So Israel hid men in ambush outside Gibeah.

So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me what makes you so strong and how you can be subdued and humiliated.”

So the Israelites marched toward the Benjaminites the next day.

So they commanded the Benjaminites, “Go hide in the vineyards,

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

So Gaal led the leaders of Shechem out and fought Abimelech.

So he brought him to his house and fed the donkeys. They washed their feet and had a meal.

They said, “Come, be our commander, so we can fight with the Ammonites.”

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

So they traveled on, and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin.

He quickly called to the young man who carried his weapons, “Draw your sword and kill me, so they will not say, ‘A woman killed him.’” So the young man stabbed him and he died.

When they really started celebrating, they said, “Call for Samson so he can entertain us!” So they summoned Samson from the prison and he entertained them. They made him stand between two pillars.

He woke up early in the morning on the fifth day so he could leave, but the girl’s father said, “Get some energy. Wait until later in the day to leave!” So they ate a meal together.

“So all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘You come and be our king!’

“So the trees said to the grapevine, ‘You come and be our king!’

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

“So the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come and be our king!’

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

So the Levite agreed to stay with the man; the young man was like a son to Micah.

So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably.