Gideon was a judge and a mighty man of war in Israel. He was the youngest of a poor family from the tribe of Manasseh. God called him to deliver Israel from the oppression of the Midianites (Judges 6:14-16). Gideon’s story is found in the book of Judges from chapters 6 to 8. ...
Jephthah (pronounced /ˈdʒɛfθə/; Hebrew: יִפְתָּח, Yīftāḥ), appears in the Book of Judges as a judge who presided over Israel for a period of six years (Judges
Her name is not mentioned in the Bible, but according to tradition she was called Hazzelelponi or Zelelponith. She was a daughter of Etam and sister of Ishma. Manoah and his wife were the parents of famous judge Samson. According to Rabbinic tradition, they also had a daughter called ...
“Let Him do what is good in His eyes.” 19And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground. 20So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.… Berean Standard Bible· Download Cross...
but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness. “It is not by strength that one prevails;10 those who oppose the Lord will be broken.The Most High will thunder from heaven; the Lord will judge the ends of the earth. “He will give strength to his ...
Judges 16:23: “Now the rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate, saying, “Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands.” The Philistines manage to capture the strong judge Samson and turn him into a prisoner. To cel...
Annual Report 2008 Dear Members, In the historic election year of 2008, the city of Chicago was the focus of the world as it had never been before. For the first time since the Civil War, America elected a president from Illinois—not only the first African-American, but the first ...