1
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
h'de['ht05712 leh'QiT;wt06950 lea'r.fIyt03478 yen.B -l'K .Wa.ceY;wt03318 ? #,r,a.wt0776 [;b,v rea.Bt0884 -d;[.w !'Dim.l d'x,at0259 vyia.Kt0376 ? h'P.ciM;ht04709 h'wh.yt03068 -l,a d'[.liG;ht01568
2
And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
lea'r.fIyt03478 yej.bivt07626 l{K ~'['ht05971 -l'K tw{NiP .Wb.C;y.tiY;wt03320 ? vyiat0376 @,l,at0505 tw{aem [;B.r;at0702 ~yih{l/a'ht0430 ]m;[ l;h.qiBt06951 ? b,r'xt02719 @el{vt08025 yil.g;rt07273
3
(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?
lea'r.fIyt03478 -yen.b .Wl'[ -yiK !im'y.nibt01144 yen.B .W[.m.viY;wt08085 ? h'kyea .Wr.B;Dt01696 lea'r.fIyt03478 yen.B .Wr.ma{Y;wt0559 h'P.ciM;h<04709)> ? ta{Z;h h'['r'ht07451 h't.y.hin
4
And the Levite*, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
h'x'c.riN;ht07523 h'Via'ht0802 vyiat0376 yiweL;ht03881 vyia'ht0376 !;[;Y;w ? yin]a yita'B !im'y.nib.lt01144 r,v]a h't'[.biG;ht01390 r;ma{Y;wt0559 ? !.Wl'lt06030 yiv.g;lyip.W
5
And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.
y;l'[ .WB{s'Y;w h'[.biG;ht01390 yel][;Bt01167 y;l'[ .WmUq'Y;w ? yiv.g;lyiP -t,a.w g{r]h;lt02026 .WMiD yitw{a h'l.y'lt03915 tIy;B;ht01004 -t,a ? t{m'T;wt04191 .WNi[
6
And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
hed.ft07704 -l'k.B 'h,x.L;v]a'wt07971 'h,x.T;n]a'wt05408 yiv.g;lyip.B zex{a'wt0270 ? lea'r.fIy.Bt03478 h'l'b.n.Wt05039 h'Mizt02154 .Wf'[ yiK lea'r.fIyt03478 t;l]x;nt05159
7
Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
r'b'Dt01697 ~,k'l .Wb'ht01121 lea'r.fIyt03478 yen.B ~,k.LUk heNih ? ~{l]ht01988 h'ce[.wt06098
8
And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.
.$elen a{l r{maelt0559 d'x,at0259 vyia.Kt0376 ~'['ht05971 -l'K ~'q'Y;w ? w{tyeb.lt01004 vyiat0376 r.Ws'nt05493 a{l.w w{l\h'a.lt0168 vyiat0376
9
But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;
'hy,l'[ h'[.biG;lt01390 h,f][;n r,v]a r'b'D;ht01697 h,z h'T;[.w ? l'rw{g.Bt01486
10
And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.
yej.bivt07626 l{k.l h'aeM;lt03967 ~yiv'n]at0582 h'r'f][t06235 .Wn.x;q'l.w ? t;x;q'l h'b'b.r'lt07233 @,l,a.wt0505 @,l,a'lt0505 h'aem.Wt03967 lea'r.fIyt03478 ? !im'y.niBt01144 [;b,g.lt01387 ~'aw{b.lt0935 tw{f][;l ~'['lt05971 h'dect06720 ? lea'r.fIy.Bt03478 h'f'[t06213 r,v]a h'l'b.N;ht05039 -l'k.K
11
So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
vyia.Kt0376 ryi['ht05892 -l,a lea'r.fIyt03478 vyiat0376 -l'K @es'aeY;wt0622 ? ~yireb]xt02270 d'x,at0259
12
And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?
yej.bivt07626 -l'k.B ~yiv'n]at0582 lea'r.fIyt03478 yej.bivt07626 .Wx.l.viY;wt07971 ? h't.y.hin r,v]a ta{Z;h h'['r'ht07451 h'm r{maelt0559 !im'y.nib ? ~,k'B
13
Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:
l;[;Yil.bt01100 -yen.B ~yiv'n]a'h -t,a .Wn.T h'T;[.w ? lea'r.fiYimt03478 h'['rt07451 h'r][;b.n.Wt01197 ~etyim.n.W h'[.biG;Bt01390 r,v]a ? ~,hyex]at0251 lw{q.Bt06963 ;[{m.vilt08085 !im'y.niBt01144 zz .Wb'at01121 a{l.w ? lea'r.fIyt03478 -yen.B
14
But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
h't'[.biG;ht01390 ~yir'[,ht05892 -nim !im'y.nibt01144 -yen.b .Wp.s'aeY;w ? lea'r.fIyt03478 yen.B -mi[ h'm'x.liM;lt04421 taec'l
15
And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
~yir'[,hemt06242 a.Wh;h ~w{Y;Bt03117 !im'y.nibt01144 yen.b .Wd.q'P.tiY;wt06485 ? d;b.l b,r'xt02719 @el{vt08025 vyiat0376 @,l,at0505 h'Viv.wt08337 ~yir.f,[ ? vyiat0376 tw{aem [;b.vt07651 .Wd.q'P.tiht06485 h'[.biG;ht01390 yeb.v{Yimt03427 ? r.Wx'Bt0977
16
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded**; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
reJiat0334 r.Wx'Bt0977 vyiat0376 tw{aem [;b.vt07651 h,Z;h ~'['ht05971 l{Kim ? h'r][;F;h -l,a !,b,a'Bt068 ;[el{qt07049 h,z -l'K w{nyim.y -d;yt03027 ? aij]x;yt02398 a{l.w
17
And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
[;B.r;at0702 !im'y.niBimt01144 d;b.l .Wd.q'P.tiht06485 lea'r.fIyt03478 vyia.wt0376 ? vyiat0376 h,z -l'K b,r'xt02719 @el{vt08025 vyiat0376 @,l,at0505 tw{aem ? h'm'x.limt04421
18
And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God*, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.
~yih{laebt0430 .Wl]a.viY;wt07592 lea -tyebt01004 .Wl][;Y;w .WmUq'Y;w ? h'Lix.T;bt08462 .Wn'L -h,l][;y yimt04310 lea'r.fIyt03478 yen.B .Wr.ma{Y;wt0559 ? h'wh.yt03068 r,ma{Y;wt0559 !im'y.nibt01144 yen.B -mi[ h'm'x.liM;lt04421 ? h'Lix.T;bt08462 h'd.Wh.yt03063
19
And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
h'[.biG;ht01390 -l;[ .Wn]x;Y;w r,q{B;Bt01242 lea'r.fIyt03478 -yen.b .Wm.Wq'Y;w
20
And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.
-mi[t01144 h'm'x.liM;l lea'r.fIyt04421 vyiat03478 aeceY;wt0376 ? h'[.biG;h -l,at01390 h'm'x.lim lea'r.fIyt04421 -vyiat03478 ~'Tiat0376 .Wk.r;[;Y;w !im'y.niB
21
And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
.Wtyix.v;Y;w h'[.biG;ht01390 -nim !im'y.nibt01144 -yen.b .Wa.ceY;wt03318 ? @,l,at0505 ~yir.f,[.wt06242 ~Iy;n.vt08147 a.Wh;h ~w{Y;Bt03117 lea'r.fIy.bt03478 ? h'c.r'a vyiat0376
22
And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
.${r][;lt06186 .Wpis{Y;w lea'r.fIyt03478 vyiat0376 ~'['ht05971 qeZ;x.tiY;wt02388 ? !w{vair'ht07223 ~w{Y;Bt03117 ~'v .Wk.r'[ -r,v]a ~w{q'M;Bt04725 h'm'x.limt04421
23
(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)
h'wh.y -yen.pil .WK.biY;w lea'r.fIy -yen.b .Wl][;Y;w ? @yisw{a;h r{mael h'why;b .Wl]a.viY;w b,r,['h -d;[ ? r,ma{Y;w yix'a !im'y.nib yen.B -mi[ h'm'x.liM;l t,v,g'l ? wy'lea .Wl][ h'wh.y
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