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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>.
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>.
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>?
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).
5 And the men <01167> of Gibeah <01390> rose <06965> (8799) against me, and beset <05437> <00> 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).
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>.
7 Behold, ye are all children <01121> of Israel <03478>; give <03051> (8798) here <01988> your advice <01697> and counsel <06098>.
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>.
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;
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>.
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>.
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?
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>:
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>.
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>.
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).
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>.
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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>.
19 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> rose up <06965> (8799) in the morning <01242>, and encamped <02583> (8799) against Gibeah <01390>.
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> .
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>.
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>.
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.)
24 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> came near <07126> (8799) against the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> the second <08145> day <03117>.
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> .
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> .
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>,
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>.
29 And Israel <03478> set <07760> (8799) liers in wait <0693> (8802) round about <05439> Gibeah <01390>.
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>.
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>.
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>.
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>.
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.
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> .
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>.
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>.
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>.
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>.
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>.
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.
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.
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>.
44 And there fell <05307> (8799) of Benjamin <01144> eighteen <08083> <06240> thousand <0505> men <0376>; all these were men <0582> of valour <02428>.
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.
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>.
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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>.
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).