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Then Avimelekh took up residence in Arumah, and Z'vul drove out Ga‘al and his brothers, so that they could not live in Sh'khem.

They all did likewise, each man cutting off his branch; and they followed Avimelekh. They put the branches up against the stronghold, set them on fire, and burned down the stronghold; so that all the people from the Sh'khem fortress died, about a thousand men and women.

He quickly called out to the young man holding his armor, "Draw your sword, and finish me off, so that people won't say a woman killed me." So his attendant ran him through, and he died.

The people of ‘Amon also crossed the Yarden to fight Y'hudah, Binyamin and the house of Efrayim; so that Isra'el was greatly distressed.

and said to him, "Come and be our chief, so that we can fight the army of ‘Amon."

Manoach said to the angel of Adonai , "Please stay with us a bit longer, so that we can cook a young goat for you."

Manoach said to the angel of Adonai , "Tell us your name, so that when your words come true we can honor you."

The chiefs of the P'lishtim went up to her and said, "Coax him into telling you where his great strength comes from and how we can overcome him, so that we can tie him up and subdue him. If you do, each of us will give you 1,100 pieces of silver."

so that he finally told her everything. He said to her, "No razor has ever touched my head, because I have been a nazir of God since I was born. If someone shaves me, then my strength will leave me; and I will be like any other man."

Shimshon said to the boy holding him by the hand, "Let me feel the columns supporting the building, so that I can lean on them."

Shimshon called to Adonai , "Adonai Elohim , just this once, please, think of me, and please, give me strength, so that I can take revenge on the P'lishtim for at least one of my two eyes."

Turn over these good-for-nothings who are in Giv‘ah at once, so that we can execute them and rid Isra'el of such evil." But the people of Binyamin refused to obey the order of their kinsmen the people of Isra'el.

They said, "There has to be a way to help the survivors preserve Binyamin's inheritance, so that a tribe will not be eliminated from Isra'el.

Na‘omi said to Rut her daughter-in-law, "It's good, my daughter, for you to keep going out with his girls; so that you won't encounter hostility in some other field."

Na‘omi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, I should be seeking security for you; so that things will go well with you.

I thought I should tell you about it and say, ‘Buy it in the presence of the people sitting here and in the presence of the leaders of my people. If you want to redeem it, redeem it. But if it is not to be redeemed, then tell me, so that I can know, because there is no one else in line to redeem it, and I'm after you." He said, "I want to redeem it."

Also I am acquiring as my wife Rut the woman from Mo'av, the wife of Machlon, in order to raise up in the name of the deceased an heir for his property; so that the name of the deceased will not be cut off from his kinsmen and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses today."

But Hannah did not go up, explaining to her husband, "Not till the child has been weaned. Then I will bring him, so that he can appear before Adonai and live there forever."

The day is coming when I will break your strength and the strength of your father's family, so that no one in your family will live to old age.

Once, during that period, ‘Eli had gone to bed — his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that it was hard for him to see.