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Finally, El‘azar the son of Aharon died; and they buried him on the hill belonging to Pinchas his son, which had been given to him in the hills of Efrayim.

Y'hudah said to his brother Shim‘on, "Come up with me into my assigned territory, so that we can fight against the Kena‘ani; and I likewise will go with you into your territory." So Shim‘on went with him.

but Adoni-Bezek fled. They pursued him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

Kalev said: "To whoever overpowers Kiryat-Sefer and captures it I will give my daughter ‘Akhsah as his wife."

‘Otni'el the son of K'naz, Kalev's younger brother, captured it; so he gave him ‘Akhsah his daughter as his wife.

After becoming his wife, she persuaded him to ask her father to give them a field; when she got off her donkey, Kalev asked her, "What do you want?"

Y'hudah went with Shim‘on his brother; they overpowered the Kena‘ani who inhabited Tz'fat, and completely destroyed it. The name of the city was called Hormah.

So he showed them the way into the city, and they overpowered the city with the sword, but they let the man and all his family go free.

When Y'hoshua had sent the people away, the people of Isra'el had gone each one to his assigned property in order to take possession of the land.

and they buried him near the boundary of his property in Timnat-Heres, in the hills of Efrayim, north of Mount Ga‘ash.

The spirit of Adonai came upon him, and he judged Isra'el. Then he went out to war, and Adonai gave Kushan-Rish‘atayim king of Aram into his hands; his power prevailed against Kushan-Rish‘atayim.

Ehud made himself a double-edged sword eighteen inches long and strapped it to his right thigh under his clothes.

But he himself, after reaching the quarries at Gilgal, went back and said, "King, I have a secret message for you." The king commanded silence, and all his attendants withdrew.

Ehud came to him; he was sitting alone by himself in his upstairs room, where it was cool. Ehud said: "I have a message from God for you." As the king arose from his seat,

Ehud reached out with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into the king's belly.

The hilt too went in after the blade, and the fat closed around the blade, for he did not draw the sword out of his belly, so that it came out behind.

So Adonai handed them over to Yavin king of Kena‘an. He ruled from Hatzor; and the commander of his army was Sisra, who lived in Haroshet-HaGoyim.

I will cause Sisra, the commander of Yavin's army, to encounter you at the Kishon River with his chariots and troops; and I will hand him over to you.'"

Now Hever the Keini had cut himself off from the rest of Kayin, the descendants of Hovav Moshe's father-in-law; he had pitched his tent near the oak at Tza‘ananim, which is close to Kedesh.

So Sisra rallied his chariots, all 900 iron chariots, and all the troops he had with him, from Haroshet-HaGoyim to the Kishon River.