24
And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
!im'y.nibt01144 yen.B -l,a lea'r.fIyt03478 -yen.b .Wb.r.qiY;wt01121 ? yineV;ht08145 ~w{Y;Bt03117
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.
~w{Y;Bt03117 h'[.biG;ht01390 -nim ~'ta'r.qilt07125 !im'y.nibt01144 aeceY;wt03318 ? t;n{m.vt08083 dw{[ lea'r.fIyt03478 yen.bib .Wtyix.v;Y;w yineV;ht08145 ? b,r'xt02719 yep.l{v h,Lea -l'K h'c.r'a vyiat0376 @,l,at0505 r'f'[
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.
.Wa{b'Y;wt0935 ~'['ht05971 -l'k.w lea'r.fIyt03478 yen.B -l'k .Wl][;Y;w ? h'wh.yt03068 yen.pilt06440 ~'v .Wb.veY;wt01121 .WK.biY;w lea -tyebt01004 ? .Wl][;Y;w b,r'['ht06153 -d;[ a.Wh;h -mw{Y;b .Wm.Wc'Y;w ? h'wh.y yen.pilt06440 ~yim'l.v.W tw{l{[
27
And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
!w{r]at0727 ~'v.w h'why;B(fort03068(for lea'r.fIy -yen.b .Wl]a.viY;wt07592 ? ~eh'h ~yim'Y;B ~yih{l/a'h tyir.Bt01285
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.
wy'n'p.lt06440 dem{[t05975 !{r]h;at0175 -n,B r'z'[.l,at0499 -n,B s'x.nyip.Wt06372 ? h'm'x.liM;lt04421 taec'lt03318 dw{[ @isw{a;h r{maelt0559 ~eh'h ~yim'Y;Bt01144 ? r,ma{Y;wt0559 l'D.x,at0251 -mia yix'a !im'y.nib -yen.B -mi[ ? '$,d'y.bt03027 .WN,n.T,a r'x'mt04279 yiK .Wl][ h'wh.yt03068
29
And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
byib's h'[.biG;ht01390 -l,a ~yib.r{at0693 lea'r.fIyt03478 ~,f'Y;w
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.
!im'y.nibt01144 yen.B -l,a lea'r.fIyt03478 -yen.b .Wl][;Y;w ? ~;[;p.Kt06471 h'[.biG;ht01390 -l,a .Wk.r;[;Y;w yivyil.V;ht07992 ~w{Y;Bt03117 ? ~;['p.B
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.
.Wq.T.n'ht05423 ~'['ht05971 ta;r.qilt07125 !im'y.nibt01144 -yen.b .Wa.ceY;wt03318 ? ~yil'l]xt02490 ~'['hemt05971 tw{K;h.l .WLex'Y;w ryi['ht05892 -nim ? lea -tyebt01004 h'l{[ t;x;a r,v]a tw{Lis.m;B ~;[;p.Bt06471 ~;[;p.K ? lea'r.fIy.Bt03478 vyiat0376 ~yiv{l.viKt07970 h,d'F;Bt07704 h't'[.biGt01390 t;x;a.w
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.
.Wnyen'p.lt06440 ~eh ~yip'Gin !im'y.nibt01144 yen.B .Wr.ma{Y;wt0559 ? .WhUn.Q;t.n.Wt05423 h's.Wn'nt05127 .Wr.m'at0559 lea'r.fIyt07223 yen.b.W h'n{vair'b.K ? tw{Lis.m;h -l,a ryi['ht05892 -nim
33
And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
.Wk.r;[;Y;w w{mw{q.Mimt04725 .Wm'qt04725 lea'r.fIyt03478 vyiat0376 l{k.w ? w{m{q.Mim ;xyigem lea'r.fIyt03478 ber{a.wt0693 r'm'T l;[;b.B ? [;b'g -her][;Mimt04629
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.
vyiat0376 ~yip'l]a t,r,f][t06235 h'[.biG;lt01390 d,g,Nimt05048 .Wa{b'Y;wt0935 ? ~eh.w h'deb'Kt03513 h'm'x.liM;h.wt04421 lea'r.fIyt03478 -l'Kim r.Wx'Bt0977 ? h'['r'ht07451 ~,hyel][ t;[;g{nt05060 -yiK .W[.d'y a{l
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.
lea'r.fIyt03478 yen.pilt06440 !im'y.niBt01144 -t,a h'wh.yt03068 ]p{GiY;w ? a.Wh;h ~w{Y;Bt03117 !im'y.nib.Bt01145 lea'r.fIyt03478 yen.b .Wtyix.v;Y;w ? h,Lea -l'K vyiat0376 h'aem.Wt03967 @,l,at0505 h'Vim]x;wt02568 ~yir.f,[ ? b,r'xt02719 @el{vt08025
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.
.Wn.TiY;wt05414 .Wp'Gin yiK !im'y.nibt01144 -yen.b .Wa.riY;wt03478 ? .Wx.j'bt0982 yiK !im'y.nib.lt01145 ~w{q'mt04725 lea'r.fIy -vyiat0376 ? h'[.biG;ht01390 -l,a .Wm'f r,v]a ber{a'ht0693 -l,a
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.
.${v.miY;wt04900 h'[.biG;ht01390 -l,a .Wj.v.piY;wt06584 .Wvyixeh ber{a'h.wt0693 ? b,r'xt02719 -yip.l ryi['ht05892 -l'K -t,a .$;Y;w ber{a'ht0693
38
Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
ber{a'ht0693 -mi[ lea'r.fIyt03478 vyia.lt0376 h'y'h de[w{M;h.wt04150 ? ryi['ht05892 -nim !'v'[,h t;a.f;m ~'tw{l][;h.l b,r,h
39
And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
!im'y.nib.Wt01144 h'm'x.liM;Bt04421 lea'r.fIyt03478 -vyiat0376 .${p]h;Y;wt02015 ? ~yiv{l.viKt07970 lea'r.fIyt03478 -vyia.Bt0376 ~yil'l]xt02490 tw{K;h.l lexeh ? .Wnyen'p.lt06440 a.Wh @'Gint05062 @w{Gin .$;a .Wr.m'at0559 yiK vyiat0376 ? h'n{vair'h h'm'x.liM;Kt04421
40
But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.
d.WM;[t05982 ryi['ht05892 -nim tw{l][;l h'Lexeh tea.f;M;h.wt04864 ? ryi['ht05892 -lyil.kt03632 h'l'[ heNih.w wy'r]x;at0310 !im'y.niBt01145 !,piY;w !'v'[ ? h'm.y'm'V;h
41
And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.
!im'y.niBt01144 vyiat0376 leh'BiY;wt0926 .$;p'ht02015 lea'r.fIyt03478 vyia.wt0376 ? h'['r'ht07451 wy'l'[ h'[.g'nt05060 -yiK h'a'rt07200 yiK
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.
r'B.diM;ht04057 .$,r,Dt01870 -l,a lea'r.fIyt03478 vyiat0376 yen.pilt06440 .Wn.piY;wt06437 ? ~yityix.v;m ~yir'[,hem r,v]a;w .Wh.t'qyiB.dih h'm'x.liM;h.wt04421 ? w{kw{t.B w{tw{a
43
Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising*.
.WhUkyir.dih h'x.Wn.mt04496 .WhUpyid.rih !im'y.niB -t,a .Wr.TiKt03803 ? v,m'vt08121 -x;r.ziMimt04217 h'[.biG;ht01390 x;k{nt05227 d;[
44
And there fell of Benjamin eighteen* thousand men; all these were men of valour.
vyiat0376 @,l,at0505 r'f'[t06240 -h'n{m.vt08083 !im'y.niBimt01144 .Wl.PiY;w ? lIy'xt02428 -yev.n;at0582 h,Lea -l'K -t,a
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.
!w{Mir'ht07417 [;l,st05553 -l,a h'r'B.diM;ht04057 .WsUn'Y;wt05127 .Wn.piY;wt06437 ? .WqyiB.d;Y;w vyiat0376 ~yip'l]a t,vem]xt02568 tw{Lis.m;B .WhUl.l{[.y;wt05953 ? ~Iy;P.l;a .WN,Mim .WK;Y;w ~{[.diGt01440 -d;[ wy'r]x;at0310 ? vyiat0376
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.
h'Vim]x;wt02568 ~yir.f,[t06242 !im'y.niBimt01144 ~yil.p{N;ht05307 -l'k yih.y;w ? h,Lea -l'K -t,a a.Wh;h ~w{Y;B b,r,xt02719 @el{vt08025 vyiat0376 @,l,at0505 ? lIy'xt02428 -yev.n;at0582
47
But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
!w{Mir'ht07417 [;l,st05553 -l,a h'r'B.diM;ht04057 .WsUn'Y;wt05127 .Wn.piY;wt06437 ? h'['B.r;at0702 !w{Mirt07417 [;l,s.Bt05553 .Wb.veY;wt03427 vyiat0376 tw{aem vevt08337 ? ~yiv'd\xt02320
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.
~.WK;Y;w !im'y.nibt01144 yen.B -l,a .Wb'vt01121 lea'r.fIyt03478 vyia.wt0376 ? a'c.miN;ht04672 -l'K d;[t05704 h'meh.Bt0929 -d;[ ~{t.mt04974 ryi[emt05892 b,r,xt02719 -yip.l ? vea'bt0784 .Wx.Livt07971 tw{a'c.miN;ht04672 ~yir'[,h -l'K ~;G