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;a !im'y.niBim d;b.l .Wd.q'P.tih lea'r.fIy vyia.w ? vyia h,z -l'K b,r'x @el{v vyia @,l,a tw{aem ? h'm'x.lim
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{laeb .Wl]a.viY;w lea -tyeb .Wl][;Y;w .WmUq'Y;w ? h'Lix.T;b .Wn'L -h,l][;y yim lea'r.fIy yen.B .Wr.ma{Y;w ? h'wh.y r,ma{Y;w !im'y.nib yen.B -mi[ h'm'x.liM;l ? h'Lix.T;b h'd.Wh.y
19
And the
children of
Israel rose
up in the
morning, and
encamped against
Gibeah.
h'[.biG;h -l;[ .Wn]x;Y;w r,q{B;B lea'r.fIy -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[ h'm'x.liM;l lea'r.fIy vyia aeceY;w ? h'[.biG;h -l,a h'm'x.lim lea'r.fIy -vyia ~'Tia .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;h -nim !im'y.nib -yen.b .Wa.ceY;w ? @,l,a ~yir.f,[.w ~Iy;n.v a.Wh;h ~w{Y;B lea'r.fIy.b ? h'c.r'a vyia
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][;l .Wpis{Y;w lea'r.fIy vyia ~'['h qeZ;x.tiY;w ? !w{vair'h ~w{Y;B ~'v .Wk.r'[ -r,v]a ~w{q'M;B h'm'x.lim
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.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