Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it. And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.

And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house. And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun. And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.

And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples. And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him. And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.

And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men. And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them. The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel. Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.