That entire generation passed away; a new generation grew up that had not personally experienced the Lord's presence or seen what he had done for Israel.

Now Ehud had escaped while they were delaying. When he passed the carved images, he escaped to Seirah.

The Lord's spirit empowered Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh and went to Mizpah in Gilead. From there he approached the Ammonites.

But then an old man passed by, returning at the end of the day from his work in the field. The man was from the Ephraimite hill country; he was living temporarily in Gibeah. (The residents of the town were Benjaminites.)