But after a rest to them, they turned to doing evil before You. And You left them in the hand of their enemies, and they ruled over them. But they turned back and cried to You, and You heard them from Heaven, and You saved them according to Your mercies many times.
as the days in which the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from affliction to joy, and from mourning into a good day, to make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions a man to his neighbor and gifts to the poor.
And Joshua took the whole of the land, according to all that Jehovah had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it for Israel according to their divisions, by their tribes. And the land had rest from war.
And the Spirit of Jehovah was put on him, and he judged Israel. And he went out to war, and Jehovah gave Chushanrishathaim the king of Mesopotamia into his hand. And his hand had power over Chushan-rishathaim.
And the sons of Israel did evil again in the sight of Jehovah. And Jehovah made Eglon the king of Moab strong against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of Jehovah.
And when the sons of Israel cried to Jehovah, Jehovah raised up one to deliver the sons of Israel, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, who saved them.
So all Your enemies shall perish, O Jehovah, and those who love Him shall be as the sun when it goes forth in its might. And the land had rest forty years.
And Midian was subdued before the sons of Israel, and they did not lift up their heads any more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.