And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and reached down and took it, and struck a thousand men with it.

Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you."

Then the Spirit of the LORD came on Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon.

"Please speak in the ears of all the lords of Shechem, 'Is it better for you that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you?' Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.'"

The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign you over us.'