
But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat
But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will

But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will

And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand:
![2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name [was] Manoah; and his wife [was] barren, and bare not.](https://evangeliumofgrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/EOG0861-768x768.jpg)
But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the
![5 And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was [so], that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, [Art] thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;](https://evangeliumofgrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/EOG0863-768x439.jpg)
And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out

So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the Lord delivered them into his hands. Judges 11:1 – 11:40 1 Now Jephthah

And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. Judges 10:1 – 10:18
![24 That the cruelty [done] to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.](https://evangeliumofgrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/EOG0299-768x768.jpg)
And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest

Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also: for thou hast delivered us from
![1 Then Jerubbaal, who [is] Gideon, and all the people that [were] with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.](https://evangeliumofgrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/EOG0867-768x439.jpg)
So he brought down the people unto the water: and the Lord said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog