These were the nations the Lord permitted to remain so he could use them to test Israel – he wanted to test all those who had not experienced battle against the Canaanites.

Abimelech and his units attacked and blocked the entrance to the city’s gate. Two units then attacked all the people in the field and struck them down.

You have the right to take what Chemosh your god gives you, but we will take the land of all whom the Lord our God has driven out before us.

After they had gone a good distance from Micah’s house, Micah’s neighbors gathered together and caught up with the Danites.

Samson’s bride was then given to his best man.

Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will attack the city as the lot dictates.

The people worshiped the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed all the great things the Lord had done for Israel.

That night the Lord said to him, “Take the bull from your father’s herd, as well as a second bull, one that is seven years old. Pull down your father’s Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.

Israelites from Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh answered the call and chased the Midianites.

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.

my father fought for you; he risked his life and delivered you from Midian’s power.

Now, come up at night with your men and set an ambush in the field outside the city.

So Abimelech and all his men came up at night and set an ambush outside Shechem – they divided into four units.

God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half-brothers.

Go and cry for help to the gods you have chosen! Let them deliver you from trouble!”

But the Ammonite king disregarded the message sent by Jephthah.

The Lord’s messenger told Manoah, “Your wife should pay attention to everything I told her.

So the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried and they tied him up with them.

They said to him, “Seek a divine oracle for us, so we can know if we will be successful on our mission.”