Judges 1:21; Judges 5:14; Judges 10:9; Judges 20:3; Judges 20:4; Judges 20:10; Judges 20:12; Judges 20:13; Judges 20:14; Judges 20:15; Judges 20:17; Judges 20:18; Judges 20:20; Judges 20:21; Judges 20:23; Judges 20:24; Judges 20:25; Judges 20:28; Judges 20:30; Judges 20:31; Judges 20:32; Judges 20:35; Judges 20:36; Judges 20:39; Judges 20:41; Judges 20:44; Judges 20:46; Judges 20:48; Judges 21:1; Judges 21:6; Judges 21:13; Judges 21:14; Judges 21:15; Judges 21:17; Judges 21:20; Judges 21:23

Judges 1:21

21 The Benjamites, however, did not drive out the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem; to this day the Jebusites live there with the Benjamites.

Judges 5:14

14 Some came from Ephraim, whose roots were in Amalek; Benjamin was with the people who followed you. From Makir captains came down, from Zebulun those who bear a commander’s staff.

Judges 10:9

9 The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin and Ephraim; Israel was in great distress.

Judges 20:3

3 (The Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) Then the Israelites said, “Tell us how this awful thing happened.”

Judges 20:4

4 So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, said, “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.

Judges 20:10

10 We’ll take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred from a thousand, and a thousand from ten thousand, to get provisions for the army. Then, when the army arrives at Gibeah in Benjamin, it can give them what they deserve for this outrageous act done in Israel.”

Judges 20:12

12 The tribes of Israel sent messengers throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What about this awful crime that was committed among you?

Judges 20:13

13 Now turn those wicked men of Gibeah over to us so that we may put them to death and purge the evil from Israel.” But the Benjamites would not listen to their fellow Israelites.

Judges 20:14

14 From their towns they came together at Gibeah to fight against the Israelites.

Judges 20:15

15 At once the Benjamites mobilized twenty-six thousand swordsmen from their towns, in addition to seven hundred able young men from those living in Gibeah.

Judges 20:17

17 Israel, apart from Benjamin, mustered four hundred thousand swordsmen, all of them fit for battle.

Judges 20:18

18 The Israelites went up to Bethel and inquired of God. They said, “Who of us is to go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” The LORD replied, “Judah shall go first.”

Judges 20:20

20 The Israelites went out to fight the Benjamites and took up battle positions against them at Gibeah.

Judges 20:21

21 The Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down twenty-two thousand Israelites on the battlefield that day.

Judges 20:23

23 The Israelites went up and wept before the LORD until evening, and they inquired of the LORD. They said, “Shall we go up again to fight against the Benjamites, our fellow Israelites?” The LORD answered, “Go up against them.”

Judges 20:24

24 Then the Israelites drew near to Benjamin the second day.

Judges 20:25

25 This time, when the Benjamites came out from Gibeah to oppose them, they cut down another eighteen thousand Israelites, all of them armed with swords.

Judges 20:28

28 with Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, ministering before it.) They asked, “Shall we go up again to fight against the Benjamites, our fellow Israelites, or not?” The LORD responded, “Go, for tomorrow I will give them into your hands.”

Judges 20:30

30 They went up against the Benjamites on the third day and took up positions against Gibeah as they had done before.

Judges 20:31

31 The Benjamites came out to meet them and were drawn away from the city. They began to inflict casualties on the Israelites as before, so that about thirty men fell in the open field and on the roads—the one leading to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.

Judges 20:32

32 While the Benjamites were saying, “We are defeating them as before,” the Israelites were saying, “Let’s retreat and draw them away from the city to the roads.”

Judges 20:35

35 The LORD defeated Benjamin before Israel, and on that day the Israelites struck down 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.

Judges 20:36

36 Then the Benjamites saw that they were beaten. Now the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin, because they relied on the ambush they had set near Gibeah.

Judges 20:39

39 and then the Israelites would counterattack. The Benjamites had begun to inflict casualties on the Israelites (about thirty), and they said, “We are defeating them as in the first battle.”

Judges 20:41

41 Then the Israelites counterattacked, and the Benjamites were terrified, because they realized that disaster had come on them.

Judges 20:44

44 Eighteen thousand Benjamites fell, all of them valiant fighters.

Judges 20:46

46 On that day twenty-five thousand Benjamite swordsmen fell, all of them valiant fighters.

Judges 20:48

48 The men of Israel went back to Benjamin and put all the towns to the sword, including the animals and everything else they found. All the towns they came across they set on fire.

Judges 21:1

1 The men of Israel had taken an oath at Mizpah: “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”

Judges 21:6

6 Now the Israelites grieved for the tribe of Benjamin, their fellow Israelites. “Today one tribe is cut off from Israel,” they said.

Judges 21:13

13 Then the whole assembly sent an offer of peace to the Benjamites at the rock of Rimmon.

Judges 21:14

14 So the Benjamites returned at that time and were given the women of Jabesh Gilead who had been spared. But there were not enough for all of them.

Judges 21:15

15 The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a gap in the tribes of Israel.

Judges 21:17

17 The Benjamite survivors must have heirs,” they said, “so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.

Judges 21:20

20 So they instructed the Benjamites, saying, “Go and hide in the vineyards

Judges 21:23

23 So that is what the Benjamites did. While the young women were dancing, each man caught one and carried her off to be his wife. Then they returned to their inheritance and rebuilt the towns and settled in them.