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Judges 19:1--21:25

19:1

And it came to pass in those days
<03117>_,

when [there was] no king
<04428>

in Israel
<03478>_,

that there was a certain
<0376>

Levite
<03881>

sojourning
<01481> (8802)

on the side
<03411>

of mount
<02022>

Ephraim
<0669>_,

who took
<03947> (8799)

to him a concubine
<0802> <06370>

out of Bethlehemjudah
<01035> <03063>_.

{a concubine: Heb. a woman a concubine, or, a wife a concubine}

19:2

And his concubine
<06370>

played the whore
<02181> (8799)

against him, and went away
<03212> (8799)

from him unto her father's
<01>

house
<01004>

to Bethlehemjudah
<01035> <03063>_,

and was there four
<0702>

whole months
<02320> <03117>_.

{four whole months: or, a year and four month: Heb. days, four months}

19:3

And her husband
<0376>

arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

after
<0310>

her, to speak
<01696> (8763)

friendly
<03820>

unto her, [and] to bring her again
<07725> (8687)_,

having his servant
<05288>

with him, and a couple
<06776>

of asses
<02543>_:

and she brought
<0935> (8686)

him into her father's
<01>

house
<01004>_:

and when the father
<01>

of the damsel
<05291>

saw
<07200> (8799)

him, he rejoiced
<08055> (8799)

to meet
<07125> (8800)

him. {friendly...: Heb. to her heart}

19:4

And his father in law
<02859> (8802)_,

the damsel's
<05291>

father
<01>_,

retained
<02388> (8686)

him; and he abode
<03427> (8799)

with him three
<07969>

days
<03117>_:

so they did eat
<0398> (8799)

and drink
<08354> (8799)_,

and lodged
<03885> (8799)

there.

19:5

And it came to pass on the fourth
<07243>

day
<03117>_,

when they arose early
<07925> (8686)

in the morning
<01242>_,

that he rose up
<06965> (8799)

to depart
<03212> (8800)_:

and the damsel's
<05291>

father
<01>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto his son in law
<02860>_,

Comfort
<05582> (8798)

thine heart
<03820>

with a morsel
<06595>

of bread
<03899>_,

and afterward
<0310>

go your way
<03212> (8799)_.

{Comfort: Heb. Strengthen}

19:6

And they sat down
<03427> (8799)_,

and did eat
<0398> (8799)

and drink
<08354> (8799)

both
<08147>

of them together
<03162>_:

for the damsel's
<05291>

father
<01>

had said
<0559> (8799)

unto the man
<0376>_,

Be content
<02974> (8685)_,

I pray thee, and tarry all night
<03885> (8798)_,

and let thine heart
<03820>

be merry
<03190> (8799)_.

19:7

And when the man
<0376>

rose up
<06965> (8799)

to depart
<03212> (8800)_,

his father in law
<02859> (8802)

urged
<06484> (8799)

him: therefore he lodged
<03885> (8799)

there again
<07725> (8799)_.

19:8

And he arose early
<07925> (8686)

in the morning
<01242>

on the fifth
<02549>

day
<03117>

to depart
<03212> (8800)_:

and the damsel's
<05291>

father
<01>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Comfort
<05582> (8798)

thine heart
<03824>_,

I pray thee. And they tarried
<04102> (8701)

until afternoon
<03117> <05186> (8800)_,

and they did eat
<0398> (8799)

both
<08147>

of them. {until afternoon: Heb. till the day declined}

19:9

And when the man
<0376>

rose up
<06965> (8799)

to depart
<03212> (8800)_,

he, and his concubine
<06370>_,

and his servant
<05288>_,

his father in law
<02859> (8802)_,

the damsel's
<05291>

father
<01>_,

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Behold, now the day
<03117>

draweth
<07503> (8804)

toward evening
<06150> (8800)_,

I pray you tarry all night
<03885> (8798)_:

behold, the day
<03117>

groweth to an end
<02583> (8800)_,

lodge
<03885> (8798)

here, that thine heart
<03824>

may be merry
<03190> (8799)_;

and to morrow
<04279>

get you early
<07925> (8689)

on your way
<01870>_,

that thou mayest go
<01980> (8804)

home
<0168>_.

{draweth: Heb. is weak} {the day groweth to an end: Heb. it is the pitching time of the day} {home: Heb. to thy tent}

19:10

But the man
<0376>

would
<014> (8804)

not tarry that night
<03885> (8800)_,

but he rose up
<06965> (8799)

and departed
<03212> (8799)_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

over against
<05227>

Jebus
<02982>_,

which [is] Jerusalem
<03389>_;

and [there were] with him two
<06776>

asses
<02543>

saddled
<02280> (8803)_,

his concubine
<06370>

also [was] with him. {over against: Heb. to over against}

19:11

[And] when they [were] by Jebus
<02982>_,

the day
<03117>

was far
<03966>

spent
<07286> (8804)_;

and the servant
<05288>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto his master
<0113>_,

Come
<03212> (8798)_,

I pray thee, and let us turn in
<05493> (8799)

into this city
<05892>

of the Jebusites
<02983>_,

and lodge
<03885> (8799)

in it.

19:12

And his master
<0113>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, We will not turn aside
<05493> (8799)

hither into the city
<05892>

of a stranger
<05237>_,

that [is] not of the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_;

we will pass over
<05674> (8804)

to Gibeah
<01390>_.

19:13

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto his servant
<05288>_,

Come
<03212> (8798)_,

and let us draw near
<07126> (8799)

to one
<0259>

of these places
<04725>

to lodge all night
<03885> (8804)_,

in Gibeah
<01390>_,

or in Ramah
<07414>_.

19:14

And they passed on
<05674> (8799)

and went their way
<03212> (8799)_;

and the sun
<08121>

went down
<0935> (8799)

upon them [when they were] by
<0681>

Gibeah
<01390>_,

which [belongeth] to Benjamin
<01144>_.

19:15

And they turned aside
<05493> (8799)

thither, to go in
<0935> (8800)

[and] to lodge
<03885> (8800)

in Gibeah
<01390>_:

and when he went in
<0935> (8799)_,

he sat him down
<03427> (8799)

in a street
<07339>

of the city
<05892>_:

for [there was] no man
<0376>

that took
<0622> (8764)

them into his house
<01004>

to lodging
<03885> (8800)_.

19:16

And, behold, there came
<0935> (8804)

an old
<02205>

man
<0376>

from his work
<04639>

out of the field
<07704>

at even
<06153>_,

which [was] also
<0376>

of mount
<02022>

Ephraim
<0669>_;

and he sojourned
<01481> (8804)

in Gibeah
<01390>_:

but the men
<0582>

of the place
<04725>

[were] Benjamites
<01145>_.

19:17

And when he had lifted up
<05375> (8799)

his eyes
<05869>_,

he saw
<07200> (8799)

a wayfaring
<0732> (8802)

man
<0376>

in the street
<07339>

of the city
<05892>_:

and the old
<02205>

man
<0376>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Whither goest
<03212> (8799)

thou? and whence
<0370>

comest
<0935> (8799)

thou?

19:18

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, We [are] passing
<05674> (8802)

from Bethlehemjudah
<01035> <03063>

toward the side
<03411>

of mount
<02022>

Ephraim
<0669>_;

from thence [am] I: and I went
<03212> (8799)

to Bethlehemjudah
<01035> <03063>_,

but I [am now] going
<01980> (8802)

to the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_;

and there [is] no man
<0376>

that receiveth
<0622> (8764)

me to house
<01004>_.

{receiveth: Heb. gathereth}

19:19

Yet there is
<03426>

both straw
<08401>

and provender
<04554>

for our asses
<02543>_;

and there is bread
<03899>

and wine
<03196>

also for me, and for thy handmaid
<0519>_,

and for the young man
<05288>

[which is] with thy servants
<05650>_:

[there is] no want
<04270>

of any thing
<01697>_.

19:20

And the old
<02205>

man
<0376>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Peace
<07965>

[be] with thee; howsoever
<07535>

[let] all thy wants
<04270>

[lie] upon me; only lodge
<03885> (8799)

not in the street
<07339>_.

19:21

So he brought
<0935> (8686)

him into his house
<01004>_,

and gave provender
<01101> (8799)

unto the asses
<02543>_:

and they washed
<07364> (8799)

their feet
<07272>_,

and did eat
<0398> (8799)

and drink
<08354> (8799)_.

19:22

[Now] as they were making their hearts
<03820>

merry
<03190> (8688)_,

behold, the men
<0582>

of the city
<05892>_,

certain
<0582>

sons
<01121>

of Belial
<01100>_,

beset
<05437> (0)

the house
<01004>

round about
<05437> (8738)_,

[and] beat
<01849> (8693)

at the door
<01817>_,

and spake
<0559> (8799)

to the master
<01167>

of the house
<01004>_,

the old
<02205>

man
<0376>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Bring forth
<03318> (8685)

the man
<0376>

that came
<0935> (8804)

into thine house
<01004>_,

that we may know
<03045> (8799)

him.

19:23

And the man
<0376>_,

the master
<01167>

of the house
<01004>_,

went out
<03318> (8799)

unto them, and said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Nay
<0408>_,

my brethren
<0251>_,

[nay], I pray you, do not [so] wickedly
<07489> (8686)_;

seeing
<0310>

that this man
<0376>

is come
<0935> (8804)

into mine house
<01004>_,

do
<06213> (8799)

not this folly
<05039>_.

19:24

Behold, [here is] my daughter
<01323>

a maiden
<01330>_,

and his concubine
<06370>_;

them I will bring out
<03318> (8686)

now, and humble
<06031> (8761)

ye them, and do
<06213> (8798)

with them what seemeth
<05869>

good
<02896>

unto you: but unto this man
<0376>

do
<06213> (8799)

not so
<02063>

vile
<05039>

a thing
<01697>_.

{so vile...: Heb. the matter of this folly}

19:25

But the men
<0582>

would
<014> (8804)

not hearken
<08085> (8800)

to him: so the man
<0376>

took
<02388> (8686)

his concubine
<06370>_,

and brought
<03318> (8686)

her forth
<02351>

unto them; and they knew
<03045> (8799)

her, and abused
<05953> (8691)

her all the night
<03915>

until the morning
<01242>_:

and when the day
<07837>

began to spring
<05927> (8800)_,

they let her go
<07971> (8762)_.

19:26

Then came
<0935> (8799)

the woman
<0802>

in the dawning
<06437> (8800)

of the day
<01242>_,

and fell down
<05307> (8799)

at the door
<06607>

of the man's
<0376>

house
<01004>

where her lord
<0113>

[was], till it was light
<0216>_.

19:27

And her lord
<0113>

rose up
<06965> (8799)

in the morning
<01242>_,

and opened
<06605> (8799)

the doors
<01817>

of the house
<01004>_,

and went out
<03318> (8799)

to go
<03212> (8800)

his way
<01870>_:

and, behold, the woman
<0802>

his concubine
<06370>

was fallen down
<05307> (8802)

[at] the door
<06607>

of the house
<01004>_,

and her hands
<03027>

[were] upon the threshold
<05592>_.

19:28

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto her, Up
<06965> (8798)_,

and let us be going
<03212> (8799)_.

But none answered
<06030> (8802)_.

Then the man
<0376>

took
<03947> (8799)

her [up] upon an ass
<02543>_,

and the man
<0376>

rose up
<06965> (8799)_,

and gat
<03212> (8799)

him unto his place
<04725>_.

19:29

And when he was come
<0935> (8799)

into his house
<01004>_,

he took
<03947> (8799)

a knife
<03979>_,

and laid hold
<02388> (8686)

on his concubine
<06370>_,

and divided
<05408> (8762)

her, [together] with her bones
<06106>_,

into twelve
<08147> <06240>

pieces
<05409>_,

and sent
<07971> (8762)

her into all the coasts
<01366>

of Israel
<03478>_.

19:30

And it was so
<01961> (8738)_,

that all that saw
<07200> (8802)

it said
<0559> (8804)_,

There was no such deed
<02063>

done nor seen
<07200> (8738)

from the day
<03117>

that the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

came up
<05927> (8800)

out of the land
<0776>

of Egypt
<04714>

unto this day
<03117>_:

consider
<07760> (8798)

of it, take advice
<05779> (8798)_,

and speak
<01696> (8761)

[your minds].

20:1

Then all the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

went out
<03318> (8799)_,

and the congregation
<05712>

was gathered together
<06950> (8735)

as one
<0259>

man
<0376>_,

from Dan
<01835>

even to Beersheba
<0884>_,

with the land
<0776>

of Gilead
<01568>_,

unto the LORD
<03068>

in Mizpeh
<04709>_.

20:2

And the chief
<06438>

of all the people
<05971>_,

[even] of all the tribes
<07626>

of Israel
<03478>_,

presented
<03320> (8691)

themselves in the assembly
<06951>

of the people
<05971>

of God
<0430>_,

four
<0702>

hundred
<03967>

thousand
<0505>

footmen
<0376> <07273>

that drew
<08025> (8802)

sword
<02719>_.

20:3

(Now the children
<01121>

of Benjamin
<01144>

heard
<08085> (8799)

that the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

were gone up
<05927> (8804)

to Mizpeh
<04709>.)

Then said
<0559> (8799)

the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_,

Tell
<01696> (8761)

[us], how was
<01961> (8738)

this wickedness
<07451>_?

20:4

And the Levite
<03881> <0376>_,

the husband
<0376>

of the woman
<0802>

that was slain
<07523> (8737)_,

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

I came
<0935> (8804)

into Gibeah
<01390>

that [belongeth] to Benjamin
<01144>_,

I and my concubine
<06370>_,

to lodge
<03885> (8800)_.

{the Levite: Heb. the man the Levite}

20:5

And the men
<01167>

of Gibeah
<01390>

rose
<06965> (8799)

against me, and beset
<05437> (0)

the house
<01004>

round about
<05437> (8799)

upon me by night
<03915>_,

[and] thought
<01819> (8765)

to have slain
<02026> (8800)

me: and my concubine
<06370>

have they forced
<06031> (8765)_,

that she is dead
<04191> (8799)_.

{forced: Heb. humbled}

20:6

And I took
<0270> (8799)

my concubine
<06370>_,

and cut her in pieces
<05408> (8762)_,

and sent
<07971> (8762)

her throughout all the country
<07704>

of the inheritance
<05159>

of Israel
<03478>_:

for they have committed
<06213> (8804)

lewdness
<02154>

and folly
<05039>

in Israel
<03478>_.

20:7

Behold, ye [are] all children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_;

give
<03051> (8798)

here
<01988>

your advice
<01697>

and counsel
<06098>_.

20:8

And all the people
<05971>

arose
<06965> (8799)

as one
<0259>

man
<0376>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

We will not any
<0376>

[of us] go
<03212> (8799)

to his tent
<0168>_,

neither will we any
<0376>

[of us] turn
<05493> (8799)

into his house
<01004>_.

20:9

But now this [shall be] the thing
<01697>

which we will do
<06213> (8799)

to Gibeah
<01390>_;

[we will go up] by lot
<01486>

against it;

20:10

And we will take
<03947> (8804)

ten
<06235>

men
<0582>

of an hundred
<03967>

throughout all the tribes
<07626>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and an hundred
<03967>

of a thousand
<0505>_,

and a thousand
<0505>

out of ten thousand
<07233>_,

to fetch
<03947> (8800)

victual
<06720>

for the people
<05971>_,

that they may do
<06213> (8800)_,

when they come
<0935> (8800)

to Gibeah
<01387>

of Benjamin
<01144>_,

according to all the folly
<05039>

that they have wrought
<06213> (8804)

in Israel
<03478>_.

20:11

So all the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

were gathered
<0622> (8735)

against the city
<05892>_,

knit together
<02270>

as one
<0259>

man
<0376>_.

{knit...: Heb. fellows}

20:12

And the tribes
<07626>

of Israel
<03478>

sent
<07971> (8799)

men
<0582>

through all the tribe
<07626>

of Benjamin
<01144>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

What wickedness
<07451>

[is] this that is done
<01961> (8738)

among you?

20:13

Now therefore deliver
<05414> (8798)

[us] the men
<0582>_,

the children
<01121>

of Belial
<01100>_,

which [are] in Gibeah
<01390>_,

that we may put them to death
<04191> (8686)_,

and put away
<01197> (8762)

evil
<07451>

from Israel
<03478>_.

But the children
<01121>

of Benjamin
<01144>

would
<014> (8804)

not hearken
<08085> (8800)

to the voice
<06963>

of their brethren
<0251>

the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_:

20:14

But the children
<01121>

of Benjamin
<01144>

gathered themselves together
<0622> (8735)

out of the cities
<05892>

unto Gibeah
<01390>_,

to go out
<03318> (8800)

to battle
<04421>

against the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_.

20:15

And the children
<01121>

of Benjamin
<01144>

were numbered
<06485> (8691)

at that time
<03117>

out of the cities
<05892>

twenty
<06242>

and six
<08337>

thousand
<0505>

men
<0376>

that drew
<08025> (8802)

sword
<02719>_,

beside the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of Gibeah
<01390>_,

which were numbered
<06485> (8694)

seven
<07651>

hundred
<03967>

chosen
<0977> (8803)

men
<0376>_.

20:16

Among all this people
<05971>

[there were] seven
<07651>

hundred
<03967>

chosen
<0977> (8803)

men
<0376>

lefthanded
<0334> <03027> <03225>_;

every one could sling
<07049> (8802)

stones
<068>

at an hair
<08185>

[breadth], and not miss
<02398> (8686)_.

20:17

And the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>_,

beside Benjamin
<01144>_,

were numbered
<06485> (8694)

four
<0702>

hundred
<03967>

thousand
<0505>

men
<0376>

that drew
<08025> (8802)

sword
<02719>_:

all these [were] men
<0376>

of war
<04421>_.

20:18

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and went up
<05927> (8799)

to the house
<01004>

of God
<0430> (8677) <01008>_,

and asked
<07592> (8799)

counsel of God
<0430>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Which
<04310>

of us shall go up
<05927> (8799)

first
<08462>

to the battle
<04421>

against the children
<01121>

of Benjamin
<01144>_?

And the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Judah
<03063>

[shall go up] first
<08462>_.

20:19

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

rose up
<06965> (8799)

in the morning
<01242>_,

and encamped
<02583> (8799)

against Gibeah
<01390>_.

20:20

And the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

went out
<03318> (8799)

to battle
<04421>

against Benjamin
<01144>_;

and the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

put themselves in array
<06186> (8799)

to fight
<04421>

against them at Gibeah
<01390>_.

20:21

And the children
<01121>

of Benjamin
<01144>

came forth
<03318> (8799)

out of Gibeah
<01390>_,

and destroyed down
<07843> (8686)

to the ground
<0776>

of the Israelites
<03478>

that day
<03117>

twenty
<06242>

and two
<08147>

thousand
<0505>

men
<0376>_.

20:22

And the people
<05971>

the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

encouraged
<02388> (8691)

themselves, and set their battle
<04421>

again
<03254> (8686)

in array
<06186> (8800)

in the place
<04725>

where they put themselves in array
<06186> (8804)

the first
<07223>

day
<03117>_.

20:23

(And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

went up
<05927> (8799)

and wept
<01058> (8799)

before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>

until even
<06153>_,

and asked
<07592> (8799)

counsel of the LORD
<03068>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Shall I go up
<05066> (8800)

again
<03254> (8686)

to battle
<04421>

against the children
<01121>

of Benjamin
<01144>

my brother
<0251>_?

And the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Go up
<05927> (8798)

against him.)

20:24

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

came near
<07126> (8799)

against the children
<01121>

of Benjamin
<01144>

the second
<08145>

day
<03117>_.

20:25

And Benjamin
<01144>

went forth
<03318> (8799)

against
<07125> (8800)

them out of Gibeah
<01390>

the second
<08145>

day
<03117>_,

and destroyed down
<07843> (8686)

to the ground
<0776>

of the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

again eighteen
<08083> <06240>

thousand
<0505>

men
<0376>_;

all these drew
<08025> (8802)

the sword
<02719>_.

20:26

Then all the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and all the people
<05971>_,

went up
<05927> (8799)_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

unto the house
<01004>

of God
<0430> (8677) <01008>_,

and wept
<01058> (8799)_,

and sat
<03427> (8799)

there before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>_,

and fasted
<06684> (8799)

that day
<03117>

until even
<06153>_,

and offered
<05927> (8686)

burnt offerings
<05930>

and peace offerings
<08002>

before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>_.

20:27

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

enquired
<07592> (8799)

of the LORD
<03068>_,

(for the ark
<0727>

of the covenant
<01285>

of God
<0430>

[was] there in those days
<03117>_,

20:28

And Phinehas
<06372>_,

the son
<01121>

of Eleazar
<0499>_,

the son
<01121>

of Aaron
<0175>_,

stood
<05975> (8802)

before
<06440>

it in those days
<03117>,)

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Shall I yet again
<03254> (8686)

go out
<03318> (8800)

to battle
<04421>

against the children
<01121>

of Benjamin
<01144>

my brother
<0251>_,

or shall I cease
<02308> (8799)_?

And the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Go up
<05927> (8798)_;

for to morrow
<04279>

I will deliver
<05414> (8799)

them into thine hand
<03027>_.

20:29

And Israel
<03478>

set
<07760> (8799)

liers in wait
<0693> (8802)

round about
<05439>

Gibeah
<01390>_.

20:30

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

went up
<05927> (8799)

against the children
<01121>

of Benjamin
<01144>

on the third
<07992>

day
<03117>_,

and put themselves in array
<06186> (8799)

against Gibeah
<01390>_,

as at other times
<06471>_.

20:31

And the children
<01121>

of Benjamin
<01144>

went out
<03318> (8799)

against
<07125> (8800)

the people
<05971>_,

[and] were drawn away
<05423> (8717)

from the city
<05892>_;

and they began
<02490> (8686)

to smite
<05221> (8687)

of the people
<05971>_,

[and] kill
<02491>_,

as at other times
<06471>_,

in the highways
<04546>_,

of which one
<0259>

goeth up
<05927> (8802)

to the house
<01004>

of God
<0430> (8677) <01008>_,

and the other
<0259>

to Gibeah
<01390>

in the field
<07704>_,

about thirty
<07970>

men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>_.

{to smite...: Heb. to smite of the people wounded as at, etc} {the house...: or, Bethel}

20:32

And the children
<01121>

of Benjamin
<01144>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

They [are] smitten down
<05062> (8737)

before
<06440>

us, as at the first
<07223>_.

But the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

said
<0559> (8804)_,

Let us flee
<05127> (8799)_,

and draw
<05423> (8804)

them from the city
<05892>

unto the highways
<04546>_.

20:33

And all the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

rose up
<06965> (8804)

out of their place
<04725>_,

and put themselves in array
<06186> (8799)

at Baaltamar
<01193>_:

and the liers in wait
<0693> (8802)

of Israel
<03478>

came forth
<01518> (8688)

out of their places
<04725>_,

[even] out of the meadows
<04629>

of Gibeah
<01387>_.

20:34

And there came
<0935> (8799)

against
<05048>

Gibeah
<01390>

ten
<06235>

thousand
<0505>

chosen
<0977> (8803)

men
<0376>

out of all Israel
<03478>_,

and the battle
<04421>

was sore
<03513> (8804)_:

but they knew
<03045> (8804)

not that evil
<07451>

[was] near
<05060> (8802)

them.

20:35

And the LORD
<03068>

smote
<05062> (8799)

Benjamin
<01144>

before
<06440>

Israel
<03478>_:

and the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

destroyed
<07843> (8686)

of the Benjamites
<01145>

that day
<03117>

twenty
<06242>

and five
<02568>

thousand
<0505>

and an hundred
<03967>

men
<0376>_:

all these drew
<08025> (8802)

the sword
<02719>_.

20:36

So the children
<01121>

of Benjamin
<01144>

saw
<07200> (8799)

that they were smitten
<05062> (8738)_:

for the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

gave
<05414> (8799)

place
<04725>

to the Benjamites
<01145>_,

because they trusted
<0982> (8804)

unto the liers in wait
<0693> (8802)

which they had set
<07760> (8804)

beside Gibeah
<01390>_.

20:37

And the liers in wait
<0693> (8802)

hasted
<02363> (8689)_,

and rushed
<06584> (8799)

upon Gibeah
<01390>_;

and the liers in wait
<0693> (8802)

drew [themselves] along
<04900> (8799)_,

and smote
<05221> (8686)

all the city
<05892>

with the edge
<06310>

of the sword
<02719>_.

{drew...: or, made a long sound with the trumpet}

20:38

Now there was an appointed sign
<04150>

between the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

and
<05973>

the liers in wait
<0693> (8802)_,

that they should make a great
<07235> (8685)

flame
<04864>

with smoke
<06227>

rise up
<05927> (8687)

out of the city
<05892>_.

{sign: or, time} {and: Heb. with} {flame: Heb. elevation}

20:39

And when the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

retired
<02015> (8799)

in the battle
<04421>_,

Benjamin
<01144>

began
<02490> (8689)

to smite
<05221> (8687)

[and] kill
<02491>

of the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

about thirty
<07970>

persons
<0376>_:

for they said
<0559> (8804)_,

Surely
<05062> (8736)

they are smitten down
<05062> (8737)

before
<06440>

us, as [in] the first
<07223>

battle
<04421>_.

{to smite...: Heb. to smite the wounded}

20:40

But when the flame
<04864>

began
<02490> (8689)

to arise up
<05927> (8800)

out of the city
<05892>

with a pillar
<05982>

of smoke
<06227>_,

the Benjamites
<01145>

looked
<06437> (8799)

behind
<0310>

them, and, behold, the flame
<03632>

of the city
<05892>

ascended up
<05927> (8804)

to heaven
<08064>_.

{the flame of: Heb. the whole consumption of}

20:41

And when the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

turned again
<02015> (8804)_,

the men
<0376>

of Benjamin
<01144>

were amazed
<0926> (8735)_:

for they saw
<07200> (8804)

that evil
<07451>

was come
<05060> (8804)

upon them. {was come...: Heb. touched them}

20:42

Therefore they turned
<06437> (8799)

[their backs] before
<06440>

the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

unto the way
<01870>

of the wilderness
<04057>_;

but the battle
<04421>

overtook
<01692> (8689)

them; and them which [came] out of the cities
<05892>

they destroyed
<07843> (8688)

in the midst
<08432>

of them.

20:43

[Thus] they inclosed
<03803> (8765)

the Benjamites
<01145>

round about
<03803> (8765)_,

[and] chased
<07291> (8689)

them, [and] trode them down
<01869> (8689)

with ease
<04496>

over against
<05227>

Gibeah
<01390>

toward the sunrising
<04217> <08121>_.

{with ease...: or, from Menuchah, etc} {over...: Heb. unto over against}

20:44

And there fell
<05307> (8799)

of Benjamin
<01144>

eighteen
<08083> <06240>

thousand
<0505>

men
<0376>_;

all these [were] men
<0582>

of valour
<02428>_.

20:45

And they turned
<06437> (8799)

and fled
<05127> (8799)

toward the wilderness
<04057>

unto the rock
<05553>

of Rimmon
<07417>_:

and they gleaned
<05953> (8779)

of them in the highways
<04546>

five
<02568>

thousand
<0505>

men
<0376>_;

and pursued
<01692> (8686)

hard after
<0310>

them unto Gidom
<01440>_,

and slew
<05221> (8686)

two thousand
<0505>

men
<0376>

of them.

20:46

So that all which fell
<05307> (8802)

that day
<03117>

of Benjamin
<01144>

were twenty
<06242>

and five
<02568>

thousand
<0505>

men
<0376>

that drew
<08025> (8802)

the sword
<02719>_;

all these [were] men
<0582>

of valour
<02428>_.

20:47

But six
<08337>

hundred
<03967>

men
<0376>

turned
<06437> (8799)

and fled
<05127> (8799)

to the wilderness
<04057>

unto the rock
<05553>

Rimmon
<07417>_,

and abode
<03427> (8799)

in the rock
<05553>

Rimmon
<07417>

four
<0702>

months
<02320>_.

20:48

And the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

turned again
<07725> (8804)

upon the children
<01121>

of Benjamin
<01144>_,

and smote
<05221> (8686)

them with the edge
<06310>

of the sword
<02719>_,

as well the men
<04974>

of [every] city
<05892>_,

as
<05704>

the beast
<0929>_,

and all that came to hand
<04672> (8737)_:

also they set
<07971> (8765)

on fire
<0784>

all the cities
<05892>

that they came to
<04672> (8737)_.

{came to hand: Heb. was found} {they came...: Heb. were found}

21:1

Now the men
<0376>

of Israel
<03478>

had sworn
<07650> (8738)

in Mizpeh
<04709>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

There shall not any
<0376>

of us give
<05414> (8799)

his daughter
<01323>

unto Benjamin
<01144>

to wife
<0802>_.

21:2

And the people
<05971>

came
<0935> (8799)

to the house
<01004>

of God
<0430> (8677) <01008>_,

and abode
<03427> (8799)

there till even
<06153>

before
<06440>

God
<0430>_,

and lifted up
<05375> (8799)

their voices
<06963>_,

and wept
<01058> (8799) <01065>

sore
<01419>_;

21:3

And said
<0559> (8799)_,

O LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_,

why is this come to pass in Israel
<03478>_,

that there should be to day
<03117>

one
<0259>

tribe
<07626>

lacking
<06485> (8736)

in Israel
<03478>_?

21:4

And it came to pass on the morrow
<04283>_,

that the people
<05971>

rose early
<07925> (8686)_,

and built
<01129> (8799)

there an altar
<04196>_,

and offered
<05927> (8686)

burnt offerings
<05930>

and peace offerings
<08002>_.

21:5

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Who [is there] among all the tribes
<07626>

of Israel
<03478>

that
<0834>

came
<05927> (8804)

not up with the congregation
<06951>

unto the LORD
<03068>_?

For they had made a great
<01419>

oath
<07621>

concerning him that came not up
<05927> (8804)

to the LORD
<03068>

to Mizpeh
<04709>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

He shall surely
<04191> (8800)

be put to death
<04191> (8714)_.

21:6

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

repented
<05162> (8735)

them for Benjamin
<01144>

their brother
<0251>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

There is one
<0259>

tribe
<07626>

cut off
<01438> (8738)

from Israel
<03478>

this day
<03117>_.

21:7

How shall we do
<06213> (8799)

for wives
<0802>

for them that remain
<03498> (8737)_,

seeing we have sworn
<07650> (8738)

by the LORD
<03068>

that we will not give
<05414> (8800)

them of our daughters
<01323>

to wives
<0802>_?

21:8

And they said
<0559> (8799)_,

What one
<0259>

[is there] of the tribes
<07626>

of Israel
<03478>

that came not up
<05927> (8804)

to Mizpeh
<04709>

to the LORD
<03068>_?

And, behold, there came
<0935> (8804)

none
<0376>

to the camp
<04264>

from Jabeshgilead
<03003> <01568>

to the assembly
<06951>_.

21:9

For the people
<05971>

were numbered
<06485> (8691)_,

and, behold, [there were] none
<0376>

of the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of Jabeshgilead
<03003> <01568>

there.

21:10

And the congregation
<05712>

sent
<07971> (8799)

thither twelve
<08147> <06240>

thousand
<0505>

men
<0376>

of the valiantest
<01121> <02428>_,

and commanded
<06680> (8762)

them, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Go
<03212> (8798)

and smite
<05221> (8689)

the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of Jabeshgilead
<03003> <01568>

with the edge
<06310>

of the sword
<02719>_,

with the women
<0802>

and the children
<02945>_.

21:11

And this [is] the thing
<01697>

that ye shall do
<06213> (8799)_,

Ye shall utterly destroy
<02763> (8686)

every male
<02145>_,

and every woman
<0802>

that hath lain
<04904>

by man
<03045> (8802)_.

{hath lain...: Heb. knoweth the lying with man}

21:12

And they found
<04672> (8799)

among the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of Jabeshgilead
<03003> <01568>

four
<0702>

hundred
<03967>

young
<05291>

virgins
<01330>_,

that had known
<03045> (8804)

no man
<0376>

by lying
<04904>

with any male
<02145>_:

and they brought
<0935> (8686)

them unto the camp
<04264>

to Shiloh
<07887>_,

which [is] in the land
<0776>

of Canaan
<03667>_.

{young...: Heb. young women virgins}

21:13

And the whole congregation
<05712>

sent
<07971> (8799)

[some] to speak
<01696> (8762)

to the children
<01121>

of Benjamin
<01144>

that [were] in the rock
<05553>

Rimmon
<07417>_,

and to call
<07121> (8799)

peaceably
<07965>

unto them. {to speak...: Heb. and spake and called} {call...: or, proclaim peace}

21:14

And Benjamin
<01144>

came again
<07725> (8799)

at that time
<06256>_;

and they gave
<05414> (8799)

them wives
<0802>

which they had saved alive
<02421> (8765)

of the women
<0802>

of Jabeshgilead
<03003> <01568>_:

and yet so they sufficed
<04672> (8804)

them not.

21:15

And the people
<05971>

repented
<05162> (8737)

them for Benjamin
<01144>_,

because that the LORD
<03068>

had made
<06213> (8804)

a breach
<06556>

in the tribes
<07626>

of Israel
<03478>_.

21:16

Then the elders
<02205>

of the congregation
<05712>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

How shall we do
<06213> (8799)

for wives
<0802>

for them that remain
<03498> (8737)_,

seeing the women
<0802>

are destroyed
<08045> (8738)

out of Benjamin
<01144>_?

21:17

And they said
<0559> (8799)_,

[There must be] an inheritance
<03425>

for them that be escaped
<06413>

of Benjamin
<01144>_,

that a tribe
<07626>

be not destroyed
<04229> (8735)

out of Israel
<03478>_.

21:18

Howbeit we may
<03201> (8799)

not give
<05414> (8800)

them wives
<0802>

of our daughters
<01323>_:

for the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

have sworn
<07650> (8738)_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Cursed
<0779> (8803)

[be] he that giveth
<05414> (8802)

a wife
<0802>

to Benjamin
<01144>_.

21:19

Then they said
<0559> (8799)_,

Behold, [there is] a feast
<02282>

of the LORD
<03068>

in Shiloh
<07887>

yearly
<03117> <03117>

[in a place] which [is] on the north side
<06828>

of Bethel
<01008>_,

on the east side
<04217> <08121>

of the highway
<04546>

that goeth up
<05927> (8802)

from Bethel
<01008>

to Shechem
<07927>_,

and on the south
<05045>

of Lebonah
<03829>_.

{yearly: Heb. from year to year} {on the east...: or, toward the sunrising} {of the highway: or, on the highway}

21:20

Therefore they commanded
<06680> (8762)

the children
<01121>

of Benjamin
<01144>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Go
<03212> (8798)

and lie in wait
<0693> (8804)

in the vineyards
<03754>_;

21:21

And see
<07200> (8804)_,

and, behold, if the daughters
<01323>

of Shiloh
<07887>

come out
<03318> (8799)

to dance
<02342> (8800)

in dances
<04246>_,

then come ye out
<03318> (8804)

of the vineyards
<03754>_,

and catch
<02414> (8804)

you every man
<0376>

his wife
<0802>

of the daughters
<01323>

of Shiloh
<07887>_,

and go
<01980> (8804)

to the land
<0776>

of Benjamin
<01144>_.

21:22

And it shall be, when their fathers
<01>

or their brethren
<0251>

come
<0935> (8799)

unto us to complain
<07378> (8800)_,

that we will say
<0559> (8804)

unto them, Be favourable
<02603> (8798)

unto them for our sakes: because we reserved
<03947> (8804)

not to each man
<0376>

his wife
<0802>

in the war
<04421>_:

for ye did not give
<05414> (8804)

unto them at this time
<06256>_,

[that] ye should be guilty
<0816> (8799)_.

{Be favourable...: or, Gratify us in them}

21:23

And the children
<01121>

of Benjamin
<01144>

did so
<06213> (8799)_,

and took
<05375> (8799)

[them] wives
<0802>_,

according to their number
<04557>_,

of them that danced
<02342> (8789)_,

whom they caught
<01497> (8804)_:

and they went
<03212> (8799)

and returned
<07725> (8799)

unto their inheritance
<05159>_,

and repaired
<01129> (8799)

the cities
<05892>_,

and dwelt
<03427> (8799)

in them.

21:24

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

departed
<01980> (8691)

thence at that time
<06256>_,

every man
<0376>

to his tribe
<07626>

and to his family
<04940>_,

and they went out
<03318> (8799)

from thence every man
<0376>

to his inheritance
<05159>_.

21:25

In those days
<03117>

[there was] no king
<04428>

in Israel
<03478>_:

every man
<0376>

did
<06213> (8799)

[that which was] right
<03477>

in his own eyes
<05869>_.