Now Ehud had escaped while they were delaying. When he passed the carved images, he escaped to Seirah.

Now Deborah, a prophetess, wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time.

That day God humiliated King Jabin of Canaan before the Israelites.

The Lord said to him, “Ah, but I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army.”

The Lord’s spirit took control of Gideon. He blew a trumpet, summoning the Abiezrites to follow him.

Gideon said to God, “If you really intend to use me to deliver Israel, as you promised, then give me a sign as proof.

He also threatened the men of Penuel, warning, “When I return victoriously, I will tear down this tower.”

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.

His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also gave him a son, whom he named Abimelech.

When Zebul, the city commissioner, heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he was furious.

a woman threw an upper millstone down on his head and shattered his skull.

He led Israel for twenty-three years, then died and was buried in Shamir.

Jair the Gileadite rose up after him; he led Israel for twenty-two years.

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.

Since the Lord God of Israel has driven out the Amorites before his people Israel, do you think you can just take it from them?

Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, saying, “If you really do hand the Ammonites over to me,

Jephthah led Israel for six years; then he died and was buried in his city in Gilead.

Manoah said to the Lord’s messenger, “Please stay here awhile, so we can prepare a young goat for you to eat.”

Manoah’s wife gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The child grew and the Lord empowered him.

He struck them down and defeated them. Then he went down and lived for a time in the cave in the cliff of Etam.