Discovery Box| (0.29) | Jdg 7:19 |
| Gideon took a hundred men to the edge of the camp 1 at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guards. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars they were carrying. 2 |
| (0.29) | Jdg 8:5 |
| He said to the men of Succoth, “Give 1 some loaves of bread to the men 2 who are following me, 3 because they are exhausted. I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.” |
| (0.29) | Jdg 8:18 |
| He said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “Describe for me 1 the men you killed at Tabor.” They said, “They were like you. Each one looked like a king’s son.” 2 |
| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | 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. |
| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | 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. |
| (0.29) | 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! |
| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | 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!’ |
| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | 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!” |
| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | 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?” |
| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | 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 |
| (0.29) | 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.” |
