“The trees were determined to go out and choose a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Be our king!’

Now, come up at night with your men and set an ambush in the field outside the city.

The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The Lord will judge any grievance you have against us, if we do not do as you say.”

They took all the Amorite territory from the Arnon River on the south to the Jabbok River on the north, from the desert in the east to the Jordan in the west.

Manoah said to his wife, “We will certainly die, because we have seen a supernatural being!”

Samson’s bride was then given to his best man.

He happened to see a solid jawbone of a donkey. He grabbed it and struck down a thousand men.

In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.

When the Danites returned to their tribe in Zorah and Eshtaol, their kinsmen asked them, “How did it go?”

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

The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;

The next morning the people got up early and built an altar there. They offered up burnt sacrifices and token of peace.

In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.

Delilah said to Samson, “Up to now you have deceived me and told me lies. Tell me how you can be subdued.” He said to her, “If you weave the seven braids of my hair into the fabric on the loom and secure it with the pin, I will become weak and be like any other man.”

her husband came after her, hoping he could convince her to return. He brought with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. When she brought him into her father’s house and the girl’s father saw him, he greeted him warmly.

The Benjaminites attacked the army, leaving the city unguarded. They began to strike down their enemy just as they had done before. On the main roads (one leads to Bethel, the other to Gibeah) and in the field, they struck down about thirty Israelites.

The men of Judah attacked the Canaanites living in Hebron. (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba.) They killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

He moved to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz, and it has kept that name to this very day.

The people buried him in his allotted land in Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

Whenever they went out to fight, the Lord did them harm, just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. They suffered greatly.