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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.”

IN BAD COMPANY

In Bad Company. Then on the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife, “Persuade your husband to tell us [through you] the [answer to the] riddle, or we will burn you and your father’s household with fire. Have you invited us to make us poor? Is this not true?”

A SELF-WILLED YOUTH SAMSON’S MARRIAGE

Samson’s Marriage. So he went back and told his father and his mother, “I saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines; now get her for me as a wife.

SAMSON THE PROMISE FULFILLED

Samson The Promise Fulfilled. So the woman [in due time] gave birth to a son and named him Samson; and the boy grew and the LORD blessed him.
And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at times in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol

THE BIRTH OF SAMSON

The Birth of Samson. And the Angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold, you are infertile and have no children, but you shall conceive and give birth to a son.

JEPHTHAH’S TRAGIC VOW

Jephthah’s Tragic Vow. Jephthah made a vow to the LORD and said, “If You will indeed give the Ammonites into my hand,
then whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the Ammonites, it shall be the LORD’S, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”