Judges 6:1-10 Midian Oppresses Israel 1 The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Midian seven years. 2 And the hand of Midian overpowered Israel, and because of Midian the people of Israel made for themselves the dens that are in the mountains and the caves and […]

Judges 5:19-31 The Song of Deborah and Barak (Part 2) 19 “The kings came, they fought;    then fought the kings of Canaan,at Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo;    they got no spoils of silver.20 From heaven the stars fought,    from their courses they fought against Sisera.21 The torrent Kishon swept them away,    the ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon.    March on, my soul, with might! 22 “Then […]

Judges 5:1-31 The Song of Deborah and Barak (Part 1) 1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day: 2 “That the leaders took the lead in Israel,    that the people offered themselves willingly,    bless the Lord! 3 “Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes;    to the Lord I will sing;    I will make melody to the Lord, the God of Israel. […]

Judges 4:11-24 Deborah and Barak (part 2) 11 Now Heber the Kenite had separated from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far away as the oak in Zaanannim, which is near Kedesh. 12 When Sisera was told that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor, 13 Sisera called […]

Judges 4:1-10 Deborah and Barak (part 1) 4 And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord after Ehud died. 2 And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim. 3 Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help, for he […]

Judges 3:31 Shamgar 31 After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed 600 of the Philistines with an oxgoad, and he also saved Israel. This passage in Judges 3:31 is loaded with rich truths, which, at first, seem to be as hidden and obscure as the man Shamgar is. Josephus, the Jewish Historian, said that Jewish traditions […]

Judges 3:15-30 Ehud (continued) 15 Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, and the Lord raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab. 16 And Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length, and he […]

Judges 3:12-15 Ehud 12 And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord. 13 He gathered to himself the Ammonites and the Amalekites, and went and defeated Israel. And they took possession of the […]

Judges 3:7-11 Othniel 7 And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asheroth. 8 Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia. And the people of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years. 9 But when the […]

Judges 3:1-6 1 Now these are the nations that the Lord left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had not experienced all the wars in Canaan. 2 It was only in order that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, to teach war to those who had not known it before. 3 These […]