She replied, “Do me a special favor. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me also springs of water.” So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.

“Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers! I, even I, will sing to the Lord; I will praise the Lord, the God of Israel, in song.

The mountains quaked before the Lord, the One of Sinai, before the Lord, the God of Israel.

the voice of the singers at the watering places. They recite the victories of the Lord, the victories of his villagers in Israel. “Then the people of the Lord went down to the city gates.

But today you have revolted against my father’s family. You have murdered his seventy sons on a single stone and have made Abimelek, the son of his female slave, king over the citizens of Shechem because he is related to you.

Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord, “We have sinned against you, forsaking our God and serving the Baals.”

But the Israelites said to the Lord, “We have sinned. Do with us whatever you think best, but please rescue us now.”

“Now since the Lord, the God of Israel, has driven the Amorites out before his people Israel, what right have you to take it over?

Samson said to them, “Since you’ve acted like this, I swear that I won’t stop until I get my revenge on you.”

And Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest.”

So the five men left and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living in safety, like the Sidonians, at peace and secure. And since their land lacked nothing, they were prosperous. Also, they lived a long way from the Sidonians and had no relationship with anyone else.

The owner of the house went outside and said to them, “No, my friends, don’t be so vile. Since this man is my guest, don’t do this outrageous thing.

Everyone who saw it was saying to one another, “Such a thing has never been seen or done, not since the day the Israelites came up out of Egypt. Just imagine! We must do something! So speak up!”

“How can we provide wives for those who are left, since we have taken an oath by the Lord not to give them any of our daughters in marriage?”

We can’t give them our daughters as wives, since we Israelites have taken this oath: ‘Cursed be anyone who gives a wife to a Benjamite.’