Shiloh/Bethlehem

「“They were my brothers,” he declared, “the sons of my mother. As GOD lives, if you had spared them, I would not kill you.”」

「Then Manoah entreated Jehovah, and said, Oh, Lord, I pray thee, let the man of God whom thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.」

「For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.」

「GOD became incensed at Israel and surrendered them to King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram-naharaim; and the Israelites were subject to Cushan-rishathaim for eight years.」

「And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her god: return thou after thy sister-in-law.」

「In all their campaigns, GOD’s hand was against them to their undoing—as GOD had declared and as GOD had sworn to them—and they were in great distress.」

「yet we cannot give them any of our daughters as wives,” since the Israelites had taken an oath: “Cursed be anyone who gives a wife to Benjamin!”」

「So the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come and reign over us.’」

「“Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be a father and a priest to me, and I will pay you ten shekels of silver a year, an allowance of clothing, and your food.” The Levite went.」

「And Samson said unto them, If ye do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.」

「And I will draw unto you, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand.」

「Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have been deceiving me all along; you have been lying to me! Tell me, how could you be tied up?” He answered her, “If you weave seven locks of my head into the web.”」

「And the tribes of Israel sent agents through the whole tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this evil thing that has happened among you?」

「The spirit of GOD gripped him. He went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty of its men. He stripped them and gave the sets of clothing to those who had answered the riddle. And he left in a rage for his father’s house.」

「Louder than the sound of archers, There among the watering placesLet them chant GOD’s gracious acts—The gracious deliverance of Israel.Then did GOD’s peopleMarch down to the gates!」

「and Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,」

「An angel of GOD came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was then beating out wheat inside a winepress in order to keep it safe from the Midianites.」

「and thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thy hands be strengthened to go down into the camp. Then went he down with Purah his servant unto the outermost part of the armed men that were in the camp.」

「And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.」

「Come,” he said to his attendant, “let us approach one of those places and spend the night either in Gibeah or in Ramah.”」

「And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.」

「And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?」

「When [Naomi] saw how determined she was to go with her, she ceased to argue with her;」

「And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.」