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Judge: Samson Judges 13:1

Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.

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Judge: Samson Judges 14:1

One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.

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Judge: Samson Judges 15:1

Later on, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. “I want to go to my wife in her room,” he said. But her father would not let him enter.

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Judge: Samson Judges 16:1

One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.

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Judge: Samson: Eli Led Israel 1 Samuel 4:18

As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.

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Judge: Samson: Samuel As the Leader (Judge) 1 Samuel 7:6, 15–17

When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah. / So Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. / Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.

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Judge: Samson: The Sons of Samuel 1 Samuel 8:1–5

When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel. / The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba. / But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.

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