MORNING SERVICE Judges 14 English Standard Version (ESV) Samson’s Marriage 14 Samson went down to Timnah, and at Timnah he saw one of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 Then he came up and told his father and mother, “I saw one of the daughters of the Philistines at Timnah. Now get her for me as my wife.” 3 But his father and mother said…

EVENING SERVICE Judges 13 English Standard Version (ESV) The Birth of Samson 13 And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord gave them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years. 2 There was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. And his wife…

EVENING SERVICE Judges 12 English Standard Version (ESV) Jephthah’s Conflict with Ephraim 12 The men of Ephraim were called to arms, and they crossed to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the Ammonites and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house over you with fire.” 2 And Jephthah said to them,…

EVENING SERVICE Judges 11:29-40 English Standard Version (ESV) Jephthah’s Tragic Vow 29 Then the Spirit of the Lord was upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh and passed on to Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed on to the Ammonites. 30 And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord and said, “If you will give the Ammonites into…

EVENING SERVICE Judges 10:17-11:28 English Standard Version (ESV) 17 Then the Ammonites were called to arms, and they encamped in Gilead. And the people of Israel came together, and they encamped at Mizpah. 18 And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said one to another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight against the Ammonites? He shall be head over all the…

EVENING SERVICE Judges 8:29-9:57 English Standard Version (ESV) The Death of Gideon 29 Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house. 30 Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring,[a] for he had many wives. 31 And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech. 32 And Gideon the son of Joash died…

EVENING SERVICE Judges 8:1-31 English Standard Version (ESV) Gideon Defeats Zebah and Zalmunna 8 Then the men of Ephraim said to him, “What is this that you have done to us, not to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they accused him fiercely. 2 And he said to them, “What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not…

EVENING SERVICE Judges 6:25-40 English Standard Version (ESV) 25 That night the Lord said to him, “Take your father’s bull, and the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it 26 and build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of the stronghold here,…

EVENING SERVICE Judges 6:11-24 English Standard Version (ESV) The Call of Gideon 11 Now the angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him,…

EVENING SERVICE Judges 5:31-6:10 English Standard Version (ESV) 31 “So may all your enemies perish, O Lord!     But your friends be like the sun as he rises in his might.” And the land had rest for forty years. Midian Oppresses Israel 6 The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lordgave them into the hand of…