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Judges 20:1-42

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.