Discovery Box| (0.35) | Jdg 20:23 |
| The Israelites went up and wept before the Lord until evening. They asked the Lord, “Should we 1 again march out to fight 2 the Benjaminites, our brothers?” 3 The Lord said, “Attack them!” 4 |
| (0.35) | Jdg 20:39 |
| the Israelites counterattacked. 1 Benjamin had begun to strike down the Israelites; 2 they struck down 3 about thirty men. They said, “There’s no doubt about it! They are totally defeated as in the earlier battle.” |
| (0.35) | Jdg 20:40 |
| But when the signal, a pillar of smoke, began to rise up from the city, the Benjaminites turned around and saw the whole city going up in a cloud of smoke that rose high into the sky. 1 |
| (0.35) | Jdg 21:7 |
| How can we find wives for those who are left? 1 After all, we took an oath in the Lord’s name not to give them our daughters as wives.” |
| (0.35) | Jdg 21:8 |
| So they asked, “Who from all the Israelite tribes did not assemble before the Lord at Mizpah?” Now it just so happened no one from Jabesh Gilead had come to the gathering. 1 |
| (0.35) | Jdg 21:12 |
| They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young girls who were virgins – they had never had sexual relations with a male. 1 They brought them back to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan. |
| (0.35) | Rut 1:12 |
| Go back home, my daughters! For I am too old to get married again. 1 Even if I thought that there was hope that I could get married tonight and conceive sons, 2 |
| (0.35) | Rut 1:16 |
| But Ruth replied, “Stop urging me to abandon you! 1 For wherever you go, I will go. Wherever you live, I will live. Your people will become my people, and your God will become my God. |
| (0.35) | Rut 1:17 |
| Wherever you die, I will die – and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me severely if I do not keep my promise! 1 Only death will be able to separate me from you!” 2 |
| (0.35) | Rut 2:18 |
| She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw 1 how much grain 2 she had gathered. Then Ruth 3 gave her the roasted grain she had saved from mealtime. 4 |
| (0.35) | Rut 3:3 |
| So bathe yourself, 1 rub on some perfumed oil, 2 and get dressed up. 3 Then go down 4 to the threshing floor. But don’t let the man know you’re there until he finishes his meal. 5 |
| (0.35) | Rut 3:7 |
| When Boaz had finished his meal and was feeling satisfied, he lay down to sleep at the far end of the grain heap. 1 Then Ruth 2 crept up quietly, 3 uncovered his legs, 4 and lay down beside him. 5 |
| (0.35) | Rut 3:10 |
| He said, “May you be rewarded 1 by the Lord, my dear! 2 This act of devotion 3 is greater than what you did before. 4 For you have not sought to marry 5 one of the young men, whether rich or poor. 6 |
| (0.35) | Rut 4:5 |
| Then Boaz said, “When 1 you acquire the field 2 from Naomi, 3 you must also 4 acquire Ruth the Moabite, 5 the wife of our deceased relative, 6 in order to preserve his family name by raising up a descendant who will inherit his property.” 7 |
| (0.35) | Rut 4:15 |
| He will encourage you and provide for you when you are old, 1 for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, has given him birth. She 2 is better to you than seven sons!” |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 1:15 |
| But Hannah replied, “That’s not the way it is, 1 my lord! I am under a great deal of stress. 2 I have drunk neither wine nor beer. Rather, I have poured out my soul to 3 the Lord. |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 1:19 |
| They got up early the next morning and after worshiping the Lord, they returned to their home at Ramah. Elkanah had marital relations with 1 his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered 2 her. |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 1:23 |
| So her husband Elkanah said to her, “Do what you think best. 1 Stay until you have weaned him. May the Lord fulfill his promise.” 2 So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him. |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 1:24 |
| Once she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with three bulls, an ephah 1 of flour, and a container 2 of wine. She brought him to the Lord’s house at Shiloh, even though he was young. 3 |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 2:10 |
| The Lord shatters 1 his adversaries; 2 he thunders against them from 3 the heavens. The Lord executes judgment to the ends of the earth. He will strengthen 4 his king and exalt the power 5 of his anointed one.” 6 |
