Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the desert.

Also included were the cities set apart for the tribe of Ephraim within Manasseh’s territory, along with their towns.

The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the Israelite clans:

From there they attacked the people of Debir. (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.)

He left those nations simply because he wanted to teach the subsequent generations of Israelites, who had not experienced the earlier battles, how to conduct holy war.

The Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight with Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. Israel suffered greatly.

Six hundred survivors turned and ran away to the wilderness, to the cliff of Rimmon. They stayed there four months.

Now Boaz, with whose female servants you worked, is our close relative. Look, tonight he is winnowing barley at the threshing floor.

When all the men of Israel saw this man, they retreated from his presence and were very afraid.

When the Philistine looked carefully at David, he despised him, for he was only a ruddy and handsome boy.

Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. The men of Israel fled from the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa.

Asahel chased Abner, without turning to the right or to the left as he followed Abner.

David married more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he arrived from Hebron. Even more sons and daughters were born to David.

All of Adonijah’s guests panicked; they jumped up and rushed off their separate ways.

Azariah son of Nathan was supervisor of the district governors. Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king.

Hiram sent his fleet and some of his sailors, who were well acquainted with the sea, to serve with Solomon’s men.

(Hiram’s fleet, which carried gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a very large quantity of fine timber and precious gems.

So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day. At that same time Libnah also rebelled.

They hauled out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.

When Athaliah heard the royal guard shout, she joined the crowd at the Lord’s temple.