1 Now after the death of Joshua (Yehoshua) it came to pass, that the children of Yisrael asked יהוה, saying, “Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?” 2 And יהוה said, “Judah (Yehudah) shall go up; behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.” 3 And Judah (Yehudah) …
Category Archives: Judges (Shofetim)
Judges 2
1 And an angel of יהוה came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said: “I made you to go up out of Egypt (Mitsrayim), and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you. 2 And you shall make no league with …
Judges 3
1 Now these are the nations which יהוה left, to prove Yisrael by them, even as many of Yisrael as had not known all the wars of Canaan; 2 Only that the generations of the children of Yisrael might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; 3 Namely, five lords (seranim) …
Judges 4
1 And the children of Yisrael again did evil in the sight of יהוה, when Ehud was dead. 2 And יהוה sold them into the hand of Yavin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose army was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles (Goyim). 3 And the children of Yisrael cried …
Judges 5
1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying: 2 “Praise You יהוה for the avenging of Yisrael, when the people willingly offered themselves. 3 Hear, O you kings; give ear, O you princes; I, even I, will sing unto יהוה; I will sing praise to יהוה God of Israel (Elohei Yisrael). …
Judges 6
1 And the children of Yisrael did evil in the sight of יהוה; and יהוה delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. 2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Yisrael; and because of the Midianites the children of Yisrael made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. …
Judges 7
1 Then Yerubaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod; so that the army of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. 2 And יהוה said unto Gideon, “The people that are …
Judges 8
1 And the men of Efrayim said unto him, “Why have you served us thus, that you calledst us not, when you wentest to fight with the Midianites?” And they did chide with him sharply. 2 And he said unto them, “What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the …
Judges 9
1 And Abimelech (Avimelekh) the son of Yerubaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying, 2 “Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem: ‘Which is better for you, either that all the sons of Yerubaal, …
Judges 10
1 And after Abimelech (Avimelekh) there arose to defend Yisrael Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Yissaskhar; and he dwelt in Shamir in Mount Efrayim. 2 And he judged Yisrael twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. 3 And after him arose Yair, a Giladite, and judged …