‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

Joshua told the people, “Ritually consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will perform miraculous deeds among you.”

“Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe.

And he told the army, “Move ahead and march around the city, with armed troops going ahead of the ark of the Lord.”

So about three thousand men went up, but they fled from the men of Ai.

The people responded, “Far be it from us to abandon the Lord so we can worship other gods!

The people said to Joshua, “No! We really will worship the Lord!”

The people said to Joshua, “We will worship the Lord our God and obey him.”

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

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

So Abimelech and all his men came up at night and set an ambush outside Shechem – they divided into four units.

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

When they took roll call, they noticed none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead were there.

So Samuel spoke all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king.

But the people refused to heed Samuel’s warning. Instead they said, “No! There will be a king over us!

So Samuel listened to everything the people said and then reported it to the Lord.

Then the people said to Samuel, “Who were the ones asking, ‘Will Saul reign over us?’ Hand over those men so we may execute them!”

Samuel said to the people, “Come on! Let’s go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”

On that day the army struck down the Philistines from Micmash to Aijalon, and they became very tired.

He captured King Agag of the Amalekites alive, but he executed all Agag’s people with the sword.