Judges 20
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Judges 20:29-41

29And IsraelH3478 setH7760 liers in waitH693 againstH413 GibeahH1390 roundH5439 aboutH5439.

30And the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 wentH5927 upH5927 againstH413 the childrenH1121 of BenjaminH1144 on the thirdH7992 dayH3117, and setH5927 themselves in array againstH413 GibeahH1390, as at otherH6471 timesH6471.

31And the childrenH1121 of BenjaminH1144 wentH3318 outH3318 againstH4480 the peopleH5971, and were drawnH5423 awayH4480 from the cityH5892; and they beganH2490 to smiteH5221 and killH5221 of the peopleH5971, as at otherH259 timesH6471, in the highwaysH4546, of whichH834 one goeth upH5927 to Beth-el, and the otherH259 to GibeahH1390, in the fieldH7704, aboutH4480 thirtyH7970 menH376 of IsraelH3478.

32And the childrenH1121 of BenjaminH1144 saidH559, They are smitten downH5062 beforeH6440 usH413, as at the firstH7223. But the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 saidH559, Let usH413 rise, and drawH5423 them awayH4480 from the cityH5892 unto the highwaysH4546.

33And allH3605 the menH376 of IsraelH3478 roseH6965 upH6965 outH3605 of their placeH4725, and setH6965 themselves in array at Baal-tamarH1193: and the liers in waitH693 of IsraelH3478 brake forthH1518 outH3605 of their placeH4725, even outH3605 of Maareh-geba.

34And there cameH935 over againstH5921 GibeahH1390 tenH6235 thousandH505 chosenH3045 menH376 outH3045 of allH3605 IsraelH3478, and the battleH4421 was sore: but they knewH3045 notH3808 that evilH7451 was closeH5060 uponH5921 them.

35And the LORDH3068 smoteH5062 BenjaminH1144 beforeH6440 IsraelH3478: and the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 destroyedH7843 of BenjaminH1144 that dayH3117 twentyH6242 and fiveH2568 thousandH505 and an hundredH3967 menH376: allH3605 theseH428 drewH8025 the swordH2719.

36SoH5414 the childrenH1121 of BenjaminH1144 sawH7200 that they were smitten: for the menH376 of IsraelH3478 gaveH5414 placeH4725 to BenjaminH1144, becauseH3588 they trustedH982 unto the liers in waitH693 whichH834 they had setH7760 againstH413 GibeahH1390.

37And the liers in waitH693 hasted, and rushedH6584 uponH413 GibeahH1390; and the liers in waitH693 drewH4900 themselves alongH853, and smoteH5221 allH3605 the cityH5892 with the edgeH6310 of the swordH2719.

38NowH1961 the appointedH4150 signH4150 betweenH5973 the menH376 of IsraelH3478 and the liers in waitH693 was, that they should make a great cloudH4864 of smokeH6227 riseH5927 upH5927 outH4480 of the cityH5892.

39And the menH376 of IsraelH3478 turnedH2015 in the battleH4421, and BenjaminH1144 beganH2490 to smiteH5221 and killH5221 of the menH376 of IsraelH3478 aboutH5221 thirtyH7970 personsH376: for they saidH559, SurelyH3588 they are smittenH5221 downH5221 beforeH6440 usH3588, as in the firstH7223 battleH4421.:

40But when the cloudH4864 beganH2490 to ariseH5927 upH5927 outH4480 of the cityH5892 in a pillarH5982 of smokeH6227, the Benjamites lookedH6437 behindH310 them, and, beholdH2009, the wholeH3632 of the cityH5892 wentH5927 upH5927 in smokeH6227 to heavenH8064.

41And the menH376 of IsraelH3478 turnedH2015, and the menH376 of BenjaminH1144 were amazed: for they sawH7200 that evilH7451 was comeH5060 uponH5921 them.

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Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain