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Judges 20 (WEBP)

[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.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Judges 20 (KJVS)

[1] Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh.
[2] And the chief 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 that drew sword.
[3] (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?
[4] And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
[5] And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.
[6] And 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, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
[8] And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.
[9] But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;
[10] and we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.
[11] So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
[12] And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?
[13] Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:
[14] but the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
[15] And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
[16] Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
[17] And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
[18] And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up first.
[19] And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
[20] And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.
[21] And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
[22] And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
[23] (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until even, and asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him.)
[24] And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
[25] And Benjamin went forth 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 unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the Lord, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
[27] And the children of Israel enquired of the Lord, (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? And the Lord said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
[29] And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
[30] And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
[31] And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
[32] And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.
[33] And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
[34] And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
[35] And the Lord smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.
[36] So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
[37] And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
[38] Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
[39] And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
[40] But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.
[41] And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.
[42] Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
[43] Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
[44] And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.
[45] And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
[46] So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.
[47] But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
[48] And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.

Judges 20:4 Heb. the man the Levite
Judges 20:5 Heb. humbled
Judges 20:11 Heb. fellows
Judges 20:31a Heb. to smite of the people wounded as at, etc.
Judges 20:31b Or, Bethel
Judges 20:37 Or, made a long sound with the trumpet
Judges 20:38a Or, time
Judges 20:38b Heb. with
Judges 20:38c Heb. elevation
Judges 20:39 Heb. to smite the wounded
Judges 20:40 Heb. the whole consumption
Judges 20:41 Heb. touched them
Judges 20:43 Heb. unto over against
Judges 20:48a Heb. was found
Judges 20:48b Heb. were found

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Judges 20 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἐξῆλθον () πάντες () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () ἐξεκκλησιάσθη πᾶσα () ἡ () συναγωγὴ () ὡς () ἀνὴρ () εἷς () ἀπὸ () Δαν καὶ () ἕως () Βηρσαβεε καὶ () γῆ () Γαλααδ πρὸς () κύριον () εἰς () Μασσηφα.
[2] Καὶ () ἔστη () τὸ () κλίμα () παντὸς () τοῦ () λαοῦ, () πᾶσαι () αἱ () φυλαὶ () Ισραηλ, () ἐν () τῇ () ἐκκλησίᾳ () τοῦ () λαοῦ () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () τετρακόσιαι () χιλιάδες () ἀνδρῶν () πεζῶν () σπωμένων () ῥομφαίαν. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἤκουσαν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Βενιαμιν () ὅτι () ἀνέβησαν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () πρὸς () κύριον () εἰς () Μασσηφα. Καὶ () εἶπαν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () Λαλήσατε () ποῦ () ἐγένετο () ἡ () κακία () αὕτη. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθη () ὁ () ἀνὴρ () ὁ () Λευίτης () ὁ () ἀνὴρ () τῆς () γυναικὸς () τῆς () πεφονευμένης () καὶ () εἶπεν () Εἰς () Γαβαα τῆς () Βενιαμιν () ἦλθον () ἐγὼ () καὶ () ἡ () παλλακή μου () καταλῦσαι. ()
[5] Καὶ () ἀνέστησαν () ἐπ’ () ἐμὲ () οἱ () ἄνδρες () οἱ () παρὰ () τῆς () Γαβαα καὶ () περιεκύκλωσαν () ἐπ’ () ἐμὲ () τὴν () οἰκίαν () νυκτὸς () καὶ () ἐμὲ () ἠθέλησαν () ἀποκτεῖναι () καὶ () τὴν () παλλακήν μου () ἐταπείνωσαν () καὶ () ἐνέπαιξαν () αὐτῇ () καὶ () ἀπέθανεν. ()
[6] Καὶ () ἐπελαβόμην () τῆς () παλλακῆς μου () καὶ () ἐμέλισα αὐτὴν () καὶ () ἐξαπέστειλα () ἐν () παντὶ () ὁρίῳ () κληρονομίας () Ισραηλ, () ὅτι () ἐποίησαν () ἀφροσύνην () ἐν () τῷ () Ισραηλ. ()
[7] Ἰδοὺ () πάντες () ὑμεῖς, () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ, () δότε () ἑαυτοῖς () λόγον () καὶ () βουλήν. ()
[8] Καὶ () ἀνέστη () πᾶς () ὁ () λαὸς () ὡς () ἀνὴρ () εἷς () λέγων () Οὐκ () εἰσελευσόμεθα () ἀνὴρ () εἰς () τὸ () σκήνωμα () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐκκλινοῦμεν () ἀνὴρ () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον () αὐτοῦ. ()
[9] Καὶ () νῦν () τοῦτο () τὸ () ῥῆμα, () ὃ () ποιήσομεν () τῇ () Γαβαα· ἀναβησόμεθα () ἐπ’ () αὐτὴν () ἐν () κλήρῳ ()
[10] καὶ () λημψόμεθα () δέκα () ἄνδρας () τοῖς () ἑκατὸν () καὶ () ἑκατὸν () τοῖς () χιλίοις () καὶ () χιλίους () τοῖς () μυρίοις () λαβεῖν () ἐπισιτισμὸν () τῷ () λαῷ () τοῖς () εἰσπορευομένοις () ἐπιτελέσαι () τῇ () Γαβαα τοῦ () Βενιαμιν () κατὰ () πᾶσαν () τὴν () ἀφροσύνην, () ἣν () ἐποίησαν () ἐν () Ισραηλ. ()
[11] Καὶ () συνήχθη () πᾶς () ἀνὴρ () Ισραηλ () ἐκ () τῶν () πόλεων () ὡς () ἀνὴρ () εἷς () ἐρχόμενοι. ()
[12] Καὶ () ἐξαπέστειλαν () αἱ () φυλαὶ () Ισραηλ () ἄνδρας () ἐν () πάσῃ () φυλῇ () Βενιαμιν () λέγοντες () Τίς () ἡ () κακία () αὕτη () ἡ () γενομένη () ἐν () ὑμῖν; ()
[13] Καὶ () νῦν () δότε () τοὺς () ἄνδρας () τοὺς () ἀσεβεῖς () τοὺς () ἐν () Γαβαα τοὺς () υἱοὺς () Βελιαλ, () καὶ () θανατώσομεν () αὐτοὺς () καὶ () ἐξαροῦμεν () κακίαν () ἐξ () Ισραηλ. () Καὶ () οὐκ () ἠθέλησαν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Βενιαμιν () εἰσακοῦσαι () τῆς () φωνῆς () τῶν () ἀδελφῶν () αὐτῶν () τῶν () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ. ()
[14] Καὶ () συνήχθησαν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Βενιαμιν () ἐκ () τῶν () πόλεων () αὐτῶν () εἰς () Γαβαα ἐξελθεῖν () τοῦ () πολεμῆσαι () μετὰ () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ. ()
[15] Καὶ () ἐπεσκέπησαν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Βενιαμιν () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () ἐκ () τῶν () πόλεων () εἴκοσι () καὶ () πέντε () χιλιάδες () ἀνδρῶν () σπωμένων () ῥομφαίαν () χωρὶς () τῶν () κατοικούντων () τὴν () Γαβαα· οὗτοι () ἐπεσκέπησαν () ἑπτακόσιοι ἄνδρες () νεανίσκοι () ἐκλεκτοὶ ()
[16] ἀμφοτεροδέξιοι· πάντες () οὗτοι () σφενδονῆται βάλλοντες () λίθους () πρὸς () τὴν () τρίχα () καὶ () οὐ () διαμαρτάνοντες.
[17] Καὶ () πᾶς () ἀνὴρ () Ισραηλ () ἐπεσκέπησαν () χωρὶς () τῶν () υἱῶν () Βενιαμιν () τετρακόσιαι () χιλιάδες () ἀνδρῶν () σπωμένων () ῥομφαίαν· () πάντες () οὗτοι () ἄνδρες () πολεμισταί.
[18] Καὶ () ἀνέστησαν () καὶ () ἀνέβησαν () εἰς () Βαιθηλ καὶ () ἐπηρώτησαν () ἐν () τῷ () θεῷ () καὶ () εἶπαν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () Τίς () ἀναβήσεται () ἡμῖν () ἀφηγούμενος πολεμῆσαι () μετὰ () Βενιαμιν; () Καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () Ιουδας () ἀναβήσεται () ἀφηγούμενος.
[19] Καὶ () ἀνέστησαν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () καὶ () παρενέβαλον ἐπὶ () τὴν () Γαβαα.
[20] Καὶ () ἐξῆλθεν () πᾶς () ἀνὴρ () Ισραηλ () εἰς () πόλεμον () μετὰ () Βενιαμιν, () καὶ () παρετάξαντο μετ’ () αὐτῶν () εἰς () πόλεμον () ἀνὴρ () Ισραηλ () πρὸς () τὴν () Γαβαα.
[21] Καὶ () ἐξῆλθον () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Βενιαμιν () ἐκ () τῆς () πόλεως () καὶ () διέφθειραν () ἐν () Ισραηλ () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () δύο () καὶ () εἴκοσι () χιλιάδας () ἀνδρῶν () ἐπὶ () τὴν () γῆν. ()
[22] Καὶ () ἐνίσχυσεν () ἀνὴρ () Ισραηλ () καὶ () προσέθεντο () παρατάξασθαι πόλεμον () ἐν () τῷ () τόπῳ, () ᾧ () παρετάξαντο ἐκεῖ () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () τῇ () πρώτῃ. ()
[23] Καὶ () ἀνέβησαν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () καὶ () ἔκλαυσαν () ἐνώπιον () κυρίου () ἕως () ἑσπέρας () καὶ () ἐπηρώτησαν () ἐν () κυρίῳ () λέγοντες () Εἰ () προσθῶ () προσεγγίσαι () εἰς () πόλεμον () μετὰ () Βενιαμιν () τοῦ () ἀδελφοῦ () μου; () Καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () Ἀνάβητε () πρὸς () αὐτόν. ()
[24] Καὶ () προσήλθοσαν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () πρὸς () Βενιαμιν () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () τῇ () δευτέρᾳ. ()
[25] Καὶ () ἐξῆλθεν () Βενιαμιν () εἰς () ἀπάντησιν () αὐτῶν () ἐκ () τῆς () Γαβαα ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () τῇ () δευτέρᾳ () καὶ () διέφθειρεν () ἐκ () τοῦ () λαοῦ () ὀκτωκαίδεκα χιλιάδας () ἀνδρῶν () ἐπὶ () τὴν () γῆν· () πάντες () οὗτοι () ἐσπασμένοι () ῥομφαίαν. ()
[26] Καὶ () ἀνέβησαν () πάντες () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () καὶ () πᾶς () ὁ () λαὸς () καὶ () ἤλθοσαν () εἰς () Βαιθηλ καὶ () ἔκλαυσαν () ἔναντι () κυρίου () καὶ () ἐνήστευσαν () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () καὶ () ἀνήνεγκαν () ὁλοκαυτώματα () σωτηρίου () ἔναντι () κυρίου, ()
[27] καὶ () ἐπηρώτησαν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () ἐν () κυρίῳ· () καὶ () ἐκεῖ () ἡ () κιβωτὸς () διαθήκης () κυρίου () ἐν () ταῖς () ἡμέραις () ἐκείναις, ()
[28] καὶ () Φινεες υἱὸς () Ελεαζαρ () υἱοῦ () Ααρων () παρεστηκὼς () ἐνώπιον () αὐτῆς () ἐν () ταῖς () ἡμέραις () ἐκείναις () λέγων () Εἰ () προσθῶ () ἔτι () ἐξελθεῖν () εἰς () πόλεμον () μετὰ () υἱῶν () Βενιαμιν () τοῦ () ἀδελφοῦ () μου () ἢ () κοπάσω; () Καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () Ἀνάβητε, () ὅτι () αὔριον () παραδώσω () αὐτὸν () ἐν () χειρί () σου. ()
[29] Καὶ () ἔθηκαν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () ἔνεδρα () ἐν () τῇ () Γαβαα κύκλῳ. ()
[30] Καὶ () ἔταξεν () Ισραηλ () πρὸς () τὸν () Βενιαμιν () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () τῇ () τρίτῃ () καὶ () παρετάξαντο πρὸς () Γαβαα καθὼς () ἅπαξ () καὶ () ἅπαξ. ()
[31] Καὶ () ἐξῆλθον () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Βενιαμιν () εἰς () ἀπάντησιν () τοῦ () λαοῦ () καὶ () ἐξειλκύσθησαν () ἐκ () τῆς () πόλεως () καὶ () ἤρξαντο () τύπτειν () ἐκ () τοῦ () λαοῦ () καθὼς () ἅπαξ () καὶ () ἅπαξ () ἐν () ταῖς () ὁδοῖς, () ἥ () ἐστιν () μία () ἀναβαίνουσα () εἰς () Βαιθηλ καὶ () μία () ἀναβαίνουσα () εἰς () Γαβαα ἐν () τῷ () ἀγρῷ, () ὡσεὶ () τριάκοντα () ἄνδρας () ἐν () τῷ () Ισραηλ. ()
[32] Καὶ () εἶπαν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Βενιαμιν () Προσκόπτουσιν () ἐνώπιον () ἡμῶν () καθὼς () ἔμπροσθεν. () Καὶ () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () εἶπαν () Φύγωμεν () καὶ () ἐκσπάσωμεν αὐτοὺς () ἐκ () τῆς () πόλεως () εἰς () τὰς () ὁδούς. ()
[33] Καὶ () πᾶς () ἀνὴρ () Ισραηλ () ἀνέστη () ἐκ () τοῦ () τόπου () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () παρετάξαντο ἐν () Βααλθαμαρ, καὶ () τὸ () ἔνεδρον () Ισραηλ () ἐπάλαιεν ἐκ () τοῦ () τόπου () αὐτοῦ () ἀπὸ () δυσμῶν () τῆς () Γαβαα.
[34] Καὶ () παρεγένοντο () ἐξ () ἐναντίας () τῆς () Γαβαα δέκα () χιλιάδες () ἀνδρῶν () ἐκλεκτῶν () ἐκ () παντὸς () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () ὁ () πόλεμος () ἐβαρύνθη· () καὶ () αὐτοὶ () οὐκ () ἔγνωσαν () ὅτι () ἀφῆπται αὐτῶν () ἡ () κακία. ()
[35] Καὶ () ἐτρόπωσεν κύριος () τὸν () Βενιαμιν () κατὰ () πρόσωπον () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () διέφθειραν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () ἐν () τῷ () Βενιαμιν () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () εἴκοσι () καὶ () πέντε () χιλιάδας () καὶ () ἑκατὸν () ἄνδρας· () πάντες () οὗτοι () σπώμενοι () ῥομφαίαν. ()
[36] Καὶ () εἶδεν () Βενιαμιν () ὅτι () τετρόπωται· καὶ () ἔδωκεν () ἀνὴρ () Ισραηλ () τῷ () Βενιαμιν () τόπον, () ὅτι () ἤλπισαν () ἐπὶ () τὸ () ἔνεδρον, () ὃ () ἔταξαν () πρὸς () τὴν () Γαβαα.
[37] Καὶ () τὸ () ἔνεδρον () ὥρμησεν () καὶ () ἐξεχύθησαν () πρὸς () τὴν () Γαβαα, καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () τὸ () ἔνεδρον () καὶ () ἐπάταξαν () ὅλην () τὴν () πόλιν () ἐν () στόματι () ῥομφαίας. ()
[38] Καὶ () ἡ () συνταγὴ ἦν () ἀνδρὶ () Ισραηλ () πρὸς () τὸ () ἔνεδρον () τοῦ () ἀνενέγκαι () αὐτοὺς () πυρσὸν τοῦ () καπνοῦ () τῆς () πόλεως. ()
[39] Καὶ () ἀνέστρεψαν () ἀνὴρ () Ισραηλ () ἐν () τῷ () πολέμῳ, () καὶ () Βενιαμιν () ἦρκται () τοῦ () τύπτειν () τραυματίας ἐν () τῷ () ἀνδρὶ () Ισραηλ () ὡσεὶ () τριάκοντα () ἄνδρας, () ὅτι () εἶπαν () Πλὴν () τροπούμενος τροποῦται ἐναντίον () ἡμῶν () καθὼς () ὁ () πόλεμος () ὁ () ἔμπροσθεν. ()
[40] Καὶ () ὁ () πυρσὸς ἤρξατο () ἀναβαίνειν () ἐκ () τῆς () πόλεως () στῦλος () καπνοῦ· () καὶ () ἐπέβλεψεν () Βενιαμιν () ὀπίσω () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ἀνέβη () συντέλεια () τῆς () πόλεως () εἰς () τὸν () οὐρανόν. ()
[41] Καὶ () ἀνὴρ () Ισραηλ () ἀπέστρεψεν, () καὶ () ἔσπευσεν () ἀνὴρ () Βενιαμιν () καὶ () εἶδεν () ὅτι () ἧπται () αὐτοῦ () ἡ () κακία. ()
[42] Καὶ () ἔκλιναν () ἐνώπιον () ἀνδρὸς () Ισραηλ () εἰς () τὴν () ὁδὸν () τῆς () ἐρήμου, () καὶ () ὁ () πόλεμος () κατέφθασεν αὐτόν, () καὶ () οἱ () ἀπὸ () τῶν () πόλεων () διέφθειραν () αὐτὸν () ἐν () μέσῳ () αὐτῶν. ()
[43] Καὶ () ἔκοψαν () τὸν () Βενιαμιν () καταπαῦσαι () αὐτὸν () κατάπαυσιν () καὶ () κατεπάτησαν () αὐτὸν () ἕως () ἐξ () ἐναντίας () τῆς () Γαβαα ἀπὸ () ἀνατολῶν () ἡλίου. ()
[44] Καὶ () ἔπεσαν () ἐκ () τοῦ () Βενιαμιν () ὀκτωκαίδεκα χιλιάδες () ἀνδρῶν· () σὺν () πᾶσιν () τούτοις () ἄνδρες () δυνατοί. ()
[45] Καὶ () ἐξέκλιναν () καὶ () ἔφυγον () εἰς () τὴν () ἔρημον () πρὸς () τὴν () πέτραν () τὴν () Ρεμμων, καὶ () ἐκαλαμήσαντο ἐν () ταῖς () ὁδοῖς () πέντε () χιλιάδας () ἀνδρῶν· () καὶ () προσεκολλήθησαν () ὀπίσω () αὐτοῦ () ἕως () Γαδααμ καὶ () ἐπάταξαν () ἐξ () αὐτῶν () δισχιλίους () ἄνδρας. ()
[46] Καὶ () ἐγένοντο () πάντες () οἱ () πεπτωκότες () ἐν () τῷ () Βενιαμιν () εἴκοσι () καὶ () πέντε () χιλιάδες () ἀνδρῶν () σπωμένων () ῥομφαίαν () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ· () σὺν () πᾶσι () τούτοις () ἄνδρες () δυνατοί. ()
[47] Καὶ () ἐξέκλιναν () καὶ () ἔφυγον () εἰς () τὴν () ἔρημον () πρὸς () τὴν () πέτραν () τὴν () Ρεμμων ἑξακόσιοι () ἄνδρες () καὶ () ἐκάθισαν () ἐν () τῇ () πέτρᾳ () Ρεμμων τετράμηνον. ()
[48] Καὶ () ἀνὴρ () Ισραηλ () ἀπέκλεισεν () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () Βενιαμιν () καὶ () ἐπάταξαν () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () στόματι () ῥομφαίας () ἀπὸ () πόλεως () ἑξῆς () ἕως () κτήνους () ἕως () παντὸς () τοῦ () εὑρεθέντος () εἰς () πάσας () τὰς () πόλεις· () καὶ () τὰς () πόλεις () τὰς () εὑρεθείσας () ἐξαπέστειλαν () ἐν () πυρί. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.