Then you must build an altar there to the Lord your God, an altar of stones – do not use an iron tool on them.

You will become an occasion of horror, a proverb, and an object of ridicule to all the peoples to whom the Lord will drive you.

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

So about three thousand men went up, but they fled from the men of Ai.

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

From there it crossed eastward to Gath Hepher and Eth Kazin and extended to Rimmon, turning toward Neah.

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

They said, “We are happy to give you earrings.” So they spread out a garment, and each one threw an earring from his plunder onto it.

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.

So six hundred Danites, fully armed, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol.

They stopped there, went inside the young Levite’s house (which belonged to Micah), and asked him how he was doing.

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

The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;

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.

So they ran and brought him from there. When he took his position among the people, he stood head and shoulders above them all.