It happened, when he had come, that he blew a shofar in the hill country of Efrayim; and the children of Yisra'el went down with him from the hill country, and he before them.
Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheva the son of Bikhri, and threw it out to Yo'av. He blew the shofar, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Yo'av returned to Yerushalayim to the king.
I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Don't be you afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
Yehoshua said to them, If you are a great people, go up to the forest, and cut down for yourself there in the land of the Perizzi and of the Refa'im; since the hill country of Efrayim is too narrow for you.
but the hill country shall be yours; for though it is a forest, you shall cut it down, and the goings out of it shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Kena`anim, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong.
After Avimelekh there arose to save Yisra'el Tola the son of Pu`ah, the son of Dodo, a man of Yissakhar; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Efrayim.
It happened in those days, when there was no king in Yisra'el, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill country of Efrayim, who took to him a concubine out of Beit-Lechem-Yehudah.
Those whose root is in `Amalek came out of Efrayim, after you, Binyamin, among your peoples. Governors come down out of Makhir. Those who handle the marshal's staff came out of Zevulun.
Gid`on sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Efrayim, saying, Come down against Midyan, and take before them the waters, as far as Beit-Barah, even the Yarden. So all the men of Efrayim were gathered together, and took the waters as far as Beit-Barah, even the Yarden.
Yonatan struck the garrison of the Pelishtim that was in Geva: and the Pelishtim heard of it. Sha'ul blew the shofar throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.