Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of nine cities taken from these two tribes.

They captured the two Midianite generals, Oreb and Zeeb.<n id="1" /> They executed Oreb on the rock of Oreb and Zeeb<n id="2" /> in the winepress of Zeeb. They chased the Midianites<n id="3" /> and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was now on the other side of the Jordan River.<n id="4" />p>

Samson went and captured three hundred jackals<n id="1" /> and got some torches. He tied the jackals in pairs by their tails and then tied a torch to each pair.<n id="2" />

(Now the man&#8217;s name was Elimelech,<n id="1" /> his wife was Naomi,<n id="2" /> and his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion.<n id="3" /> They were of the clan of Ephrath<n id="4" /> from Bethlehem in Judah.) They entered the region of Moab and settled there.<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">Year after year<n id="1" /> this man would go up from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the <sc>Lordsc> of hosts at Shiloh. It was there that the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, served as the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s priests.

<p class="bodytext">So the army<n id="1" /> sent to Shiloh, and they took from there the ark of the covenant of the <sc>Lordsc> of hosts who sits between the cherubim. Now the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

The messenger replied, &#8220;Israel has fled from<n id="1" /> the Philistines! The army has suffered a great defeat! Your two sons, Hophni and Phineas, are dead! The ark of God has been captured!&#8221;p>

He defeated the Moabites. He made them lie on the ground and then used a rope to measure them off. He put two-thirds of them to death and spared the other third.<n id="1" /> The Moabites became David&#8217;s subjects and brought tribute.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">So the <sc>Lordsc> sent Nathan<n id="1" /> to David. When he came to David,<n id="2" /> Nathan<n id="3" /> said,<n id="4" /> &#8220;There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.

<p class="bodytext">Now David was sitting between the inner and outer gates,<n id="1" /> and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate at the wall. When he looked, he saw a man running by himself.

So the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Aiah&#8217;s daughter Rizpah whom she had born to Saul, and the five sons of Saul&#8217;s daughter Merab<n id="1" /> whom she had born to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite.

<p class="bodytext">Benaiah son of Jehoida was a brave warrior<n id="1" /> from Kabzeel who performed great exploits. He struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab.<n id="2" /> He also went down and killed a lion in a cistern on a snowy day.

<p class="bodytext">Three years later two of Shimei&#8217;s servants ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. Shimei was told, &#8220;Look, your servants are in Gath.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet<n id="1" /> high and 18 feet<n id="2" /> in circumference.

&#8220;The Sea&#8221; stood on top of twelve bulls. Three faced northward, three westward, three southward, and three eastward. &#8220;The Sea&#8221; was placed on top of them, and they all faced outward.<n id="1" />

the four hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the latticework of the two pillars (each latticework had two rows of these ornaments at the bowl-shaped top of the pillar),

There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb.<n id="1" /> It was there that<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

After the king had consulted with his advisers,<n id="1" /> he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people,<n id="2" /> &#8220;It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.&#8221;

The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying, &#8220;Naboth cursed God and the king.&#8221; So they dragged him<n id="1" /> outside the city and stoned him to death.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now a wife of one of the prophets<n id="1" /> appealed<n id="2" /> to Elisha for help, saying, &#8220;Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="3" /> Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants.&#8221;