The border of Amorite territory ran from the Scorpion Ascent to Sela and on up.

Jair died and was buried in Kamon.

then he died and was buried in Bethlehem.

His hair began to grow back after it had been shaved off.

So Israel hid men in ambush outside Gibeah.

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

The land had rest for forty years; then Othniel son of Kenaz died.

Then Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

Samson led Israel for twenty years during the days of Philistine prominence.

The Israelites got up the next morning and moved against Gibeah.

The men of Ephraim did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites lived among them in Gezer.

This is why the Lord permitted these nations to remain and did not conquer them immediately; he did not hand them over to Joshua.

They took the Canaanites’ daughters as wives and gave their daughters to the Canaanites; they worshiped their gods as well.

Israel was so severely weakened by Midian that the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help.

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

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

He led Israel for twenty-three years, then died and was buried in Shamir.

They threw away the foreign gods they owned and worshiped the Lord. Finally the Lord grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much.

But the Ammonite king disregarded the message sent by Jephthah.

Jephthah led Israel for six years; then he died and was buried in his city in Gilead.