Judges 20
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Judges 20:29-41

29And IsraelH3478 setH7760 liers in waitH693 round aboutH5439 GibeahH1390.

30And the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 went upH5927 against the childrenH1121 of BenjaminH1144 on the thirdH7992 dayH3117, and put themselves in arrayH6186 against GibeahH1390, as at other timesH6471.

31And the childrenH1121 of BenjaminH1144 went outH3318 againstH7125 the peopleH5971, and were drawn awayH5423 from the cityH5892; and they beganH2490 to smiteH5221 of the peopleH5971, and killH2491, as at other timesH6471, in the highwaysH4546, of which oneH259 goeth upH5927 to the houseH1004 of GodH1008H430, and the otherH259 to GibeahH1390 in the fieldH7704, about thirtyH7970 menH376 of IsraelH3478.12

32And the childrenH1121 of BenjaminH1144 saidH559, They are smitten downH5062 beforeH6440 us, as at the firstH7223. But the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 saidH559, Let us fleeH5127, and drawH5423 them from the cityH5892 unto the highwaysH4546.

33And all the menH376 of IsraelH3478 rose upH6965 out of their placeH4725, and put themselves in arrayH6186 at Baal–tamarH1193: and the liers in waitH693 of IsraelH3478 came forthH1518 out of their placesH4725, even out of the meadowsH4629 of GibeahH1387.

34And there cameH935 againstH5048 GibeahH1390 tenH6235 thousandH505 chosenH977 menH376 out of all IsraelH3478, and the battleH4421 was soreH3513: but they knewH3045 not that evilH7451 was nearH5060 them.

35And YhwhH3068 smoteH5062 BenjaminH1144 beforeH6440 IsraelH3478: and the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 destroyedH7843 of the BenjamitesH1145 that dayH3117 twentyH6242 and fiveH2568 thousandH505 and an hundredH3967 menH376: all these drewH8025 the swordH2719.

36So the childrenH1121 of BenjaminH1144 sawH7200 that they were smittenH5062: for the menH376 of IsraelH3478 gaveH5414 placeH4725 to the BenjamitesH1145, because they trustedH982 unto the liers in waitH693 which they had setH7760 beside GibeahH1390.

37And the liers in waitH693 hastedH2363, and rushedH6584 upon GibeahH1390; and the liers in waitH693 drew themselves alongH4900, and smoteH5221 all the cityH5892 with the edgeH6310 of the swordH2719.3

38Now there was an appointed signH4150 between the menH376 of IsraelH3478 andH5973 the liers in waitH693, that they should make a greatH7235 flameH4864 with smokeH6227 rise upH5927 out of the cityH5892.456

39And when the menH376 of IsraelH3478 retiredH2015 in the battleH4421, BenjaminH1144 beganH2490 to smiteH5221 and killH2491 of the menH376 of IsraelH3478 about thirtyH7970 personsH376: for they saidH559, SurelyH5062 they are smitten downH5062 beforeH6440 us, as in the firstH7223 battleH4421.7

40But when the flameH4864 beganH2490 to arise upH5927 out of the cityH5892 with a pillarH5982 of smokeH6227, the BenjamitesH1145 lookedH6437 behindH310 them, and, behold, the flameH3632 of the cityH5892 ascended upH5927 to heavenH8064.8

41And when the menH376 of IsraelH3478 turned againH2015, the menH376 of BenjaminH1144 were amazedH926: for they sawH7200 that evilH7451 was comeH5060 upon them.9

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Notes

  1. 1. Judges 20:31 to smite…: Heb. to smite of the people wounded as at, etc. ↩
  2. 2. Judges 20:31 the house…: or, Beth–el. ↩
  3. 3. Judges 20:37 drew…: or, made a long sound with the trumpet. ↩
  4. 4. Judges 20:38 sign: or, time. ↩
  5. 5. Judges 20:38 and: Heb. with. ↩
  6. 6. Judges 20:38 flame: Heb. elevation. ↩
  7. 7. Judges 20:39 to smite…: Heb. to smite the wounded. ↩
  8. 8. Judges 20:40 the flame of: Heb. the whole consumption of. ↩
  9. 9. Judges 20:41 was come…: Heb. touched them. ↩

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