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Judges 20
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20All the Israelites from Dan to Beer-sheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the community assembled as one body before the LORD at Mizpah.H1121H3478H3318H5712H6950H259H376H1835H884H776H1568H3068H4709 2The leaders of all the people and of all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God's people: 400,000 armed foot-soldiers.H6438H5971H7626H3478H3320H6951H5971H430H702H3967H505H376H7273H8025H2719 3The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. The Israelites asked, "Tell us, how did this outrage occur?"H1121H1144H8085H1121H3478H5927H4709H559H1121H3478H1696H1961H7451 4The Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: "I went to Gibeah in Benjamin with my concubine to spend the night.H3881H376H376H802H7523H6030H559H935H1390H1144H6370H3885 5Citizens of Gibeah ganged up on me and surrounded the house at night. They intended to kill me, but they raped my concubine, and she died.H1167H1390H6965H5437H1004H5437H3915H1819H2026H6370H6031H4191 6Then I took my concubine and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout Israel's territory, because they committed a horrible shame in Israel.H270H6370H5408H7971H7704H5159H3478H6213H2154H5039H3478 7Look, all of you are Israelites. Give your judgment and verdict here [and now]."H1121H3478H3051H1988H1697H6098 8Then all the people stood united and said, "None of us will go to his tent or return to his house.H5971H6965H259H376H559H376H3212H168H376H5493H1004 9Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go against it by lot.H1697H6213H1390H1486 10We will take 10 men out of every 100 from all the tribes of Israel, and 100 out of every 1,000, and 1,000 out of every 10,000 to get provisions for the people when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for all the horror they did in Israel."H3947H6235H582H3967H7626H3478H3967H505H505H7233H3947H6720H5971H6213H935H1387H1144H5039H6213H3478 11So all the men of Israel gathered united against the city.H376H3478H622H5892H2270H259H376 12Then the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What is this outrage that has occurred among you?H7626H3478H7971H582H7626H1144H559H7451H1961 13Hand over the perverted men in Gibeah so we can put them to death and eradicate evil from Israel." But the Benjaminites would not obey their fellow Israelites.H5414H582H1121H1100H1390H4191H1197H7451H3478H1121H1144H14H8085H6963H251H1121H3478 14Instead, the Benjaminites gathered together from their cities to Gibeah to go out and fight against the Israelites.H1121H1144H622H5892H1390H3318H4421H1121H3478 15On that day the Benjaminites rallied 26,000 armed men from their cities, besides 700 choice men rallied by the inhabitants of Gibeah.H1121H1144H6485H3117H5892H6242H8337H505H376H8025H2719H3427H1390H6485H7651H3967H977H376 16There were 700 choice men who were left-handed among all these people; all could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.H5971H7651H3967H977H376H334H3027H3225H7049H68H8185H2398 17The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, rallied 400,000 armed men, every one an experienced warrior.H376H3478H1144H6485H702H3967H505H376H8025H2719H376H4421 18They set out, went to Bethel, and inquired of God. The Israelites asked, "Who is to go first to fight for us against the Benjaminites?" And the LORD answered, "Judah will be first."H1121H3478H6965H5927H1004H430H1008H7592H430H559H4310H5927H8462H4421H1121H1144H3068H559H3063H8462 19In the morning, the Israelites set out and camped near Gibeah.H1121H3478H6965H1242H2583H1390 20The men of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin and took their battle positions against Gibeah.H376H3478H3318H4421H1144H376H3478H6186H4421H1390 21The Benjaminites came out of Gibeah and slaughtered 22,000 men of Israel on the field that day.H1121H1144H3318H1390H7843H776H3478H3117H6242H8147H505H376 22But the Israelite army rallied and again took their battle positions in the same place where they positioned themselves on the first day.H5971H376H3478H2388H4421H3254H6186H4725H6186H7223H3117 23They went up, wept before the LORD until evening, and inquired of Him: "Should we again fight against our brothers the Benjaminites?" And the LORD answered: "Fight against them."H1121H3478H5927H1058H6440H3068H6153H7592H3068H559H5066H3254H4421H1121H1144H251H3068H559H5927 24On the second day the Israelites advanced against the Benjaminites.H1121H3478H7126H1121H1144H8145H3117 25That same day the Benjaminites came out from Gibeah to meet them and slaughtered an additional 18,000 Israelites on the field; all were armed men.H1144H3318H7125H1390H8145H3117H7843H776H1121H3478H8083H6240H505H376H8025H2719 26The whole Israelite army went to Bethel where they wept and sat before the LORD. They fasted that day until evening and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the LORD.H1121H3478H5971H5927H935H1004H430H1008H1058H3427H6440H3068H6684H3117H6153H5927H5930H8002H6440H3068 27Then the Israelites inquired of the LORD. In those days, the ark of the covenant of God was there,H1121H3478H7592H3068H727H1285H430H3117 28and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, was serving before it. The Israelites asked: "Should we again fight against our brothers the Benjaminites or should we stop?" The LORD answered: "Fight, because I will hand them over to you tomorrow."H6372H1121H499H1121H175H5975H6440H3117H559H3254H3318H4421H1121H1144H251H2308H3068H559H5927H4279H5414H3027 29So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.H3478H7760H693H5439H1390 30On the third day the Israelites fought against the Benjaminites and took their battle positions against Gibeah as before.H1121H3478H5927H1121H1144H7992H3117H6186H1390H6471 31Then the Benjaminites came out against the people and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about 30 men of Israel on the highways, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah through the open country.H1121H1144H3318H7125H5971H5423H5892H2490H5221H5971H2491H6471H4546H259H5927H1004H430H1008H259H1390H7704H7970H376H3478 32The Benjaminites said, "We are defeating them as before." But the Israelites said, "Let's flee and draw them away from the city to the highways."H1121H1144H559H5062H6440H7223H1121H3478H559H5127H5423H5892H4546 33So all the men of Israel got up from their places and took their battle positions at Baal-tamar, while the Israelites in ambush charged out of their places west of Geba.H376H3478H6965H4725H6186H1193H693H3478H1518H4725H4629H1387 34Then 10,000 choice men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce, but the Benjaminites did not know that disaster was about to strike them.H935H5048H1390H6235H505H977H376H3478H4421H3513H3045H7451H5060 35The LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 men of Benjamin; all were armed men.H3068H5062H1144H6440H3478H1121H3478H7843H1145H3117H6242H2568H505H3967H376H8025H2719 36Then the Benjaminites realized they had been defeated. The men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin, because they were confident in the ambush they had set against Gibeah.H1121H1144H7200H5062H376H3478H5414H4725H1145H982H693H7760H1390 37The men in ambush had rushed quickly against Gibeah; they advanced and put the whole city to the sword.H693H2363H6584H1390H693H4900H5221H5892H6310H2719 38The men of Israel had a prearranged signal with the men in ambush: when they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,H4150H376H3478H5973H693H7235H4864H6227H5927H5892 39the men of Israel would return to the battle. When Benjamin had begun to strike them down, killing about 30 men of Israel, they said, "They're defeated before us, just as they were in the first battle."H376H3478H2015H4421H1144H2490H5221H2491H376H3478H7970H376H559H5062H5062H6440H7223H4421 40But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, Benjamin looked behind them, and the whole city was going up in smoke.H4864H2490H5927H5892H5982H6227H1145H6437H310H3632H5892H5927H8064 41Then the men of Israel returned, and the men of Benjamin were terrified when they realized that disaster had struck them.H376H3478H2015H376H1144H926H7200H7451H5060 42They retreated before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the cities slaughtered those between them.H6437H6440H376H3478H1870H4057H4421H1692H5892H7843H8432 43They surrounded the Benjaminites, pursued them, and easily overtook them near Gibeah toward the east.H3803H1145H3803H7291H1869H4496H5227H1390H4217H8121 44There were 18,000 men who died from Benjamin; all were warriors.H5307H1144H8083H6240H505H376H582H2428 45Then Benjamin turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel killed 5,000 men on the highways. They overtook them at Gidom and struck 2,000 more dead.H6437H5127H4057H5553H7417H5953H4546H2568H505H376H1692H310H1440H5221H505H376 46All the Benjaminites who died that day were 25,000 armed men; all were warriors.H5307H3117H1144H6242H2568H505H376H8025H2719H582H2428 47But 600 men escaped into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon and stayed there four months.H8337H3967H376H6437H5127H4057H5553H7417H3427H5553H7417H702H2320 48The men of Israel turned back against the [other] Benjaminites and killed them with their swords— the entire city, the animals, and everything that remained. They also burned down all the cities that remained.H376H3478H7725H1121H1144H5221H6310H2719H4974H5892H5704H929H4672H7971H784H5892H4672


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