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Judges 1

   
 ²And the LORD said, "Judah shall go up. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hand."

   
 ³And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, "Come up with me into my allotment, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot." So Simeon went with him.

   
 ⁴And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.

   
 ⁵And they found Adonibezek in Bezek; and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

   
 ⁶But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

   
 ⁷And Adonibezek said, "Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table. As I have done, so God hath requited me." And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

   
 ⁸Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it and smitten it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.

   
 ⁹And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who dwelt in the mountain and in the South and in the valley.

   
 ¹⁰And Judah went against the Canaanites who dwelt in Hebron (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba), and they slew Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai.

   
 ¹¹And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir (and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher).

   
 ¹²And Caleb said, "He that smiteth Kirjathsepher and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter for a wife."

   
 ¹³And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter for a wife.

   
 ¹⁴And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field; and she alighted from her ass, and Caleb said unto her, "What wilt thou?"

   
 ¹⁵And she said unto him, "Give me a blessing, for thou hast given me a south land. Give me also springs of water." And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

   
 ¹⁶And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the Wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

   
 ¹⁷And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.

   
 ¹⁸Also Judah took Gaza with the regions thereof, and Ashkelon with the regions thereof, and Ekron with the region thereof.

   
 ¹⁹And the LORD was with Judah; and he drove out the inhabitants of the mountain, but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had chariots of iron.

   
 ²⁰And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said; and he expelled from thence the three sons of Anak.

   
 ²¹And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem, but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.

   
 ²²And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and the LORD was with them.

   
 ²³And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

   
 ²⁴And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, "Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will show thee mercy."

   
 ²⁵And when he showed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.

   
 ²⁶And the man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof unto this day.

   
 ²⁷Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

   
 ²⁸And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.

   
 ²⁹Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer, but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

   
 ³⁰Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron nor the inhabitants of Nahalol, but the Canaanites dwelt among them and became tributaries.

   
 ³¹Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;

   
 ³²but the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, for they did not drive them out.

   
 ³³Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh nor the inhabitants of Bethanath, but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land. Nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.

   
 ³⁴And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain, for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley.

   
 ³⁵But the Amorites would dwell in Mount Heres in Aijalon and in Shaalbim; yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.

   
 ³⁶And the border of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock and upward.

Judges 2

   
 ²And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars.' But ye have not obeyed My voice. Why have ye done this?

   
 ³Therefore I also said, `I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.'"

   
 ⁴And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spoke these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice and wept.

   
 ⁵And they called the name of that place Bochim [that is, Weepers], and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.

   
 ⁶And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

   
 ⁷And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD that He did for Israel.

   
 ⁸And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being a hundred and ten years old.

   
 ⁹And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.

   
 ¹⁰And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers, and there arose another generation after them who knew not the LORD nor yet the works which He had done for Israel.

   
 ¹¹And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Baalim.

   
 ¹²And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, the gods of the people who were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.

   
 ¹³And they forsook the LORD and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

   
 ¹⁴And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and He delivered them into the hands of despoilers who despoiled them, and He sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

   
 ¹⁵Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them; and they were greatly distressed.

   
 ¹⁶Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, who delivered them out of the hand of those who despoiled them.

   
 ¹⁷And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them. They turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.

   
 ¹⁸And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the LORD was moved to repent because of their groanings by reason of those who oppressed them and vexed them.

   
 ¹⁹And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned and corrupted themselves more than their fathers in following other gods, to serve them and to bow down unto them. They ceased not from their own doings nor from their stubborn way.

   
 ²⁰And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and He said, "Because this people hath transgressed My covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto My voice,

   
 ²¹I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died,

   
 ²²that through them I may test Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not."

   
 ²³Therefore the LORD left those nations without driving them out hastily, neither delivered He them into the hand of Joshua.

Judges 3

   
 ²(only so that the generations of the children of Israel might know to teach them war, at least such as before knew nothing thereof),

   
 ³namely: five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites who dwelt in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baalhermon unto the entrance of Hamath.

   
 ⁴And they were to test Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which He commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

   
 ⁵And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites.

   
 ⁶And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

   
 ⁷And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgot the LORD their God, and served the Baalim and the Asherahs.

   
 ⁸Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim, king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.

   
 ⁹And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

   
 ¹⁰And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel and went out to war; and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim, king of Mesopotamia, into his hand. And his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim;

   
 ¹¹and the land had rest forty years, and Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

   
 ¹²And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

   
 ¹³And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.

   
 ¹⁴So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

   
 ¹⁵But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded; and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.

   
 ¹⁶But Ehud made himself a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

   
 ¹⁷And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab. And Eglon was a very fat man.

   
 ¹⁸And when he had made an end of offering the present, he sent away the people who bore the present.

   
 ¹⁹But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal and said, "I have a secret errand unto thee, O king," who said, "Keep silence!" And all who stood by him went out from him.

   
 ²⁰And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlor, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, "I have a message from God unto thee." And he arose out of his seat.

   
 ²¹And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.

   
 ²²And the haft also went in after the blade, and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.

   
 ²³Then Ehud went forth through the porch and shut the doors of the parlor upon him, and locked them.

   
 ²⁴When he had gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, "Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber."

   
 ²⁵And they tarried till they were ashamed; and behold, he opened not the doors of the parlor. Therefore they took a key and opened them; and behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.

   
 ²⁶And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries and escaped unto Seirah.

   
 ²⁷And it came to pass, when he had come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim; and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.

   
 ²⁸And he said unto them, "Follow after me, for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand." And they went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.

   
 ²⁹And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty and all men of valor; and there escaped not a man.

   
 ³⁰So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.

   
 ³¹And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad; and he also delivered Israel.

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Luke 4

   
 ²and for forty days was tempted by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward when they were ended, He hungered.

   
 ³And the devil said unto Him, "If Thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread."

   
 ⁴And Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written: `Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.'"

   
 ⁵And the devil, taking Him up onto a high mountain, showed unto Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

   
 ⁶And the devil said unto Him, "All this power will I give Thee, and the glory of them; for this has been delivered unto me, and to whomsoever I will, I give it.

   
 ⁷If Thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be Thine."

   
 ⁸And Jesus answered and said unto him, "Get thee behind Me, Satan! For it is written: `Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve.'"

   
 ⁹And he brought Him to Jerusalem, and set Him on a pinnacle of the temple and said unto Him, "If Thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down from hence.

   
 ¹⁰For it is written: `He shall give His angels charge over thee to keep thee,'

   
 ¹¹and, `In their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.'"

   
 ¹²And Jesus answering said unto him, "It is said, `Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'"

   
 ¹³And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from Him for a season.

   
 ¹⁴And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and His fame went out through all the region round about.

   
 ¹⁵And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

   
 ¹⁶And He came to Nazareth where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read.

   
 ¹⁷And there was delivered unto Him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:

   
 ¹⁸"The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor. He hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

   
 ¹⁹to preach the acceptable year of the Lord."

   
 ²⁰And He closed the book, and He gave it again to the minister and sat down. And the eyes of all those who were in the synagogue were fastened on Him.

   
 ²¹And He began to say unto them, "This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears."

   
 ²²And all bore Him witness and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, "Is not this Joseph's son?"

   
 ²³And He said unto them, "Ye will surely say unto Me this proverb: `Physician, heal thyself! Whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.'"

   
 ²⁴And He said, "Verily I say unto you, no prophet is accepted in his own country.

   
 ²⁵But I tell you in truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land.

   
 ²⁶But unto none of them was Elijah sent, save unto Zarephath, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

   
 ²⁷And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian."

   
 ²⁸Then all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,

   
 ²⁹and rose up and thrust Him out of the city; and they led Him unto the brow of a hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast Him down headlong.

   
 ³⁰But He, passing through the midst of them, went His way.