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Judges 1

Jerusalem Is Captured

 ²The LORD said, "^(C)Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand."

 ³Then Judah said to Simeon his brother, "Come up with me into the territory allotted me, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I in turn will go with you into the territory allotted you." So Simeon went with him.

 ⁴Judah went up, and ^(D)the LORD gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands, and they defeated ten thousand men at Bezek.

 ⁵They found Adoni-bezek in Bezek and fought against him, and they defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

 ⁶But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

 ⁷Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to gather up scraps under my table; ^(E)as I have done, so God has repaid me." So they brought him to Jerusalem and he died there.

 ⁸Then the sons of Judah fought against ^(F)Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.

 ⁹Afterward the sons of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country and in the ^[a]Negev and in the lowland.

 ^10(G)So Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba); and they struck Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai.

Capture of Other Cities

 ¹²And Caleb said, "The one who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will even give him my daughter Achsah for a wife."

 ^13(I)Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah for a wife.

 ¹⁴Then ^(J)it came about when she came to him, that she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. Then she alighted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, "What do you want?"

 ¹⁵She said to him, "Give me a blessing, since you have given me the land of the ^[b]Negev, give me also springs of water." So Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

 ¹⁶The descendants of ^(K)the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up from the ^(L)city of palms with the sons of Judah, to the wilderness of Judah which is in the south of ^(M)Arad; and they went and lived with the people.

 ¹⁷Then Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites living in Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. So the name of the city was called ^(N)Hormah.

 ¹⁸And Judah took ^(O)Gaza with its territory and Ashkelon with its territory and Ekron with its territory.

 ¹⁹Now the LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had ^(P)iron chariots.

 ²⁰Then they gave Hebron to Caleb, ^(Q)as Moses had promised; and he drove out from there ^(R)the three sons of Anak.

 ^21(S)But the sons of Benjamin did not drive out the ^(T)Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

 ²²Likewise the house of Joseph went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them.

 ²³The house of Joseph spied out Bethel (^(U)now the name of the city was formerly Luz).

 ²⁴The spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, "Please show us the entrance to the city and ^(V)we will treat you kindly."

 ²⁵So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword, ^(W)but they let the man and all his family go free.

 ²⁶The man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city and named it Luz which is its name to this day.

Places Not Conquered

 ²⁸It came about when Israel became strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not drive them out completely.

 ^29(Z)Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer; so the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.

 ³⁰Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of ^[c]Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and became subject to forced labor.

 ³¹Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, or the inhabitants of Sidon, or of Ahlab, or of Achzib, or of Helbah, or of Aphik, or of Rehob.

 ³²So the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.

 ³³Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, or the inhabitants of Beth-anath, but lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; and the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath became forced labor for them.

 ³⁴Then the Amorites forced the sons of Dan into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the valley;

 ³⁵yet the Amorites persisted in living in Mount Heres, in Aijalon and in Shaalbim; but when the power of the house of Joseph grew strong, they became forced labor.

 ³⁶The border of the Amorites ran from the ^(AA)ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela and upward.

Judges 2

Israel Rebuked

 ²and as for you, ^(AF)you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; ^(AG)you shall tear down their altars.' But you have not obeyed Me; what is this you have done?

 ³"Therefore I also said, '^(AH)I will not drive them out before you; but they will ^[d]become ^(AI)as thorns in your sides and their gods will be a snare to you.'"

 ⁴When the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept.

 ⁵So they named that place ^[e]Bochim; and there they sacrificed to the LORD.

Joshua Dies

 ⁷The people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the LORD which He had done for Israel.

 ⁸Then Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of one hundred and ten.

 ⁹And they buried him in the territory of ^(AK)his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

 ¹⁰All that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and there arose another generation after them who ^(AL)did not know the LORD, nor yet the work which He had done for Israel.

Israel Serves Baals

 ¹²and ^(AO)they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them; thus they provoked the LORD to anger.

 ¹³So they forsook the LORD and ^(AP)served Baal and the Ashtaroth.

 ^14(AQ)The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands of plunderers who plundered them; and ^(AR)He sold them into the hands of their enemies around them, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.

 ¹⁵Wherever they went, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had spoken and ^(AS)as the LORD had sworn to them, so that they were severely distressed.

 ^16(AT)Then the LORD raised up judges who delivered them from the hands of those who plundered them.

 ¹⁷Yet they did not listen to their judges, for they played the harlot after other gods and bowed themselves down to them. They turned aside quickly from the way ^(AU)in which their fathers had walked in obeying the commandments of the LORD; they did not do as their fathers.

 ¹⁸When the LORD raised up judges for them, ^(AV)the LORD was with the judge and delivered them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the LORD was ^(AW)moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed and afflicted them.

 ¹⁹But it came about when the judge died, that they would turn back and act more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them and bow down to them; they did not abandon their practices or their stubborn ways.

 ^20(AX)So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, "Because this nation has transgressed My covenant which I commanded their fathers and has not listened to My voice,

 ^21(AY)I also will no longer drive out before them any of the nations which Joshua left when he died,

 ²²in order to ^(AZ)test Israel by them, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk in it as their fathers did, or not."

 ²³So the LORD allowed those nations to remain, not driving them out quickly; and He did not give them into the hand of Joshua.

Judges 3

Idolatry Leads to Servitude

 ²only in order that the generations of the sons of Israel might be taught war, those who had not experienced it formerly).

 ³These nations are: the five lords of the Philistines and all the Canaanites and the Sidonians and ^(BB)the Hivites who lived in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon as far as Lebo-hamath.

 ⁴They were for ^(BC)testing Israel, to find out if they would obey the commandments of the LORD, which He had commanded their fathers through Moses.

 ^5(BD)The sons of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites;

 ⁶and ^(BE)they took their daughters for themselves as wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

 ⁷The sons of Israel did ^(BF)what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and ^(BG)forgot the LORD their God and ^(BH)served the Baals and the ^[g]Asheroth.

 ⁸Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, so that He sold them into the hands of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the sons of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.

The First Judge Delivers Israel

 ^10(BJ)The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel. When he went out to war, the LORD gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand, so that he prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim.

 ¹¹Then the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

 ¹²Now the sons of Israel again ^(BK)did evil in the sight of the LORD So ^(BL)the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

 ¹³And he gathered to himself the sons of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and defeated Israel, and they possessed ^(BM)the city of the palm trees.

 ¹⁴The sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

Ehud Delivers from Moab

 ¹⁶Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length, and he bound it on his right thigh under his cloak.

 ¹⁷He presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.

 ¹⁸It came about when he had finished presenting the tribute, that he sent away the people who had carried the tribute.

 ¹⁹But he himself turned back from the idols which were at Gilgal, and said, "I have a secret message for you, O king." And he said, "Keep silence." And all who attended him left him.

 ²⁰Ehud came to him while he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber. And Ehud said, "I have a message from God for you." And he arose from his seat.

 ²¹Ehud stretched out his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh and thrust it into his belly.

 ²²The handle also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not draw the sword out of his belly; and the refuse came out.

 ²³Then Ehud went out into the vestibule and shut the doors of the roof chamber behind him, and locked them.

 ²⁴When he had gone out, his servants came and looked, and behold, the doors of the roof chamber were locked; and they said, "^(BO)He is only relieving himself in the cool room."

 ²⁵They waited until they became anxious; but behold, he did not open the doors of the roof chamber. Therefore they took the key and opened them, and behold, their master had fallen to the floor dead.

 ²⁶Now Ehud escaped while they were delaying, and he passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.

 ²⁷It came about when he had arrived, that ^(BP)he blew the trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the sons of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he was in front of them.

 ²⁸He said to them, "Pursue them, for the LORD has given your enemies the Moabites into your hands." So they went down after him and seized ^(BQ)the fords of the Jordan opposite Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross.

 ²⁹They struck down at that time about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men; and no one escaped.

 ³⁰So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land was undisturbed for eighty years.

Shamgar Delivers from Philistines

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Luke 4

The Temptation of Jesus

 ²for ^(C)forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He became hungry.

 ³And the devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread."

 ⁴And Jesus answered him, "It is written, '^(D)MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE.'"

 ^5(E)And he led Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of ^(F)the world in a moment of time.

 ⁶And the devil said to Him, "I will give You all this domain and its glory; ^(G)for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.

 ⁷"Therefore if You worship before me, it shall all be Yours."

 ⁸Jesus answered him, "It is written, '^(H)YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD AND SERVE HIM ONLY.'"

 ^9(I)And he led Him to Jerusalem and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here;

 ¹⁰for it is written,
         '^(J)HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU TO GUARD YOU,'

 ¹¹and,
         '^(K)ON their HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP,
         SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.'"

 ¹²And Jesus answered and said to him, "It is said, '^(L)YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.'"

 ¹³When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.

Jesus' Public Ministry

 ¹⁵And He began ^(O)teaching in their synagogues and was praised by all.

 ¹⁶And He came to ^(P)Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, ^(Q)He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and ^(R)stood up to read.

 ¹⁷And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the book and found the place where it was written,
    ¹⁸"^(S)THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME,
         BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR.
         HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO THE CAPTIVES,
         AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND,
         TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED,
    ^19(T)TO PROCLAIM THE FAVORABLE YEAR OF THE LORD."

 ²⁰And He ^(U)closed the book, gave it back to the attendant and ^(V)sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him.

 ²¹And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."

 ²²And all were speaking well of Him, and wondering at the gracious words which were falling from His lips; and they were saying, "^(W)Is this not Joseph's son?"

 ²³And He said to them, "No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we heard was done ^(X)at Capernaum, do here in ^(Y)your hometown as well.'"

 ²⁴And He said, "Truly I say to you, ^(Z)no prophet is welcome in his hometown.

 ²⁵"But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel ^(AA)in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;

 ²⁶and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but ^(AB)only to Zarephath, in the land of ^(AC)Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

 ²⁷"And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but ^(AD)only Naaman the Syrian."

 ²⁸And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things;

 ²⁹and they got up and ^(AE)drove Him out of the city, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw Him down the cliff.

 ³⁰But ^(AF)passing through their midst, He went His way.