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V32 the Author gives us some rapid-fire examples of people
V33 gives in some rapid-fire detail of events
The point is not to put in chronological sequence but to point to a particular era in Jewish History ... from the Judges to the Kings ... a transition point. Of the Six individuals listed here five of them really failed.
So why Barak? Judges 4:4-7 Deborah delivered the message ... Barak obeyed
Why Samson didn’t he take things so casually? He took more to death in his death than in all his life
Jephthah?
Judges 11 = he kept his vow
What about these ''events" = all these were because of the faith of people in God
The mouths of lions- Daniel
Quench fire = Shadrach Meschach and Abednego
Waxed mighty in war = Several times in the OT
Others tortured ... this word is from the word we get tympani from stretched and beaten like on a Rack
Mocked - stoned - Sawn in half -
The names of faith serve as a real encouragement to you and I
The nature of these people varied wildly
The nature of these acts reaches far