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So the Lord burned with anger against Israel, and he turned them over to the Philistines and the Ammonites,

Yet you have abandoned me and served other gods. So I will not rescue you anymore.

So Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Soon he had a band of worthless rebels following him.

So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their ruler and commander of the army. At Mizpah, in the presence of the Lord , Jephthah repeated what he had said to the elders.

they sent messengers to the king of Edom asking for permission to pass through his land. But their request was denied. Then they asked the king of Moab for similar permission, but he wouldn't let them pass through either. So the people of Israel stayed in Kadesh.

But the Lord , the God of Israel, gave his people victory over King Sihon. So Israel took control of all the land of the Amorites, who lived in that region,

"So you see, it was the Lord , the God of Israel, who took away the land from the Amorites and gave it to Israel. Why, then, should we give it back to you?

So Jephthah led his army against the Ammonites, and the Lord gave him victory.

When she returned home, her father kept the vow he had made, and she died a virgin. So it has become a custom in Israel

So when I realized you weren't coming, I risked my life and went to battle without you, and the Lord gave me victory over the Ammonites. So why have you now come to fight me?"

The people of Ephraim responded, "You men of Gilead are nothing more than fugitives from Ephraim and Manasseh." So Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and attacked the men of Ephraim and defeated them.

Again the Israelites did evil in the Lord 's sight, so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines, who oppressed them for forty years.

So be careful; you must not drink wine or any other alcoholic drink nor eat any forbidden food.

So she quickly ran and told her husband, "The man who appeared to me the other day is here again!"

So Manoah asked him, "When your words come true, what kind of rules should govern the boy's life and work?"

So he said: "Out of the one who eats came something to eat; out of the strong came something sweet." Three days later they were still trying to figure it out.

So Samson's wife came to him in tears and said, "You don't love me; you hate me! You have given my people a riddle, but you haven't told me the answer." "I haven't even given the answer to my father or mother," he replied. "Why should I tell you?"

So she cried whenever she was with him and kept it up for the rest of the celebration. At last, on the seventh day he told her the answer because she was tormenting him with her nagging. Then she explained the riddle to the young men.

So before sunset of the seventh day, the men of the town came to Samson with their answer: "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" Samson replied, "If you hadn't plowed with my heifer, you wouldn't have solved my riddle!"

So his wife was given in marriage to the man who had been Samson's best man at the wedding.