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 Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate. And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun. And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.
But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us. And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith. So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die. And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them. And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children. And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him. And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.