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>

Eglon formed alliances with<n id="1" /> the Ammonites and Amalekites. He came and defeated Israel, and they seized the City of Date Palm Trees.

But his master said to him, &#8220;We should not stop at a foreign city where non-Israelites live.<n id="1" /> We will travel on to Gibeah.&#8221;

He defeated them from Aroer all the way to Minnith &#8211; twenty cities in all, even as far as Abel Keramim! He wiped them out!<n id="1" /> The Israelites humiliated the Ammonites.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">When they got near Jebus, it was getting quite late<n id="1" /> and the servant<n id="2" /> said to his master, &#8220;Come on, let&#8217;s stop at<n id="3" /> this Jebusite city and spend the night in it.&#8221;