You're about to Croak from the Smoke

Jephthah and the Ephraimites

And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.-Judges 12:1***Isaac was born to 100-year-old Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and 90-year-old Sarah (Sarai). Jacob (Israel) was the youngest fraternal twin son born to Isaac and Rebekah. Joseph was the 1st son born to Jacob and his 2nd wife Rachel. Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph and his wife Asenath. Sometime after 130-year-old Jacob moved with his family from Canaan to Egypt, the country wherein Joseph was second-in-command, Jacob proclaimed Manasseh and Ephraim to be his own sons. Gideon (Jerubbaal) was from the tribe of Manasseh. When Gideon was leading the Israelites to victory over the Midianites and their allies, the Midianites and those with them ran through the portion of the Promised Land that was allotted to the Ephraimites, the tribe of Ephraim. When Gideon sent calls for help, the Ephraimites were asked to join the force last. Thus, the Ephraimites questioned Gideon. Several years thereafter, Jephthah  the judge, from the tribe of Manasseh and the family of Manasseh's grandson Gilead, was leading the Israelites in a battle against the Ammonites, with no other Israelites except the Gileadites on his side.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 26:28-37, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, 7:14-29, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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Samson, a riddle and the Philistines

And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments: But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle. And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?-Judges 14:12-15***An angel of the Lord God appeared to Samson's mother and told her that she would conceive and give birth to a son who was to be a Nazirite, set apart to do the work of the Lord God. The angel told the previously infertile woman that she must not consume any fermented drinks or eat any unclean food that was unclean, and she must never cut the child's hair. Samson was subsequently born into the tribe of Dan to the woman and her husband Manoah. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that Dan was the 1st son born to Jacob (Israel) and maidservant Bilhah. Samson learned to worship the Lord God, and learned the Ten Commandments that the Israelites heard the voice of the Lord God proclaim, and the judgments, statutes and laws that the Lord God gave Moses for the Israelites. Samson and his parents knew the laws about marriage,  idol worshipers and food consumption. Yet, when Samson was in the land of the Philistines, Samson saw a Philistine woman he wanted to become his wife, according to the will of the Lord God. On Samson's return trip for the marriage ceremony, Samson ate honey made by bees swarming in the carcass of a lion he had previously slain with his hands, providing Samson with ammunition for a riddle. Over 1,000 years after Samson and a multitude of Philistines died after Samson prayed to the Lord God, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Jacob's 4th born son Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Leviticus 11:1-47, Numbers 6:1-21, 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 7:1-4, 14:1-29, 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, 8:1-40, 9:35-29:30, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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