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Judges · read by E.A. Johnston
29 verses, in order. Only the verses E.A. read aloud are shown.
Judges 2
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After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.Read from KJV · Aggravated Sins
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And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.Read from KJV · Stoned Generation
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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 · Lost Generation with One Foot in Hell
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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 · A Sword Descending
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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 · A Sword Descending
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 · The Sin Cycle
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Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.Read from KJV · The Sin Cycle
Judges 7
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Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.Read from KJV · The Divine Process
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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 Divine Process
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Now, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the people: 'Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.'" So twenty-two thousand of them turned back, but ten thousand remained.Read from KJV · The Divine Process
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So Gideon brought the people down to the water, and the LORD said to him, "Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink."Read from KJV · The Divine Process
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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 Divine Process
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Then the LORD said to Gideon, "With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home."Read from KJV · The Divine Process
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So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams' horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.Read from KJV · The Divine Process
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That night the LORD said to Gideon, "Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.Read from KJV · The Divine Process
Judges 16
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"How can you say, 'I love you,'" she asked, "when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!"Read from KJV · The Church of Samson
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Finally, after she had pressed him daily with her words and pleaded until he was sick to death,Read from KJV · The Church of Samson
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Samson told her all that was in his heart: "My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man."Read from KJV · The Church of Samson
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When Delilah realized that he had revealed to her all that was in his heart, she sent this message to the lords of the Philistines: "Come up once more, for he has revealed to me all that is in his heart." Then the lords of the Philistines came to her, bringing the money in their hands.Read from KJV · The Church of Samson
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And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.Read from KJV · The Church of Samson
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Then she called out, "Samson, the Philistines are here!" When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, "I will escape as I did before and shake myself free." But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.Read from KJV · The Church of Samson
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Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.Read from KJV · Going Out with a Bang for God
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Samson said to the servant who held his hand, "Lead me where I can feel the pillars supporting the temple, so I can lean against them."Read from KJV · Going Out with a Bang for God
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Now the temple was full of men and women; all the lords of the Philistines were there, and about three thousand men and women were on the roof watching Samson entertain them.Read from KJV · Bow Thyself
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Then Samson called out to the LORD: "O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes."Read from KJV · Bow Thyself
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And Samson reached out for the two central pillars supporting the temple. Bracing himself against them with his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other,Read from KJV · Bow Thyself
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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 · Going Out with a Bang for God