The leaders of all the tribes of Israel were present at this gathering of God's people, and there were 400,000 foot soldiers.

All the people stood up together and said, "None of us, whether he lives in a tent or in a house, will go home.

So all the men in Israel assembled with one purpose---to attack the town.

They asked, "Is there any group out of all the tribes of Israel that did not go to the gathering in the LORD's presence at Mizpah?" (They had taken a solemn oath that anyone who had not gone to Mizpah would be put to death.)

"When you are living in the towns that the LORD your God gives you, you may hear

If you hear such a rumor, investigate it thoroughly; and if it is true that this evil thing did happen,

Bring together all the possessions of the people who live there and pile them up in the town square. Then burn the town and everything in it as an offering to the LORD your God. It must be left in ruins forever and never again be rebuilt.

if you obey all his commands that I have given you today, and do what he requires.

When the people of Israel heard this, the whole community came together at Shiloh to go to war against the eastern tribes.

He took two oxen, cut them in pieces, and had messengers carry the pieces throughout the land of Israel with this warning: "Whoever does not follow Saul and Samuel into battle will have this done to his oxen!" The people of Israel were afraid of what the LORD might do, and all of them, without exception, came out together.

Saul gathered them at Bezek: there were 300,000 from Israel and 30,000 from Judah.

David's words won the complete loyalty of all the men of Judah, and they sent him word to return with all his officials.

By the seventh month the people of Israel were all settled in their towns. Then they all assembled in Jerusalem,

By the seventh month the people of Israel were all settled in their towns. On the first day of that month they all assembled in Jerusalem, in the square just inside the Water Gate. They asked Ezra, the priest and scholar of the Law which the LORD had given Israel through Moses, to get the book of the Law.

They changed its name from Laish to Dan, after their ancestor Dan, the son of Jacob.

So all the people of Israel, from one end of the country to the other, knew that Samuel was indeed a prophet of the LORD.

(SEE 3:9)

So David gave orders to Joab, the commander of his army: "Go with your officers through all the tribes of Israel from one end of the country to the other, and count the people. I want to know how many there are."

David gave orders to Joab and the other officers, "Go through Israel, from one end of the country to the other, and count the people. I want to know how many there are."

so they invited all the Israelites, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, to come together in Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover according to the Law, in larger numbers than ever before.

The tribes of Reuben and Gad had a lot of livestock. When they saw how suitable the land of Jazer and Gilead was for cattle,

So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir, and they lived there.

A part of the land west of the Jordan was assigned to some of the families descended from Joseph's older son Manasseh. Machir, the father of Gilead, was Manasseh's oldest son and a military hero, so Gilead and Bashan, east of the Jordan, were assigned to him.

There Abner made Ishbosheth king of the territories of Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin, and indeed over all Israel.

The Israelites went to the place of worship at Bethel, and there they asked God, "Which tribe should attack the Benjaminites first?" The LORD answered, "The tribe of Judah."

Then all the people of Israel went up to Bethel and mourned. They sat there in the LORD's presence and did not eat until evening. They offered fellowship sacrifices and burned some sacrifices whole---all in the presence of the LORD.

So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead, and the people made him their ruler and leader. Jephthah stated his terms at Mizpah in the presence of the LORD.

Then the Ammonite army prepared for battle and camped in Gilead. The people of Israel came together and camped at Mizpah in Gilead.

So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead, and the people made him their ruler and leader. Jephthah stated his terms at Mizpah in the presence of the LORD.

Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel,

Mizpah, Chephirah, Mozah,

Then Samuel called for all the Israelites to meet at Mizpah, telling them, "I will pray to the LORD for you there."

So they all gathered at Mizpah. They drew some water and poured it out as an offering to the LORD and fasted that whole day. They said, "We have sinned against the LORD." (It was at Mizpah where Samuel settled disputes among the Israelites.)

Samuel called the people together for a religious gathering at Mizpah

When the Judean officers and soldiers who had not surrendered heard about this, they joined Gedaliah at Mizpah. These officers were Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth from the town of Netophah, and Jezaniah from Maacah.