Judges 3:10
3:10 The
Lord’s spirit empowered him
and he led Israel. When he went to do battle, the
Lord handed over to him King Cushan-Rishathaim of Aram and he overpowered him.
Judges 3:19
3:19 But he went back
once he reached
the carved images
at Gilgal. He said to Eglon,
“I have a secret message for you, O king.” Eglon
said, “Be quiet!”
All his attendants left.
Judges 6:25
Gideon Destroys the Altar
6:25 That night the Lord said to him, “Take the bull from your father’s herd, as well as a second bull, one that is seven years old. Pull down your father’s Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.
Judges 6:28
6:28 When the men of the city got up the next morning, they saw the Baal altar pulled down, the nearby Asherah pole cut down, and the second bull sacrificed on the newly built altar.
Judges 6:30-31
6:30 The men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, so we can execute him!
He pulled down the Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.”
6:31 But Joash said to all those who confronted him,
“Must you fight Baal’s battles?
Must you rescue him? Whoever takes up his cause
will die by morning!
If he really is a god, let him fight his own battles!
After all, it was his altar that was pulled down.”
Judges 9:3
9:3 His mother’s relatives
spoke on his behalf to
all the leaders of Shechem and reported his proposal.
The leaders were drawn to Abimelech;
they said, “He is our close relative.”
Judges 14:16-17
14:16 So Samson’s bride cried on his shoulder
and said, “You must
hate me; you do not love me! You told the young men
a riddle, but you have not told me the solution.” He said to her, “Look, I have not even told my father or mother. Do you really expect me to tell you?”
14:17 She cried on his shoulder
until the party was almost over.
Finally, on the seventh day, he told her because she had nagged him so much.
Then she told the young men the solution to the riddle.
Judges 14:19
14:19 The Lord’s spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and murdered thirty men. He took their clothes and gave them to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home.
Judges 15:14
15:14 When he arrived in Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they approached him. But the
Lord’s spirit empowered
him. The ropes around his arms were like flax dissolving in
fire, and they
melted away from his hands.