And it cometh to pass, in those days, when there is no king in Israel, that there is a man a Levite, a sojourner in the sides of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he taketh to him a wife, a concubine, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah; 2 and commit whoredom against him doth his concubine, and she […]

In those days there is no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danite is seeking for itself an inheritance to inhabit, for [that] hath not fallen to it unto that day in the midst of the tribes of Israel by inheritance. 2 And the sons of Dan send, out of […]

And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name [is] Micah, 2 and he saith to his mother, `The eleven hundred silverlings which have been taken of thine, and [of which] thou hast sworn, and also spoken in mine ears; lo, the silver [is] with me, I have taken it;’ and […]

And Samson goeth to Gaza, and seeth there a woman, a harlot, and goeth in unto her; 2 [it is told] to the Gazathites, saying, `Samson hath come in hither;’ and they go round and lay wait for him all the night at the gate of the city, and keep themselves silent all the night, […]

I Just Can’t Believe It! Jerusalem lay in ruins—the walls destroyed, the temple razed, and the palace demolished. The Israelites who had not been carried off to Babylon suffered greatly. The suffering in Jerusalem was so great that mothers ate their own children for food: “The hands of compassionate women have boiled their own children; […]