1:5-7 “Adoni-bezek” (lit. “lord of Bezek”) was the title of the king of Bezek (cf. 1 Sam. 11:8-11), rather than his proper name.

Ba’al; God of fertility, weather, rain, wind, lightning, seasons, war, patron of sailors and sea-going merchants, leader of the Rephaim (ancestral spirits) Later …

Encyclopedia of Jewish and Israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from anti-Semitism to Zionism.

The Lost Ten Tribes of Israel. Most of my research is influenced by J.H. Allen’s book titled, Judah’s Sceptre and Joseph’s Birthright, published in 1902. A full copy of this is available here Judah’s Sceptre and Joseph’s Birthright

Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from the heaven saying, “Come out of her my people, that you not share in her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues,”

Chart from recommended resource Jensen’s Survey of the OT – used by permission Chart on Judges – Charles Swindoll Another Overview …

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His Pain. Read: Judges 10:6-16. They put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord. And His soul could no longer endure the misery of Israel.

“The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment; let it never appear in any place in its own name, but always covered by another name, and another occupation.

Gleanings in Genesis. Arthur Pink, 1922 [Let the reader beware! Pink was a Dispensationalist when he wrote this volume early in his life. In 1934 he drastically changed his views, and wrote “A Biblical Refutation of Dispensationalism”]