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 …
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Judges 11
1 Now Yiftach the Giladite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of a harlot; and Gilad begat Yiftach. 2 And Gilad’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Yiftach, and said unto him, You shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for you are …
Judges 12
1 And the men of Efrayim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Yiftach, “Wherefore passedst you over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with you? We will burn your house upon you with fire.” 2 And Yiftach said unto them, “I and my people were …
Judges 13
1 And the children of Yisrael did evil again in the sight of יהוה; and יהוה delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. 2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoach; and his wife was barren, and bare not. 3 And the angel of …
Judges 14
1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, “I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore get her for me as wife.” 3 Then his …
Judges 15
1 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, “I will go in to my wife into the chamber.” But her father would not allow him to go in. 2 And her father said, “I verily thought that …
Judges 16
1 Then went Samson to Gaza (Azzah), and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her. 2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, “Samson is come hither.” And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, “In the …
Judges 17
1 And there was a man of Mount Efrayim, whose name was Mikhayehu. 2 And he said unto his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you, about which you cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.” And his mother said, “Blessed …
Judges 18
1 In those days there was no king in Yisrael; and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Yisrael. 2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from …
Judges 19
1 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Yisrael, that there was a certain Lewite sojourning on the side of mount Efrayim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem (Beit-Lechem) in Judah (Yehudah). 2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him …