And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel’s father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry. And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house. And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress? And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer. And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.