<p class="bodytext">Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle by the pass<n id="1" /> of Heres.

<p class="bodytext">Then Joab sent a full battle report to David.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">But Moses was furious with the officers of the army, the commanders over thousands and commanders over hundreds, who had come from service in the war.

Divide the plunder into two parts, one for those who took part in the war &#8211; who went out to battle &#8211; and the other for all the community.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">So it was that after all the military men had been eliminated from the community,<n id="1" />

As you move forward for battle, the priest<n id="1" /> will approach and say to the soldiers,<n id="2" />

So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal.<n id="1" />

Saul himself was in the thick of the battle;<n id="1" /> the archers<n id="2" /> spotted him and wounded him severely.p>

<p class="poetry">How the warriors have fallenp> <p class="poetry">in the midst of battle!p> <p class="poetry">Jonathan lies slain on your high places!p>

When Uriah came to him, David asked about how Joab and the army were doing and how the campaign was going.<n id="1" />

He instructed the messenger as follows: &#8220;When you finish giving the battle report to the king,

<p class="bodytext">Then the army marched out to the field to fight against Israel. The battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.

Because God fought for them,<n id="1" /> they killed many of the enemy.<n id="2" /> They dispossessed the Hagrites and lived in their land until the exile.<n id="3" />p>

The battle was thick<n id="1" /> around Saul; the archers spotted him and wounded him.<n id="2" />

The men of Judah turned around and realized they were being attacked from the front and the rear.<n id="1" /> So they cried out for help to the <sc>Lordsc>. The priests blew their trumpets,

<p class="poetry">They will report that the fords have been captured,p> <p class="poetry">the reed marshes have been burned,p> <p class="poetry">the soldiers are terrified.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Proclaim this among the nations:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Prepare for a holy war!p> <p class="poetry">Call out the warriors!p> <p class="poetry">Let all these fighting men approach and attack!<n id="1" />p>

and said to him,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Your servants have taken a count<n id="2" /> of the men who were in the battle, who were under our authority,<n id="3" /> and not one is missing.

This is why Joshua had to circumcise them: All the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt died on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt.<n id="1" />

Have all the warriors march around the city one time;<n id="1" /> do this for six days.