Judges 20

1And all the children of IsraelH3478 wentH3318 forthH3318, and the assemblyH5712 gathered together as oneH259 manH376, from DanH1835 to Beer-sheba, and the landH776 of GileadH1568, unto Jehovah at MizpahH4709. 2And the heads of all the peopleH5971, of all the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478, presentedH3320 themselves in the congregation of the peopleH5971 of 1GodH430, fourH702 hundredH3967 thousandH505 footmen that drewH8025 swordH2719. 3And the children of BenjaminH1144 heardH8085 that the children of IsraelH3478 had goneH5927 up to MizpahH4709. And the children of IsraelH3478 saidH559, Tell [us], howH349 wasH1961 this wickednessH7451? 4Then the LeviteH3881, the husbandH376 of the womanH802 that was murderedH7523, answered and saidH559, I cameH935 to GibeahH1390 that [belongs] to BenjaminH1144, I and my concubineH6370, to lodge. 5And the citizensH1167 of GibeahH1390 roseH6965 against me, and surroundedH5437 the houseH1004 because of me, by nightH3915; they thought to slayH2026 me, and my concubineH6370 have they humbled so that she diedH4191. 6Then I tookH270 my concubineH6370, and cutH5408 her in pieces, and sentH7971 her throughout the countryH7704 of the inheritanceH5159 of IsraelH3478; for they have committed lewdness and villany in IsraelH3478. 7Behold, all ye, children of IsraelH3478, deliberate and giveH3051 hereH2009 [your] counselH6098. 8And all the peopleH5971 roseH6965 up as oneH259 manH376, sayingH559, We will not any oneH259 go to his tentH168, neither will we any oneH259 turnH5493 into his houseH1004. 9But nowH6258 this is the thingH1697 which we will do to GibeahH1390: [we go] by lotH1486 against it; 10and we will takeH3947 tenH6235 menH376 of a hundredH3967 throughout all the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478, and a hundredH3967 of a thousandH505, and a thousandH505 of tenH6235 thousandH505, to fetch victuals for the peopleH5971, that they may do, whenH834 they comeH935 to Gibeah of BenjaminH1144, according to all the villany that they have wrought in IsraelH3478. 11And all the menH376 of IsraelH3478 were gatheredH622 against the cityH5892, knit together as oneH259 manH376. 12And the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478 sentH7971 menH376 to all the families of BenjaminH1144, sayingH559, What wickednessH7451 is this that has beenH1961 done among you? 13And nowH6258 giveH5414 up the menH376, the sonsH1121 of Belial, who are in GibeahH1390, that we may putH5414 them to deathH4191, and putH5414 away evilH7451 from IsraelH3478. But [the children of] BenjaminH1144 wouldH14 not hearken to the voiceH6963 of their brethren the children of IsraelH3478. 14And the children of BenjaminH1144 gatheredH622 themselves together out of the citiesH5892 of GibeahH1390, to goH3318 out to battleH4421 against the children of IsraelH3478. 15And the children of BenjaminH1144 were numbered at that time out of the citiesH5892, twenty-six thousandH505 menH376 that drewH8025 swordH2719, besides the inhabitantsH3427 of GibeahH1390, who were numbered sevenH7651 hundredH3967 chosen menH376. 16Among all this peopleH5971 there were sevenH7651 hundredH3967 chosen menH376 left-handedH3225; all these slang stonesH68 at a hairH8185 [breadth], and missed not. 17And the menH376 of IsraelH3478, besides BenjaminH1144, were numbered fourH702 hundredH3967 thousandH505 menH376 that drewH8025 swordH2719: all these were menH376 of warH4421. 18And the children of IsraelH3478 aroseH6965 and wentH5927 up to Bethel, and inquired of 2GodH430, and saidH559, Which of us shall goH5927 up firstH8462 to the battleH4421 against the children of BenjaminH1144? And Jehovah saidH559, JudahH3063 firstH8462. 19And the children of IsraelH3478 roseH6965 up in the morningH1242 and encampedH2583 against GibeahH1390. 20And the menH376 of IsraelH3478 wentH3318 out to battleH4421 against BenjaminH1144; and the menH376 of IsraelH3478 put themselves in array to fight against them at GibeahH1390. 21And the children of BenjaminH1144 wentH3318 forthH3318 out of GibeahH1390, and destroyedH7843 to the groundH776 of the Israelites that dayH3117 twenty-two thousandH505 menH376. 22And the peopleH5971, the menH376 of IsraelH3478, tookH2388 courage, and set the battleH4421 again in array in the placeH4725 whereH834 they put themselves in array the firstH7223 dayH3117. 23And the children of IsraelH3478 wentH5927 up and weptH1058 before Jehovah until even, and inquired of Jehovah, sayingH559, Shall I goH5927 up again to battleH4421 against the children of BenjaminH1144 my brotherH251? And Jehovah saidH559, GoH5927 up against him. 24And the children of IsraelH3478 came near against the children of BenjaminH1144 the secondH8145 dayH3117. 25And BenjaminH1144 wentH3318 forthH3318 against them out of GibeahH1390 the secondH8145 dayH3117, and againH5750 destroyedH7843 to the groundH776 of the children of IsraelH3478 eighteen thousandH505 menH376: all these drewH8025 the swordH2719. 26Then all the children of IsraelH3478, and all the peopleH5971, wentH935 up and cameH935 to Bethel, and weptH1058, and abode there before Jehovah, and fastedH6684 that dayH3117 until even, and offeredH5927 up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah. 27And the children of IsraelH3478 inquired of Jehovah (and the arkH727 of the covenantH1285 of 3GodH430 was there in those daysH3117, 28and PhinehasH6372, the sonH1121 of EleazarH499, the sonH1121 of AaronH175, stoodH5975 before it in those daysH3117), sayingH559, Shall I yetH5750 againH5750 goH3318 out to battleH4421 against the children of BenjaminH1144 my brotherH251, or shall I ceaseH2308? And Jehovah saidH559, GoH3318 up; for to-morrow I will giveH5414 them into thy handH3027. 29And IsraelH3478 setH7760 liers in waitH693 against GibeahH1390, roundH5439 about. 30And the children of IsraelH3478 wentH5927 up against the children of BenjaminH1144 on the thirdH7992 dayH3117, and put themselves in array against GibeahH1390, as at the other timesH6471. 31And the children of BenjaminH1144 wentH3318 out against the peopleH5971, and were drawn away from the cityH5892, and beganH2490 to smite of the peopleH5971, slaying as at the former timesH6471, in the highwaysH4546, of which oneH259 leads to Bethel and the other to GibeahH1390 in the fieldH7704, about thirtyH7970 menH376 of IsraelH3478. 32And the children of BenjaminH1144 saidH559, They are smitten down before us, as at the firstH7223. And the children of IsraelH3478 saidH559, Let us fleeH5127, that we may draw them from the cityH5892 to the highwaysH4546. 33And all the menH376 of IsraelH3478 roseH6965 up out of their placeH4725, and put themselves in array at Baal-Tamar; and the ambushH693 of IsraelH3478 rushed forthH1518 out of their placeH4725, out of the meadows of Geba. 34And there cameH935 from opposite GibeahH1390 tenH6235 thousandH505 chosen menH376 out of all IsraelH3478, and the battleH4421 was severe; but they knewH3045 not that disaster was comingH935 upon them. 35And Jehovah smote BenjaminH1144 before IsraelH3478; and the children of IsraelH3478 destroyedH7843 of the Benjaminites that dayH3117 twenty-five thousandH505 oneH376 hundredH3967 menH376: all these drewH8025 the swordH2719. 36And the children of BenjaminH1144 sawH7200 that they were smitten. — And the menH376 of IsraelH3478 gaveH5414 placeH4725 to BenjaminH1144, because they trustedH982 to the ambushH693 that they had setH7760 against GibeahH1390. 37And the ambushH693 hasted, and fell upon GibeahH1390; and the ambushH693 drewH4900 along, and smote the whole cityH5892 with the edge of the swordH2719. 38Now there wasH1961 an appointedH4150 sign between the menH376 of IsraelH3478 and the ambushH693, that they should make a thick column of smokeH6227 rise up out of the cityH5892. 39And when the menH376 of IsraelH3478 turnedH2015 backH2015 in the battleH4421, BenjaminH1144 beganH2490 to smite, slaying of the menH376 of IsraelH3478 about thirtyH7970 menH376; for they saidH559, Surely they are quite routed before us as in the firstH7223 battleH4421. 40And when the burning beganH2490 to rise up out of the cityH5892 as a pillarH5982 of smokeH6227, BenjaminH1144 looked behind, and behold, the wholeH3632 cityH5892 ascended [in smokeH6227] to the heavensH8064. 41Then the menH376 of IsraelH3478 turnedH2015 backH2015, and the menH376 of BenjaminH1144 were amazed, for they sawH7200 that disaster was come upon them. 42And they turnedH6437 before the menH376 of IsraelH3478 to the wayH1870 of the wildernessH4057; but the battleH4421 overtookH1692 them; and those who came out of the citiesH5892 destroyedH7843 them in their midstH8432. 43They encompassed the Benjaminites, chased them, trode them downH1869 at the resting-place over against GibeahH1390 toward the sun-rising. 44And there fellH5307 of BenjaminH1144 eighteen thousandH505 menH376: all these, menH376 of valour. 45And they turnedH6437 and fledH5127 towards the wildernessH4057 to the cliffH5553 of RimmonH7417, and they gleaned of them in the highwaysH4546 fiveH2568 thousandH505 menH376; and pursued hard after them to Gidom, and slew two thousandH505 menH376 of them. 46So that all who fellH5307 that dayH3117 of BenjaminH1144 wereH1961 twenty-five thousandH505 menH376 that drewH8025 the swordH2719: all these, menH376 of valour. 47And sixH8337 hundredH3967 menH376 turnedH6437 and fledH5127 to the wildernessH4057 to the cliffH5553 of RimmonH7417, and abode at the cliffH5553 of RimmonH7417 fourH702 monthsH2320. 48And the menH376 of IsraelH3478 turnedH7725 again upon the children of BenjaminH1144, and smote them with the edge of the swordH2719, as wellH1571 the menH376 of [every] cityH5892 as the cattleH929, and all that was foundH4672; even all the citiesH5892 that were foundH4672 did they set on fireH784.