Discovery Box| (0.31) | Jdg 8:26 |
| The total weight of the gold earrings he requested came to seventeen hundred gold shekels. 1 This was in addition to the crescent-shaped ornaments, jewelry, 2 purple clothing worn by the Midianite kings, and the necklaces on the camels. 3 |
| (0.31) | Jdg 8:27 |
| Gideon used all this to make 1 an ephod, 2 which he put in his hometown of Ophrah. All the Israelites 3 prostituted themselves to it by worshiping it 4 there. It became a snare to Gideon and his family. |
| (0.31) | Jdg 9:1 |
| Now Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem to see his mother’s relatives. 1 He said to them and to his mother’s entire extended family, 2 |
| (0.31) | 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 |
| (0.31) | 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 |
| (0.31) | Jdg 10:1 |
| After Abimelech’s death, 1 Tola son of Puah, grandson 2 of Dodo, from the tribe of Issachar, 3 rose up to deliver Israel. He lived in Shamir in the Ephraimite hill country. |
| (0.31) | 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 |
| (0.31) | Jdg 10:18 |
| The leaders 1 of Gilead said to one another, “Who is willing to lead the charge 2 against the Ammonites? He will become the leader of all who live in Gilead!” |
| (0.31) | 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.” |
| (0.31) | 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. |
| (0.31) | Jdg 12:5 |
| The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan River 1 opposite Ephraim. 2 Whenever an Ephraimite fugitive 3 said, “Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead asked 4 him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No,” |
| (0.31) | 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.” |
| (0.31) | Jdg 13:8 |
| Manoah prayed to the Lord, 1 “Please, Lord, allow the man sent from God 2 to visit 3 us again, so he can teach 4 us how we should raise 5 the child who will be born.” |
| (0.31) | Jdg 14:4 |
| Now his father and mother did not realize this was the Lord’s doing, 1 because he was looking for an opportunity to stir up trouble with the Philistines 2 (for at that time the Philistines were ruling Israel). |
| (0.31) | Jdg 14:14 |
| He said to them, “Out of the one who eats came something to eat; out of the strong one came something sweet.” They could not solve the riddle for three days. |
| (0.31) | Jdg 14:17 |
| She cried on his shoulder 1 until the party was almost over. 2 Finally, on the seventh day, he told her because she had nagged him so much. 3 Then she told the young men the solution to the riddle. 4 |
| (0.31) | 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.” |
| (0.31) | Jdg 15:14 |
| When he arrived in Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they approached him. But the Lord’s spirit empowered 1 him. The ropes around his arms were like flax dissolving in 2 fire, and they 3 melted away from his hands. |
| (0.31) | Jdg 16:11 |
| He said to her, “If they tie me tightly with brand new ropes that have never been used, 1 I will become weak and be just like any other man.” |
| (0.31) | Jdg 16:29 |
| Samson took hold of the two middle pillars that supported the temple 1 and he leaned against them, with his right hand on one and his left hand on the other. |
