⁴¹ and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and when their uncircumcised hearts are humbled^(A) and they make amends for their iniquity,

³⁰ Moab became subject to Israel that day, and the land had peace for eighty years.

²⁸ So Midian was subdued before the Israelites, and they were no longer a threat. The land had peace for forty years^(A) during the days of Gideon.

¹³ So the Philistines were subdued^(A) and^[a] did not invade Israel’s territory again.^(B) The Lord’s hand was against the Philistines all of Samuel’s life.

The Philistine Giants

⁴ After this,^(A) a war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim,^[a](B) and the Philistines were subdued.

¹⁸ The Israelites were subdued at that time. The Judahites succeeded because they depended on the Lord, the God of their ancestors.