1 Samuel 12:11

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1 Samuel 12:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible

9 But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.

10 Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’

11 So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.

12 But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.

13 Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you.

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Judges 6:14

The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”

Judges 6:32

So on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend with him,” because he had torn down Baal’s altar.

Judges 8:29

and he—Jerubbaal son of Joash—returned home and settled down.

Judges 8:35

They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.

Judges 13:1

Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.

Judges 13:2

Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.

Judges 13:3

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.

Judges 13:4

Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.

Judges 13:5

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.”

Judges 13:6

So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.

Judges 13:7

But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”

Judges 13:8

Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”

Judges 13:9

And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.

Judges 13:10

The woman ran quickly to tell her husband, “Behold, the man who came to me the other day has reappeared!”

Judges 13:11

So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he asked, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” “I am,” he said.

Judges 13:12

Then Manoah asked, “When your words come to pass, what will be the boy’s rule of life and mission?”

Judges 13:13

So the angel of the LORD answered Manoah, “Your wife is to do everything I told her.

Judges 13:14

She must not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor drink any wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her.”

Judges 13:15

“Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”

Judges 13:16

And the angel of the LORD replied, “Even if I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD.” For Manoah did not know that it was the angel of the LORD.

Judges 11:1

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.

Judges 11:2

And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”

Judges 11:3

So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him.

Judges 11:4

Some time later, when the Ammonites fought against Israel

Judges 11:5

and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.

Judges 11:6

“Come,” they said, “be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites.”

Judges 11:7

Jephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and expel me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now, when you are in distress?”

Judges 11:8

They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”

Judges 11:9

But Jephthah asked them, “If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?”

Judges 11:10

And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.”

Judges 11:11

So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.

Judges 11:12

Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?”

Judges 11:13

The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably.”

Judges 11:14

Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites

Judges 11:15

to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites.

Judges 11:16

But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.

Judges 11:17

Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.

Judges 11:18

Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border.

Judges 11:19

And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land into our own place.’

Judges 11:20

But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.

Judges 11:21

Then the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, who defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites who inhabited that country,

Judges 11:22

seizing all the land from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.

Judges 11:23

Now since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before His people Israel, should you now possess it?

Judges 11:24

Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.

Judges 11:25

Are you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?

Judges 11:26

For three hundred years Israel has lived in Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?

Judges 11:27

I have not sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by waging war against me. May the LORD, the Judge, decide today between the Israelites and the Ammonites.”

Judges 11:28

But the king of the Ammonites paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him.

Judges 11:29

Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.

Judges 11:30

Jephthah made this vow to the LORD: “If indeed You will deliver the Ammonites into my hand,

Judges 11:31

then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”

Judges 11:32

So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the LORD delivered them into his hand.

Judges 11:33

With a great blow he devastated twenty cities from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites were subdued before the Israelites.

1 Samuel 7:13

So the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.