Judges 3:8-9
3:8 The
Lord was furious with Israel
and turned them over to
King Cushan-Rishathaim
of Aram-Naharaim. They were Cushan-Rishathaim’s subjects
for eight years.
3:9 When the Israelites cried out for help to the
Lord, he
raised up a deliverer for the Israelites who rescued
them. His name was Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
Judges 3:12
Deceit, Assassination, and Deliverance
3:12 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. The Lord gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel because they had done evil in the Lord’s sight.
Judges 3:15
3:15 When the Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, he raised up a deliverer for them. His name was Ehud son of Gera the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The Israelites sent him to King Eglon of Moab with their tribute payment.
Judges 4:3
4:3 The Israelites cried out for help to the
Lord, because Sisera
had nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels,
and he cruelly
oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
Judges 6:2
6:2 The Midianites
overwhelmed Israel.
Because of Midian the Israelites made shelters
for themselves in the hills, as well as caves and strongholds.
Judges 6:8
6:8 he
sent a prophet
to the Israelites. He said to them, “This is what the
Lord God of Israel says: ‘I brought you up from Egypt
and took you out of that place of slavery.
Judges 10:8
10:8 They ruthlessly oppressed
the Israelites that eighteenth year
– that is, all the Israelites living east of the Jordan in Amorite country in Gilead.
Judges 11:17
11:17 Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please allow us
to pass through your land.” But the king of Edom rejected the request.
Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate.
So Israel stayed at Kadesh.
Judges 18:1
The Tribe of Dan Finds an Inheritance
18:1 In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel.
Judges 20:10
20:10 We will take ten of every group of a hundred men from all the tribes of Israel (and a hundred of every group of a thousand, and a thousand of every group of ten thousand) to get supplies for the army.
When they arrive in Gibeah of Benjamin they will punish them for the atrocity which they committed in Israel.”
Judges 20:13
20:13 Now, hand over the good-for-nothings
in Gibeah so we can execute them and purge Israel of wickedness.”
But the Benjaminites refused to listen to their Israelite brothers.
Judges 20:35
20:35 The
Lord annihilated Benjamin before Israel; the Israelites struck down that day 25,100 sword-wielding Benjaminites.
Judges 20:39
20:39 the Israelites counterattacked.
Benjamin had begun to strike down the Israelites;
they struck down
about thirty men. They said, “There’s no doubt about it! They are totally defeated as in the earlier battle.”
Judges 21:5
21:5 The Israelites asked, “Who from all the Israelite tribes has not assembled before the
Lord?” They had made a solemn oath that whoever did not assemble before the
Lord at Mizpah must certainly be executed.