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
.
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