The Israelites got up the next morning and moved<n id="1" /> against Gibeah.

So the Israelites marched toward<n id="1" /> the Benjaminites the next day.

The<n id="1" /> remnant of Benjamin must be preserved. An entire Israelite tribe should not be wiped out.<n id="2" />

The <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel handed Sihon and his whole army over to Israel and they defeated them. Israel took<n id="1" /> all the land of the Amorites who lived in that land.

Whenever Israel was strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">When Joshua dismissed<n id="1" /> the people, the Israelites went to their allotted portions of territory,<n id="2" /> intending to take possession of the land.

<t /><p class="bodytext">The Israelites did evil before<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> by worshiping<n id="2" /> the Baals.

<p class="bodytext">The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

The Israelites were subject to<n id="1" /> King Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.p>

Israel humiliated Moab that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The Israelites again did evil in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sight<n id="1" /> after Ehud&#8217;s death.

<p class="bodytext">Now Deborah, a prophetess,<n id="1" /> wife of Lappidoth, was<n id="2" /> leading<n id="3" /> Israel at that time.

<p class="bodytext">That day God humiliated King Jabin of Canaan before the Israelites.

<p class="poetry">Hear, O kings!p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention, O rulers!p> <p class="poetry">I will sing to the <sc>Lordsc>!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will sing<n id="2" /> to the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel!p>

<p class="poetry">The mountains trembled<n id="1" /> before the <sc>Lordsc>, the God of Sinai;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">before the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The Israelites did evil in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sight,<n id="1" /> so the <sc>Lordsc> turned them over to<n id="2" /> Midian for seven years.

Whenever the Israelites planted their crops,<n id="1" /> the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">When the Israelites cried out to the <sc>Lordsc> for help because of Midian,

<p class="bodytext">Gideon said to God, &#8220;If you really intend to use me to deliver Israel,<n id="1" /> as you promised, then give me a sign as proof.<n id="2" />

Israelites from Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh answered the call and chased the Midianites.<n id="1" />p>