Some traveled on the sea in ships, and carried cargo over the vast waters.

Drive out the scorner and contention will leave; strife and insults will cease.

The Lord continued, “Now break the jar in front of those who have come here with you.

But he said to them, “Don’t detain me – the Lord has granted me success on my journey. Let me leave now so I may return to my master.”

So David again asked God what he should do. This time God told him, “Don’t march up after them; circle around them and come against them in front of the trees.

She told them, “Head to the hill country, so the ones chasing you don’t find you. Hide from them there for three days, long enough for those chasing you to return. Then you can be on your way.”

The Israelites went up and wept before the Lord until evening. They asked the Lord, “Should we again march out to fight the Benjaminites, our brothers?” The Lord said, “Attack them!”

So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them, “Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” They said, “Attack! The sovereign one will hand it over to the king.”

When he came before the king, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” He answered him, “Attack! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.”

“Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.

Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Yes, do so.” So the young girl went and got the child’s mother.

The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on.

“‘All the days that he separates himself to the Lord he must not contact a dead body.

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

The Benjaminites came from their cities and assembled at Gibeah to make war against the Israelites.

Then David called one of the soldiers and said, “Come here and strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.

But when Absalom pressed him, he sent Amnon and all the king’s sons along with him.

David said to him, “If you leave with me you will be a burden to me.

“I am about to die. Be strong and become a man!

Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my sailors join yours in the fleet,” but Jehoshaphat refused.