Judges 13:1

God's Word

The people of Israel again did what the Lord considered evil. So the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for 40 years.

Cross References

Jeremiah 13:23

Can Ethiopians change the color of their skin or leopards change their spots? Can you do good when you’re taught to do wrong?

Romans 2:6

He will pay all people back for what they have done.

Hebrews 11:32

What more should I say? I don’t have enough time to tell you about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets.

Judges 10:6

The people of Israel again did what the Lord considered evil. They began to serve other gods and goddesses—the Baals and the Astartes—and the gods of Aram, Sidon, Moab, Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines. They abandoned the Lord and did not serve him.

Judges 10:7

The Lord became angry with the people of Israel. So he used the Philistines and Ammonites to defeat them.

Judges 12:15

When Abdon died, he was buried in Pirathon, in the territory of Ephraim, in the mountains of Amalek.

Judges 14:4

His father and mother didn’t know that the Lord was behind this. The Lord was looking for an opportunity to do something to the Philistines. (At that time the Philistines were ruling Israel.)

Judges 15:11

So 3,000 men from Judah went to the cave in the cliff at Etam. They said to Samson, “Don’t you know that the Philistines rule us? Why have you done this to us?” Samson replied, “I did to them what they did to me.”

Judges 15:20

Samson judged Israel for 20 years during the time of the Philistines.

Judges 2:11

The people of Israel did what the Lord considered evil. They began to serve other gods—the Baals.

Judges 3:7

The people of Israel did what the Lord considered evil. They forgot the Lord their God and served other gods and goddesses—the Baals and the Asherahs.

Judges 4:1

After Ehud died, the people of Israel again did what the Lord considered evil.

Judges 6:1

The people of Israel did what the Lord considered evil. So the Lord handed them over to Midian for seven years.

1 Samuel 12:9

But they forgot the Lord their God. So he handed them over to Sisera, who was the commander of the army of Hazor, to the Philistines, and to the king of Moab. All of them fought against your ancestors.

1 Samuel 4:9

Be strong, Philistines, and act like men, or else you will serve the Hebrews as they served you. Act like men and fight.”

1 Samuel 7:13

The power of the Philistines was crushed, so they didn’t come into Israel’s territory again. The Lord restrained the Philistines as long as Samuel lived.