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Judges 4
[Bible]Judges 4 recounts how, under the oppression of the Canaanite king Jabin and his army commander Sisera, the prophetess and judge Deborah commissions Barak to deliver Israel, and how Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, kills Sisera.
Judges 11
[Bible]Judges 11 tells how Jephthah the Gileadite, who had been driven from his home, is made leader of Gilead, defeats the Ammonites, and loses his only daughter because of a vow he made before the victory.
Judges 9
[Bible]Judges 9 recounts how Abimelech, son of Gideon, killed his seventy brothers and became king at Shechem, then fell into conflict with Shechem after three years and died at Thebez.
Judges 16
[Bible]Judges 16 recounts how Samson carried off the gates of Gaza, revealed the secret of his strength to Delilah and was captured by the Philistines, and finally brought down the temple of Dagon, dying in its collapse.
1 Samuel 28
[Bible]1 Samuel 28 is the chapter in which Saul, receiving no answer from God before his decisive battle with the Philistines, seeks out the medium of Endor and asks her to bring up the dead Samuel, who foretells the deaths of Saul and his sons.
1 Samuel 30
[Bible]1 Samuel 30 recounts how the Amalekites burned Ziklag and carried off the families of David and his men, and how David inquired of God, pursued the raiders, and recovered everything. The chapter also records the establishment of the ordinance that those who went into battle and those who stayed behind should share the spoil equally.
1 Kings 11
[Bible]First Kings 11 recounts how Solomon, led astray by his foreign wives, served other gods and provoked the Lord's anger. Hadad, Rezon, and Jeroboam rise up as adversaries, the division of the kingdom is foretold, and Solomon dies.
1 Kings 21
[Bible]Ahab, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, and his queen Jezebel have Naboth the Jezreelite put to death on false charges and seize his vineyard. Elijah pronounces judgment on the house of Ahab, and when Ahab humbles himself, the calamity is deferred to his son's days.
1 Chronicles 29
[Bible]The final chapter of 1 Chronicles. It records David's gift of his personal wealth for building the temple, the leaders' willing offerings, David's prayer of thanksgiving, the accession of Solomon, and the death of David.
2 Chronicles 8
[Bible]2 Chronicles 8 records Solomon's city-building projects and labor system after he completed the temple and his palace, the order of temple worship according to the ordinances of Moses and David, and the voyage to Ophir.
Ezra 1
[Bible]Ezra 1 records how Cyrus king of Persia, in his first year, issued a decree permitting the exiles of Judah to return to Jerusalem and build the temple, and how he returned to Sheshbazzar the temple vessels that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away.
Job 2
[Bible]Job 2 is the chapter in which Job, struck with sore boils over his entire body in a second trial, still does not sin with his lips, and in which his three friends come and sit with him in silence for seven days.
Job 6
[Bible]Job 6 records Job's reply to the first speech of Eliphaz. Job protests that his suffering is heavier than the sand of the sea and rebukes his friends for offering no comfort, comparing them to streams that run dry.
Job 21
[Bible]Job 21 is Job's reply to Zophar's second speech. Pointing to the reality that the wicked often live long and prosper, Job refutes his friends' claim that the wicked are certain to perish.
Job 12
[Bible]Job 12 begins Job's reply to Zophar's first speech. Job mocks his friends' wisdom and offers an extended hymn to the sovereignty of God, who both establishes and overthrows the world.
Job 30
[Bible]Job 30 is one of the chapters of Job's final extended defense. Contrasting his present condition with the former glory he recalled in chapter 29, Job laments that he is now mocked by the lowly and that when he cries out to God, he receives no answer.
Job 27
[Bible]Job 27 is the chapter in which Job swears an oath by God and declares that he will never abandon his integrity, then describes the portion that the wicked will ultimately receive.
Psalm 3
[Bible]Psalm 3 is an eight-verse prayer presented as a psalm David composed when he fled from his son Absalom. Facing many enemies, the psalmist confesses the LORD as his shield and asks for deliverance.
Job 36
[Bible]Job 36 opens Elihu's final speech (chapters 36–37). Elihu declares that God instructs people through suffering and that His greatness is beyond human understanding, and he extols God's power by pointing to natural phenomena such as rain and lightning.
Psalm 2
[Bible]Psalm 2 is a royal psalm in which the nations and their kings rise against the LORD and his anointed king, yet God sets his king on Zion, declares him "my Son," and urges the rulers to fear the LORD.