It then turned on the north to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah El.

The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted cities from the tribe of Ephraim.

Each of these cities had grazing areas around it; they were alike in this regard.

Whenever Israel was strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.

After Ehud brought the tribute payment, he dismissed the people who had carried it.

Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them.

When the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help because of Midian,

The Lord said to him, “Ah, but I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army.”

That night the Lord said to Gideon, “Get up! Attack the camp, for I am handing it over to you.

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

There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless.

Manoah said, “Now, when your announcement comes true, how should the child be raised and what should he do?”

When he finished speaking, he threw the jawbone down and named that place Ramath Lehi.

After this Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in the Sorek Valley.

She nagged him every day and pressured him until he was sick to death of it.

There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.

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

He told them what Micah had done for him, saying, “He hired me and I became his priest.”

The Israelites and the men hiding in ambush had arranged a signal. When the men hiding in ambush sent up a smoke signal from the city,

The next morning the people got up early and built an altar there. They offered up burnt sacrifices and token of peace.