Bible Reading and Study
May
31
Judges
19, 20
Jdg
19:1 It happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel,
that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the
hill country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem
Judah.
Jdg
19:2 His concubine played the prostitute against him, and went away
from him to her father's house to Bethlehem Judah, and was there the
space of four months.
Jdg
19:3 Her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her,
to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of
donkeys: and she brought him into her father's house; and when the
father of the young lady saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
Jdg
19:4 His father-in-law, the young lady's father, retained him; and
he abode with him three days: so they ate and drink, and lodged
there.
Jdg
19:5 It happened on the fourth day, that they arose early in the
morning, and he rose up to depart: and the young lady's father said
to his son-in-law, Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and
afterward you shall go your way.
Jdg
19:6 So they sat down, ate, and drank, both of them together: and
the young lady's father said to the man, Please be pleased to stay
all night, and let your heart be merry.
Jdg
19:7 The man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and
he lodged there again.
Jdg
19:8 He arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and
the young lady's father said, Please strengthen your heart and stay
until the day declines; and they ate, both of them.
Jdg
19:9 When the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his
servant, his father-in-law, the young lady's father, said to him,
Behold, now the day draws toward evening, please stay all night:
behold, the day grows to an end, lodge here, that your heart may be
merry; and tomorrow get you early on your way, that you may go home.
Jdg
19:10 But the man wouldn't stay that night, but he rose up and
departed, and came over against Jebus (the same is Jerusalem): and
there were with him a couple of donkeys saddled; his concubine also
was with him.
Jdg
19:11 When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the
servant said to his master, Please come and let us turn aside into
this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
Jdg
19:12 His master said to him, We won't turn aside into the city of a
foreigner, that is not of the children of Israel; but we will pass
over to Gibeah.
Jdg
19:13 He said to his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of
these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
Jdg
19:14 So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on
them near to Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
Jdg
19:15 They turned aside there, to go in to lodge in Gibeah: and he
went in, and sat him down in the street of the city; for there was no
man who took them into his house to lodge.
Jdg
19:16 Behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field
at even: now the man was of the hill country of Ephraim, and he
sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.
Jdg
19:17 He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street
of the city; and the old man said, Where are you going? Where did you
come from?
Jdg
19:18 He said to him, We are passing from Bethlehem Judah to the
farther side of the hill country of Ephraim; from there am I, and I
went to Bethlehem Judah: and I am now
going to the house of Yahweh; and there is no man who takes me into
his house.
Jdg
19:19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our donkeys; and
there is bread and wine also for me, and for your handmaid, and for
the young man who is with your servants: there is no want of
anything.
Jdg
19:20 The old man said, Peace be to you; howsoever let all your
wants lie on me; only don't lodge in the street.
Jdg
19:21 So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder;
and they washed their feet, and ate and drink.
Jdg
19:22 As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the
city, certain base fellows, surrounded the house, beating at the
door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying,
Bring forth the man who came into your house, that we may know him.
Jdg
19:23 The man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said
to them, No, my brothers, please don't act so wickedly; seeing that
this man is come into my house, don't do this folly.
Jdg
19:24 Behold, here is my daughter a virgin, and his concubine; them
I will bring out now, and humble them, and do with them what seems
good to you: but to this man don't do any such folly.
Jdg
19:25 But the men wouldn't listen to him: so the man laid hold on
his concubine, and brought her forth to them; and they knew her, and
abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to
spring, they let her go.
Jdg
19:26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down
at the door of the man's house where her lord was, until it was
light.
Jdg
19:27 Her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the
house, and went out to go his way; and behold, the woman his
concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands on
the threshold.
Jdg
19:28 He said to her, Up, and let us be going; but none answered:
then he took her up on the donkey; and the man rose up, and got him
to his place.
Jdg
19:29 When he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid
hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve
pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.
Jdg
19:30 It was so, that all who saw it said, There was no such deed
done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of
the land of Egypt to this day: consider it, take counsel, and speak.
Jdg
20:1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation
was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land
of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah.
Jdg
20:2 The chiefs 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 who drew sword.
Jdg
20:3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel
had gone up to Mizpah.) The children of Israel said, Tell us, how
was this wickedness brought to pass?
Jdg
20:4 The Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered,
answered, I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my
concubine, to lodge.
Jdg
20:5 The men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house by
night. They thought to have slain me, and they forced my concubine,
and she is dead.
Jdg
20:6 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.
Jdg
20:7 Behold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your
advice and counsel.
Jdg
20:8 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 to his house.
Jdg
20:9 But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: we
will go up against it by lot;
Jdg
20:10 and we will take ten men of one hundred throughout all the
tribes of Israel, and one hundred of one thousand, and a thousand out
of ten thousand, to get food for the people, that they may do, when
they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they
have worked in Israel.
Jdg
20:11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit
together as one man.
Jdg
20:12 The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of
Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is happen among you?
Jdg
20:13 Now therefore deliver up the men, the base fellows, who are in
Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel.
But Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brothers the
children of Israel.
Jdg
20:14 The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of
the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of
Israel.
Jdg
20:15 The children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the
cities twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, besides the
inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
Jdg
20:16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men
left-handed; everyone could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not
miss.
Jdg
20:17 The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four
hundred thousand men who drew sword: all these were men of war.
Jdg
20:18 The children of Israel arose, and went up to Bethel, and asked
counsel of God; and they said, Who shall go up for us first to battle
against the children of Benjamin? Yahweh said, Judah shall
go up first.
Jdg
20:19 The children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped
against Gibeah.
Jdg
20:20 The men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the
men of Israel set the battle in array against them at Gibeah.
Jdg
20:21 The children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and
destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day Twenty-two
thousand men.
Jdg
20:22 The people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set
the battle again in array in the place where they set themselves in
array the first day.
Jdg
20:23 The children of Israel went up and wept before Yahweh until
even; and they asked of Yahweh, saying, Shall I again draw near to
battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? Yahweh said, Go
up against him.
Jdg
20:24 The children of Israel came near against the children of
Benjamin the second day.
Jdg
20:25 Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day,
and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again
eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
Jdg
20:26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up,
and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh, and fasted
that day until even; and they offered burnt offerings and peace
offerings before Yahweh.
Jdg
20:27 The children of Israel asked of Yahweh (for the ark of the
covenant of God was there in those days,
Jdg
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? Yahweh
said, Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand.
Jdg
20:29 Israel set ambushes all around Gibeah.
Jdg
20:30 The children of Israel went up against the children of
Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against
Gibeah, as at other times.
Jdg
20:31 The children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were
drawn away from the city; and they began to strike and kill of the
people, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to
Bethel, and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of
Israel.
Jdg
20:32 The children of Benjamin said, They are struck down before us,
as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and
draw them away from the city to the highways.
Jdg
20:33 All the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set
themselves in array at Baal Tamar: and the ambushers of Israel broke
forth out of their place, even out of Maareh Geba.
Jdg
20:34 There came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of
all Israel, and the battle was sore; but they didn't know that evil
was close on them.
Jdg
20:35 Yahweh struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of
Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty-five thousand one
hundred men: all these drew the sword.
Jdg
20:36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck; for the
men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted the
ambushers whom they had set against Gibeah.
Jdg
20:37 The ambushers hurried, and rushed on Gibeah; and the ambushers
drew themselves along, and struck all the city with the edge of the
sword.
Jdg
20:38 Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the
ambushers was that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up
out of the city.
Jdg
20:39 The men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to
strike and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they
said, Surely they are struck down before us, as in the first battle.
Jdg
20:40 But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a
pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and behold, the
whole of the city went up in smoke to the sky.
Jdg
20:41 The men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were
dismayed; for they saw that evil had come on them.
Jdg
20:42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to
the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them;
and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in its midst.
Jdg
20:43 They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them, and
trod them down at their
resting place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrise.
Jdg
20:44 There fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were
men of valor.
Jdg
20:45 They turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of
Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men,
and followed hard after them to Gidom, and struck of them two
thousand men.
Jdg
20:46 So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five
thousand men who drew the sword; all these were
men of valor.
Jdg
20:47 But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to
the rock of Rimmon, and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months.
Jdg
20:48 The men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin,
and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and
the livestock, and all that they found: moreover all the cities which
they found they set on fire.
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Judges
Judges 19 1
It
happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there
was a certain Levite sojourning
on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of
Beth-lehem-judah.
And
it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel,
that a certain Levite, sojourning
on the further side of mount Ephraim, took him a concubine out of Bethlehem-Judah.
And
it cometh to pass, in those days, when there is no king in Israel,
that there is a
man a Levite, a sojourner in the sides of the hill-country of
Ephraim, and he taketh
to him a wife, a concubine, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah;
Judges 19 2
His
concubine played the prostitute against him, and went away from him
to her father`s house to
Beth-lehem-judah, and was there the space of four months.
And
his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him
to her father`s house to Bethlehem-Judah, and was there some time, -- four months.
and
commit whoredom against him doth his concubine, and she goeth from
him unto
the house of her father, unto Beth-Lehem-Judah, and is there days --
four months.
Judges 19 3
Her
husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring
her again, having his servant
with him, and a couple of donkeys: and she brought him into her
father`s house; and when
the father of the young lady saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
And
her husband rose up and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to
bring her again; and
his servant was with him, and a couple of asses. And she brought him
into her father`s
house; and when the father of the damsel saw him he rejoiced to meet
him.
And
her husband riseth and goeth after her, to speak unto her heart, to
bring her back,
and his young man [is] with him, and a couple of asses; and she
bringeth him into the house of her father, and the father of the young woman
seeth him, and rejoiceth
to meet him.
Judges 19 4
His
father-in-law, the young lady`s father, retained him; and he abode
with him three days: so they
ate and drink, and lodged there.
And
his father-in-law, the damsel`s father, retained him, and he abode
with him three days;
and they ate and drank, and lodged there.
And
keep hold on him doth his father-in-law, father of the young woman,
and he abideth
with him three days, and they eat and drink, and lodge there.
Judges 19 5
It
happened on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and
he rose up to depart: and
the young lady`s father said to his son-in-law, Strengthen your heart
with a morsel of bread, and afterward you shall go your way.
And
it came to pass on the fourth day, that they arose early in the
morning, and he rose up
to depart; and the damsel`s father said to his son-in-law, Refresh
thy heart with a morsel
of bread, and afterwards ye may go your way.
And
it cometh to pass, on the fourth day, that they rise early in the
morning, and he
riseth to go, and the father of the young woman saith unto his
son-in-law, `Support
thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward ye go on.`
Judges 19 6
So
they sat down, and ate and drink, both of them together: and the
young lady`s father said to the
man, Please be pleased to stay all night, and let your heart be
merry.
And
they sat down, and ate and drank, both of them together. And the
damsel`s father said
to the man, Be content, I pray thee, and pass the night, and let thy
heart be glad.
And
they sit and eat both of them together, and drink, and the father of
the young woman
saith unto the man, `Be willing, I pray thee, and lodge all night,
and let thy
heart be glad.`
Judges 19 7
The
man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged
there again.
And
the man rose up to depart, but his father-in-law urged him, and he
lodged there again.
And
the man riseth to go, and his father-in-law presseth on him, and he
turneth back
and lodgeth there.
Judges 19 8
He
arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the young
lady`s father said, Please strengthen
your heart and stay until the day declines; and they ate, both of
them.
And
he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; but the
damsel`s father said,
Refresh thy heart, I pray thee. And they lingered until the
afternoon, and they did eat
both of them.
And
he riseth early in the morning, on the fifth day, to go, and the
father of the young
woman saith, `Support, I pray thee, thy heart;` and they have
tarried till the
turning of the day, and they eat, both of them.
Judges 19 9
When
the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant,
his father-in-law, the young
lady`s father, said to him, Behold, now the day draws toward evening,
please stay all night:
behold, the day grows to an end, lodge here, that your heart may be
merry; and tomorrow get
you early on your way, that you may go home.
And
the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant;
and his father-in- law,
the damsel`s father, said to him, Behold now, the day draws toward
evening -- I pray you
stay all night; behold, the day is declining, lodge here, and let
thy heart be merry; and
to-morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go to thy
tent.
And
the man riseth to go, he and his concubine, and his young man, and
his father-in-law,
father of the young woman, saith to him, `Lo, I pray thee, the day hath
fallen toward evening, lodge all night, I pray thee; lo, the
declining of the day!
lodge here, and let thine heart be glad -- and ye have risen early
to-morrow for
your journey, and thou hast gone to thy tent.`
Judges 19 10
But
the man wouldn`t stay that night, but he rose up and departed, and
came over against Jebus (the
same is Jerusalem): and there were with him a couple of donkeys
saddled; his concubine also was with him.
But
the man would not tarry the night; and he rose up and departed, and
came opposite to
Jebus, that is, Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses
saddled, and his concubine
was with him.
And
the man hath not been willing to lodge all night, and he riseth, and
goeth, and
cometh in till over-against Jebus (It [is] Jerusalem), and with him
[are] a couple
of asses saddled; and his concubine [is] with him.
Judges 19 11
When
they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said to
his master, Please come and
let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
They
were near Jebus, and the day was far spent; and the servant said to
his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites,
and lodge in it.
They
[are] near Jebus, and the day hath gone greatly down, and the young
man saith
unto his lord, `Come, I pray thee, and we turn aside unto this city
of the Jebusite,
and lodge in it.`
Judges 19 12
His
master said to him, We won`t turn aside into the city of a foreigner,
that is not of the children
of Israel; but we will pass over to Gibeah.
But
his master said to him, We will not turn aside into the city of a
stranger, which is not
of the children of Israel, but we will pass on to Gibeah.
And
his lord saith unto him, `Let us not turn aside unto the city of a
stranger, that is not of the sons of Israel, thither, but we have passed over unto
Gibeah.`
Judges 19 13
He
said to his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these
places; and we will lodge in Gibeah,
or in Ramah.
And
he said to his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these
places, and lodge in Gibeah,
or in Ramah.
And
he saith to his young man, `Come, and we draw near to one of the
places, and have
lodged in Gibeah, or in Ramah.`
Judges 19 14
So
they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them near
to Gibeah, which belongs
to Benjamin.
And
they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them
[when they were]
by Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
And
they pass over, and go on, and the sun goeth in upon them near
Gibeah, which is
to Benjamin;
Judges 19 15
They
turned aside there, to go in to lodge in Gibeah: and he went in, and
sat him down in the street
of the city; for there was no man who took them into his house to
lodge.
And
they turned aside thither, to go in, to lodge in Gibeah. And he went
in, and sat down in
the open place of the city; and there was no one that received him
into his house to pass
the night.
and
they turn aside there to go in to lodge in Gibeah, and he goeth in
and sitteth in
a broad place of the city, and there is no man gathering them into
the house to lodge.
Judges 19 16
Behold,
there came an old man from his work out of the field at even: now the
man was of the hill-country
of Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were
Benjamites.
And
behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at
even; and the man was
of mount Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the
place were Benjaminites.
And
lo, a man, an aged one, hath come from his work from the field in
the evening, and the man [is] of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he [is] a
sojourner in Gibeah, and
the men of the place [are] Benjamites.
Judges 19 17
He
lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the
city; and the old man said, Where
go you? and whence come you?
And
he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the open place
of the city; and the
old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
And
he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the man, the traveller, in a broad
place of the city, and the aged man saith, `Whither goest thou? and whence comest
thou?`
Judges 19 18
He
said to him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah to the farther side
of the hill-country of Ephraim;
from there am I, and I went to Beth-lehem-judah: and I am [now] going
to the house of Yahweh;
and there is no man who takes me into his house.
And
he said to him, We are travelling from Bethlehem-Judah towards the
further side of mount
Ephraim; from thence am I; and I went to Bethlehem-Judah, and I have
to do with the
house of Jehovah; and there is no man that receives me into his
house.
And
he saith unto him, `We are passing over from Beth-Lehem-Judah unto
the sides
of the hill-country of Ephraim -- thence I [am], and I go unto
Beth-Lehem- Judah;
and to the house of Jehovah I am going, and there is no man
gathering me into
the house,
Judges 19 19
Yet
there is both straw and provender for our donkeys; and there is bread
and wine also for me, and
for your handmaid, and for the young man who is with your servants:
there is no want of anything.
And
we have both straw and provender for our asses; and I have bread and
wine also for me,
and for thy handmaid, and for the young man with thy servants: there
is no lack of anything.
and
both straw and provender are for our asses, and also bread and wine
there are for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man with thy
servants; there is no
lack of anything.`
Judges 19 20
The
old man said, Peace be to you; howsoever let all your wants lie on
me; only don`t lodge in the street.
Then
the old man said, Peace be with thee; only let all thy wants lie on
me; but lodge not in
the street.
And
the old man saith, `Peace to thee; only, all thy lack [is] on me,
only in the broad
place lodge not.`
Judges 19 21
So
he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder; and they
washed their feet, and ate
and drink.
And
he brought him into his house, and gave the asses provender; and
they washed their feet,
and ate and drank.
And
he bringeth him in to his house, and mixeth [food] for the asses,
and they wash
their feet, and eat and drink.
Judges 19 22
As
they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city,
certain base fellows, beset the
house round about, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master
of the house, the old man,
saying, Bring forth the man who came into your house, that we may
know him.
They
were making their hearts merry, when behold, the men of the city,
sons of Belial, surrounded
the house, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the
house, the old
man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thy house, that we
may know him.
They
are making their heart glad, and lo, men of the city, men -- sons of worthlessness
-- have gone round about the house, beating on the door, and they speak
unto the old man, the master of the house, saying, `Bring out the
man who hath
come unto thine house, and we know him.`
Judges 19 23
The
man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, No,
my brothers, please don`t
act so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into my house, don`t do
this folly.
And
the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to
them, No, my brethren,
I pray you, do not wickedly; seeing that this man is come into my
house, do not this
villany.
And
the man, the master of the house, goeth out unto them, and saith
unto them, `Nay,
my brethren, do not evil, I pray you, after that this man hath come
in unto my
house, do not this folly;
Judges 19 24
Behold,
here is my daughter a virgin, and his concubine; them I will bring
out now, and humble you
them, and do with them what seems good to you: but to this man don`t
do any such folly.
Behold,
my daughter, who is a virgin, and his concubine; let me bring them
out, and humble
ye them, and do to them as is good in your sight; but to this man do
not so vile a thing.
lo,
my daughter, the virgin, and his concubine, let me bring them out, I
pray you, and
humble ye them, and do to them that which is good in your eyes, and
to this man
do not this foolish thing.`
Judges 19 25
But
the men wouldn`t listen to him: so the man laid hold on his
concubine, and brought her forth
to them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the
morning: and when the day
began to spring, they let her go.
But
the men would not hearken to him; and the man took his concubine,
and brought her forth
to them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the
morning; and let her go when the morning-dawn arose.
And
the men have not been willing to hearken to him, and the man taketh
hold on his
concubine, and bringeth [her] out unto them without, and they know
her, and roll
themselves upon her all the night, till the morning, and send her
away in the ascending
of the dawn;
Judges 19 26
Then
came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door
of the man`s house where
her lord was, until it was light.
And
the woman came at the dawning of the day, and fell down at the
entrance of the man`s
house where her lord was, till it was light.
and
the woman cometh in at the turning of the morning, and falleth at
the opening
of the man`s house, where her lord [is], till the light.
Judges 19 27
Her
lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and
went out to go his way; and,
behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the
house, with her hands on
the threshold.
And
her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the door of the house,
and went out to go
his way, and behold, there lay the woman his concubine at the
entrance of the house, and
her hands were upon the threshold.
And
her lord riseth in the morning, and openeth the doors of the house,
and goeth out to go on his way, and lo, the woman, his concubine, is fallen at
the opening of the
house, and her hands [are] on the threshold,
Judges 19 28
He
said to her, Up, and let us be going; but none answered: then he took
her up on the donkey; and
the man rose up, and got him to his place.
And
he said to her, Up, and let us go; but no one answered. And he took
her upon the ass; and
the man rose up, and went to his place.
and
he saith unto her, `Rise, and we go;` and there is none answering,
and he taketh
her on the ass, and the man riseth and goeth to his place,
Judges 19 29
When
he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his
concubine, and divided her,
limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the
borders of Israel.
And
when he was come into his house, he took the knife, and laid hold on
his concubine, and
divided her, according to her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent
her into all the borders
of Israel.
and
cometh in unto his house, and taketh the knife, and layeth hold on
his concubine,
and cutteth her in pieces to her bones -- into twelve pieces, and sendeth
her into all the border of Israel.
Judges 19 30
It
was so, that all who saw it said, There was no such deed done nor
seen from the day that the children
of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt to this day: consider it,
take counsel, and speak.
And
it came to pass that every one that saw it said, There was no such
deed done nor seen from
the day that the children of Israel came out of Egypt to this day.
Think it over, advise,
and speak.
And
it hath come to pass, every one who seeth hath said, `There hath not
been --yea,
there hath not been seen like this, from the day of the coming up of
the sons of
Israel out of the land of Egypt till this day; set your [heart] upon
it, take counsel,
and speak.`
Judges 20 1
Then
all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was
assembled as one man, from Dan
even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah.
And
all the children of Israel went forth, and the assembly gathered
together as one man, from
Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah 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.
Judges 20 2
The
chiefs 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 who drew sword.
And
the heads of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented
themselves in the congregation
of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
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.
Judges 20 3
(Now
the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone
up to Mizpah.) The children
of Israel said, Tell us, how was this wickedness brought to pass?
And
the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone
up to Mizpah. And
the children of Israel said, Tell [us], how was this wickedness?
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?`
Judges 20 4
The
Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered, I came
into Gibeah that belongs
to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
Then
the Levite, the husband of the woman that was murdered, answered and
said, I came to Gibeah that [belongs] to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
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;
Judges 20 5
The
men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about me by
night; me they thought
to have slain, and my concubine they forced, and she is dead.
And
the citizens of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house
because of me, by night;
they thought to slay me, and my concubine have they humbled so that
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;
Judges 20 6
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.
Then
I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout
the country of the
inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and villany
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;
Judges 20 7
Behold,
you children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and
counsel.
Behold,
all ye, children of Israel, deliberate and give here [your] counsel.
lo,
ye [are] all sons of Israel; give for you a word and counsel here.`
Judges 20 8
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 to his house.
And
all the people rose up as one man, saying, We will not any one go to
his tent, neither will
we any one turn into 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;
Judges 20 9
But
now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: [we will go up]
against it by lot;
But
now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: [we go] by lot
against it;
and
now, this [is] the thing which we do to Gibeah -- against it by lot!
Judges 20 10
and
we will take ten men of one hundred throughout all the tribes of
Israel, and one hundred of one
thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to get victuals for the
people, that they may do,
when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that
they have worked in Israel.
and
we 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 fetch victuals for
the people, that they may
do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the
villany that they have
wrought 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.`
Judges 20 11
So
all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together
as one man.
And
all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together
as one man.
And
every man of Israel is gathered unto the city, as one man --
companions.
Judges 20 12
The
tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying,
What wickedness is this that
is happen among you?
And
the tribes of Israel sent men to all the families of Benjamin,
saying, What wickedness is this that has been done 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?
Judges 20 13
Now
therefore deliver up the men, the base fellows, who are in Gibeah,
that we may put them to death,
and put away evil from Israel. But Benjamin would not listen to the
voice of their brothers
the children of Israel.
And
now give up the men, the sons of Belial, who 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.
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;
Judges 20 14
The
children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities
to Gibeah, to go out to battle
against the children of Israel.
And
the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the
cities of Gibeah, to
go out to battle against the children of Israel.
and
the sons of Benjamin are gathered out of the cities to Gibeah, to go
out to battle
with the sons of Israel.
Judges 20 15
The
children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities
twenty-six thousand men who
drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered
seven hundred chosen
men.
And
the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the
cities, twenty-six thousand
men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were
numbered seven
hundred chosen men.
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;
Judges 20 16
Among
all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed;
everyone could sling stones
at a hair-breadth, and not miss.
Among
all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; all
these slang stones
at a hair [breadth], and missed not.
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.
Judges 20 17
The
men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand
men who drew sword:
all these were men of war.
And
the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred
thousand men that
drew sword: all these were men of war.
And
the men of Israel numbered themselves, apart from Benjamin, four
hundred thousand
men, drawing sword, each of these a man of war.
Judges 20 18
The
children of Israel arose, and went up to Bethel, and asked counsel of
God; and they said, Who shall
go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin? Yahweh
said, Judah [shall go up]
first.
And
the children of Israel arose and went up to Bethel, and inquired of
God, and said, Which
of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of
Benjamin? And Jehovah said,
Judah first.
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.`
Judges 20 19
The
children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against
Gibeah.
And
the children of Israel rose up in the morning and encamped against
Gibeah.
And
the sons of Israel rise in the morning, and encamp against Gibeah,
Judges 20 20
The
men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of
Israel set the battle in array
against them at Gibeah.
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.
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,
Judges 20 21
The
children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to
the ground of the Israelites
on that day Twenty-two thousand men.
And
the children of Benjamin went forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed to
the ground of the
Israelites that day twenty-two thousand men.
and
the sons of Benjamin come out from Gibeah, and destroy in Israel on
that day two
and twenty thousand men -- to the earth.
Judges 20 22
The
people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set the battle
again in array in the place
where they set themselves in array the first day.
And
the people, the men of Israel, took courage, and set the battle
again in array in the place
where they put themselves in array 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.
Judges 20 23
The
children of Israel went up and wept before Yahweh until even; and
they asked of Yahweh, saying,
Shall I again draw near to battle against the children of Benjamin my
brother? Yahweh said,
Go up against him.
And
the children of Israel went up and wept before Jehovah until even,
and inquired of Jehovah,
saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of
Benjamin my brother?
And Jehovah said, Go up against him.
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.`
Judges 20 24
The
children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the
second day.
And
the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin
the second day.
And
the sons of Israel draw near unto the sons of Benjamin on the second
day,
Judges 20 25
Benjamin
went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed
down to the ground
of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew
the sword.
And
Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and
again destroyed to the ground of the children of Israel eighteen thousand men: all
these drew the sword.
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.
Judges 20 26
Then
all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came to
Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh, and fasted that day until even; and they offered
burnt-offerings and peace-offerings
before Yahweh.
Then
all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up and came to
Bethel, and wept, and
abode there before Jehovah, and fasted that day until even, and
offered up burnt- offerings
and peace-offerings before Jehovah.
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.
Judges 20 27
The
children of Israel asked of Yahweh (for the ark of the covenant of
God was there in those days,
And
the children of Israel inquired of Jehovah (and the ark of the
covenant of God was there
in those days,
And
the sons of Israel ask of Jehovah, -- and there [is] the ark of the
covenant of God in those days,
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? Yahweh said,
Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand.
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 Jehovah said, Go up; for to-morrow I will give them into thy
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.`
Judges 20 29
Israel
set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about.
And
Israel set liers in wait against Gibeah, round about.
And
Israel setteth liers in wait against Gibeah, round about,
Judges 20 30
The
children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the
third day, and set themselves
in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
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 the other times.
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.
Judges 20 31
The
children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away
from the city; and they
began to strike and kill of the people, as at other times, in the
highways, of which one goes up
to Bethel, and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of
Israel.
And
the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn
away from the
city, and began to smite of the people, slaying as at the former
times, in the highways,
of which one leads to Bethel and the other to Gibeah in the field,
about thirty men
of Israel.
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.
Judges 20 32
The
children of Benjamin said, They are struck down before us, as at the
first. But the children of
Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them away from the city to the
highways.
And
the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as
at the first. And the
children of Israel said, Let us flee, that we may draw them from the
city to the highways.
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.`
Judges 20 33
All
the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in
array at Baal-tamar: and the
liers-in-wait of Israel broke forth out of their place, even out of
Maareh-geba.
And
all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves
in array at Baal- Tamar;
and the ambush of Israel rushed forth out of their place, out of the
meadows of Geba.
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.
Judges 20 34
There
came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel,
and the battle was sore;
but they didn`t know that evil was close on them.
And
there came from opposite Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all
Israel, and the battle
was severe; but they knew not that disaster was coming 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.
Judges 20 35
Yahweh
struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed
of Benjamin that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men: all these drew the sword.
And
Jehovah smote Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel
destroyed of the Benjaminites
that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men: all these drew the
sword.
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.
Judges 20 36
So
the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck; for the men of
Israel gave place to Benjamin,
because they trusted to the liers-in-wait whom they had set against
Gibeah.
And
the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten. -- And the men
of Israel gave place
to Benjamin, because they trusted to the ambush that 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,
Judges 20 37
The
liers-in-wait hurried, and rushed on Gibeah; and the liers-in-wait
drew themselves along, and
struck all the city with the edge of the sword.
And
the ambush hasted, and fell upon Gibeah; and the ambush drew along,
and smote the whole
city with the edge of 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.
Judges 20 38
Now
the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers-in-wait
was that they should make
a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.
Now
there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the
ambush, that they should
make a thick column of smoke rise up out of 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.
Judges 20 39
The
men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to strike and
kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said, Surely they are struck down
before us, as in the first battle.
And
when the men of Israel turned back in the battle, Benjamin began to
smite, slaying of
the men of Israel about thirty men; for they said, Surely they are
quite routed 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;
Judges 20 40
But
when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of
smoke, the Benjamites looked behind
them; and, behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to the sky.
And
when the burning began to rise up out of the city as a pillar of
smoke, Benjamin looked
behind, and behold, the whole city ascended [in smoke] to the
heavens.
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.
Judges 20 41
The
men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they
saw that evil had come
on them.
Then
the men of Israel turned back, and the men of Benjamin were amazed,
for they saw that
disaster was 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 --
Judges 20 42
Therefore
they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the
wilderness; but the battle
followed hard after them; and those who came out of the cities
destroyed them in the midst
of it.
And
they turned before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness;
but the battle overtook
them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in their
midst.
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;
Judges 20 43
They
enclosed the Benjamites round about, [and] chased them, [and] trod
them down at [their] resting-place,
as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrise.
They
encompassed the Benjaminites, chased them, trode them down at the
resting-place over
against Gibeah toward the sun-rising.
they
have compassed the Benjamites -- they have pursued them -- with ease
they have
trodden them down till over-against Gibeah, at the sun-rising.
Judges 20 44
There
fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these [were] men of
valor.
And
there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men: all these, men of
valour.
And
there fall of Benjamin eighteen thousand men -- the whole of these
[are] men of
valour;
Judges 20 45
They
turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon: and they
gleaned of them in the
highways five thousand men, and followed hard after them to Gidom,
and struck of them two thousand
men.
And
they turned and fled towards the wilderness to the cliff of Rimmon,
and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after
them to Gidom, and slew
two thousand men of them.
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.
Judges 20 46
So
that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men
who drew the sword; all these
[were] men of valor.
So
that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men
that drew the sword:
all these, men of valour.
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;
Judges 20 47
But
six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of
Rimmon, and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months.
And
six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness to the cliff of
Rimmon, and abode at
the cliff of Rimmon 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.
Judges 20 48
The
men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin, and struck
them with the edge of the
sword, both the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found:
moreover all the cities which
they found they set on fire.
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 cattle,
and all that was found; even all the cities that were found did they set on fire.
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.
Study Questions...
Why was the Levite pursuing his concubine? 19:1-3
How many days was the Levite in Bethlehem? 19:8
What did the wicked men of Gibeah want from the Levite?
What did the Levite do to his concubine? 19:29-30
Who killed the Levite's concubine? 20:4-6
How did Gibeah (Benjamin) respond to the request to give up the criminals? 20:13
What was unusual about 700 men of Benjamin and Gilead? 20:16
How many days was there civil war? 20:30
How many of the tribe of Benjamin escaped? 20:47
