Gideon’s story is found in the book of Judges from chapters 6 to 8. He is the second judge after Samson, whose story takes up about three chapters. Let’s see why the story of Gideon was given such emphasis and what God wants us to learn from it. What does Gideon mean? The name...
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 ...
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 ...
And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. Luke 1:80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. the Lord 1 Samuel 18:14 And David behaved himself wisely...
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 ...