Discovery Box| (0.60) | Jdg 9:3 |
| His mother’s relatives 1 spoke on his behalf to 2 all the leaders of Shechem and reported his proposal. 3 The leaders were drawn to Abimelech; 4 they said, “He is our close relative.” 5 |
| (0.60) | Jdg 9:5 |
| He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and murdered his half-brothers, 1 the seventy legitimate 2 sons of Jerub-Baal, on one stone. Only Jotham, Jerub-Baal’s youngest son, escaped, 3 because he hid. |
| (0.60) | Jdg 9:7 |
| When Jotham heard the news, 1 he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below, 2 “Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you! |
| (0.60) | Jdg 9:9 |
| But the olive tree said to them, ‘I am not going to stop producing my oil, which is used to honor gods and men, just to sway above the other trees!’ 1 |
| (0.60) | Jdg 9:13 |
| But the grapevine said to them, ‘I am not going to stop producing my wine, which makes gods and men so happy, just to sway above the other trees!’ 1 |
| (0.60) | Jdg 9:15 |
| The thornbush said to the trees, ‘If you really want to choose 1 me as your king, then come along, find safety under my branches! 2 Otherwise 3 may fire blaze from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’ |
| (0.60) | Jdg 9:36 |
| Gaal saw the men 1 and said to Zebul, “Look, men are coming down from the tops of the hills.” But Zebul said to him, “You are seeing the shadows on the hills – it just looks like men.” 2 |
| (0.60) | Jdg 9:38 |
| Zebul said to him, “Where now are your bragging words, 1 ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the men 2 you insulted? 3 Go out now and fight them!” |
| (0.60) | Jdg 10:4 |
| He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and possessed thirty cities. To this day these towns are called Havvoth Jair 1 – they are in the land of Gilead. 2 |
| (0.60) | Jdg 11:7 |
| Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, “But you hated me and made me leave 1 my father’s house. Why do you come to me now, when you are in trouble?” |
| (0.60) | Jdg 11:8 |
| The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That may be true, 1 but now we pledge to you our loyalty. 2 Come with us and fight with the Ammonites. Then you will become the leader 3 of all who live in Gilead.” 4 |
| (0.60) | Jdg 11:9 |
| Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, “All right! 1 If you take me back to fight with the Ammonites and the Lord gives them to me, 2 I will be your leader.” 3 |
| (0.60) | Jdg 11:31 |
| then whoever is the first to come through 1 the doors of my house to meet me when I return safely from fighting the Ammonites – he 2 will belong to the Lord and 3 I will offer him up as a burnt sacrifice.” |
| (0.60) | Jdg 11:37 |
| She then said to her father, “Please grant me this one wish. 1 For two months allow me to walk through the hills with my friends and mourn my virginity.” 2 |
| (0.60) | Jdg 11:39 |
| After two months she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. She died a virgin. 1 Her tragic death gave rise to a custom in Israel. 2 |
| (0.60) | Jdg 12:2 |
| Jephthah said to them, “My people and I were entangled in controversy with the Ammonites. 1 I asked for your help, but you did not deliver me from their power. 2 |
| (0.60) | Jdg 13:5 |
| Look, you will conceive and have a son. 1 You must never cut his hair, 2 for the child will be dedicated to God 3 from birth. He will begin to deliver Israel from the power 4 of the Philistines.” |
| (0.60) | Jdg 13:11 |
| So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he met 1 the man, he said to him, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” 2 He said, “Yes.” 3 |
| (0.60) | Jdg 13:14 |
| She should not drink 1 anything that the grapevine produces. She must not drink wine or beer, and she must not eat any food that will make her ritually unclean. 2 She should obey everything I commanded her to do.” |
| (0.60) | Jdg 13:20 |
| As the flame went up from the altar toward the sky, the Lord’s messenger went up in it 1 while Manoah and his wife watched. They fell facedown 2 to the ground. |
