Ruth’s Loyalty to Naomi. Then they wept aloud again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law [goodbye], but Ruth clung to her.
RUTH’S LOYALTY TO NAOMI
RUTH’S LOYALTY TO NAOMI
People of the World where are you going? Turn back to God! Back to your faithful principles!
RUTH’S LOYALTY TO NAOMI
Ruth’s Loyalty to Naomi. Then they wept aloud again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law [goodbye], but Ruth clung to her.
THE BIBLE BOOK OF RUTH
The Origin of the House of David
WIVES PROVIDED FOR THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN
Wives Provided for the Tribe of Benjamin. So they instructed the sons of Benjamin, saying, “Go, set an ambush in the vineyards, and watch; if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then you shall come out of the vineyards and each of you shall catch his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of [the tribe of] Benjamin.
ISRAEL’S WAR WITH THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN
Israel’s War with the Tribe of Benjamin. The men of Israel turned back against [the tribe of] the sons of Benjamin and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city [of Gibeah] and the livestock and all that they found. They also set on fire all the [surrounding] towns which they found.
A LEVITE AND HIS CONCUBINE
A Levite and His Concubine. Now it happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that a certain Levite living [as an alien] in the most remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah.
DANITES TAKE THE LEVITE AND THE IDOL
Danites Take the Levite and the Idol. They took the [idolatrous] things that Micah had made, and his priest, and they came to Laish, to a people who were quiet and secure; and they struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire.
MICAH AND THE LEVITE
Micah and the Levite. And Micah said to him, “Live here with me and be a father and a [personal] priest to me, and I will give you ten pieces of silver each year, a supply of clothing, and your sustenance (room and board).” So the Levite went in. The Levite agreed to live with the man, and the young man became to Micah like one of his sons.
DYING WITH THE PHILISTINES
Dying With The Philistines. And Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” And he stretched out with all his might [collapsing the support pillars], and the house fell on the lords and on all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he had killed during his life.
SAMSON AND DELILAH
Samson and Delilah. After this he fell in love with a [Philistine] woman [living] in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
SAMSON DEFEATS THE PHILISTINES
Samson Defeats the Philistines. He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, so he reached out his hand and took it and killed a thousand men with it. Then Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, Heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of a donkey I have struck down a thousand men.”