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

The Benjaminites attacked from Gibeah and struck down twenty-two thousand Israelites that day.

The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;

The Israelites regretted what had happened to their brother Benjamin. They said, “Today we cut off an entire tribe from Israel!

So the Israelites removed the Baals and images of Ashtoreth. They served only the Lord.

When Saul counted them at Bezek, the Israelites were 300,000 strong and the men of Judah numbered 30,000.

Saul was [thirty] years old when he began to reign; he ruled over Israel for [forty] years.

So Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring near the ephod,” for he was at that time wearing the ephod.

When they arrived, Samuel noticed Eliab and said to himself, “Surely, here before the Lord stands his chosen king!”

Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel. But Samuel said, “The Lord has not chosen this one, either.”

The Benjaminites formed their ranks behind Abner and were like a single army, standing at the top of a certain hill.

These are the names of children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

He put his brother Abishai in charge of the rest of the army and they were deployed against the Ammonites.

So the messenger departed. When he arrived, he informed David of all the news that Joab had sent with him.

The king longed to go to Absalom, for he had since been consoled over the death of Amnon.

Foreigners are powerless before me; when they hear of my exploits, they submit to me.

Solomon was wiser than all the men of the east and all the sages of Egypt.

Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

(Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.)

She went and did as Elijah told her; there was always enough food for Elijah and for her and her family.