<p class="poetry">Hear, O kings!p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention, O rulers!p> <p class="poetry">I will sing to the <sc>Lordsc>!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will sing<n id="2" /> to the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel!p>

They named that place Bokim<n id="1" /> and offered sacrifices to the <sc>Lordsc> there.p>

Jephthah made a vow to the <sc>Lordsc>, saying, &#8220;If you really do hand the Ammonites over to me,

Gideon built an altar for the <sc>Lordsc> there, and named it &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> is on friendly terms with me.&#8221;<n id="1" /> To this day it is still there in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.p>

When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, you also blow your trumpets all around the camp. Then say, &#8216;For the <sc>Lordsc> and for Gideon!&#8217;&#8221;p>

All three units blew their trumpets and broke their jars. They held the torches in their left hand and the trumpets in their right.<n id="1" /> Then they yelled, &#8220;A sword for the <sc>Lordsc> and for Gideon!&#8221;

then whoever is the first to come through<n id="1" /> the doors of my house to meet me when I return safely from fighting the Ammonites &#8211; he<n id="2" /> will belong to the <sc>Lordsc> and<n id="3" /> I will offer him up as a burnt sacrifice.&#8221;

Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the <sc>Lordsc>. The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s messenger did an amazing thing as Manoah and his wife watched.<n id="1" />

Then build an altar for the <sc>Lordsc> your God on the top of this stronghold according to the proper pattern.<n id="1" /> Take the second bull and offer it as a burnt sacrifice on the wood from the Asherah pole that you cut down.&#8221;

The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s messenger said to Manoah, &#8220;If I stay,<n id="1" /> I will not eat your food. But if you want to make a burnt sacrifice to the <sc>Lordsc>, you should offer it.&#8221; (He said this because Manoah did not know that he was the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s messenger.)<n id="2" />

He said to his mother, &#8220;You know<n id="1" /> the eleven hundred pieces of silver which were stolen<n id="2" /> from you, about which I heard you pronounce a curse? Look here, I have the silver. I stole<n id="3" /> it, but now I am giving it back to you.&#8221;<n id="4" /> His mother said, &#8220;May the <sc>Lordsc> reward<n id="5" /> you, my son!&#8221;

When he gave back to his mother the eleven hundred pieces of silver, his mother said, &#8220;I solemnly dedicate<n id="1" /> this silver to the <sc>Lordsc>. It will be for my son&#8217;s benefit. We will use it to make a carved image and a metal image.&#8221;<n id="2" />