24
And the
children of
Israel came
near against the
children of
Benjamin the
second day.
!im'y.nib yen.B -l,a lea'r.fIy -yen.b .Wb.r.qiY;w ? yineV;h ~w{Y;B
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;B h'[.biG;h -nim ~'ta'r.qil !im'y.nib aeceY;w ? t;n{m.v dw{[ lea'r.fIy yen.bib .Wtyix.v;Y;w yineV;h ? b,r'x yep.l{v h,Lea -l'K h'c.r'a vyia @,l,a 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;w ~'['h -l'k.w lea'r.fIy yen.B -l'k .Wl][;Y;w ? h'wh.y yen.pil ~'v .Wb.veY;w .WK.biY;w lea -tyeb ? .Wl][;Y;w b,r'['h -d;[ a.Wh;h -mw{Y;b .Wm.Wc'Y;w ? h'wh.y yen.pil ~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]a ~'v.w h'why;B(for(for lea'r.fIy -yen.b .Wl]a.viY;w ? ~eh'h ~yim'Y;B ~yih{l/a'h tyir.B
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.l dem{[ !{r]h;a -n,B r'z'[.l,a -n,B s'x.nyip.W ? h'm'x.liM;l taec'l dw{[ @isw{a;h r{mael ~eh'h ~yim'Y;B ? r,ma{Y;w l'D.x,a -mia yix'a !im'y.nib -yen.B -mi[ ? '$,d'y.b .WN,n.T,a r'x'm yiK .Wl][ h'wh.y
29
And
Israel set liers in
wait round
about Gibeah.
byib's h'[.biG;h -l,a ~yib.r{a lea'r.fIy ~,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.nib yen.B -l,a lea'r.fIy -yen.b .Wl][;Y;w ? ~;[;p.K h'[.biG;h -l,a .Wk.r;[;Y;w yivyil.V;h ~w{Y;B ? ~;['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'h ~'['h ta;r.qil !im'y.nib -yen.b .Wa.ceY;w ? ~yil'l]x ~'['hem tw{K;h.l .WLex'Y;w ryi['h -nim ? lea -tyeb h'l{[ t;x;a r,v]a tw{Lis.m;B ~;[;p.B ~;[;p.K ? lea'r.fIy.B vyia ~yiv{l.viK h,d'F;B h't'[.biG 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.l ~eh ~yip'Gin !im'y.nib yen.B .Wr.ma{Y;w ? .WhUn.Q;t.n.W h's.Wn'n .Wr.m'a lea'r.fIy yen.b.W h'n{vair'b.K ? tw{Lis.m;h -l,a ryi['h -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.Mim .Wm'q lea'r.fIy vyia l{k.w ? w{m{q.Mim ;xyigem lea'r.fIy ber{a.w r'm'T l;[;b.B ? [;b'g -her][;Mim
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.
vyia ~yip'l]a t,r,f][ h'[.biG;l d,g,Nim .Wa{b'Y;w ? ~eh.w h'deb'K h'm'x.liM;h.w lea'r.fIy -l'Kim r.Wx'B ? h'['r'h ~,hyel][ t;[;g{n -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.fIy yen.pil !im'y.niB -t,a h'wh.y ]p{GiY;w ? a.Wh;h ~w{Y;B !im'y.nib.B lea'r.fIy yen.b .Wtyix.v;Y;w ? h,Lea -l'K vyia h'aem.W @,l,a h'Vim]x;w ~yir.f,[ ? b,r'x @el{v
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;w .Wp'Gin yiK !im'y.nib -yen.b .Wa.riY;w ? .Wx.j'b yiK !im'y.nib.l ~w{q'm lea'r.fIy -vyia ? h'[.biG;h -l,a .Wm'f r,v]a ber{a'h -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;w h'[.biG;h -l,a .Wj.v.piY;w .Wvyixeh ber{a'h.w ? b,r'x -yip.l ryi['h -l'K -t,a .$;Y;w ber{a'h
38
Now there was an appointed
sign between the
men of
Israel and the liers in
wait, that they should make a
great flame with
smoke rise
up out of the
city.
ber{a'h -mi[ lea'r.fIy vyia.l h'y'h de[w{M;h.w ? ryi['h -nim !'v'[,h t;a.f;m ~'tw{l][;h.l b,r,h
39
And when the
men of
Israel retired in the
battle, Benjamin began to
smite and
kill of the
men of
Israel about
thirty persons: for they
said,
Surely they are smitten
down before us, as in the
first battle.
!im'y.nib.W h'm'x.liM;B lea'r.fIy -vyia .${p]h;Y;w ? ~yiv{l.viK lea'r.fIy -vyia.B ~yil'l]x tw{K;h.l lexeh ? .Wnyen'p.l a.Wh @'Gin @w{Gin .$;a .Wr.m'a yiK vyia ? h'n{vair'h h'm'x.liM;K
40
But when the
flame began to arise
up out of the
city with a
pillar of
smoke, the
Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the
flame of the
city ascended
up to
heaven.
d.WM;[ ryi['h -nim tw{l][;l h'Lexeh tea.f;M;h.w ? ryi['h -lyil.k h'l'[ heNih.w wy'r]x;a !im'y.niB !,piY;w !'v'[ ? h'm.y'm'V;h
41
And when the
men of
Israel turned
again, the
men of
Benjamin were
amazed: for they
saw that
evil was
come upon them.
!im'y.niB vyia leh'BiY;w .$;p'h lea'r.fIy vyia.w ? h'['r'h wy'l'[ h'[.g'n -yiK h'a'r 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;h .$,r,D -l,a lea'r.fIy vyia yen.pil .Wn.piY;w ? ~yityix.v;m ~yir'[,hem r,v]a;w .Wh.t'qyiB.dih h'm'x.liM;h.w ? 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.m .WhUpyid.rih !im'y.niB -t,a .Wr.TiK ? v,m'v -x;r.ziMim h'[.biG;h x;k{n d;[
44
And there
fell of
Benjamin eighteen* thousand men; all these were
men of
valour.
vyia @,l,a r'f'[ -h'n{m.v !im'y.niBim .Wl.PiY;w ? lIy'x -yev.n;a 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'h [;l,s -l,a h'r'B.diM;h .WsUn'Y;w .Wn.piY;w ? .WqyiB.d;Y;w vyia ~yip'l]a t,vem]x tw{Lis.m;B .WhUl.l{[.y;w ? ~Iy;P.l;a .WN,Mim .WK;Y;w ~{[.diG -d;[ wy'r]x;a ? vyia
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;w ~yir.f,[ !im'y.niBim ~yil.p{N;h -l'k yih.y;w ? h,Lea -l'K -t,a a.Wh;h ~w{Y;B b,r,x @el{v vyia @,l,a ? lIy'x -yev.n;a
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'h [;l,s -l,a h'r'B.diM;h .WsUn'Y;w .Wn.piY;w ? h'['B.r;a !w{Mir [;l,s.B .Wb.veY;w vyia tw{aem vev ? ~yiv'd\x
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.nib yen.B -l,a .Wb'v lea'r.fIy vyia.w ? a'c.miN;h -l'K d;[ h'meh.B -d;[ ~{t.m ryi[em b,r,x -yip.l ? vea'b .Wx.Liv tw{a'c.miN;h ~yir'[,h -l'K ~;G