They turned and went on their way, but they walked behind the children, the cattle, and their possessions.

After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal-Berith their god.

The leaders of Shechem rebelled against Abimelech by putting bandits in the hills, who robbed everyone who traveled by on the road. But Abimelech found out about it.

They worshiped Micah’s carved image the whole time God’s authorized shrine was in Shiloh.

So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches against the stronghold and set fire to it. All the people of the Tower of Shechem died – about a thousand men and women.

So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander. Jephthah repeated the terms of the agreement before the Lord in Mizpah.