Judges
21 chapters, 618 verses. The 7th of 66 books, in History.
How it begins
1After the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked of the LORD, saying, “Who should go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?”
2The LORD said, “Judah shall go up. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.”
3Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot.” So Simeon went with him.
4Judah went up, and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand. They struck ten thousand men in Bezek.
Chapters
- 1Judah and Simeon fight the Canaanites
- 2The angel rebukes Israel at Bochim
- 3Debts and Eglon's oppression
- 4Deborah and Barak defeat Sisera
- 5Deborah's song of victory
- 6Gideon chosen to deliver Israel
- 7Gideon's small army defeats Midian
- 8Gideon pursues and defeats Midian
- 9Abimelech's reign at Shechem
- 10Tola and Jair judge Israel
- 11Jephthah's vow and victory over Ammon
- 12Jephthah and Ephraim's quarrel
- 13Samson's birth is foretold
- 14Samson's marriage and riddle
- 15Samson burns the Philistine fields
- 16Samson and Delilah's betrayal
- 17Micah's idolatry and priest
- 18The Danites steal Micah's idol
- 19The Levite's concubine and Gibeah's evil
- 20Israel wages war against Benjamin
- 21Wives provided for Benjamin
World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.