Just as we obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. But may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses!

The manna stopped appearing the day they ate some of the produce of the land; the Israelites never ate manna again.

They had worn-out, patched sandals on their feet and dressed in worn-out clothes. All their bread was dry and hard.

There has not been a day like it before or since. The Lord obeyed a man, for the Lord fought for Israel!

Simeon’s assigned land was taken from Judah’s allotted portion, for Judah’s territory was too large for them; so Simeon was assigned land within Judah.

After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath; he killed six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad and, like Ehud, delivered Israel.

That night God did as he asked. Only the fleece was dry and the ground around it was covered with dew.

Gideon went up the road of the nomads east of Nobah and Jogbehah and ambushed the surprised army.

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior. His mother was a prostitute, but Gilead was his father.

Micah said, “Now I know God will make me rich, because I have this Levite as my priest.”

Now I dedicate him to the Lord. From this time on he is dedicated to the Lord.” Then they worshiped the Lord there.

Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah. But the boy was serving the Lord under the supervision of Eli the priest.

Now the boy Samuel continued serving the Lord under Eli’s supervision. Word from the Lord was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.

The man said to Eli, “I am the one who came from the battle lines! Just today I fled from the battle lines!” Eli asked, “How did things go, my son?”

He had a son named Saul, a handsome young man. There was no one among the Israelites more handsome than he was; he stood head and shoulders above all the people.

So Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring near the ephod,” for he was at that time wearing the ephod.

David replied to Saul, “Your servant has been a shepherd for his father’s flock. Whenever a lion or bear would come and carry off a sheep from the flock,

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

In the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these matters. He had a stroke and was paralyzed.

David was king in Hebron over the people of Judah for seven and a half years.