Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you belong to the Lord, and they will respect you.

So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab as the Lord had said.

Then Jotham ran away to Beer and lived there to escape from Abimelech his half-brother.

Then Samson’s father accompanied him to Timnah for the marriage. Samson hosted a party there, for this was customary for bridegrooms to do.

Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and went in to have sex with her.

There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.

When the man got ready to leave, his father-in-law convinced him to stay another night.

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.

and the lamp of God had not yet been extinguished. Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord as well; the ark of God was also there.

The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second son was Abijah. They were judges in Beer Sheba.

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

and Hebron; and for those in whatever other places David and his men had traveled.

So David went up, along with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, formerly the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

for the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have remained there as resident foreigners until the present time.)

David became famous when he returned from defeating the Arameans in the Valley of Salt, he defeated 18,000 in all.

So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem and remained there.

The king and all the people who were with him arrived exhausted at their destination, where David refreshed himself.

Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoida, who gained fame among the three elite warriors.

While you are still there speaking to the king, I will arrive and verify your report.”