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Judges · read by Chuck Smith
101 verses, in order. Only the verses Chuck 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 · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
Judges 2
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So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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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 · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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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 · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
Judges 3
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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 NKJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb's younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
Judges 4
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After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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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 · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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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 · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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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 · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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Then Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and the whole army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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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 · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
Judges 5
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On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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"When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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'Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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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 · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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'Curse Meroz,' says the angel of the LORD. 'Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman's hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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At her feet he collapsed, he fell, there he lay still; at her feet he collapsed, he fell; where he collapsed, there he fell dead.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest." And the land had rest for forty years.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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 · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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Now when the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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He sent them a prophet, who told them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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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 · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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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 · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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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 · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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When the men of the city got up in the morning, there was Baal's altar torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second bull offered up on the newly built altar.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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So the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, who blew the ram's horn and rallied the Abiezrites behind him.Read from KJV · The Call of Gideon
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Then Gideon said to God, "If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
Judges 7
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Then the LORD said to Gideon, "You have too many people for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, 'My own hand has saved me.'Read from KJV · The Call of Gideon
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And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.Read from KJV · The Call of Gideon
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And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. "Behold, I had a dream," he said, "and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed."Read from KJV · The Call of Gideon
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His friend replied: "This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand."Read from KJV · The Call of Gideon
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And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram's horn in one hand and a large jar in the other, containing a torch.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
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Each Israelite took his position around the camp, and the entire Midianite army fled, crying out as they ran.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 1-7
Judges 9
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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 · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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God sent a spirit of animosity between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem and caused them to treat Abimelech deceitfully,Read from NASB1995 · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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When Zebul the governor of the city heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he burned with anger.Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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The next day the people of Shechem went out into the fields, and this was reported to Abimelech.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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So he took his men, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose up against them and attacked them.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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Then Abimelech and the companies with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two companies rushed against all who were in the fields and struck them down.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there,Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
Judges 10
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So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in deep distress.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, "We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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The LORD replied, "When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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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 · The Rock of My Salvation
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So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
Judges 11
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Some time later, when the Ammonites fought against IsraelRead from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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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 · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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But Jephthah asked them, "If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah's messengers, "When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the AmmonitesRead from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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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 · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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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 · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
Judges 12
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But Jephthah replied, "My people and I had a serious conflict with the Ammonites, and when I called, you did not save me out of their hands.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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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 · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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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 · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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 NKJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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And the angel of the LORD replied, "Even if I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD." For Manoah did not know that it was the angel of the LORD.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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"Why do you ask my name," said the angel of the LORD, "since it is beyond comprehension?"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 8-14
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 · (Through the Bible) Judges 15-16
Judges 17
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Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 17-21
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In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 17-21
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and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 17-21
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Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 17-21
Judges 18
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And the priest told them, "Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 17-21
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So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, tranquil and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 17-21
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The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.Read from KJV · The Danites Look for a Place to Settle
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So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.Read from NKJV · The Danites Look for a Place to Settle
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They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.Read from KJV · The Danites Look for a Place to Settle
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The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.Read from KJV · The Danites Look for a Place to Settle
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So they set up for themselves Micah's graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.Read from KJV · The Danites Look for a Place to Settle
Judges 20
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They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, "Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?" And the LORD answered, "Go up against them."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 17-21
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On the second day the Israelites advanced against the Benjamites.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 17-21
Judges 21
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In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Judges 17-21