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• Gibeah

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  Gibeah was a town in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. It is the setting of the account of the Levite's concubine and the ensuing Benjamite civil war in Judges 19–21, and it was the hometown of Saul, the first king of Israel.

• Hill Country of Ephraim

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  The hill country of Ephraim is the mountainous region of central Canaan west of the Jordan River. Occupied mainly by the tribe of Ephraim, it is the setting for numerous events in Joshua, Judges, and 1 Samuel.

• Numbers 11

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  Numbers 11 recounts how Israel, having departed from Mount Sinai, complained at Taberah and was judged, then wept for meat, receiving quail but suffering a plague. It also tells of the appointment of seventy elders to share Moses' burden.

• Ruth 1

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  Ruth 1 tells how the family of Elimelech, having moved to Moab during a famine in the time of the judges, loses all its men, and how Naomi returns to Bethlehem with her Moabite daughter-in-law Ruth.

• 2 Chronicles 19

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  2 Chronicles 19 recounts how Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, who had allied himself with Ahab, is rebuked by the seer Jehu, then brings the people back to the LORD and reorganizes the judicial system by appointing judges in the provincial cities and in Jerusalem.

• Isaiah 18

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  Isaiah 18 is a prophecy concerning Cush, the land along the upper Nile. It describes the LORD quietly watching until the appointed time, when He judges like one who cuts off branches before the harvest. Afterward the people of Cush bring gifts to Mount Zion.

• Jeremiah 7

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  Jeremiah 7 contains the so-called "Temple Sermon," which Jeremiah proclaimed at the gate of the temple. It rebukes Judah for trusting in the mere presence of the temple while refusing to forsake sin, and warns that the nation will be judged as Shiloh was.

• Lamentations 4

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  Lamentations 4 is a lament over the devastation of Jerusalem during and after its siege and capture by Babylon, contrasting "once" with "now." It closes by declaring that Zion's punishment has ended and that Edom will be judged.

• Ezekiel 18

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  Ezekiel 18 is a prophecy that rejects the proverb "The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge," and declares that each person is judged by his own conduct and that God takes pleasure in the wicked turning from his ways and living.

• Ezekiel 38

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  Ezekiel 38 is a prophecy in which Gog of the land of Magog leads many nations against Israel while it dwells in safety, but God judges him with an earthquake and other calamities and so displays His holiness before the nations.

• Psalm 98

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  Psalm 98 is a nine-verse hymn of praise that summons the whole earth, the sea, and even the hills to celebrate with a new song the salvation the LORD has wrought. It closes in expectation of the LORD as King, who comes to judge the world with righteousness and equity.

• Ezekiel 20

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  In Ezekiel 20, God answers the elders of Israel who have come to inquire of him by recounting Israel's history of rebellion in Egypt, in the wilderness, and in Canaan, and declares that he will gather his scattered people, judge them, and restore them.

• Gilgal

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  Gilgal was the first place where Israel encamped after crossing the Jordan River and lay east of Jericho. It was the site of the memorial stones, the circumcision, and the Passover, and during the period of the judges and the early monarchy it served as a center of sacrifice and assembly.

• Hormah

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  Hormah was a town in the Negev, the southern region of Canaan. During the wilderness period, Israel was defeated and driven back as far as this place, and the town was later named for the "utter destruction" Israel brought upon it. It appears in Numbers, Joshua, Judges, and other books.

• Philistine Pentapolis

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  The Philistine Pentapolis is the collective name for the five cities that the Philistines established on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Canaan: Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. During the period of the judges and the early monarchy, these cities were the centers of the Philistine power that opposed Israel.

• 1 Chronicles 26

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  1 Chronicles 26 continues the record of the duties assigned to the Levites in the time of David. It lists the divisions of the temple gatekeepers and the assignment of gates by lot, the men in charge of the treasuries and the dedicated things, and the officers and judges responsible for affairs outside the temple.

• Brook Kishon

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  The Brook Kishon is a stream that flows through the Jezreel Valley and along the foot of Mount Carmel into the Mediterranean Sea. In the Bible it appears as the place where Deborah and Barak defeated the army of Sisera and where Elijah executed the prophets of Baal.

• Jabesh-gilead

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  Jabesh-gilead was an Israelite town in the region of Gilead east of the Jordan River. Saul delivered the town from the Ammonites, and after Saul's death its people recovered and buried his body.

• Dan

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  Dan was a city at the northern extremity of the land of Israel. The tribe of Dan captured Laish and gave it this name, and it was there that Jeroboam, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, set up one of his golden calves.

• Isaiah 35

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  Isaiah 35 is a prophetic poem presenting a vision of restoration in which the parched wilderness blossoms, those with disabilities are healed, and the people ransomed by the LORD return to Zion singing as they travel along "the way of holiness."