Category: Read Through The Bible

[:en]Micah’s family was devoted to idolatry.  He installed his sons as priests.  The mother spoke curses and blessings and told his son to make a carved image and a cast idol. (vs. 1-4).  The young Levite was more guilty then they were.  He was a hireling instead of a God’s servant.  He took the better… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Judges 17[:]

[:en]Samson defiled himself by falling himself to a prostitute.  He married Delilah who deceived him into his own destruction.  He thought that through his strength he can control everything, but he was wrong.  He walked in darkness and died blind.  God restored his strength but he died tragically.  Because he continued to play with sin,… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Judges 16[:]

[:en]The intended wife of Samson was given to another man by his father-in-law.  Due to his his anger, he retaliated by burning the Philistene’s harvest and the Philistines in turn burned the bride and her father.  Then the men of Judah became frightened and tried to get Samson out of the way.  They preferred to… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Judges 15[:]

[:en]Samson married a Philistine woman despite of the opposition of his parents. (vs. 3-1).  Next, he defiled himself by eating the honey that was defiled by a lion’s carcass. (vs. 8-9).  Then, he also shared the defiled honey to his parents at the wedding party.  His failure to obey God eventually led to his ruin.… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Judges 14[:]

[:en]The Israelites were under the hands of the Philistines for 40 years.  The Lord wanted to deliver them out of their enemies.  He made the childless wife of Manoah to have a son.  “No razor may be used on his head because the boy is to be a Nazirite, set apart to God from birth… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Judges 13[:]

[:en]Again Ephraim blamed Jephthah for not inviting them to fight against the Ammonites.  They said:  “Why did you go to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you?  We’re going to burn down your house over your head” (v. 1).   Jephthah was not as patient and tactful as Gideon. He called his… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Judges 12[:]

[:en]Jephthah’s father was Gilead and his mother was a prostitute.  Gilead’s wife also bore sons and when they were grown up, they drove Jephthah away.  Jephthah fled with a group of adventurers and settled in the land of Tob (vs. 1-3).  Sometime later when the Ammonites made war with Israel, the elders of Gilead went… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Judges 11[:]