²⁷ And it happened, when he arrived, that ^(A)he blew the trumpet in the ^(B)mountains of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mountains; and ^[a]he led them.

³ And Jonathan attacked ^(A)the garrison of the Philistines that was in ^(B)Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Then Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”

³⁴ But ^(A)the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon; then he ^(B)blew the trumpet, and the Abiezrites gathered behind him.

¹³ Then each man hastened ^(A)to take his garment and put it ^[a]under him on the top of the steps; and they blew trumpets, saying, “Jehu is king!”

²² Then the woman ^(A)in her wisdom went to all the people. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. Then he blew a trumpet, and they withdrew from the city, every man to his tent. So Joab returned to the king at Jerusalem.

The Levite’s Concubine

19 And it came to pass in those days, ^(A)when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite staying in the remote mountains of Ephraim. He took for himself a concubine from ^(B)Bethlehem in Judah.

Micah’s Idolatry

17 Now there was a man from the mountains of Ephraim, whose name was ^(A)Micah.

²⁴ Then Gideon sent messengers throughout all the ^(A)mountains of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites, and seize from them the watering places as far as Beth Barah and the Jordan.” Then all the men of Ephraim gathered together and ^(B)seized the watering places as far as ^(C)Beth Barah and the Jordan.

¹⁸ but the mountain country shall be yours. Although it is wooded, you shall cut it down, and its ^[a]farthest extent shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, ^(A)though they have iron chariots and are strong.”