Discovery Box| (0.28) | Jdg 9:2 |
| “Tell 1 all the leaders of Shechem this: ‘Why would you want 2 to have seventy men, all Jerub-Baal’s sons, ruling over you, when you can have just one ruler? Recall that I am your own flesh and blood.’” 3 |
| (0.28) | 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 |
| (0.28) | 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. |
| (0.28) | 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!’ |
| (0.28) | Jdg 9:27 |
| They went out to the field, harvested their grapes, 1 squeezed out the juice, 2 and celebrated. They came to the temple 3 of their god and ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech. |
| (0.28) | Jdg 9:31 |
| He sent messengers to Abimelech, who was in Arumah, 1 reporting, “Beware! 2 Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers are coming 3 to Shechem and inciting the city to rebel against you. 4 |
| (0.28) | 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 |
| (0.28) | Jdg 9:43 |
| he took his men 1 and divided them into three units and set an ambush in the field. When he saw the people coming out of the city, 2 he attacked and struck them down. 3 |
| (0.28) | 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 |
| (0.28) | 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?” |
| (0.28) | 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 |
| (0.28) | Jdg 11:24 |
| You have the right to take what Chemosh your god gives you, but we will take the land of all whom the Lord our God has driven out before us. 1 |
| (0.28) | 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.” |
| (0.28) | Jdg 11:34 |
| When Jephthah came home to Mizpah, there was his daughter hurrying out 1 to meet him, dancing to the rhythm of tambourines. 2 She was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter. |
| (0.28) | 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.” |
| (0.28) | Jdg 14:8 |
| Some time later, when he went back to marry 1 her, he turned aside to see the lion’s remains. He saw 2 a swarm of bees in the lion’s carcass, as well as some honey. |
| (0.28) | Jdg 14:12 |
| Samson said to them, “I will give you a riddle. If you really can solve it during the seven days the party lasts, 1 I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty sets 2 of clothes. |
| (0.28) | Jdg 15:10 |
| The men of Judah said, “Why are you attacking 1 us?” The Philistines 2 said, “We have come up to take Samson prisoner so we can do to him what he has done to us.” |
| (0.28) | Jdg 16:19 |
| She made him go to sleep on her lap 1 and then called a man in to shave off 2 the seven braids of his hair. 3 She made him vulnerable 4 and his strength left him. |
| (0.28) | Jdg 16:23 |
| The rulers of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate. They said, “Our god has handed Samson, our enemy, over to us.” |
