²⁵ But three days later, when their wounds were still sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, who were Dinah’s full brothers, took their swords and entered the town without opposition. Then they slaughtered every male there,

³³ She soon became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. She named him Simeon,^[a] for she said, “The Lord heard that I was unloved and has given me another son.”

³⁴ Then she became pregnant a third time and gave birth to another son. He was named Levi,^[b] for she said, “Surely this time my husband will feel affection for me, since I have given him three sons!”

²⁵ But Hezekiah did not respond appropriately to the kindness shown him, and he became proud. So the Lord’s anger came against him and against Judah and Jerusalem.

⁸ After all the males had been circumcised, they rested in the camp until they were healed.

⁶ The Israelites had traveled in the wilderness for forty years until all the men who were old enough to fight in battle when they left Egypt had died. For they had disobeyed the Lord, and the Lord vowed he would not let them enter the land he had sworn to give us—a land flowing with milk and honey.

¹⁷ So kill all the boys and all the women who have had intercourse with a man.

⁷ They attacked Midian as the Lord had commanded Moses, and they killed all the men.