Study Desk

And Gideon said to them, I would make a request of you, that you would give me every man the earrings of his spoil. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

And Gideon had seventy sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives.

Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether it is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

And his mother's brothers spoke of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.

And he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, being seventy persons, on one stone: but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

(for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

And the men of Shechem set ambushers for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.

And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Yahweh; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

And Gilead's wife bore him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said to him, You shall not inherit in our father's house; for you are the son of another woman.

Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they didn't come inside the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.

then it shall be, that whatever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the sons of Ammon, it shall be Yahweh's, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering.

And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low, and you are one of those that trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Yahweh, and I can't go back.

And she said to him, My father, you have opened your mouth to Yahweh; do to me according to that which has proceeded out of your mouth, since Yahweh has taken vengeance for you on your enemies, even on the sons of Ammon.

And she said to her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.

And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity on the mountains.

then they said to him, Now say, "Shibboleth"; and he said "Sibboleth"; for he did not accomplish correct pronunciation: then they laid hold on him, and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty and two thousand.

And he had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

for, look, you shall become pregnant, and give birth to a son; and no razor shall come on his head; for the lad shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

but he said to me, Look, you shall become pregnant, and give birth to a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing; for the lad shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.