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And at last, on the eve of the seventh day, they went to Samson’s wife; Use all thy arts, they said, with thy husband, and make him tell thee what the riddle means; or we will burn thy father’s house down, and thyself with it; didst thou bid us to the wedding only to strip us bare? (Judges 14, 15)
Already, when she was alone with Samson, she was ever weeping and bemoaning herself, Thou art weary of me, thou dost not love me any longer; thou hast asked these neighbours of mine a riddle, and thou wilt not tell me the answer. Nay, said he, why should I tell thee? Have I not kept it secret from my own father and mother? (Judges 14, 16)
Loud was the Philistines’ cry of triumph that went up to meet him at Lechi; but suddenly the spirit of the Lord came upon him, and his bonds parted and snapped like scorched tow. (Judges 15, 14)
To her the chiefs of the Philistines had recourse; Use all thy arts, they said, and find out from him what it is that makes him so strong; how we can get the better of him, make him a prisoner and have him at our mercy. Do this for us, and each of us will give thee eleven hundred pieces of silver. (Judges 16, 5)
He set apart a shrine for the worship of God,✻ furnished it with vestments and household deities and installed one of his sons as the priest of it. (Judges 17, 5)
But the lad was to have a rival, a young man from Bethlehem-Juda, ranking as one of Juda’s clan, but himself a Levite, come from other parts. (Judges 17, 7)
So, from their quarters at Saraa and Esthaol, they sent out five champions of theirs to make a careful survey of the land. Setting out with these orders, they reached the hill-country of Ephraim, and there found a lodging at Michas’ house. (Judges 18, 2)
Here, among strangers, they recognized the tones of the young Levite’s voice; Why, they said, who persuaded thee to come into these parts? What errand brought thee here? (Judges 18, 3)
We can fall on them unawares, and the Lord will make us masters of their territory, broad lands, with no lack of anything earth yields. (Judges 18, 10)
What, said his master, betake ourselves to an alien town, that is no part of Israel? No, I am for pressing on to Gabaa, (Judges 19, 12)
no chief, no clan but took part in this general muster of the Lord’s people. Four hundred thousand foot, (Judges 20, 2)
So I carried off the body, he told them, and cut it in pieces, which I sent round to every quarter of your dominions, to bear witness of such a wrongful and shameful deed as was never yet done in Israel. (Judges 20, 6)
