And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel. Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging. Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing. And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.