So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.

The leaders then added, “Let them live.” So they became woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had decided.

So King Adoni-Zedek of Jerusalem sent this message to King Hoham of Hebron, King Piram of Jarmuth, King Japhia of Lachish, and King Debir of Eglon:

So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had solemnly promised to their ancestors, and they conquered it and lived in it.

They threw away the foreign gods they owned and worshiped the Lord. Finally the Lord grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much.

So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander. Jephthah repeated the terms of the agreement before the Lord in Mizpah.

Manoah said to the Lord’s messenger, “Tell us your name, so we can honor you when your announcement comes true.”

Eli’s eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,

So they inquired again of the Lord, “Has the man arrived here yet?” The Lord said, “He has hidden himself among the equipment.”

So Saul arose and went down to the desert of Ziph, accompanied by three thousand select men of Israel, to look for David in the desert of Ziph.

So they got up and crossed over by number: twelve belonging to Benjamin and to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David.

Her husband went along behind her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Finally Abner said to him, “Go back!” So he returned home.

So they got up and fled at dusk, leaving behind their tents, horses, and donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for their lives.

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.

He posted guards at the gates of the Lord’s temple, so no one who was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter.

The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed at Riblah in the territory of Hamath. So Judah was taken into exile away from its land.

As for you, son of man, they will put ropes on you and tie you up with them, so you cannot go out among them.

Look here, I will tie you up with ropes, so you cannot turn from one side to the other until you complete the days of your siege.

So I poured my anger on them because of the blood they shed on the land and because of the idols with which they defiled it.

The Lord responded: “Write down this message! Record it legibly on tablets, so the one who announces it may read it easily.