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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Then
all
the
Israelites
from
Dan
to
Beersheba
and from
the land
of Gilead
came
out, and the congregation
assembled as one man before
the LORD
at Mizpah
.
And all
the sons
of Israel
go
out, and the company
is
assembled as one man ,
from
Dan
even
unto
Beer-Sheba,
and
the land
of
Gilead,
unto
Jehovah,
at Mizpeh
.
The leaders
of all the people and
all the tribes of Israel presented
themselves in the assembly of God’s
people :
400,000
men
on
foot
, armed
with
swords
.
And
the chiefs
of all the people ,
of
all the tribes of Israel ,
station
themselves in the assembly of the
people of
God
, four
hundred
thousand
footmen
drawing
sword
.
(Meanwhile
the Benjamites
heard
that the Israelites
had
gone up to Mizpah
. )
And the Israelites
asked
, “Tell
us
, how did
this wicked
thing
happen
? ”
And
the sons
of
Benjamin
hear
that the sons
of
Israel
have
gone up to Mizpeh
. And the sons
of
Israel
say
, `Speak
ye
, how hath
this evil
been
? '
So
the Levite
, the husband of the murdered
woman, answered:
“
I and my concubine came
to
Gibeah
in
Benjamin
to spend
the
night.
And
the man
, the Levite,
husband of the woman who
hath
been
murdered
, answereth
and
saith,
`Into
Gibeah
(which
`is'
to
Benjamin)
I have
come,
I
and my concubine ,
to lodge;
And during
the
night,
the men
of Gibeah rose
up
against
me
and surrounded
the house .
They intended
to kill
me
, but
they
abused
my concubine, and she died.
and rise
against
me
do
the masters
of Gibeah --
and they
go
round
the house against
me
by
night
--
me
they thought
to slay
, and
my concubine they
have
humbled
, and she dieth;
Then
I took
my concubine, cut her into
pieces, and sent
her throughout
the land
of Israel’s
inheritance ,
because
they had
committed
a
lewd
and disgraceful
act
in Israel .
and
I lay
hold
on
my concubine, and
cut her in
pieces, and send
her into
all
the country
of the
inheritance of
Israel;
for
they have
done
wickedness
and folly
in Israel ;
Behold
, all you
Israelites,
give your
advice
and verdict
here and
now
. ”
lo
, ye
`are'
all sons
of
Israel;
give for
you
a
word
and counsel
here. '
Then
all the people stood
as one man and
said
, “Not
one
of us will
return
to his tent or
to his house .
And
all the people rise
as one man, saying,
`None
of us doth
go
to his tent ,
and
none
of
us
doth
turn
aside
to his house ;
Now this is what
we will
do to Gibeah :
We
will
go
against it as
the
lot dictates.
and
now ,
this `
is '
the
thing
which
we do to Gibeah --
against it by
lot !
We will
take
ten men out
of every
hundred from
all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out
of every
thousand, and a thousand out
of every
ten
thousand
, to supply
provisions
for the army
when
they
go
to Gibeah in
Benjamin to punish
them
for
the atrocity
they
have
committed
in Israel. ”
and
we have
taken
ten men of a
hundred ,
of
all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a
thousand, and a thousand of a
myriad
, to receive
provision
for the people,
to do,
at
their
coming
to
Gibeah of
Benjamin ,
according
to all
the folly
which
it
hath
done
in Israel. '
So
all
the
men
of Israel gathered as one man ,
united
against
the
city
.
And
every
man
of Israel is
gathered unto
the
city,
as one man --
companions
.
And the tribes of Israel sent
men throughout
the tribe
of Benjamin, saying, “
What is this wickedness
that
has
occurred
among you?
And the tribes of Israel send
men among
all
the tribes
of Benjamin, saying, `
What `
is '
this evil
which
hath
been
among you?
Hand
over
the wicked
men of Gibeah so
we can
put them to death and purge
Israel
of
this
evil. ”
But
the Benjamites
refused
to heed
the voice of their fellow
Israelites.
And
now,
give
up
the men --
sons
of worthlessness
--
which
`are'
in
Gibeah ,
and
we put them to death ,
and we
put
away
evil from
Israel
. '
And
`
the sons
of'
Benjamin
have
not
been
willing
to hearken
to
the voice of their brethren,
the
sons
of
Israel;
And from
their
cities they
came
together
at
Gibeah to go out and
fight
against
the Israelites
.
and the
sons
of
Benjamin
are
gathered
out
of
the
cities to
Gibeah ,
to go out to
battle
with
the sons
of
Israel
.
On that day the Benjamites
mobilized
26,000
swordsmen
from
their
cities, in
addition
to
the 700
select
men
of Gibeah .
And
the
sons
of
Benjamin
number
themselves
on that day ;
out
of
the cities `are'
twenty
and
six
thousand
men
drawing
sword
, apart
from
the inhabitants
of Gibeah ,
`who'
numbered
themselves,
seven
hundred
chosen
men;
Among all these
soldiers
there
were
700
select
left-handers
, each of whom
could
sling
a stone at a
hair without
missing
.
among all this
people
`are'
seven
hundred
chosen
men
, bound
of
their
right
hand,
each of these
slinging
with
a stone at the
hair ,
and
he
doth
not
err
.
The Israelites
, apart from Benjamin, mobilized
400
, 000
swordsmen
, each one
an
experienced
warrior
.
And
the men
of
Israel
numbered
themselves
, apart from Benjamin, four
hundred
thousand
men
, drawing
sword
, each of
these
a
man
of
war
.
The
Israelites
set
out,
went
up to Bethel
, and inquired
of God, “Who
of us
shall
go up first
to fight
against
the Benjamites
? ”
“Judah
will
be
first
, ”
the LORD
replied
.
And
they
rise
and
go
up to Beth-El
, and ask
of God, and
the
sons
of Israel
say,
`Who
doth
go up for
us
at
the
commencement
to battle
with
the sons
of
Benjamin
? '
and
Jehovah
saith
, `Judah
--
at
the commencement
. '
The next
morning
the Israelites
set
out
and camped
near
Gibeah .
And
the sons
of
Israel
rise
in
the morning,
and encamp
against
Gibeah ,
And the men of Israel went
out to fight
against
Benjamin and took
up
their
battle positions
at
Gibeah .
and the men of Israel go
out to battle
with
Benjamin ,
and the
men
of
Israel
set
themselves
in
array
with
them,
`for'
battle against
Gibeah ,
And the Benjamites
came
out
of Gibeah and
cut
down
22
, 000
Israelites
on the
battlefield
that day.
and the sons
of Benjamin
come
out
from
Gibeah, and
destroy
in
Israel
on that day two
and
twenty
thousand
men
--
to
the
earth
.
But
the Israelite
army
took
courage
and again
took
their
battle positions
in the same
place where they had
arrayed
themselves on the first day.
And
the people,
the
men
of
Israel,
strengthen
themselves,
and add
to
set
the
battle in array
in
the place where they arranged
themselves on the first day.
They
went
up and wept
before the LORD
until
evening, inquiring
of Him
, “Should
we
again
draw near
for
battle against
our
brothers
the Benjamites
? ”
And the
LORD
answered
, “
Go up against them
. ”
And
the
sons
of
Israel
go
up and weep
before Jehovah
till
the evening, and
ask
of Jehovah
, saying,
`Do
I
add
to
draw nigh
to
battle with
the sons
of
Benjamin,
my
brother
? '
And Jehovah
saith
, `
Go up against him
. '
On the second day the
Israelites
advanced
against
the
Benjamites.
And
the
sons
of
Israel
draw
near
unto
the
sons
of
Benjamin
on the second day ,
That
same
day
the
Benjamites
came
out against
them from Gibeah and
cut
down
another
18,000
Israelites
, all
of them
armed
with
swords
.
and
Benjamin
cometh
out to
meet
them from Gibeah on
the
second
day
, and
destroy
among
the
sons
of Israel
again
eighteen
thousand
men
--
to
the
earth;
all
these
are
drawing
sword
.
Then
the Israelites
, all the people, went
up
to Bethel
, where
they
sat
weeping
before the
LORD.
That day they
fasted
until
evening and presented
burnt offerings and peace offerings to
the
LORD
.
And
all
the sons
of
Israel
go
up
, even
all the people, and
come
in
to Beth-El
, and
weep,
and
sit
there
before Jehovah,
and
fast
on
that day till
the
evening ,
and cause
to
ascend
burnt -
offerings and peace -
offerings before
Jehovah
.
And the Israelites
inquired
of the
LORD.
(In
those
days
the ark of the covenant of God was
there
,
And the sons
of Israel
ask
of
Jehovah,
--
and
there
`is'
the ark of the covenant of God in
those
days
,
and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the
son of Aaron, served
before it .)
The
Israelites
asked
, “Should
we
again go out to battle against
our
brothers
the Benjamites
, or should
we
stop
? ”
The
LORD
answered
, “Fight
, for tomorrow
I will
deliver
them
into your
hand. ”
and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, is
standing
before it in
those
days
--
saying
, `Do
I
add
again to
go out to battle with
the sons
of
Benjamin
, my
brother,
or do
I
cease
? '
And
Jehovah
saith
, `Go
up
, for to-morrow
I give
him
into thy
hand. '
So
Israel set
up
an
ambush
around
Gibeah .
And
Israel setteth
liers
in
wait
against
Gibeah ,
round
about,
On
the
third
day
the Israelites
went
up against the Benjamites
and arrayed
themselves against Gibeah as they
had
done
before
.
and
the sons
of
Israel
go
up against the sons
of
Benjamin,
on
the
third
day,
and arrange
themselves against Gibeah ,
as time
by
time
.
The Benjamites
came
out against
them
and
were
drawn away from
the city .
They
began
to attack
the people as before
, killing
about
thirty
men
of
Israel
in the fields
and
on
the
roads,
one
of which led
up to Bethel
and the other to Gibeah.
And
the sons
of
Benjamin
come
out to
meet
the
people;
they
have
been
drawn away out
of
the city ,
and
begin
to smite
`some'
of
the people --
wounded
as time
by
time
, in the highways
(
of which one
is
going
up to Beth-El,
and the other to Gibeah in
the
field),
`are'
about
thirty
men
of
Israel
.
“We
are defeating
them
as
before ,”
said
the Benjamites.
But the Israelites
said, “
Let us retreat
and draw them away from
the city onto
the roads
. ”
And
the
sons
of
Benjamin
say,
`They
are smitten
before us
as
at
the beginning;'
but the sons
of
Israel
said, `
Let us flee,
and draw them away out
of
the city ,
unto
the highways
. '
So
all the men of Israel got
up
from their places
and arrayed
themselves at Baal-tamar, and the Israelites
in
ambush charged
from
their
positions
west
of Gibeah.
And
all the men of Israel have
risen
from their place,
and arrange
themselves at Baal-Tamar, and the ambush of Israel
is
coming
forth
out
of
its
place,
out
of
the
meadow
of
Gibeah.
Then
10,000
select
men from
all Israel made
a
frontal
assault
against
Gibeah,
and the battle was
fierce.
But
the
Benjamites
did
not realize
that disaster
was
upon
them.
And
they
come
in
over
against
Gibeah
--
ten
thousand
chosen
men out
of
all Israel --
and the battle `is'
grievous,
and
they
have
not known
that the
evil
is
striking
against
them.
The
LORD
defeated
Benjamin in
the presence
of Israel, and
on that day the
Israelites
slaughtered
25
, 100
Benjamites
, all armed
with
swords
.
And
Jehovah
smiteth
Benjamin before
Israel,
and
the sons
of Israel destroy
in
Benjamin
, on that day, twenty
and
five
thousand
, and
a
hundred
men;
all these
`are'
drawing
sword
.
Then
the Benjamites
realized
they had
been defeated.
Now
the men of Israel had
retreated
before
Benjamin because
they were
relying
on
the ambush they had set against Gibeah .
And
the sons
of
Benjamin
see
that
they have
been smitten
--
and
the men of Israel give
place
to
Benjamin ,
for
they have
trusted
unto
the ambush which
they had set against Gibeah ,
The men
in
ambush rushed
suddenly
against Gibeah ;
they
advanced
and put
the whole city to
the sword.
and
the ambush have
hasted,
and
push
against Gibeah ,
and the ambush
draweth
itself
out,
and
smiteth
the
whole of
the
city by
the mouth
of
the
sword.
The men of Israel had
arranged
a
signal
with the men
in
ambush :
When
they
sent
up a great cloud
of smoke from the city ,
And
there
was
the appointed
sign
to
the
men of Israel with the ambush --
their
causing
to
go
up a great volume
of smoke from the city .
the men of Israel would
turn in the
battle .
When
the
Benjamites
had
begun to strike
them
down
, killing
about thirty men of
Israel
, they said, “
They are defeated
before us as in
the first battle .”
And
the men of Israel turn in battle ,
and
Benjamin
hath
begun to smite
the
wounded
among
the
men
of
Israel
, about thirty men, for
they said, `Surely
they are utterly
smitten
before us ,
as `at'
the first battle ;
But
when
the column
of
smoke
began
to go up from the city ,
the
Benjamites
looked
behind them
and saw
the whole
city going
up
in
smoke
.
and
the volume
hath
begun
to go up from the city --
a
pillar
of
smoke
--
and
Benjamin
turneth
behind ,
and lo,
gone
up
hath
the perfection
of
the
city toward
the
heavens
.
Then
the men of Israel turned back
on
them
, and the men of Benjamin were
terrified
when
they realized
that disaster
had
come
upon
them .
And
the men of Israel have
turned, and the men of Benjamin are
troubled,
for
they have
seen
that the
evil
hath
stricken
against
them --
So
they fled
before the men of Israel toward
the wilderness, but
the battle overtook
them ,
and the
men
coming
out
of
the cities
struck
them down
there.
and
they turn
before the men of Israel unto
the way
of
the
wilderness, and
the battle hath
followed
them ;
and those
who
`are'
from
the city
are
destroying
them in
their
midst;
They surrounded
the Benjamites ,
pursued them ,
and
easily
overtook
them in
the
vicinity
of
Gibeah on
the east
.
they have
compassed
the Benjamites --
they
have
pursued them --
with
ease
they
have
trodden
them down
till
over-against
Gibeah ,
at
the sun-rising
.
And 18,000
Benjamites
fell,
all
men of valor.
And there
fall
of
Benjamin
eighteen
thousand
men --
the
whole
of these
`are'
men
of
valour;
Then
the
Benjamites
turned
and fled
toward the wilderness to
the rock of Rimmon ,
and Israel
cut
down
5,000
men
on
the roads.
And they
overtook
them at
Gidom and
struck
down
2
, 000
more
.
and they
turn
and
flee
toward the wilderness ,
unto
the rock of Rimmon ;
and they
glean
of
them
in
the highways
five
thousand
men,
and follow
after
them unto
Gidom, and
smite
of
them
two
thousand
men
.
That day 25,000
Benjamite
swordsmen
fell,
all
men of valor.
And
all
those
falling
of
Benjamin
are
twenty
and
five
thousand
men
drawing
sword,
on
that day --
the
whole
of
these
`are'
men of valour;
But
600
men
turned
and fled
into the wilderness to
the rock of Rimmon, where
they stayed
four months.
and there
turn
and
flee
into the wilderness ,
unto
the rock of Rimmon six
hundred
men
, and
they dwell
in
the
rock
Rimmon
four months.
And the men of Israel turned back against
the other
Benjamites
and put
to
the sword all
the cities
, including
the
animals
and
everything
else
they
found .
And
they
burned
down
all the cities in
their
path
.
And the men of Israel have
turned back unto
the sons
of
Benjamin,
and smite
them
by
the mouth
of
the
sword out
of
the city
, --
men
unto
cattle,
unto
all
that
is
found ;
also
all the cities which
are
found
they
have
sent
into
fire
.
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