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Judges · read by Fred Tomlinson
23 verses, in order. Only the verses Fred read aloud are shown.
Judges 1
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Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.Read from KJV · Saved but Stalled
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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 · Saved but Stalled
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Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.Read from KJV · Saved but Stalled
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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 · Saved but Stalled
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 NASB1995 · Evangelizing The Evangelical
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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 NASB1995 · Evangelizing The Evangelical
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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 NASB1995 · Evangelizing The Evangelical
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Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.Read from NASB1995 · Evangelizing The Evangelical
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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 NASB1995 · Evangelizing The Evangelical
Judges 14
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One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.Read from NASB1995 · Evangelizing The Evangelical
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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 NASB1995 · Evangelizing The Evangelical
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But his father and mother replied, "Can't you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?" But Samson told his father, "Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes."Read from NASB1995 · Evangelizing The Evangelical
Judges 16
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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 NASB1995 · Evangelizing The Evangelical
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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 NASB1995 · Evangelizing The Evangelical
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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 NASB1995 · Evangelizing The Evangelical
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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 NASB1995 · Evangelizing The Evangelical
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However, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved.Read from NASB1995 · Evangelizing The Evangelical
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And when the people saw him, they praised their god, saying: "Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy who destroyed our land and multiplied our dead."Read from NASB1995 · Evangelizing The Evangelical
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And while their hearts were merry, they said, "Call for Samson to entertain us." So they called Samson out of the prison to entertain them. And they stationed him between the pillars.Read from NASB1995 · Evangelizing The Evangelical
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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 NASB1995 · Evangelizing The Evangelical
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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 NASB1995 · Evangelizing The Evangelical
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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 NASB1995 · Evangelizing The Evangelical
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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 NASB1995 · Evangelizing The Evangelical