³ The king of Israel had said to his officials, “Don’t you know that Ramoth Gilead^(A) belongs to us and yet we are doing nothing to retake it from the king of Aram?”

⁴³ The cities were these: Bezer in the wilderness plateau, for the Reubenites; Ramoth^(A) in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.

³⁸ from the tribe of Gad,

¹⁰ and Absalom, whom we anointed to rule over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?”

² The people of Gaza were told, “Samson is here!” So they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate.^(A) They made no move during the night, saying, “At dawn^(B) we’ll kill him.”

⁸ East of the Jordan (on the other side from Jericho) they designated Bezer^(A) in the wilderness on the plateau in the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead^(B) in the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan^(C) in the tribe of Manasseh.