|strong="H7760" an|strong="H7760" ambush|strong="H0693"/sent|strong="H5674" men|strong="H1167" to|strong="H5921" hide|strong="H5641"► on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" hilltops to|strong="H5921" ambush|strong="H0693" Abimelech|strong="H0040". Those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1167" robbed|strong="H1497" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" passed|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5921". But|strong="H1870" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Abimelech|strong="H0040" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H7760", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w did|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w not|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w go|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w near|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{26}There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5674" man|strong="H1167" named|strong="H7121" Gaal|strong="H1603", the|strong="H5674" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ebed|strong="H5651", who|strong="H1121" moved|strong="H4131" into|strong="H5674" Shechem|strong="H7927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, along|strong="H5674" with|strong="H5674" his|strong="H5674" brothers|strong="H1121". Soon|strong="H3512" the|strong="H5674" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H1121" trust|strong="H0982" him|strong="H5674". 
\verseNumber{27}They|strong="H6213" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" their|strong="H6213" vineyards|strong="H3754" and|strong="H1004" picked|strong="H5375" some|strong="H4480" grapes|strong="H6025". They|strong="H6213" pressed|strong="H6555" the|strong="H6213" grapes|strong="H6025" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w juice|strong="H6071"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w then|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w made|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H1869"\+w*}. Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H6213" had|strong="H7704" a|strong="H6213" feast|strong="H2282" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" their|strong="H6213" god|strong="H0430", and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H6213" ate|strong="H0398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w lot|strong="H1486"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w food|strong="H1004"\+w*} and|strong="H1004" drank|strong="H8354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w lot|strong="H1486"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w wine|strong="H1869"\+w*}. Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H6213" cursed|strong="H7043" Abimelech|strong="H0040". 
\verseNumber{28}Gaal|strong="H1603" said|strong="H0559", “◄Why|strong="H4069" should|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w allow|strong="H5414"\+w*} Abimelech|strong="H0040" to|strong="H1121" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H3588"?/We|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" Abimelech|strong="H0040" to|strong="H1121" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H3588"!► [RHQ] He|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4310" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" Gideon’s sons|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w does|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3588"\+w*} [RHQ]! And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" appointed|strong="H1121" Zebul|strong="H2083", the|strong="H3588" governor|strong="H6346" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892", to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3588" deputy|strong="H5324"! We|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" ◄serve|strong="H5647"/be|strong="H3808" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H1121"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Hamor|strong="H2544", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w founder|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" let|strong="H3808" him|strong="H5647" be|strong="H3808" our|strong="H3588" leader|strong="H6496", not|strong="H3808" Abimelech|strong="H0040" [RHQ]! 
\verseNumber{29}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" would|strong="H4310" appoint|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3027" your|strong="H5414" leader|strong="H5387", I|strong="H5414" would|strong="H4310" get|strong="H3318" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3027" Abimelech|strong="H0040". I|strong="H5414" would|strong="H4310" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5414", ‘Get|strong="H3318" your|strong="H5414" army|strong="H6635" ready|strong="H3559", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w then|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w come|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}!’” 
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\verseNumber{30}When|strong="H8085" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H1697" Zebul|strong="H2083" what|strong="H1697" Gaal|strong="H1603" said|strong="H1697", he|strong="H5892" was|strong="H1697" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734". 
\verseNumber{31}He|strong="H5921" secretly|strong="H5643" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H2009" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7971" Abimelech|strong="H0040". They|strong="H5921" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921", “Gaal|strong="H1603" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7971" brothers|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" come|strong="H5892" here|strong="H2009" to|strong="H7971" Shechem|strong="H7927", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1121" causing|strong="H7462" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H7971" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{32}You|strong="H3915" and|strong="H6965" your|strong="H6965" men|strong="H5971" should|strong="H3068" get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" during|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6965" night|strong="H3915" and|strong="H6965" go|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" hide|strong="H5641" in|strong="H5971" the|strong="H6965" fields|strong="H7704" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H6965" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{33}As|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H1242" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" sun|strong="H8121" rises|strong="H2224" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242", get|strong="H3318" up|strong="H7925" and|strong="H3027" attack|strong="H6584" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892". When|strong="H1961" Gaal|strong="H1603" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5921" men|strong="H5971" come|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921", you|strong="H5921" can|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5921" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3318".” 
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\verseNumber{34}So|strong="H6965" Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H7218" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" during|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915". They|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w divided|strong="H0914"\+w* \+w into|strong="H5921"\+w*} four|strong="H0702" groups|strong="H7218", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* } hid|strong="H5641" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w fields|strong="H7704"\+w*} near|strong="H5973" Shechem|strong="H7927". 
\verseNumber{35}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*}, Gaal|strong="H1603" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H1121" stood|strong="H5975" at|strong="H5975" the|strong="H4480" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892" gate|strong="H8179". While|strong="H5975" he|strong="H4480" was|strong="H5892" standing|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975", Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6965" soldiers|strong="H5971" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5975" hiding|strong="H5641" places|strong="H3993" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w started|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w walking|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w toward|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{36}When|strong="H7200" Gaal|strong="H1603" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" soldiers|strong="H5971", he|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" Zebul|strong="H2083", “Look|strong="H7200"! There|strong="H2009" are|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" coming|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H7200" hills|strong="H2022"!” 
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But|strong="H7200" Zebul|strong="H2083" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H7200" are|strong="H5971" seeing|strong="H7200" only|strong="H0389" the|strong="H7200" shadows|strong="H6738" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w*} on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" hills|strong="H2022". They|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w not|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*; \+w they|strong="H5971"\+w*} only|strong="H0389" resemble|strong="H1819" people|strong="H5971".” 
\verseNumber{37}But|strong="H2009" Gaal|strong="H1603" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w looked|strong="H2009"\+w*} again|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5971"\+w*} said|strong="H1696", “Look|strong="H2009"! There|strong="H2009" are|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" coming|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H1870" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H1870" sacred|strong="H6944" mountain|strong="H2022"! There|strong="H2009" is|strong="H1870" a|strong="H1696" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H7218" them|strong="H3381" coming|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3381" where|strong="H2009" the|strong="H1870" tree|strong="H6086" is|strong="H1870" where|strong="H2009" people|strong="H5971" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H1870" spirits|strong="H7307" of|strong="H7218" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H5971"!” 
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\verseNumber{38}Zebul|strong="H2083" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Gaal|strong="H1603", “Now|strong="H6258" ◄what|strong="H4310" good|strong="H2896" is|strong="H2088" your|strong="H3588" bragging?/your|strong="H3588" bragging is|strong="H2088" worthless|strong="H3808"!► [MTY, RHQ] You|strong="H3588" said|strong="H3318", ‘◄Why|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" serve|strong="H5647" Abimelech|strong="H0040"/We|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H4994" Abimelech|strong="H0040" to|strong="H3318" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H3318" us|strong="H4994"►?’ You|strong="H3588" made|strong="H5647" fun of|strong="H6310" these|strong="H2088" men|strong="H5971". So|strong="H3808" now|strong="H6258" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H5971" fight|strong="H3898" them|strong="H3318"!” 
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\verseNumber{39}So|strong="H3318" Gaal|strong="H1603" led|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H6440" Shechem|strong="H7927" outside|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H3898" Abimelech|strong="H0040" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w his|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1167"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{40}Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H6440" his|strong="H6440" men|strong="H7227" pursued|strong="H7291" them|strong="H6440", and|strong="H6440" they|strong="H5704" killed|strong="H2491" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H6440" Gaal’s men|strong="H7227" before|strong="H6440" they|strong="H5704" could|strong="H3201" return|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w safely|strong="H0983"\+w*} inside|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H8179" gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{41}Abimelech|strong="H0040" then|strong="H0227" stayed|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" Arumah|strong="H0725", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1644"\+w* \+w five|strong="H2568"\+w* \+w miles|strong="H7341"\+w* \+w away|strong="H1644"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1644"\+w* \+w Shechem|strong="H7927"\+w*}, and|strong="H3427" Zebul’s men|strong="H0376" forced|strong="H4522" Gaal|strong="H1603" and|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3427" brothers|strong="H0251" to|strong="H3427" leave|strong="H5800" Shechem|strong="H7927". 
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\verseNumber{42}The|strong="H3318" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283", the|strong="H3318" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H7704" Shechem|strong="H7927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w got|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w ready|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w*} in|strong="H5971" their|strong="H1961" fields|strong="H7704". When|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Abimelech|strong="H0040" about|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5971", 
\verseNumber{43}he|strong="H4480" divided|strong="H2673" his|strong="H3947" men|strong="H7218" into|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" groups|strong="H7218", and|strong="H6965" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" hide|strong="H5641" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fields|strong="H7704". So|strong="H4480" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971". And|strong="H6965" when|strong="H7200" they|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" coming|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892", they|strong="H5921" jumped up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" attacked|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{44}Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H7218" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H7218" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921" ran|strong="H7218" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" gate|strong="H8179". The|strong="H3605" other|strong="H8147" two|strong="H8147" groups|strong="H7218" ran|strong="H7218" out|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H5892" attacked|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{45}Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" fought|strong="H3898" all|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". They|strong="H3117" captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". They|strong="H3117" tore|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" buildings|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3117" then|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" threw|strong="H7993" salt|strong="H4417" over|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ruins|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w order|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w nothing|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w would|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w grow|strong="H6779"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{They|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H2026" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" fortress|strong="H4581" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{They|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H2026" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" fortress|strong="H4581" }
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\verseNumber{46}When|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H1167" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" tower|strong="H4026"/fortress|strong="H4581" outside|strong="H2351" of|strong="H1004" Shechem|strong="H7927" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" had|strong="H1167" happened|strong="H1961", they|strong="H3605" ran|strong="H7323" and|strong="H1004" hid|strong="H5641" inside|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w fortress|strong="H4581"\+w*, \+w which|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w also|strong="H7927"\+w* \+w a|strong="H8085"\+w*} temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w*} El-Berith|strong="H0410". 
\verseNumber{47}But|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Abimelech|strong="H0040" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H1167" had|strong="H3588" gathered|strong="H6908" there|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{48}So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" Zalmon|strong="H6756" Mountain|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w near|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w Shechem|strong="H7927"\+w*}. Abimelech|strong="H0040" cut|strong="H3772" some|strong="H3027" branches|strong="H6086" of|strong="H3027" trees|strong="H6086" with|strong="H5973" an|strong="H6213" axe|strong="H7134", and|strong="H3027" put|strong="H7760" them|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" shoulders|strong="H7926". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921", “Quickly|strong="H4116", do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5971" just|strong="H3605" done|strong="H6213"!” 
\verseNumber{49}So|strong="H1571" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" cut|strong="H3772" branches|strong="H7070" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w carried|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w down|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w mountain|strong="H2022"\+w*}, following|strong="H3212" Abimelech|strong="H0040". They|strong="H5921" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3605" fortress|strong="H4581" and|strong="H3212" piled|strong="H6651" the|strong="H3605" branches|strong="H7070" against|strong="H5921" its|strong="H3605" walls|strong="H2346". Then|strong="H1571" they|strong="H5921" kindled|strong="H3341" a|strong="H3772" fire|strong="H3341", and|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" fire|strong="H3341" burned|strong="H3341" down|strong="H3772" the|strong="H3605" fortress|strong="H4581" and|strong="H3212" killed|strong="H4191" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" inside|strong="H8432". So|strong="H1571" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" fortress|strong="H4581"—about|strong="H5921" 1,000 men|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3212" women|strong="H0802"—died|strong="H4191". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Abimelech|strong="H0040" was|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H4191" }

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\verseNumber{50}Then|strong="H0227" Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H3212" his|strong="H3212" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Thebes|strong="H4996" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. They|strong="H3920" surrounded|strong="H5437" it|strong="H3920" and|strong="H3212" captured|strong="H3920" it|strong="H3920". 
\verseNumber{51}But|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H5797" tower|strong="H4026" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". So|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1167", women|strong="H0802", and|strong="H5892" leaders|strong="H1167" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" ran|strong="H5127" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" tower|strong="H4026". When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" inside|strong="H8432", they|strong="H8033" locked|strong="H5462" the|strong="H3605" door|strong="H6607". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H8033" climbed|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" roof|strong="H1406" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" tower|strong="H4026". 
\verseNumber{52}Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H5066" his|strong="H5704" men|strong="H0376" came|strong="H5066" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" tower|strong="H4026" and|strong="H5066" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H5704" get|strong="H3947" in|strong="H6607" the|strong="H5704" door|strong="H6607", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w could|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5704"\+w*}. Then|strong="H5066" Abimelech|strong="H0040" prepared|strong="H3559" to|strong="H5704" light|strong="H0216" a|strong="H5704" fire|strong="H0784" to|strong="H5704" burn|strong="H8313" down|strong="H8313" the|strong="H5704" door|strong="H6607". 
\verseNumber{53}But|strong="H5921" when|strong="H5921" Abimelech|strong="H0040" came|strong="H0935" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" doorway|strong="H6607", a|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w was|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w roof|strong="H1406"\+w*} dropped|strong="H7993" a|strong="H5921" big|strong="H0931" grinding|strong="H2912" stone|strong="H0068" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H7218" crushed|strong="H7533" his|strong="H5921" skull|strong="H1538". 
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\verseNumber{54}Abimelech|strong="H0040" quickly|strong="H4120" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5375" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" who|strong="H5288" carried|strong="H5375" Abimelech’s|strong="H0040" weapons|strong="H3627", and|strong="H2719" said|strong="H7121", “Pull|strong="H8025" out|strong="H8025" your|strong="H5375" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H2719" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H7121" with|strong="H3627" it|strong="H7121"! I|strong="H5288" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6435" want|strong="H4270" people|strong="H5288" to|strong="H4191" say|strong="H0559" ‘It|strong="H7121" was|strong="H5288" a|strong="H5375" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H5288" killed|strong="H2026" Abimelech|strong="H0040".’” So|strong="H6435" the|strong="H5375" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" thrust|strong="H1856" his|strong="H5375" sword|strong="H2719" into|strong="H2719" Abimelech|strong="H0040", and|strong="H2719" Abimelech|strong="H0040" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{55}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Abimelech|strong="H0040" was|strong="H3478" dead|strong="H4191", they|strong="H3588" all|strong="H7200" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H7200" homes|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{56}In|strong="H6213" that|strong="H7451" way|strong="H1870" God|strong="H0430" punished|strong="H6485" Abimelech|strong="H0040" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H7451" he|strong="H6213" had|strong="H6213" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H7725" especially|strong="H3966" for|strong="H6213" killing|strong="H2026" all|strong="H6213" 69 of|strong="H6213" his|strong="H7725" brothers|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{57}God|strong="H0430" also|strong="H1121" punished|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1121" done|strong="H7451". And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H7725" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" happened|strong="H1961", it|strong="H7725" fulfilled|strong="H4390" what|strong="H7451" Gideon’s son|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147" said|strong="H0559" when|strong="H7725" he|strong="H3605" cursed|strong="H0779" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Shechem|strong="H7927"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Tola ruled the Israelis }

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\chapterNumber{10}After|strong="H6965" Abimelech|strong="H0040" died|strong="H4191", Tola|strong="H8439" the|strong="H6965" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Puah|strong="H6312" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dodo|strong="H1734" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H6965" leader|strong="H5387" to|strong="H3478" rescue|strong="H3467" the|strong="H6965" Israeli people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H6965"\+w*}. He|strong="H1931" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6965" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Issachar|strong="H3485", but|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Shamir|strong="H8069" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6965" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6965" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" live|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H8141" ruled|strong="H8199" the|strong="H8199" Israeli people|strong="H5971" for|strong="H4191" 23 years|strong="H8141". Then|strong="H3478" he|strong="H8141" died|strong="H4191" and|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H8141" Shamir|strong="H8069". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jair|strong="H2971" ruled|strong="H8199" the|strong="H8199" Israelis }

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\verseNumber{3}After|strong="H6965" Tola|strong="H8439" died|strong="H4191", Jair|strong="H2971", from|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6965"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H6965" Israelis’ leader|strong="H5387", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H8199" them|strong="H8147" for|strong="H3478" 22 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" thirty|strong="H7970" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" each|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1992" had|strong="H1961" his|strong="H7121" own|strong="H1961" donkey|strong="H2543" to|strong="H5704" ride|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921". They|strong="H1992" each|strong="H3117" controlled|strong="H0662" a|strong="H1961" different|strong="H8133" town|strong="H7151" in|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. That|strong="H3117" region|strong="H2256" is|strong="H2088" still|strong="H5704" named|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" Towns|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Jair’. 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" Jair|strong="H2971" died|strong="H4191", he|strong="H6912" was|strong="H3068" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H4191" Kamon|strong="H7056" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H4191" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group oppressed|strong="H6231" the|strong="H4191" Israelis }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H4191" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group oppressed|strong="H6231" the|strong="H4191" Israelis }
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\verseNumber{6}Again|strong="H3254" the|strong="H6213" Israelis did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" were|strong="H3478" wrong|strong="H7451"/evil|strong="H7451". They|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H5647" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w god|strong="H3068"\+w*} Baal|strong="H1168" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Astarte|strong="H6253". They|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H5647" the|strong="H6213" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" Aram|strong="H0758", Sidon|strong="H6721", Moab|strong="H4124", and|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-groups, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-group. They|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H1121" stopped|strong="H6430" worshiping|strong="H5647" him|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H3027" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3027", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Philistia|strong="H6429" and|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-groups to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5221" [IDM] the|strong="H3068" Israelis. 
\verseNumber{8}In|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" year|strong="H8141", those|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" oppress|strong="H6231" the|strong="H3605" Israelis who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. That|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3478" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Amor people-group also|strong="H3478" lived|strong="H3427". were|strong="H3478" They|strong="H8141" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" Israelis who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3605" region|strong="H2256" to|strong="H3478" suffer|strong="H5414" for|strong="H1121" 18 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1571" the|strong="H5674" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5674" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5674" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5674" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669". They|strong="H1571" caused|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" Israelis’ lives|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" very|strong="H3966" miserable|strong="H5999". 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Israelis cried|strong="H2199" out|strong="H2199" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559" “We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" you|strong="H3588". We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H1121" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5647" worshiping|strong="H5647" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w god|strong="H3068"\+w*} Baal|strong="H1168".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6030" them|strong="H1121", saying|strong="H0559", “When|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" Amor and|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" and|strong="H1121" Philistia|strong="H6429" people-groups 
\verseNumber{12}and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" Sidon|strong="H6721" and|strong="H3027" Amalek|strong="H6002" and|strong="H3027" Maon|strong="H4584" people-groups were|strong="H3027" cruel|strong="H0394" to|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3027", you|strong="H3027" cried|strong="H6817" out|strong="H6817" to|strong="H3027" me|strong="H3467", and|strong="H3027" then|strong="H6817" I|strong="H3027" rescued|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3808" now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" abandoned|strong="H5800" me|strong="H3254" again|strong="H3254", and|strong="H3254" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" been|strong="H5647" worshiping|strong="H5647" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430". So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" rescue|strong="H3467" you|strong="H3808" again|strong="H3254". 
\verseNumber{14}You|strong="H3467" have|strong="H1992" chosen|strong="H0977" those|strong="H1992" gods|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w be|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w ones|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w that|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}. So|strong="H1992" call|strong="H2199" to|strong="H3212" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3212" help|strong="H3467" you|strong="H3467". Allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3212" rescue|strong="H3467" you|strong="H3467" when|strong="H6256" you|strong="H3467" have|strong="H1992" a|strong="H6256" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H6256" trouble|strong="H6869"!” 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “Truly|strong="H6213" we|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398". Punish|strong="H6213" us|strong="H4994" in|strong="H3478" whatever|strong="H3605" way|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3605" wish|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3478", but|strong="H3605" please|strong="H4994" rescue|strong="H5337" us|strong="H4994" now|strong="H4994"!” 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5647" Israelis threw|strong="H7993" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5647" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5647"\+w*} gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H5315" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" other|strong="H0312" people-groups, and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068" again|strong="H3478". He|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5315" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" suffering|strong="H6040" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3068" felt|strong="H4959" sorry|strong="H5999" [IDM] for|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5493". 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group gathered|strong="H6817" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* Israelis}, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3478" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H2583" in|strong="H2583" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* } Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. The|strong="H1121" Israeli men|strong="H1121" also|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H6817" and|strong="H1121" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H2583" at|strong="H2583" Mizpah|strong="H4709", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w Gilead|strong="H1568"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H3605" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" said|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" lead|strong="H7218" our|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1961" attack|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3605" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group? The|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" lead|strong="H7218" us|strong="H1961" will|strong="H4310" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" us|strong="H1961" who|strong="H4310" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H5971" Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jephthah was chosen to be their leader }

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\chapterNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w There|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1368"\+w*} from|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3205"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} named|strong="H7121" Jephthah|strong="H3316". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H2181" warrior|strong="H1368". His|strong="H1961" father|strong="H3205" was|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1121" named|strong="H7121" Gilead|strong="H1568". But|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" prostitute|strong="H2181". 
\verseNumber{2}Gilead’s|strong="H1568" wife|strong="H0802" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" several|strong="H2669" sons|strong="H1121". When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" grew|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431", they|strong="H3588" forced|strong="H4522" Jephthah|strong="H3316" to|strong="H3205" leave|strong="H5800" home|strong="H1004", saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3205" him|strong="H3205", “You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3588" prostitute|strong="H2181", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w mother|strong="H0517"\+w*}. So|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w*} our|strong="H3588" father|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w dies|strong="H4191"\+w*}, you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" receive|strong="H5157" any|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3588" property|strong="H0272".” 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H3318" Jephthah|strong="H3316" ran|strong="H1272" away|strong="H1272" from|strong="H3318" his|strong="H6440" brothers|strong="H0251", and|strong="H6440" he|strong="H6440" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" Tob|strong="H2897" region|strong="H2256". While|strong="H5973" he|strong="H6440" was|strong="H6440" there|strong="H3427", some|strong="H4480" worthless|strong="H7386" men|strong="H0376" started|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" spend|strong="H3885" a|strong="H3318" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3427" time|strong="H6440" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{4}Some|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" later|strong="H1961", the|strong="H3117" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3117" Israelis. 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3478" happened|strong="H1961" [DOU], the|strong="H3947" leaders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3478" Jephthah|strong="H3316" to|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5973" back|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" Tob|strong="H2897" region|strong="H2256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H5983" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H1961", “Come|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w us|strong="H1961"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" lead|strong="H3212" our|strong="H1961" army|strong="H2428", and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w help|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w us|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w*} fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H1961" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group!” 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3808" Jephthah|strong="H3316" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3808" hated|strong="H8130" me|strong="H8130" [RHQ] previously|strong="H3808"! You|strong="H3808" forced|strong="H4522" me|strong="H8130" to|strong="H1004" leave|strong="H5800" my|strong="H6258" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004"! So|strong="H3808" why|strong="H4069" are|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3808" coming|strong="H0935" to|strong="H1004" me|strong="H8130" now|strong="H6258", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asking|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w me|strong="H8130"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3808"\+w*} when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3808" are|strong="H1004" experiencing|strong="H2896" trouble|strong="H6862"?” 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" from|strong="H7725" Gilead|strong="H1568" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="H3651"\+w*, \+w we|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w having|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w trouble|strong="H6869"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" reason|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H1980" have|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3605" now|strong="H6258". If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" come|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w help|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w*} fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w we|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w defeat|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*, \+w we|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w appoint|strong="H6485"\+w*} you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" us|strong="H7725" people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* } Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{9}Jephthah|strong="H3316" replied|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5414" go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Gilead|strong="H1568" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H6440" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group, and|strong="H1121" if|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" helps|strong="H5826" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414", will|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" truly|strong="H3588" appoint|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" leader|strong="H7218"?” 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H3651" replied|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H8085" we|strong="H8085" say|strong="H1697". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6213"\+w* } if|strong="H1961" we|strong="H8085" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6213" tell|strong="H8085" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213".” 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H7760" Jephthah|strong="H3316" went|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5921" back|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" appointed|strong="H7760" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H1697" their|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H7218" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" commander|strong="H7101" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971". And|strong="H3068" Jephthah|strong="H3316" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3605" at|strong="H5921" Mizpah|strong="H4709" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w serve|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w well|strong="H7760"\+w*}. 

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\verseNumber{12}Jephthah|strong="H3316" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group. They|strong="H3588" asked|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428", “What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1121" we|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w make|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w angry|strong="H2734"\+w*, \+w with|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* } that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3588" army|strong="H2428" is|strong="H4100" coming|strong="H0935" to|strong="H7971" fight|strong="H3898" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w*} in|strong="H4428" our|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776"?” 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w come|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w against|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* Israelis \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" our|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" came|strong="H5927" here|strong="H5704" from|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714". You|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" all|strong="H5704" our|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776" east|strong="H6921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w*}, from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3588" Arnon|strong="H0769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" Jabbok|strong="H2999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*}. So|strong="H3947" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" give|strong="H7725" it|strong="H3588" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" us|strong="H7725", there|strong="H5927" ◄will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1121" peace|strong="H7965" between|strong="H7965" us|strong="H7725"/we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3588" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5927" you|strong="H3588"►.” 
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w messengers|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*}. So|strong="H7971" Jephthah|strong="H3316" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" again|strong="H5750". 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H3947", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3478" what|strong="H3541" Jephthah|strong="H3316" says|strong="H3541": ‘It|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w true|strong="H0571"\+w* } that|strong="H3478" we|strong="H0587" Israelis took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group. 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H5971" came|strong="H5927" out|strong="H3212" of|strong="H4057" Egypt|strong="H4714", they|strong="H3588" walked|strong="H3212" through|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H4057" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" Red|strong="H5488" Sea|strong="H3220", and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w walked|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w across|strong="H5676"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w traveled|strong="H5265"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w Kadesh|strong="H6946"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w border|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4057"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Edom|strong="H0112"\+w* \+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H3808" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8085" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group, to|strong="H3478" say|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H7971", “Please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994" Israelis to|strong="H3478" walk|strong="H5674" across|strong="H5674" your|strong="H8085" land|strong="H0776".” But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8085" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group refused|strong="H3808". Later|strong="H0310" we|strong="H8085" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H8085" same|strong="H1931" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8085" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group, but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" also|strong="H1571" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" allow|strong="H4994" the|strong="H8085" Israelis to|strong="H3478" go|strong="H7971" through|strong="H5674" his|strong="H7971" land|strong="H0776". So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H8085" Israelis stayed|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" Kadesh|strong="H6946" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w long|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Israelis went|strong="H3212" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H4057" and|strong="H3212" walked|strong="H3212" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3588" borders|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H3588" Edom|strong="H0112" and|strong="H3212" Moab|strong="H4124" regions|strong="H5676". They|strong="H3588" walked|strong="H3212" east|strong="H4217" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H3588" Moab|strong="H4124" region|strong="H2256", east|strong="H4217" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H3588" Arnon|strong="H0769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w which|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4124"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w eastern|strong="H4217"\+w* \+w border|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Moab|strong="H4124"\+w* \+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. They|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" cross|strong="H5674" that|strong="H3588" river|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3212" enter|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* } Moab|strong="H4124" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{19}‘hen|strong="H2581" the|strong="H5704" Israelis sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5704" Sihon|strong="H5511", the|strong="H5704" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5704" Amor people-group, who|strong="H3478" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3478" Heshbon|strong="H2809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. They|strong="H5704" asked|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971", “Will|strong="H4428" you|strong="H7971" please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994" Israeli people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5704" cross|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" your|strong="H7971" land|strong="H4725" to|strong="H5704" arrive|strong="H0935" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5704" land|strong="H4725" to|strong="H5704" which|strong="H3478" we|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w going|strong="H5674"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3808" Sihon|strong="H5511" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" trust|strong="H0982" the|strong="H3605" Israelis; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w steal|strong="H1589"\+w* \+w some|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w land|strong="H1366"\+w*}. So|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3605" gathered|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" troops|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3808" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H2583" at|strong="H2583" Jahaz|strong="H3096" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w village|strong="H1949"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H5674" they|strong="H3808" attacked|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3605" Israelis. 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H5221" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H5971" we|strong="H3605" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, enabled|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5221" [IDM] Sihon|strong="H5511" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971". Then|strong="H5414" they|strong="H3068" ◄took|strong="H3423" possession|strong="H3423" of|strong="H3068"/started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427"► all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" Amor people-group had|strong="H3068" lived|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H3605" Israelis took|strong="H3423" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H1366" that|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Amor people-group, from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" Arnon|strong="H0769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w south|strong="H4057"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Jabbok|strong="H2999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*}, and|strong="H4057" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{23}‘t was|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" we|strong="H6258" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, who|strong="H5971" forced|strong="H4522" the|strong="H6440" Amor people-group to|strong="H3478" leave|strong="H3423" as|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Israelis advanced|strong="H0935". So|strong="H6258" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" now|strong="H6258" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H5971" you|strong="H6440" can|strong="H4310" force|strong="H5971" the|strong="H6440" Israelis to|strong="H3478" leave|strong="H3423" [RHQ]? 
\verseNumber{24}You|strong="H6440" take|strong="H3423" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" god|strong="H3068" Chemosh|strong="H3645" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H3423" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440". And|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H3423" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H6440"! 
\verseNumber{25}◄You|strong="H5973" are|strong="H1121" no|strong="H3478"/Are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5973"► better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H2896" Zippor’s son|strong="H1121" Balak|strong="H1111", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5973" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group? He|strong="H3478" never|strong="H3808" [RHQ] quarreled|strong="H7378" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" Israeli people|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3478" never|strong="H3808" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" us|strong="H3478" [RHQ]! 
\verseNumber{26}For|strong="H5921" 300 years|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3427" have|strong="H3478" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Heshbon|strong="H2809" and|strong="H3967" Aroer|strong="H6177" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, and|strong="H3967" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" surrounding|strong="H1323" towns|strong="H1323", and|strong="H3967" in|strong="H3427" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Arnon|strong="H0769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. Why|strong="H4069" have|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H3605" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group not|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H3427" back|strong="H7725" those|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" during|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" years|strong="H8141" [RHQ]? 
\verseNumber{27}We|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H3898" you|strong="H3117", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" sinning|strong="H2398" against|strong="H3898" me|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3117" attacking|strong="H5221" me|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*}. I|strong="H3117" trust|strong="H0982" that|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6213" great|strong="H6213" judge|strong="H8199", will|strong="H3068" decide|strong="H8199" whether|strong="H0518" we|strong="H3117" Israelis are|strong="H3117" right|strong="H3478", or|strong="H3808" whether|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group are|strong="H3117" right|strong="H3478".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{28}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8085" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7971" that|strong="H8085" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H8085" Jephthah|strong="H3316". 
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\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" took|strong="H1961" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Jephthah|strong="H3316". Jephthah|strong="H3316" went|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* } Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5921" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" lived|strong="H1961", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* enlist/\+w gather|strong="H6908"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w finally|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w gathered|strong="H3316"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w together|strong="H5921"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" Mizpah|strong="H4708" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* } Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group. 
\verseNumber{30}There|strong="H3068" Jephthah|strong="H3316" made|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" my|strong="H5414" army|strong="H2428" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" [IDM] the|strong="H5414" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group, 
\verseNumber{31}when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H1121" return|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" battle|strong="H4421", I|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H5930" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H1121" person|strong="H5927" who|strong="H3068" comes|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w greet|strong="H7965"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7725"\+w*}. It|strong="H7725" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" sacrifice|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{32}Then|strong="H5414" Jephthah|strong="H3316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w*} went|strong="H5674" from|strong="H3027" Mizpah|strong="H4709" to|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5414" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group, and|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" army|strong="H2428" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{34}When|strong="H3318" Jephthah|strong="H3316" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3318" his|strong="H4480" home|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" Mizpah|strong="H4709", his|strong="H4480" daughter|strong="H1323" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H4480" first|strong="H1121" one|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3318" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3318" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H3318". She|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w joyfully|strong="H7321"\+w*} playing|strong="H5059" a|strong="H3318" tambourine|strong="H8596" and|strong="H1121" dancing|strong="H4246". She|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" his|strong="H4480" only|strong="H7535" child|strong="H1121"; he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1121" no|strong="H4480" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" no|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{35}When|strong="H1961" Jephthah|strong="H3316" saw|strong="H7200" his|strong="H3068" daughter|strong="H1323", he|strong="H3068" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3766"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w going|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H6310" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7200", “My|strong="H3068" daughter|strong="H1323", you|strong="H7725" have|strong="H1961" caused|strong="H1961" me|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3766" sad|strong="H7451" [DOU] because|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3201" made|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H3068" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w first|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w came|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w out|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3201" must|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H7200" I|strong="H3201" promised|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{36}His|strong="H3068" daughter|strong="H1323" said|strong="H3318", “My|strong="H3068" father|strong="H1121", you|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" solemn|strong="H6116" promise|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068". So|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" must|strong="H1121" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" promised|strong="H3318", because|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w said|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w if|strong="H1121"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" you|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" defeat|strong="H5221" our|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341", the|strong="H6213" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group.” 
\verseNumber{37}Then|strong="H2088" she|strong="H5921" also|strong="H6213" said|strong="H1697", “But|strong="H5921" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3381" do|strong="H6213" one|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697". ◄First|strong="H2088"/before|strong="H4480" you|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H5921" promised|strong="H1696"►, allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3381" go|strong="H3212" up|strong="H5921" into|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" hilly area|strong="H2022" and|strong="H3212" wander|strong="H8582" around|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" months|strong="H2320". Since|strong="H4480" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1697" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1697" married|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*}, allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3212" my|strong="H5921" friends|strong="H7453" to|strong="H3381" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" cry|strong="H7121" together|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{38}Jephthah|strong="H3316" replied|strong="H0559", “All|strong="H1058" right|strong="H3225", you|strong="H7971" may|strong="H1931" go|strong="H3212".” So|strong="H7971" she|strong="H1931" left|strong="H7971" for|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" months|strong="H2320". She|strong="H1931" and|strong="H7971" her|strong="H7971" friends|strong="H7453" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hills|strong="H2022" and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H5921" cried|strong="H1058" for|strong="H5921" her|strong="H7971" because|strong="H5921" she|strong="H1931" would|strong="H0014" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H2022" married|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{39}After|strong="H7093" two|strong="H8147" months|strong="H2320", she|strong="H1931" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001" Jephthah|strong="H3316", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7725" what|strong="H3045" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" vowed|strong="H5087". So|strong="H6213" his|strong="H7725" daughter|strong="H1323" never|strong="H3808" was|strong="H1961" married|strong="H3947". 
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Because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H7093" that|strong="H3045", the|strong="H6213" Israelis now|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" custom|strong="H2706". 
\verseNumber{40}Every|strong="H3212" year|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3117" young|strong="H3117" Israeli women|strong="H1323" go|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w hills|strong="H1389"\+w*} for|strong="H3117" four|strong="H0702" days|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3478" remember|strong="H2142" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w cry|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w about|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} the|strong="H3117" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H3117" Jephthah|strong="H3316". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jephthah’s army defeated the tribe of Ephraim }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jephthah’s army defeated the tribe of Ephraim }
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\chapterNumber{12}The|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" summoned|strong="H7121" their|strong="H8313" soldiers|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3808" crossed|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* } Zaphon|strong="H6829" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w*} Jephthah|strong="H3316". They|strong="H3808" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H7121", “◄Why|strong="H4069" did|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5921" not|strong="H3808" ask|strong="H6817" us|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" help|strong="H5826"?/You|strong="H5921" should|strong="H4069" have|strong="H1121" requested|strong="H7592" us|strong="H5921"► to|strong="H3212" help|strong="H5826" your|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" fight|strong="H3898" the|strong="H5921" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group. So|strong="H7121" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H1121" burn|strong="H8313" down|strong="H8313" your|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" while|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" it|strong="H7121".” 
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\verseNumber{2}Jephthah|strong="H3316" replied|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H3027" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group were|strong="H1961" oppressing|strong="H3238" us|strong="H1961" greatly|strong="H3966". When|strong="H1961" we|strong="H0587" were|strong="H1961" prepared|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1961" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H1961" attack|strong="H5221" them|strong="H3027", I|strong="H3808" requested|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" and|strong="H1121" help|strong="H3467" us|strong="H1961", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" refused|strong="H3808". My|strong="H1961" men|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3808" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3027" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group, but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" help|strong="H3467" us|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" help|strong="H3467" us|strong="H5414", I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" killed|strong="H2026" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" battle|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H7200" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group. But|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H3467" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w did|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w help|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w requested|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w before|strong="H5674"\+w*}, so|strong="H5414" ◄why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" come|strong="H5927" here|strong="H2088" today|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" me|strong="H5414"?/you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H5927" here|strong="H2088" today|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" me|strong="H5414".►” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H3588" Jephthah|strong="H3316" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8432" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} to|strong="H6908" fight|strong="H3898" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8432"\+w*} Ephraim|strong="H0669". The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H8432" Ephraim|strong="H0669" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3588" men|strong="H3605" from|strong="H8432" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* } Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} are|strong="H3117" men|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" deserted|strong="H5307" us|strong="H3588". Long|strong="H3605" ago|strong="H7350" you|strong="H3588" left|strong="H7604" us|strong="H3588" and|strong="H4519" moved|strong="H4131" to|strong="H6908" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" between|strong="H8432" our|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" and|strong="H4519" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H8432" Manasseh|strong="H4519".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8432" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H8432" Ephraim|strong="H0669". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3588" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3808" Gilead|strong="H1568" captured|strong="H3920" that|strong="H3588" ◄ford|strong="H4569"/place|strong="H1961" where|strong="H3808" people|strong="H3808" can|strong="H3808" walk|strong="H5674" across|strong="H5674"► at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*} to|strong="H1961" go|strong="H5674" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3808" Ephraim|strong="H0669" live|strong="H3427". Whenever|strong="H1961" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" soldiers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3808" Ephraim|strong="H0669" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" ford|strong="H4569" to|strong="H1961" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H1961" escape|strong="H6412", he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H1568" say|strong="H0559", “Let|strong="H3808" me|strong="H5674" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3588" river|strong="H3588".” Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3808" Gilead|strong="H1568" would|strong="H1568" ask|strong="H7592" him|strong="H3588", “Are|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3808" Ephraim|strong="H0669"?” If|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" “No|strong="H3808",” 
\verseNumber{6}they|strong="H3651" would|strong="H0014" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H1931", “Say|strong="H1696" the|strong="H7819" word|strong="H1696" ‘Shibboleth’.” The|strong="H7819" men|strong="H8147" of|strong="H6256" Ephraim|strong="H0669" could|strong="H3559" not|strong="H3808" pronounce|strong="H1696" that|strong="H1931" word|strong="H1696" correctly|strong="H3651". So|strong="H3651" if|strong="H3651" the|strong="H7819" person|strong="H1696" from|strong="H5307" the|strong="H7819" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H6256" Ephraim|strong="H0669" said|strong="H1696" ‘Sibboleth’, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w lying|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w and|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7819"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H8147"\+w*} they|strong="H3651" would|strong="H0014" kill|strong="H7819" him|strong="H1931" there|strong="H8033" at|strong="H3383" the|strong="H7819" ford|strong="H4569". 
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So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H7819" men|strong="H8147" of|strong="H6256" Gilead|strong="H1568" killed|strong="H7819" 42,000 people|strong="H3808" from|strong="H5307" the|strong="H7819" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H6256" Ephraim|strong="H0669" at|strong="H3383" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256". 
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\verseNumber{7}Jephthah|strong="H3316", the|strong="H8199" man|strong="H4191" from|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8199"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, was|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H8199" Israeli people|strong="H5971" for|strong="H4191" six|strong="H8337" years|strong="H8141". Then|strong="H3478" he|strong="H8141" died|strong="H4191" and|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H8141" a|strong="H3478" town|strong="H5892" in|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8199"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ibzan|strong="H8199" became|strong="H3205" their|strong="H4191" leader|strong="H5387" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Ibzan|strong="H8199" became|strong="H3205" their|strong="H4191" leader|strong="H5387" }
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\verseNumber{8}After|strong="H0310" Jephthah|strong="H3316" died|strong="H4191", a|strong="H3478" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="H7121" Ibzan|strong="H8199", from|strong="H3478" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H8199" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H8199" the|strong="H8199" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H4480" had|strong="H1961" 30 sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" 30 daughters|strong="H1323". He|strong="H4480" forced|strong="H4522" all|strong="H4480" his|strong="H7971" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3478" marry|strong="H1961" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8141" his|strong="H7971" clan|strong="H4940", and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H3478" women|strong="H1323" from|strong="H4480" outside|strong="H2351" his|strong="H7971" clan|strong="H4940" to|strong="H3478" marry|strong="H1961" his|strong="H7971" sons|strong="H1121". He|strong="H4480" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H4480" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" Israeli people|strong="H1121" for|strong="H7971" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H6912" died|strong="H4191", he|strong="H6912" was|strong="H3068" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H4191" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elon|strong="H0356" became|strong="H3205" their|strong="H4191" leader|strong="H5387" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Elon|strong="H0356" became|strong="H3205" their|strong="H4191" leader|strong="H5387" }
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\verseNumber{11}After|strong="H8141" Ibzan|strong="H8199" died|strong="H4191", a|strong="H3478" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="H7121" Elon|strong="H0356", from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8199" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H8141" Zebulun|strong="H2074", became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H8199" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H8199" Israeli people|strong="H5971". He|strong="H8141" was|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5387" for|strong="H3478" ten|strong="H6235" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H4191" he|strong="H2074" died|strong="H4191" and|strong="H4191" was|strong="H3068" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H4191" Aijalon|strong="H0357" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H4191" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4191" Zebulun|strong="H2074" lives|strong="H5315". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Abdon|strong="H5658" became|strong="H3205" their|strong="H4191" leader|strong="H5387" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Abdon|strong="H5658" became|strong="H3205" their|strong="H4191" leader|strong="H5387" }
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\verseNumber{13}After|strong="H0310" Elon|strong="H0356" died|strong="H4191", a|strong="H3478" man|strong="H1121" named|strong="H7121" Abdon|strong="H5658" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8199" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hillel|strong="H1985", from|strong="H3478" Pirathon|strong="H6552" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*, \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w*} became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H8199" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8199" Israeli people|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H5921" had|strong="H1961" 40 sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" 30 grandsons|strong="H1121". Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5921" had|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5921" own|strong="H1961" donkey|strong="H2543" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" ride|strong="H7392". Abdon|strong="H5658" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" for|strong="H5921" eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H1121" Abdon|strong="H5658" died|strong="H4191", he|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H4191" Pirathon|strong="H6552", in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H4191" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amalek|strong="H6002" lived|strong="H3427" previously|strong="H8543", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w now|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w it|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w area|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\+w* \+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Samson was born }

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\chapterNumber{13}Again|strong="H3254" the|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451". So|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Philistia|strong="H6429" to|strong="H3478" conquer|strong="H3423" them|strong="H5414". They|strong="H3068" ruled|strong="H4427" over|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" Israelis for|strong="H6213" 40 years|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{2}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="H8034" Manoah|strong="H4495" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3205" descendants|strong="H4940" of|strong="H3205" Dan|strong="H1839" who|strong="H3205" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8034" Zorah|strong="H6881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. His|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802" was|strong="H8034" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" pregnant|strong="H2030", so|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3808" had|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" children|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{3}One|strong="H3808" day|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" Manoah’s|strong="H3205" wife|strong="H0802" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" form|strong="H8389" of|strong="H1121" an|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" her|strong="H7200", “Even|strong="H3808" though|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" any|strong="H7200" children|strong="H1121" until|strong="H3068" now|strong="H4994", you|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H3205" become|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w From|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w now|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w until|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w born|strong="H3205"\+w*}, you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H8354" drink|strong="H8354" any|strong="H3605" wine|strong="H3196" or|strong="H3196" other|strong="H3605" alcoholic/fermented drink|strong="H8354", and|strong="H8354" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H8354" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3605" make|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H8104" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{5}After|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3588" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3478" your|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" never|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5921" hair|strong="H7218" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" cut|strong="H3478". He|strong="H1931" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" dedicated|strong="H5139" to|strong="H3478" God|strong="H3808" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" born|strong="H3205" until|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" dies|strong="H4191". He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" rescue|strong="H3467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Philistia|strong="H6429".” 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3372" woman|strong="H2088" ran|strong="H7323" and|strong="H3372" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" husband|strong="H0376", “A|strong="H2088" prophet|strong="H5030" came|strong="H4397" to|strong="H4397" me|strong="H5046". He|strong="H1931" looked|strong="H4758" awesome|strong="H3372", like|strong="H4758" an|strong="H2088" angel|strong="H4397" from|strong="H5046" God|strong="H3808". I|strong="H2088" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" ask|strong="H7592" where|strong="H2088" he|strong="H1931" came|strong="H4397" from|strong="H5046", and|strong="H3372" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" his|strong="H5046" name|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4480", ‘You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" pregnant|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5704" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121". Until|strong="H5704" then|strong="H1961", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H1961" drink|strong="H8354" any|strong="H3605" wine|strong="H3196" or|strong="H5704" any|strong="H3605" alcoholic/fermented drink|strong="H8354", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" that|strong="H3588" would|strong="H5288" make|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5704" God|strong="H0430". Your|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" dedicated|strong="H5139" to|strong="H5704" God|strong="H0430" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3117" born|strong="H3205" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" dies|strong="H4194".’” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H7971" Manoah|strong="H4495" prayed|strong="H6279" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559", “O|strong="H4994" Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H5288" plead|strong="H7378" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7971", allow|strong="H4994" that|strong="H3068" prophet|strong="H5030" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3068" come|strong="H4994" again|strong="H5750", and|strong="H3068" teach|strong="H3384" us|strong="H4994" how|strong="H4100" we|strong="H6213" should|strong="H3068" raise|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6213" boy|strong="H5288" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H5750" born|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H4994".” 
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\verseNumber{9}God|strong="H0430" did|strong="H5750" what|strong="H6963" Manoah|strong="H4495" asked|strong="H7592", and|strong="H6963" Yahweh|strong="H3068" again|strong="H5750" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H8085" his|strong="H8085" wife|strong="H0802" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" form|strong="H8389" of|strong="H3427" an|strong="H3427" angel|strong="H4397", while|strong="H5750" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" out|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" field|strong="H7704". But|strong="H8085" again|strong="H5750" her|strong="H1931" husband|strong="H0376" Manoah|strong="H4495" was|strong="H1931" not|strong="H8085" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H7200" she|strong="H1931" quickly|strong="H4116" ran|strong="H7323" and|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3117" her|strong="H5046" husband|strong="H0376", “The|strong="H7200" man|strong="H7200" who|strong="H7323" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3117" me|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" few|strong="H4592" days|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3117" come|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725"!” 
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\verseNumber{11}Manoah|strong="H4495" ran|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" with|strong="H1696" his|strong="H6965" wife|strong="H1696", and|strong="H6965" asked|strong="H1696", “Are|strong="H3117" you|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6965" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" talked|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" my|strong="H6965" wife|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1696" few|strong="H4592" days|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H7350"?” He|strong="H1696" replied|strong="H1696", “Yes|strong="H3588", I|strong="H6965" am|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Manoah|strong="H4495" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H1697", “When|strong="H1961" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" promised|strong="H1696" occurs|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w my|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w gives|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w birth|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*}, what|strong="H4100" rules|strong="H4910" must|strong="H4191" he|strong="H1697" obey|strong="H8085", and|strong="H4941" what|strong="H4100" work|strong="H4639" will|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1697" do|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w grows|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w up|strong="H4941"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{13}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" must|strong="H4191" obey|strong="H8104" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" instructions|strong="H8104" I|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Before|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w baby|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w born|strong="H3318"\+w*}, she|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" grapes|strong="H6025", or|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" wine|strong="H3196" or|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" alcoholic/fermented drink|strong="H8354", or|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3605" make|strong="H6213" her|strong="H3605" unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H3318" God|strong="H3808".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H6213" Manoah|strong="H4495" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311" until|strong="H3068" we|strong="H6213" can|strong="H6213" kill|strong="H2026" and|strong="H3068" cook|strong="H2876" a|strong="H6213" young|strong="H1423" goat|strong="H5795" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{16}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H3899" anything|strong="H3899". However|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" may|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" an|strong="H6213" animal|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H5930" it|strong="H1931" as|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" burned|strong="H8313" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” (Manoah|strong="H4495" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w man|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w an|strong="H6213"\+w*} angel|strong="H4397" was|strong="H3068" really|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068".) 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H3588" Manoah|strong="H4495" asked|strong="H1697" him|strong="H3588", “What|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034"? When|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068" happens|strong="H1961", we|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3513" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “◄Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H4100" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H7592" my|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034"?/You|strong="H4100" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2088" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H7592" my|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034".► [RHQ] It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" ◄wonderful|strong="H6383"/it|strong="H1931" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3068" understood|strong="H0995"►.” 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H3947" Manoah|strong="H4495" killed|strong="H2026" a|strong="H3947" young|strong="H1423" goat|strong="H5795" and|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" rock|strong="H6697", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" grain|strong="H1715" offering|strong="H4503", as|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3947" sacrifice|strong="H4503" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". And|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" amazing|strong="H6381" thing|strong="H1697" while|strong="H5921" Manoah|strong="H4495" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" watched|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{20}Flames|strong="H3851" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196" blazed|strong="H1197" up|strong="H5927" toward|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" sky|strong="H8064", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" ascended|strong="H5927" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" flames|strong="H3851". When|strong="H1961" Manoah|strong="H4495" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200", they|strong="H3068" prostrated|strong="H7812" themselves|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{21}Although|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" appear|strong="H7200" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" form|strong="H8389" of|strong="H3068" an|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3068" Manoah|strong="H4495" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" again|strong="H5750", Manoah|strong="H4495" realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w man|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w an|strong="H7200"\+w*} angel|strong="H4397" was|strong="H3068" really|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H4191" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Now|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191", because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7200" seen|strong="H7200" God|strong="H0430"!” 
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\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" said|strong="H8085", “No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191", because|strong="H3027" if|strong="H3863" Yahweh|strong="H3068" intended|strong="H1819" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" us|strong="H7200", he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" accepted|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" offering|strong="H4503" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H4503". And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H4191" us|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3068" told|strong="H8085" us|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" wonderful|strong="H6381" thing|strong="H2063" that|strong="H7200" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" us|strong="H7200", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" performed|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" miracle|strong="H4159".” 
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\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" born|strong="H3205", they|strong="H3068" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H3205" Samson|strong="H8123". Yahweh|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" him|strong="H3205" as|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" grew|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H3068" while|strong="H5704" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" Mahaneh-Dan|strong="H4265", which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" between|strong="H7307" Zorah|strong="H6881" and|strong="H3068" Eshtaol|strong="H0847" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*}, Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" control|strong="H3027" him|strong="H3068". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Samson’s riddle }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Samson’s riddle }
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\chapterNumber{14}One|strong="H7200" day|strong="H3381" when|strong="H7200" Samson|strong="H8123" was|strong="H6430" in|strong="H7200" Timnah|strong="H8553" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, he|strong="H3381" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" young|strong="H5288" Philistine|strong="H6430" woman|strong="H1323" there|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H7200" he|strong="H7200" returned|strong="H5927" home|strong="H1004", he|strong="H7200" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H3947" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001", “I|strong="H6258" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3947" young|strong="H5288" Philistine|strong="H6430" woman|strong="H1323" in|strong="H5927" Timnah|strong="H8553", and|strong="H7200" I|strong="H6258" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H3947" to|strong="H5927" get|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" for|strong="H3947" me|strong="H7200" so|strong="H3947" I|strong="H6258" can|strong="H7200" marry|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947".” 
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\verseNumber{3}His|strong="H3605" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H1980" father|strong="H0001" objected very|strong="H1980" strongly|strong="H3966". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Is|strong="H1931" there|strong="H3605" no|strong="H3605" woman|strong="H1323" from|strong="H1980" our|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294", or|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626", that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" could|strong="H5971" marry|strong="H3947"? Why|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" heathen|strong="H1471" Philistines|strong="H6430" to|strong="H1980" get|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802"?” 
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But|strong="H3588" Samson|strong="H8123" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001", “Get|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H3947"! She|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270"!” 
\verseNumber{4}His|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H3478" father|strong="H0001" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" arranging this|strong="H1931". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" preparing|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3588" way|strong="H1870" for|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Samson|strong="H8123"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w defeat|strong="H5221"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" Philistines|strong="H6430", who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H3478" ruling|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478" at|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256". 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H3381", as|strong="H5704" Samson|strong="H8123" was|strong="H8123" going|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H5704" Timnah|strong="H8553", followed|strong="H0310" by|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3381" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H3381" father|strong="H0001", a|strong="H5704" young|strong="H3715" lion|strong="H3715" attacked|strong="H7125" Samson|strong="H8123" near|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" vineyards|strong="H3754" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H5704" Timnah|strong="H8553". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H6213" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H3068" upon|strong="H5921" Samson|strong="H8123" powerfully, with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" tore|strong="H8156" the|strong="H5921" lion|strong="H0738" apart|strong="H7307" with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w easily|strong="H4592"\+w*} as|strong="H6213" if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3027" a|strong="H6213" young|strong="H1423" goat|strong="H1423". But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" his|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H1696" they|strong="H1696" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H1696" Timnah|strong="H8553", Samson|strong="H8123" talked|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" young|strong="H5288" woman|strong="H0802", and|strong="H5869" he|strong="H1696" liked|strong="H5869" her|strong="H3381" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w made|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w arrangements|strong="H4941"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w wedding|strong="H1984"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}Later|strong="H0310", when|strong="H3117" Samson|strong="H8123" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Timnah|strong="H8553" for|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" wedding|strong="H1984", he|strong="H3117" turned|strong="H7725" off|strong="H5493" the|strong="H7200" path|strong="H0734" to|strong="H7725" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" carcass|strong="H1472" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" lion|strong="H0738". He|strong="H3117" discovered|strong="H1540" that|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w creatures|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w had|strong="H5712"\+w* \+w eaten|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w all|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w flesh|strong="H1320"\+w*}, a|strong="H3947" swarm|strong="H5712" of|strong="H3117" bees|strong="H1682" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H5712"\+w* \+w made|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* hive \+w in|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* skeleton \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w*} had|strong="H5712" made|strong="H7725" some|strong="H3117" honey|strong="H1706". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H1980" he|strong="H3588" scooped|strong="H7287" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3709" the|strong="H3588" honey|strong="H1706" into|strong="H1980" his|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3709" and|strong="H1980" ate|strong="H0398" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3709" it|strong="H5414" as|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H5414" walking|strong="H1980" along|strong="H1980". He|strong="H3588" also|strong="H1472" gave|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3709" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" his|strong="H5414" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H1980" father|strong="H0001", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" taken|strong="H7287" the|strong="H3588" honey|strong="H1706" from|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" skeleton of|strong="H3709" the|strong="H3588" lion|strong="H0738", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w dedicated|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w God|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w touch|strong="H5060"\+w* \+w any|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w corpse|strong="H1472"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}As|strong="H6213" his|strong="H6213" father|strong="H0001" was|strong="H6213" making|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" final|strong="H0319" arrangements|strong="H4941" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" marriage|strong="H0802", Samson|strong="H8123" gave|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" party|strong="H1870" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w young|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w men|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}. That|strong="H3588" was|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" custom|strong="H3651" for|strong="H3588" men|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3381" do|strong="H6213" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H0834" about|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3381" be|strong="H3588" married|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{11}Thirty|strong="H7970" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H7200" were|strong="H1961" invited|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7200" party|strong="H1870". 
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\verseNumber{12}Samson|strong="H8123" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414", “Allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" riddle|strong="H2420". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" tel me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H3117" my|strong="H5414" riddle|strong="H2420" during|strong="H3117" these|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" celebration|strong="H8057", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" each|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" linen|strong="H5466" robe|strong="H4598" and|strong="H3117" an|strong="H5414" extra set|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3117" clothes|strong="H0899". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" cannot|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H8085" meaning|strong="H0998", you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H3808" each|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" linen|strong="H5466" robe|strong="H4598" and|strong="H7970" an|strong="H5414" extra set|strong="H5414" of|strong="H2487" clothes|strong="H0899".” They|strong="H3808" replied|strong="H0559", “All|strong="H5414" right|strong="H3225". Tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" riddle|strong="H2420".” 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3117" said|strong="H3318", 
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“From|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3117" thing|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" eats|strong="H0398" came|strong="H3318" something|strong="H3978" to|strong="H3318" eat|strong="H3978"; 
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out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3117" something|strong="H3978" strong|strong="H5794" came|strong="H3318" something|strong="H3978" sweet|strong="H4966".” 
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But|strong="H3808" for|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3117" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" riddle|strong="H2420". 
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\verseNumber{15}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" fourth|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", they|strong="H3117" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1961" Samson’s|strong="H8123" bride|strong="H3618", “Ask|strong="H7592" your|strong="H1961" husband|strong="H0376" to|strong="H1961" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3117" riddle|strong="H2420". If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117", we|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" burn|strong="H8313" down|strong="H8313" your|strong="H1961" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004", with|strong="H8313" you|strong="H3117" inside|strong="H1004" it|strong="H7121"! Did|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3117" invite|strong="H7121" us|strong="H5046" here|strong="H6311" only|strong="H0389" to|strong="H1961" make|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5046" poor|strong="H3423" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w forcing|strong="H4330"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w buy|strong="H7069"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w lot|strong="H1486"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w clothes|strong="H0899"\+w* \+w for|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w your|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H3808" Samson’s|strong="H8123" wife|strong="H0802" came|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", crying|strong="H1058", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", “You|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" really|strong="H2088" love|strong="H0157" me|strong="H5046". You|strong="H5921" hate|strong="H8130" me|strong="H5046"! You|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5971" told|strong="H5046" a|strong="H5921" riddle|strong="H2420" to|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" friends|strong="H7453", but|strong="H7535" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5921" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" riddle|strong="H2420"!” 
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He|strong="H3808" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5921" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" riddle|strong="H2420" even|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H1121" father|strong="H1121", so|strong="H3808" why|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2009" tell|strong="H5046" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921"?” 
\verseNumber{17}She|strong="H3588" continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" cry|strong="H7121" every|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" she|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", all|strong="H1058" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" celebration|strong="H8057". Finally|strong="H5704", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" nag him|strong="H5921", he|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5921" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" riddle|strong="H2420". Then|strong="H1961" she|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" young|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H3808", before|strong="H2962" sunset|strong="H8121" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3117" young|strong="H3117" men|strong="H5794" came|strong="H4672" to|strong="H3117" Samson|strong="H8123" and|strong="H3117" said|strong="H2790" to|strong="H3117" him|strong="H4672", 
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“hat/Nothing|strong="H3808" is|strong="H4100" sweeter|strong="H4966" than|strong="H3808" honey|strong="H1706" [RHQ]. 
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What|strong="H4100"/Nothing|strong="H3808" is|strong="H4100" stronger|strong="H5794" than|strong="H3808" a|strong="H4672" lion|strong="H0738" [RHQ]!” 
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Samson|strong="H8123" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w should|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w force|strong="H2394"\+w* \+w a|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w heifer|strong="H5697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w*} plow|strong="H2790" a|strong="H4672" field|strong="H7704" [MET|strong="H4672"]. 
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Similarly|strong="H2088", if|strong="H3884" you|strong="H3117" had|strong="H4672" not|strong="H3808" forced|strong="H4522" my|strong="H4672" bride|strong="H3618" to|strong="H3117" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H4672" about|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" riddle|strong="H2420" [MET|strong="H4672"], 
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you|strong="H3117" would|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H4672" known|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3117" answer|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3117" my|strong="H4672" riddle|strong="H2420"!” 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H3947" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" powerfully took|strong="H3947" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" Samson|strong="H8123". He|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w coast|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w at|strong="H5921"\+w*} Ashkelon|strong="H0831" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H5221" 30 men|strong="H1992". He|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" their|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w went|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w back|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w Timnah|strong="H8553"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" riddle|strong="H2420". But|strong="H1992" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" about|strong="H5921" what|strong="H5927" had|strong="H3068" happened|strong="H1961", so|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5927" back|strong="H5927" home|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3381" live|strong="H3427" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5414" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H1961" ◄Samson’s|strong="H8123" wife|strong="H0802" was|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414"/the|strong="H1961" bride’s father|strong="H0001" gave|strong="H1961" Samson’s|strong="H8123" wife|strong="H0802"► to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H7462" who|strong="H7462" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" Samson’s|strong="H8123" best|strong="H2459" man|strong="H0376" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" wedding|strong="H1984", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Samson|strong="H8123"\+w* \+w did|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Samson got revenge on the Philistines }

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\chapterNumber{15}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" harvested|strong="H1219" wheat|strong="H2406", Samson|strong="H8123" took|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H1423" goat|strong="H5795" to|strong="H1961" Timnah|strong="H8553" as|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" present|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3117" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802". He|strong="H3117" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H1961" sleep|strong="H8142" with|strong="H3117" [EUP] his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802", but|strong="H3808" her|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" go|strong="H1961" into|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w her|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w room|strong="H2315"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" Samson|strong="H8123", “I|strong="H3588" really|strong="H2088" thought|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" hated|strong="H8130" her|strong="H5414". So|strong="H4480" I|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" man|strong="H2896" who|strong="H2896" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5414" best|strong="H2896" man|strong="H2896" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" wedding|strong="H1984", and|strong="H2896" she|strong="H3588" married|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5414". But|strong="H3588" look|strong="H4994", her|strong="H5414" younger|strong="H6996" sister|strong="H0269" is|strong="H2896" [RHQ] more|strong="H4480" beautiful|strong="H2896" than|strong="H4480" she|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2896". You|strong="H3588" can|strong="H3808" marry|strong="H1961" her|strong="H5414"!” 
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\verseNumber{3}Samson|strong="H8123" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H6213"! And|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" time|strong="H6471" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H6430" a|strong="H6213" right|strong="H3225" to|strong="H6213" get|strong="H6213" revenge|strong="H5360" on|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" Philistines|strong="H6430"!” 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H8147" went|strong="H3212" out|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H8432"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w fields|strong="H7704"\+w*} and|strong="H3967" caught|strong="H3920" 300 foxes|strong="H7776". He|strong="H8147" tied|strong="H0631" their|strong="H3947" tails|strong="H2180" together|strong="H3920", two-by-two. He|strong="H8147" fastened|strong="H8628" torches|strong="H3940" to|strong="H3212" each|strong="H3947" pair|strong="H8147" of|strong="H8432" tails|strong="H2180". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H5704" lit|strong="H0215" the|strong="H5704" torches|strong="H3940" and|strong="H7971" let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5704" foxes|strong="H7776" run|strong="H7323" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5704" fields|strong="H7704" of|strong="H3754" the|strong="H5704" Philistines|strong="H6430". The|strong="H5704" fire|strong="H0784" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w torches|strong="H3940"\+w*} burned|strong="H1197" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" grain|strong="H7054" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" ground|strong="H0776", including|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" grain|strong="H7054" that|strong="H5704" had|strong="H6430" been|strong="H1961" cut|strong="H3772" and|strong="H7971" piled|strong="H6651" in|strong="H7971" bundles|strong="H6872". The|strong="H5704" fire|strong="H0784" also|strong="H6430" burned|strong="H1197" down|strong="H7971" their|strong="H7971" grapevines and|strong="H7971" their|strong="H7971" olive|strong="H2132" trees|strong="H2132". 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3588" Philistines|strong="H6430" asked|strong="H7592", “Who|strong="H4310" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063"?” Someone|strong="H4310" told|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5414", “Samson|strong="H8123" did|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5414". He|strong="H3588" married|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H0802" from|strong="H5927" Timnah|strong="H8553", but|strong="H3588" then|strong="H3947" his|strong="H5414" father-in-law|strong="H2860" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4310" was|strong="H6430" Samson’s|strong="H8123" best|strong="H2459" man|strong="H0376" at|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" wedding|strong="H1984", and|strong="H6213" she|strong="H3588" married|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5414".” So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" Philistines|strong="H6430" went|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Timnah|strong="H8553"\+w*} and|strong="H6213" got|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H0802" and|strong="H6213" her|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H6213" burned|strong="H8313" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5927" death|strong="H4194". 
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\verseNumber{7}Samson|strong="H8123" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w found|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w about|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213", “Because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6213" not|strong="H2308" stop|strong="H2308" until|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" get|strong="H6213" revenge|strong="H5358" on|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588"!” 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H3427" he|strong="H5921" attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430" furiously|strong="H7697", and|strong="H1419" killed|strong="H5221" many|strong="H1419" of|strong="H3427" them|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H3381" he|strong="H5921" went|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w hide|strong="H5641"\+w*} in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H5221" cave|strong="H4631" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" large|strong="H1419" rock|strong="H5553" at|strong="H3427" a|strong="H5221" place|strong="H3427" called|strong="H7121" Etam|strong="H5862". 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H5927" Philistines|strong="H6430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3063"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6430"\+w* } went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5927" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H5927" Judah|strong="H3063" lived|strong="H3427", set|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5927" tents|strong="H2583" near|strong="H7126" Lehi|strong="H3896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w then|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w raided|strong="H6584"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H5921" men|strong="H6213" there|strong="H5927" asked|strong="H4100" the|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3063" you|strong="H5921" attacked|strong="H5927" us|strong="H5921"?” 
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The|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3063" come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" capture|strong="H3920" Samson|strong="H8123". We|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3063" come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" get|strong="H6213" revenge|strong="H5360" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5927" us|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w where|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w Samson|strong="H8123"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w hiding|strong="H5641"\+w*}. So|strong="H3651" 3,000 men|strong="H6213" from|strong="H3381" Judah|strong="H3063" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" get|strong="H6213" Samson|strong="H8123" at|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" cave|strong="H4631" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" rock|strong="H5553" where|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3063" hiding|strong="H5641". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3381" Samson|strong="H8123", “Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H6213" Philistia|strong="H6429" are|strong="H4100" ruling|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" us|strong="H6213"? Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" realize|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3063" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3381" us|strong="H6213"?” 
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Samson|strong="H8123" replied|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" thing|strong="H2063" I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" got|strong="H6965" revenge|strong="H5360" on|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3381" me|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3381" Judah|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" him|strong="H5414", “We|strong="H6435" have|strong="H6430" come|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" tie|strong="H6029" you|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3027" put|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" Philistines|strong="H6430".” 
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Samson|strong="H8123" said|strong="H0559", “All|strong="H5414" right|strong="H3225", but|strong="H3588" promise|strong="H7650" me|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" yourselves|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3027" not|strong="H5414" kill|strong="H6293" me|strong="H5414"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}They|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3027" just|strong="H3512" tie|strong="H6029" you|strong="H3588" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3027" take|strong="H5927" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3588" Philistines|strong="H6430". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3588".” So|strong="H4480" they|strong="H3588" tied|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" with|strong="H3027" two|strong="H8147" new|strong="H2319" ropes|strong="H5688", and|strong="H3027" led|strong="H1980" him|strong="H5414" away|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" cave|strong="H4631". 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5921" Lehi|strong="H3896", the|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430" came|strong="H1961" toward|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", shouting|strong="H7321" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w triumphantly|strong="H5921"\+w*}. But|strong="H1961" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H1961" upon|strong="H5921" Samson|strong="H8123" powerfully. He|strong="H1931" snapped|strong="H5423" the|strong="H5921" ropes|strong="H5688" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" arms|strong="H2220" as|strong="H5704" easily|strong="H4592" as|strong="H5704" if|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" stalks|strong="H6086" of|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H1197" flax|strong="H6593", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" ropes|strong="H5688" fell|strong="H1961" off|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" wrists|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3027" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3947" donkey’s|strong="H2543" jawbone|strong="H3895" lying|strong="H8267" on|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3947" ground|strong="H0776". It|strong="H5221" was|strong="H3027" fresh|strong="H2961", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w hard|strong="H7186"\+w*}. He|strong="H3027" picked|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5221" up|strong="H3947" and|strong="H7971" killed|strong="H5221" about|strong="H5221" 1,000 Philistine|strong="H6430" men|strong="H3947" with|strong="H3027" it|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H8123" Samson|strong="H8123" wrote|strong="H3789" this|strong="H5221" poem: 
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“ith the|strong="H5221" jawbone|strong="H3895" of|strong="H5221" a|strong="H5221" donkey|strong="H2543" 
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I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1961" made|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221" like|strong="H5221" a|strong="H5221" heap|strong="H1530" of|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w*} donkeys|strong="H2543". 
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With|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" jawbone|strong="H3895" of|strong="H5221" a|strong="H5221" donkey|strong="H2543" 
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I|strong="H0589" killed|strong="H5221" 1,000 men|strong="H0376".” 
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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" finished|strong="H3615" killing|strong="H2026" those|strong="H1931" men|strong="H7121", he|strong="H1931" threw|strong="H7993" the|strong="H7121" jawbone|strong="H3895" away|strong="H7993", and|strong="H3027" later|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" was|strong="H1961" called|strong="H7121" Jawbone|strong="H3895" Hill|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H6258" Samson|strong="H8123" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" thirsty|strong="H6770", so|strong="H7121" he|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “You|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" strength|strong="H3027" to|strong="H4191" win|strong="H6743" a|strong="H5414" great|strong="H1419" victory|strong="H8668". So|strong="H7121" now|strong="H6258" must|strong="H4191" I|strong="H5414" die|strong="H4191" because|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" thirsty|strong="H6770", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3068" those|strong="H2063" heathen|strong="H1471" Philistines|strong="H6430" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H5414" away|strong="H5307" my|strong="H5414" body|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* mutilate \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w*}?” 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H3651" God|strong="H0430" caused|strong="H5414" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H5704" gush|strong="H6079" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3117" a|strong="H7121" depression in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776" at|strong="H5921" Lehi|strong="H3896". Samson|strong="H8123" drank|strong="H8354" from|strong="H4480" it|strong="H7121" and|strong="H7725" soon|strong="H3512" felt|strong="H4959" strong|strong="H2388" again|strong="H7725". He|strong="H3117" named|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3117" place|strong="H4388" ‘The|strong="H5921" spring|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H2088" called|strong="H7121" out’. That|strong="H3117" spring|strong="H3318" is|strong="H2088" still|strong="H7725" there|strong="H2088" at|strong="H5921" Lehi|strong="H3896". 
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\verseNumber{20}Samson|strong="H8123" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3117" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" Israeli people|strong="H5971" for|strong="H3117" 20 years|strong="H8141", but|strong="H3117" during|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" Philistines|strong="H6430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w ones|strong="H2945"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w ruled|strong="H8199"\+w* \+w over|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w land|strong="H0776"\+w*}. 

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\chapterNumber{16}One|strong="H7200" day|strong="H3117" Samson|strong="H8123" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Gaza|strong="H5804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}. He|strong="H8033" spent|strong="H3885" some|strong="H8033" time|strong="H6256" with|strong="H3212" a|strong="H7200" prostitute|strong="H2181". 
\verseNumber{2}People|strong="H5971" soon|strong="H1242" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Samson|strong="H8123" was|strong="H5892" there|strong="H2008", so|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5892" Gaza|strong="H5804" gathered|strong="H5437" together|strong="H3162" at|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" gate|strong="H8179" and|strong="H5892" waited|strong="H3176" all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915". They|strong="H5704" said|strong="H2790" to|strong="H5704" themselves|strong="H0905", “When|strong="H5704" it|strong="H1242" dawns|strong="H6437" tomorrow|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242", we|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5892" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w tries|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H5921" Samson|strong="H8123" did|strong="H2022" not|strong="H7760" stay|strong="H7901" there|strong="H5927" all|strong="H5704" night|strong="H3915". At|strong="H5921" midnight|strong="H2677", he|strong="H5704" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H5927". He|strong="H5704" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" gate|strong="H8179", he|strong="H5704" took|strong="H5927" hold|strong="H6965" of|strong="H5892" its|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" posts|strong="H4201", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H5704" lifted|strong="H5927" it|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H5265" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440", with|strong="H5973" its|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{connecting \+w cross|strong="H5674"\+w*} bar|strong="H1280" still|strong="H7901" attached|strong="H7760". He|strong="H5704" put|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7760" shoulders|strong="H3802" and|strong="H6965" carried|strong="H5927" it|strong="H7760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w miles|strong="H7341"\+w*} uphill to|strong="H5704" Hebron|strong="H2275". 
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\verseNumber{4}Later|strong="H1961" Samson|strong="H8123" fell|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8034" love|strong="H0157" with|strong="H3651" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H8034" named|strong="H8034" Delilah|strong="H1807", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w started|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w live|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w her|strong="H1961"\+w*}. She|strong="H3651" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8034" Sorek|strong="H7796" Valley|strong="H5158" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H7200" Philistine|strong="H6430" leaders|strong="H5633" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3201" her|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3967" said|strong="H0559", “Find|strong="H3201" out|strong="H5414" from|strong="H5927" Samson|strong="H8123" what|strong="H4100" makes|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" so|strong="H5414" strong|strong="H3581". And|strong="H3967" find|strong="H3201" out|strong="H5414" how|strong="H4100" we|strong="H3201" can|strong="H3201" subdue|strong="H3665" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3967" tie|strong="H6029" him|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5927" securely|strong="H0983". If|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H4100" that|strong="H7200", each|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3701" us|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" 1,100 pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H3701" silver|strong="H3701".” 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H4994" Delilah|strong="H1807" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5046" Samson|strong="H8123", “Please|strong="H4994" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994" what|strong="H4100" makes|strong="H3581" you|strong="H5046" so|strong="H4994" strong|strong="H3581", and|strong="H1419" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994" how|strong="H4100" someone|strong="H0376" can|strong="H4100" subdue|strong="H3665" you|strong="H5046" and|strong="H1419" tie|strong="H6029" you|strong="H5046" up|strong="H5927".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Samson|strong="H8123" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H0376" ties|strong="H0631" me|strong="H1961" with|strong="H1961" seven|strong="H7651" new|strong="H2319" bowstrings|strong="H3499", ones|strong="H2945" that|strong="H3808" are|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" dry|strong="H2717" yet|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" weak|strong="H2470" as|strong="H1961" other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H7651".” 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Delilah|strong="H1807"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Philistine|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H5633"\+w*}, they|strong="H3808" brought|strong="H5927" seven|strong="H7651" new|strong="H2319" bowstrings|strong="H3499" to|strong="H5927" Delilah|strong="H1807". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H3045" she|strong="H5921" hid|strong="H5641" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H3427" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" rooms|strong="H2315" in|strong="H3427" her|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Samson|strong="H8123"\+w* \+w was|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w sleeping|strong="H3463"\+w*}, she|strong="H5921" tied|strong="H6616" him|strong="H5921" up|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" bowstrings|strong="H3499". Then|strong="H3045" she|strong="H5921" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5921", “Samson|strong="H8123"! The|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430" have|strong="H3045" come|strong="H3045" here|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" capture|strong="H3920" you|strong="H5921"!” But|strong="H3808" Samson|strong="H8123" snapped|strong="H5423" the|strong="H5921" bowstrings|strong="H3499" as|strong="H3427" easily|strong="H4592" as|strong="H3427" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H6430" strings|strong="H6218" that|strong="H3045" had|strong="H6430" been|strong="H3808" singed|strong="H2761" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H5921" fire|strong="H0784". So|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H5921" what|strong="H3045" made|strong="H3045" Samson|strong="H8123" so|strong="H3808" strong|strong="H3581". 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H1696" Delilah|strong="H1807" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Samson|strong="H8123", “You|strong="H5046" have|strong="H6258" deceived|strong="H2048" me|strong="H4994" and|strong="H1696" lied|strong="H3576" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994"! Now|strong="H6258" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H0571"\+w*,} how|strong="H4100" someone|strong="H0376" can|strong="H4100" tie|strong="H6029" you|strong="H5046" up|strong="H5927" securely|strong="H0983".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Samson|strong="H8123" replied|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H0376" ties|strong="H0631" me|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" new|strong="H2319" ropes|strong="H5688", ones|strong="H2945" that|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" used|strong="H6213", I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" weak|strong="H2470" as|strong="H1961" other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H3947" again|strong="H3947", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w she|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Philistine|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H6430"\+w*} they|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w came|strong="H6430"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6430"\+w*} hid|strong="H5641" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" room|strong="H2315" as|strong="H3427" they|strong="H5921" had|strong="H6430" done|strong="H6213" before|strong="H5921". And|strong="H6430" again|strong="H3947", while|strong="H5921" Samson|strong="H8123" was|strong="H6430" sleeping|strong="H3463", she|strong="H5921" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" new|strong="H2319" ropes|strong="H5688" and|strong="H6430" tied|strong="H0631" him|strong="H5921" up|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H3947" she|strong="H5921" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3947", “Samson|strong="H8123"! The|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430" have|strong="H6430" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5921" capture|strong="H3947" you|strong="H5921"!” But|strong="H3947" Samson|strong="H8123" snapped|strong="H5423" the|strong="H5921" ropes|strong="H5688" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3947" arms|strong="H2220" as|strong="H3427" easily|strong="H4592" as|strong="H3427" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H6430" threads|strong="H0713". 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1696" Delilah|strong="H1807" said|strong="H1696", “You|strong="H5704" have|strong="H1696" deceived|strong="H2048" me|strong="H5046" and|strong="H7218" lied|strong="H3576" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H1696"\+w*}! Please|strong="H4994" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" how|strong="H4100" someone|strong="H0376" can|strong="H4100" tie|strong="H6029" you|strong="H5704" up|strong="H5704" securely|strong="H0983"!” Samson|strong="H8123" replied|strong="H1696", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5704" weave|strong="H0707" the|strong="H5704" seven|strong="H7651" braids|strong="H4253" of|strong="H7218" my|strong="H5046" hair|strong="H7218" into|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" threads|strong="H0713" you|strong="H5704" are|strong="H4100" weaving|strong="H0707" on|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5704" loom|strong="H0708", and|strong="H7218" then|strong="H1696" fasten|strong="H5414" those|strong="H1696" threads|strong="H0713" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5704" pin|strong="H3489" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w makes|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w threads|strong="H0713"\+w* \+w tight|strong="H6862"\+w*}, then|strong="H1696" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H4100" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H5704" weak|strong="H2470" as|strong="H5704" other|strong="H2008" men|strong="H7218".” 
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So|strong="H1696" again|strong="H1696", while|strong="H5704" Samson|strong="H8123" was|strong="H7218" sleeping|strong="H3463" on|strong="H1696" her|strong="H5046" lap|strong="H2436", Delilah|strong="H1807" held|strong="H2388" the|strong="H5704" seven|strong="H7651" braids|strong="H4253" of|strong="H7218" his|strong="H5046" hair|strong="H7218", and|strong="H7218" wove|strong="H5526" them|strong="H5046" into|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" threads|strong="H0713" on|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5704" loom|strong="H0708", 
\verseNumber{14}and|strong="H6430" she|strong="H5921" tightened|strong="H6923" them|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" pin|strong="H3489". Then|strong="H8123" she|strong="H5921" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5265", “Samson|strong="H8123"! The|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430" have|strong="H6430" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5921" capture|strong="H3920" you|strong="H5921"!” But|strong="H5921" Samson|strong="H8123" woke|strong="H3364" up|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6430" pulled|strong="H5265" out|strong="H5265" the|strong="H5921" pin|strong="H3489", and|strong="H6430" pulled|strong="H5265" his|strong="H5921" hair|strong="H8181" from|strong="H5265" the|strong="H5921" threads|strong="H0713" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" loom|strong="H0708". 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H2088" Delilah|strong="H1807" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3820" him|strong="H5046", “How|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5046" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H2088" you|strong="H5046" love|strong="H0157" me|strong="H5046" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5046" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5046" truth|strong="H3808" about|strong="H5439" yourself|strong="H3820"? You|strong="H5046" have|strong="H3808" deceived|strong="H2048" me|strong="H5046" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471", and|strong="H1419" you|strong="H5046" still|strong="H5750" have|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" what|strong="H4100" really|strong="H2088" makes|strong="H3581" you|strong="H5046" so|strong="H3808" strong|strong="H3581"!” 
\verseNumber{16}Day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" she|strong="H3588" nagged him|strong="H4191" like|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588". He|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H1697" die|strong="H4191" from|strong="H5315" her|strong="H3605" nagging [IDM]. 
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\verseNumber{17}Finally|strong="H5704" Samson|strong="H8123" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" truth|strong="H3808". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" set|strong="H5927" apart|strong="H0914" for|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808" since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3808". And|strong="H7218" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H7218" that|strong="H3588", my|strong="H3605" hair|strong="H7218" has|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" cut|strong="H1548". If|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3605" hair|strong="H7218" were|strong="H1961" shaved|strong="H1548" off|strong="H5493", my|strong="H3605" strength|strong="H3581" would|strong="H5493" be|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H5927", and|strong="H7218" I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H5493" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" weak|strong="H2470" as|strong="H1961" other|strong="H3605" men|strong="H7218".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Delilah|strong="H1807" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H7200" time|strong="H6471" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H6430" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" truth|strong="H0571". So|strong="H7971" she|strong="H3588" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430" leaders|strong="H5633" again|strong="H7971", saying|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H5927" back|strong="H5927" one|strong="H3605" more|strong="H6471" time|strong="H6471", because|strong="H3588" Samson|strong="H8123" has|strong="H3820" really|strong="H2088" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H7971" everything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w why|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w so|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w strong|strong="H2388"\+w*}”. So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430" leaders|strong="H5633" returned|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3701" brought|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7971" Delilah|strong="H1807" the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}Again|strong="H7725" she|strong="H7121" lulled Samson|strong="H8123" to|strong="H5921" sleep|strong="H3462", with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7121" head|strong="H7218" in|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5493" lap|strong="H1290". Then|strong="H7121" she|strong="H7121" called|strong="H7121" one|strong="H7651" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" Philistine|strong="H6430" men|strong="H7218" to|strong="H5921" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H7218" shave|strong="H1548" off|strong="H5493" Samson’s|strong="H8123" hair|strong="H7218". As|strong="H7121" he|strong="H5921" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H7121", Samson|strong="H8123" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5921" get|strong="H5493" weaker|strong="H1800". And|strong="H7218" finally|strong="H5704" his|strong="H7121" strength|strong="H3581" was|strong="H7218" all|strong="H5921" gone|strong="H5493". 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w tied|strong="H0631"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5921"\+w*}, she|strong="H1931" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318", “Samson|strong="H8123"! The|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430" have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" capture|strong="H3920" you|strong="H3588"!” 
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He|strong="H1931" woke|strong="H3364" up|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" thought|strong="H3045", “I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" before|strong="H5921". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" shake|strong="H5287" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w these|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w ropes|strong="H5688"\+w*} off|strong="H5493" myself|strong="H3045" and|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" free|strong="H3318"!” But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" left|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" Philistine|strong="H6430" men|strong="H0376" seized|strong="H8610" him|strong="H3381" and|strong="H1004" gouged|strong="H5365" out|strong="H5365" his|strong="H1961" eyes|strong="H5869". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5178" took|strong="H3381" him|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Gaza|strong="H5804". There|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5178" put|strong="H3381" him|strong="H3381" in|strong="H1004" prison|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" bound|strong="H0631" him|strong="H3381" with|strong="H1004" bronze|strong="H5178" chains|strong="H5178". They|strong="H5178" made|strong="H1961" him|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w turn|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w millstone|strong="H7393"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w*} grind|strong="H2912" grain|strong="H1715" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w every|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3381"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" his|strong="H1548" hair|strong="H8181" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H2490" grow|strong="H6779" again|strong="H6779". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Samson|strong="H8123" killed|strong="H2490" many|strong="H7227" thousands|strong="H0505" of|strong="H7218" Philistines|strong="H6430" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" died|strong="H4191" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Samson|strong="H8123" killed|strong="H2490" many|strong="H7227" thousands|strong="H0505" of|strong="H7218" Philistines|strong="H6430" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" died|strong="H4191" }
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\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Several|strong="H2669"\+w* \+w months|strong="H2320"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*} the|strong="H5414" Philistine|strong="H6430" leaders|strong="H5633" celebrated|strong="H6213" a|strong="H5414" big|strong="H0931" festival|strong="H8057". During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" festival|strong="H8057" they|strong="H3027" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" god|strong="H5414" Dagon|strong="H1712". They|strong="H3027" praised|strong="H1984" him|strong="H5414", saying|strong="H0559", “Our|strong="H5414" god|strong="H5414" has|strong="H3027" enabled|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" defeat|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" great|strong="H1419" enemy|strong="H0340" Samson|strong="H8123"!” 
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\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H3027" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971" saw|strong="H7200" Samson|strong="H8123", they|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3027" praised|strong="H1984" their|strong="H5414" god|strong="H5414" Dagon|strong="H1712", saying|strong="H0559", 
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“Samson|strong="H8123" ruined|strong="H2717" our|strong="H5414" crops|strong="H8393" and|strong="H3027" killed|strong="H2491" many|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3027" our|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971", 
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but|strong="H3588" our|strong="H5414" god|strong="H5414" has|strong="H3588" put|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" enemy|strong="H0340" into|strong="H3027" our|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3027". 
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Our|strong="H5414" god|strong="H5414" helped|strong="H3027" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" capture|strong="H3920" the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H2491" who|strong="H5971" has|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H2491" so|strong="H5414" many|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3027" us|strong="H5414"!” 
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\verseNumber{25}By|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3820" were|strong="H1961" half-drunk. They|strong="H3588" shouted|strong="H7121", “Bring|strong="H1961" Samson|strong="H8123" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" prison|strong="H1004"! Bring|strong="H1961" him|strong="H6440" here|strong="H6311" so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" can|strong="H1004" entertain|strong="H7832" us|strong="H6440"!” 
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So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" brought|strong="H1961" Samson|strong="H8123" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" prison|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" made|strong="H1961" fun of|strong="H1004" him|strong="H6440". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" made|strong="H1961" him|strong="H6440" stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" center|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3588" made|strong="H1961" him|strong="H6440" stand|strong="H5975" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H6440" two|strong="H1004" pillars|strong="H5982" that|strong="H3588" held|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5975" the|strong="H6440" roof|strong="H1406". 
\verseNumber{26}Samson|strong="H8123" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5288" who|strong="H5288" was|strong="H1004" leading|strong="H7218" him|strong="H5921" by|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027", “Place|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H1004" pillars|strong="H5982". I|strong="H5921" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H8172" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921".” 
\verseNumber{27}At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H7200" time|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H1004" men|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1004" women|strong="H0802". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430" leaders|strong="H5633" were|strong="H6430" also|strong="H6430" there|strong="H8033". And|strong="H1004" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H6430" about|strong="H5921" 3,000 people|strong="H7200" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" roof|strong="H1406", watching|strong="H7832" Samson|strong="H8123" and|strong="H1004" making|strong="H3605" fun of|strong="H1004" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H2088" Samson|strong="H8123" prayed|strong="H7121", saying|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", my|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068", think|strong="H5869" about|strong="H5439" me|strong="H4994" again|strong="H7725"! Please|strong="H4994" give|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" strength|strong="H2388" one|strong="H2088" more|strong="H6471" time|strong="H6471", so|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2088" may|strong="H4994" get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5358" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3069" Philistines|strong="H6430" for|strong="H7121" gouging out|strong="H2388" my|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869"!” 
\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H8123" Samson|strong="H8123" put|strong="H5564" his|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" center|strong="H8432" pillars|strong="H5982" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004". He|strong="H1004" put|strong="H5564" his|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225" on|strong="H5921" one|strong="H8147" pillar|strong="H5982" and|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5921" left|strong="H8040" hand|strong="H3225" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H8147" pillar|strong="H5982". 
\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3605" shouted|strong="H7321" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}, “Let|strong="H5186" me|strong="H5315" die|strong="H4191" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430"!”, and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H3605" pushed|strong="H1920" with|strong="H5973" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" strength|strong="H3581". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w pillars|strong="H5982"\+w* \+w collapsed|strong="H5307"\+w*}, and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" crashed down|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430" leaders|strong="H5633" and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Philistine|strong="H6430" people|strong="H5971", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}. So|strong="H1961" Samson|strong="H8123" killed|strong="H4191" more|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3605" died|strong="H4191" than|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H4191" all|strong="H3605" during|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{31}Later|strong="H0310" his|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251" went|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w Zorah|strong="H6881"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w Gaza|strong="H5804"\+w*} to|strong="H3381" get|strong="H5927" his|strong="H3605" body|strong="H1320". They|strong="H8141" took|strong="H5375" it|strong="H1931" back|strong="H5927" home|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" it|strong="H1931" between|strong="H8199" Zorah|strong="H6881" and|strong="H3478" Eshtaol|strong="H0847", at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" Samson’s|strong="H8123" father|strong="H0001" Manoah|strong="H4495" was|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912". Samson|strong="H8123" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H5927" Israel’s|strong="H3478" leader|strong="H5387" for|strong="H1004" 20 years|strong="H8141". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Micah made idols and hired a priest }

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\chapterNumber{17}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="H8034" Micah|strong="H4319" who|strong="H0834" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8034" the|strong="H1961" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H8034" live|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{2}One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517", “I|strong="H2009" heard|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3947" curse|strong="H1288" whoever|strong="H3605" stole|strong="H3947" ◄1,100 pieces|strong="H5409"/28 pounds|strong="H1993"/13 kg.► of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" from|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" one|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3967" I|strong="H2009" still|strong="H1288" have|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3947".” His|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517" replied|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121", I|strong="H2009" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w admitting|strong="H5753"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w took|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3947"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{3}Micah|strong="H4318" gave|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" silver|strong="H3701" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517". Then|strong="H6258" she|strong="H3967" said|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w herself|strong="H3027"\+w*}, “I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} this|strong="H6213" silver|strong="H3701" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” And|strong="H3967" she|strong="H3967" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H7725" son|strong="H1121", “My|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121", I|strong="H6258" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" make|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" idol|strong="H6459" and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H6213" statue|strong="H6755" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w silver|strong="H3701"\+w*}. So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} this|strong="H6213" silver|strong="H3701" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w making|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w these|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H6213" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H6213" gave|strong="H5414" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" silver|strong="H3701" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5414" mother|strong="H0517", she|strong="H3967" took|strong="H3947" ◄200 pieces|strong="H5409"/about|strong="H1961" 5 pounds|strong="H1993"/1.6 kg.► of|strong="H1004" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" a|strong="H1961" ◄silversmith|strong="H6884"/man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H6884" made|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1961" from|strong="H7725" silver|strong="H3701"►. With|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" made|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" idol|strong="H6459" and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H1961" statue|strong="H6755", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Micah|strong="H4319"\+w*}. Micah|strong="H4319" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H6213" had|strong="H1961" in|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3027" house|strong="H1004" a|strong="H1961" special|strong="H6381" ◄shrine|strong="H1004"/place|strong="H3027" for|strong="H6213" putting|strong="H5414" sacred|strong="H6944" things|strong="H1961"►. He|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" sacred|strong="H6944" vest and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H3027" small|strong="H6996" idols|strong="H8655" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w put|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w shrine|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w along|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w with|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w big|strong="H0931"\+w* \+w idol|strong="H8655"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w statue|strong="H6755"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1961" Micah|strong="H4318" chose|strong="H6213" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3027" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3027" priest|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{6}At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", the|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H5869" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" have|strong="H5869" a|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428". So|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Micah|strong="H4318"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w else|strong="H5750"\+w*} did|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" they|strong="H1992" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6213" right|strong="H3477" thing|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{7}There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" living|strong="H1481" in|strong="H1035" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" in|strong="H1035" the|strong="H1961" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4940" of|strong="H4940" Judah|strong="H3063" lives|strong="H1481". He|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w because|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w*} was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" member|strong="H1995" of|strong="H4940" the|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H4940" of|strong="H4940" Levi|strong="H3881". 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H5704" left|strong="H4672" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" to|strong="H5704" find|strong="H4672" another|strong="H0312" place|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H1481" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w work|strong="H6213"\+w*}. He|strong="H5704" came|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" Micah’s|strong="H4318" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1004" Ephraim|strong="H0669" live|strong="H1481". 
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\verseNumber{9}Micah|strong="H4318" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H4672", “Where|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3063" you|strong="H4672" from|strong="H1980"?” 
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He|strong="H1980" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H1980" come|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". I|strong="H1980" am|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" the|strong="H4672" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4318" Levi|strong="H3881", and|strong="H1980" I|strong="H1980" am|strong="H1980" looking|strong="H4672" for|strong="H3063" a|strong="H4672" place|strong="H4725" to|strong="H1980" live|strong="H1481" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w a|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{10}Micah|strong="H4318" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H5414", “Stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3701" you|strong="H5414" can|strong="H3548" become|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w counsel|strong="H6098"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w*}, and|strong="H3701" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H5414" priest|strong="H3548". Each|strong="H3117" year|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H5414" ten|strong="H6235" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H3117" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" some|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w new|strong="H2319"\+w*} clothes|strong="H0899". And|strong="H3701" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" provide|strong="H5414" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H3427" you|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" agreed|strong="H2974" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" Micah|strong="H4318". He|strong="H3881" became|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Micah’s|strong="H4318" own|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{12}Micah|strong="H4318" appointed|strong="H4150" him|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H1004" lived|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1004" Micah’s|strong="H4318" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1961" Micah|strong="H4318" said|strong="H0559", “Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3190" good|strong="H3190" things|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H1961", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H3045" from|strong="H3881" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3881" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3068" priest|strong="H3548".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The tribe of Dan took Micah’s priest and his idols }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The tribe of Dan took Micah’s priest and his idols }
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\chapterNumber{18}At|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" Israelis had|strong="H3478" no|strong="H3808" king|strong="H4428". 
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Also|strong="H3478" at|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4428" Dan|strong="H1839" was|strong="H3478" still|strong="H3427" searching|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3588" some|strong="H1992" land|strong="H5159" where|strong="H3808" they|strong="H1992" could|strong="H3201" live|strong="H3427". The|strong="H3588" other|strong="H0312" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626" had|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w been|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} ◄\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w capture|strong="H5307"\+w*/\+w take|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w possession|strong="H5159"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*}► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w*} land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H3808" allotted|strong="H5307" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H1992", but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4428" Dan|strong="H1839" had|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H7971" they|strong="H8033" chose|strong="H0977" five|strong="H2568" soldiers|strong="H2428" from|strong="H1121" their|strong="H7971" clans|strong="H4940", men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1004" Zorah|strong="H6881" and|strong="H1121" Eshtaol|strong="H0847" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}, to|strong="H5704" go|strong="H3212" through|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5704" land|strong="H4940" and|strong="H1121" explore|strong="H2713" it|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w try|strong="H2713"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w find|strong="H2713"\+w* \+w some|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w land|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w where|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w their|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4940"\+w* \+w could|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w*}. 
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They|strong="H8033" came|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" Micah’s|strong="H4318" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5704" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5704" tribe|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" lived|strong="H3427", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8033" stayed|strong="H3885" there|strong="H8033" that|strong="H1121" night|strong="H3885". 
\verseNumber{3}While|strong="H5973" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3881" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5493" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H1992" heard|strong="H6963" the|strong="H6213" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" who|strong="H4310" had|strong="H4318" become|strong="H6213" Micah’s|strong="H4318" priest|strong="H3548" talking|strong="H1696", they|strong="H1992" recognized|strong="H5234" from|strong="H5493" ◄his|strong="H5493" accent/the|strong="H6213" way|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3881" he|strong="H8033" talked|strong="H1696"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3881"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w southern|strong="H5045"\+w* \+w part|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H1992" went|strong="H3881" to|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1004" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H6213", “Who|strong="H4310" brought|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" here|strong="H6311"? What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H1992" you|strong="H6213" doing|strong="H6213" here|strong="H6311"? Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" come|strong="H5288" here|strong="H6311"?” 
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\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H6213" told|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3548" Micah|strong="H4318" had|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213". And|strong="H3548" he|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559", “Micah|strong="H4318" ◄has|strong="H1961" hired|strong="H7936" me|strong="H6213"/is|strong="H2088" paying|strong="H1576" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" work|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213"►, and|strong="H3548" I|strong="H2088" have|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548".” 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H1980" they|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H5921", “Please|strong="H4994" ask|strong="H7592" God|strong="H0430" if|strong="H0518" we|strong="H4994" will|strong="H7592" succeed|strong="H6743" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w we|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w trying|strong="H1156"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w do|strong="H1870"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3045" journey|strong="H1870".” 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3068" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H0376" replied|strong="H0559", “Things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H3068" you|strong="H1870". Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1870" this|strong="H3068" journey|strong="H1870".” 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w next|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} the|strong="H7200" five|strong="H2568" men|strong="H5971" left|strong="H3427". When|strong="H7200" they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Laish|strong="H3919" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, they|strong="H1992" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" there|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" safely|strong="H0983", like|strong="H5973" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3427" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} did|strong="H5971". The|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" there|strong="H3427" thought|strong="H7130" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H5971" safe|strong="H7965"/protected|strong="H3467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3423"\+w* \+w any|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}, and|strong="H4941" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H5971" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w good|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w fertile|strong="H3759"\+w*} land|strong="H7130". They|strong="H1992" lived|strong="H3427" very|strong="H1992" far|strong="H7350" from|strong="H3423" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1697" Sidon|strong="H6721", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Sidon|strong="H6721"\+w* \+w would|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w not|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w defend|strong="H1598"\+w*/\+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w*}. They|strong="H1992" had|strong="H5971" no|strong="H7200" other|strong="H0312" ◄allies|strong="H2266"/groups|strong="H7218" nearby|strong="H7130" that|strong="H5971" would|strong="H5971" help|strong="H5971" them|strong="H1992" in|strong="H3427" battles|strong="H4421"►. 
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\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H3588" those|strong="H1992" five|strong="H2568" men|strong="H0376" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H4100" Zorah|strong="H6881" and|strong="H6881" Eshtaol|strong="H0847", their|strong="H4100" relatives|strong="H0251" asked|strong="H4100" them|strong="H5414" “What|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H4100"?” 
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\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7200" found|strong="H4672" some|strong="H2009" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H6965" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H2896" very|strong="H3966" good|strong="H2896". We|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H6965" attack|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w there|strong="H2009"\+w*}. Why|strong="H5921" are|strong="H2896" you|strong="H3588" staying|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2009" and|strong="H6965" doing|strong="H2814" nothing|strong="H2814" [RHQ]? Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" wait|strong="H0693" any|strong="H7200" longer|strong="H5750"! We|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3212" immediately|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" take|strong="H3423" possession|strong="H3423" of|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776"! 
\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H5971" there|strong="H8033", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H3027" plenty|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3027" land|strong="H4725", and|strong="H3027" it|strong="H5414" has|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w*}. The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H5971" not|strong="H5414" expecting anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5414" attack|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5414". Surely|strong="H3588" God|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3027" giving|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" land|strong="H4725" to|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H2296" 600 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H5265" the|strong="H8033" tribe|strong="H4940" of|strong="H3627" Dan|strong="H1839" left|strong="H5265" Zorah|strong="H6881" and|strong="H3967" Eshtaol|strong="H0847", carrying|strong="H5375" their|strong="H8033" weapons|strong="H3627". 
\verseNumber{12}On|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" way|strong="H2088" they|strong="H3117" set|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H2583" near|strong="H5921" Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w area|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w where|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}. That|strong="H3117" is|strong="H2088" why|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" area|strong="H4725" west|strong="H3220" of|strong="H3117" Kiriath-Jearim|strong="H7157" was|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" ‘Camp|strong="H2583" of|strong="H3117" Dan’, and|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H2088" still|strong="H5704" its|strong="H5921" name|strong="H7121". 
\verseNumber{13}From|strong="H5704" there|strong="H8033", they|strong="H8033" went|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5704" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1004" Ephraim|strong="H0669" lives|strong="H5315". And|strong="H1004" they|strong="H8033" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H1004" Micah’s|strong="H4318" house|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H3588" five|strong="H2568" men|strong="H1980" who|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" explored|strong="H8446" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" near|strong="H7126" Laish|strong="H3919" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H1980" their|strong="H3588" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis, “Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" in|strong="H1980" one|strong="H6213" of|strong="H1004" these|strong="H6213" houses|strong="H1004" there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" a|strong="H6213" sacred|strong="H6944" vest, several|strong="H2669" idols|strong="H8655", and|strong="H1980" a|strong="H6213" statue|strong="H6755"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213".” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H5493" they|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3881" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5493" house|strong="H1004" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5493" man|strong="H5288" from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5493" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3881" lived|strong="H3427", which|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5493" house|strong="H1004" where|strong="H8033" Micah|strong="H4318" lived|strong="H3427", and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H8033" greeted|strong="H7592" the|strong="H5493" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5493" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3881"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4318"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Micah’s|strong="H4318"\+w* \+w priest|strong="H3548"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H1121" 600 men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" stood|strong="H5324" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H1121" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" house|strong="H1004", carrying|strong="H5375" their|strong="H1835" weapons|strong="H3627". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3947" five|strong="H2568" men|strong="H1980" who|strong="H3548" had|strong="H3548" explored|strong="H8446" the|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776" went|strong="H1980" into|strong="H1980" Micah’s|strong="H4318" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3967" took|strong="H3947" all|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3947" idols|strong="H8655", the|strong="H3947" sacred|strong="H6944" vest, and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3947" statue|strong="H6755". While|strong="H5704" they|strong="H8033" did|strong="H1980" that|strong="H3548", the|strong="H3947" 600 men|strong="H1980" stood|strong="H5324" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3947" gate|strong="H8179", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w talking|strong="H1696"\+w*} with|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3947" priest|strong="H3548". 
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3947" priest|strong="H3548" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H6213" bringing|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" idols|strong="H8655" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" sacred|strong="H6944" vest and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" statue|strong="H6755", he|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213", “What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3947" doing|strong="H6213"?” 
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\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H5921" replied|strong="H0559", “Be|strong="H1961" quiet|strong="H2790"! Do|strong="H2790" not|strong="H1961" say|strong="H6310" anything|strong="H3605"! You|strong="H5921" come|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" for|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921". Is|strong="H3027" it|strong="H7760" better|strong="H2896" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stay|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w here|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H4940" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" one|strong="H2896" man|strong="H2896", or|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" clan|strong="H4940", and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" whole|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1004" Israelis?” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H3947" priest|strong="H3548" liked|strong="H7521" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" suggesting. So|strong="H3947" he|strong="H5971" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" sacred|strong="H6944" vest and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3947" idols|strong="H8655", and|strong="H3548" he|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prepared|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3820"\+w*} go|strong="H3190" with|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3947" men|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5971" Dan|strong="H1835". 
\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3212" put|strong="H7760" their|strong="H7760" little|strong="H2945" children|strong="H2945" and|strong="H3212" their|strong="H7760" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3212" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" that|strong="H3212" they|strong="H6440" owned|strong="H3426" in|strong="H3212" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{22}After|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H1121" gone|strong="H7368" a|strong="H1121" little|strong="H4592" distance|strong="H7368" from|strong="H1121" Micah’s|strong="H4318" house|strong="H1004", Micah|strong="H4318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1004"\+w* happening. \+w He|strong="H1004"\+w*} quickly|strong="H4116" summoned|strong="H2199" the|strong="H5973" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" near|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" ran|strong="H7323" and|strong="H1121" caught|strong="H5973" up|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835". 
\verseNumber{23}They|strong="H3588" shouted|strong="H7121" at|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440". The|strong="H6440" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" turned|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5437" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H6440" Micah|strong="H4318", “What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" the|strong="H6440" problem|strong="H2008"? Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" gathered|strong="H2199" these|strong="H7121" men|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w pursue|strong="H7291"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6440"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{24}Micah|strong="H4318" shouted|strong="H7321", “You|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" silver|strong="H3701" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H3548" were|strong="H2088" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" me|strong="H6213"! You|strong="H3947" also|strong="H6213" took|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" priest|strong="H3548"! I|strong="H2088" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3548" anything|strong="H4100" left|strong="H3548" [RHQ]! So|strong="H6213" why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3947" ask|strong="H7592" me|strong="H6213", ‘What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3947" problem|strong="H2008"?’” 
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\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H8085" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5315" the|strong="H8085" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H5973" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6435" shout|strong="H6963" loudly|strong="H6963" like|strong="H5973" that|strong="H8085"! One|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H8085" angry|strong="H4751" men|strong="H1121" might|strong="H6435" attack|strong="H6293" you|strong="H5973" and|strong="H1121" kill|strong="H6293" you|strong="H5973" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H8085" family|strong="H1004"!” 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7200" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H7200" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" continued|strong="H5674" walking|strong="H3212". Micah|strong="H4318" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1992" was|strong="H1004" a|strong="H3588" very|strong="H1992" large|strong="H1004" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1992", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w useless|strong="H1892"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w*}. So|strong="H4480" he|strong="H3588" turned|strong="H6437" around|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H5921" men|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5892" Dan|strong="H1835" were|strong="H1961" carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5971" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" Micah|strong="H4318", and|strong="H3548" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H6213" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3548" they|strong="H1992" continued|strong="H1961" traveling|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1961" Laish|strong="H3919". They|strong="H1992" attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H1961" peacefully|strong="H7965" living|strong="H2416" there|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3548" killed|strong="H5221" them|strong="H1992" with|strong="H8313" their|strong="H3947" swords|strong="H2719", and|strong="H3548" then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" burned|strong="H8313" everything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{28}Laish|strong="H3919" was|strong="H1931" far|strong="H7350" from|strong="H7350" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w*} Sidon|strong="H6721", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Sidon|strong="H6721"\+w* \+w could|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w rescue|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Laish|strong="H3919"\+w*}. And|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1697" Laish|strong="H3919" had|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" other|strong="H0312" allies|strong="H2266". Laish|strong="H3919" was|strong="H1931" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H3588" valley|strong="H6010" near|strong="H5973" Beth-Rehob|strong="H1050" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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The|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1697" Dan|strong="H1835" rebuilt|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" started|strong="H1129" to|strong="H1697" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{29}They|strong="H3478" gave|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3205" city|strong="H5892" a|strong="H3205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w new|strong="H2319"\+w*} name|strong="H8034", Dan|strong="H1835", in|strong="H3478" honor|strong="H8034" of|strong="H5892" their|strong="H7121" ancestor Dan|strong="H1835", who|strong="H3478" was|strong="H8034" one|strong="H7223" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H3205" of|strong="H5892" Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} the|strong="H3117" idols|strong="H6459" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w made|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w Micah|strong="H4318"\+w*}. Jonathan|strong="H3129", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gershom|strong="H1647" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872", was|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548". His|strong="H1540" descendants|strong="H1121" continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" priests|strong="H3548" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3117" Israelis were|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H3920" and|strong="H1121" taken|strong="H1540" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w Assyria|strong="H0804"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{31}After|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1004" Dan|strong="H1835" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H6459" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" Micah|strong="H4318", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H6459"\+w*, \+w even|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} God|strong="H0430", was|strong="H1961" at|strong="H1004" Shiloh|strong="H7887". 

\BibleSectionHeading{A Levite and his concubine }

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\chapterNumber{19}At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3947" Israeli people|strong="H5971" had|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428". 
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There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4428" Levi|strong="H3881" who|strong="H3478" lived|strong="H1481" in|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" remote|strong="H3411" place|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3947" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4428" Ephraim|strong="H0669" lives|strong="H1481". He|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" previously|strong="H8543" taken|strong="H3947" as|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3478" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" slave|strong="H5650". She|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" from|strong="H3478" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3947" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" lives|strong="H1481". 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H1961" she|strong="H5921" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" sleep|strong="H8142" with|strong="H1004" other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H0376" also|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H1961" she|strong="H5921" left|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3063" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3212" her|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". She|strong="H5921" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H5921" four|strong="H0702" months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H6965" her|strong="H5921" husband|strong="H0376" took|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" servant|strong="H5288" and|strong="H6965" two|strong="H6776" donkeys|strong="H2543" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". He|strong="H1004" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" ask|strong="H7592" her|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" come|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" live|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921" again|strong="H7725". When|strong="H7200" he|strong="H1004" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004", she|strong="H3820" invited|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" come|strong="H3212" in|strong="H5921". Her|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" was|strong="H3820" happy|strong="H8055" to|strong="H1696" see|strong="H7200" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3117" woman’s|strong="H0802" father|strong="H0001" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H2388" to|strong="H3117" stay|strong="H3427". So|strong="H3427" he|strong="H3117" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H3427" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117". During|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H3117" drank|strong="H8354" and|strong="H3117" slept|strong="H7901" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{5}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" fourth|strong="H7243" day|strong="H3117", they|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3212" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" morning|strong="H1242". The|strong="H3117" man|strong="H3820" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3117" Levi|strong="H3878" was|strong="H1961" preparing|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3212" leave|strong="H5800", but|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" woman’s|strong="H0802" father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H1961", “Eat|strong="H3899" something|strong="H3899" before|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" go|strong="H3212".” 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3885" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H8147" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" to|strong="H3820" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H8147" drink|strong="H8354" together|strong="H3162". Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H3885" woman’s|strong="H0802" father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3820" him|strong="H5414", “Please|strong="H4994" stay|strong="H3427" another|strong="H0312" night|strong="H3885". Relax|strong="H7503"/Rest|strong="H5117" and|strong="H8147" have|strong="H8147" a|strong="H3427" joyful|strong="H3190" time|strong="H3820".” 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H7725" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H7725" Levi|strong="H3878" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H7725" leave|strong="H5800", but|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" woman’s|strong="H0802" father|strong="H0001" requested|strong="H7592" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" stay|strong="H3885" one|strong="H0259" more|strong="H7725" night|strong="H3885". So|strong="H6965" he|strong="H8033" stayed|strong="H3885" again|strong="H7725" that|strong="H6965" night|strong="H3885". 
\verseNumber{8}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" fifth|strong="H2549" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3117" man|strong="H0376" got|strong="H7925" up|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" and|strong="H3117" prepared|strong="H3559" to|strong="H5704" leave|strong="H5800". But|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" woman’s|strong="H0802" father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H5186" again|strong="H7925", “Have|strong="H3117" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5704" eat|strong="H0398". Wait|strong="H4102" until|strong="H5704" this|strong="H3117" afternoon|strong="H5186", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w then|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w*}.” So|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3117" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H8147" ate|strong="H0398" together|strong="H8147". 
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\verseNumber{9}In|strong="H2583" the|strong="H3117" afternoon|strong="H3117", when|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" man|strong="H5288" from|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3117" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3117" Levi|strong="H3878" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H6965" slave|strong="H5650" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H6965" servant|strong="H5288" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H1980" leave|strong="H1980", the|strong="H3117" woman’s|strong="H0802" father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H1931" will|strong="H5288" soon|strong="H7925" be|strong="H3117" dark|strong="H2822". The|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" is|strong="H1931" almost|strong="H3117" over|strong="H1980". Stay|strong="H7503" here|strong="H6311" tonight|strong="H3915" and|strong="H1980" have|strong="H5288" a|strong="H3117" good|strong="H3190"/joyful|strong="H3190" time|strong="H3117". Tomorrow|strong="H4279" morning|strong="H7925" you|strong="H3117" can|strong="H1980" get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" early|strong="H7925" and|strong="H1980" leave|strong="H1980" for|strong="H3117" your|strong="H3190" home|strong="H3212".” 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5704" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5704" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H6776" Levi|strong="H3878" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5704" stay|strong="H3885" for|strong="H5704" another|strong="H3808" night|strong="H3885". He|strong="H1931" put|strong="H2280" saddles on|strong="H3212" his|strong="H6965" two|strong="H6776" donkeys|strong="H2543", and|strong="H6965" started|strong="H6965" to|strong="H5704" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H6965" slave|strong="H5650" wife|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w his|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w servant|strong="H5650"\+w*} toward|strong="H5973" Jebus|strong="H2982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}, which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{11}Late|strong="H3966" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" afternoon|strong="H3117", they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H3212" near|strong="H5973" to|strong="H3212" Jebus|strong="H2982". The|strong="H3117" servant|strong="H5288" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H5493" master|strong="H0113", “We|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3117" stop|strong="H5493" in|strong="H3117" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3117" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group live|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3117" stay|strong="H3885" here|strong="H2063" tonight|strong="H3915".” 
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3808" his|strong="H5493" master|strong="H0113" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", it|strong="H5704" would|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H5704" us|strong="H3478" to|strong="H5704" stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2008" where|strong="H3808" foreign|strong="H5237" people|strong="H1121" live|strong="H3427". There|strong="H2008" are|strong="H1121" no|strong="H3808" Israeli people|strong="H1121" here|strong="H2008". We|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3478" go|strong="H5674" on|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5704" Gibeah|strong="H1390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H7126" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H7126" servant|strong="H5288", “Let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H3212". It|strong="H7126" is|strong="H4725" not|strong="H3212" far|strong="H5704" to|strong="H3212" Gibeah|strong="H1390". We|strong="H0587" can|strong="H4310" go|strong="H3212" there|strong="H7126", or|strong="H0176" we|strong="H0587" can|strong="H4310" go|strong="H3212" a|strong="H7126" bit|strong="H5391" further|strong="H5750" to|strong="H3212" Ramah|strong="H7414". We|strong="H0587" can|strong="H4310" stay|strong="H3885" in|strong="H3212" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4725" those|strong="H7126" two|strong="H8147" cities|strong="H5892" tonight|strong="H3915".” 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H5674" they|strong="H5674" continued|strong="H5674" walking|strong="H3212". When|strong="H5674" they|strong="H5674" came|strong="H3212" near|strong="H7126" Gibeah|strong="H1390", where|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5674" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1390" Benjamin|strong="H1144" live|strong="H3427", the|strong="H5674" sun|strong="H8121" was|strong="H8121" setting|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H8033" stopped|strong="H5493" to|strong="H1004" stay|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" that|strong="H5892" night|strong="H3885". They|strong="H8033" went|strong="H5892" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5493" public|strong="H1121" square|strong="H7339" of|strong="H1004" that|strong="H5892" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1004" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427". But|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w passed|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5892"\+w*} invited|strong="H7121" them|strong="H3427" to|strong="H1004" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H8033" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3427" that|strong="H5892" night|strong="H3885". 
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\verseNumber{16}Finally|strong="H5704", in|strong="H4725" the|strong="H4480" evening|strong="H6153", an|strong="H4480" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H2205" came|strong="H0935" by|strong="H7704". He|strong="H1931" had|strong="H7704" been|strong="H1961" working|strong="H4639" in|strong="H4725" the|strong="H4480" fields|strong="H7704". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" hilly area|strong="H2022" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669", but|strong="H2009" at|strong="H2022" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" living|strong="H1481" in|strong="H4725" Gibeah|strong="H1390". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H7200" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" man|strong="H2205" from|strong="H5869" the|strong="H7200" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5892" Levi|strong="H3878" was|strong="H5892" only|strong="H0389" traveling|strong="H1980" and|strong="H3212" did|strong="H5869" not|strong="H7200" have|strong="H5869" a|strong="H5375" home|strong="H3212" in|strong="H3212" that|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892". So|strong="H5375" he|strong="H7200" asked|strong="H7592" the|strong="H7200" man|strong="H2205", “Where|strong="H0834" have|strong="H5869" you|strong="H7200" come|strong="H3212" from|strong="H5869"? And|strong="H3212" where|strong="H0834" are|strong="H5869" you|strong="H7200" going|strong="H3212"?” 
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\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H5704" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H5704" are|strong="H3068" traveling|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" to|strong="H5704" my|strong="H3068" home|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3068" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H8033" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1004" Ephraim|strong="H0669" live|strong="H1980". I|strong="H5704" went|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H5704" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", but|strong="H3068" now|strong="H3212" we|strong="H5704" are|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\+w*} where|strong="H8033" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" tent|strong="H0168" (OR|strong="H5704", my|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004") is|strong="H3068". No|strong="H1980" one|strong="H3068" here|strong="H8033" has|strong="H3068" invited|strong="H7121" us|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1980" their|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" tonight|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{19}We|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3426" straw|strong="H8401" and|strong="H3899" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H5650" our|strong="H3605" donkeys|strong="H2543", and|strong="H3899" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3899" wine|strong="H3196" for|strong="H5650" me|strong="H5973" and|strong="H3899" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" woman|strong="H0802" and|strong="H3899" my|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650". We|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3426" not|strong="H1571" need|strong="H4270" anything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H3605" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H2205" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5921" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" will|strong="H2205" go|strong="H1980" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605", but|strong="H7535" I|strong="H5921" would|strong="H3605" like|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5921" provide|strong="H6213" what|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" need|strong="H4270". Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" stay|strong="H3885" here|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" square|strong="H7339" tonight|strong="H3915".” 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H8354" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H0376" took|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1004" his|strong="H7364" house|strong="H1004". He|strong="H1004" gave|strong="H1101" food|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8354" donkeys|strong="H2543". He|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gave|strong="H1101"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8354"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8354"\+w* \+w woman|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8354"\+w* \+w servant|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1004"\+w*} wash|strong="H7364" their|strong="H7364" feet|strong="H7272". And|strong="H1004" he|strong="H1004" gave|strong="H1101" them|strong="H5414" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1004" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H1004" drink|strong="H8354". 
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\verseNumber{22}While|strong="H2009" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" having|strong="H1167" a|strong="H3318" good|strong="H3190"/joyful|strong="H3190" time|strong="H3820" together|strong="H5921", some|strong="H1992" wicked|strong="H1100" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3045" city|strong="H5892" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" started|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" bang on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" door|strong="H1817". They|strong="H1992" shouted|strong="H7321" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H2205", “Bring|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" us|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H2205" who|strong="H1121" has|strong="H3820" come|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" your|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004". We|strong="H5892" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3318" have|strong="H3045" sex|strong="H7901" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H6213" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1167" went|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H3318" and|strong="H1004" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H6213", “Friends|strong="H7453", I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H1004" not|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H2088". That|strong="H2088" would|strong="H6213" be|strong="H4994" a|strong="H6213" very|strong="H2088" evil|strong="H7489" thing|strong="H2088". This|strong="H2088" man|strong="H1167" is|strong="H2088" a|strong="H6213" guest|strong="H0398" in|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3318" house|strong="H1004". You|strong="H6213" should|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" such|strong="H2088" a|strong="H6213" terrible|strong="H6213"/disgraceful|strong="H5039"/shameful|strong="H1322" thing|strong="H2088"! 
\verseNumber{24}Look|strong="H2009", my|strong="H3318" daughter|strong="H1323" is|strong="H2088" here|strong="H2009". She|strong="H2063" is|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w still|strong="H5750"\+w*} a|strong="H6213" virgin|strong="H1330". And|strong="H5869" this|strong="H2088" man’s|strong="H0376" slave|strong="H5650" wife|strong="H0802" is|strong="H2088" here|strong="H2009". I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H5869" bring|strong="H3318" them|strong="H6213" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" you|strong="H6213" now|strong="H4994". You|strong="H6213" may|strong="H4994" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H2896" you|strong="H6213" wish|strong="H2896", but|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" such|strong="H2088" a|strong="H6213" terrible|strong="H6213"/disgraceful|strong="H5039"/shameful|strong="H1322" thing|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3318" this|strong="H2088" young|strong="H2896" man|strong="H2896"!” 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5704" what|strong="H3045" he|strong="H5704" said|strong="H8085". So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3605" Levi|strong="H3878" took|strong="H2388" his|strong="H3605" slave|strong="H5650" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" her|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H7971", outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3808" raped|strong="H3045" [EUP] her|strong="H3605" and|strong="H7971" abused|strong="H5953" her|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915". Then|strong="H3318" at|strong="H3808" dawn|strong="H7837", they|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H5414" her|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5704" go|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{26}She|strong="H1242" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" old|strong="H1121" man’s|strong="H0376" house|strong="H1004", where|strong="H8033" her|strong="H5704" husband|strong="H0376" was|strong="H1004" staying|strong="H8033", but|strong="H6437" she|strong="H1242" fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5704" doorway|strong="H6607" and|strong="H1004" lay|strong="H5307" there|strong="H8033" all|strong="H5704" night|strong="H3915". 
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\verseNumber{27}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242", when|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H5307" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3878" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", he|strong="H1004" went|strong="H3212" outside|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3318" continue|strong="H6965" his|strong="H5921" journey|strong="H1870". He|strong="H1004" saw|strong="H2009" his|strong="H5921" slave|strong="H5650" wife|strong="H0802" lying|strong="H5307" there|strong="H2009" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" doorway|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004". Her|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" were|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" doorsill. 
\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H5921" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3212" her|strong="H3947", “Get|strong="H3947" up|strong="H6965"! Let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H3212"!” But|strong="H6030" she|strong="H5921" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3212" answer|strong="H6030", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w she|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}. He|strong="H5921" put|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" body|strong="H1320" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" donkey|strong="H2543" and|strong="H6965" traveled|strong="H5265" to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H3947" home|strong="H4725". 
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\verseNumber{29}When|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3605" arrived|strong="H0935" home|strong="H1004", he|strong="H3605" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" knife|strong="H3979" and|strong="H3478" cut|strong="H5408" the|strong="H3605" body|strong="H6106" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" slave|strong="H5650" woman|strong="H1004" into|strong="H3947" twelve|strong="H8147" pieces|strong="H5409". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H7971" one|strong="H3605" piece|strong="H5409" to|strong="H3478" each|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w along|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{30}Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" body|strong="H1320" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" message|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1696", “Nothing|strong="H3808" like|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2088" has|strong="H1961" ever|strong="H3117" happened|strong="H1961" before|strong="H5921". Not|strong="H3808" since|strong="H3117" our|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" left|strong="H1961" Egypt|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w heard|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w such|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w terrible|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w thing|strong="H2088"\+w*}. We|strong="H3117" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1696" think|strong="H7760" carefully|strong="H3605" about|strong="H1961" it|strong="H7760". Someone|strong="H0376" should|strong="H3117" decide|strong="H7200" what|strong="H2088" we|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3117" do|strong="H3605".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The war between the tribe of Benjamin and the other tribes of Israel }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The war between the tribe of Benjamin and the other tribes of Israel }
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\chapterNumber{20}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelis, from|strong="H3318" Dan|strong="H1835" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Beersheba|strong="H0884" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" even|strong="H5704" from|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* } Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w side|strong="H6285"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5704"\+w*, \+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w*} they|strong="H3068" gathered|strong="H6950" together|strong="H6950" at|strong="H3478" Mizpah|strong="H4709", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w place|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7626" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w eleven|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7626"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Israel|strong="H3478" stood|strong="H3320" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" gathered|strong="H3478" there|strong="H3605". There|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" 400,000 men|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5971" swords|strong="H2719" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" there|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H8085" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8085" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" other|strong="H2063" Israelis had|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" Mizpah|strong="H4709", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w none|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w their|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w went|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w meeting|strong="H4150"\+w* \+w there|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
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The|strong="H8085" Israelis who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1961" come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" Mizpah|strong="H4709" asked|strong="H1696" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" evil|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H2063" that|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H6030" the|strong="H3885" husband|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1390" the|strong="H3885" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3881" had|strong="H3881" been|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H7523" replied|strong="H6030", “My|strong="H1144" slave|strong="H5650" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H6030" I|strong="H0589" came|strong="H1144" to|strong="H6030" Gibeah|strong="H1390" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, wanting|strong="H6485" to|strong="H6030" stay|strong="H3885" there|strong="H3885" that|strong="H3881" night|strong="H3885". 
\verseNumber{5}That|strong="H1004" evening|strong="H3915", the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1004" Gibeah|strong="H1390" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H4191" attack|strong="H6965" me|strong="H5921". They|strong="H5921" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w staying|strong="H3427"\+w*} and|strong="H6965" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w sex|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w then|strong="H6965"\+w*} kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5921". They|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w raped|strong="H7693"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6965"\+w*} abused|strong="H5953" my|strong="H5921" slave|strong="H5650" wife|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*}, and|strong="H6965" she|strong="H5921" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3478" her|strong="H3605" body|strong="H1320" home|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3478" cut|strong="H5408" it|strong="H3588" into|strong="H6213" pieces|strong="H5408". Then|strong="H7971" I|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" one|strong="H3605" piece|strong="H6595" to|strong="H3478" each|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" of|strong="H7704" Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w about|strong="H6213"\+w*} this|strong="H6213" wicked|strong="H2154" and|strong="H3478" disgraceful|strong="H5039"/shameful|strong="H1322" thing|strong="H5039" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} has|strong="H3478" been|strong="H3605" done|strong="H6213" here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H1697" now|strong="H2009", all|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121", speak|strong="H1697", and|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H3605" me|strong="H3051" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605" think|strong="H2803" should|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1697" done|strong="H3478"!” 
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\verseNumber{8}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" in|strong="H1004" unison|strong="H0259" said|strong="H0559", “None|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1004" us|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004"! Not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" us|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" return|strong="H5493" to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004"! 
\verseNumber{9}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H1697" we|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w*} Gibeah|strong="H1390". First|strong="H2088", we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1697" ◄cast|strong="H7993" lots|strong="H1486"/throw|strong="H7993" marked|strong="H8104" stones|strong="H0068"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w determine|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w which|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w group|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w should|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}We|strong="H6213" will|strong="H5971" choose|strong="H3947" ◄one|strong="H3605" tenth|strong="H6224"/one|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3478" every|strong="H3605" ten|strong="H6235"► of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626". Those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" go|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3967" find|strong="H3947" food|strong="H6720" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5971" go|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H7626" Gibeah|strong="H1387". Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" go|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" Gibeah|strong="H1387" to|strong="H3478" ◄pay|strong="H7999" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" back|strong="H3947"/punish|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213"► for|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" terrible|strong="H6213" thing|strong="H5039" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H6213" have|strong="H5971" done|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" agreed|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" Israeli men|strong="H7451" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Benjamin|strong="H1144". They|strong="H4100" demanded|strong="H7592", “Do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3605" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3605" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H7626" your|strong="H3605" men|strong="H7451" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" evil|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H2063"? 
\verseNumber{13}Bring|strong="H5414" those|strong="H8085" wicked|strong="H7451" men|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H5414", in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H8085" we|strong="H8085" can|strong="H7451" execute|strong="H4191" them|strong="H5414". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w By|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w*}, we|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H4191" doing|strong="H7451" what|strong="H7451" should|strong="H3478" be|strong="H4191" done|strong="H5414" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" this|strong="H5414" evil|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H7451" that|strong="H8085" has|strong="H3478" happened|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
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But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w*} tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H5414" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H5414" fellow|strong="H1121" Israelis. 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H4480" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" left|strong="H3318" their|strong="H3318" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" gathered|strong="H3478" at|strong="H3478" Gibeah|strong="H1390" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H4421" the|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} Israelis. 
\verseNumber{15}In|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3117" one|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" recruited 26,000 soldiers|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" knew|strong="H3045" how|strong="H4100" to|strong="H3117" fight|strong="H3898" using|strong="H5927" swords|strong="H2719". They|strong="H3117" also|strong="H1121" chose|strong="H0977"/recruited 700 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390". 
\verseNumber{16}From|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" there|strong="H2088" were|strong="H5971" 700 men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" left-handed|strong="H3225", and|strong="H3967" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3027" them|strong="H3027" could|strong="H2088" sling|strong="H7049" a|strong="H2088" stone|strong="H0068" at|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w target|strong="H2398"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w very|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w small|strong="H6996"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w narrow|strong="H0331"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5971"\+w*} a|strong="H2088" hair|strong="H8185", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" stone|strong="H0068" always|strong="H3605" hit|strong="H4672" the|strong="H3605" target|strong="H2398"! 
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\verseNumber{17}There|strong="H2088" were|strong="H3478" 400,000 men|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H2088" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" swords|strong="H2719". 
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\verseNumber{18}Those|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" Israelis went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H1121" asked|strong="H7592" God|strong="H3068", “Which|strong="H3068" tribe|strong="H4294" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3068" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3068" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144"?” 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6030", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" should|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" first|strong="H1121".” 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242", the|strong="H5921" Israeli men|strong="H1121" went|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" their|strong="H5921" tents|strong="H2583" near|strong="H5921" Gibeah|strong="H1390". 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3318"\+w*} Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H3478" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3318" positions|strong="H7896" for|strong="H3478" fighting|strong="H4421" a|strong="H3318" battle|strong="H4421", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w facing|strong="H6437"\+w* \+w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H4480" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390" and|strong="H1121" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H4480" them|strong="H3318", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H2026" 22,000 Israeli men|strong="H1121" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{22-23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Late|strong="H0309"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w afternoon|strong="H5186"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w remaining|strong="H8300"\+w*} Israeli men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H1121" worship|strong="H7812" and|strong="H3967" cried|strong="H7121" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121" set|strong="H7760". Then|strong="H0227" they|strong="H1992" asked|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “Should|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0587" attack|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" again|strong="H7725", even|strong="H1571" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" our|strong="H3068" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis?” 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", attack|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5414" again|strong="H7725".” So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" Israeli men|strong="H0376" encouraged|strong="H2388" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H3117" next|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" again|strong="H8145" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3478" their|strong="H7126" positions|strong="H7896" for|strong="H3117" fighting|strong="H3898", just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3478" done|strong="H3478" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" previous|strong="H7223" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390" and|strong="H1121" attacked|strong="H7125" the|strong="H3605" Israelis, and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2719" 18,000 more|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{26}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w afternoon|strong="H3117"\+w*}, all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w been|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*} again|strong="H6440" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5704" Bethel|strong="H1008". There|strong="H8033" they|strong="H3117" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" and|strong="H1121" cried|strong="H1058" to|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" ◄fasted|strong="H6684"/abstained from|strong="H6440" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"► until|strong="H5704" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" evening|strong="H6153". They|strong="H3117" brought|strong="H5927" some|strong="H8033" offerings|strong="H8002" which|strong="H1931" they|strong="H3117" burned|strong="H8313" completely|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" also|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5927" some|strong="H8033" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H5704" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{27-28}At|strong="H3427" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256", the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" that|strong="H0834" contained|strong="H3557" the|strong="H3605" stone|strong="H0068" tablets|strong="H3871" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3605" Ten|strong="H6235" Commandments|strong="H4687" was|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033" at|strong="H3427" Bethel|strong="H1008". A|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" named|strong="H7121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499" and|strong="H3967" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175", often|strong="H1767" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H0935" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H0834" chest|strong="H0727" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w talked|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. While|strong="H5704" he|strong="H0834" stood|strong="H5975" there|strong="H8033" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117", he|strong="H0834" asked|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “Shall|strong="H3548" we|strong="H0587" go|strong="H1980" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3068" fellow|strong="H7453" Israelis from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", or|strong="H0176" shall|strong="H3548" we|strong="H0587" stop|strong="H2308" fighting|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414"?” 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6030", “Go|strong="H1980" again|strong="H7725" tomorrow|strong="H4279", because|strong="H3588" tomorrow|strong="H4279" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0413" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H7760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*, 10,000 \+w of|strong="H1390"\+w*} the|strong="H7760" Israeli men|strong="H3478" ◄set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H7760" ambushes|strong="H0693"/went|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" hide|strong="H5641"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w fields|strong="H7704"\+w*} around|strong="H5439" Gibeah|strong="H1390". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H6471"\+w*} Israeli men|strong="H1121" went|strong="H5927" and|strong="H1121" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3117" positions|strong="H7896" for|strong="H3117" fighting|strong="H3898" a|strong="H5927" battle|strong="H6186" just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3478" done|strong="H3478" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" previous|strong="H7223" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{31}When|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5221" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H7125" them|strong="H5221", the|strong="H5221" Israeli men|strong="H1121" retreated|strong="H5927" away|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5221" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" pursued|strong="H7291" them|strong="H5221". The|strong="H5221" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" killed|strong="H5221" many|strong="H7227" Israelis, like|strong="H3318" they|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3478" done|strong="H3478" before|strong="H4480". They|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H5221" about|strong="H4480" 30 Israelis. They|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H5221" some|strong="H4480" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5221" fields|strong="H7704", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H5221" some|strong="H4480" on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5221" road|strong="H1870" that|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5221" road|strong="H1870" that|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Gibeah|strong="H1390". 
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\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H6440" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H5892" are|strong="H1992" defeating|strong="H5221" them|strong="H1992" like|strong="H3478" we|strong="H5892" did|strong="H3478" before|strong="H6440"!” But|strong="H1992" then|strong="H1121" Israeli men|strong="H1121" did|strong="H3478" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3478" planned|strong="H3289". The|strong="H6440" main|strong="H1419" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" Israeli men|strong="H1121" retreated|strong="H5127" a|strong="H4480" short|strong="H7138" distance|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892", to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{trick} the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390" and|strong="H1121" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3478" pursue|strong="H5127" the|strong="H6440" Israeli men|strong="H1121" along|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" roads|strong="H1870" outside|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H3605" main|strong="H1419" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H4725" Israeli men|strong="H3605" left|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" positions|strong="H7896" and|strong="H6965" retreated|strong="H5127", and|strong="H6965" then|strong="H6965" they|strong="H3605" stood|strong="H6965" in|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H6186" positions|strong="H7896" again|strong="H6965" at|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" place|strong="H4725" named|strong="H7121" Baal-Tamar|strong="H1193". 
\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w running|strong="H7323"\+w* \+w out|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w toward|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" 10,000 Israelis came|strong="H5060" out|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H1992" where|strong="H5921" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H3808" hiding|strong="H5641", west|strong="H3220" of|strong="H5921" Gibeah|strong="H1390". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" men|strong="H7451" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" come|strong="H5060" from|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". There|strong="H1992" was|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3588" very|strong="H3045" big|strong="H0931" battle|strong="H4421". But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H7451" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5921" Benjamin|strong="H1144" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" about|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" suffer|strong="H5060" a|strong="H3588" disastrous defeat|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{35}Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" Israeli men|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". They|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H2719" 25,000 of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H6440", even|strong="H3068" though|strong="H1931" they|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" using|strong="H5927" swords|strong="H2719". 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}: 
\verseNumber{36-38}The|strong="H3605" main|strong="H1419" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" Israeli men|strong="H0376" arranged|strong="H6186" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H1961" hiding|strong="H5641" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" should|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" up|strong="H5927" a|strong="H1961" smoke|strong="H6227" signal|strong="H5251" to|strong="H0413" enable|strong="H7980" the|strong="H3605" main|strong="H1419" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" soldiers|strong="H5650" to|strong="H0413" know|strong="H3045" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" should|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5221". Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H3605" main|strong="H1419" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" Israeli men|strong="H0376" retreated|strong="H5127" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" short|strong="H7138" distance|strong="H7350", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" Israeli men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" hiding|strong="H5641" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390" would|strong="H0014" attack|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" by|strong="H0801" surprise. So|strong="H3651" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w main|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w group|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* Israeli \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w retreated|strong="H5127"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w little|strong="H4592"\+w* \+w distance|strong="H7350"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" hiding|strong="H5641" rushed|strong="H6743" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H3967" ran|strong="H7323" into|strong="H0413" Gibeah|strong="H1390" and|strong="H3967" used|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3605" swords|strong="H2719" to|strong="H0413" kill|strong="H2026" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H0227"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w started|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w burn|strong="H8313"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w buildings|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{39}By|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H7223", the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H3478" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H6440" Benjamin|strong="H1144" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" winning the|strong="H6440" battle|strong="H4421", as|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3478" before|strong="H6440"!” 
\verseNumber{40}But|strong="H2009" then|strong="H2009" smoke|strong="H6227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w burning|strong="H2740"\+w* \+w buildings|strong="H1004"\+w*} began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5927" rise|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892". The|strong="H4480" men|strong="H2490" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H4480" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5892" Benjamin|strong="H1144" turned|strong="H6437" around|strong="H6437" and|strong="H8064" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H5892" the|strong="H4480" whole|strong="H3632" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5892" burning|strong="H2740". 
\verseNumber{41}Then|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" main|strong="H1419" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H5921" Israeli men|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w smoke|strong="H6227"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w smoke|strong="H6227"\+w* signaled \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3588"\+w*} turn|strong="H2015" around|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3478" begin|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H5221". The|strong="H5921" men|strong="H7451" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5921" Benjamin|strong="H1144" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" about|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" suffer|strong="H5060" a|strong="H3588" disastrous defeat|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{42}So|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H3478" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H6440" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H5892" Benjamin|strong="H1144" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H3478" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H6437" toward|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" desert|strong="H4057" to|strong="H3478" escape|strong="H4422" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Israeli men|strong="H3478", but|strong="H6437" they|strong="H6440" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H1870" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3478" escape|strong="H4422", because|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Israeli men|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" burned|strong="H8313" the|strong="H6440" two|strong="H8432" cities|strong="H5892" came|strong="H3478" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H5892" those|strong="H1992" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H2026" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H5892" them|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{43}They|strong="H5704" surrounded|strong="H3803" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1390"\+w*} the|strong="H5704" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1390" the|strong="H5704" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1390" Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H1144" pursued|strong="H7291" the|strong="H5704" others|strong="H0312" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" area|strong="H1508" east|strong="H4217" of|strong="H1390" Gibeah|strong="H1390". 
\verseNumber{44}They|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H5307" 18,000 strong|strong="H2428" soldiers|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3605" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
\verseNumber{45}Then|strong="H6437" the|strong="H5221" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5221" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5221" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4480" Benjamin|strong="H1144" realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="H4480" they|strong="H5704" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" defeated|strong="H5221". They|strong="H5704" ran|strong="H5127" toward|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5221" desert|strong="H4057" to|strong="H5704" Rimmon|strong="H7417" Rock|strong="H5553", but|strong="H6437" the|strong="H5221" Israeli men|strong="H0376" killed|strong="H5221" 5,000 more|strong="H4480" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5221" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4480" Benjamin|strong="H1144" along|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5221" roads|strong="H1870". They|strong="H5704" pursued|strong="H1692" the|strong="H5221" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H4480" them|strong="H5221" to|strong="H5704" Gidom|strong="H1440", and|strong="H2568" they|strong="H5704" killed|strong="H5221" 2,000 more|strong="H4480" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5221" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4480" Benjamin|strong="H1144" there|strong="H4480". 
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\verseNumber{46}Altogether|strong="H3605", there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" 25,000 men|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3117" Benjamin|strong="H1144" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2719", all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" whom|strong="H0834" had|strong="H1961" swords|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{47}But|strong="H6437" 600 men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3427" Benjamin|strong="H1144" ran|strong="H5127" to|strong="H5127" Rimmon|strong="H7417" Rock|strong="H5553" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3427" desert|strong="H4057". They|strong="H2320" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" for|strong="H3427" four|strong="H0702" months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{48}Then|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" Israeli men|strong="H1121" went|strong="H3478" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" belonging to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3478" every|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". They|strong="H5704" also|strong="H1571" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929", and|strong="H1121" destroyed|strong="H5221" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5704" found|strong="H4672" there|strong="H4672". And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5704" burned|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5704" came|strong="H3478" to|strong="H5704". 

\BibleSectionHeading{They found wives for the men of the tribe of Benjamin }

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\chapterNumber{21}When|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5414" Israeli men|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H3478" at|strong="H3478" Mizpah|strong="H4709" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w started|strong="H2490"\+w*}, they|strong="H3808" vowed|strong="H7650", “None|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1323" us|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" ever|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1323" our|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3478" marry|strong="H5414" any|strong="H4480" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5414" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1323" Benjamin|strong="H1144"!” 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H5971" now|strong="H1419" the|strong="H6440" Israelis went|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5704" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H1419" they|strong="H8033" cried|strong="H1058" loudly|strong="H6963" to|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5704" day|strong="H3117", until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" sun|strong="H8121" went|strong="H5971" down|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H3117" kept|strong="H1961" saying|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3117" Israeli people|strong="H5971", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3117" Israelis does|strong="H4100" not|strong="H1961" exist anymore|strong="H5750"! ◄Why|strong="H4100" has|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H3117"?/It|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3068" terrible|strong="H3372" that|strong="H3117" this|strong="H2063" has|strong="H3068" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H3117"!►” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{4}Early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H1129" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H4283" the|strong="H1129" people|strong="H5971" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H8033" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" some|strong="H8033" sacrifices|strong="H5930" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}, and|strong="H5971" also|strong="H5971" offered|strong="H5927" other|strong="H0312" sacrifices|strong="H5930" to|strong="H5927" maintain|strong="H1129" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H5971" God|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H1961", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" vowed|strong="H5087" that|strong="H3588" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4310" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" meet|strong="H1121" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5927" at|strong="H3478" Mizpah|strong="H4709" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w help|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\+w*} would|strong="H4310" be|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H4191", they|strong="H3588" asked|strong="H7592" among|strong="H4310" themselves|strong="H0905", “Were|strong="H3478" there|strong="H1961" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H4310" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Mizpah|strong="H4709" to|strong="H3478" meet|strong="H1121" with|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068"?” 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3117" Israelis felt|strong="H4959" sorry|strong="H5162" for|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3117" fellow|strong="H1121" Israelis from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3117" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". They|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559", “Today|strong="H3117" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3478" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626" ◄has|strong="H3478" disappeared|strong="H0369"/no|strong="H3478" longer|strong="H5750" exists|strong="H1961"►. 
\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" us|strong="H5414" solemnly|strong="H7650" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3068" we|strong="H6213" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1115" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3068" marry|strong="H5414" any|strong="H6213" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3068" Benjamin|strong="H1144". What|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" we|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" certain|strong="H0259" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" men|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H3068" Benjamin|strong="H1144" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1323" not|strong="H1115" killed|strong="H2026" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" wives|strong="H0802"?” 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} them|strong="H5927" asked|strong="H7592", “What|strong="H4310" group|strong="H7235" from|strong="H5927" any|strong="H4310" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" send|strong="H5927" any|strong="H4310" men|strong="H3478" here|strong="H2009" to|strong="H3478" Mizpah|strong="H4709"?” 
\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w realized|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} when|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6485" soldiers|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" counted|strong="H6485", there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3427" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" from|strong="H5971" Jabesh-Gilead|strong="H3003" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5971" come|strong="H5971" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5221" Israelis decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3212" send|strong="H7971" 12,000 very|strong="H2428" good|strong="H2896" soldiers|strong="H2428" to|strong="H3212" Jabesh-Gilead|strong="H3003" to|strong="H3212" kill|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" people|strong="H1121" there|strong="H8033" with|strong="H3427" their|strong="H7971" swords|strong="H2719", even|strong="H1571" to|strong="H3212" kill|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" married|strong="H3427" women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w told|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w this|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H2145"\+w*}: “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213": You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H2026" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H2145" in|strong="H6213" Jabesh-Gilead|strong="H3003". You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" also|strong="H6213" kill|strong="H2026" every|strong="H3605" married|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H2088". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w unmarried|strong="H0408"\+w* \+w women|strong="H0802"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H3808" those|strong="H3427" soldiers|strong="H3967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w Jabesh-Gilead|strong="H3003"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w men|strong="H2145"\+w*, \+w married|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w women|strong="H1330"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w children|strong="H1121"\+w*. \+w But|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w*} found|strong="H4672" 400 unmarried|strong="H0408" young|strong="H5291" women|strong="H1330" there|strong="H3427". So|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H4672" to|strong="H3045" their|strong="H3045" camp|strong="H4264" at|strong="H3427" Shiloh|strong="H7887", in|strong="H3427" Canaan|strong="H3667", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w across|strong="H5676"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w river|strong="H5104"\+w* \+w from|strong="H2145"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w Gilead|strong="H1568"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w gathered|strong="H6960"\+w*} sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" 600 men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" at|strong="H1121" Rimmon|strong="H7417" Rock|strong="H5553". They|strong="H3605" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3605" like|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1696" make|strong="H7121" peace|strong="H7965" with|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" came|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" Rimmon|strong="H7417" Rock|strong="H6697". The|strong="H5414" Israelis gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" women|strong="H0802" from|strong="H7725" Jabesh-Gilead|strong="H3003" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H3651" had|strong="H5414" not|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026". But|strong="H3808" there|strong="H4672" were|strong="H1144" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w* 400 \+w women|strong="H0802"\+w*. \+w But|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w there|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1144"\+w*} not|strong="H3808" enough|strong="H4672" women|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1931"\+w* 600 \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H3588" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w still|strong="H5971"\+w*} felt|strong="H4959" sorry|strong="H5162" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3068" Benjamin|strong="H1144", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" ◄decimated/almost|strong="H4592" wiped|strong="H3772" out|strong="H6213"► one|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3588" Israeli leaders|strong="H2205" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" married|strong="H3947" women|strong="H2205" of|strong="H2205" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H2205" Benjamin|strong="H1144". Where|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" we|strong="H3588" get|strong="H6213" women|strong="H2205" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3588" wives|strong="H0802" of|strong="H2205" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H2205" who|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4100" still|strong="H3588" alive|strong="H2416"? 
\verseNumber{17}These|strong="H0428" men|strong="H3478" must|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3478" wives|strong="H0802" to|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" children|strong="H1121", in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3808" families|strong="H4940" will|strong="H3478" continue|strong="H1961". If|strong="H0518" that|strong="H3478" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H1961", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3808" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H7626" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H3808" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" die|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3478" marry|strong="H5414" these|strong="H0428" men|strong="H1121", because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" vowed|strong="H7650" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3478" curse|strong="H7650" anyone|strong="H3588" who|strong="H1121" gives|strong="H5414" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1121" any|strong="H5414" man|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144".” 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} them|strong="H5927" ◄had|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" idea|strong="H1697"/thought|strong="H0559" of|strong="H3068" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" could|strong="H3201" do|strong="H3068"►. He|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559", “Every|strong="H3117" year|strong="H3117" there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5927" festival|strong="H2282" to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3519" Yahweh|strong="H3068" at|strong="H3068" Shiloh|strong="H7887", which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" north|strong="H6828" of|strong="H3068" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H3068" east|strong="H4217" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" road|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3117" extends|strong="H7337" from|strong="H5927" Bethel|strong="H1008" to|strong="H3068" Shechem|strong="H7927", and|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5927" is|strong="H3068" south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H3068" Lebonah|strong="H3829" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H6680" the|strong="H6680" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" told|strong="H6680" the|strong="H6680" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6680" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w for|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w festival|strong="H2282"\+w*}, go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Shiloh|strong="H7887" and|strong="H1121" hide|strong="H5641" in|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6680" vineyards|strong="H3754". 
\verseNumber{21}Keep|strong="H7200" watching|strong="H8245" for|strong="H3318" the|strong="H7200" young|strong="H5288" women|strong="H1323" to|strong="H1980" come|strong="H1980" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H1980" dance|strong="H4246". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w they|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w come|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3318"\+w*}, all|strong="H7200" of|strong="H1323" you|strong="H4480" should|strong="H1980" run|strong="H1980" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H7200" vineyards|strong="H3754". Each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1323" you|strong="H4480" can|strong="H7200" seize|strong="H0962" one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H7200" young|strong="H5288" women|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Shiloh|strong="H7887". Then|strong="H1980" you|strong="H4480" can|strong="H7200" all|strong="H7200" return|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" your|strong="H7200" homes|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w those|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w women|strong="H1323"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}If|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5414" fathers|strong="H0001" or|strong="H3808" brothers|strong="H0251" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" us|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3947" complain|strong="H7378" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w done|strong="H1961"\+w*}, we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5414", ‘Be|strong="H1961" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H3947" of|strong="H6256" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H6256" Benjamin|strong="H1144". When|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" fought|strong="H3898" them|strong="H5414", we|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H5414" any|strong="H5414" women|strong="H0802" alive|strong="H2416" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" their|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" those|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288" women|strong="H0802" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H6256" Benjamin|strong="H1144". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w stole|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}. So|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" guilty|strong="H0816", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w allow|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w any|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w daughters|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w marry|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}.’ ” 
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\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5375" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5375" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" did|strong="H6213". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w went|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w time|strong="H4557"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w festival|strong="H2282"\+w*}. And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5375" young|strong="H1121" women|strong="H0802" were|strong="H1121" dancing|strong="H4246", each|strong="H5892" man|strong="H1121" caught|strong="H1497" one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H5375" her|strong="H5375" away|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" married|strong="H3427" her|strong="H5375". Then|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" took|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" wives|strong="H0802" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5375" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H3651" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H1121" given|strong="H5375" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725". They|strong="H3651" rebuilt|strong="H1129" their|strong="H5375" cities|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w been|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w burned|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w down|strong="H3427"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3651" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H3318" other|strong="H0312" Israelis went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" their|strong="H3318" homes|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3318" areas|strong="H0776" where|strong="H8033" their|strong="H3318" tribes|strong="H7626" and|strong="H1121" clans|strong="H4940" lived|strong="H3427", the|strong="H3318" areas|strong="H0776" that|strong="H1931" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H3478" allotted|strong="H5159" to|strong="H1980" them|strong="H3318". 
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\verseNumber{25}At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", the|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H5869" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" have|strong="H5869" a|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428". Everyone|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3477" they|strong="H1992" themselves|strong="H1992" thought|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3478" right|strong="H3477". 
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