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it was only that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, that he might teach war to such at least as had not known it before.

Verse ConceptsReady For War

And Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it on his right thigh under his clothes.

Verse ConceptsThighsTwo SidedDimensions Of Other ThingsOther Right Parts

And I will draw out Sis'era, the general of Jabin's army, to meet you by the river Kishon with his chariots and his troops; and I will give him into your hand.'"

Verse ConceptsRiver KishonThose God Gave Into Their Hands

And Ja'el came out to meet Sis'era, and said to him, "Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; have no fear." So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.

Verse ConceptsDo Not Fear Men

And behold, as Barak pursued Sis'era, Ja'el went out to meet him, and said to him, "Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking." So he went in to her tent; and there lay Sis'era dead, with the tent peg in his temple.

Verse ConceptsPeople Made KnownThose Looking For People

The torrent Kishon swept them away, the onrushing torrent, the torrent Kishon. March on, my soul, with might!

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsDeterminationRiver Kishon

"So perish all thine enemies, O LORD! But thy friends be like the sun as he rises in his might." And the land had rest for forty years.

Verse ConceptsDawnDeborahNoonThe Number Forty40 To 50 YearsEnemies Of GodTime Of PeaceLove And StrengthSunPeace And Strengthcrusades

The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD gave them into the hand of Mid'ian seven years.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In Otenemies, of Israel and JudahSeven YearsGod Will Cause DefeatGod's People Sinning

And the hand of Mid'ian prevailed over Israel; and because of Mid'ian the people of Israel made for themselves the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves and the strongholds.

Verse ConceptsCavesPower, HumanSelf DefenceStrength, HumanStrongholdsFortsDensEscaping To MountainsPeople In CavesCaves As Places Of Refuge

For whenever the Israelites put in seed the Mid'ianites and the Amal'ekites and the people of the East would come up and attack them;

Verse ConceptsNomadsFarmingEnemy Attacksisraelsowing

And Israel was brought very low because of Mid'ian; and the people of Israel cried for help to the LORD.

Verse ConceptsBeggarsPoverty, Causes Of

When the people of Israel cried to the LORD on account of the Mid'ianites,

Verse ConceptsCrying To God

Now the angel of the LORD came and sat under the oak at Ophrah, which belonged to Jo'ash the Abiez'rite, as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Mid'ianites.

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsAppearances Of God In OtGrainThreshingWheatWinepressWarriorsOaksActing In Secretgideon

And Gideon said to him, "Pray, sir, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this befallen us? And where are all his wonderful deeds which our fathers recounted to us, saying, 'Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?' But now the LORD has cast us off, and given us into the hand of Mid'ian."

Verse ConceptsdoubtersHistoryWhy Does This Happen?God Will Cause DefeatMiraclesgideon

And the LORD said to him, "But I will be with you, and you shall smite the Mid'ianites as one man."

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Nature OfOnly One PersonGod With Specific PeopleOvercominggideon

So Gideon went into his house and prepared a kid, and unleavened cakes from an ephah of flour; the meat he put in a basket, and the broth he put in a pot, and brought them to him under the oak and presented them.

Verse ConceptsGoatsFlourFoodBrothWeights And Measures, DryEphah [Ten Omers]Those Who Provided A Mealgideon

And the angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and put them on this rock, and pour the broth over them." And he did so.

Verse ConceptsBrothgideon

Then the angel of the LORD reached out the tip of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and there sprang up fire from the rock and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.

Verse ConceptsStaffFire From HeavenBurning SacrificesDisappearance

And they said to one another, "Who has done this thing?" And after they had made search and inquired, they said, "Gideon the son of Jo'ash has done this thing."

Verse ConceptsWho Is The Doer?

Then all the Mid'ianites and the Amal'ekites and the people of the East came together, and crossing the Jordan they encamped in the Valley of Jezreel.

Verse ConceptseastValleys

And he sent messengers throughout all Manas'seh; and they too were called out to follow him. And he sent messengers to Asher, Zeb'ulun, and Naph'tali; and they went up to meet them.

Verse ConceptsMessenger

Then Jerubba'al (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the spring of Harod; and the camp of Mid'ian was north of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

Verse ConceptsThose Who Rose Earlygideon

The LORD said to Gideon, "The people with you are too many for me to give the Mid'ianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, 'My own hand has delivered me.'

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsNot Mearmygideon

And the LORD said to Gideon, "With the three hundred men that lapped I will deliver you, and give the Mid'ianites into your hand; and let all the others go every man to his home."

Verse ConceptsGiven Into One's Handsgroupsarmygideon

So he took the jars of the people from their hands, and their trumpets; and he sent all the rest of Israel every man to his tent, but retained the three hundred men; and the camp of Mid'ian was below him in the valley.

Verse ConceptsTrumpetTrumpets For BattleSending people homegideon

And the Mid'ianites and the Amal'ekites and all the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the seashore for multitude.

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsLocustsSandCamelsMany CreaturesSand And Gravel

When Gideon came, behold, a man was telling a dream to his comrade; and he said, "Behold, I dreamed a dream; and lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Mid'ian, and came to the tent, and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat."

Verse ConceptsGrainTentsCakesTurning Upside DownDreams Involving Unusual Imagesgideon

And his comrade answered, "This is no other than the sword of Gideon the son of Jo'ash, a man of Israel; into his hand God has given Mid'ian and all the host."

Verse ConceptsThose God Gave Into Their Handsgideon

When Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, he worshiped; and he returned to the camp of Israel, and said, "Arise; for the LORD has given the host of Mid'ian into your hand."

Verse ConceptsWorship, Times ForThose God Gave Into Their Handsadorationgideon

And the men of Israel were called out from Naph'tali and from Asher and from all Manas'seh, and they pursued after Mid'ian.

And Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of E'phraim, saying, "Come down against the Mid'ianites and seize the waters against them, as far as Beth-bar'ah, and also the Jordan." So all the men of E'phraim were called out, and they seized the waters as far as Beth-bar'ah, and also the Jordan.

And they took the two princes of Mid'ian, Oreb and Zeeb; they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the wine press of Zeeb, as they pursued Mid'ian; and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.

Verse ConceptsWinepressSkullsTreading GrapesNamed Gentile RulersTwo Other Men

And the men of E'phraim said to him, "What is this that you have done to us, not to call us when you went to fight with Mid'ian?" And they upbraided him violently.

Verse ConceptsResentment, Against PeopleDisputesWhat Do You Do?

God has given into your hands the princes of Mid'ian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you?" Then their anger against him was abated, when he had said this.

Verse ConceptsNamed Gentile RulersThose God Gave Into Their Hands

So he said to the men of Succoth, "Pray, give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmun'na, the kings of Mid'ian."

Verse ConceptsFeeding Groups

And Zebah and Zalmun'na fled; and he pursued them and took the two kings of Mid'ian, Zebah and Zalmun'na, and he threw all the army into a panic.

Verse ConceptsTwo Other Men

Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson also; for you have delivered us out of the hand of Mid'ian."

Verse ConceptsGrandchildrenThe Kingdom Of Othersgideon

And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold; besides the crescents and the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Mid'ian, and besides the collars that were about the necks of their camels.

Verse ConceptsChainsColors, PurpleNecklacePurple ClothesWearing JewelleryWeights Of Gold

And Gideon made an ephod of it and put it in his city, in Ophrah; and all Israel played the harlot after it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family.

Verse ConceptsephodsProstitutionTrapEvil Trapping

So Mid'ian was subdued before the people of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.

Verse ConceptsThe Number FortyConquest40 To 50 YearsLifting HeadsTime Of Peace

As soon as Gideon died, the people of Israel turned again and played the harlot after the Ba'als, and made Ba'al-be'rith their god.

Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, Historygideon

And all the citizens of Shechem came together, and all Beth-millo, and they went and made Abim'elech king, by the oak of the pillar at Shechem.

Verse ConceptsPillarsObelisksOaksMaking KingsCitizens

"Now therefore, if you acted in good faith and honor when you made Abim'elech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubba'al and his house, and have done to him as his deeds deserved--

Verse ConceptsPerforming The Truth

for my father fought for you, and risked his life, and rescued you from the hand of Mid'ian;

Verse ConceptsDeliverersRisking

and you have risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy men on one stone, and have made Abim'elech, the son of his maidservant, king over the citizens of Shechem, because he is your kinsman--

Verse ConceptsConcubinesIngratitudeBeing Killed By A RockMaking KingsSeventiesKilling Brothers

that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubba'al might come and their blood be laid upon Abim'elech their brother, who slew them, and upon the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slay his brothers.

Verse ConceptsPunishment, Nature OfSeventiesKilling Brothers

and God also made all the wickedness of the men of Shechem fall back upon their heads, and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubba'al.

Verse ConceptsCursing The UngodlyGod Makes Evil Rebound

After a time the Ammonites made war against Israel.

Verse Conceptsprocessreuniting

And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob;

So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and leader over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before the LORD at Mizpah.

Verse ConceptsAuthority Delegated To PeopleLater Covenants With God

And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD, and said, "If thou wilt give the Ammonites into my hand,

Verse ConceptsExamples Of ConsecrationTo Be Given Into One's Hands

then whoever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return victorious from the Ammonites, shall be the LORD's, and I will offer him up for a burnt offering."

Verse ConceptsExamples Of ConsecrationSacrifice, In OtMeeting People

Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah; and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances; she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

Verse ConceptsdanceDancingLeisure, And PastimesMusical Instruments, types ofVirginChildren, Good Examples OfThe Only ChildMeeting PeopleMusic To CelebrateOnly Child Of Peopleprepping

And at the end of two months, she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had made. She had never known a man. And it became a custom in Israel

And his father went down to the woman, and Samson made a feast there; for so the young men used to do.

Verse ConceptsCustomFeastingBridegroomCeremoniesCelebrationsBanquets, Events CelebratedMarriage, Customs Concerning

Then the Philistines came up and encamped in Judah, and made a raid on Lehi.

When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting to meet him; and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the ropes which were on his arms became as flax that has caught fire, and his bonds melted off his hands.

Verse ConceptsFlaxArmsPower, HumanShoutingTranceGroups Shouting

And Deli'lah said to Samson, "Please tell me wherein your great strength lies, and how you might be bound, that one could subdue you."

Verse ConceptsTemptressesTying UpWomen's Strength

And Deli'lah said to Samson, "Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies; please tell me how you might be bound."

Verse ConceptsLying, Examples OfIndividuals Who LiedTying Up

And Deli'lah said to Samson, "Until now you have mocked me, and told me lies; tell me how you might be bound." And he said to her, "If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web and make it tight with the pin, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

Verse ConceptsSpinning And WeavingTying Updreadlocks

So while he slept, Deli'lah took the seven locks of his head and wove them into the web. And she made them tight with the pin, and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he awoke from his sleep, and pulled away the pin, the loom, and the web.

She made him sleep upon her knees; and she called a man, and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him, and his strength left him.

Verse ConceptsContentious WomanBarbersBaldnessKneelingShavingTreacheryKneesSeven Body PartsLong HairNo Strength LeftHairvulnerabilitydreadlocks

And when their hearts were merry, they said, "Call Samson, that he may make sport for us." So they called Samson out of the prison, and he made sport before them. They made him stand between the pillars;

Verse ConceptsAmusementsLeisure, And PastimesRecreationRevelryMaking FunSports

Now the house was full of men and women; all the lords of the Philistines were there, and on the roof there were about three thousand men and women, who looked on while Samson made sport.

Verse ConceptsFilling HousesThree Thousand And UpRooftopSports

And Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines." Then he bowed with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords and upon all the people that were in it. So the dead whom he slew at his death were more than those whom he had slain during his life.

Verse ConceptsBurials, Places OfTypes Of ChristResigned To DeathMercy Killings

So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a graven image and a molten image; and it was in the house of Micah.

Verse ConceptsCraftsmenMetalworkersSkill

And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and installed one of his sons, who became his priest.

Verse ConceptsephodsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesShrinesConsecration

And he said, "You take my gods which I made, and the priest, and go away, and what have I left? How then do you ask me, 'What ails you?'"

Verse ConceptsWhat Is The Matter?Robbing GodsUnnamed Priests

And taking what Micah had made, and the priest who belonged to him, the Danites came to La'ish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and burned the city with fire.

Verse ConceptsConflagrationsBurning CitiesMen Of Peace

So they set up Micah's graven image which he made, as long as the house of God was at Shiloh.

Verse ConceptsThe House Of God At ShilohThe Temple At Shiloh

Then her husband arose and went after her, to speak kindly to her and bring her back. He had with him his servant and a couple of asses. And he came to her father's house; and when the girl's father saw him, he came with joy to meet him.

Verse ConceptsPersuasion

And his father-in-law, the girl's father, made him stay, and he remained with him three days; so they ate and drank, and lodged there.

Verse ConceptsThree DaysFathers In Laws

And the men in ambush made haste and rushed upon Gib'e-ah; the men in ambush moved out and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that when they made a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city

Verse ConceptsSmokeBurning Cities

And the people had compassion on Benjamin because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

Verse ConceptsRegretting