Then the Israelites dispersed from there to their respective tribal and clan territories. Each went from there to his own property.

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

From there they traveled through the Ephraimite hill country and arrived at Micah’s house.

From there they attacked the people of Debir. (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.)

They said, “We are happy to give you earrings.” So they spread out a garment, and each one threw an earring from his plunder onto it.

Then Jotham ran away to Beer and lived there to escape from Abimelech his half-brother.

Then Samson’s father accompanied him to Timnah for the marriage. Samson hosted a party there, for this was customary for bridegrooms to do.

Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and went in to have sex with her.

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

So six hundred Danites, fully armed, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol.

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

When the man got ready to leave, his father-in-law convinced him to stay another night.

The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;

The next morning the people got up early and built an altar there. They offered up burnt sacrifices and token of peace.

When they took roll call, they noticed none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead were there.

Caleb received Hebron, just as Moses had promised. He drove out the three Anakites.

Hear the sound of those who divide the sheep among the watering places; there they tell of the Lord’s victorious deeds, the victorious deeds of his warriors in Israel. Then the Lord’s people went down to the city gates –

Between her feet he collapsed, he fell limp and was lifeless; between her feet he collapsed and fell limp, in the spot where he collapsed, there he fell limp – violently murdered!

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.

He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth had.