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A Battle Between Israel and Benjamin
1 Then all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 from Dan H1835 to Beersheba H884, including the land H776 of Gilead H1568, came H3318 out H3318, and the congregation H5712 assembled H6950 as one H259 man H376 to Yahweh H3068 at Mizpah H4709.
2 And the [fn]chiefs H6438 of all H3605 the people H5971, even of all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478, took H3320 their stand H3320 in the assembly H6951 of the people H5971 of God H430, 400,000 H702 H3967 H505 foot H7273 [fn]soldiers H376 who draw H8025 the sword H2719. 3 (Then the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 heard H8085 that the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had gone H5927 up H5927 to Mizpah H4709.) And the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 said H559, “Tell H1696 us, how H351 did this H2088 evil H7451 take H1961 place H1961?” 4 So the Levite H3881, the husband H376 of the woman H802 who was murdered H7523, answered H6030 and said H559, “I came H935 with my concubine H6370 to spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885 at Gibeah H1390 which H834 belongs to Benjamin H1144. 5 Then the men H1167 of Gibeah H1390 rose H6965 up H6965 against H5921 me and surrounded H5437 the house H1004 at night H3915 because H5921 of me. They intended H1819 to kill H2026 me; instead, they violated H6031 my concubine H6370, and she died H4191. 6 And I seized H270 my concubine H6370 and cut H5408 her in H5408 pieces H5408 and sent H7971 her throughout H3605 the land H7704 of Israel’s H3478 inheritance H5159; for they have committed H6213 a lewd H2154 and disgraceful H5039 act H5039 in Israel H3478. 7 Behold H2009, all H3605 you sons H1121 of Israel H3478, give H3051 your advice H1697 and counsel H6098 here H1988.”
8 Then all H3605 the people H5971 arose H6965 as one H259 man H376, saying H559, “Not one H376 of us will go H1980 to his tent H168, nor H3808 will any H376 of us turn H5493 aside H5493 to his house H1004. 9 But now H6258 this H2088 is the thing H1697 which H834 we will do H6213 to Gibeah H1390; we will go up against H5921 it by lot H1486. 10 And we will take H3947 10 H6235 men H376 out of 100 H3967 throughout H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478, and 100 H3967 out of 1,000 H505, and 1,000 H505 out of 10,000 H6235 H505 in order to take H3947 up provisions H6720 for the people H5971, that when they come H935 to [fn]Gibeah H1390 of Benjamin H1144, they may do H6213 to them according to all H3605 the disgraceful H5039 acts H5039 that they have done H6213 in Israel H3478.” 11 Thus all H3605 the men H376 of Israel H3478 were gathered H622 against H413 the city H5892, united H2270 as one H259 man H376.
12 Then the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 sent H7971 men H376 through the entire H3605 [fn]tribe H7626 of Benjamin H1144, saying H559, “What H4100 is this H2088 evil H7451 that has taken H1961 place H1961 among you? 13 So now H6258, give H5414 up H5414 the men H376, the [fn]vile H1100 fellows H1121 in Gibeah H1390, that we may put H4191 them to H4191 death H4191 and purge H1197 this evil H7451 from Israel H3478.” But the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 were H14 not willing H14 to listen H8085 to the voice H6963 of their brothers H251, the sons H1121 of Israel H3478. 14 Then the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 gathered H622 from the cities H5892 to Gibeah H1390, to go H3318 out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5973 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478. 15 And from the cities H5892 on that day H3117 the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 were [fn]numbered H6485, 26,000 H6242 H8337 H505 men H376 who draw H8025 the sword H2719, besides H905 H4480 the inhabitants H3427 of Gibeah H1390 who were [fn]numbered H6485, 700 H7651 H3967 choice H977 men H376. 16 Out of all H3605 these H2088 people H5971 700 H7651 H3967 choice H977 men H376 were left-handed H334 H3225 H3027; each H3605 one H2088 could sling H7049 a stone H68 at a hair H8185 and not miss H2398.
17 And the men H376 of Israel H3478 besides H905 H4480 Benjamin H1144 were [fn]numbered H6485, 400,000 H702 H3967 H505 men H376 who draw H8025 the sword H2719; all H3605 these H2088 were men H376 of war H4421.
18 Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 arose H6965, went H5927 up H5927 to Bethel H1008, and asked H7592 of God H430 and said H559, “Who H4310 shall go H5927 up H5927 for us to begin H8462 the battle H4421 against H5973 the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144?” Then Yahweh H3068 said H559, “Judah H3063 shall begin H8462 it.”
19 So the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 arose H6965 in the morning H1242 and camped H2583 against H5921 Gibeah H1390. 20 And the men H376 of Israel H3478 went H3318 out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5973 Benjamin H1144, and the men H376 of Israel H3478 arranged H6186 themselves for battle H4421 against H854 them at Gibeah H1390. 21 Then the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 came H3318 out H3318 of Gibeah H1390 and destroyed H7843 to the ground H776 on that day H3117 22,000 H8147 H6242 H505 men H376 of Israel H3478. 22 But the people H5971, the men H376 of Israel H3478, strengthened H2388 themselves and arranged H6186 themselves for battle H4421 again H3254 in the place H4725 where H834 H8033 they had arranged H6186 themselves the first H7223 day H3117. 23 And the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 went H5927 up H5927 and wept H1058 before H6440 Yahweh H3068 until H5704 evening H6153 and asked H7592 of Yahweh H3068, saying H559, “Shall we again H3254 approach H5066 for battle H4421 against H5973 the sons H1121 of my brother H251 Benjamin H1144?” And Yahweh H3068 said H559, “Go H5927 up H5927 against H413 him.”
24 Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 drew H7126 near H7126 to the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 the second H8145 day H3117. 25 And Benjamin H1144 went H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 them from Gibeah H1390 the second H8145 day H3117 and destroyed H7843 to the ground H776 again H5750 18,000 H8083 H6240 H505 men H376 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478; all H3605 these H428 drew H8025 the sword H2719. 26 Then all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 and all H3605 the people H5971 went H5927 up H5927 and came H935 to Bethel H1008 and wept H1058; thus they remained H3427 there H8033 before H6440 Yahweh H3068 and fasted H6684 that day H3117 until H5704 evening H6153. And they offered H5927 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and peace H8002 offerings H8002 before H6440 Yahweh H3068. 27 Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 asked H7592 of Yahweh H3068 (now the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of God H430 was there H8033 in those H1992 days H3117, 28 and Phinehas H6372 the son H1121 of Eleazar H499, Aaron’s H175 son H1121, stood H5975 before H6440 it to minister in those H1992 days H3117), saying H559, “Shall I yet H5750 again H3254 go H3318 out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5973 the sons H1121 of my brother H251 Benjamin H1144, or H518 shall I cease H2308?” And Yahweh H3068 said H559, “Go H5927 up H5927, for tomorrow H4279 I will give H5414 them into your hand H3027.”
29 So Israel H3478 set H7760 men in H693 ambush H693 around H5439 Gibeah H1390. 30 And the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 went H5927 up H5927 against H413 the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 on the third H7992 day H3117 and arrayed H6186 themselves against H413 Gibeah H1390 as at other H6471 times H6471. 31 So the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 went H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 the people H5971 and were drawn H5423 away H5423 from the city H5892, and they began H2490 to strike H5221 [fn]and slay H5221 H2490 some H4480 of the people H5971 as at other H6471 times H6471, on the highways H4546, one H259 of which H834 goes H5927 up H5927 to Bethel H1008 and the other H259 to Gibeah H1390, and in the field H7704, about thirty H7970 men H376 of Israel H3478. 32 The sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 said H559, “They are [fn]defeated H5062 before H6440 us, as at the first H7223.” But the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 said H559, “Let us flee H5127 that we may draw H5423 them away H5423 from the city H5892 to the highways H4546.” 33 Then all H3605 the men H376 of Israel H3478 arose H6965 from their place H4725 and arrayed H6186 themselves at Baal-tamar H1193; and the men of Israel H3478 in H693 ambush H693 burst H1518 forth of their place H4725, even out of Maareh-geba H4626 H1387. 34 Then 10,000 H6235 H505 choice H977 men H376 from all H3605 Israel H3478 came H935 against H5048 Gibeah H1390, and the battle H4421 became H3513 heavy H3513; but [fn]Benjamin did not know H3045 that [fn]calamity H7451 was [fn]about H5060 to reach H5060 them. 35 Then Yahweh H3068 [fn]defeated H5062 Benjamin H1144 before H6440 Israel H3478, so that the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 destroyed H7843 25,100 H6242 H2568 H505 H3967 men H376 of Benjamin H1144 that day H3117, all H3605 [fn]who H428 drew H8025 the sword H2719.
36 So the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 saw H7200 that they were [fn]defeated H5062. Now the men H376 of Israel H3478 had given H5414 [fn]ground H4725 to Benjamin H1144 because H3588 they relied H982 on the men in H693 ambush H693 whom H834 they had set H7760 against H413 Gibeah H1390. 37 So the men in H693 ambush H693 hurried H2363 and rushed H6584 against H413 Gibeah H1390. Then the men in H693 ambush H693 deployed H4900 and struck H5221 all H3605 the city H5892 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719. 38 Now the appointed H4150 sign H4150 between the men H376 of Israel H3478 and the men in H693 ambush H693 was that they would make H7235 a great H7235 cloud H4864 of smoke H6227 rise H5927 from the city H5892. 39 So the men H376 of Israel H3478 had turned H2015 around H2015 in the battle H4421, and Benjamin H1144 had begun H2490 to strike H5221 [fn]and slay H5221 H2490 about thirty H7970 men H376 of Israel H3478, for they said H559, “Surely H389 H5062 they are [fn]defeated H5062 before H6440 us, as in the first H7223 battle H4421.” 40 But the cloud H4864 began H2490 to rise H5927 from the city H5892 in a column H5982 of smoke H6227, and Benjamin H1144 turned H6437 behind H310 them; and behold H2009, the whole H3632 city H5892 was going H5927 up H5927 in smoke to heaven H8064. 41 Then the men H376 of Israel H3478 turned H2015 around H2015 again, and the men H376 of Benjamin H1144 were dismayed H926; for they saw H7200 that [fn]calamity H7451 had [fn]reached H5060 them. 42 Therefore, they turned H6437 their backs before H6440 the men H376 of Israel H3478 toward H413 the direction H1870 of the wilderness H4057, but the battle H4421 overtook H1692 them, and H834 those who H834 came out of the cities H5892 destroyed H7843 them in the midst H8432 of them. 43 They surrounded H3803 Benjamin H1144, pursued H7291 them without rest H4496, and trod H1869 them down H1869 opposite H5227 Gibeah H1390 to H4480 the east toward the sunrise H4217 H8121. 44 Thus 18,000 H8083 H6240 H505 men H376 of Benjamin H1144 fell H5307; all H3605 these H428 were valiant H2428 men H376. 45 [fn]And the rest turned H6437 and fled H5127 toward the wilderness H4057 to the rock H5553 of Rimmon H7417, but they [fn]caught H5953 5,000 H2568 H505 of them on the highways H4546 and overtook H1692 them [fn]at Gidom H1440 and struck H5221 down H5221 2,000 H505 of them. 46 So all H3605 of Benjamin H1144 who fell H5307 that day H3117 were 25,000 H2568 H6242 H505 men H376 who drew H8025 the sword H2719; all H3605 these H428 were valiant H2428 men H376. 47 But 600 H8337 H3967 men H376 turned H6437 and fled H5127 toward the wilderness H4057 to the rock H5553 of Rimmon H7417, and they remained H3427 at the rock H5553 of Rimmon H7417 four H702 months H2320. 48 Now the men H376 of Israel H3478 returned H7725 to H413 the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 and struck H5221 them with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719, both H4480 the entire H4974 city H5892 with the cattle H929 and all H3605 that they found H4672; they also H1571 set H7971 on fire H784 all H3605 the cities H5892 which they found H4672.
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