After him Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite led ¹  Israel.

Samson led ¹  Israel for twenty years during the days of Philistine prominence. ² 

He had 700 royal wives ¹  and 300 concubines; ²  his wives had a powerful influence over him. ³ 

David consulted with his military officers, including those who led groups of a thousand and those who led groups of a hundred. ¹ 

Hashabiah son of Kemuel led the Levites, Zadok led the descendants of Aaron,

Ishmaiah son of Obadiah led Zebulun, Jerimoth son of Azriel led Naphtali,

So Haman took the clothing and the horse, and he clothed Mordecai. He led him about on the horse throughout the plaza of the city, calling before him, “So shall it be done to the man whom the king wishes to honor!”

When he led his people out, they rejoiced; his chosen ones shouted with joy. ¹ 

They did not ask: ‘Where is the Lord who delivered us out of Egypt, who brought us through the wilderness, through a land of desert sands and rift valleys, through a land of drought and deep darkness, ¹  through a land in which no one travels, and where no one lives?’ ² 

Then he brought me to the gate that faced toward the east.

When Abram heard that his nephew ¹  had been taken captive, he mobilized ²  his 318 trained men who had been born in his household, and he pursued the invaders ³  as far as Dan. ⁴ 

But Manasseh misled the people of ¹  Judah and the residents of Jerusalem so that they sinned more than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed ahead of the Israelites.

Then he led me toward the south. I saw ¹  a gate on the south. He measured its jambs and its porches; they had the same dimensions as the others.

Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple, he led me out by the gate which faces east and measured all around.

They got up, forced ¹  him out of the town, ²  and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that ³  they could throw him down the cliff. ⁴ 

In the past, when Saul was our king, you were the real leader in Israel. ¹  The Lord said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over Israel.’”

Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their place at the foot of the mountain.

Saul removed David ¹  from his presence and made him a commanding officer. ²  David led the army out to battle and back. ³ 

As a matter of fact, ¹  Amos is saying this: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly be carried into exile ²  away from its land.’”

Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, ¹  be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men ²  and fall from your firm grasp on the truth. ³