All Israel rose up in unison and said, “Not one of us will go home! Not one of us will return to his house!

That day they killed about ten thousand Moabites – all strong, capable warriors; not one escaped.

He said to his servant, “Come on, we will go into one of the other towns and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”

Abimelech heard that all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem were in one place.

Joshua son of Nun, the Lord’s servant, died at the age of one hundred ten.

Now this man Micah owned a shrine. He made an ephod and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest.

They said to one another, “Who did this?” They investigated the matter thoroughly and concluded that Gideon son of Joash had done it.

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.

Among this army were seven hundred specially-trained left-handed soldiers. Each one could sling a stone and hit even the smallest target.

Then the survivors came down to the mighty ones; the Lord’s people came down to me as warriors.

The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite.”

So they asked, “Who from all the Israelite tribes did not assemble before the Lord at Mizpah?” Now it just so happened no one from Jabesh Gilead had come to the gathering.

Samson continued on down to Timnah and spoke to the girl. In his opinion, she was just the right one.

The Lord spoke to Gideon again, “There are still too many men. Bring them down to the water and I will thin the ranks some more. When I say, ‘This one should go with you,’ pick him to go; when I say, ‘This one should not go with you,’ do not take him.”

Samson took hold of the two middle pillars that supported the temple and he leaned against them, with his right hand on one and his left hand on the other.

The leaders of Gilead said to one another, “Who is willing to lead the charge against the Ammonites? He will become the leader of all who live in Gilead!”

They said, “We are happy to give you earrings.” So they spread out a garment, and each one threw an earring from his plunder onto it.

He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and murdered his half-brothers, the seventy legitimate sons of Jerub-Baal, on one stone. Only Jotham, Jerub-Baal’s youngest son, escaped, because he hid.

Gideon said to God, “Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make only the fleece dry, while the ground around it is covered with dew.”

He said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “Describe for me the men you killed at Tabor.” They said, “They were like you. Each one looked like a king’s son.”