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Judges 20
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20Then all the Israelites came out, from Dan to Beer-sheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled in one body before the LORD at Mizpah.H1121H3478H3318H5712H6950H259H376H1835H884H776H1568H3068H4709 2The chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand foot-soldiers bearing arms.H6438H5971H7626H3478H3320H6951H5971H430H702H3967H505H376H7273H8025H2719 3(Now the Benjaminites heard that the people of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites said, "Tell us, how did this criminal act come about?"H1121H1144H8085H1121H3478H5927H4709H559H1121H3478H1696H1961H7451 4The Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered, "I came to Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night.H3881H376H376H802H7523H6030H559H935H1390H1144H6370H3885 5The lords of Gibeah rose up against me, and surrounded the house at night. They intended to kill me, and they raped my concubine until she died.H1167H1390H6965H5437H1004H5437H3915H1819H2026H6370H6031H4191 6Then I took my concubine and cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the whole extent of Israel's territory; for they have committed a vile outrage in Israel.H270H6370H5408H7971H7704H5159H3478H6213H2154H5039H3478 7So now, you Israelites, all of you, give your advice and counsel here."H1121H3478H3051H1988H1697H6098 8All the people got up as one, saying, "We will not any of us go to our tents, nor will any of us return to our houses.H5971H6965H259H376H559H376H3212H168H376H5493H1004 9But now this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot.H1697H6213H1390H1486 10We will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand, to bring provisions for the troops, who are going to repay Gibeah of Benjamin for all the disgrace that they have done in Israel."H3947H6235H582H3967H7626H3478H3967H505H505H7233H3947H6720H5971H6213H935H1387H1144H5039H6213H3478 11So all the men of Israel gathered against the city, united as one.H376H3478H622H5892H2270H259H376 12The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What crime is this that has been committed among you?H7626H3478H7971H582H7626H1144H559H7451H1961 13Now then, hand over those scoundrels in Gibeah, so that we may put them to death, and purge the evil from Israel." But the Benjaminites would not listen to their kinsfolk, the Israelites.H5414H582H1121H1100H1390H4191H1197H7451H3478H1121H1144H14H8085H6963H251H1121H3478 14The Benjaminites came together out of the towns to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the Israelites.H1121H1144H622H5892H1390H3318H4421H1121H3478 15On that day the Benjaminites mustered twenty-six thousand armed men from their towns, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah.H1121H1144H6485H3117H5892H6242H8337H505H376H8025H2719H3427H1390H6485H7651H3967H977H376 16Of all this force, there were seven hundred picked men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair, and not miss.H5971H7651H3967H977H376H334H3027H3225H7049H68H8185H2398 17And the Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mustered four hundred thousand armed men, all of them warriors.H376H3478H1144H6485H702H3967H505H376H8025H2719H376H4421 18The Israelites proceeded to go up to Bethel, where they inquired of God, "Which of us shall go up first to battle against the Benjaminites?" And the LORD answered, "Judah shall go up first."H1121H3478H6965H5927H1004H430H1008H7592H430H559H4310H5927H8462H4421H1121H1144H3068H559H3063H8462 19Then the Israelites got up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.H1121H3478H6965H1242H2583H1390 20The Israelites went out to battle against Benjamin; and the Israelites drew up the battle line against them at Gibeah.H376H3478H3318H4421H1144H376H3478H6186H4421H1390 21The Benjaminites came out of Gibeah, and struck down on that day twenty-two thousand of the Israelites.H1121H1144H3318H1390H7843H776H3478H3117H6242H8147H505H376 22The Israelites took courage, and again formed the battle line in the same place where they had formed it on the first day.H5971H376H3478H2388H4421H3254H6186H4725H6186H7223H3117 23The Israelites went up and wept before the LORD until the evening; and they inquired of the LORD, "Shall we again draw near to battle against our kinsfolk the Benjaminites?" And the LORD said, "Go up against them."H1121H3478H5927H1058H6440H3068H6153H7592H3068H559H5066H3254H4421H1121H1144H251H3068H559H5927 24So the Israelites advanced against the Benjaminites the second day.H1121H3478H7126H1121H1144H8145H3117 25Benjamin moved out against them from Gibeah the second day, and struck down eighteen thousand of the Israelites, all of them armed men.H1144H3318H7125H1390H8145H3117H7843H776H1121H3478H8083H6240H505H376H8025H2719 26Then all the Israelites, the whole army, went back to Bethel and wept, sitting there before the LORD; they fasted that day until evening. Then they offered burnt offerings and sacrifices of well-being before the LORD.H1121H3478H5971H5927H935H1004H430H1008H1058H3427H6440H3068H6684H3117H6153H5927H5930H8002H6440H3068 27And the Israelites inquired of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,H1121H3478H7592H3068H727H1285H430H3117 28and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, ministered before it in those days), saying, "Shall we go out once more to battle against our kinsfolk the Benjaminites, or shall we desist?" The LORD answered, "Go up, for tomorrow I will give them into your hand."H6372H1121H499H1121H175H5975H6440H3117H559H3254H3318H4421H1121H1144H251H2308H3068H559H5927H4279H5414H3027 29So Israel stationed men in ambush around Gibeah.H3478H7760H693H5439H1390 30Then the Israelites went up against the Benjaminites on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as before.H1121H3478H5927H1121H1144H7992H3117H6186H1390H6471 31When the Benjaminites went out against the army, they were drawn away from the city. As before they began to inflict casualties on the troops, along the main roads, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah, as well as in the open country, killing about thirty men of Israel.H1121H1144H3318H7125H5971H5423H5892H2490H5221H5971H2491H6471H4546H259H5927H1004H430H1008H259H1390H7704H7970H376H3478 32The Benjaminites thought, "They are being routed before us, as previously." But the Israelites said, "Let us retreat and draw them away from the city toward the roads."H1121H1144H559H5062H6440H7223H1121H3478H559H5127H5423H5892H4546 33The main body of the Israelites drew back its battle line to Baal-tamar, while those Israelites who were in ambush rushed out of their place west of Geba.H376H3478H6965H4725H6186H1193H693H3478H1518H4725H4629H1387 34There came against Gibeah ten thousand picked men out of all Israel, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjaminites did not realize that disaster was close upon them.H935H5048H1390H6235H505H977H376H3478H4421H3513H3045H7451H5060 35The LORD defeated Benjamin before Israel; and the Israelites destroyed twenty-five thousand one hundred men of Benjamin that day, all of them armed.H3068H5062H1144H6440H3478H1121H3478H7843H1145H3117H6242H2568H505H3967H376H8025H2719 36Then the Benjaminites saw that they were defeated. The Israelites gave ground to Benjamin, because they trusted to the troops in ambush that they had stationed against Gibeah.H1121H1144H7200H5062H376H3478H5414H4725H1145H982H693H7760H1390 37The troops in ambush rushed quickly upon Gibeah. Then they put the whole city to the sword.H693H2363H6584H1390H693H4900H5221H5892H6310H2719 38Now the agreement between the main body of Israel and the men in ambush was that when they sent up a cloud of smoke out of the cityH4150H376H3478H5973H693H7235H4864H6227H5927H5892 39the main body of Israel should turn in battle. But Benjamin had begun to inflict casualties on the Israelites, killing about thirty of them; so they thought, "Surely they are defeated before us, as in the first battle."H376H3478H2015H4421H1144H2490H5221H2491H376H3478H7970H376H559H5062H5062H6440H7223H4421 40But when the cloud, a column of smoke, began to rise out of the city, the Benjaminites looked behind them—and there was the whole city going up in smoke toward the sky!H4864H2490H5927H5892H5982H6227H1145H6437H310H3632H5892H5927H8064 41Then the main body of Israel turned, and the Benjaminites were dismayed, for they saw that disaster was close upon them.H376H3478H2015H376H1144H926H7200H7451H5060 42Therefore they turned away from the Israelites in the direction of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the city were slaughtering them in between.H6437H6440H376H3478H1870H4057H4421H1692H5892H7843H8432 43Cutting down the Benjaminites, they pursued them from Nohah and trod them down as far as a place east of Gibeah.H3803H1145H3803H7291H1869H4496H5227H1390H4217H8121 44Eighteen thousand Benjaminites fell, all of them courageous fighters.H5307H1144H8083H6240H505H376H582H2428 45When they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, five thousand of them were cut down on the main roads, and they were pursued as far as Gidom, and two thousand of them were slain.H6437H5127H4057H5553H7417H5953H4546H2568H505H376H1692H310H1440H5221H505H376 46So all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand arms-bearing men, all of them courageous fighters.H5307H3117H1144H6242H2568H505H376H8025H2719H582H2428 47But six hundred turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and remained at the rock of Rimmon for four months.H8337H3967H376H6437H5127H4057H5553H7417H3427H5553H7417H702H2320 48Meanwhile, the Israelites turned back against the Benjaminites, and put them to the sword—the city, the people, the animals, and all that remained. Also the remaining towns they set on fire.H376H3478H7725H1121H1144H5221H6310H2719H4974H5892H5704H929H4672H7971H784H5892H4672


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