Moses alone may come<n id="1" /> near the <sc>Lordsc>, but the others<n id="2" /> must not come near,<n id="3" /> nor may the people go up with him.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">So Miriam was shut outside of the camp for seven days, and the people did not journey on until Miriam was brought back in.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">The people went up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month<n id="1" /> and camped in Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.<n id="2" />

Now, come up<n id="1" /> at night with your men<n id="2" /> and set an ambush in the field outside the city.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">The people regretted what had happened to<n id="1" /> Benjamin because the <sc>Lordsc> had weakened<n id="2" /> the Israelite tribes.

Saul, his son Jonathan, and the army that remained with them stayed in Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped in Micmash.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">So Joab and his men<n id="1" /> marched out to do battle with the Arameans, and they fled before him.

So Joab and his men<n id="1" /> marched toward the Arameans to do battle, and they fled before him.

Now the city was spread out<n id="1" /> and large, and there were not a lot of people in it.<n id="2" /> At that time houses had not been rebuilt.

The king replied to Haman, &#8220;Keep your money,<n id="1" /> and do with those people whatever you wish.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The people did not return to the one who struck them,p> <p class="poetry">they did not seek reconciliation<n id="1" /> with the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies.p>

When Gaal son of Ebed came out and stood at the entrance to the city&#8217;s gate, Abimelech and his men got up from their hiding places.

<p class="bodytext">Now Saul was sitting under a pomegranate tree in Migron, on the outskirts of Gibeah. The army that was with him numbered about six hundred men.

<p class="bodytext">Then Saul said, &#8220;O <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel! If this sin has been committed by me or by my son Jonathan, then, O <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel, respond with Urim. But if this sin has been committed by your people Israel, respond with Thummim.&#8221;<n id="1" /> Then Jonathan and Saul were indicated by lot, while the army was exonerated.<n id="2" />

Then David and the men<n id="1" /> who were with him wept loudly<n id="2" /> until they could weep no more.<n id="3" />

Hushai replied to Absalom, &#8220;No, I will be loyal to the one whom the <sc>Lordsc>, these people, and all the men of Israel have chosen.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Next in command<n id="1" /> was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines assembled at Lehi,<n id="2" /> where there happened to be an area of a field that was full of lentils, the army retreated before the Philistines.

All the people followed him up, playing flutes and celebrating so loudly they made the ground shake.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the twenty-seventh year of Asa&#8217;s reign over Judah, Zimri became king over Israel; he ruled for seven days in Tirzah. Zimri&#8217;s revolt took place while the army was deployed<n id="1" /> in Gibbethon, which was in Philistine territory.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, as governor over the people whom he allowed to remain in the land of Judah.<n id="1" />