Now his father and mother did not realize this was the Lord’s doing, because he was looking for an opportunity to stir up trouble with the Philistines (for at that time the Philistines were ruling Israel).

Now Deborah, a prophetess, wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time.

There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.

When Ehud had left, Eglon’s servants came and saw the locked doors of the upper room. They said, “He must be relieving himself in the well-ventilated inner room.”

They named that place Bokim and offered sacrifices to the Lord there.

On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this victory song:

The wisest of her ladies answer; indeed she even thinks to herself,

Now Ehud had escaped while they were delaying. When he passed the carved images, he escaped to Seirah.

Israel humiliated Moab that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.

That day God humiliated King Jabin of Canaan before the Israelites.

That night the Lord said to Gideon, “Get up! Attack the camp, for I am handing it over to you.

Now Gideon and his three hundred men had crossed over the Jordan River, and even though they were exhausted, they were still chasing the Midianites.

His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also gave him a son, whom he named Abimelech.

The Lord’s messenger said to him, “You should not ask me my name, because you cannot comprehend it.”

When he finished speaking, he threw the jawbone down and named that place Ramath Lehi.

No one came to the rescue because the city was far from Sidon and they had no dealings with anyone. The city was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites rebuilt the city and occupied it.

He moved to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz, and it has kept that name to this very day.

When he reached Seirah, he blew a trumpet in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites went down with him from the hill country, with Ehud in the lead.

That day they killed about ten thousand Moabites – all strong, capable warriors; not one escaped.

After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath; he killed six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad and, like Ehud, delivered Israel.