So you must keep his commandments, live according to his standards, and revere him.

These you may eat from among water creatures: anything with fins and scales you may eat,

You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.

At that time the Lord told Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites once again.”

So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal.

I will drive out before the Israelites all who live in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, all the Sidonians; you be sure to parcel it out to Israel as I instructed you.”

The southern border extended from Bethel to Luz, and crossed to Arkite territory at Ataroth.

Then the survivors came down to the mighty ones; the Lord’s people came down to me as warriors.

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

Go and cry for help to the gods you have chosen! Let them deliver you from trouble!”

He defeated them from Aroer all the way to Minnith – twenty cities in all, even as far as Abel Keramim! He wiped them out! The Israelites humiliated the Ammonites.

Manoah said to the Lord’s messenger, “Please stay here awhile, so we can prepare a young goat for you to eat.”

So the Levite agreed to stay with the man; the young man was like a son to Micah.

The people regretted what had happened to Benjamin because the Lord had weakened the Israelite tribes.

He said to them, “Why do you behave in this way? For I hear about these evil things from all these people.

He will take your best fields and vineyards and give them to his own servants.

Then the Philistine said, “I defy Israel’s troops this day! Give me a man so we can fight each other!”

So Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul.

It’s like the old proverb says: ‘From evil people evil proceeds.’ But my hand will not be against you.

The Lord repaid me for my godly deeds; he rewarded my blameless behavior.