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[1] Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah. [2] The chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen who drew sword. [3] (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) The children of Israel said, “Tell us, how did this wickedness happen?” [4] The Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered, “I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night. [5] The men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house by night. They intended to kill me and they raped my concubine, and she is dead. [6] I took my concubine and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel. [7] Behold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.” [8] All the people arose as one man, saying, “None of us will go to his tent, neither will any of us turn to his house. [9] But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot; [10] and we will take ten men of one hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of one thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand to get food for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that the men of Gibeah have done in Israel.” [11] So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. [12] The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What wickedness is this that has happened among you? [13] Now therefore deliver up the men, the wicked fellows who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death and put away evil from Israel.”But Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brothers, the children of Israel. [14] The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel. [15] The children of Benjamin were counted on that day out of the cities twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, in addition to the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were counted seven hundred chosen men. [16] Among all these soldiers there were seven hundred chosen men who were left-handed. Every one of them could sling a stone at a hair and not miss. [17] The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were counted four hundred thousand men who drew sword. All these were men of war. [18] The children of Israel arose, went up to Bethel, and asked counsel of God. They asked, “Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin?”Yahweh said, “Judah first.” [19] The children of Israel rose up in the morning and encamped against Gibeah. [20] The men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel set the battle in array against them at Gibeah. [21] The children of Benjamin came out of Gibeah, and on that day destroyed twenty-two thousand of the Israelite men down to the ground. [22] The people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set the battle again in array in the place where they set themselves in array the first day. [23] The children of Israel went up and wept before Yahweh until evening; and they asked of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I again draw near to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother?”Yahweh said, “Go up against him.” [24] The children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day. [25] Benjamin went out against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men. All these drew the sword. [26] Then all the children of Israel and all the people went up, and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh, and fasted that day until evening; then they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh. [27] The children of Israel asked Yahweh (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, [28] and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, “Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease?”Yahweh said, “Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand.” [29] Israel set ambushes all around Gibeah. [30] The children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. [31] The children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike and kill of the people as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of Israel. [32] The children of Benjamin said, “They are struck down before us, as at the first.” But the children of Israel said, “Let’s flee, and draw them away from the city to the highways.” [33] All the men of Israel rose up out of their place and set themselves in array at Baal Tamar. Then the ambushers of Israel broke out of their place, even out of Maareh Geba. [34] Ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel came over against Gibeah, and the battle was severe; but they didn’t know that disaster was close to them. [35] Yahweh struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men. All these drew the sword. [36] So the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck, for the men of Israel yielded to Benjamin because they trusted the ambushers whom they had set against Gibeah. [37] The ambushers hurried, and rushed on Gibeah; then the ambushers spread out, and struck all the city with the edge of the sword. [38] Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambushers was that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city. [39] The men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to strike and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said, “Surely they are struck down before us, as in the first battle.” [40] But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and behold, the whole city went up in smoke to the sky. [41] The men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that disaster had come on them. [42] Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness, but the battle followed hard after them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the middle of it. [43] They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them, and trod them down at their resting place, as far as near Gibeah toward the sunrise. [44] Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell; all these were men of valor. [45] They turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon. They gleaned five thousand men of them in the highways, and followed hard after them to Gidom, and struck two thousand men of them. [46] So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword. All these were men of valor. [47] But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and stayed in the rock of Rimmon four months. [48] The men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword—including the entire city, the livestock, and all that they found. Moreover they set all the cities which they found on fire.
King James Version
[1] Then all the children H1121 of Israel H3478 went out, H3318 (QalImpf) and the congregation H5712 was gathered together H6950 (NiphImpf) as one H259 man, H376 from Dan H1835 even to Beer-sheba, H884 with the land H776 of Gilead, H1568 unto the Lord H3068 in Mizpeh. H4709 [2] And the chief H6438 of all the people, H5971 even of all the tribes H7626 of Israel, H3478 presented H3320 (HithImpf) themselves in the assembly H6951 of the people H5971 of God, H430 four H702 hundred H3967 thousand H505 footmen H376 that drew H8025 (QalActPtc) sword. H2719 [3] (Now the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 heard H8085 (QalImpf) that the children H1121 of Israel H3478 were gone up H5927 (QalPerf) to Mizpeh.) H4709 Then said H559 (QalImpf) the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 Tell H1696 (PielImpv) us, how was H1961 (NiphPerf) this wickedness? H7451 [4] And the Levite, H3881§ the husband H376 of the woman H802 that was slain, H7523 (NiphPtc) answered H6030 (QalImpf) and said, H559 (QalImpf) I came H935 (QalPerf) into Gibeah H1390 that belongeth to Benjamin, H1144 I and my concubine, H6370 to lodge. H3885 (QalInf) [5] And the men H1167 of Gibeah H1390 rose H6965 (QalImpf) against me, and beset H5437 the house H1004 round about H5437 (QalImpf) upon me by night, H3915 and thought H1819 (PielPerf) to have slain H2026 (QalInf) me: and my concubine H6370 have they forced, H6031 (PielPerf)§ that she is dead. H4191 (QalImpf) [6] And I took H270 (QalImpf) my concubine, H6370 and cut her in pieces, H5408 (PielImpf) and sent H7971 (PielImpf) her throughout all the country H7704 of the inheritance H5159 of Israel: H3478 for they have committed H6213 (QalPerf) lewdness H2154 and folly H5039 in Israel. H3478 [7] Behold, ye are all children H1121 of Israel; H3478 give H3051 (QalImpv) here H1988 your advice H1697 and counsel. H6098 [8] And all the people H5971 arose H6965 (QalImpf) as one H259 man, H376 saying, H559 (QalInf) We will not any H376 of us go H3212 (QalImpf) to his tent, H168 neither will we any H376 of us turn H5493 (QalImpf) into his house. H1004 [9] But now this shall be the thing H1697 which we will do H6213 (QalImpf) to Gibeah; H1390 we will go up by lot H1486 against it; [10] and we will take H3947 (QalPerf) ten H6235 men H582 of an hundred H3967 throughout all the tribes H7626 of Israel, H3478 and an hundred H3967 of a thousand, H505 and a thousand H505 out of ten thousand, H7233 to fetch H3947 (QalInf) victual H6720 for the people, H5971 that they may do, H6213 (QalInf) when they come H935 (QalInf) to Gibeah H1387 of Benjamin, H1144 according to all the folly H5039 that they have wrought H6213 (QalPerf) in Israel. H3478 [11] So all the men H376 of Israel H3478 were gathered H622 (NiphImpf) against the city, H5892 knit together H2270§ as one H259 man. H376 [12] And the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 sent H7971 (QalImpf) men H582 through all the tribe H7626 of Benjamin, H1144 saying, H559 (QalInf) What wickedness H7451 is this that is done H1961 (NiphPerf) among you? [13] Now therefore deliver H5414 (QalImpv) us the men, H582 the children H1121 of Belial, H1100 which are in Gibeah, H1390 that we may put them to death, H4191 (HiphImpf) and put away H1197 (PielImpf) evil H7451 from Israel. H3478 But the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 would H14 (QalPerf) not hearken H8085 (QalInf) to the voice H6963 of their brethren H251 the children H1121 of Israel: H3478 [14] but the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 gathered themselves together H622 (NiphImpf) out of the cities H5892 unto Gibeah, H1390 to go out H3318 (QalInf) to battle H4421 against the children H1121 of Israel. H3478 [15] And the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 were numbered H6485 (HithImpf) at that time H3117 out of the cities H5892 twenty H6242 and six H8337 thousand H505 men H376 that drew H8025 (QalActPtc) sword, H2719 beside the inhabitants H3427 (QalActPtc) of Gibeah, H1390 which were numbered H6485 (HithPerf) seven H7651 hundred H3967 chosen H977 (QalPasPtc) men. H376 [16] Among all this people H5971 there were seven H7651 hundred H3967 chosen H977 (QalPasPtc) men H376 lefthanded; H334 every one could sling H7049 (QalActPtc) stones H68 at an hair H8185 breadth, and not miss. H2398 (HiphImpf) [17] And the men H376 of Israel, H3478 beside Benjamin, H1144 were numbered H6485 (HithPerf) four H702 hundred H3967 thousand H505 men H376 that drew H8025 (QalActPtc) sword: H2719 all these were men H376 of war. H4421 [18] And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 arose, H6965 (QalImpf) and went up H5927 (QalImpf) to the house H1004 of God, H430 (QK) and asked H7592 (QalImpf) counsel of God, H430 and said, H559 (QalImpf) Which H4310 of us shall go up H5927 (QalImpf) first H8462 to the battle H4421 against the children H1121 of Benjamin? H1144 And the Lord H3068 said, H559 (QalImpf) Judah H3063 shall go up first. H8462 [19] And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 rose up H6965 (QalImpf) in the morning, H1242 and encamped H2583 (QalImpf) against Gibeah. H1390 [20] And the men H376 of Israel H3478 went out H3318 (QalImpf) to battle H4421 against Benjamin; H1144 and the men H376 of Israel H3478 put themselves in array H6186 (QalImpf) to fight H4421 against them at Gibeah. H1390 [21] And the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 came forth H3318 (QalImpf) out of Gibeah, H1390 and destroyed down H7843 (HiphImpf) to the ground H776 of the Israelites H3478 that day H3117 twenty H6242 and two H8147 thousand H505 men. H376 [22] And the people H5971 the men H376 of Israel H3478 encouraged H2388 (HithImpf) themselves, and set their battle H4421 again H3254 (HiphImpf) in array H6186 (QalInf) in the place H4725 where they put themselves in array H6186 (QalPerf) the first H7223 day. H3117 [23] (And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 went up H5927 (QalImpf) and wept H1058 (QalImpf) before H6440 the Lord H3068 until even, H6153 and asked H7592 (QalImpf) counsel of the Lord, H3068 saying, H559 (QalInf) Shall I go up H5066 (QalInf) again H3254 (HiphImpf) to battle H4421 against the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 my brother? H251 And the Lord H3068 said, H559 (QalImpf) Go up H5927 (QalImpv) against him.) [24] And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 came near H7126 (QalImpf) against the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 the second H8145 day. H3117 [25] And Benjamin H1144 went forth H3318 (QalImpf) against H7125 (QalInf) them out of Gibeah H1390 the second H8145 day, H3117 and destroyed down H7843 (HiphImpf) to the ground H776 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 again eighteen H8083 thousand H505 men; H376 all these drew H8025 (QalActPtc) the sword. H2719 [26] Then all the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 and all the people, H5971 went up, H5927 (QalImpf) and came H935 (QalImpf) unto the house H1004 of God, H430 (QK) and wept, H1058 (QalImpf) and sat H3427 (QalImpf) there before H6440 the Lord, H3068 and fasted H6684 (QalImpf) that day H3117 until even, H6153 and offered H5927 (HiphImpf) burnt offerings H5930 and peace offerings H8002 before H6440 the Lord. H3068 [27] And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 enquired H7592 (QalImpf) of the Lord, H3068 (for the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of God H430 was there in those days, H3117 [28] and Phinehas, H6372 the son H1121 of Eleazar, H499 the son H1121 of Aaron, H175 stood H5975 (QalActPtc) before H6440 it in those days,) H3117 saying, H559 (QalInf) Shall I yet again H3254 (HiphImpf) go out H3318 (QalInf) to battle H4421 against the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 my brother, H251 or shall I cease? H2308 (QalImpf) And the Lord H3068 said, H559 (QalImpf) Go up; H5927 (QalImpv) for to morrow H4279 I will deliver H5414 (QalImpf) them into thine hand. H3027 [29] And Israel H3478 set H7760 (QalImpf) liers in wait H693 (QalActPtc) round about H5439 Gibeah. H1390 [30] And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 went up H5927 (QalImpf) against the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 on the third H7992 day, H3117 and put themselves in array H6186 (QalImpf) against Gibeah, H1390 as at other times. H6471 [31] And the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 went out H3318 (QalImpf) against H7125 (QalInf) the people, H5971 and were drawn away H5423 (HophPerf) from the city; H5892 and they began H2490 (HiphImpf) to smite H5221 (HiphInf) of the people, H5971 and kill, H2491 as at other times, H6471§ in the highways, H4546 of which one H259 goeth up H5927 (QalActPtc) to the house H1004 of God, H430 (QK)§ and the other H259 to Gibeah H1390 in the field, H7704 about thirty H7970 men H376 of Israel. H3478 [32] And the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 said, H559 (QalImpf) They are smitten down H5062 (NiphPtc) before H6440 us, as at the first. H7223 But the children H1121 of Israel H3478 said, H559 (QalPerf) Let us flee, H5127 (QalImpf) and draw H5423 (QalPerf) them from the city H5892 unto the highways. H4546 [33] And all the men H376 of Israel H3478 rose up H6965 (QalPerf) out of their place, H4725 and put themselves in array H6186 (QalImpf) at Baal-tamar: H1193 and the liers in wait H693 (QalActPtc) of Israel H3478 came forth H1518 (HiphPtc) out of their places, H4725 even out of the meadows H4629 of Gibeah. H1387 [34] And there came H935 (QalImpf) against H5048 Gibeah H1390 ten H6235 thousand H505 chosen H977 (QalPasPtc) men H376 out of all Israel, H3478 and the battle H4421 was sore: H3513 (QalPerf) but they knew H3045 (QalPerf) not that evil H7451 was near H5060 (QalActPtc) them. [35] And the Lord H3068 smote H5062 (QalImpf) Benjamin H1144 before H6440 Israel: H3478 and the children H1121 of Israel H3478 destroyed H7843 (HiphImpf) of the Benjamites H1145 that day H3117 twenty H6242 and five H2568 thousand H505 and an hundred H3967 men: H376 all these drew H8025 (QalActPtc) the sword. H2719 [36] So the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 saw H7200 (QalImpf) that they were smitten: H5062 (NiphPerf) for the men H376 of Israel H3478 gave H5414 (QalImpf) place H4725 to the Benjamites, H1145 because they trusted H982 (QalPerf) unto the liers in wait H693 (QalActPtc) which they had set H7760 (QalPerf) beside Gibeah. H1390 [37] And the liers in wait H693 (QalActPtc) hasted, H2363 (HiphPerf) and rushed H6584 (QalImpf) upon Gibeah; H1390 and the liers in wait H693 (QalActPtc) drew themselves along,§ H4900 (QalImpf) and smote H5221 (HiphImpf) all the city H5892 with the edge H6310 of the sword. H2719 [38] Now there was an appointed sign H4150§ between the men H376 of Israel H3478 and H5973§ the liers in wait, H693 (QalActPtc) that they should make a great H7235 (HiphImpv) flame H4864§ with smoke H6227 rise up H5927 (HiphInf) out of the city. H5892 [39] And when the men H376 of Israel H3478 retired H2015 (QalImpf) in the battle, H4421 Benjamin H1144 began H2490 (HiphPerf) to smite H5221 (HiphInf) and kill§ H2491 of the men H376 of Israel H3478 about thirty H7970 persons: H376 for they said, H559 (QalPerf) Surely H5062 (NiphInf) they are smitten down H5062 (NiphPtc) before H6440 us, as in the first H7223 battle. H4421 [40] But when the flame H4864§ began H2490 (HiphPerf) to arise up H5927 (QalInf) out of the city H5892 with a pillar H5982 of smoke, H6227 the Benjamites H1145 looked H6437 (QalImpf) behind H310 them, and, behold, the flame H3632 of the city H5892 ascended up H5927 (QalPerf) to heaven. H8064 [41] And when the men H376 of Israel H3478 turned again, H2015 (QalPerf) the men H376 of Benjamin H1144 were amazed: H926 (NiphImpf) for they saw H7200 (QalPerf) that evil H7451 was come H5060 (QalPerf) upon them.§ [42] Therefore they turned H6437 (QalImpf) their backs before H6440 the men H376 of Israel H3478 unto the way H1870 of the wilderness; H4057 but the battle H4421 overtook H1692 (HiphPerf) them; and them which came out of the cities H5892 they destroyed H7843 (HiphPtc) in the midst H8432 of them. [43] Thus they inclosed H3803 (PielPerf) the Benjamites H1145 round about, H3803 (PielPerf) and chased H7291 (HiphPerf) them, and trode them down H1869 (HiphPerf) with ease H4496 over against H5227§ Gibeah H1390 toward the sunrising. H4217 [44] And there fell H5307 (QalImpf) of Benjamin H1144 eighteen H8083 thousand H505 men; H376 all these were men H582 of valour. H2428 [45] And they turned H6437 (QalImpf) and fled H5127 (QalImpf) toward the wilderness H4057 unto the rock H5553 of Rimmon: H7417 and they gleaned H5953 (PoelImpf) of them in the highways H4546 five H2568 thousand H505 men; H376 and pursued H1692 (HiphImpf) hard after H310 them unto Gidom, H1440 and slew H5221 (HiphImpf) two thousand H505 men H376 of them. [46] So that all which fell H5307 (QalActPtc) that day H3117 of Benjamin H1144 were twenty H6242 and five H2568 thousand H505 men H376 that drew H8025 (QalActPtc) the sword; H2719 all these were men H582 of valour. H2428 [47] But six H8337 hundred H3967 men H376 turned H6437 (QalImpf) and fled H5127 (QalImpf) to the wilderness H4057 unto the rock H5553 Rimmon, H7417 and abode H3427 (QalImpf) in the rock H5553 Rimmon H7417 four H702 months. H2320 [48] And the men H376 of Israel H3478 turned again H7725 (QalPerf) upon the children H1121 of Benjamin, H1144 and smote H5221 (HiphImpf) them with the edge H6310 of the sword, H2719 as well the men H4974 of every city, H5892 as H5704 the beast, H929 and all that came to hand: H4672 (NiphPtc)§ also they set H7971 (PielPerf) on fire H784 all the cities H5892 that they came to. H4672 (NiphPtc)§

Footnotes

  1. § 20:4 Heb. the man the Levite
  2. § 20:5 Heb. humbled
  3. § 20:11 Heb. fellows
  4. § 20:31a Heb. to smite of the people wounded as at, etc.
  5. § 20:31b Or, Bethel
  6. § 20:37 Or, made a long sound with the trumpet
  7. § 20:38a Or, time
  8. § 20:38b Heb. with
  9. § 20:38c Heb. elevation
  10. § 20:39 Heb. to smite the wounded
  11. § 20:40 Heb. the whole consumption
  12. § 20:41 Heb. touched them
  13. § 20:43 Heb. unto over against
  14. § 20:48a Heb. was found
  15. § 20:48b Heb. were found
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