Arvadites, ¹  Zemarites, ²  and Hamathites. ³  Eventually the families of the Canaanites were scattered

The Lord says, ¹  “The leaders of my people are sure to be judged. ²  They were supposed to watch over my people like shepherds watch over their sheep. But they are causing my people to be destroyed and scattered. ³ 

And as he sowed, some seeds ¹  fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were cut down in the wilderness.

The prince will not take away any of the people’s inheritance by oppressively removing them from their property. He will give his sons an inheritance from his own possessions so that my people will not be scattered, each from his own property.’”

Instead Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers led off all the Judean remnant who had come back to live in the land of Judah from all the nations where they had been scattered. ¹ 

So he made a whip of cords ¹  and drove them all out of the temple courts, ²  with the sheep and the oxen. He scattered the coins of the money changers ³  and overturned their tables.

For some time ago ¹  Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He ²  was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and nothing came of it. ³ 

He waited for seven days, the time period indicated by Samuel. ¹  But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the army began to abandon Saul. ² 

The battle there was spread out over the whole area, and the forest consumed more soldiers than the sword devoured that day.

When ¹  he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were bewildered and helpless, ²  like sheep without a shepherd.

And as he sowed, some seed ¹  fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

Judah was defeated by Israel, and each man ran back home. ¹ 

Judah was defeated by Israel, and each man ran back home. ¹ 

See how he scattered ¹  his lightning ²  about him; he has covered the depths ³  of the sea.

As soon as they see, ¹  they are shocked; ²  they are terrified, they quickly retreat. ³ 

The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem, ¹  and gathers the exiles of Israel.

“The Lord says, ¹  ‘That is why I will scatter your people ²  like chaff that is blown away by a desert wind. ³ 

So the word of the Lord was spreading ¹  through the entire region.

Abimelech fought against the city all that day. He captured the city and killed all the people in it. Then he leveled ¹  the city and spread salt over it. ²