Footnote

a At times, Israelite tribes fought one another, although these internal wars displeased Jehovah. (1 Ki. 12:24) Occasionally, though, he approved of such conflicts because certain tribes either had turned against him or had committed other grievous sins.​—Judg. 20:3-35; 2 Chron. 13:3-18; 25:14-22; 28:1-8.