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From: "Bob Hoffman" <bhoffman@fmlynet.org>

The Book of
Judges
CHAPTER 1
Judges 1:1
1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel
asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to
fight against them?
Judges 1:2
2 And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into
his hand.
Judges 1:3
3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we
may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy
lot. So Simeon went with him.
Judges 1:4
4 And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites
into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men. Judges 1:5
5 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they
slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. Judges 1:6
6 But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off
his thumbs and his great toes.
Judges 1:7
7 And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their
great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God
hath requited me. And they brought  him to Jerusalem,  and there he died.
Judges 1:8
8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and
smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. Judges 1:9
9 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the
Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.
Judges 1:10
10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of
Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
Judges 1:11
11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of
Debir before was Kirjathsepher:
Judges 1:12
12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I
give Achsah my daughter to wife.
Judges 1:13
13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave
him Achsah his daughter to wife. Judges 1:14
14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her
father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What
wilt thou?
Judges 1:15
15 And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south
land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and
the nether  springs.
Judges 1:16
16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the
city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah,
which lieth in the south of Arad;  and they went  and dwelt  among  the people.
Judges 1:17
17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that
inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was
called Hormah.
Judges 1:18
18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast
thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. Judges 1:19
19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the
mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they
had chariots of iron.
Judges 1:20
20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the
three sons of Anak.
Judges 1:21
21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited
Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem
unto this day.
Judges 1:22
22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was
with them.
Judges 1:23
23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city
before was Luz.)
Judges 1:24
24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him,
Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.
Judges 1:25
25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with
the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family. Judges 1:26
26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called
the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day. Judges 1:27
27 Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns,
nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the
inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants  of Megiddo and her
towns:  but the Canaanites  would  dwell  in that land. Judges 1:28
28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to
tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. Judges 1:29
29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the
Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. Judges 1:30
30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants
of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
Judges 1:31
31 Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of
Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:
Judges 1:32
32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land:
for they did not drive them out. Judges 1:33
33 Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the
inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of
the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh  and of Bethanath became
tributaries  unto them.
Judges 1:34
34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they
would not suffer them to come down to the valley: Judges 1:35
35 But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet
the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
Judges 1:36
36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the
rock, and upward.
CHAPTER 2
Judges 2:1
1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you
to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto
your fathers; and I said,  I will never  break  my covenant  with you. Judges
2:2
2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw
down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
Judges 2:3
3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they
shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
Judges 2:4
4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all
the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. Judges
2:5
5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto
the LORD.
Judges 2:6
6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man
unto his inheritance to possess the land. Judges 2:7
7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of
the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, 
that he did  for Israel.
Judges 2:8
8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred
and ten years old.
Judges 2:9
9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the
mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. Judges 2:10
10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there
arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works
which he had done for Israel. Judges 2:11
11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served
Baalim:
Judges 2:12
12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of
the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were
round about  them, and bowed  themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD  to
anger.
Judges 2:13
13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. Judges 2:14
14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into
the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of
their enemies round about, so that they could  not any longer stand  before 
their enemies.
Judges 2:15
15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil,
as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were
greatly distressed.
Judges 2:16
16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand
of those that spoiled them.
Judges 2:17
17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring
after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of
the way which their fathers walked in, obeying  the commandments  of the LORD; 
but they did  not so.
Judges 2:18
18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge,
and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge:
for it repented the LORD because  of their groanings  by reason of them that
oppressed  them and vexed  them. Judges 2:19
19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and
corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve
them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor
from their stubborn  way. Judges 2:20
20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that
this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and
have not hearkened unto my voice; Judges 2:21
21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations
which Joshua left when he died:
Judges 2:22
22 That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the
LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. Judges 2:23
23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily;
neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. CHAPTER 3
Judges 3:1
1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even
as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; Judges 3:2
2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them
war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; Judges 3:3
3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the
Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon
unto the entering in of Hamath. Judges 3:4
4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken
unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand
of Moses.
Judges 3:5
5 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and
Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: Judges 3:6
6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to
their sons, and served their gods. Judges 3:7
7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the
LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves. Judges 3:8
8 Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into
the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel
served Chushanrishathaim  eight  years. Judges 3:9
9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a
deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son
of Kenaz,  Caleb's  younger  brother. Judges 3:10
10 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out
to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his
hand; and his hand  prevailed  against Chushanrishathaim. Judges 3:11
11 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. Judges
3:12
12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the
LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel,  because they had done
 evil  in the sight  of the LORD. Judges 3:13
13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and
smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. Judges 3:14
14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Judges 3:15
15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up
a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded:  and by him 
the children  of Israel  sent  a present  unto Eglon  the king  of Moab.
Judges 3:16
16 But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he
did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh. Judges 3:17
17 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat
man.
Judges 3:18
18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people
that bare the present.
Judges 3:19
19 But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said,
I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that
stood by him went out from him. Judges 3:20
20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had
for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he
arose out of his seat.
Judges 3:21
21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh,
and thrust it into his belly: Judges 3:22
22 And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the
blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came
out.
Judges 3:23
23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour
upon him, and locked them.
Judges 3:24
24 When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the
doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his
summer chamber.
Judges 3:25
25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the
doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold,
their lord was fallen down dead on the earth. Judges 3:26
26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and
escaped unto Seirath.
Judges 3:27
27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the
mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the
mount, and he before them.
Judges 3:28
28 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your
enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the
fords of Jordan  toward Moab,  and suffered  not a man  to pass over. Judges
3:29
29 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and
all men of valour; and there escaped not a man. Judges 3:30
30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest
fourscore years.
Judges 3:31
31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines
six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel. CHAPTER 4
Judges 4:1
1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud
was dead.
Judges 4:2
2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in
Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth  of the
Gentiles.
Judges 4:3
3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred
chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children  of
Israel.
Judges 4:4
4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that
time.
Judges 4:5
5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in
mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. Judges
4:6
6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and
said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw 
toward mount  Tabor,  and take  with thee ten  thousand  men  of the children 
of Naphtali  and of the children  of Zebulun? Judges 4:7
7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's
army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine
hand.
Judges 4:8
8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou
wilt not go with me, then I will not go. Judges 4:9
9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that
thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into
the hand of a woman. And Deborah  arose,  and went  with Barak  to Kedesh.
Judges 4:10
10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten
thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him. Judges 4:11
11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law
of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the
plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh. Judges 4:12
12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount
Tabor.
Judges 4:13
13 And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of
iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles
unto the river of Kishon.
Judges 4:14
14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath
delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So
Barak  went down  from mount  Tabor,  and ten  thousand  men  after  him.
Judges 4:15
15 And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host,
with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his
chariot,  and fled away  on his feet. Judges 4:16
16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of
the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and
there was not a man  left.
Judges 4:17
17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber
the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house 
of Heber  the Kenite.
Judges 4:18
18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn
in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she
covered him with a mantle.
Judges 4:19
19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I
am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered
him.
Judges 4:20
20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when
any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that
thou shalt say, No.
Judges 4:21
21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her
hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail  into his temples,  and
fastened  it into the ground:  for he was fast asleep  and weary.  So he died.
Judges 4:22
22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said
unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he
came into her tent, behold, Sisera  lay  dead,  and the nail  was in his
temples.
Judges 4:23
23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of
Israel.
Judges 4:24
24 And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against
Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.


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