Don’t tell it in Gath. {\cf2\super [14]} \par Don’t cry in Acco. {\cf2\super [15]} \par Roll yourself in the dust at Beth Ophrah. {\cf2\super [16]} \par
God did the same thing for some people from Crete. The Avvite people lived in the towns around Gaza. But some people came from Crete and destroyed the Avvites. Those people from Crete took that land and live there now.)
{The Philistines decided to punish the Israelites living in that area.} So their best soldiers began the attack. The Philistine army split into three groups. One group went {north} on the road to Ophrah, near Shual.
