The Covenant Rendering
Judges
שׁוֹפְטִים — Shoftim · "Judges"
After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD: "Who will go up first on o…
The angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, "I brought you up out of Egy…
These are the nations that the LORD left in order to test Israel by them — all those Israe…
The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, after Ehud had died.…
On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:…
The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD gave them into the…
Jerubbaal — that is, Gideon — and all the people with him rose early and camped beside the…
The men of Ephraim said to him, "What is this you have done to us — not calling us when yo…
Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem, to his mother's relatives, and spoke to them a…
After Abimelech, Tola son of Puah son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, rose up to deliver Israe…
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. Gilea…
The men of Ephraim mobilized and crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, "Why did y…
The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD gave them in…
Samson went down to Timnah and saw a Philistine woman there.…
Some time later, during the wheat harvest, Samson went to visit his wife, bringing a young…
Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute there, and he went in to her.…
There was a man from the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micayehu.…
In those days, there was no king in Israel. And in those days, the tribe of Dan was lookin…
In those days, there was no king in Israel. A Levite living in the remote parts of the hil…
All the Israelites went out and the community assembled as one person, from Dan to Beershe…
The men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah: "None of us will give his daughter in marri…