You must not take a woman in marriage and then marry her sister as a rival wife while she is still alive, to have sexual intercourse with her.

Your strength will be used up in vain, your land will not give its yield, and the trees of the land will not produce their fruit.

If the Lord delights in us, then he will bring us into this land and give it to us – a land that is flowing with milk and honey.

Say to them, ‘As I live, says the Lord, I will surely do to you just what you have spoken in my hearing.

And one male goat must be offered to the Lord as a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.

You are to offer them with their drink offerings in addition to the continual burnt offering and its grain offering – they must be unblemished.

You must sacrifice the Passover animal (from the flock or the herd) to the Lord your God in the place where he chooses to locate his name.

and all he did to the two Amorite kings on the other side of the Jordan – King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan in Ashtaroth.

to the south; all the Canaanite territory, from Arah in the region of Sidon to Aphek, as far as Amorite territory;

All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar in Shechem.

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.

But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. He assembled his whole army, camped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.

The servant in charge of the harvesters replied, “She’s the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the region of Moab.

A blacksmith could not be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines had said, “This will prevent the Hebrews from making swords and spears.”

As the war continued between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner was becoming more influential in the house of Saul.

He was wiser than any man, including Ethan the Ezrahite or Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. He was famous in all the neighboring nations.

There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom.

Now Jeroboam had sent some men to ambush the Judahite army from behind. The main army was in front of the Judahite army; the ambushers were behind it.

My sons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to serve in his presence and offer sacrifices.”

In Judah God moved the people to unite and carry out the edict the king and the officers had issued at the Lord’s command.