When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, amo
As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even t
A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and
and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themsel
And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled.