BC
Judges · read by Bob Clark
79 verses, in order. Only the verses Bob read aloud are shown.
Judges 1
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After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, "Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?"Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-12 Studies in the Judges
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The LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had chariots of iron.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-14 Studies in the Judges
Judges 2
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Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-12 Studies in the Judges
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Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-12 Studies in the Judges
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Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-12 Studies in the Judges
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Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD's commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-12 Studies in the Judges
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Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-12 Studies in the Judges
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But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-12 Studies in the Judges
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So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, "Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-12 Studies in the Judges
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I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-12 Studies in the Judges
Judges 3
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These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-13 Studies in the Judges
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if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-12 Studies in the Judges
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the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-12 Studies in the Judges
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These nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD, which He had given their fathers through Moses.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-13 Studies in the Judges
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And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-12 Studies in the Judges
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So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-12 Studies in the Judges
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So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-13 Studies in the Judges
Judges 4
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After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-14 Studies in the Judges
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So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-14 Studies in the Judges
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Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-14 Studies in the Judges
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She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, "Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: 'Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-14 Studies in the Judges
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And I will draw out Sisera the commander of Jabin's army, his chariots, and his troops to the River Kishon, and I will deliver him into your hand.'"Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-14 Studies in the Judges
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Then Deborah said to Barak, "Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?" So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-14 Studies in the Judges
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Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-14 Studies in the Judges
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"Stand at the entrance to the tent," he said, "and if anyone comes and asks you, 'Is there a man here?' say, 'No.'"Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-14 Studies in the Judges
Judges 5
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On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-14 Studies in the Judges
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From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-14 Studies in the Judges
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The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-14 Studies in the Judges
Judges 6
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Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-15 Studies in the Judges
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And the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, "The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-15 Studies in the Judges
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"Please, my Lord," Gideon replied, "if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, 'Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?' But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-15 Studies in the Judges
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The LORD turned to him and said, "Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?"Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-15 Studies in the Judges
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"Please, my Lord," Gideon replied, "how can I save Israel? Indeed, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father's house."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-15 Studies in the Judges
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"Surely I will be with you," the LORD replied, "and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-15 Studies in the Judges
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Gideon answered, "If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-15 Studies in the Judges
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Please do not depart from this place until I return to You. Let me bring my offering and set it before You." And the LORD said, "I will stay until you return."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-15 Studies in the Judges
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And the angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and the unleavened bread, lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth." And Gideon did so.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-15 Studies in the Judges
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Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-15 Studies in the Judges
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When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, "Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!"Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-15 Studies in the Judges
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But the LORD said to him, "Peace be with you. Do not be afraid, for you will not die."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-15 Studies in the Judges
Judges 8
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Then the Israelites said to Gideon, "Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-15 Studies in the Judges
Judges 9
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"Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, 'Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?' Remember that I am your own flesh and blood."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-16 Studies in the Judges
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When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: "Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-16 Studies in the Judges
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One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-16 Studies in the Judges
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But the olive tree replied, 'Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?'Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-16 Studies in the Judges
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Then the trees said to the fig tree, 'Come and reign over us.'Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-16 Studies in the Judges
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But the fig tree replied, 'Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?'Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-16 Studies in the Judges
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Then the trees said to the grapevine, 'Come and reign over us.'Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-16 Studies in the Judges
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But the grapevine replied, 'Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?'Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-16 Studies in the Judges
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Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, 'Come and reign over us.'Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-16 Studies in the Judges
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But the thornbush replied, 'If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.'Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-16 Studies in the Judges
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for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-16 Studies in the Judges
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but you have risen up against my father's house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-16 Studies in the Judges
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if you have acted faithfully and honestly toward Jerubbaal and his house this day, then may you rejoice in Abimelech, and he in you.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-16 Studies in the Judges
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But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-16 Studies in the Judges
Judges 10
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But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.Read from NKJV · Bristol Conference 1976-17 Studies in the Judges
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Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-17 Studies in the Judges
Judges 11
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And Gilead's wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, "You shall have no inheritance in our father's house, because you are the son of another woman."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-17 Studies in the Judges
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and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-17 Studies in the Judges
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They answered Jephthah, "This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-17 Studies in the Judges
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Jephthah made this vow to the LORD: "If indeed You will deliver the Ammonites into my hand,Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-17 Studies in the Judges
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then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-17 Studies in the Judges
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After two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she had never had relations with a man. So it has become a custom in IsraelRead from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-17 Studies in the Judges
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that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-17 Studies in the Judges
Judges 12
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When I saw that you would not save me, I risked my life and crossed over to the Ammonites, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come today to fight against me?"Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-17 Studies in the Judges
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Jephthah then gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, "You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-17 Studies in the Judges
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they told him, "Please say Shibboleth." If he said, "Sibboleth," because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-17 Studies in the Judges
Judges 13
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Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-18 Studies in the Judges
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Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-18 Studies in the Judges
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The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, "It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-18 Studies in the Judges
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Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-18 Studies in the Judges
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For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-18 Studies in the Judges
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But his wife replied, "If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-18 Studies in the Judges
Judges 14
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So he returned and told his father and mother, "I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-18 Studies in the Judges
Judges 15
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So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-18 Studies in the Judges
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And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.Read from ESV · Bristol Conference 1976-18 Studies in the Judges
Judges 16
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Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-18 Studies in the Judges
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Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines." Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-18 Studies in the Judges
Judges 20
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The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, "Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?" "Judah will be first," the LORD replied.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1976-12 Studies in the Judges