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

When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they went home.

There was a man named Micah from the Ephraimite hill country.

He said to her, “Stand watch at the entrance to the tent. If anyone comes along and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say ‘No.’”

All Israel rose up in unison and said, “Not one of us will go home! Not one of us will return to his house!

The men of Israel (not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior.

The men of Israel marched out to fight Benjamin; they arranged their battle lines against Gibeah.

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

When Joshua dismissed the people, the Israelites went to their allotted portions of territory, intending to take possession of the land.

He brought the tribute payment to King Eglon of Moab. (Now Eglon was a very fat man.)

They stood in order all around the camp. The whole army ran away; they shouted as they scrambled away.

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

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.

There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless.

He happened to see a solid jawbone of a donkey. He grabbed it and struck down a thousand men.

Samson then said, “With the jawbone of a donkey I have left them in heaps; with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck down a thousand men!”

In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.

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

Meanwhile the six hundred Danites, fully armed, stood at the entrance to the gate.

So all the men of Israel gathered together at the city as allies.