He<n id="1" /> moved to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz, and it has kept that name to this very day.p>

He divided the three hundred men into three units.<n id="1" /> He gave them all trumpets and empty jars with torches inside them.<n id="2" />

The woman ran at once and told her husband,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Come quickly,<n id="2" /> the man who visited<n id="3" /> me the other day has appeared to me!&#8221;

This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah&#8217;s house.<n id="1" />

So the two of them sat down and had a meal together.<n id="1" /> Then the girl&#8217;s father said to the man, &#8220;Why not stay another night and have a good time!&#8221;<n id="2" />

But the man did not want to stay another night. He left<n id="1" /> and traveled as far as<n id="2" /> Jebus (that is, Jerusalem).<n id="3" /> He had with him a pair of saddled donkeys and his concubine.<n id="4" />p>

The old man said, &#8220;Everything is just fine!<n id="1" /> I will take care of all your needs. But don&#8217;t spend the night in the town square.&#8221;

The woman arrived back at daybreak and was sprawled out on the doorstep of the house where her master<n id="1" /> was staying until it became light.<n id="2" />

He said to her, &#8220;Get up, let&#8217;s leave!&#8221; But there was no response. He put her on the donkey and went home.<n id="1" />

The Levite,<n id="1" /> the husband of the murdered woman, spoke up, &#8220;I and my concubine stopped in<n id="2" /> Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin<n id="3" /> to spend the night.

and she returned to her mother-in-law.p><t /><p class="bodytext">When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi<n id="1" /> asked,<n id="2" /> &#8220;How did things turn out for you,<n id="3" /> my daughter?&#8221; Ruth<n id="4" /> told her about all the man had done for her.<n id="5" />

Then Naomi<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;Stay put,<n id="2" /> my daughter, until you know how the matter turns out. For the man will not rest until he has taken care of the matter today.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">The man said to Eli, &#8220;I am the one who came from the battle lines! Just today I fled from the battle lines!&#8221; Eli<n id="1" /> asked, &#8220;How did things go, my son?&#8221;

(Now it used to be in Israel that whenever someone went to inquire of God he would say, &#8220;Come on, let&#8217;s go to the seer.&#8221; For today&#8217;s prophet used to be called a seer.)

<p class="bodytext">When Samuel saw Saul, the <sc>Lordsc> said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Here is the man that I told you about! He will rule over my people.&#8221;

Then someone from the army informed him, &#8220;Your father put the army under a strict oath<n id="1" /> saying, &#8216;Cursed be the man who eats food today!&#8217; That is why the army is tired.&#8221;

The man&#8217;s name was Nabal,<n id="1" /> and his wife&#8217;s name was Abigail. She was both wise<n id="2" /> and beautiful, but the man was harsh and his deeds were evil. He was a Calebite.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then David became very angry at this man. He said to Nathan, &#8220;As surely as the <sc>Lordsc> lives, the man who did this deserves to die!<n id="1" />

Yes!<n id="1" /> The king may<n id="2" /> listen and deliver his female servant<n id="3" /> from the hand of the man who seeks to remove<n id="4" /> both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!&#8217;<n id="5" />

and will bring the entire army back to you. In exchange for the life of the man you are seeking, you will get back everyone.<n id="1" /> The entire army will return unharmed.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>