And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed by the watchtower of Gilead to the other side of the children of Ammon.

So Saul received the kingdom. By lot he inherited the office [of ruling] over Israel. And he fought against all his enemies round about, against Moab, against the children of Ammon, against the children of Edom, against Beth Hor, against the king of Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he was victorious.

And it came to pass [in the days] when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a man went from Bethlehem, Judah to sojourn in the land of Moab- he, his wife, and his two sons.

And Elimelech, Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

Moreover I have bought for myself for a wife Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance; so the name of the dead shall not be destroyed from among his brothers, and from the tribe of his people: you [are] witnesses this day.

And the neighbors gave him a name, saying, A son has been born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed; this [is] the father of Jesse, the father of David.

And Joseph settled his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh commanded.

Honor your father and your mother, that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the good land, which the Lord your God gives to you.

For God commanded, saying, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who curses father or mother, with death let him die.'

then by no means should he honor his father or mother.' Thus you have nullified the commandment of God on account of your tradition.

But if a certain widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety to their own household and to make repayment to their parents; for this is acceptable before God.

And Samuel reported all the words, and did not hide them from him. And Eli said, He is the Lord, He shall do that which is good in His sight.

And the king said to Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I should find favor in the eyes of the Lord, then will He bring me back, and He will show me [both] it and its beauty.

But if He should say thus, I have no pleasure in you; behold, [here] I am, let Him do to me according to that which is good in His sight.

Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I may see how my circumstances go.

But I have been persuaded in the Lord that I myself will also come shortly.