² Now bands of raiders^(A) from Aram had gone out and had taken captive a young girl from Israel, and she served Naaman’s wife.

²³ So he prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. So the bands^(A) from Aram stopped raiding Israel’s territory.

²⁰ Elisha died and was buried.

Now Moabite raiders^(A) used to enter the country every spring.

¹⁷ Raiding^(A) parties went out from the Philistine camp in three detachments. One turned toward Ophrah^(B) in the vicinity of Shual, ¹⁸ another toward Beth Horon,^(C) and the third toward the borderland overlooking the Valley of Zeboyim^(D) facing the wilderness.

³⁴ So Abimelek and all his troops set out by night and took up concealed positions near Shechem in four companies.