When you make any kind of loan to your neighbor, you may not go into his house to claim what he is offering as security.

Then you must build an altar there to the Lord your God, an altar of stones – do not use an iron tool on them.

The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust; it will come down on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

But Israel did not burn any of the cities located on mounds, except for Hazor; it was the only one Joshua burned.

The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The Lord will judge any grievance you have against us, if we do not do as you say.”

He said to his servant, “Come on, we will go into one of the other towns and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”

So she gathered grain in the field until evening. When she threshed what she had gathered, it came to about thirty pounds of barley!

The men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you and you can do with us whatever you wish.”

When the messengers came, they found only the idol on the bed and the quilt made of goat’s hair at its head.

So he had them stay with the king of Moab; they stayed with him the whole time that David was in the stronghold.

Now look, I realize that you will in fact be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.

Then David crossed to the other side and stood on the top of the hill some distance away; there was a considerable distance between them.

So Saul inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him – not by dreams nor by Urim nor by the prophets.

Now Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. All the members of Ziba’s household were Mephibosheth’s servants.

When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel’s best men and deployed them against the Arameans.

The four wheels were under the frames and the crossbars of the axles were connected to the stand. Each wheel was two and one-quarter feet high.

He made the ten stands in this way. All of them were cast in one mold and were identical in measurements and shape.

then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

Hadad, who was only a small boy at the time, escaped with some of his father’s Edomite servants and headed for Egypt.

The king of Israel replied, “It is just as you say, my master, O king. I and all I own belong to you.”