strkjv@Judges:20:1
@ Then all the
children
of
Israel
went
out
, and the
congregation
was gathered
together
as
one
man
, from
Dan
even to
Beersheba
B@er, with the
land
of
Gilead
, unto the
LORD
in
Mizpeh
.
strkjv@Judges:20:2
@ 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
H7273that
drew
sword
.
strkjv@Judges:20:3
@ (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
?
strkjv@Judges:20:4
@ 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
.
strkjv@Judges:20:5
@ 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
.
strkjv@Judges:20:6
@ 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
.
strkjv@Judges:20:7
@ Behold, ye are all
children
of
Israel
;
give
here
your
advice
and
counsel
.
strkjv@Judges:20:8
@ 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
.
strkjv@Judges:20:9
@ But now this shall be the
thing
which we will
do
to
Gibeah
; we will go up by
lot
against it;
strkjv@Judges:20:10
@ 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
.
strkjv@Judges:20:11
@ So all the
men
of
Israel
were
gathered
against the
city
, knit
together
as
one
man
.
strkjv@Judges:20:12
@ And the
tribes
of
Israel
sent
men
through all the
tribe
of
Benjamin
,
saying
, What
wickedness
is this that is
done
among you?
strkjv@Judges:20:13
@ Now therefore
deliver
us the
men
, the
children
of
Belial
b@, 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
:
strkjv@Judges:20:14
@ But the
children
of
Benjamin
gathered themselves
together
out of the
cities
unto
Gibeah
, to go
out
to
battle
against the
children
of
Israel
.
strkjv@Judges:20:15
@ 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
.
strkjv@Judges:20:16
@ Among all this
people
there were
seven
hundred
chosen
men
lefthanded
H3027
; every one could
sling
stones
at an
hair
breadth, and not
miss
.
strkjv@Judges:20:17
@ And the
men
of
Israel
, beside
Benjamin
, were
numbered
four
hundred
thousand
men
that
drew
sword
: all these were
men
of
war
.
strkjv@Judges:20:18
@ And the
children
of
Israel
arose
, and went
up
to the
house
of
God
Beyth-, 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
.
strkjv@Judges:20:19
@ And the
children
of
Israel
rose
up
in the
morning
, and
encamped
against
Gibeah
.
strkjv@Judges:20:20
@ 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
.
strkjv@Judges:20:21
@ 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
.
strkjv@Judges:20:22
@ 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
.
strkjv@Judges:20:23
@ (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.)
strkjv@Judges:20:24
@ And the
children
of
Israel
came
near
against the
children
of
Benjamin
the
second
day
.
strkjv@Judges:20:25
@ 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
sh@
thousand
men
; all these
drew
the
sword
.
strkjv@Judges:20:26
@ Then all the
children
of
Israel
, and all the
people
, went
up
, and
came
unto the
house
of
God
Beyth-, and
wept
, and
sat
there
before
the
LORD
, and
fasted
that
day
until
even
, and
offered
burnt
offerings
and peace
offerings
before
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Judges:20:27
@ And the
children
of
Israel
enquired
of the
LORD
, (for the
ark
of the
covenant
of
God
was there in those
days
,
strkjv@Judges:20:28
@ 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
.
strkjv@Judges:20:29
@ And
Israel
set
liers in
wait
round
about
Gibeah
.
strkjv@Judges:20:30
@ 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
.
strkjv@Judges:20:31
@ 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
Beyth-, and the
other
to
Gibeah
in the
field
, about
thirty
men
of
Israel
.
strkjv@Judges:20:32
@ 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
.
strkjv@Judges:20:33
@ And all the
men
of
Israel
rose
up
out of their
place
, and put themselves in
array
at
Baaltamar
al: and the liers in
wait
of
Israel
came
forth
out of their
places
, even out of the
meadows
of
Gibeah
.
strkjv@Judges:20:34
@ 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.
strkjv@Judges:20:35
@ And the
LORD
smote
Benjamin
before
Israel
: and the
children
of
Israel
destroyed
of the
Benjamites
Ben-y@ that
day
twenty
and
five
thousand
and an
hundred
men
: all these
drew
the
sword
.
strkjv@Judges:20:36
@ So the
children
of
Benjamin
saw
that they were
smitten
: for the
men
of
Israel
gave
place
to the
Benjamites
Ben-y@, because they
trusted
unto the liers in
wait
which they had
set
beside
Gibeah
.
strkjv@Judges:20:37
@ 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
.
strkjv@Judges:20:38
@ 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
.
strkjv@Judges:20:39
@ 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
.
strkjv@Judges:20:40
@ But when the
flame
began
to arise
up
out of the
city
with a
pillar
of
smoke
, the
Benjamites
Ben-y@
looked
behind
them, and, behold, the
flame
of the
city
ascended
up
to
heaven
.
strkjv@Judges:20:41
@ And when the
men
of
Israel
turned
again
, the
men
of
Benjamin
were
amazed
: for they
saw
that
evil
was
come
upon them.
strkjv@Judges:20:42
@ 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.
strkjv@Judges:20:43
@ Thus they
inclosed
the
Benjamites
Ben-y@ round
about
, and
chased
them, and trode them
down
with
ease
over
against
Gibeah
toward the
sunrising
.
strkjv@Judges:20:44
@ And there
fell
of
Benjamin
eighteen
sh@
thousand
men
; all these were
men
of
valour
.
strkjv@Judges:20:45
@ 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.
strkjv@Judges:20:46
@ 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
.
strkjv@Judges:20:47
@ But
six
hundred
men
turned
and
fled
to the
wilderness
unto the
rock
Rimmon
, and
abode
in the
rock
Rimmon
four
months
.
strkjv@Judges:20:48
@ 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
.
strkjv@Judges:21:1
@ Now the
men
of
Israel
had
sworn
in
Mizpeh
,
saying
, There shall not
any
of us
give
his
daughter
unto
Benjamin
to
wife
.
strkjv@Judges:21:2
@ And the
people
came
to the
house
of
God
Beyth-, and
abode
there till
even
before
God
, and lifted
up
their
voices
, and
wept
sore
;
strkjv@Judges:21:3
@ And
said
, O
LORD
God
of
Israel
, why is this come to pass in
Israel
, that there should be to
day
one
tribe
lacking
in
Israel
?
strkjv@Judges:21:4
@ And it came to pass on the
morrow
, that the
people
rose
early
, and
built
there an
altar
, and
offered
burnt
offerings
and peace
offerings
.
strkjv@Judges:21:5
@ And the
children
of
Israel
said
, Who is there among all the
tribes
of
Israel
that
came
not up with the
congregation
unto the
LORD
? For they had made a
great
oath
concerning him that came not
up
to the
LORD
to
Mizpeh
,
saying
, He shall
surely
be put to
death
.
strkjv@Judges:21:6
@ And the
children
of
Israel
repented
them for
Benjamin
their
brother
, and
said
, There is
one
tribe
cut
off
from
Israel
this
day
.
strkjv@Judges:21:7
@ How shall we
do
for
wives
for them that
remain
, seeing we have
sworn
by the
LORD
that we will not
give
them of our
daughters
to
wives
?
strkjv@Judges:21:8
@ And they
said
, What
one
is there of the
tribes
of
Israel
that came not
up
to
Mizpeh
to the
LORD
? And, behold, there
came
none
to the
camp
from
Jabeshgilead
to the
assembly
.
strkjv@Judges:21:9
@ For the
people
were
numbered
, and, behold, there were
none
of the
inhabitants
of
Jabeshgilead
there.
strkjv@Judges:21:10
@ And the
congregation
sent
thither
twelve
sh@
thousand
men
of the
valiantest
, and
commanded
them,
saying
,
Go
and
smite
the
inhabitants
of
Jabeshgilead
with the
edge
of the
sword
, with the
women
and the
children
.
strkjv@Judges:21:11
@ And this is the
thing
that ye shall
do
, Ye shall utterly
destroy
every
male
, and every
woman
that hath
lain
by
man
.
strkjv@Judges:21:12
@ And they
found
among the
inhabitants
of
Jabeshgilead
four
hundred
yung
virgins
, that had
known
no
man
by
lying
with any
male
: and they
brought
them unto the
camp
to
Shiloh
, which is in the
land
of
Canaan
K@.
strkjv@Judges:21:13
@ And the whole
congregation
sent
some to
speak
to the
children
of
Benjamin
that were in the
rock
Rimmon
, and to
call
peaceably
unto them.
strkjv@Judges:21:14
@ And
Benjamin
came
again
at that
time
; and they
gave
them
wives
which they had saved
alive
of the
women
of
Jabeshgilead
: and yet so they
sufficed
them not.
strkjv@Judges:21:15
@ And the
people
repented
them for
Benjamin
, because that the
LORD
had
made
a
breach
in the
tribes
of
Israel
.
strkjv@Judges:21:16
@ Then the
elders
of the
congregation
said
, How shall we
do
for
wives
for them that
remain
, seeing the
women
are
destroyed
out of
Benjamin
?
strkjv@Judges:21:17
@ And they
said
, There must be an
inheritance
for them that be
escaped
of
Benjamin
, that a
tribe
be not
destroyed
out of
Israel
.
strkjv@Judges:21:18
@ Howbeit we
may
not
give
them
wives
of our
daughters
: for the
children
of
Israel
have
sworn
,
saying
,
Cursed
be he that
giveth
a
wife
to
Benjamin
.
strkjv@Judges:21:19
@ Then they
said
, Behold, there is a
feast
of the
LORD
in
Shiloh
yearly
in a place which is on the north
side
of
Bethel
Beyth-, on the east
side
of the
highway
that goeth
up
from
Bethel
Beyth- to
Shechem
, and on the
south
of
Lebonah
.
strkjv@Judges:21:20
@ Therefore they
commanded
the
children
of
Benjamin
,
saying
,
Go
and lie in
wait
in the
vineyards
;
strkjv@Judges:21:21
@ And
see
, and, behold, if the
daughters
of
Shiloh
come
out
to
dance
in
dances
, then come ye
out
of the
vineyards
, and
catch
you every
man
his
wife
of the
daughters
of
Shiloh
, and
go
to the
land
of
Benjamin
.
strkjv@Judges:21:22
@ And it shall be, when their
fathers
or their
brethren
come
unto us to
complain
, that we will
say
unto them, Be
favourable
unto them for our sakes: because we
reserved
not to each
man
his
wife
in the
war
: for ye did not
give
unto them at this
time
, that ye should be
guilty
.
strkjv@Judges:21:23
@ And the
children
of
Benjamin
did
so
, and
took
them
wives
, according to their
number
, of them that
danced
, whom they
caught
: and they
went
and
returned
unto their
inheritance
, and
repaired
the
cities
, and
dwelt
in them.
strkjv@Judges:21:24
@ And the
children
of
Israel
departed
thence at that
time
, every
man
to his
tribe
and to his
family
, and they went
out
from thence every
man
to his
inheritance
.
strkjv@Judges:21:25
@ In those
days
there was no
king
in
Israel
: every
man
did
that which was
right
in his own
eyes
.
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