And his mother’s brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother. And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire. The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.

And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. 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 the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries. And he arose out of his seat.