(The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah, located on the border of Manasseh, belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.)

The Lord said, “The men of Judah should take the lead. Be sure of this! I am handing the land over to them.”

The people of Asher live among the Canaanites residing in the land because they did not conquer them.

When Joshua dismissed the people, the Israelites went to their allotted portions of territory, intending to take possession of the land.

Israel humiliated Moab that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.

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.

Samuel continued to grow, and the Lord was with him. None of his prophecies fell to the ground unfulfilled.

Now the whole army entered the forest and there was honey on the ground.

But a messenger came to Saul saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”

She arose, bowed her face toward the ground, and said, “Your female servant, like a lowly servant, will wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”

Then the king stood up and tore his garments and lay down on the ground. All his servants were standing there with torn garments as well.

The earth heaved and shook; the foundations of the sky trembled. They heaved because he was angry.

is like the light of morning when the sun comes up, a morning in which there are no clouds. He is like the brightness after rain that produces grass from the earth.

Then they went on to Gilead and to the region of Tahtim Hodshi, coming to Dan Jaan and on around to Sidon.

They went through all the land and after nine months and twenty days came back to Jerusalem.

Then all the nations of the earth will recognize that the Lord is the only genuine God.

besides what he collected from the merchants, traders, Arabian kings, and governors of the land.

He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols his ancestors had made.

After a while, the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

As the sun was setting, a cry went through the camp, “Each one should return to his city and to his homeland.”