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Judges · read by Mike Attwood
92 verses, in order. Only the verses Mike read aloud are shown.
Judges 1
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"Judah shall go up," answered the LORD. "Indeed, I have delivered the land into their hands."Read from KJV · Biting & Devouring One Another
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The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.Read from KJV · Armchair Religion, No heart for the Fight!
Judges 3
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After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.Read from KJV · God Can Use What Seems Insignificant
Judges 4
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After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.Read from KJV · God Can Use What Seems Insignificant
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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 · God Can Use What Seems Insignificant
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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 · God Can Use What Seems Insignificant
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Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.Read from KJV · God Can Use What Seems Insignificant
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And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.Read from KJV · God Can Use What Seems Insignificant
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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 · God Can Use What Seems Insignificant
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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 · God Can Use What Seems Insignificant
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Barak said to her, "If you will go with me, I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go."Read from KJV · God Can Use What Seems Insignificant
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"I will certainly go with you," Deborah replied, "but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman." So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,Read from KJV · God Can Use What Seems Insignificant
Judges 5
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O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.Read from KJV · God Can Use What Seems Insignificant
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In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.Read from KJV · God Can Use What Seems Insignificant
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When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.Read from KJV · God Can Use What Seems Insignificant
Judges 13
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And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.Read from KJV · Armchair Religion, No heart for the Fight!
Judges 14
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One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.Read from KJV · The Fall Of Sampson
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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 · The Fall Of Sampson
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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 KJV · The Fall Of Sampson
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(Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)Read from KJV · The Fall Of Sampson
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Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him,Read from KJV · The Fall Of Sampson
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and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.Read from KJV · The Fall Of Sampson
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Then Samson continued on his way down and spoke to the woman, because she was pleasing to his eyes.Read from KJV · The Fall Of Sampson
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When Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion's carcass, and in it was a swarm of bees, along with their honey.Read from KJV · The Fall Of Sampson
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So he scooped some honey into his hands and ate it as he went along. And when he returned to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion's carcass.Read from KJV · The Fall Of Sampson
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And when the Philistines saw him, they selected thirty men to accompany him.Read from NASB1995 · The Fall Of Sampson
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"Let me tell you a riddle," Samson said to them. "If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.Read from KJV · The Fall Of Sampson
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So he said to them: "Out of the eater came something to eat, and out of the strong came something sweet." For three days they were unable to explain the riddle.Read from KJV · The Fall Of Sampson
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So on the fourth day they said to Samson's wife, "Entice your husband to explain the riddle to us, or we will burn you and your father's household to death. Did you invite us here to rob us?"Read from KJV · The Fall Of Sampson
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Then Samson's wife came to him, weeping, and said, "You hate me! You do not really love me! You have posed to my people a riddle, but have not explained it to me." "Look," he said, "I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?"Read from KJV · The Fall Of Sampson
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She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and finally on the seventh day, because she had pressed him so much, he told her the answer. And in turn she explained the riddle to her people.Read from KJV · The Fall Of Sampson
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Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: "What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?" So he said to them: "If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!"Read from KJV · The Fall Of Sampson
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and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.Read from KJV · Samson - Vengeance and Victory
Judges 15
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Later on, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. "I want to go to my wife in her room," he said. But her father would not let him enter.Read from KJV · Samson - Vengeance and Victory
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"I was sure that you thoroughly hated her," said her father, "so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead."Read from KJV · Samson - Vengeance and Victory
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Samson said to them, "This time I will be blameless in doing harm to the Philistines."Read from KJV · Samson - Vengeance and Victory
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Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.Read from KJV · Samson - Vengeance and Victory
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Then he lit the torches and released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines, burning up the piles of grain and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.Read from KJV · Samson - Vengeance and Victory
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"Who did this?" the Philistines demanded. "It was Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite," they were told. "For his wife was given to his companion." So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death.Read from KJV · Samson - Vengeance and Victory
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And Samson told them, "Because you have done this, I will not rest until I have taken vengeance upon you."Read from KJV · Samson - Vengeance and Victory
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And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.Read from KJV · Samson - Vengeance and Victory
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Then the Philistines went up, camped in Judah, and deployed themselves near the town of Lehi.Read from KJV · Samson - Vengeance and Victory
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"Why have you attacked us?" said the men of Judah. The Philistines replied, "We have come to arrest Samson and pay him back for what he has done to us."Read from KJV · Samson - Vengeance and Victory
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In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, "Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?" "I have done to them what they did to me," he replied.Read from KJV · Samson - Vengeance and Victory
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But they said to him, "We have come down to arrest you and hand you over to the Philistines." Samson replied, "Swear to me that you will not kill me yourselves."Read from KJV · Samson - Vengeance and Victory
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"No," they answered, "we will not kill you, but we will tie you up securely and hand you over to them." So they bound him with two new ropes and led him up from the rock.Read from KJV · Samson - Vengeance and Victory
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When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.Read from KJV · Samson - Vengeance and Victory
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He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.Read from KJV · Samson - Vengeance and Victory
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Then Samson said: "With the jawbone of a donkey I have piled them into heaps. With the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men."Read from KJV · Samson - Vengeance and Victory
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And when Samson had finished speaking, he cast the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place Ramath-lehi.Read from KJV · Samson - Vengeance and Victory
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And being very thirsty, Samson cried out to the LORD, "You have accomplished this great deliverance through Your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?"Read from KJV · Samson - Vengeance and Victory
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And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.Read from ESV · Samson - Vengeance and Victory
Judges 16
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Then Samson's brothers and his father's family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.Read from KJV · Samson - Vengeance and Victory
Judges 18
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In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.Read from KJV · Armchair Religion, No heart for the Fight!
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So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. "Go and explore the land," they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.Read from KJV · Armchair Religion, No heart for the Fight!
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And while they were near Micah's house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, "Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?"Read from KJV · Armchair Religion, No heart for the Fight!
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"Micah has done this and that for me," he replied, "and he has hired me to be his priest."Read from KJV · Armchair Religion, No heart for the Fight!
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Then they said to him, "Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey."Read from KJV · Armchair Religion, No heart for the Fight!
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And the priest told them, "Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey."Read from KJV · Armchair Religion, No heart for the Fight!
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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 · Armchair Religion, No heart for the Fight!
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When the men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers asked them, "What did you find?"Read from KJV · Armchair Religion, No heart for the Fight!
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They answered, "Come on, let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Why would you fail to act? Do not hesitate to go there and take possession of the land!Read from KJV · Armchair Religion, No heart for the Fight!
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So six hundred Danites departed from Zorah and Eshtaol, armed with weapons of war.Read from KJV · Armchair Religion, No heart for the Fight!
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Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, "Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do."Read from KJV · Armchair Religion, No heart for the Fight!
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The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.Read from KJV · Armchair Religion, No heart for the Fight!
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And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.Read from KJV · Armchair Religion, No heart for the Fight!
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When they entered Micah's house and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, the priest said to them, "What are you doing?"Read from KJV · Armchair Religion, No heart for the Fight!
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"Be quiet," they told him. "Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?"Read from KJV · Armchair Religion, No heart for the Fight!
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So the priest was glad and took the ephod, the household idols, and the graven image, and went with the people.Read from KJV · Armchair Religion, No heart for the Fight!
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Putting their small children, their livestock, and their possessions in front of them, they turned and departed.Read from KJV · Armchair Religion, No heart for the Fight!
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After they were some distance from Micah's house, the men in the houses near Micah's house mobilized and overtook the Danites.Read from KJV · Armchair Religion, No heart for the Fight!
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After they had taken Micah's idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a tranquil and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.Read from KJV · Armchair Religion, No heart for the Fight!
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There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.Read from KJV · Armchair Religion, No heart for the Fight!
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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 · Armchair Religion, No heart for the Fight!
Judges 20
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On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.Read from KJV · Biting & Devouring One Another
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The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mobilized 400,000 swordsmen, each one an experienced warrior.Read from KJV · Biting & Devouring One Another
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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 · Biting & Devouring One Another
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The next morning the Israelites set out and camped near Gibeah.Read from KJV · Biting & Devouring One Another
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And the men of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin and took up their battle positions at Gibeah.Read from KJV · Biting & Devouring One Another
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And the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.Read from KJV · Biting & Devouring One Another
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But the Israelite army took courage and again took their battle positions in the same place where they had arrayed themselves on the first day.Read from KJV · Biting & Devouring One Another
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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 · Biting & Devouring One Another
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On the second day the Israelites advanced against the Benjamites.Read from KJV · Biting & Devouring One Another
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That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.Read from KJV · Biting & Devouring One Another
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Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.Read from KJV · Biting & Devouring One Another
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And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,Read from KJV · Biting & Devouring One Another
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and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, "Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?" The LORD answered, "Fight, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand."Read from KJV · Biting & Devouring One Another
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On the third day the Israelites went up against the Benjamites and arrayed themselves against Gibeah as they had done before.Read from KJV · Biting & Devouring One Another
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The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.Read from KJV · Biting & Devouring One Another
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"We are defeating them as before," said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, "Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads."Read from KJV · Biting & Devouring One Another
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So all the men of Israel got up from their places and arrayed themselves at Baal-tamar, and the Israelites in ambush charged from their positions west of Gibeah.Read from KJV · Biting & Devouring One Another