Judges 3:12-13
Deceit, Assassination, and Deliverance
3:12 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. The Lord gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel because they had done evil in the Lord’s sight.
3:13 Eglon formed alliances with the Ammonites and Amalekites. He came and defeated Israel, and they seized the City of Date Palm Trees.
Judges 6:3-5
6:3 Whenever the Israelites planted their crops,
the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them.
6:4 They invaded the land
and devoured
its crops
all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat,
and they took away
the sheep, oxen, and donkeys.
6:5 When they invaded
with their cattle and tents, they were as thick
as locusts. Neither they nor their camels could be counted.
They came to devour
the land.
Judges 6:2
6:2 The Midianites
overwhelmed Israel.
Because of Midian the Israelites made shelters
for themselves in the hills, as well as caves and strongholds.
Judges 14:9
14:9 He scooped it up with his hands and ate it as he walked along. When he returned
to his father and mother, he offered them some and they ate it. But he did not tell them he had scooped the honey out of the lion’s carcass.
Judges 20:1-2
Civil War Breaks Out
20:1 All the Israelites from Dan to Beer Sheba and from the land of Gilead left their homes and assembled together before the Lord at Mizpah.
20:2 The leaders of all the people from all the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, which numbered four hundred thousand sword-wielding foot soldiers.