Joshua drew lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord and divided the land among the Israelites according to their allotted portions.

The Lord your God will drive them out from before you and remove them, so you can occupy their land as the Lord your God promised you.

Whenever they went out to fight, the Lord did them harm, just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. They suffered greatly.

Joshua left those nations to test Israel. I wanted to see whether or not the people would carefully walk in the path marked out by the Lord, as their ancestors were careful to do.”

When Zebah and Zalmunna ran away, Gideon chased them and captured the two Midianite kings, Zebah and Zalmunna. He had surprised their entire army.

After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal-Berith their god.

Jephthah said to them, “My people and I were entangled in controversy with the Ammonites. I asked for your help, but you did not deliver me from their power.

Ten thousand men, well-trained soldiers from all Israel, then made a frontal assault against Gibeah – the battle was fierce. But the Benjaminites did not realize that disaster was at their doorstep.

He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.

When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said, “Here is the man that I told you about! He will rule over my people.”

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

Until the day he died Samuel did not see Saul again. Samuel did, however, mourn for Saul, but the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.

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

So the Tekoan woman went to the king. She bowed down with her face to the ground in deference to him and said, “Please help me, O king!”

The one true God acts in a faithful manner; the Lord’s promise is reliable; he is a shield to all who take shelter in him.

The inner sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, as well as the cedar altar.

Solomon did evil in the Lord’s sight; he did not remain loyal to the Lord, like his father David had.

Whenever the king visited the Lord’s temple, the royal guard carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.

Indeed, fire came down from the sky and consumed the two captains who came before me, along with their men. So now, please have respect for my life.”

Therefore Naaman’s skin disease will afflict you and your descendants forever!” When Gehazi went out from his presence, his skin was as white as snow.