Samson and the Woman from Timnah 1 One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he noticed a certain young Philistine woman. 2 He went back home and told his…

1 Some time later Samson went to visit his wife during the wheat harvest and took her a young goat. He told her father, “I want to go to my…

Samson at Gaza 1 One day Samson went to the Philistine city of Gaza, where he met a prostitute and went to bed with her. 2 The people of Gaza…

Micah’s Idols 1 There was once a man named Micah, who lived in the hill country of Ephraim. 2 He told his mother, “When someone stole those eleven hundred pieces…

Micah and the Tribe of Dan 1 There was no king in Israel at that time. In those days the tribe of Dan was looking for territory to claim and…

The Levite and His Concubine 1 In those days before Israel had a king, there was a Levite living far back in the hill country of Ephraim. He took a…

Israel Prepares for War 1 All the people of Israel from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, as well as from the land of Gilead in the…

Wives for the Tribe of Benjamin 1 When the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, they had made a solemn promise to the Lord: “None of us will allow a Benjaminite…