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I want to try and explain why it’s not entirely accurate to use the word “oppression” when referring to the Philistines during Samson’s time. See, here’s the thing. While it’s true they did hold supreme control over the region they were inhabiting, they didn’t purposely lord their power over the Israelites or try to exterminate […]

Today we begin Judges Chapter 13. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click HERE. For the King James Version, click HERE. Finally, finally, the time I’ve been expectantly waiting for has arrived! From today we’re gonna begin our study of one of the most famous Biblical characters of all time…let alone out of the Judges. Movies […]

“After him Ibtzan of Beit-Lechem judged Israel.  He had thirty sons, and he had thirty daughters whom he sent abroad; he brought thirty women from abroad in to marry his sons. He judged Israel for seven years. Then Ibtzan died and was buried at Beit-Lechem.”-Judges 12:8-10 The Judge who came after Jephthah is Ibzan. However, […]

 “…they would tell him to say “Shibbolet.” If he said, “Sibbolet,” because he could not make his mouth pronounce it right, they took hold of him and killed him on the spot at the Yarden crossing; at that time 42,000 men of Efrayim died.”-Judges 12:6 It should be pretty obvious by now that Jephthah was […]

“Yiftach judged Israel for six years. Then Yiftach from Gil‘ad died, and he was buried in one of the cities of Gil‘ad.”-Judges 12:7 After his victory over the Ammonites, there’s something quite peculiar about Jephthah’s judgement over Israel. It only lasted 6 years. All of the other Shophetim ruled Israel from between 20-80 years. However, […]