They stood in order ¹  all around the camp. The whole army ran away; they shouted as they scrambled away. ² 

The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;

From the sky ¹  the stars ²  fought, from their paths in the heavens ³  they fought against Sisera.

The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. ¹  The Lord gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel ²  because they had done evil in the Lord’s sight.

Later the men of Judah went down to attack the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev, and the lowlands. ¹ 

After Abimelech’s death, ¹  Tola son of Puah, grandson ²  of Dodo, from the tribe of Issachar, ³  rose up to deliver Israel. He lived in Shamir in the Ephraimite hill country.

Micah paid ¹  the Levite; the young man became his priest and lived in Micah’s house.

Now the descendants of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the City of Date Palm Trees to Arad in the desert of Judah, ¹  located in the Negev. ²  They went and lived with the people of Judah. ³ 

Samson said to them, ¹  “This time I am justified in doing the Philistines harm!” ² 

The Amorites forced the people of Dan to live in the hill country. They did not allow them to live in ¹  the coastal plain.

He asked for water, and she gave him milk; in a bowl fit for a king, ¹  she served him curds.

Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and went in to have sex with her. ¹ 

When the man got ready to leave, ¹  his father-in-law convinced him to stay another night. ² 

The men hiding in ambush made a mad dash ¹  to Gibeah. They ²  attacked ³  and put the sword to the entire city.

Now Heber the Kenite had moved away ¹  from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses’ father-in-law. He lived ²  near the great tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh.

Abimelech heard ¹  that all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem were in one place. ² 

“When the leaders took the lead ¹  in Israel, When the people answered the call to war – Praise the Lord!

In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place ¹  to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel. ² 

The Levite ¹  said to him, “We are traveling from Bethlehem ²  in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That’s where I’m from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I’m heading home. ³  But no one has invited me into their home.

The men of Manasseh did not conquer Beth Shan, Taanach, or their surrounding towns. Nor did they conquer the people living in Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo ¹  or their surrounding towns. ²  The Canaanites managed ³  to remain in those areas. ⁴