When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard the news, they went to the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.

After him Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel.

Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle by the pass of Heres.

Abimelech heard that all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem were in one place.

When Zebul, the city commissioner, heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he was furious.

The mountains trembled before the Lord, the God of Sinai; before the Lord God of Israel.

We will take ten of every group of a hundred men from all the tribes of Israel (and a hundred of every group of a thousand, and a thousand of every group of ten thousand) to get supplies for the army. When they arrive in Gibeah of Benjamin they will punish them for the atrocity which they committed in Israel.”

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

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael caravans disappeared; travelers had to go on winding side roads.

Gideon son of Joash died at a very old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash located in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

The Danites worshiped the carved image. Jonathan, descendant of Gershom, son of Moses, and his descendants served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the exile.

Eighteen thousand Benjaminites, all of them capable warriors, fell dead.

When the Ammonites attacked, the leaders of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back from the land of Tob.

Then Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.

Joshua son of Nun, the Lord’s servant, died at the age of one hundred ten.

The most rewarded of women should be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite! She should be the most rewarded of women who live in tents.

Now Sisera ran away on foot to the tent of Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, for King Jabin of Hazor and the family of Heber the Kenite had made a peace treaty.

Gaal son of Ebed came through Shechem with his brothers. The leaders of Shechem transferred their loyalty to him.

Gaal again said, “Look, men are coming down from the very center of the land. A unit is coming by way of the Oak Tree of the Diviners.”

The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “How could such a wicked thing take place?