Hey, welcome back to a year in the Bible. We are walking through all of scripture in a year.

Today we're in Judges 10 through 12. Let's get right into God's word for today.

CJ, we've been talking about the four S's a lot in the book of judges. Do we see those come up in today's chapters?

I think you know the answer, Shelby. We do see the four-as. Yeah. So after Abimelech, we have two more

minor judges and they're briefly mentioned, but then we see the full four-s formula or the full

four-s pattern play out. So Israel sins by going after false gods. They suffer at the hands of the Philistines and the

Ammonites, and then they supplicate the Lord, which again means they just pray out to the Lord

and pray for his deliverance. And it says here that God could bear the misery of Israel no longer,

but instead of telling us that he explicitly raises up a judge, we see the Israelites go in search of a judge.

Okay? So again, this is sort of going to play into the theme of judges, and we'll see why as we

proceed. So they get to this guy named Jethah, and it says that the Lord doesn't raise him up

explicitly, but they select him. And the reason why they select Jephthah is because he's known as a

mighty warrior. And he's kind of like a Bimlech in a few ways. His birth status is questionable.

He's at odds with his own brothers. They kick him out of town and he lives, you know,

somewhere else sort of wandering about. But Jephthah is thirsty for power. So he sees an opportunity here.

And he says, yeah, I'll come back and fight for you and help deliver you from the Ammonites and

Philistines if you promise that I can be king when all of a sudden done. And they say, yeah, yeah,

sure, sure, whatever. So then he starts talking with the Ammonites and trying

to broker a deal, and the Ammonites are complaining that Israel stole their land. And it seems that

Jeff DeHir is doing the right thing because he appeals to history, to biblical history. He says, no,

God gave us this land. So who are you to go against the covenant of God and the land that God has

given Israel? But quickly that, I think that honorable character is going to be thrown into

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