Abimelech went back to Arumah; Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.

a woman threw an upper millstone down on his head and shattered his skull.

He led Israel for twenty-three years, then died and was buried in Shamir.

Jair the Gileadite rose up after him; he led Israel for twenty-two years.

They took all the Amorite territory from the Arnon River on the south to the Jabbok River on the north, from the desert in the east to the Jordan in the west.

Since the Lord God of Israel has driven out the Amorites before his people Israel, do you think you can just take it from them?

Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, saying, “If you really do hand the Ammonites over to me,

Jephthah led Israel for six years; then he died and was buried in his city in Gilead.

Manoah’s wife gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The child grew and the Lord empowered him.

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

Micah paid the Levite; the young man became his priest and lived in Micah’s house.

They turned and went on their way, but they walked behind the children, the cattle, and their possessions.

They surrounded the Benjaminites, chased them from Nohah, and annihilated them all the way to a spot east of Geba.

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

Now the descendants of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the City of Date Palm Trees to Arad in the desert of Judah, located in the Negev. They went and lived with the people of Judah.

The people worshiped the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed all the great things the Lord had done for Israel.

That entire generation passed away; a new generation grew up that had not personally experienced the Lord’s presence or seen what he had done for Israel.

They abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods – the gods of the nations who lived around them. They worshiped them and made the Lord angry.

The Lord was furious with Israel. He said, “This nation has violated the terms of the agreement I made with their ancestors by disobeying me.

The Lord’s spirit empowered him and he led Israel. When he went to do battle, the Lord handed over to him King Cushan-Rishathaim of Aram and he overpowered him.