And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel. And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him. So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.

And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? and he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger. So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour. And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead. And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands. And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.