The Lord said to him, “You are safe! Do not be afraid! You are not going to die!”

He also threatened the men of Penuel, warning, “When I return victoriously, I will tear down this tower.”

The priest said to them, “Go with confidence. The Lord will be with you on your mission.”

They stopped there, went inside the young Levite’s house (which belonged to Micah), and asked him how he was doing.

Gideon built an altar for the Lord there, and named it “The Lord is on friendly terms with me.” To this day it is still there in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

then whoever is the first to come through the doors of my house to meet me when I return safely from fighting the Ammonites – he will belong to the Lord and I will offer him up as a burnt sacrifice.”

The old man said, “Everything is just fine! I will take care of all your needs. But don’t spend the night in the town square.”

The entire assembly sent messengers to the Benjaminites at the cliff of Rimmon and assured them they would not be harmed.

Now Sisera ran away on foot to the tent of Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, for King Jabin of Hazor and the family of Heber the Kenite had made a peace treaty.

The Ammonite king said to Jephthah’s messengers, “Because Israel stole my land when they came up from Egypt – from the Arnon River in the south to the Jabbok River in the north, and as far west as the Jordan. Now return it peaceably!”