The Philistines put out Samson's eyes. Before about 1120. ch. 14. 16. Before about 1120. h Dan. 5. 4. ↑ Heb. and who multiplied our slain. And he awaked out of his sleep, | him, they praised their god: for CHRIST and went away with the pin of they said, Our god hath deliver- CHRIST the beam, and with the web. ed into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, † which slew many of us. 25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that i ch. 9. 27. he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him † Heb. between the pillars. † Heb. shortened. d Mic. 7. 5. e Num. 6. 5. ch. 13. 5. f Prov. 7. 26, 27. 15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? Thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. 26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standaeth, that I may lean upon them. 16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was † vexed unto death; 17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, e There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. 18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. 19 f And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. 20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that Num. 14.9, the LORD was departed from him. 42, 43 Josh. 7. 12. 1 Sam. 16. 14. & 18. 12. & 2. 15, 16. 2 Chr. 15. 2. + Heb. bored out. 1 Or, 21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house. 22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. before them. 27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the k roof about three thousand men & Deut. 22. 8. and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. 28 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and 1 Jer. 15. 15. strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. 29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and Tonor, he which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. leaned on them. 30 And Samson said, Let me t Heb. die with the Philistines. And he my soul. bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. 23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for 1 to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: 31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and mburied him be- m ch.13. 25. tween Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel about 1120. twenty years. CHAPTER XVII. of the money that Micah first stole, then for they said, Our god hath de- Amount Ephraim, whose ND there was a man of about 1406. livered Samson our enemy into 24 And when the people saw name was Micah. 2 And he said unto his mother, Micah's idolatry. Before CHRIST about 1406. a Gen. 14. 19. Ruth 3. 10. b See Ex. 20. 4. 23. Lev. 19. 4. Is. 46. 6. d ch. 8. 27. e Gen. 31. 19, 30. Hos. 3. 4. † Heb. filled the hand, Ex. 29. 9. 1 Kings 13. 33. fch. 18. 1. & 19. 1. & 21. 25. Deut. 33. 5. JUDGES. The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, a Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son. 3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee. 4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother c took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah. 5 And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an d ephod, and e teraphim, and † consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. 6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes. 7 And there was a young man out of h Beth-lehem-judah of the The spies of Dan. 13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest. CHAPTER XVIII. 1 The Danites send five men to seek out an inheritance. 3 At the house of Micah they consult with Jonathan, and are encour aged in their way. 7 They search Laish, and bring back news of good hope. 11 Six hundred men are sent to surprise it. 14 In the way they rob Micah of his priest and his consecrated things. 27 They win Laish, and call it Dan. 30 They set up idolatry, wherein Jonathan inherited the priesthood. c 2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house Micah, they lodged there. 3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee of ch. 17. 1. Deut. 12. 8. family of Judah, who was a Le-hither? and what makest thou vite, and he sojourned there. h See Josh. 19. 15. ch. 19. 1. Ruth L. 1, 2. Mic. 5. 2. Matt.2.1,5,6. † Heb. in making his way. i ch. 18. 19. k Gen. 45. 8. Job 29. 16. 1 Or, a double suit, &c. † Heb. an order of garments. 1 ver. 5. m ch. 18. 30. 8 And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, t as he journeyed. 9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. 10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a k father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and it a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. 11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. 12 And Micah 'consecrated the Levite; and the young man m became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. The Danites rob JUDGES. Micah of his idols. Before and their brethren said unto and be to us a father and a CHRIST them, What say ye? about 1406. "Num. 13.30. Josh. 2. 23, 24. 9 And they said, "Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye 1 Kings 22.3. still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land. 10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people Psecure, and to a large land for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth. P ver. 7, 27. 9 Deut. 8. 9. him of peace. 1 Sam, 17, 22. y ver. 11. Z ver. 2, 14. a cl. 17. 4, 5. b. Job 21. 5. & 16 And the y six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate. 17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war. 18 And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye? 19 And they said unto him, 29.9 & 40.4. Hold thy peace, blay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, Prov. 30. 32. Mic. 7. 16. priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel? 20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. 21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them. Before CHRIST about 1406. ccl. 17. 10. 22 And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan. 23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that +Heb. that thou comest with such a company? 24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee? thou art gather ed together? 25 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fel-Heb. bitter lows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household. 20 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house. 27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and dcame unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. d of soul, 2 Sam. 17. 8. ver. 7, 10. Deut. 33. 22. A Levite cometh Before CHRIST JUDGES. Before CHRIST about 1406. to lodge in Gibeah. 30 And the children of Dan set | part: and the damsel's father about 1406. up the graven image: and Jona- said, Comfort thine heart, I pray than, the son of Gershom, the thee. And they tarried until son of Manasseh, he and his sons afternoon, and they did eat both Heb. till were priests to the tribe of Dan of them. k until the day of the captivity of k ch. 13. 1. 1 Sam. 4. 2, 3, 10, 11. Ps. 78.60, 61. 1Josh. 18. 1. ch. 19. 18. & 21. 12. about 1406. a ch. 17. 6. & 18. 1. & 21. 25. † Heb. a wro man a com cubine, or, a wife a concubine. b ch. 17. 7. Or, a year and four months. † Heb. days four months. † Heb. to her heart, Gen. 34. 3. † Heb. Strengthen. © Gen. 18. 5. the land. AND, it came to pass in th ND it came to pass in those no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him ta concubine out of b Bethlehem-judah. 2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months. 3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak † friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. 4 And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there. 5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, + Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. 6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry. 7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again. 8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to de 9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day + draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go thome. d t the day declined. Heb. is weak. Heb, it is the pitching time of the day. † Heb. to thy tent. Heb. to over against. 10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came tover against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses sad-d Josh. 18. 28. dled, his concubine also was with him. 11 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city e of the Jeb- Josh. 15. 8, usites, and lodge in it. 12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over fto Gibeah. 13 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in & Ramah. 14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin. 63. ch. 1. 21. 2 Sam. 5. 6. f Josh. 18. 28. 5 Josh. 18.25. Heb. 13, 2. 15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took Matt. 25.43. them into his house to lodging. 16 And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of i Ps. 104, 23. the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites. 17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou? 18 And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I and I His concubine is abused to death. Before CHRIST about 1406. k Josh. 18. 1 ch. 18. 31. & 20. 18. 1 Sam. 1 3,7. † Heb. gathereth, ver. 15. 1 Gen. 43. 23. ch. 6. 23. JUDGES. I went to Beth-lehem-judah, but I 20 And the old man said, 'Peace be with thee; howsoever, let all Gen. 19. 2. thy wants lie upon me; monly lodge not in the street. the man that came into thine house, that we may know him. 23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man 12 Sam. 13.12. is come into mine house, do not this folly. u Gen. 19. 8. Gen. 34. 2. Deut. 21. 14. † Heb. the matter of this folly. y Gen. 4. 1. 24 " Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing. 25 But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they y knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go. 26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light. 27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the wo man his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold. 28 And he said unto her, Up, The Levite declareth his wrong. and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place. 29 T And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and a divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. Before CHRIST about 1406. ch. 20. 5. ch. 20. 6. 7. See 1 Sam. 30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take bh. 20. 7. advice, and speak your minds. Prov. 13. 10. |