God in Judges

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1. 1:1

   After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?”

2. 1:2

   “Judah shall go up,” answered the LORD. “Indeed, I have delivered the land into their hands.”

3. 1:4

   When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.

4. 1:7

   Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.

5. 1:19

   The LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had chariots of iron.

6. 1:22

   The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.

7. 2:1

   Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,

8. 2:4

   When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.

9. 2:5

   So they called that place Bochim and offered sacrifices there to the LORD.

10. 2:7

    And the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel.

11. 2:8

    And Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.

12. 2:10

    After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.

13. 2:11

    And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.

14. 2:12

    Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger,

15. 2:13

    for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.

16. 2:14

    Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.

17. 2:15

    Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.

18. 2:16

    Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.

19. 2:17

    Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.

20. 2:18

    Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.

21. 2:20

    So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,

22. 2:22

    In this way I will test whether Israel will keep the way of the LORD by walking in it as their fathers did.”

23. 2:23

    That is why the LORD had left those nations in place and had not driven them out immediately by delivering them into the hand of Joshua.

24. 3:1

    These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,

25. 3:4

    These nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD, which He had given their fathers through Moses.

26. 3:7

    So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

27. 3:8

    Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.

28. 3:9

    But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.

29. 3:10

    The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.

30. 3:12

    Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

31. 3:15

    And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

32. 3:20

    Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.

33. 3:28

    “Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and they did not allow anyone to cross over.

34. 4:1

    After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.

35. 4:2

    So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.

36. 4:3

    Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.

37. 4:6

    She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.

38. 4:9

    “I will certainly go with you,” Deborah replied, “but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,

39. 4:14

    Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.

40. 4:15

    And in front of him the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.

41. 4:23

    On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.

42. 5:2

    “When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.

43. 5:3

    Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.

44. 5:4

    O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.

45. 5:5

    The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.

46. 5:9

    My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!

47. 5:11

    the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:

48. 5:13

    Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.

49. 5:23

    ‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’

50. 5:31

    So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.

51. 6:1

    Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,

52. 6:6

    Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.

53. 6:7

    Now when the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,

54. 6:8

    He sent them a prophet, who told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

55. 6:10

    And I said to you: ‘I am the LORD your God. You must not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.’ But you did not obey Me.”

56. 6:11

    Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.

57. 6:12

    And the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, “The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor.”

58. 6:13

    “Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”

59. 6:14

    The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”

60. 6:15

    “Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I save Israel? Indeed, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”

61. 6:16

    “Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied, “and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man.”

62. 6:20

    And the angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread, lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And Gideon did so.

63. 6:21

    Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.

64. 6:22

    When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”

65. 6:23

    But the LORD said to him, “Peace be with you. Do not be afraid, for you will not die.”

66. 6:24

    So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

67. 6:25

    On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.

68. 6:26

    Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”

69. 6:27

    So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.

70. 6:34

    So the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, who blew the ram’s horn and rallied the Abiezrites behind him.

71. 6:36

    Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,

72. 6:39

    Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.”

73. 6:40

    And that night God did so. Only the fleece was dry, and dew covered the ground.

74. 7:2

    Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’

75. 7:4

    Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”

76. 7:5

    So Gideon brought the men down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”

77. 7:7

    Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”

78. 7:9

    That night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.

79. 7:14

    His friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”

80. 7:15

    When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”

81. 7:18

    When I and all who are with me blow our horns, then you are also to blow your horns from all around the camp and shout, ‘For the LORD and for Gideon!’”

82. 7:20

    The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”

83. 7:22

    And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.

84. 8:3

    God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.

85. 8:7

    “Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”

86. 8:19

    “They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”

87. 8:23

    But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”

88. 8:34

    The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.

89. 9:7

    When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.

90. 9:9

    But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’

91. 9:13

    But the grapevine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’

92. 9:23

    God sent a spirit of animosity between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem and caused them to treat Abimelech deceitfully,

93. 9:29

    If only this people were under my authority, I would remove Abimelech; I would say to him, ‘Muster your army and come out!’”

94. 9:56

    In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.

95. 9:57

    And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.

96. 10:6

    And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.

97. 10:7

    So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites,

98. 10:10

    Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”

99. 10:11

    The LORD replied, “When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,

100. 10:15

     “We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”

101. 10:16

     So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.

102. 11:9

     But Jephthah asked them, “If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?”

103. 11:10

     And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.”

104. 11:11

     So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.

105. 11:21

     Then the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, who defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites who inhabited that country,

106. 11:23

     Now since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before His people Israel, should you now possess it?

107. 11:24

     Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.

108. 11:27

     I have not sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by waging war against me. May the LORD, the Judge, decide today between the Israelites and the Ammonites.”

109. 11:29

     Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.

110. 11:30

     Jephthah made this vow to the LORD: “If indeed You will deliver the Ammonites into my hand,

111. 11:31

     then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”

112. 11:32

     So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the LORD delivered them into his hand.

113. 11:35

     As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the LORD and cannot take it back.”

114. 11:36

     “My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me as you have said, for the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.”

115. 12:3

     When I saw that you would not save me, I risked my life and crossed over to the Ammonites, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come today to fight against me?”

116. 13:1

     Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.

117. 13:3

     The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.

118. 13:5

     For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall touch his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”

119. 13:6

     So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.

120. 13:7

     But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”

121. 13:8

     Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”

122. 13:9

     And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.

123. 13:13

     So the angel of the LORD answered Manoah, “Your wife is to do everything I told her.

124. 13:15

     “Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”

125. 13:16

     And the angel of the LORD replied, “Even if I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD.” For Manoah did not know that it was the angel of the LORD.

126. 13:17

     Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes to pass?”

127. 13:18

     “Why do you ask my name,” said the angel of the LORD, “since it is beyond comprehension?”

128. 13:19

     Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife looked on, the LORD did a marvelous thing.

129. 13:20

     When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.

130. 13:21

     And when the angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it had been the angel of the LORD.

131. 13:22

     “We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!”

132. 13:23

     But his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way.”

133. 13:24

     So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.

134. 13:25

     And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

135. 14:4

     (Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)

136. 14:6

     and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

137. 14:19

     Then the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had solved the riddle. And burning with anger, Samson returned to his father’s house,

138. 15:14

     When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.

139. 15:18

     And being very thirsty, Samson cried out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great deliverance through Your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”

140. 15:19

     So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.

141. 16:17

     Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”

142. 16:20

     Then she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.

143. 16:28

     Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”

144. 17:2

     said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have the silver here with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD!”

145. 17:3

     And when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a graven image and a molten idol. Therefore I will now return it to you.”

146. 17:13

     Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”

147. 18:5

     Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”

148. 18:6

     And the priest told them, “Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.”

149. 18:10

     When you enter, you will come to an unsuspecting people and a spacious land, for God has delivered it into your hand. It is a place where nothing on earth is lacking.”

150. 18:31

     So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.

151. 19:18

     The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,

152. 20:1

     Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.

153. 20:2

     The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: 400,000 men on foot, armed with swords.

154. 20:18

     The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.

155. 20:23

     They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”

156. 20:26

     Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.

157. 20:27

     And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,

158. 20:28

     and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered, “Fight, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”

159. 20:31

     The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.

160. 20:35

     The LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.

161. 21:2

     So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.

162. 21:3

     “Why, O LORD God of Israel,” they cried out, “has this happened in Israel? Today in Israel one tribe is missing!”

163. 21:5

     The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.

164. 21:7

     What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”

165. 21:8

     So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.

166. 21:15

     The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.

167. 21:19

     “But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”