1 Now after 0310 the death 04194 of Joshua 03091 it came to pass, that the children 01121 of Israel 03478 asked 07592 the LORD 03068, saying 0559, Who shall go up 05927 for us against the Canaanites 03669 first 08462, to fight 03898 against them?
2 And the LORD 03068 said 0559, Judah 03063 shall go up 05927: behold, I have delivered 05414 the land 0776 into his hand 03027.
3 And Judah 03063 said 0559 to Simeon 08095 his brother 0251, Come up 05927 with me into my lot 01486, that we may fight 03898 against the Canaanites 03669; and I likewise will go 01980 with thee into thy lot 01486. So Simeon 08095 went 03212 with him.
4 And Judah 03063 went up 05927; and the LORD 03068 delivered 05414 the Canaanites 03669 and the Perizzites 06522 into their hand 03027: and they slew 05221 of them in Bezek 0966 ten 06235 thousand 0505 men 0376.
5 And they found 04672 Adonibezek 0137 in Bezek 0966: and they fought 03898 against him, and they slew 05221 the Canaanites 03669 and the Perizzites 06522.
6 But Adonibezek 0137 fled 05127; and they pursued 07291, 310 him, and caught 0270 him, and cut off 07112 his thumbs 0931, 3027 and his great toes 07272.
7 And Adonibezek 0137 said 0559, seventy 07657 kings 04428, having their thumbs 0931, 3027 and their great toes 07272 cut off 07112, gathered 03950 their food under my table 07979: as I have done 06213, so God 0430 hath repaid 07999 me. And they brought 0935 him to Jerusalem 03389, and there he died 04191. their thumbs…: Heb. the thumbs of their hands and of their feetgathered: or, gleaned
8 Now the children 01121 of Judah 03063 had fought 03898 against Jerusalem 03389, and had taken 03920 it, and smitten 05221 it with the edge 06310 of the sword 02719, and set 07971 the city 05892 on fire 0784.
9 And afterward 0310 the children 01121 of Judah 03063 went down 03381 to fight 03898 against the Canaanites 03669, that dwelt 03427 on the mountain 02022, and in the south 05045, and in the valley 08219. valley: or, low country
10 And Judah 03063 went 03212 against the Canaanites 03669 that dwelt 03427 in Hebron 02275: (now the name 08034 of Hebron 02275 before 06440 was Kirjatharba 07153:) and they slew 05221 Sheshai 08344, and Ahiman 0289, and Talmai 08526.
11 And from there he went 03212 against the inhabitants 03427 of Debir 01688: and the name 08034 of Debir 01688 before 06440 was Kirjathsepher 07158:
12 And Caleb 03612 said 0559, He that smiteth 05221 Kirjathsepher 07158, and taketh 03920 it, to him will I give 05414 Achsah 05915 my daughter 01323 for a wife 0802.
13 And Othniel 06274 the son 01121 of Kenaz 07073, Caleb’s 03612 younger 06996 brother 0251, took 03920 it: and he gave 05414 him Achsah 05915 his daughter 01323 for a wife 0802.
14 And it came to pass, when she came 0935 to him, that she moved 05496 him to ask 07592 of her father 01 a field 07704: and she got off 06795 her donkey 02543; and Caleb 03612 said 0559 to her, What wilt thou?
15 And she said 0559 to him, Give 03051 me a blessing 01293: for thou hast given 05414 me a south 05045 land 0776; give 05414 me also springs 01543 of water 04325. And Caleb 03612 gave 05414 her the upper 05942 springs 01543 and the lower 08482 springs 01543.
16 And the children 01121 of the Kenite 07017, Moses 04872’ father in law 02859, went up 05927 out of the city 05892 of palm trees 08558, 5899 with the children 01121 of Judah 03063 into the wilderness 04057 of Judah 03063, which lieth in the south 05045 of Arad 06166; and they went 03212 and dwelt 03427 among 0854 the people 05971.
17 And Judah 03063 went 03212 with Simeon 08095 his brother 0251, and they slew 05221 the Canaanites 03669 that inhabited 03427 Zephath 06857, and utterly destroyed 02763 it. And the name 08034 of the city 05892 was called 07121 Hormah 02767.
18 Also Judah 03063 took 03920 Gaza 05804 with its land 01366, and Askelon 0831 with its land 01366, and Ekron 06138 with its land 01366.
19 And the LORD 03068 was with Judah 03063; and he drove out 03423 the inhabitants of the mountain 02022; but could not 03808 drive out 03423 the inhabitants 03427 of the valley 06010, because they had chariots 07393 of iron 01270. drave…: or, possessed the mountain
20 And they gave 05414 Hebron 02275 to Caleb 03612, as Moses 04872 said 01696: and he drove out 03423 from there the three 07969 sons 01121 of Anak 06061.
21 And the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 did not drive out 03423 the Jebusites 02983 that inhabited 03427 Jerusalem 03389; but the Jebusites 02983 dwell 03427 with the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 in Jerusalem 03389 to this day 03117.
22 And the house 01004 of Joseph 03130, they also went up 05927 against Bethel 01008: and the LORD 03068 was with them.
23 And the house 01004 of Joseph 03130 sent to spy out 08446 Bethel 01008. (Now the name 08034 of the city 05892 before 06440 was Luz 03870.)
24 And the spies 08104 saw 07200 a man 0376 coming 03318 out of the city 05892, and they said 0559 to him, Show 07200 us, we pray thee, the entrance 03996 into the city 05892, and we will show 06213 thee mercy 02617.
25 And when he showed 07200 them the entrance 03996 into the city 05892, they smote 05221 the city 05892 with the edge 06310 of the sword 02719; but they let go 07971 the man 0376 and all his family 04940.
26 And the man 0376 went 03212 into the land 0776 of the Hittites 02850, and built 01129 a city 05892, and called 07121 the name 08034 of it Luz 03870: which is its name 08034 to this day 03117.
27 Neither did Manasseh 04519 drive out 03423 the inhabitants of Bethshean 01052 and its towns 01323, nor Taanach 08590 and its towns 01323, nor the inhabitants 03427 of Dor 01756 and its towns 01323, nor the inhabitants 03427 of Ibleam 02991 and its towns 01323, nor the inhabitants 03427 of Megiddo 04023 and its towns 01323: but the Canaanites 03669 would 02974 dwell 03427 in that land 0776.
28 And it came to pass, when Israel 03478 was strong 02388, that they subjected 07760 the Canaanites 03669 to forced labour 04522, and did not utterly 03423 drive them out 03423.
29 Neither did Ephraim 0669 drive out 03423 the Canaanites 03669 that dwelt 03427 in Gezer 01507; but the Canaanites 03669 dwelt 03427 in Gezer 01507 among 07130 them.
30 Neither did Zebulun 02074 drive out 03423 the inhabitants 03427 of Kitron 07003, nor the inhabitants 03427 of Nahalol 05096; but the Canaanites 03669 dwelt 03427 among 07130 them, and became forced labourers 04522.
31 Neither did Asher 0836 drive out 03423 the inhabitants 03427 of Accho 05910, nor the inhabitants 03427 of Zidon 06721, nor of Ahlab 0303, nor of Achzib 0392, nor of Helbah 02462, nor of Aphik 0663, nor of Rehob 07340:
32 But the Asherites 0843 dwelt 03427 among 07130 the Canaanites 03669, the inhabitants 03427 of the land 0776: for they did not drive them out 03423.
33 Neither did Naphtali 05321 drive out 03423 the inhabitants 03427 of Bethshemesh 01053, nor the inhabitants 03427 of Bethanath 01043; but he dwelt 03427 among 07130 the Canaanites 03669, the inhabitants 03427 of the land 0776: nevertheless the inhabitants 03427 of Bethshemesh 01053 and of Bethanath 01043 became forced labourers 04522 to them.
34 And the Amorites 0567 forced 03905 the children 01121 of Dan 01835 to the mountain 02022: for they would not allow 05414 them to come down 03381 to the valley 06010:
35 But the Amorites 0567 would 02974 dwell 03427 in mount 02022 Heres 02776 in Aijalon 0357, and in Shaalbim 08169: yet the hand 03027 of the house 01004 of Joseph 03130 prevailed 03513, so that they became forced labourers 04522. prevailed: Heb. was heavy
36 And the border 01366 of the Amorites 0567 was from the ascent 04608 to Akrabbim 04610, from the rock 05553, and upward 04605. the going…: or, Maalehacrabbim
1 And an angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 came up 05927 from Gilgal 01537 to Bochim 01066, and said 0559, I made you to depart 05927 from Egypt 04714, and have brought 0935 you to the land 0776 which I swore 07650 to your fathers 01; and I said 0559, I will never 05769 break 06565 my covenant 01285 with you. angel: or, messenger
2 And ye shall make 03772 no league 01285 with the inhabitants 03427 of this land 0776; ye shall throw down 05422 their altars 04196: but ye have not obeyed 08085 my voice 06963: why have ye done 06213 this?
3 Therefore I also said 0559, I will not drive them out 01644 from before 06440 you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides 06654, and their gods 0430 shall be a snare 04170 to you.
4 And it came to pass, when the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 spoke 01696 these words 01697 to all the children 01121 of Israel 03478, that the people 05971 lifted up 05375 their voice 06963, and wept 01058.
5 And they called 07121 the name 08034 of that place 04725 Bochim 01066: and they sacrificed 02076 there to the LORD 03068. Bochim: that is, Weepers
6 And when Joshua 03091 had let the people 05971 go 07971, the children 01121 of Israel 03478 went 03212 every man 0376 to his inheritance 05159 to possess 03423 the land 0776.
7 And the people 05971 served 05647 the LORD 03068 all the days 03117 of Joshua 03091, and all the days 03117 of the elders 02205 that outlived 0748, 3117, 310 Joshua 03091, who had seen 07200 all the great 01419 works 04639 of the LORD 03068, that he did 06213 for Israel 03478. outlived: Heb. prolonged days after
8 And Joshua 03091 the son 01121 of Nun 05126, the servant 05650 of the LORD 03068, died 04191, being an hundred 03967 and ten 06235 years 08141 old 01121.
9 And they buried 06912 him in the border 01366 of his inheritance 05159 in Timnathheres 08556, in the mount 02022 of Ephraim 0669, on the north side 06828 of the hill 02022 Gaash 01608. Timnathheres: also called, Timnathserah
10 And also all that generation 01755 were gathered 0622 to their fathers 01: and there arose 06965 another 0312 generation 01755 after 0310 them, which knew 03045 not the LORD 03068, nor yet the works 04639 which he had done 06213 for Israel 03478.
11 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 did 06213 evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, and served 05647 Baalim 01168:
12 And they forsook 05800 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01, who brought them out 03318 of the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, and followed 03212, 310 other 0312 gods 0430, of the gods 0430 of the people 05971 that were around 05439 them, and bowed 07812 themselves to them, and provoked the LORD 03068 to anger 03707.
13 And they forsook 05800 the LORD 03068, and served 05647 Baal 01168 and Ashtaroth 06252.
14 And the anger 0639 of the LORD 03068 was hot 02734 against Israel 03478, and he delivered 05414 them into the hands 03027 of spoilers 08154 that spoiled 08155 them, and he sold 04376 them into the hands 03027 of their enemies 0341 around 05439 them, so that they could 03201 not any longer 05750 stand 05975 before 06440 their enemies 0341.
15 Wherever they went out 03318, the hand 03027 of the LORD 03068 was against them for evil 07451, as the LORD 03068 had said 01696, and as the LORD 03068 had sworn 07650 to them: and they were greatly 03966 distressed 03334.
16 Nevertheless the LORD 03068 raised up 06965 judges 08199, who delivered 03467 them out of the hand 03027 of those that spoiled 08154 them. delivered: Heb. saved
17 And yet they would not hearken 08085 to their judges 08199, but they played the harlot with 02181, 310 other 0312 gods 0430, and bowed 07812 themselves to them: they turned 05493 quickly 04118 out of the way 01870 which their fathers 01 walked in 01980, obeying 08085 the commandments 04687 of the LORD 03068; but they did 06213 not so.
18 And when the LORD 03068 raised 06965 up judges 08199 for them, then the LORD 03068 was with the judge 08199, and delivered 03467 them out of the hand 03027 of their enemies 0341 all the days 03117 of the judge 08199: for the LORD 03068 repented 05162 because 06440 of their groanings 05009 by reason of them that oppressed 03905 them and burdened 01766 them.
19 And it came to pass, when the judge 08199 was dead 04194, that they returned 07725, and corrupted 07843 themselves more than their fathers 01, in following 03212, 310 other 0312 gods 0430 to serve 05647 them, and to bow down 07812 to them; they ceased 05307 not from their own doings 04611, nor from their stubborn 07186 way 01870. corrupted…: or, were corruptceased…: Heb. let nothing fall of their
20 And the anger 0639 of the LORD 03068 was hot 02734 against Israel 03478; and he said 0559, Because that this people 01471 hath transgressed 05674 my covenant 01285 which I commanded 06680 their fathers 01, and have not hearkened 08085 to my voice 06963;
21 I also will not henceforth 03254 drive out 03423, 376 from before 06440 them any of the nations 01471 which Joshua 03091 left 05800 when he died 04191:
22 That through them I may test 05254 Israel 03478, whether they will keep 08104 the way 01870 of the LORD 03068 to walk 03212 in it, as their fathers 01 kept 08104 it, or not.
23 Therefore the LORD 03068 left 03240 those nations 01471, without 01115 driving them out 03423 speedily 04118; neither did he deliver 05414 them into the hand 03027 of Joshua 03091. left: or, suffered
1 Now these are the nations 01471 which the LORD 03068 left 03240, to test 05254 Israel 03478 by them, even as many of Israel as had not known 03045 all the wars 04421 of Canaan 03667;
2 Only that 07535 the generations 01755 of the children 01121 of Israel 03478 might know 03045, to teach 03925 them war 04421, at the least such as before 06440 knew 03045 nothing of it;
3 Namely, five 02568 lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430, and all the Canaanites 03669, and the Sidonians 06722, and the Hivites 02340 that dwelt 03427 on mount 02022 Lebanon 03844, from mount 02022 Baalhermon 01179 to the entrance 0935 of Hamath 02574.
4 And they were to test 05254 Israel 03478 by them, to know 03045 whether they would hearken 08085 to the commandments 04687 of the LORD 03068, which he commanded 06680 their fathers 01 by the hand 03027 of Moses 04872.
5 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 dwelt 03427 among 07130 the Canaanites 03669, Hittites 02850, and Amorites 0567, and Perizzites 06522, and Hivites 02340, and Jebusites 02983:
6 And they took 03947 their daughters 01323 to be their wives 0802, and gave 05414 their daughters 01323 to their sons 01121, and served 05647 their gods 0430.
7 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 did 06213 evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, and forgot 07911 the LORD 03068 their God 0430, and served 05647 Baalim 01168 and the groves 0842.
8 Therefore the anger 0639 of the LORD 03068 was hot 02734 against Israel 03478, and he sold 04376 them into the hand 03027 of Chushanrishathaim 03573 king 04428 of Mesopotamia 0763: and the children 01121 of Israel 03478 served 05647 Chushanrishathaim 03573 eight 08083 years 08141. Mesopotamia: Heb. Aramnaharaim
9 And when the children 01121 of Israel 03478 cried 02199 to the LORD 03068, the LORD 03068 raised up 06965 a deliverer 03467 to the children 01121 of Israel 03478, who delivered 03467 them, even Othniel 06274 the son 01121 of Kenaz 07073, Caleb’s 03612 younger 06996 brother 0251. deliverer: Heb. saviour
10 And the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 came upon him, and he judged 08199 Israel 03478, and went out 03318 to war 04421: and the LORD 03068 delivered 05414 Chushanrishathaim 03573 king 04428 of Mesopotamia 0763 into his hand 03027; and his hand 03027 prevailed 05810 against Chushanrishathaim 03573. came: Heb. wasMesopotamia: Heb. Aram
11 And the land 0776 had rest 08252 forty 0705 years 08141. And Othniel 06274 the son 01121 of Kenaz 07073 died 04191.
12 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 did 06213 evil 07451 again 03254 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068: and the LORD 03068 strengthened 02388 Eglon 05700 the king 04428 of Moab 04124 against Israel 03478, because they had done 06213 evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068.
13 And he gathered 0622 to him the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 and Amalek 06002, and went 03212 and smote 05221 Israel 03478, and possessed 03423 the city 05892 of palm trees 08558, 5899.
14 So the children 01121 of Israel 03478 served 05647 Eglon 05700 the king 04428 of Moab 04124 eighteen 08083, 6240 years 08141.
15 But when the children 01121 of Israel 03478 cried 02199 to the LORD 03068, the LORD 03068 raised them up 06965 a deliverer 03467, Ehud 0164 the son 01121 of Gera 01617, a Benjamite 01145, a man 0376 lefthanded 0334, 3225: and by him 03027 the children 01121 of Israel 03478 sent 07971 tribute 04503 to Eglon 05700 king 04428 of Moab 04124. a Benjamite: or, the son of Jeminilefthanded: Heb. shut of his right hand
16 But Ehud 0164 made 06213 him a dagger 02719 which had two 08147 edges 06366, of a cubit 01574 length 0753; and he girded 02296 it under his raiment 04055 upon his right 03225 thigh 03409.
17 And he brought 07126 the tribute 04503 to Eglon 05700 king 04428 of Moab 04124: and Eglon 05700 was a very 03966 fat 01277 man 0376.
18 And when he had finished 03615 offering 07126 the tribute 04503, he sent away 07971 the people 05971 that bore 05375 the tribute 04503.
19 But he himself turned back 07725 at the quarries 06456 that were by Gilgal 01537, and said 0559, I have a secret 05643 errand 01697 to thee, O king 04428: who said 0559, Keep silence 02013. And all that stood 05975 by him went out 03318 from him. quarries: or, graven images
20 And Ehud 0164 came 0935 to him; and he was sitting 03427 in a summer 04747 parlour 05944, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud 0164 said 0559, I have a message 01697 from God 0430 to thee. And he arose 06965 from his seat 03678. a summer…: Heb. a parlour of cooling
21 And Ehud 0164 put forth 07971 his left 08040 hand 03027, and took 03947 the dagger 02719 from his right 03225 thigh 03409, and thrust 08628 it into his belly 0990:
22 And the handle 05325 also entered 0935 after 0310 the blade 03851; and the fat 02459 closed 05462 upon 01157 the blade 03851, so that he could not draw 08025 the dagger 02719 out of his belly 0990; and the dirt 06574 came out 03318. the dirt…: or, it came out at the buttocks
23 Then Ehud 0164 went forth 03318 through the porch 04528, and shut 05462 the doors 01817 of the parlour 05944 upon him, and locked 05274 them.
24 When he had gone out 03318, his servants 05650 came 0935; and when they saw 07200 that, behold, the doors 01817 of the parlour 05944 were locked 05274, they said 0559, Surely he covereth 05526 his feet 07272 in his summer 04747 chamber 02315. covereth…: or, doeth his easement
25 And they tarried 02342 till they were ashamed 0954: and, behold, he opened 06605 not the doors 01817 of the parlour 05944; therefore they took 03947 a key 04668, and opened 06605 them: and, behold, their lord 0113 lay 05307 dead 04191 on the earth 0776.
26 And Ehud 0164 escaped 04422 while they tarried 04102, and passed beyond 05674 the quarries 06456, and escaped 04422 to Seirath 08167.
27 And it came to pass, when he had come 0935, that he blew 08628 a trumpet 07782 in the mountain 02022 of Ephraim 0669, and the children 01121 of Israel 03478 went down 03381 with him from the mount 02022, and he before 06440 them.
28 And he said 0559 to them, Follow 07291, 310 me: for the LORD 03068 hath delivered 05414 your enemies 0341 the Moabites 04124 into your hand 03027. And they went down 03381 after 0310 him, and took 03920 the fords 04569 of Jordan 03383 toward Moab 04124, and permitted 05414 not a man 0376 to pass over 05674.
29 And they slew 05221 of Moab 04124 at that time 06256 about ten 06235 thousand 0505 men 0376, all stout 08082, and all men 0376 of valour 02428; and there escaped 04422 not a man 0376. lusty: Heb. fat
30 So Moab 04124 was subdued 03665 that day 03117 under the hand 03027 of Israel 03478. And the land 0776 had rest 08252 eighty 08084 years 08141.
31 And after 0310 him was Shamgar 08044 the son 01121 of Anath 06067, who slew 05221 of the Philistines 06430 six 08337 hundred 03967 men 0376 with an ox 01241 goad 04451: and he also delivered 03467 Israel 03478.
1 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 again 03254 did 06213 evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, after Ehud 0164 was dead 04191.
2 And the LORD 03068 sold 04376 them into the hand 03027 of Jabin 02985 king 04428 of Canaan 03667, that reigned 04427 in Hazor 02674; the captain 08269 of whose host 06635 was Sisera 05516, who dwelt 03427 in Harosheth 02800 of the Gentiles 01471.
3 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 cried 06817 to the LORD 03068: for he had nine 08672 hundred 03967 chariots 07393 of iron 01270; and twenty 06242 years 08141 he mightily 02394 oppressed 03905 the children 01121 of Israel 03478.
4 And Deborah 01683, a prophetess 05031, the wife 0802 of Lapidoth 03941, she judged 08199 Israel 03478 at that time 06256.
5 And she dwelt 03427 under the palm tree 08560 of Deborah 01683 between Ramah 07414 and Bethel 01008 in mount 02022 Ephraim 0669: and the children 01121 of Israel 03478 came up 05927 to her for judgment 04941.
6 And she sent 07971 and called 07121 Barak 01301 the son 01121 of Abinoam 042 from Kedeshnaphtali 06943, and said 0559 to him, Hath not the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 commanded 06680, saying, Go 03212 and draw 04900 toward mount 02022 Tabor 08396, and take 03947 with thee ten 06235 thousand 0505 men 0376 of the children 01121 of Naphtali 05321 and of the children 01121 of Zebulun 02074?
7 And I will draw 04900 to thee to the river 05158 Kishon 07028 Sisera 05516, the captain 08269 of Jabin’s 02985 army 06635, with his chariots 07393 and his multitude 01995; and I will deliver 05414 him into thy hand 03027.
8 And Barak 01301 said 0559 to her, If thou wilt go 03212 with me, then I will go 01980: but if thou wilt not go 03212 with me, then I will not go 03212.
9 And she said 0559, I will surely 01980 go 03212 with thee: however 0657 the journey 01870 that thou takest 01980 shall not be for thy honour 08597; for the LORD 03068 shall sell 04376 Sisera 05516 into the hand 03027 of a woman 0802. And Deborah 01683 arose 06965, and went 03212 with Barak 01301 to Kedesh 06943.
10 And Barak 01301 called 02199 Zebulun 02074 and Naphtali 05321 to Kedesh 06943; and he went up 05927 with ten 06235 thousand 0505 men 0376 at his feet 07272: and Deborah 01683 went up 05927 with him.
11 Now Heber 02268 the Kenite 07017, who was of the children 01121 of Hobab 02246 the father in law 02859 of Moses 04872, had separated 06504 himself from the Kenites 07014, and pitched 05186 his tent 0168 to the plain 0436 of Zaanaim 06815, which is by Kedesh 06943.
12 And they showed 05046 Sisera 05516 that Barak 01301 the son 01121 of Abinoam 042 had gone up 05927 to mount 02022 Tabor 08396.
13 And Sisera 05516 gathered together 02199 all his chariots 07393, even nine 08672 hundred 03967 chariots 07393 of iron 01270, and all the people 05971 that were with him, from Harosheth 02800 of the Gentiles 01471 to the river 05158 of Kishon 07028. together: Heb. by cry, or, proclamation
14 And Deborah 01683 said 0559 to Barak 01301, Arise 06965; for this is the day 03117 when the LORD 03068 hath delivered 05414 Sisera 05516 into thy hand 03027: hath not the LORD 03068 gone out 03318 before 06440 thee? So Barak 01301 went down 03381 from mount 02022 Tabor 08396, and ten 06235 thousand 0505 men 0376 after 0310 him.
15 And the LORD 03068 destroyed 02000 Sisera 05516, and all his chariots 07393, and all his host 04264, with the edge 06310 of the sword 02719 before 06440 Barak 01301; so that Sisera 05516 came down 03381 from his chariot 04818, and fled away 05127 on his feet 07272.
16 But Barak 01301 pursued 07291, 310 the chariots 07393, and the host 04264, to Harosheth 02800 of the Gentiles 01471: and all the host 04264 of Sisera 05516 fell 05307 upon the edge 06310 of the sword 02719; and there was not a man 0259 left 07604. a man: Heb. unto one
17 However Sisera 05516 fled away 05127 on his feet 07272 to the tent 0168 of Jael 03278 the wife 0802 of Heber 02268 the Kenite 07017: for there was peace 07965 between Jabin 02985 the king 04428 of Hazor 02674 and the house 01004 of Heber 02268 the Kenite 07017.
18 And Jael 03278 went out 03318 to meet 07125 Sisera 05516, and said 0559 to him, Turn in 05493, my lord 0113, turn in 05493 to me; fear 03372 not. And when he had turned in 05493 to her into the tent 0168, she covered 03680 him with a mantle 08063. mantle: or, rug, or, blanket
19 And he said 0559 to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little 04592 water 04325 to drink 08248; for I am thirsty 06770. And she opened 06605 a bottle 04997 of milk 02461, and gave him a drink 08248, and covered 03680 him.
20 Again he said 0559 to her, Stand in 05975 the door 06607 of the tent 0168, and it shall be, when any man 0376 doth come 0935 and enquire 07592 of thee, and say 0559, Is there 03426 any man 0376 here 03426? that thou shalt say 0559, No.
21 Then Jael 03278 Heber’s 02268 wife 0802 took 03947 a nail 03489 of the tent 0168, and took 07760 an hammer 04718 in her hand 03027, and went 0935 softly 03814 to him, and smote 08628 the nail 03489 into his temples 07541, and fastened 06795 it into the ground 0776: for he was fast asleep 07290 and weary 05774. So he died 04191. and took: Heb. and put
22 And, behold, as Barak 01301 pursued 07291 Sisera 05516, Jael 03278 came out 03318 to meet 07125 him, and said 0559 to him, Come 03212, and I will show 07200 thee the man 0376 whom thou seekest 01245. And when he came 0935 into her tent, behold, Sisera 05516 lay 05307 dead 04191, and the nail 03489 was in his temples 07541.
23 So God 0430 subdued 03665 on that day 03117 Jabin 02985 the king 04428 of Canaan 03667 before 06440 the children 01121 of Israel 03478.
24 And the hand 03027 of the children 01121 of Israel 03478 prospered 03212, 1980, and prevailed 07186 against Jabin 02985 the king 04428 of Canaan 03667, until they had destroyed 03772 Jabin 02985 king 04428 of Canaan 03667. prospered…: Heb. going went and was hard
1 Then sang 07891 Deborah 01683 and Barak 01301 the son 01121 of Abinoam 042 on that day 03117, saying 0559,
2 Praise 01288 ye the LORD 03068 for the avenging 06544, 6546 of Israel 03478, when the people 05971 willingly offered 05068 themselves.
3 Hear 08085, O ye kings 04428; give ear 0238, O ye princes 07336; I, even I, will sing 07891 to the LORD 03068; I will sing 02167 praise to the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478.
4 LORD 03068, when thou wentest out 03318 of Seir 08165, when thou didst march out 06805 of the field 07704 of Edom 0123, the earth 0776 trembled 07493, and the heavens 08064 poured 05197, the clouds 05645 also poured 05197 water 04325.
5 The mountains 02022 melted 05140 from before 06440 the LORD 03068, even that Sinai 05514 from before 06440 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478. melted: Heb. flowed
6 In the days 03117 of Shamgar 08044 the son 01121 of Anath 06067, in the days 03117 of Jael 03278, the highways 0734 were unoccupied 02308, and the travellers 01980 walked 03212 through byways 06128, 5410. travellers: Heb. walkers of pathsbyways: Heb. crooked ways
7 The inhabitants of the villages 06520 ceased 02308, they ceased 02308 in Israel 03478, until that I Deborah 01683 arose 06965, that I arose 06965 a mother 0517 in Israel 03478.
8 They chose 0977 new 02319 gods 0430; then was war 03901 in the gates 08179: was there a shield 04043 or spear 07420 seen 07200 among forty 0705 thousand 0505 in Israel 03478?
9 My heart 03820 is toward the governors 02710 of Israel 03478, that offered themselves willingly 05068 among the people 05971. Bless 01288 ye the LORD 03068.
10 Speak 07878, ye that ride 07392 on white 06715 donkeys 0860, ye that sit 03427 in judgment 04055, and walk 01980 by the way 01870. Speak: or, Meditate
11 They that are delivered from the noise 06963 of archers 02686 in the places of drawing water 04857, there shall they rehearse 08567 the righteous acts 06666 of the LORD 03068, even the righteous acts 06666 toward the inhabitants of his villages 06520 in Israel 03478: then shall the people 05971 of the LORD 03068 go down 03381 to the gates 08179. righteous…: Heb. righteousnesses
12 Awake 05782, awake 05782, Deborah 01683: awake 05782, awake 05782, utter 01696 a song 07892: arise 06965, Barak 01301, and lead thy captivity 07628 captive 07617, thou son 01121 of Abinoam 042.
13 Then he made him that remaineth 08300 have dominion 07287 over the nobles 0117 among the people 05971: the LORD 03068 made me have dominion 07287 over the mighty 01368.
14 Out of Ephraim 0669 was there a root 08328 of them against Amalek 06002; after 0310 thee, Benjamin 01144, among thy people 05971; out of Machir 04353 came down 03381 governors 02710, and out of Zebulun 02074 they that handle 04900 the pen 07626 of the writer 05608. handle: Heb. draw with
15 And the princes 08269 of Issachar 03485 were with Deborah 01683; even Issachar 03485, and also Barak 01301: he was sent 07971 on foot 07272 into the valley 06010. For the divisions 06390 of Reuben 07205 there were great 01419 thoughts 02711 of heart 03820. foot: Heb. his feetFor: or, Inthoughts: Heb. impressions
16 Why abodest 03427 thou among 0996 the sheepfolds 04942, to hear 08085 the bleatings 08292 of the flocks 05739? For the divisions 06390 of Reuben 07205 there were great 01419 searchings 02714 of heart 03820. For: or, In
17 Gilead 01568 abode 07931 beyond 05676 Jordan 03383: and why did Dan 01835 remain 01481 in ships 0591? Asher 0836 continued 03427 on the sea 03220 shore 02348, and abode 07931 in his inlets 04664. shore: or, portbreaches: or, creeks
18 Zebulun 02074 and Naphtali 05321 were a people 05971 that jeoparded 02778 their lives 05315 to death 04191 in the high places 04791 of the field 07704. jeoparded: Heb. exposed to reproach
19 The kings 04428 came 0935 and fought 03898, then fought 03898 the kings 04428 of Canaan 03667 in Taanach 08590 by the waters 04325 of Megiddo 04023; they took 03947 no gain 01215 of money 03701.
20 They fought 03898 from heaven 08064; the stars 03556 in their courses 04546 fought 03898 against Sisera 05516. courses: Heb. paths
21 The river 05158 of Kishon 07028 swept them away 01640, that ancient 06917 river 05158, the river 05158 Kishon 07028. O my soul 05315, thou hast trodden down 01869 strength 05797.
22 Then were the horsehoofs 06119, 5483 broken 01986 by the means of the pransings 01726, the pransings 01726 of their mighty ones 047. pransings: or, tramplings, or, plungings
23 Curse 0779 ye Meroz 04789, said 0559 the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068, curse 0779 ye bitterly 0779 its inhabitants 03427; because they came 0935 not to the help 05833 of the LORD 03068, to the help 05833 of the LORD 03068 against the mighty 01368.
24 Blessed 01288 above women 0802 shall Jael 03278 the wife 0802 of Heber 02268 the Kenite 07017 be, blessed 01288 shall she be above women 0802 in the tent 0168.
25 He asked 07592 water 04325, and she gave 05414 him milk 02461; she brought forth 07126 butter 02529 in a lordly 0117 dish 05602.
26 She put 07971 her hand 03027 to the nail 03489, and her right hand 03225 to the workmen’s 06001 hammer 01989; and with the hammer she smote 01986 Sisera 05516, she smote off 04277 his head 07218, when she had pierced 04272 and struck through 02498 his temples 07541. with…: Heb. she hammered
27 At her feet 07272 he bowed 03766, he fell 05307, he lay down 07901: at her feet 07272 he bowed 03766, he fell 05307: where 0834 he bowed 03766, there he fell down 05307 dead 07703. At: Heb. Betweendead: Heb. destroyed
28 The mother 0517 of Sisera 05516 looked 08259 out at a window 02474, and cried 02980 through the lattice 0822, Why is his chariot 07393 so long 0954 in coming 0935? why tarry 0309 the wheels 06471 of his chariots 04818?
29 Her wise 02450 ladies 08282 answered 06030 her, yea, she returned 07725 answer 0561 to herself, answer: Heb. her words
30 Have they not found 04672? have they not divided 02505 the spoil 07998; to every 07218 man 01397 a damsel 07356 or two 07361; to Sisera 05516 a spoil 07998 of dyed garments 06648, a spoil 07998 of dyed garments 06648 of needlework 07553, of dyed garments 06648 of needlework on both sides 07553, for the necks 06677 of them that take the spoil 07998? every…: Heb. the head of a man
31 So let all thy enemies 0341 perish 06, O LORD 03068: but let them that love 0157 him be as the sun 08121 when he goeth forth 03318 in his might 01369. And the land 0776 had rest 08252 forty 0705 years 08141.
1 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 did 06213 evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068: and the LORD 03068 delivered 05414 them into the hand 03027 of Midian 04080 seven 07651 years 08141.
2 And the hand 03027 of Midian 04080 prevailed 05810 against Israel 03478: and because 06440 of the Midianites 04080 the children 01121 of Israel 03478 made 06213 them the dens 04492 which are in the mountains 02022, and caves 04631, and strong holds 04679. prevailed: Heb. was strong
3 And so it was, when Israel 03478 had sown 02232, that the Midianites 04080 came up 05927, and the Amalekites 06002, and the children 01121 of the east 06924, even they came up 05927 against them;
4 And they encamped 02583 against them, and destroyed 07843 the increase 02981 of the earth 0776, till thou comest 0935 to Gaza 05804, and left 07604 no sustenance 04241 for Israel 03478, neither sheep 07716, nor ox 07794, nor donkey 02543. sheep: or goat
5 For they came up 05927 with their cattle 04735 and their tents 0168, and they came 0935 as 01767 grasshoppers 0697 for multitude 07230; for both they and their camels 01581 were without number 04557: and they entered 0935 into the land 0776 to destroy 07843 it.
6 And Israel 03478 was greatly 03966 impoverished 01809 because 06440 of the Midianites 04080; and the children 01121 of Israel 03478 cried 02199 to the LORD 03068.
7 And it came to pass, when the children 01121 of Israel 03478 cried 02199 to the LORD 03068 because 0182 of the Midianites 04080,
8 That the LORD 03068 sent 07971 a prophet 0376, 5030 to the children 01121 of Israel 03478, who said 0559 to them, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, I brought you up 05927 from Egypt 04714, and brought you forth 03318 from the house 01004 of bondage 05650; a prophet: Heb. a man a prophet
9 And I delivered 05337 you from the hand 03027 of the Egyptians 04714, and from the hand 03027 of all that oppressed 03905 you, and drove them out 01644 from before 06440 you, and gave 05414 you their land 0776;
10 And I said 0559 to you, I am the LORD 03068 your God 0430; fear 03372 not the gods 0430 of the Amorites 0567, in whose land 0776 ye dwell 03427: but ye have not obeyed 08085 my voice 06963.
11 And there came 0935 an angel 04397 of the LORD 03068, and sat 03427 under an oak 0424 which was in Ophrah 06084, that pertained to Joash 03101 the Abiezrite 033: and his son 01121 Gideon 01439 threshed 02251 wheat 02406 by the winepress 01660, to hide 05127 it from 06440 the Midianites 04080. Gideon: Gr. Gedeonto hide…: Heb. to cause it to flee
12 And the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 appeared 07200 to him, and said 0559 to him, The LORD 03068 is with thee, thou mighty 01368 man of valour 02428.
13 And Gideon 01439 said 0559 to him, O 0994 my Lord 0113, if 03426 the LORD 03068 is with us, why then hath all this befallen 04672 us? and where are all his miracles 06381 which our fathers 01 told 05608 us of, saying 0559, Did not the LORD 03068 bring us up 05927 from Egypt 04714? but now the LORD 03068 hath forsaken 05203 us, and delivered 05414 us into the hands 03709 of the Midianites 04080.
14 And the LORD 03068 looked 06437 upon him, and said 0559, Go 03212 in this thy might 03581, and thou shalt save 03467 Israel 03478 from the hand 03709 of the Midianites 04080: have not I sent 07971 thee?
15 And he said 0559 to him, O 0994 my Lord 0136, how 04100 shall I save 03467 Israel 03478? behold, my family 0504, 505 is poor 01800 in Manasseh 04519, and I am the least 06810 in my father’s 01 house 01004. my family…: Heb. my thousand is the meanest
16 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 to him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite 05221 the Midianites 04080 as one 0259 man 0376.
17 And he said 0559 to him, If now I have found 04672 grace 02580 in thy sight 05869, then show 06213 me a sign 0226 that thou talkest 01696 with me.
18 Depart 04185 not from here, I pray thee, until I come 0935 to thee, and bring forth 03318 my present 04503, and set 03240 it before 06440 thee. And he said 0559, I will tarry 03427 until thou comest again 07725. present: or, meat offering
19 And Gideon 01439 went in 0935, and made ready 06213 a kid 05795, 1423, and unleavened cakes 04682 of an ephah 0374 of flour 07058: the flesh 01320 he put 07760 in a basket 05536, and he put 07760 the broth 04839 in a pot 06517, and brought it out 03318 to him under the oak 0424, and presented 05066 it. a kid: Heb. a kid of the goats
20 And the angel 04397 of God 0430 said 0559 to him, Take 03947 the flesh 01320 and the unleavened cakes 04682, and lay 03240 them upon this 01975 rock 05553, and pour out 08210 the broth 04839. And he did 06213 so.
21 Then the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 put forth 07971 the end 07097 of the staff 04938 that was in his hand 03027, and touched 05060 the flesh 01320 and the unleavened cakes 04682; and there rose 05927 fire 0784 out of the rock 06697, and consumed 0398 the flesh 01320 and the unleavened cakes 04682. Then the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 departed 01980 from his sight 05869.
22 And when Gideon 01439 perceived 07200 that he was an angel 04397 of the LORD 03068, Gideon 01439 said 0559, Alas 0162, O Lord 0136 GOD 03069! for because 03651 I have seen 07200 an angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 face 06440 to face 06440.
23 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 to him, Peace 07965 be to thee; fear 03372 not: thou shalt not die 04191.
24 Then Gideon 01439 built 01129 an altar 04196 there to the LORD 03068, and called 07121 it Jehovahshalom 03073: to this day 03117 it is yet in Ophrah 06084 of the Abiezrites 033. Jehovahshalom: that is, The LORD send peace
25 And it came to pass the same night 03915, that the LORD 03068 said 0559 to him, Take 03947 thy father’s 01 young 06499 bull 07794, even the second 08145 bull 06499 of seven 07651 years old 08141, and throw down 02040 the altar 04196 of Baal 01168 that thy father 01 hath, and cut down 03772 the grove 0842 that is by it: even: or, and
26 And build 01129 an altar 04196 to the LORD 03068 thy God 0430 upon the top 07218 of this rock 04581, in the ordered place 04634, and take 03947 the second 08145 bull 06499, and offer 05927 a burnt sacrifice 05930 with the wood 06086 of the grove 0842 which thou shalt cut down 03772. rock: Heb. strong placein the ordered…: or, in an orderly manner
27 Then Gideon 01439 took 03947 ten 06235 men 0582 of his servants 05650, and did 06213 as the LORD 03068 had said 01696 to him: and so it was, because he feared 03372 his father’s 01 household 01004, and the men 0582 of the city 05892, that he could not do 06213 it by day 03119, that he did 06213 it by night 03915.
28 And when the men 0582 of the city 05892 arose early 07925 in the morning 01242, behold, the altar 04196 of Baal 01168 was cast down 05422, and the grove 0842 was cut down 03772 that was by it, and the second 08145 bull 06499 was offered 05927 upon the altar 04196 that was built 01129.
29 And they said 0559 one 0376 to another 07453, Who hath done 06213 this thing 01697? And when they enquired 01875 and asked 01245, they said 0559, Gideon 01439 the son 01121 of Joash 03101 hath done 06213 this thing 01697.
30 Then the men 0582 of the city 05892 said 0559 to Joash 03101, Bring out 03318 thy son 01121, that he may die 04191: because he hath cast down 05422 the altar 04196 of Baal 01168, and because he hath cut down 03772 the grove 0842 that was by it.
31 And Joash 03101 said 0559 to all that stood 05975 against him, Will ye plead 07378 for Baal 01168? will ye save 03467 him? he that will plead 07378 for him, let him be put to death 04191 by morning 01242: if he is a god 0430, let him plead 07378 for himself, because one hath cast down 05422 his altar 04196.
32 Therefore on that day 03117 he called 07121 him Jerubbaal 03378, saying 0559, Let Baal 01168 plead 07378 against him, because he hath thrown down 05422 his altar 04196. Jerubbaal: that is, Let Baal pleadJerubbesheth: that is, Let the shameful thing plead
33 Then all the Midianites 04080 and the Amalekites 06002 and the children 01121 of the east 06924 were gathered 0622 together 03162, and went over 05674, and encamped 02583 in the valley 06010 of Jezreel 03157.
34 But the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 came 03847 upon Gideon 01439, and he blew 08628 a trumpet 07782; and Abiezer 044 was called 02199 after 0310 him. came…: Heb. clothedgathered: Heb. called
35 And he sent 07971 messengers 04397 throughout all Manasseh 04519; who also was called 02199 after 0310 him: and he sent 07971 messengers 04397 to Asher 0836, and to Zebulun 02074, and to Naphtali 05321; and they came up 05927 to meet 07125 them. gathered: Heb. called
36 And Gideon 01439 said 0559 to God 0430, If thou wilt 03426 save 03467 Israel 03478 by my hand 03027, as thou hast said 01696,
37 Behold, I will put 03322 a fleece 01492 of wool 06785 on the floor 01637; and if the dew 02919 shall be on the fleece 01492 only, and it shall be dry 02721 upon all the earth 0776 besides, then shall I know 03045 that thou wilt save 03467 Israel 03478 by my hand 03027, as thou hast said 01696.
38 And it was so: for he rose early 07925 on the next morning 04283, and pressed 02115 the fleece 01492, and wrung 04680 the dew 02919 out of the fleece 01492, a bowl 05602 full 04393 of water 04325.
39 And Gideon 01439 said 0559 to God 0430, Let not thy anger 0639 be hot 02734 against me, and I will speak 01696 but this once 06471: let me make a test 05254, I pray thee, but this once 06471 with the fleece 01492; let it now be dry 02721 only upon the fleece 01492, and upon all the ground 0776 let there be dew 02919.
40 And God 0430 did 06213 so that night 03915: for it was dry 02721 upon the fleece 01492 only, and there was dew 02919 on all the ground 0776.
1 Then Jerubbaal 03378, who is Gideon 01439, and all the people 05971 that were with him, rose early 07925, and encamped 02583 beside the well of Harod 05878: so that the host 04264 of the Midianites 04080 were on the north side 06828 of them, by the hill 01389 of Moreh 04176, in the valley 06010.
2 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 to Gideon 01439, The people 05971 that are with thee are too many 07227 for me to give 05414 the Midianites 04080 into their hands 03027, lest Israel 03478 vaunt 06286 themselves against me, saying 0559, My own hand 03027 hath saved 03467 me.
3 Now therefore 04994, proclaim 07121 in the ears 0241 of the people 05971, saying 0559, Whoever is fearful 03373 and afraid 02730, let him return 07725 and depart early 06852 from mount 02022 Gilead 01568. And there returned 07725 of the people 05971 twenty 06242 and two 08147 thousand 0505; and there remained 07604 ten 06235 thousand 0505.
4 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 to Gideon 01439, The people 05971 are yet too many 07227; bring them down 03381 to the water 04325, and I will try 06884 them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say 0559 to thee, This shall go 03212 with thee, the same shall go 03212 with thee; and of whomever I say 0559 to thee, This shall not go 03212 with thee, the same shall not go 03212.
5 So he brought down 03381 the people 05971 to the water 04325: and the LORD 03068 said 0559 to Gideon 01439, Every one that lappeth 03952 of the water 04325 with his tongue 03956, as a dog 03611 lappeth 03952, him shalt thou set 03322 by himself; likewise every one that boweth down 03766 upon his knees 01290 to drink 08354.
6 And the number 04557 of them that lapped 03952, putting their hand 03027 to their mouth 06310, were three 07969 hundred 03967 men 0376: but all the rest 03499 of the people 05971 bowed down 03766 upon their knees 01290 to drink 08354 water 04325.
7 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 to Gideon 01439, By the three 07969 hundred 03967 men 0376 that lapped 03952 will I save 03467 you, and deliver 05414 the Midianites 04080 into thy hand 03027: and let all the other people 05971 go 03212 every man 0376 to his place 04725.
8 So the people 05971 took 03947 provisions 06720 in their hand 03027, and their trumpets 07782: and he sent 07971 all 0376 the rest of Israel 03478 every man 0376 to his tent 0168, and retained 02388 those three 07969 hundred 03967 men 0376: and the host 04264 of Midian 04080 was beneath him in the valley 06010.
9 And it came to pass the same night 03915, that the LORD 03068 said 0559 to him, Arise 06965, go down 03381 to the host 04264; for I have delivered 05414 it into thy hand 03027.
10 But if thou fearest 03373 to go down 03381, go 03381 thou with Phurah 06513 thy servant 05288 down 03381 to the host 04264:
11 And thou shalt hear 08085 what they say 01696; and afterward 0310 shall thy hands 03027 be strengthened 02388 to go down 03381 to the host 04264. Then went he down 03381 with Phurah 06513 his servant 05288 to the outside 07097 of the armed men 02571 that were in the host 04264. armed men: or, ranks by five
12 And the Midianites 04080 and the Amalekites 06002 and all the children 01121 of the east 06924 lay 05307 along in the valley 06010 like grasshoppers 0697 for multitude 07230; and their camels 01581 were without number 04557, as the sand 02344 by the sea 03220 side 08193 for multitude 07230.
13 And when Gideon 01439 had come 0935, behold, there was a man 0376 that told 05608 a dream 02472 to his friend 07453, and said 0559, Behold, I dreamed 02492 a dream 02472, and, lo, a cake 06742, 6742 of barley 08184 bread 03899 rolled 02015 into the host 04264 of Midian 04080, and came 0935 to a tent 0168, and smote 05221 it that it fell 05307, and overturned 02015, 4605 it, that the tent 0168 lay flat 05307.
14 And his friend 07453 answered 06030 and said 0559, This is nothing else except the sword 02719 of Gideon 01439 the son 01121 of Joash 03101, a man 0376 of Israel 03478: for into his hand 03027 hath God 0430 delivered 05414 Midian 04080, and all the host 04264.
15 And it was so, when Gideon 01439 heard 08085 the telling 04557 of the dream 02472, and its interpretation 07667, that he worshipped 07812, and returned 07725 to the host 04264 of Israel 03478, and said 0559, Arise 06965; for the LORD 03068 hath delivered 05414 into your hand 03027 the host 04264 of Midian 04080. interpretation: Heb. breaking
16 And he divided 02673 the three 07969 hundred 03967 men 0376 into three 07969 companies 07218, and he put 05414 a trumpet 07782 in every man’s hand 03027, with empty 07386 pitchers 03537, and lamps 03940 within 08432 the pitchers 03537. a trumpet…: Heb. trumpets in the hand of all of themlamps: or, firebrands, or, torches
17 And he said 0559 to them, Look 07200 on me, and do 06213 likewise: and, behold, when I come 0935 to the outside 07097 of the camp 04264, it shall be that, as I do 06213, so shall ye do 06213.
18 When I blow 08628 with a trumpet 07782, I and all that are with me, then blow 08628 ye the trumpets 07782 also on every side 05439 of all the camp 04264, and say 0559, The sword of the LORD 03068, and of Gideon 01439.
19 So Gideon 01439, and the hundred 03967 men 0376 that were with him, came 0935 to the outside 07097 of the camp 04264 in the beginning 07218 of the middle 08484 watch 0821; and they had but 0389 newly 06965 set 06965 the watch 08104: and they blew 08628 the trumpets 07782, and broke 05310 the pitchers 03537 that were in their hands 03027.
20 And the three 07969 companies 07218 blew 08628 the trumpets 07782, and broke 07665 the pitchers 03537, and held 02388 the lamps 03940 in their left 08040 hands 03027, and the trumpets 07782 in their right 03225 hands 03027 to blow 08628 with: and they cried 07121, The sword 02719 of the LORD 03068, and of Gideon 01439.
21 And they stood 05975 every man 0376 in his place around 05439 the camp 04264: and all the host 04264 ran 07323, and cried 07321, and fled 05127.
22 And the three 07969 hundred 03967 blew 08628 the trumpets 07782, and the LORD 03068 set 07760 every man’s 0376 sword 02719 against his companion 07453, even throughout all the host 04264: and the host 04264 fled 05127 to Bethshittah 01029 in Zererath 06888, and to the border 08193 of Abelmeholah 065, to Tabbath 02888. in: or, towardborder: Heb. lip
23 And the men 0376 of Israel 03478 gathered themselves together 06817 out of Naphtali 05321, and out of Asher 0836, and out of all Manasseh 04519, and pursued 07291, 310 the Midianites 04080.
24 And Gideon 01439 sent 07971 messengers 04397 throughout all mount 02022 Ephraim 0669, saying 0559, Come down 03381 against 07125 the Midianites 04080, and take 03920 before them the waters 04325 to Bethbarah 01012 and Jordan 03383. Then all the men 0376 of Ephraim 0669 gathered themselves together 06817, and took 03920 the waters 04325 to Bethbarah 01012 and Jordan 03383.
25 And they took 03920 two 08147 princes 08269 of the Midianites 04080, Oreb 06159 and Zeeb 02062; and they slew 02026 Oreb 06159 upon the rock 06697 Oreb 06159, and Zeeb 02062 they slew 02026 at the winepress 03342 of Zeeb 02062, and pursued 07291 Midian 04080, and brought 0935 the heads 07218 of Oreb 06159 and Zeeb 02062 to Gideon 01439 on the other side 05676 of Jordan 03383.
1 And the men 0376 of Ephraim 0669 said 0559 to him, Why hast thou 04100 done this 06213 to us 01697, that thou didst call 07121 us not, when thou wentest 01980 to fight 03898 with the Midianites 04080? And they did contend 07378 with him sharply 02394. Why…: Heb. What thing is this thou hast done unto ussharply: Heb. strongly
2 And he said 0559 to them, What have I done 06213 now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning 05955 of the grapes of Ephraim 0669 better 02896 than the vintage 01210 of Abiezer 044?
3 God 0430 hath delivered 05414 into your hands 03027 the princes 08269 of Midian 04080, Oreb 06159 and Zeeb 02062: and what was I able 03201 to do 06213 in comparison of you? Then, when he had said 01697 that 01696, their anger 07307 toward him abated 07503. anger: Heb. spirit
4 And Gideon 01439 came 0935 to Jordan 03383, and passed over 05674, he, and the three 07969 hundred 03967 men 0376 that were with him, faint 05889, yet pursuing 07291 them.
5 And he said 0559 to the men 0582 of Succoth 05523, Give 05414, I pray you, loaves 03603 of bread 03899 to the people 05971 that follow 07272 me; for they are faint 05889, and I am pursuing 07291, 310 Zebah 02078 and Zalmunna 06759, kings 04428 of Midian 04080.
6 And the princes 08269 of Succoth 05523 said 0559, Are the hands 03709 of Zebah 02078 and Zalmunna 06759 now in thy hand 03027, that we should give 05414 bread 03899 to thy army 06635?
7 And Gideon 01439 said 0559, Therefore when the LORD 03068 hath delivered 05414 Zebah 02078 and Zalmunna 06759 into my hand 03027, then I will tear 01758 your flesh 01320 with the thorns 06975 of the wilderness 04057 and with briers 01303. tear: Heb. thresh
8 And he went up 05927 from there to Penuel 06439, and spoke 01696 to them likewise 02063: and the men 0582 of Penuel 06439 answered 06030 him as the men 0582 of Succoth 05523 had answered 06030 him.
9 And he spoke 0559 also to the men 0582 of Penuel 06439, saying 0559, When I come again 07725 in peace 07965, I will break down 05422 this tower 04026.
10 Now Zebah 02078 and Zalmunna 06759 were in Karkor 07174, and their hosts 04264 with them, about fifteen 02568, 6240 thousand 0505 men, all that were left 03498 of all the hosts 04264 of the children 01121 of the east 06924: for there fell 05307 an hundred 03967 and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 men 0376 that drew 08025 sword 02719. men that…: or, every one drawing a sword
11 And Gideon 01439 went up 05927 by the way 01870 of them that dwelt 07931 in tents 0168 on the east 06924 of Nobah 05025 and Jogbehah 03011, and smote 05221 the host 04264: for the host 04264 was secure 0983.
12 And when Zebah 02078 and Zalmunna 06759 fled 05127, he pursued 07291, 310 them, and took 03920 the two 08147 kings 04428 of Midian 04080, Zebah 02078 and Zalmunna 06759, and overcame 02729 all the host 04264. discomfited: Heb. terrified
13 And Gideon 01439 the son 01121 of Joash 03101 returned 07725 from battle 04421 before 04608 the sun 02775 had risen,
14 And caught 03920 a young man 05288 of the men 0582 of Succoth 05523, and enquired 07592 of him: and he described 03789 for him the princes 08269 of Succoth 05523, and its elders 02205, even seventy 07657 and seven 07651 men 0376. described: Heb. writ
15 And he came 0935 to the men 0582 of Succoth 05523, and said 0559, Behold Zebah 02078 and Zalmunna 06759, with whom ye upbraided 02778 me, saying 0559, Are the hands 03709 of Zebah 02078 and Zalmunna 06759 now in thy hand 03027, that we should give 05414 bread 03899 to thy men 0582 that are weary 03287?
16 And he took 03947 the elders 02205 of the city 05892, and thorns 06975 of the wilderness 04057 and briers 01303, and with them he taught 03045 the men 0582 of Succoth 05523. taught: Heb. made to know
17 And he beat down 05422 the tower 04026 of Penuel 06439, and slew 02026 the men 0582 of the city 05892.
18 Then said 0559 he to Zebah 02078 and Zalmunna 06759, What 0375 manner of men 0582 were they whom ye slew 02026 at Tabor 08396? And they answered 0559, As thou 03644 art, so were they; each one 0259 resembled 08389 the children 01121 of a king 04428. resembled…: Heb. according to the form, etc
19 And he said 0559, They were my brethren 0251, even the sons 01121 of my mother 0517: as the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, if 03863 ye had saved them alive 02421, I would not slay 02026 you.
20 And he said 0559 to Jether 03500 his firstborn 01060, Arise 06965, and slay 02026 them. But the youth 05288 drew 08025 not his sword 02719: for he feared 03372, because he was yet a youth 05288.
21 Then Zebah 02078 and Zalmunna 06759 said 0559, Rise 06965 thou, and fall 06293 upon us: for as the man 0376 is, so is his strength 01369. And Gideon 01439 arose 06965, and slew 02026 Zebah 02078 and Zalmunna 06759, and took away 03947 the ornaments 07720 that were on their camels 01581’ necks 06677. ornaments: or, ornaments like the moon
22 Then the men 0376 of Israel 03478 said 0559 to Gideon 01439, Rule 04910 thou over us, both thou, and thy son 01121, and thy son’s 01121 son 01121 also: for thou hast delivered 03467 us from the hand 03027 of Midian 04080.
23 And Gideon 01439 said 0559 to them, I will not rule 04910 over you, neither shall my son 01121 rule 04910 over you: the LORD 03068 shall rule 04910 over you.
24 And Gideon 01439 said 0559 to them, I would desire 07592 a request 07596 of you, that you would give 05414 me every man 0376 the earrings 05141 of his spoil 07998. (For they had golden 02091 earrings 05141, because they were Ishmaelites 03459.)
25 And they answered 0559, We will willingly 05414 give 05414 them. And they spread 06566 a garment 08071, and cast 07993 into it every man 0376 the earrings 05141 of his spoil 07998.
26 And the weight 04948 of the golden 02091 earrings 05141 that he requested 07592 was a thousand 0505 and seven 07651 hundred 03967 shekels of gold 02091; besides ornaments 07720, and collars 05188, and purple 0713 raiment 0899 that was on the kings 04428 of Midian 04080, and besides the chains 06060 that were about their camels 01581’ necks 06677. collars: or, sweet jewels
27 And Gideon 01439 made 06213 of it an ephod 0646, and put 03322 it in his city 05892, even in Ophrah 06084: and all Israel 03478 went there playing the harlot with 02181, 310 it: which thing became a snare 04170 to Gideon 01439, and to his house 01004.
28 Thus was Midian 04080 subdued 03665 before 06440 the children 01121 of Israel 03478, so that they raised 05375 their heads 07218 no more 03254. And the country 0776 was in quietness 08252 forty 0705 years 08141 in the days 03117 of Gideon 01439.
29 And Jerubbaal 03378 the son 01121 of Joash 03101 went 03212 and dwelt 03427 in his own house 01004.
30 And Gideon 01439 had seventy 07657 sons 01121 of his body 03409 begotten 03318: for he had many 07227 wives 0802. of his…: Heb. going out of his thigh
31 And his concubine 06370 that was in Shechem 07927, she also bore 03205 him a son 01121, whose name 08034 he called 07760 Abimelech 040. called: Heb. set
32 And Gideon 01439 the son 01121 of Joash 03101 died 04191 in a good 02896 old age 07872, and was buried 06912 in the sepulchre 06913 of Joash 03101 his father 01, in Ophrah 06084 of the Abiezrites 033.
33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon 01439 was dead 04191, that the children 01121 of Israel 03478 turned again 07725, and went playing the harlot with 02181, 310 Baalim 01168, and made 07760 Baalberith 01170 their god 0430.
34 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 remembered 02142 not the LORD 03068 their God 0430, who had delivered 05337 them from the hands 03027 of all their enemies 0341 on every side 05439:
35 Neither showed 06213 they kindness 02617 to the house 01004 of Jerubbaal 03378, namely, Gideon 01439, according to all the goodness 02896 which he had shown 06213 to Israel 03478.
1 And Abimelech 040 the son 01121 of Jerubbaal 03378 went 03212 to Shechem 07927 to his mother’s 0517 brethren 0251, and talked 01696 with them, and with all the family 04940 of the house 01004 of his mother’s 0517 father 01, saying 0559,
2 Speak 01696, I pray you, in the ears 0241 of all the men 01167 of Shechem 07927, Which is better 02896 for you, either that all the sons 01121 of Jerubbaal 03378, which are seventy 07657 persons 0376, should reign 04910 over you, or that one 0259 should reign 04910 over you? remember 02142 also that I am your bone 06106 and your flesh 01320. Whether…: Heb. What is good? whether, etc
3 And his mother’s 0517 brethren 0251 spoke 01696 of him in the ears 0241 of all the men 01167 of Shechem 07927 all these words 01697: and their hearts 03820 inclined 05186 to follow 0310 Abimelech 040; for they said 0559, He is our brother 0251. to follow: Heb. after
4 And they gave 05414 him seventy 07657 pieces of silver 03701 out of the house 01004 of Baalberith 01170, with which Abimelech 040 hired 07936 worthless 07386 and light 06348 persons 0582, who followed 03212 him 0310.
5 And he went 0935 to his father’s 01 house 01004 at Ophrah 06084, and slew 02026 his brethren 0251 the sons 01121 of Jerubbaal 03378, being seventy 07657 persons 0376, upon one 0259 stone 068: however Jotham 03147 the youngest 06996 son 01121 of Jerubbaal 03378 was left 03498; for he hid 02244 himself.
6 And all the men 01167 of Shechem 07927 gathered together 0622, and all the house 01004 of Millo 04407, 1037, and went 03212, and made 04427 Abimelech 040 king 04428, by the plain 0436 of the pillar 05324 that was in Shechem 07927. plain: or, oak
7 And when they told 05046 it to Jotham 03147, he went 03212 and stood 05975 in the top 07218 of mount 02022 Gerizim 01630, and lifted up 05375 his voice 06963, and cried 07121, and said 0559 to them, Hearken 08085 to me, ye men 01167 of Shechem 07927, that God 0430 may hearken 08085 to you.
8 The trees 06086 went forth 01980 once to anoint 04886 a king 04428 over them; and they said 0559 to the olive tree 02132, Reign 04427 thou over us.
9 But the olive tree 02132 said 0559 to them, Should I leave 02308 my fatness 01880, with which by me they honour 03513 God 0430 and man 0582, and go 01980 to be promoted 05128 over the trees 06086? go…: or, go up and down for other trees
10 And the trees 06086 said 0559 to the fig tree 08384, Come 03212 thou, and reign 04427 over us.
11 But the fig tree 08384 said 0559 to them, Should I forsake 02308 my sweetness 04987, and my good 02896 fruit 08570, and go 01980 to be promoted 05128 over the trees 06086?
12 Then said 0559 the trees 06086 to the vine 01612, Come 03212 thou, and reign 04427 over us.
13 And the vine 01612 said 0559 to them, Should I leave 02308 my wine 08492, which cheereth 08055 God 0430 and man 0582, and go 01980 to be promoted 05128 over the trees 06086?
14 Then said 0559 all the trees 06086 to the bramble 0329, Come 03212 thou, and reign 04427 over us. bramble: or, thistle
15 And the bramble 0329 said 0559 to the trees 06086, If in truth 0571 ye anoint 04886 me king 04428 over you, then come 0935 and put your trust 02620 in my shadow 06738: and if not, let fire 0784 come out 03318 of the bramble 0329, and devour 0398 the cedars 0730 of Lebanon 03844.
16 Now therefore, if ye have done 06213 truly 0571 and sincerely 08549, in that ye have made Abimelech 040 king 04427, and if ye have dealt 06213 well 02896 with Jerubbaal 03378 and his house 01004, and have done 06213 to him according to the deserving 01576 of his hands 03027;
17 (For my father 01 fought 03898 for you, and adventured 07993 his life 05315 far 05048, and delivered 05337 you from the hand 03027 of Midian 04080: adventured…: Heb. cast his life
18 And ye have risen up 06965 against my father’s 01 house 01004 this day 03117, and have slain 02026 his sons 01121, seventy 07657 persons 0376, upon one 0259 stone 068, and have made Abimelech 040, the son 01121 of his maidservant 0519, king 04427 over the men 01167 of Shechem 07927, because he is your brother 0251;)
19 If ye then have dealt 06213 truly 0571 and sincerely 08549 with Jerubbaal 03378 and with his house 01004 this day 03117, then rejoice 08055 ye in Abimelech 040, and let him also rejoice 08055 in you:
20 But if not, let fire 0784 come out 03318 from Abimelech 040, and devour 0398 the men 01167 of Shechem 07927, and the house 01004 of Millo 04407, 1037; and let fire 0784 come out 03318 from the men 01167 of Shechem 07927, and from the house 01004 of Millo 04407, 1037, and devour 0398 Abimelech 040.
21 And Jotham 03147 ran away 01272, and fled 05127, and went 03212 to Beer 0876, and dwelt 03427 there, for fear 06440 of Abimelech 040 his brother 0251.
22 When Abimelech 040 had reigned 07786 three 07969 years 08141 over Israel 03478,
23 Then God 0430 sent 07971 an evil 07451 spirit 07307 between Abimelech 040 and the men 01167 of Shechem 07927; and the men 01167 of Shechem 07927 dealt treacherously 0898 with Abimelech 040:
24 That the cruelty 02555 done to the seventy 07657 sons 01121 of Jerubbaal 03378 might come 0935, and their blood 01818 be laid 07760 upon Abimelech 040 their brother 0251, who slew 02026 them; and upon the men 01167 of Shechem 07927, who aided 02388, 3027 him in the killing 02026 of his brethren 0251. aided…: Heb. strengthened his hands to kill
25 And the men 01167 of Shechem 07927 set 07760 an ambush 0693 for him on the top 07218 of the mountains 02022, and they robbed 01497 all that came 05674 along that way 01870 by them: and it was told 05046 Abimelech 040.
26 And Gaal 01603 the son 01121 of Ebed 05651 came 0935 with his brethren 0251, and went over 05674 to Shechem 07927: and the men 01167 of Shechem 07927 put their confidence 0982 in him.
27 And they went out 03318 into the fields 07704, and gathered 01219 their vineyards 03754, and trod 01869 the grapes, and made 06213 merry 01974, and went 0935 into the house 01004 of their god 0430, and ate 0398 and drank 08354, and cursed 07043 Abimelech 040. merry: or, songs
28 And Gaal 01603 the son 01121 of Ebed 05651 said 0559, Who is Abimelech 040, and who is Shechem 07927, that we should serve 05647 him? is not he the son 01121 of Jerubbaal 03378? and Zebul 02083 his officer 06496? serve 05647 the men 0582 of Hamor 02544 the father 01 of Shechem 07927: for why should we serve 05647 him?
29 And would that this people 05971 were under 05414 my hand 03027! then would I remove 05493 Abimelech 040. And he said 0559 to Abimelech 040, Increase 07235 thy army 06635, and come out 03318.
30 And when Zebul 02083 the ruler 08269 of the city 05892 heard 08085 the words 01697 of Gaal 01603 the son 01121 of Ebed 05651, his anger 0639 was kindled 02734. kindled: or, hot
31 And he sent 07971 messengers 04397 to Abimelech 040 deceitfully 08649, saying 0559, Behold, Gaal 01603 the son 01121 of Ebed 05651 and his brethren 0251 are come 0935 to Shechem 07927; and, behold, they fortify 06696 the city 05892 against thee. privily: Heb. craftily or, to Tormah
32 Now therefore rise up 06965 by night 03915, thou and the people 05971 that are with thee, and lie in wait 0693 in the field 07704:
33 And it shall be, that in the morning 01242, as soon as the sun 08121 hath risen 02224, thou shalt rise early 07925, and rush 06584 upon the city 05892: and, behold, when he and the people 05971 that are with him come out 03318 against thee, then mayest thou do 06213 to them as thou 03027 shalt find occasion 04672. as thou shalt…: Heb. as thine hand shall find
34 And Abimelech 040 rose 06965, and all the people 05971 that were with him, by night 03915, and they laid wait 0693 against Shechem 07927 in four 0702 companies 07218.
35 And Gaal 01603 the son 01121 of Ebed 05651 went out 03318, and stood 05975 in the entrance 06607 of the gate 08179 of the city 05892: and Abimelech 040 rose 06965, and the people 05971 that were with him, from lying in wait 03993.
36 And when Gaal 01603 saw 07200 the people 05971, he said 0559 to Zebul 02083, Behold, there come 03381 people 05971 down 03381 from the top 07218 of the mountains 02022. And Zebul 02083 said 0559 to him, Thou seest 07200 the shadow 06738 of the mountains 02022 as if they were men 0582.
37 And Gaal 01603 spoke 01696 again 03254 and said 0559, See there come 03381 people 05971 down 03381 by the middle 02872 of the land 0776, and another 0259 company 07218 come 0935 along by 01870 the plain 0436 of Meonenim 06049. middle: Heb. navelMeonenim: or, the regarders of times
38 Then said 0559 Zebul 02083 to him, Where is now 0645 thy mouth 06310, with which thou saidst 0559, Who is Abimelech 040, that we should serve 05647 him? are not these the people 05971 that thou hast despised 03988? go out 03318, I pray now 04994, and fight 03898 with them.
39 And Gaal 01603 went out 03318 before 06440 the men 01167 of Shechem 07927, and fought 03898 with Abimelech 040.
40 And Abimelech 040 chased 07291 him, and he fled 05127 before 06440 him, and many 07227 were overthrown 05307 and wounded 02491, even to the entrance 06607 of the gate 08179.
41 And Abimelech 040 dwelt 03427 at Arumah 0725: and Zebul 02083 thrust out 01644 Gaal 01603 and his brethren 0251, that they should not dwell 03427 in Shechem 07927.
42 And it came to pass on the next day 04283, that the people 05971 went out 03318 into the field 07704; and they told 05046 Abimelech 040.
43 And he took 03947 the people 05971, and divided 02673 them into three 07969 companies 07218, and laid wait 0693 in the field 07704, and looked 07200, and, behold, the people 05971 had come 03318 out of the city 05892; and he rose up 06965 against them, and smote 05221 them.
44 And Abimelech 040, and the company 07218 that was with him, rushed forward 06584, and stood 05975 in the entrance 06607 of the gate 08179 of the city 05892: and the two 08147 other companies 07218 ran upon 06584 all the people that were in the fields 07704, and slew 05221 them.
45 And Abimelech 040 fought 03898 against the city 05892 all that day 03117; and he took 03920 the city 05892, and slew 02026 the people 05971 that were in it, and beat down 05422 the city 05892, and sowed 02232 it with salt 04417.
46 And when all the men 01167 of the tower 04026 of Shechem 07927 heard 08085 that, they entered 0935 into a strong hold 06877 of the house 01004 of the god 0410 Berith 01286.
47 And it was told 05046 to Abimelech 040, that all the men 01167 of the tower 04026 of Shechem 07927 were gathered together 06908.
48 And Abimelech 040 went up 05927 to mount 02022 Zalmon 06756, he and all the people 05971 that were with him; and Abimelech 040 took 03947 an axe 07134 in his hand 03027, and cut down 03772 a bough 07754 from the trees 06086, and took 05375 it, and laid 07760 it on his shoulder 07926, and said 0559 to the people 05971 that were with him, What ye have seen 07200 me do 06213, make haste 04116, and do 06213 as I 03644 have done. me do: Heb. I have done
49 And all the people 05971 likewise cut down 03772 every man 0376 his bough 07754, and followed 03212, 310 Abimelech 040, and put 07760 them to the strong hold 06877, and set 03341 the strong hold 06877 on fire 0784 upon them; so that all the men 0582 of the tower 04026 of Shechem 07927 died 04191 also, about a thousand 0505 men 0376 and women 0802.
50 Then went 03212 Abimelech 040 to Thebez 08405, and encamped 02583 against Thebez 08405, and took 03920 it.
51 But there was a strong 05797 tower 04026 within 08432 the city 05892, and to there fled 05127 all the men 0582 and women 0802, and all they 01167 of the city 05892, and shut 05462 it after them, and went up 05927 to the top 01406 of the tower 04026.
52 And Abimelech 040 came 0935 to the tower 04026, and fought 03898 against it, and came near 05066 to the door 06607 of the tower 04026 to burn 08313 it with fire 0784.
53 And a certain 0259 woman 0802 cast 07993 a piece 06400 of a millstone 07393 upon Abimelech’s 040 head 07218, and broke 07533 his skull 01538.
54 Then he called 07121 hastily 04120 to the young man 05288 his armourbearer 05375, 3627, and said 0559 to him, Draw 08025 thy sword 02719, and slay 04191 me, that men say 0559 not of me, A woman 0802 slew 02026 him. And his young man 05288 thrust him through 01856, and he died 04191.
55 And when the men 0376 of Israel 03478 saw 07200 that Abimelech 040 was dead 04191, they departed 03212 every man 0376 to his place 04725.
56 Thus God 0430 rendered 07725 the wickedness 07451 of Abimelech 040, which he did 06213 to his father 01, in slaying 02026 his seventy 07657 brethren 0251:
57 And all the evil 07451 of the men 0582 of Shechem 07927 did God 0430 render 07725 upon their heads 07218: and upon them came 0935 the curse 07045 of Jotham 03147 the son 01121 of Jerubbaal 03378.
1 And after 0310 Abimelech 040 there arose 06965 to defend 03467 Israel 03478 Tola 08439 the son 01121 of Puah 06312, the son 01121 of Dodo 01734, a man 0376 of Issachar 03485; and he dwelt 03427 in Shamir 08069 in mount 02022 Ephraim 0669. defend: or, deliver: Heb. save
2 And he judged 08199 Israel 03478 twenty 06242 and three 07969 years 08141, and died 04191, and was buried 06912 in Shamir 08069.
3 And after 0310 him arose 06965 Jair 02971, a Gileadite 01569, and judged 08199 Israel 03478 twenty 06242 and two 08147 years 08141.
4 And he had thirty 07970 sons 01121 that rode 07392 on thirty 07970 young donkeys 05895, and they had thirty 07970 cities 05892, which are called 07121 Havothjair 02334 to this day 03117, which are in the land 0776 of Gilead 01568. Havothjair: or, the villages of Jair
5 And Jair 02971 died 04191, and was buried 06912 in Camon 07056.
6 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 did 06213 evil 07451 again 03254 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, and served 05647 Baalim 01168, and Ashtaroth 06252, and the gods 0430 of Syria 0758, and the gods 0430 of Zidon 06721, and the gods 0430 of Moab 04124, and the gods 0430 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and the gods 0430 of the Philistines 06430, and forsook 05800 the LORD 03068, and served 05647 not him.
7 And the anger 0639 of the LORD 03068 was hot 02734 against Israel 03478, and he sold 04376 them into the hands 03027 of the Philistines 06430, and into the hands 03027 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983.
8 And that year 08141 they afflicted 07492 and oppressed 07533 the children 01121 of Israel 03478: eighteen 08083, 6240 years 08141, all the children 01121 of Israel 03478 that were on the other side 05676 of Jordan 03383 in the land 0776 of the Amorites 0567, which is in Gilead 01568. oppressed: Heb. crushed
9 Moreover the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 passed over 05674 Jordan 03383 to fight 03898 also against Judah 03063, and against Benjamin 01144, and against the house 01004 of Ephraim 0669; so that Israel 03478 was greatly 03966 distressed 03334.
10 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 cried 02199 to the LORD 03068, saying 0559, We have sinned 02398 against thee, both because we have forsaken 05800 our God 0430, and also served 05647 Baalim 01168.
11 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 to the children 01121 of Israel 03478, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians 04714, and from the Amorites 0567, from the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and from the Philistines 06430?
12 The Zidonians 06722 also, and the Amalekites 06002, and the Maonites 04584, oppressed 03905 you; and ye cried 06817 to me, and I delivered 03467 you out of their hand 03027.
13 Yet ye have forsaken 05800 me, and served 05647 other 0312 gods 0430: therefore I will deliver 03467 you no more 03254.
14 Go 03212 and cry 02199 to the gods 0430 which ye have chosen 0977; let them 01992 deliver 03467 you in the time 06256 of your tribulation 06869.
15 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 said 0559 to the LORD 03068, We have sinned 02398: do 06213 thou to us whatever seemeth 05869 good 02896 to thee; deliver 05337 us only, we pray thee, this day 03117. seemeth…: Heb. is good in thine eyes
16 And they put away 05493 the foreign 05236 gods 0430 from among 07130 them, and served 05647 the LORD 03068: and his soul 05315 was grieved 07114 for the misery 05999 of Israel 03478. strange…: Heb. gods of strangersgrieved: Heb. shortened
17 Then the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 were gathered together 06817, and encamped 02583 in Gilead 01568. And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 assembled themselves together 0622, and encamped 02583 in Mizpeh 04709. gathered: Heb. cried
18 And the people 05971 and princes 08269 of Gilead 01568 said 0559 one 0376 to another 07453, What man 0376 is he that will begin 02490 to fight 03898 against the children 01121 of Ammon 05983? he shall be head 07218 over all the inhabitants 03427 of Gilead 01568.
1 Now Jephthah 03316 the Gileadite 01569 was a mighty man 01368 of valour 02428, and he was the son 01121 of an harlot 0802, 2181: and Gilead 01568 begat 03205 Jephthah 03316. Jephthah: Gr. Jephthaean harlot: Heb. a woman an harlot
2 And Gilead’s 01568 wife 0802 bore 03205 him sons 01121; and his wife’s 0802 sons 01121 grew up 01431, and they thrust out 01644 Jephthah 03316, and said 0559 to him, Thou shalt not inherit 05157 in our father’s 01 house 01004; for thou art the son 01121 of a another 0312 woman 0802.
3 Then Jephthah 03316 fled 01272 from 06440 his brethren 0251, and dwelt 03427 in the land 0776 of Tob 02897: and there were gathered 03950 worthless 07386 men 0582 to Jephthah 03316, and they went out 03318 with him. from: Heb. from the face [of]
4 And it came to pass in process of time 03117, that the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 made war 03898 against Israel 03478. in process…: Heb. after days
5 And it was so, that when the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 made war 03898 against Israel 03478, the elders 02205 of Gilead 01568 went 03212 to bring 03947 Jephthah 03316 out of the land 0776 of Tob 02897:
6 And they said 0559 to Jephthah 03316, Come 03212, and be our captain 07101, that we may fight 03898 with the children 01121 of Ammon 05983.
7 And Jephthah 03316 said 0559 to the elders 02205 of Gilead 01568, Did ye not hate 08130 me, and drive 01644 me out of my father’s 01 house 01004? and why have ye come 0935 to me now when ye are in distress 06887?
8 And the elders 02205 of Gilead 01568 said 0559 to Jephthah 03316, Therefore we turn again 07725 to thee now, that thou mayest go 01980 with us, and fight 03898 against the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and be our head 07218 over all the inhabitants 03427 of Gilead 01568.
9 And Jephthah 03316 said 0559 to the elders 02205 of Gilead 01568, If ye bring me home again 07725 to fight 03898 against the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and the LORD 03068 deliver 05414 them before 06440 me, shall I be your head 07218?
10 And the elders 02205 of Gilead 01568 said 0559 to Jephthah 03316, The LORD 03068 be a witness 08085 between us, if we do 06213 not so according to thy words 01697. witness…: Heb. the hearer between us
11 Then Jephthah 03316 went 03212 with the elders 02205 of Gilead 01568, and the people 05971 made 07760 him head 07218 and captain 07101 over them: and Jephthah 03316 uttered 01696 all his words 01697 before 06440 the LORD 03068 in Mizpeh 04709.
12 And Jephthah 03316 sent 07971 messengers 04397 to the king 04428 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, saying 0559, What hast thou to do with me, that thou hast come 0935 against me to fight 03898 in my land 0776?
13 And the king 04428 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 answered 0559 to the messengers 04397 of Jephthah 03316, Because Israel 03478 took away 03947 my land 0776, when they came 05927 out of Egypt 04714, from Arnon 0769 even to Jabbok 02999, and to Jordan 03383: now therefore restore those lands again 07725 peaceably 07965.
14 And Jephthah 03316 sent 07971 messengers 04397 again 03254 to the king 04428 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983:
15 And said 0559 to him, Thus saith 0559 Jephthah 03316, Israel 03478 took not away 03947 the land 0776 of Moab 04124, nor the land 0776 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983:
16 But when Israel 03478 came up 05927 from Egypt 04714, and walked 03212 through the wilderness 04057 to the Red 05488 sea 03220, and came 0935 to Kadesh 06946;
17 Then Israel 03478 sent 07971 messengers 04397 to the king 04428 of Edom 0123, saying 0559, Let me, I pray thee, pass through 05674 thy land 0776: but the king 04428 of Edom 0123 would not hearken 08085 to it. And in like manner they sent 07971 to the king 04428 of Moab 04124: but he would 014 not consent: and Israel 03478 abode 03427 in Kadesh 06946.
18 Then they went along 03212 through the wilderness 04057, and went around 05437 the land 0776 of Edom 0123, and the land 0776 of Moab 04124, and came 0935 by the east side 04217, 8121 of the land 0776 of Moab 04124, and encamped 02583 on the other side 05676 of Arnon 0769, but came 0935 not within the border 01366 of Moab 04124: for Arnon 0769 was the border 01366 of Moab 04124.
19 And Israel 03478 sent 07971 messengers 04397 to Sihon 05511 king 04428 of the Amorites 0567, the king 04428 of Heshbon 02809; and Israel 03478 said 0559 to him, Let us pass 05674, we pray thee, through thy land 0776 to 05704 my place 04725.
20 But Sihon 05511 trusted 0539 not Israel 03478 to pass 05674 through his land 01366: but Sihon 05511 gathered 0622 all his people 05971 together 0622, and encamped 02583 in Jahaz 03096, and fought 03898 against Israel 03478.
21 And the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 delivered 05414 Sihon 05511 and all his people 05971 into the hand 03027 of Israel 03478, and they smote 05221 them: so Israel 03478 possessed 03423 all the land 0776 of the Amorites 0567, the inhabitants 03427 of that country 0776.
22 And they possessed 03423 all the land 01366 of the Amorites 0567, from Arnon 0769 even to Jabbok 02999, and from the wilderness 04057 even to Jordan 03383.
23 So now the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 hath dispossessed 03423 the Amorites 0567 from before 06440 his people 05971 Israel 03478, and shouldest thou possess 03423 it?
24 Wilt not thou possess 03423 that which Chemosh 03645 thy god 0430 giveth thee to possess 03423? So whomever the LORD 03068 our God 0430 shall drive out 03423 from before 06440 us, them will we possess 03423.
25 And now art thou any thing better 02896 than Balak 01111 the son 01121 of Zippor 06834, king 04428 of Moab 04124? did he ever 07378 strive 07378 against Israel 03478, or did he ever 03898 fight 03898 against them,
26 While Israel 03478 dwelt 03427 in Heshbon 02809 and her towns 01323, and in Aroer 06177 and her towns 01323, and in all the cities 05892 that are along by the banks 03027 of Arnon 0769, three 07969 hundred 03967 years 08141? why therefore did ye not recover 05337 them within that time 06256?
27 Therefore I have not sinned 02398 against thee, but thou doest 06213, 853 me wrong 07451 to war 03898 against me: the LORD 03068 the Judge 08199 be judge 08199 this day 03117 between the children 01121 of Israel 03478 and the children 01121 of Ammon 05983.
28 But the king 04428 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 hearkened 08085 not to the words 01697 of Jephthah 03316 which he sent 07971 him.
29 Then the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 came upon Jephthah 03316, and he passed over 05674 Gilead 01568, and Manasseh 04519, and passed over 05674 Mizpeh 04708 of Gilead 01568, and from Mizpeh 04708 of Gilead 01568 he passed over 05674 to the children 01121 of Ammon 05983.
30 And Jephthah 03316 vowed 05087 a vow 05088 to the LORD 03068, and said 0559, If thou shalt without fail 05414 deliver 05414 the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 into my hands 03027,
31 Then it shall be, that whatever 03318 cometh out 03318 of the doors 01817 of my house 01004 to meet 07125 me, when I return 07725 in peace 07965 from the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, shall surely be the LORD’S 03068, and I will offer it 05927 for a burnt offering 05930. whatsoever…: Heb. that which cometh forth, which shall come forthand…: or, or I will offer it, etc
32 So Jephthah 03316 passed over 05674 to the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 to fight 03898 against them; and the LORD 03068 delivered 05414 them into his hands 03027.
33 And he smote 05221 them from Aroer 06177, even till thou comest 0935 to Minnith 04511, even twenty 06242 cities 05892, and to the plain 058 of the vineyards 03754, 64, with a very 03966 great 01419 slaughter 04347. Thus the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 were subdued 03665 before 06440 the children 01121 of Israel 03478. the plain: or, Abel
34 And Jephthah 03316 came 0935 to Mizpeh 04709 to his house 01004, and, behold, his daughter 01323 came out 03318 to meet 07125 him with timbrels 08596 and with dances 04246: and she was his only child 03173; beside her he had neither son 01121 nor 0176 daughter 01323. beside…: or, he had not of his own either son or daughter: Heb. of himself
35 And it came to pass, when he saw 07200 her, that he tore 07167 his clothes 0899, and said 0559, Alas 0162, my daughter 01323! thou hast brought 03766 me very 03766 low 03766, and thou art one of them that trouble 05916 me: for I have opened 06475 my mouth 06310 to the LORD 03068, and I cannot 03201 go back 07725.
36 And she said 0559 to him, My father 01, if thou hast opened 06475 thy mouth 06310 to the LORD 03068, do 06213 to me according to that which 0834 hath proceeded 03318 out of thy mouth 06310; forasmuch 0310 as the LORD 03068 hath taken 06213 vengeance 05360 for thee of thy enemies 0341, even of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983.
37 And she said 0559 to her father 01, Let this thing 01697 be done 06213 for me: let me alone 07503 two 08147 months 02320, that I may go up 03212 and down 03381 upon the mountains 02022, and bewail 01058 my virginity 01331, I and my companions 07464, 7474. go up…: Heb. go and go down
38 And he said 0559, Go 03212. And he sent her away 07971 for two 08147 months 02320: and she went 03212 with her companions 07464, and bewailed 01058 her virginity 01331 upon the mountains 02022.
39 And it came to pass at the end 07093 of two 08147 months 02320, that she returned 07725 to her father 01, who did 06213 with her according to his vow 05088 which he had vowed 05087: and she knew 03045 no man 0376. And it was a custom 02706 in Israel 03478, custom: or, ordinance
40 That the daughters 01323 of Israel 03478 went 03212 yearly 03117, 3117 to lament 08567 the daughter 01323 of Jephthah 03316 the Gileadite 01569 four 0702 days 03117 in a year 08141. yearly: Heb. from year to yearto lament: or, to talk with
1 And the men 0376 of Ephraim 0669 gathered themselves together 06817, and went 05674 northward 06828, and said 0559 to Jephthah 03316, Why didst thou pass over 05674 to fight 03898 against the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and didst not call 07121 us to go 03212 with thee? we will burn 08313 thy house 01004 upon thee with fire 0784. gathered…: Heb. were called
2 And Jephthah 03316 said 0559 to them, I and my people 05971 were 01961 at great 03966 strife 0376, 7379 with the children 01121 of Ammon 05983; and when I called 02199 you, ye delivered 03467 me not out of their hands 03027.
3 And when I saw 07200 that ye delivered 03467 me not, I put 07760 my life 05315 in my hands 03709, and passed over 05674 against the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and the LORD 03068 delivered 05414 them into my hand 03027: why then have ye come up 05927 to me this day 03117, to fight 03898 against me?
4 Then Jephthah 03316 gathered together 06908 all the men 0582 of Gilead 01568, and fought 03898 with Ephraim 0669: and the men 0582 of Gilead 01568 smote 05221 Ephraim 0669, because they said 0559, Ye Gileadites 01568 are fugitives 06412 of Ephraim 0669 among 08432 the Ephraimites 0669, and among 08432 the Manassites 04519.
5 And the Gileadites 01568 took 03920 the fords 04569 of Jordan 03383 before the Ephraimites 0669: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites 0669 who had escaped 06412 said 0559, Let me go over 05674; that the men 0582 of Gilead 01568 said 0559 to him, Art thou an Ephraimite 0673? If he said 0559, Nay;
6 Then said 0559 they to him, Say 0559 now Shibboleth 07641: and he said 0559 Sibboleth 05451: for he could not frame 03559 to pronounce 01696 it right 03559. Then they took 0270 him, and slew 07819 him at the fords 04569 of Jordan 03383: and there fell 05307 at that time 06256 of the Ephraimites 0669 forty 0705 and two 08147 thousand 0505.
7 And Jephthah 03316 judged 08199 Israel 03478 six 08337 years 08141. Then died 04191 Jephthah 03316 the Gileadite 01569, and was buried 06912 in one of the cities 05892 of Gilead 01568.
8 And after 0310 him Ibzan 078 of Bethlehem 01035 judged 08199 Israel 03478.
9 And he had thirty 07970 sons 01121, and thirty 07970 daughters 01323, whom he sent 07971 abroad 02351, and took 0935 in thirty 07970 daughters 01323 from abroad 02351 for his sons 01121. And he judged 08199 Israel 03478 seven 07651 years 08141.
10 Then died 04191 Ibzan 078, and was buried 06912 at Bethlehem 01035.
11 And after 0310 him Elon 0356, a Zebulonite 02075, judged 08199 Israel 03478; and he judged 08199 Israel 03478 ten 06235 years 08141.
12 And Elon 0356 the Zebulonite 02075 died 04191, and was buried 06912 in Aijalon 0357 in the country 0776 of Zebulun 02074.
13 And after 0310 him Abdon 05658 the son 01121 of Hillel 01985, a Pirathonite 06553, judged 08199 Israel 03478.
14 And he had forty 0705 sons 01121 and thirty 07970 grandsons 01121, 1121, that rode 07392 on seventy 07657 young donkeys 05895: and he judged 08199 Israel 03478 eight 08083 years 08141. nephews: Heb. sons’ sons
15 And Abdon 05658 the son 01121 of Hillel 01985 the Pirathonite 06553 died 04191, and was buried 06912 in Pirathon 06552 in the land 0776 of Ephraim 0669, in the mount 02022 of the Amalekites 06003.
1 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 did 06213 evil 07451 again 03254 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068; and the LORD 03068 delivered 05414 them into the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430 forty 0705 years 08141. did evil…: Heb. added to commit, etc
2 And there was a certain 0259 man 0376 of Zorah 06881, of the family 04940 of the Danites 01839, whose name 08034 was Manoah 04495; and his wife 0802 was barren 06135, and bore 03205 not.
3 And the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 appeared 07200 to the woman 0802, and said 0559 to her, Behold now, thou art barren 06135, and bearest 03205 not: but thou shalt conceive 02029, and bear 03205 a son 01121.
4 Now therefore beware 08104, I pray thee, and drink 08354 not wine 03196 nor strong drink 07941, and eat 0398 not any unclean 02931 thing:
5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive 02030, and bear 03205 a son 01121; and no razor 04177 shall come 05927 on his head 07218: for the child 05288 shall be a Nazarite 05139 to God 0430 from the womb 0990: and he shall begin 02490 to deliver 03467 Israel 03478 from the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430.
6 Then the woman 0802 came 0935 and told 0559 her husband 0376, saying 0559, A man 0376 of God 0430 came 0935 to me, and his countenance 04758 was like the countenance 04758 of an angel 04397 of God 0430, very 03966 terrible 03372: but I asked 07592 him not where he was from, neither did he tell 05046 me his name 08034:
7 But he said 0559 to me, Behold, thou shalt conceive 02030, and bear 03205 a son 01121; and now drink 08354 no wine 03196 nor strong drink 07941, neither eat 0398 any unclean 02932 thing: for the child 05288 shall be a Nazarite 05139 to God 0430 from the womb 0990 to the day 03117 of his death 04194.
8 Then Manoah 04495 entreated 06279 the LORD 03068, and said 0559, O 0994 my Lord 0136, let 04994 the man 0376 of God 0430 whom thou didst send 07971 come again 0935 to us, and teach 03384 us what we shall do 06213 to the child 05288 that shall be born 03205.
9 And God 0430 hearkened 08085 to the voice 06963 of Manoah 04495; and the angel 04397 of God 0430 came again 0935 to the woman 0802 as she sat 03427 in the field 07704: but Manoah 04495 her husband 0376 was not with her.
10 And the woman 0802 made haste 04116, and ran 07323, and showed 05046 her husband 0376, and said 0559 to him, Behold, the man 0376 hath appeared 07200 to me, that came 0935 to me the other day 03117.
11 And Manoah 04495 arose 06965, and went 03212 after 0310 his wife 0802, and came 0935 to the man 0376, and said 0559 to him, Art thou the man 0376 that didst speak 01696 to the woman 0802? And he said 0559, I am.
12 And Manoah 04495 said 0559, Now let thy words 01697 come to pass 0935. How shall we order 04941 the child 05288, and how shall we do 04639 to him? How shall we order…: Heb. What shall be the manner of the, etchow shall we do…: or, what shall he do?: Heb. what shall be his work?
13 And the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 said 0559 to Manoah 04495, Of all that I said 0559 to the woman 0802 let her beware 08104.
14 She may not eat 0398 of any thing that cometh 03318 of the vine 01612, neither let her drink 08354 wine 03196 or strong drink 07941, nor eat 0398 any unclean 02932 thing: all that I commanded 06680 her let her observe 08104.
15 And Manoah 04495 said 0559 to the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068, I pray thee, let us detain 06113 thee, until we shall have made ready 06213 a kid 01423, 5795 for 06440 thee. for thee: Heb. before thee
16 And the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 said 0559 to Manoah 04495, Though thou shouldest detain 06113 me, I will not eat 0398 of thy food 03899: and if 0518 thou wilt offer 06213 a burnt offering 05930, thou must offer 05927 it to the LORD 03068. For Manoah 04495 knew 03045 not that he was an angel 04397 of the LORD 03068.
17 And Manoah 04495 said 0559 to the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068, What is thy name 08034, that when thy sayings 01697 come to pass 0935 we may do thee honour 03513?
18 And the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 said 0559 to him, Why askest 07592 thou thus after my name 08034, seeing it is wonderful 06383, 6383? secret: or, wonderful
19 So Manoah 04495 took 03947 a kid 01423, 5795 with a meat offering 04503, and offered 05927 it upon a rock 06697 to the LORD 03068: and the angel did 06213 wondrously 06381; and Manoah 04495 and his wife 0802 looked on 07200.
20 For it came to pass, when the flame 03851 ascended 05927 toward heaven 08064 from off the altar 04196, that the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 ascended 05927 in the flame 03851 of the altar 04196. And Manoah 04495 and his wife 0802 looked on 07200 it, and fell on 05307 their faces 06440 to the ground 0776.
21 But the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 did no more 03254 appear 07200 to Manoah 04495 and to his wife 0802. Then Manoah 04495 knew 03045 that he was an angel 04397 of the LORD 03068.
22 And Manoah 04495 said 0559 to his wife 0802, We shall surely 04191 die 04191, because we have seen 07200 God 0430.
23 But his wife 0802 said 0559 to him, If 03863 the LORD 03068 were pleased 02654 to kill 04191 us, he would not have received 03947 a burnt offering 05930 and a meat offering 04503 at our hands 03027, neither would he have showed 07200 us all these things, nor would as at this time 06256 have told 08085 us such things as these 02063.
24 And the woman 0802 bore 03205 a son 01121, and called 07121 his name 08034 Samson 08123: and the child 05288 grew 01431, and the LORD 03068 blessed 01288 him.
25 And the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 began 02490 to move him at times 06470 in the camp 04264 of Dan 01835 between Zorah 06881 and Eshtaol 0847. the camp…: Heb. Mahanehdan
1 And Samson 08123 went down 03381 to Timnath 08553, and saw 07200 a woman 0802 in Timnath 08553 of the daughters 01323 of the Philistines 06430.
2 And he came up 05927, and told 05046 his father 01 and his mother 0517, and said 0559, I have seen 07200 a woman 0802 in Timnath 08553 of the daughters 01323 of the Philistines 06430: now therefore get 03947 her for me for a wife 0802.
3 Then his father 01 and his mother 0517 said 0559 to him, Is there not 0369 a woman 0802 among the daughters 01323 of thy brethren 0251, or among all my people 05971, that thou goest 01980 to take 03947 a wife 0802 of the uncircumcised 06189 Philistines 06430? And Samson 08123 said 0559 to his father 01, Get 03947 her for me; for she pleaseth me well 03474, 5869. pleaseth…: Heb. is right in mine eyes
4 But his father 01 and his mother 0517 knew 03045 not that it was of the LORD 03068, that he sought 01245 an occasion 08385 against the Philistines 06430: for at that time 06256 the Philistines 06430 had dominion 04910 over Israel 03478.
5 Then went 03381 Samson 08123 down 03381, and his father 01 and his mother 0517, to Timnath 08553, and came 0935 to the vineyards 03754 of Timnath 08553: and, behold, a young 03715 lion 0738 roared 07580 against 07125 him. against…: Heb. in meeting him
6 And the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 came mightily 06743 upon him, and he tore 08156 him as he would have torn 08156 a kid 01423, and he had nothing 03972 in his hand 03027: but he told 05046 not his father 01 or his mother 0517 what he had done 06213.
7 And he went down 03381, and talked 01696 with the woman 0802; and she pleased 03474 Samson 08123 well 03474, 5869.
8 And after a time 03117 he returned 07725 to take 03947 her, and he turned aside 05493 to see 07200 the carcase 04658 of the lion 0738: and, behold, there was a swarm 05712 of bees 01682 and honey 01706 in the carcase 01472 of the lion 0738.
9 And he took 07287 of it in his hands 03709, and went on 03212 eating 0398, and came 01980 to his father 01 and mother 0517, and he gave 05414 them, and they ate 0398: but he told 05046 them not that he had taken 07287 the honey 01706 out of the carcase 01472 of the lion 0738.
10 So his father 01 went down 03381 to the woman 0802: and Samson 08123 made 06213 there a feast 04960; for so used the young men 0970 to do 06213.
11 And it came to pass, when they saw 07200 him, that they brought 03947 thirty 07970 companions 04828 to be with him.
12 And Samson 08123 said 0559 to them, I will now tell 02330 a riddle 02420 to you: if ye can certainly 05046 declare 05046 it me within the seven 07651 days 03117 of the feast 04960, and find it out 04672, then I will give 05414 you thirty 07970 sheets 05466 and thirty 07970 change 02487 of garments 0899: sheets: or, shirts
13 But if ye cannot 03201 declare 05046 it to me, then shall ye give 05414 me thirty 07970 sheets 05466 and thirty 07970 change 02487 of garments 0899. And they said 0559 to him, Tell 02330 thy riddle 02420, that we may hear 08085 it. sheets: or, shirts
14 And he said 0559 to them, Out of the eater 0398 came forth 03318 food 03978, and out of the strong 05794 came forth 03318 sweetness 04966. And they could 03201 not in three 07969 days 03117 expound 05046 the riddle 02420.
15 And it came to pass on the seventh 07637 day 03117, that they said 0559 to Samson’s 08123 wife 0802, Entice 06601 thy husband 0376, that he may declare 05046 to us the riddle 02420, lest we burn 08313 thee and thy father’s 01 house 01004 with fire 0784: have ye called 07121 us to take what we possess 03423? is it not so? take…: Heb. possess us, or, impoverish us?
16 And Samson’s 08123 wife 0802 wept 01058 before him, and said 0559, Thou dost but hate 08130 me, and lovest 0157 me not: thou hast told 02330 a riddle 02420 to the children 01121 of my people 05971, and hast not told 05046 it to me. And he said 0559 to her, Behold, I have not told 05046 it to my father 01 nor to my mother 0517, and shall I tell 05046 it to thee?
17 And she wept 01058 before him the seven 07651 days 03117, while their feast 04960 lasted 01961: and it came to pass on the seventh 07637 day 03117, that he told 05046 her, because she pressed him so hard 06693: and she told 05046 the riddle 02420 to the children 01121 of her people 05971. the seven…: or, the rest of the seven days
18 And the men 0582 of the city 05892 said 0559 to him on the seventh 07637 day 03117 before the sun 02775 went down 0935, What is sweeter 04966 than honey 01706? and what is stronger 05794 than a lion 0738? And he said 0559 to them, If 03884 ye had not plowed 02790 with my heifer 05697, ye had not found out 04672 my riddle 02420.
19 And the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 came 06743 upon him, and he went down 03381 to Ashkelon 0831, and slew 05221 thirty 07970 men 0376 of them, and took 03947 their spoil 02488, and gave 05414 change 02487 of garments to them who expounded 05046 the riddle 02420. And his anger 0639 was kindled 02734, and he went up 05927 to his father’s 01 house 01004. spoil: or, apparel
20 But Samson’s 08123 wife 0802 was given to his companion 04828, whom he had used as his friend 07462.
1 But it came to pass after a while 03117, in the time 03117 of wheat 02406 harvest 07105, that Samson 08123 visited 06485 his wife 0802 with a kid 01423, 5795; and he said 0559, I will go in 0935 to my wife 0802 into the chamber 02315. But her father 01 would not allow 05414 him to go in 0935.
2 And her father 01 said 0559, I verily 0559 thought 0559 that thou hadst utterly 08130 hated 08130 her; therefore I gave 05414 her to thy companion 04828: is not her younger 06996 sister 0269 fairer 02896 than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. take…: Heb. let her be thine
3 And Samson 08123 said 0559 concerning them, Now 06471 shall I be more blameless 05352 than the Philistines 06430, though I do 06213 them harm 07451. more…: or, blameless from the Philistines though, etc
4 And Samson 08123 went 03212 and caught 03920 three 07969 hundred 03967 foxes 07776, and took 03947 torches 03940, and turned 06437 tail 02180 to tail 02180, and put 07760 a 0259 torch 03940 in the midst 08432 between two 08147 tails 02180. firebrands: or, torches
5 And when he had lighted 01197 the torches 03940, 784, he let them go 07971 into the standing grain 07054 of the Philistines 06430, and burnt up 01197 both the shocks 01430, and also the standing grain 07054, with the vineyards 03754 and olives 02132.
6 Then the Philistines 06430 said 0559, Who hath done 06213 this? And they answered 0559, Samson 08123, the son in law 02860 of the Timnite 08554, because he had taken 03947 his wife 0802, and given 05414 her to his companion 04828. And the Philistines 06430 came up 05927, and burnt 08313 her and her father 01 with fire 0784.
7 And Samson 08123 said 0559 to them, Though 0518 ye have done 06213 this 02063, yet will I be avenged 05358 of you, and after 0310 that I will cease 02308.
8 And he smote 05221 them hip 07785 and 05921 thigh 03409 with a great 01419 slaughter 04347: and he went down 03381 and dwelt 03427 in the top 05585 of the rock 05553 Etam 05862.
9 Then the Philistines 06430 went up 05927, and encamped 02583 in Judah 03063, and spread 05203 themselves in Lehi 03896.
10 And the men 0376 of Judah 03063 said 0559, Why have ye come up 05927 against us? And they answered 0559, We have come 05927 to bind 0631 Samson 08123, to do 06213 to him as he hath done 06213 to us.
11 Then three 07969 thousand 0505 men 0376 of Judah 03063 went 03381 to the top 05585 of the rock 05553 Etam 05862, and said 0559 to Samson 08123, Knowest 03045 thou not that the Philistines 06430 are rulers 04910 over us? what is this that thou hast done 06213 to us? And he said 0559 to them, As they did 06213 to me, so have I done 06213 to them. went: Heb. went down
12 And they said 0559 to him, We have come down 03381 to bind 0631 thee, that we may deliver 05414 thee into the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430. And Samson 08123 said 0559 to them, Swear 07650 to me, that ye will not fall upon 06293 me yourselves.
13 And they spoke 0559 to him, saying 0559, No; but we will bind 0631 thee securely 0631, and deliver 05414 thee into their hand 03027: but surely 04191 we will not kill 04191 thee. And they bound 0631 him with two 08147 new 02319 cords 05688, and brought him up 05927 from the rock 05553.
14 And when he came 0935 to Lehi 03896, the Philistines 06430 shouted 07321 against 07125 him: and the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 came mightily 06743 upon him, and the cords 05688 that were upon his arms 02220 became as flax 06593 that was burnt 01197 with fire 0784, and his bands 0612 loosed 04549 from off his hands 03027. loosed: Heb. were melted
15 And he found 04672 a fresh 02961 jawbone 03895 of a donkey 02543, and put forth 07971 his hand 03027, and took 03947 it, and slew 05221 a thousand 0505 men 0376 with it. new: Heb. moist
16 And Samson 08123 said 0559, With the jawbone 03895 of a donkey 02543, heaps 02565 upon heaps 02565, with the jaw 03895 of a donkey 02543 have I slain 05221 a thousand 0505 men 0376. heaps upon…: Heb. an heap, two heaps
17 And it came to pass, when he had finished 03615 speaking 01696, that he cast away 07993 the jawbone 03895 out of his hand 03027, and called 07121 that place 04725 Ramathlehi 07437. Ramathlehi: that is, the lifting up of the jawbone, or, casting away of the jawbone
18 And he was very 03966 thirsty 06770, and called 07121 on the LORD 03068, and said 0559, Thou hast given 05414 this great 01419 deliverance 08668 into the hand 03027 of thy servant 05650: and now shall I die 04191 by thirst 06772, and fall 05307 into the hand 03027 of the uncircumcised 06189?
19 But God 0430 opened 01234 an hollow place 04388 that was in the jaw 03895, and there came 03318 water 04325 out of it; and when he had drunk 08354, his spirit 07307 came again 07725, and he revived 02421: therefore he called 07121 the name 08034 of it Enhakkore 05875, which is in Lehi 03896 to this day 03117. the jaw: or, Lehi, as called in this chapterEnhakkore: that is, the well of him that called or, cried
20 And he judged 08199 Israel 03478 in the days 03117 of the Philistines 06430 twenty 06242 years 08141.
1 Then went 03212 Samson 08123 to Gaza 05804, and saw 07200 there an harlot 0802, 2181, and went in 0935 to her. harlot: Heb. a woman an harlot
2 And it was told the Gazites 05841, saying 0559, Samson 08123 is come 0935 here. And they surrounded 05437 him, and laid wait 0693 for him all night 03915 in the gate 08179 of the city 05892, and were quiet 02790 all the night 03915, saying 0559, In the morning 01242, when it is day 0216, we shall kill 02026 him. quiet: Heb. silence
3 And Samson 08123 lay 07901 till midnight 02677, 3915, and arose 06965 at midnight 02677, 3915, and took 0270 the doors 01817 of the gate 08179 of the city 05892, and the two 08147 posts 04201, and went away 05265 with them, bar 01280 and all, and put 07760 them upon his shoulders 03802, and carried them up 05927 to the top 07218 of an hill 02022 that is before 06440 Hebron 02275. bar…: Heb. with the bar
4 And it came to pass afterward 0310, that he loved 0157 a woman 0802 in the valley 05158 of Sorek 07796, whose name 08034 was Delilah 01807. in…: or, by the brook
5 And the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430 came 05927 to her, and said 0559 to her, Entice 06601 him, and see 07200 where his great 01419 strength 03581 lieth, and by what means we may prevail 03201 against him, that we may bind 0631 him to afflict 06031 him: and we will give 05414 thee every one 0376 of us eleven hundred 0505, 3967 pieces of silver 03701. afflict: or, humble
6 And Delilah 01807 said 0559 to Samson 08123, Tell 05046 me, I pray thee, where thy great 01419 strength 03581 lieth, and how thou mayest be bound 0631 to afflict 06031 thee.
7 And Samson 08123 said 0559 to her, If they bind 0631 me with seven 07651 new 03892 cords 03499 that were never dried 02717, then shall I be weak 02470, and be as another 0259 man 0120. green…: or, new cords: Heb. moistanother: Heb. one
8 Then the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430 brought 05927 to her seven 07651 new 03892 cords 03499 which had not been dried 02717, and she bound 0631 him with them. green…: or, new cords: Heb. moist
9 Now there were men lying in wait 0693, abiding 03427 with her in the chamber 02315. And she said 0559 to him, The Philistines 06430 are upon thee, Samson 08123. And he broke 05423 the cords 03499, as a string 06616 of a wick 05296 is broken 05423 when it toucheth 07306 the fire 0784. So his strength 03581 was not known 03045. toucheth: Heb. smelleth
10 And Delilah 01807 said 0559 to Samson 08123, Behold, thou hast mocked 02048 me, and told 01696 me lies 03577: now tell 05046 me, I pray thee, how thou mayest be bound 0631.
11 And he said 0559 to her, If they bind 0631 me securely 0631 with new 02319 ropes 05688 that never were used 04399, 6213, then shall I be weak 02470, and be as another 0259 man 0120. that never…: Heb. wherewith work hath not been done
12 Delilah 01807 therefore took 03947 new 02319 ropes 05688, and bound 0631 him with them, and said 0559 to him, The Philistines 06430 are upon thee, Samson 08123. And there were those lying in wait 0693 abiding 03427 in the chamber 02315. And he broke 05423 them from off his arms 02220 like a thread 02339.
13 And Delilah 01807 said 0559 to Samson 08123, Until now 02008 thou hast mocked 02048 me, and told 01696 me lies 03577: tell 05046 me how thou mayest be bound 0631. And he said 0559 to her, If thou weavest 0707 the seven 07651 locks 04253 of my head 07218 with the web 04545.
14 And she fastened 08628 it with the pin 03489, and said 0559 to him, The Philistines 06430 are upon thee, Samson 08123. And he awoke 03364 from his sleep 08142, and went away 05265 with the pin 03489 of the beam 0708, and with the web 04545.
15 And she said 0559 to him, How 0349 canst thou say 0559, I love 0157 thee, when thy heart 03820 is not with me? thou hast mocked 02048 me these three 07969 times 06471, and hast not told 05046 me where thy great 01419 strength 03581 lieth.
16 And it came to pass, when she pressed 06693 him daily 03117 with her words 01697, and urged 0509 him, so that his soul 05315 was vexed 07114 to death 04191; vexed: Heb. shortened
17 That he told 05046 her all his heart 03820, and said 0559 to her, There hath not come 05927 a razor 04177 upon my head 07218; for I have been a Nazarite 05139 to God 0430 from my mother’s 0517 womb 0990: if I be shaved 01548, then my strength 03581 will go 05493 from me, and I shall become weak 02470, and be like any other man 0120.
18 And when Delilah 01807 saw 07200 that he had told 05046 her all his heart 03820, she sent 07971 and called 07121 for the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430, saying 0559, Come up 05927 this once 06471, for he hath showed 05046 me all his heart 03820. Then the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430 came up 05927 to her, and brought 05927 money 03701 in their hand 03027.
19 And she made him sleep 03462 upon her knees 01290; and she called 07121 for a man 0376, and she caused him to shave off 01548 the seven 07651 locks 04253 of his head 07218; and she began 02490 to afflict 06031 him, and his strength 03581 went 05493 from him.
20 And she said 0559, The Philistines 06430 are upon thee, Samson 08123. And he awoke 03364 out of his sleep 08142, and said 0559, I will go out 03318 as at other times before 06471, and shake 05287 myself. And he knew 03045 not that the LORD 03068 had departed 05493 from him.
21 But the Philistines 06430 took 0270 him, and put out 05365 his eyes 05869, and brought him down 03381 to Gaza 05804, and bound 0631 him with fetters of brass 05178; and he did grind 02912 in the prison 0631 house 01004. put out: Heb. bored out
22 However the hair 08181 of his head 07218 began 02490 to grow again 06779 after 0834 he was shaved 01548. after…: or, as when he was shaven
23 Then the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430 gathered them together 0622 to offer 02076 a great 01419 sacrifice 02077 to Dagon 01712 their god 0430, and to rejoice 08057: for they said 0559, Our god 0430 hath delivered 05414 Samson 08123 our enemy 0341 into our hand 03027.
24 And when the people 05971 saw 07200 him, they praised 01984 their god 0430: for they said 0559, Our god 0430 hath delivered 05414 into our hands 03027 our enemy 0341, and the destroyer 02717 of our country 0776, who slew 02491 many 07235 of us. which…: Heb. and who multiplied our slain
25 And it came to pass, when their hearts 03820 were merry 02896, that they said 0559, Call 07121 for Samson 08123, that he may make us sport 07832. And they called 07121 for Samson 08123 out of the prison 0631 house 01004; and he made them 06440 sport 06711: and they set 05975 him between the pillars 05982. them: Heb. before them
26 And Samson 08123 said 0559 to the lad 05288 that held 02388 him by the hand 03027, Permit 03240 me to feel 04184, 3237 the pillars 05982 upon which the house 01004 standeth 03559, that I may lean 08172 upon them.
27 Now the house 01004 was full 04390 of men 0582 and women 0802; and all the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430 were there; and there were upon the roof 01406 about three 07969 thousand 0505 men 0376 and women 0802, that beheld 07200 while Samson 08123 made sport 07832.
28 And Samson 08123 called 07121 to the LORD 03068, and said 0559, O Lord 0136 GOD 03069, remember 02142 me, I pray thee, and strengthen 02388 me, I pray thee, only this once 06471, O God 0430, that I may be at once 0259 avenged 05358, 5359 of the Philistines 06430 for my two 08147 eyes 05869.
29 And Samson 08123 took hold 03943 of the two 08147 middle 08432 pillars 05982 upon which the house 01004 stood 03559, and on which it rested 05564, of the one 0259 with his right hand 03225, and of the other 0259 with his left 08040. on which…: or, he leaned on them
30 And Samson 08123 said 0559, Let me die 04191, 5315 with the Philistines 06430. And he bowed 05186 himself with all his might 03581; and the house 01004 fell 05307 upon the lords 05633, and upon all the people 05971 that were in it. So the dead 04191 which he slew 04191 at his death 04194 were more 07227 than they which he slew 04191 in his life 02416. me: Heb. my soul
31 Then his brethren 0251 and all the house 01004 of his father 01 came down 03381, and took 05375 him, and brought him up 05927, and buried 06912 him between Zorah 06881 and Eshtaol 0847 in the buryingplace 06913 of Manoah 04495 his father 01. And he judged 08199 Israel 03478 twenty 06242 years 08141.
1 And there was a man 0376 of mount 02022 Ephraim 0669, whose name 08034 was Micah 04321.
2 And he said 0559 to his mother 0517, The eleven hundred 0505, 3967 shekels of silver 03701 that were taken 03947 from thee, about which thou didst curse 0422, and spoke 0559 of also in my ears 0241, behold, the silver 03701 is with me; I took 03947 it. And his mother 0517 said 0559, Blessed 01288 be thou of the LORD 03068, my son 01121.
3 And when he had restored 07725 the eleven hundred 0505, 3967 shekels of silver 03701 to his mother 0517, his mother 0517 said 0559, I had wholly 06942 dedicated 06942 the silver 03701 to the LORD 03068 from my hand 03027 for my son 01121, to make 06213 a graven image 06459 and a molten image 04541: now therefore I will restore 07725 it to thee.
4 Yet he restored 07725 the money 03701 to his mother 0517; and his mother 0517 took 03947 two hundred 03967 shekels of silver 03701, and gave 05414 them to the silversmith 06884, who made 06213 of it a graven image 06459 and a molten image 04541: and they were in the house 01004 of Micah 04321.
5 And the man 0376 Micah 04318 had an house 01004 of gods 0430, and made 06213 an ephod 0646, and teraphim 08655, and consecrated 04390, 3027 one 0259 of his sons 01121, who became his priest 03548. consecrated: Heb. filled the hand
6 In those days 03117 there was no king 04428 in Israel 03478, but every man 0376 did 06213 that which was right 03477 in his own eyes 05869.
7 And there was a young man 05288 out of Bethlehemjudah 01035, 3063 of the family 04940 of Judah 03063, who was a Levite 03881, and he sojourned 01481 there.
8 And the man 0376 departed 03212 out of the city 05892 from Bethlehemjudah 01035, 3063 to sojourn 01481 where he could find 04672 a place: and he came 0935 to mount 02022 Ephraim 0669 to the house 01004 of Micah 04318, as he journeyed 06213, 1870. as he…: Heb. in making his way
9 And Micah 04318 said 0559 to him, Where 0370 do you come 0935 from? And he said 0559 to him, I am a Levite 03881 of Bethlehemjudah 01035, 3063, and I go 01980 to sojourn 01481 where I may find 04672 a place.
10 And Micah 04318 said 0559 to him, Dwell 03427 with me, and be to me a father 01 and a priest 03548, and I will give 05414 thee ten 06235 shekels of silver 03701 by the year 03117, and a suit 06187 of apparel 0899, and thy sustenance 04241. So the Levite 03881 went in 03212. a suit…: or, a double suit, etc: Heb. an order of garments
11 And the Levite 03881 was content 02974 to dwell 03427 with the man 0376; and the young man 05288 was to him as one 0259 of his sons 01121.
12 And Micah 04318 consecrated 04390, 3027 the Levite 03881; and the young man 05288 became his priest 03548, and was in the house 01004 of Micah 04318.
13 Then said 0559 Micah 04318, Now I know 03045 that the LORD 03068 will do me good 03190, seeing I have a Levite 03881 for my priest 03548.
1 In those days 03117 there was no king 04428 in Israel 03478: and in those days 03117 the tribe 07626 of the Danites 01839 sought 01245 for themselves an inheritance 05159 to dwell in 03427; for to that day 03117 all their inheritance 05159 had not fallen 05307 to them among 08432 the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478.
2 And the children 01121 of Dan 01835 sent 07971 of their family 04940 five 02568 men 0582 from their land 07098, men 01121 of valour 02428, from Zorah 06881, and from Eshtaol 0847, to spy 07270 out the land 0776, and to search 02713 it; and they said 0559 to them, Go 03212, search 02713 the land 0776: who when they came 0935 to mount 02022 Ephraim 0669, to the house 01004 of Micah 04318, they lodged 03885 there. men of: Heb. sons of
3 When they were by the house 01004 of Micah 04318, they knew 05234 the voice 06963 of the young man 05288 the Levite 03881: and they turned in 05493 there, and said 0559 to him, Who brought 0935 thee here 01988? and what makest 06213 thou in this place? and what hast thou here?
4 And he said 0559 to them, Thus 02090 and thus 02090 dealeth 06213 Micah 04318 with me, and hath hired 07936 me, and I am his priest 03548.
5 And they said 0559 to him, Ask counsel 07592, we pray thee, of God 0430, that we may know 03045 whether our way 01870 which we go 01980 shall be prosperous 06743.
6 And the priest 03548 said 0559 to them, Go 03212 in peace 07965: before 05227 the LORD 03068 is your way 01870 in which ye go 03212.
7 Then the five 02568 men 0582 departed 03212, and came 0935 to Laish 03919, and saw 07200 the people 05971 that were in it 07130, how they dwelt 03427 careless 0983, after the manner 04941 of the Zidonians 06722, quiet 08252 and secure 0982; and there was no magistrate 03423, 6114 in the land 0776, that might put them to shame 03637 in any thing 01697; and they were far 07350 from the Zidonians 06722, and had no business 01697 with any man 0120. Laish: also called, Leshemmagistrate: Heb. possessor, or, heir of restraints
8 And they came 0935 to their brethren 0251 to Zorah 06881 and Eshtaol 0847: and their brethren 0251 said 0559 to them, What say ye?
9 And they said 0559, Arise 06965, that we may go up 05927 against them: for we have seen 07200 the land 0776, and, behold, it is very 03966 good 02896: and are ye still 02814? be not slothful 06101 to go 03212, and to enter 0935 to possess 03423 the land 0776.
10 When ye go 0935, ye shall come 0935 to a people 05971 secure 0982, and to a large 07342 land 0776: for God 0430 hath given 05414 it into your hands 03027; a place 04725 where there is no want 04270 of any thing 01697 that is on the earth 0776.
11 And there went 05265 from there of the family 04940 of the Danites 01839, out of Zorah 06881 and out of Eshtaol 0847, six 08337 hundred 03967 men 0376 appointed 02296 with weapons 03627 of war 04421. appointed: Heb. girded
12 And they went up 05927, and encamped 02583 in Kirjathjearim 07157, in Judah 03063: therefore they called 07121 that place 04725 Mahanehdan 04265 to this day 03117: behold, it is behind 0310 Kirjathjearim 07157.
13 And they passed 05674 from there to mount 02022 Ephraim 0669, and came 0935 to the house 01004 of Micah 04318.
14 Then answered 06030 the five 02568 men 0582 that went 01980 to spy out 07270 the country 0776 of Laish 03919, and said 0559 to their brethren 0251, Do ye know 03045 that there is 03426 in these houses 01004 an ephod 0646, and teraphim 08655, and a graven image 06459, and a molten image 04541? now therefore consider 03045 what ye have to do 06213.
15 And they turned 05493 aside there, and came 0935 to the house 01004 of the young man 05288 the Levite 03881, even to the house 01004 of Micah 04318, and greeted 07592, 7965 him. saluted…: Heb. asked him of peace
16 And the six 08337 hundred 03967 men 0376 appointed 02296 with their weapons 03627 of war 04421, who were of the children 01121 of Dan 01835, stood 05324 by the entrance 06607 of the gate 08179.
17 And the five 02568 men 0582 that went 01980 to spy out 07270 the land 0776 went up 05927, and came in 0935 there, and took 03947 the graven image 06459, and the ephod 0646, and the teraphim 08655, and the molten image 04541: and the priest 03548 stood 05324 in the entrance 06607 of the gate 08179 with the six 08337 hundred 03967 men 0376 that were appointed 02296 with weapons 03627 of war 04421.
18 And these went 0935 into Micah’s 04318 house 01004, and brought 03947 the carved image 06459, the ephod 0646, and the teraphim 08655, and the molten image 04541. Then said 0559 the priest 03548 to them, What do 06213 ye?
19 And they said 0559 to him, Hold thy peace 02790, lay 07760 thy hand 03027 upon thy mouth 06310, and go 03212 with us, and be to us 01961 a father 01 and a priest 03548: is it better 02896 for thee to be a priest 03548 to the house 01004 of one 0259 man 0376, or that thou shouldest be a priest 03548 to a tribe 07626 and a family 04940 in Israel 03478?
20 And the priest’s 03548 heart 03820 was glad 03190, and he took 03947 the ephod 0646, and the teraphim 08655, and the graven image 06459, and went in 0935 the midst 07130 of the people 05971.
21 So they turned 06437 and departed 03212, and put 07760 the little ones 02945 and the cattle 04735 and the possessions 03520 before 06440 them.
22 And when they were a good way 07368 from the house 01004 of Micah 04318, the men 0582 that were in the houses 01004 near to Micah’s 04318 house 01004 were gathered together 02199, and overtook 01692 the children 01121 of Dan 01835.
23 And they cried 07121 to the children 01121 of Dan 01835. And they turned 05437 their faces 06440, and said 0559 to Micah 04318, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company 02199? comest…: Heb. art gathered together?
24 And he said 0559, Ye have taken away 03947 my gods 0430 which I made 06213, and the priest 03548, and ye have gone away 03212: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say 0559 to me, What aileth thee?
25 And the children 01121 of Dan 01835 said 0559 to him, Let not thy voice 06963 be heard 08085 among us, lest angry 04751, 5315 fellows 0582 rush 06293 upon thee, and thou lose 0622 thy life 05315, with the lives 05315 of thy household 01004. angry: Heb. bitter of soul
26 And the children 01121 of Dan 01835 departed 03212, 1870: and when Micah 04318 saw 07200 that they were too strong 02389 for him, he turned 06437 and went back 07725 to his house 01004.
27 And they took 03947 the things which Micah 04318 had made 06213, and the priest 03548 which he had, and came 0935 to Laish 03919, to a people 05971 that were at quiet 08252 and secure 0982: and they smote 05221 them with the edge 06310 of the sword 02719, and burnt 08313 the city 05892 with fire 0784.
28 And there was no deliverer 05337, because it was far 07350 from Zidon 06721, and they had no business 01697 with any man 0120; and it was in the valley 06010 that lieth by Bethrehob 01050. And they built 01129 a city 05892, and dwelt 03427 in it.
29 And they called 07121 the name 08034 of the city 05892 Dan 01835, after the name 08034 of Dan 01835 their father 01, who was born 03205 to Israel 03478: but 0199 the name 08034 of the city 05892 was Laish 03919 at the first 07223.
30 And the children 01121 of Dan 01835 set up 06965 the graven image 06459: and Jonathan 03083, the son 01121 of Gershom 01647, the son 01121 of Manasseh 04519, he and his sons 01121 were priests 03548 to the tribe 07626 of Dan 01839 until the day 03117 of the captivity 01540 of the land 0776.
31 And they set up for themselves 07760 Micah’s 04318 graven image 06459, which he made 06213, all the time 03117 that the house 01004 of God 0430 was in Shiloh 07887.
1 And it came to pass in those days 03117, when there was no king 04428 in Israel 03478, that there was a certain 0376 Levite 03881 dwelling 01481 on the side 03411 of mount 02022 Ephraim 0669, who took 03947 to him a concubine 0802, 6370 out of Bethlehemjudah 01035, 3063. a concubine: Heb. a woman a concubine, or, a wife a concubine
2 And his concubine 06370 played the harlot 02181 against him, and went away 03212 from him to her father’s 01 house 01004 to Bethlehemjudah 01035, 3063, and was there four 0702 whole months 02320, 3117. four whole months: or, a year and four month: Heb. days, four months
3 And her husband 0376 arose 06965, and went 03212 after 0310 her, to speak 01696 kindly 03820 to her, and to bring her again 07725, having his servant 05288 with him, and a couple 06776 of donkeys 02543: and she brought 0935 him into her father’s 01 house 01004: and when the father 01 of the damsel 05291 saw 07200 him, he rejoiced 08055 to meet 07125 him. friendly…: Heb. to her heart
4 And his father in law 02859, the damsel’s 05291 father 01, detained 02388 him; and he abode 03427 with him three 07969 days 03117: so they ate 0398 and drank 08354, and lodged 03885 there.
5 And it came to pass on the fourth 07243 day 03117, when they arose early 07925 in the morning 01242, that he arose 06965 to depart 03212: and the damsel’s 05291 father 01 said 0559 to his son in law 02860, Strengthen 05582 thy heart 03820 with a morsel 06595 of bread 03899, and afterward 0310 depart 03212. Comfort: Heb. Strengthen
6 And they sat down 03427, and ate 0398 and drank 08354 both 08147 of them together 03162: for the damsel’s 05291 father 01 had said 0559 to the man 0376, Be content 02974, I pray thee, and tarry all night 03885, and let thy heart 03820 be merry 03190.
7 And when the man 0376 rose 06965 to depart 03212, his father in law 02859 urged 06484 him: therefore he lodged 03885 there again 07725.
8 And he arose early 07925 in the morning 01242 on the fifth 02549 day 03117 to depart 03212: and the damsel’s 05291 father 01 said 0559, Strengthen 05582 thy heart 03824, I pray thee. And they tarried 04102 until afternoon 03117, 5186, and they ate 0398 both 08147 of them. until afternoon: Heb. till the day declined
9 And when the man 0376 arose 06965 to depart 03212, he, and his concubine 06370, and his servant 05288, his father in law 02859, the damsel’s 05291 father 01, said 0559 to him, Behold, now the day 03117 draweth 07503 toward evening 06150, I pray you tarry all night 03885: behold, the day 03117 is coming to an end 02583, lodge 03885 here, that thy heart 03824 may be merry 03190; and to morrow 04279 get you early 07925 on your way 01870, that thou mayest go 01980 home 0168. draweth: Heb. is weakthe day groweth to an end: Heb. it is the pitching time of the dayhome: Heb. to thy tent
10 But the man 0376 would 014 not tarry that night 03885, but he arose 06965 and departed 03212, and came 0935 opposite 05227 Jebus 02982, which is Jerusalem 03389; and there were with him two 06776 donkeys 02543 saddled 02280, his concubine 06370 also was with him. over against: Heb. to over against
11 And when they were by Jebus 02982, the day 03117 was far 03966 spent 07286; and the servant 05288 said 0559 to his master 0113, Come 03212, I pray thee, and let us turn in 05493 to this city 05892 of the Jebusites 02983, and lodge 03885 in it.
12 And his master 0113 said 0559 to him, We will not turn aside 05493 here into the city 05892 of a stranger 05237, that is not of the children 01121 of Israel 03478; we will pass over 05674 to Gibeah 01390.
13 And he said 0559 to his servant 05288, Come 03212, and let us draw near 07126 to one 0259 of these places 04725 to lodge all night 03885, in Gibeah 01390, or in Ramah 07414.
14 And they passed on 05674 and went their way 03212; and the sun 08121 went down 0935 upon them when they were by 0681 Gibeah 01390, which belongeth to Benjamin 01144.
15 And they turned aside 05493 there, to go in 0935 and to lodge 03885 in Gibeah 01390: and when he went in 0935, he sat down 03427 in a street 07339 of the city 05892: for there was no man 0376 that took 0622 them into his house 01004 to lodge 03885.
16 And, behold, there came 0935 an old 02205 man 0376 from his work 04639 out of the field 07704 at evening 06153, who was also 0376 of mount 02022 Ephraim 0669; and he dwelt 01481 in Gibeah 01390: but the men 0582 of the place 04725 were Benjamites 01145.
17 And when he had lifted up 05375 his eyes 05869, he saw 07200 a wayfaring 0732 man 0376 in the street 07339 of the city 05892: and the old 02205 man 0376 said 0559, Where goest 03212 thou? and where 0370 do you come 0935 from?
18 And he said 0559 to him, We are passing 05674 from Bethlehemjudah 01035, 3063 toward the side 03411 of mount 02022 Ephraim 0669; from there am I: and I went 03212 to Bethlehemjudah 01035, 3063, but I am now going 01980 to the house 01004 of the LORD 03068; and there is no man 0376 that receiveth 0622 me into his house 01004. receiveth: Heb. gathereth
19 Yet there is 03426 both straw 08401 and fodder 04554 for our donkeys 02543; and there is bread 03899 and wine 03196 also for me, and for thy handmaid 0519, and for the young man 05288 which is with thy servants 05650: there is no want 04270 of any thing 01697.
20 And the old 02205 man 0376 said 0559, Peace 07965 be with thee; however 07535 let all thy wants 04270 lie upon me; only lodge 03885 not in the street 07339.
21 So he brought 0935 him into his house 01004, and gave fodder 01101 to the donkeys 02543: and they washed 07364 their feet 07272, and ate 0398 and drank 08354.
22 Now as they were making their hearts 03820 merry 03190, behold, the men 0582 of the city 05892, certain 0582 perverted 01100 men 01121, beset 05437 the house 01004 on all sides 05437, and beat 01849 at the door 01817, and spoke 0559 to the master 01167 of the house 01004, the old 02205 man 0376, saying 0559, Bring forth 03318 the man 0376 that came 0935 into thy house 01004, that we may know 03045 him.
23 And the man 0376, the master 01167 of the house 01004, went out 03318 to them, and said 0559 to them, Nay 0408, my brethren 0251, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly 07489; seeing 0310 that this man 0376 is come 0935 into my house 01004, do 06213 not this folly 05039.
24 Behold, here is my daughter 01323 a maiden 01330, and his concubine 06370; them I will bring out 03318 now, and humble 06031 ye them, and do 06213 with them what seemeth 05869 good 02896 to you: but to this man 0376 do 06213 not so 02063 vile 05039 a thing 01697. so vile…: Heb. the matter of this folly
25 But the men 0582 would 014 not hearken 08085 to him: so the man 0376 took 02388 his concubine 06370, and brought 03318 her forth 02351 to them; and they knew 03045 her, and abused 05953 her all the night 03915 until the morning 01242: and when the day 07837 began to spring 05927, they let her go 07971.
26 Then came 0935 the woman 0802 in the dawning 06437 of the day 01242, and fell down 05307 at the door 06607 of the man’s 0376 house 01004 where her lord 0113 was, till it was light 0216.
27 And her lord 0113 rose 06965 in the morning 01242, and opened 06605 the doors 01817 of the house 01004, and went out 03318 to go 03212 his way 01870: and, behold, the woman 0802 his concubine 06370 had fallen down 05307 at the door 06607 of the house 01004, and her hands 03027 were upon the threshold 05592.
28 And he said 0559 to her, Rise 06965, and let us be going 03212. But none answered 06030. Then the man 0376 took 03947 her upon a donkey 02543, and the man 0376 rose 06965, and went 03212 to his place 04725.
29 And when he was come 0935 into his house 01004, he took 03947 a knife 03979, and laid hold 02388 on his concubine 06370, and divided 05408 her, with her bones 06106, into twelve 08147, 6240 pieces 05409, and sent 07971 her into all the land 01366 of Israel 03478.
30 And it was so 01961, that all that saw 07200 it said 0559, There hath been no such deed 02063 done nor seen 07200 from the day 03117 that the children 01121 of Israel 03478 came 05927 from the land 0776 of Egypt 04714 to this day 03117: consider 07760 of it, take advice 05779, and speak 01696 your minds.
1 Then all the children 01121 of Israel 03478 went out 03318, and the congregation 05712 was gathered together 06950 as one 0259 man 0376, from Dan 01835 even to Beersheba 0884, with the land 0776 of Gilead 01568, to the LORD 03068 in Mizpeh 04709.
2 And the chief 06438 of all the people 05971, even of all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478, presented 03320 themselves in the assembly 06951 of the people 05971 of God 0430, four 0702 hundred 03967 thousand 0505 footmen 0376, 7273 that drew 08025 sword 02719.
3 (Now the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 heard 08085 that the children 01121 of Israel 03478 were gone up 05927 to Mizpeh 04709.) Then said 0559 the children 01121 of Israel 03478, Tell 01696 us, how was 01961 this wickedness 07451?
4 And the Levite 03881, 376, the husband 0376 of the woman 0802 that was slain 07523, answered 06030 and said 0559, I came 0935 into Gibeah 01390 that belongeth to Benjamin 01144, I and my concubine 06370, to lodge 03885. the Levite: Heb. the man the Levite
5 And the men 01167 of Gibeah 01390 rose 06965 against me, and surrounded 05437 the house 01004 upon me by night 03915, and thought 01819 to have slain 02026 me: and my concubine 06370 have they forced 06031, that she is dead 04191. forced: Heb. humbled
6 And I took 0270 my concubine 06370, and cut her in pieces 05408, and sent 07971 her throughout all the country 07704 of the inheritance 05159 of Israel 03478: for they have committed 06213 lewdness 02154 and folly 05039 in Israel 03478.
7 Behold, ye are all children 01121 of Israel 03478; give 03051 here 01988 your advice 01697 and counsel 06098.
8 And all the people 05971 arose 06965 as one 0259 man 0376, saying 0559, We will not any 0376 of us go 03212 to his tent 0168, neither will we any 0376 of us turn 05493 into his house 01004.
9 But now this shall be the thing 01697 which we will do 06213 to Gibeah 01390; we will go up by lot 01486 against it;
10 And we will take 03947 ten 06235 men 0582 of an hundred 03967 throughout all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478, and an hundred 03967 of a thousand 0505, and a thousand 0505 out of ten thousand 07233, to fetch 03947 provisions 06720 for the people 05971, that they may do 06213, when they come 0935 to Gibeah 01387 of Benjamin 01144, according to all the folly 05039 that they have wrought 06213 in Israel 03478.
11 So all the men 0376 of Israel 03478 were gathered 0622 against the city 05892, knit together 02270 as one 0259 man 0376. knit…: Heb. fellows
12 And the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478 sent 07971 men 0582 through all the tribe 07626 of Benjamin 01144, saying 0559, What wickedness 07451 is this that is done 01961 among you?
13 Now therefore deliver 05414 us the men 0582, the perverted 01100 men 01121, who are in Gibeah 01390, that we may put them to death 04191, and remove 01197 the evil 07451 from Israel 03478. But the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 would 014 not hearken 08085 to the voice 06963 of their brethren 0251 the children 01121 of Israel 03478:
14 But the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 gathered themselves together 0622 out of the cities 05892 to Gibeah 01390, to go out 03318 to battle 04421 against the children 01121 of Israel 03478.
15 And the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 were numbered 06485 at that time 03117 out of the cities 05892 twenty 06242 and six 08337 thousand 0505 men 0376 that drew 08025 sword 02719, besides the inhabitants 03427 of Gibeah 01390, who were numbered 06485 seven 07651 hundred 03967 chosen 0977 men 0376.
16 Among all this people 05971 there were seven 07651 hundred 03967 chosen 0977 men 0376 lefthanded 0334, 3027, 3225; every one could sling 07049 stones 068 at an hair 08185 breadth, and not miss 02398.
17 And the men 0376 of Israel 03478, besides Benjamin 01144, were numbered 06485 four 0702 hundred 03967 thousand 0505 men 0376 that drew 08025 sword 02719: all these were men 0376 of war 04421.
18 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 arose 06965, and went up 05927 to the house 01004 of God 0430, 1008, and asked 07592 counsel of God 0430, and said 0559, Which 04310 of us shall go up 05927 first 08462 to the battle 04421 against the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144? And the LORD 03068 said 0559, Judah 03063 shall go up first 08462.
19 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 rose 06965 in the morning 01242, and encamped 02583 against Gibeah 01390.
20 And the men 0376 of Israel 03478 went out 03318 to battle 04421 against Benjamin 01144; and the men 0376 of Israel 03478 put themselves in array 06186 to fight 04421 against them at Gibeah 01390.
21 And the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 came forth 03318 from Gibeah 01390, and destroyed down 07843 to the ground 0776 of the Israelites 03478 that day 03117 twenty 06242 and two 08147 thousand 0505 men 0376.
22 And the people 05971 the men 0376 of Israel 03478 encouraged 02388 themselves, and set their battle 04421 again 03254 in array 06186 in the place 04725 where they put themselves in array 06186 the first 07223 day 03117.
23 (And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 went up 05927 and wept 01058 before 06440 the LORD 03068 until evening 06153, and asked 07592 counsel of the LORD 03068, saying 0559, Shall I go up 05066 again 03254 to battle 04421 against the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 my brother 0251? And the LORD 03068 said 0559, Go up 05927 against him.)
24 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 came near 07126 against the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 the second 08145 day 03117.
25 And Benjamin 01144 went forth 03318 against 07125 them out of Gibeah 01390 the second 08145 day 03117, and destroyed down 07843 to the ground 0776 of the children 01121 of Israel 03478 again eighteen 08083, 6240 thousand 0505 men 0376; all these drew 08025 the sword 02719.
26 Then all the children 01121 of Israel 03478, and all the people 05971, went up 05927, and came 0935 to the house 01004 of God 0430, 1008, and wept 01058, and sat 03427 there before 06440 the LORD 03068, and fasted 06684 that day 03117 until evening 06153, and offered 05927 burnt offerings 05930 and peace offerings 08002 before 06440 the LORD 03068.
27 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 enquired 07592 of the LORD 03068, (for the ark 0727 of the covenant 01285 of God 0430 was there in those days 03117,
28 And Phinehas 06372, the son 01121 of Eleazar 0499, the son 01121 of Aaron 0175, stood 05975 before 06440 it in those days 03117,) saying 0559, Shall I yet again 03254 go out 03318 to battle 04421 against the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 my brother 0251, or shall I cease 02308? And the LORD 03068 said 0559, Go up 05927; for to morrow 04279 I will deliver 05414 them into thy hand 03027.
29 And Israel 03478 set 07760 men in ambush 0693 around 05439 Gibeah 01390.
30 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 went up 05927 against the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 on the third 07992 day 03117, and put themselves in array 06186 against Gibeah 01390, as at other times 06471.
31 And the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 went out 03318 against 07125 the people 05971, and were drawn away 05423 from the city 05892; and they began 02490 to smite 05221 of the people 05971, and kill 02491, as at other times 06471, in the highways 04546, of which one 0259 goeth up 05927 to the house 01004 of God 0430, 1008, and the other 0259 to Gibeah 01390 in the field 07704, about thirty 07970 men 0376 of Israel 03478. to smite…: Heb. to smite of the people wounded as at, etcthe house…: or, Bethel
32 And the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 said 0559, They are smitten down 05062 before 06440 us, as at the first 07223. But the children 01121 of Israel 03478 said 0559, Let us flee 05127, and draw 05423 them from the city 05892 to the highways 04546.
33 And all the men 0376 of Israel 03478 rose 06965 out of their place 04725, and put themselves in array 06186 at Baaltamar 01193: and those of Israel 03478 who were in ambush 0693 came forth 01518 out of their places 04725, even out of the meadows 04629 of Gibeah 01387.
34 And there came 0935 against 05048 Gibeah 01390 ten 06235 thousand 0505 chosen 0977 men 0376 out of all Israel 03478, and the battle 04421 was fierce 03513: but they knew 03045 not that evil 07451 was near 05060 them.
35 And the LORD 03068 smote 05062 Benjamin 01144 before 06440 Israel 03478: and the children 01121 of Israel 03478 destroyed 07843 of the Benjamites 01145 that day 03117 twenty 06242 and five 02568 thousand 0505 and an hundred 03967 men 0376: all these drew 08025 the sword 02719.
36 So the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 saw 07200 that they were smitten 05062: for the men 0376 of Israel 03478 gave 05414 place 04725 to the Benjamites 01145, because they trusted 0982 to the ones lying in ambush 0693 which they had set 07760 beside Gibeah 01390.
37 And those in ambush 0693 hastened 02363, and rushed 06584 upon Gibeah 01390; and the ones lying in ambush 0693 drew themselves along 04900, and smote 05221 all the city 05892 with the edge 06310 of the sword 02719. drew…: or, made a long sound with the trumpet
38 Now there was an appointed sign 04150 between the men 0376 of Israel 03478 and 05973 the men in ambush 0693, that they should make a great 07235 flame 04864 with smoke 06227 to ascend up 05927 from the city 05892. sign: or, timeand: Heb. withflame: Heb. elevation
39 And when the men 0376 of Israel 03478 retired 02015 in the battle 04421, Benjamin 01144 began 02490 to smite 05221 and kill 02491 of the men 0376 of Israel 03478 about thirty 07970 persons 0376: for they said 0559, Surely 05062 they are smitten down 05062 before 06440 us, as in the first 07223 battle 04421. to smite…: Heb. to smite the wounded
40 But when the flame 04864 began 02490 to ascend up 05927 from the city 05892 with a pillar 05982 of smoke 06227, the Benjamites 01145 looked 06437 behind 0310 them, and, behold, the flame 03632 of the city 05892 ascended up 05927 to heaven 08064. the flame of: Heb. the whole consumption of
41 And when the men 0376 of Israel 03478 turned again 02015, the men 0376 of Benjamin 01144 were amazed 0926: for they saw 07200 that evil 07451 had come 05060 upon them. was come…: Heb. touched them
42 Therefore they turned 06437 their backs before 06440 the men 0376 of Israel 03478 to the way 01870 of the wilderness 04057; but the battle 04421 overtook 01692 them; and those who came out of the cities 05892 they destroyed 07843 in the midst 08432 of them.
43 Thus they inclosed 03803 the Benjamites 01145 on all sides 03803, and chased 07291 them, and trod them down 01869 with ease 04496 opposite 05227 Gibeah 01390 toward the sunrising 04217, 8121. with ease…: or, from Menuchah, etcover…: Heb. unto over against
44 And there fell 05307 of Benjamin 01144 eighteen 08083, 6240 thousand 0505 men 0376; all these were men 0582 of valour 02428.
45 And they turned 06437 and fled 05127 toward the wilderness 04057 to the rock 05553 of Rimmon 07417: and they gleaned 05953 of them in the highways 04546 five 02568 thousand 0505 men 0376; and pursued 01692 hard after 0310 them to Gidom 01440, and slew 05221 two thousand 0505 men 0376 of them.
46 So that all who fell 05307 that day 03117 of Benjamin 01144 were twenty 06242 and five 02568 thousand 0505 men 0376 that drew 08025 the sword 02719; all these were men 0582 of valour 02428.
47 But six 08337 hundred 03967 men 0376 turned 06437 and fled 05127 to the wilderness 04057 to the rock 05553 Rimmon 07417, and abode 03427 in the rock 05553 Rimmon 07417 four 0702 months 02320.
48 And the men 0376 of Israel 03478 turned again 07725 upon the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144, and smote 05221 them with the edge 06310 of the sword 02719, as well the men 04974 of every city 05892, as 05704 the beast 0929, and all that came to hand 04672: also they set 07971 on fire 0784 all the cities 05892 that they came to 04672. came to hand: Heb. was foundthey came…: Heb. were found
1 Now the men 0376 of Israel 03478 had sworn 07650 in Mizpeh 04709, saying 0559, There shall not any 0376 of us give 05414 his daughter 01323 to Benjamin 01144 for a wife 0802.
2 And the people 05971 came 0935 to the house 01004 of God 0430, 1008, and abode 03427 there till evening 06153 before 06440 God 0430, and lifted up 05375 their voices 06963, and wept 01058, 1065 bitterly 01419;
3 And said 0559, O LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, why is this come to pass in Israel 03478, that there should be to day 03117 one 0259 tribe 07626 lacking 06485 in Israel 03478?
4 And it came to pass on the next morning 04283, that the people 05971 rose early 07925, and built 01129 there an altar 04196, and offered 05927 burnt offerings 05930 and peace offerings 08002.
5 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 said 0559, Who is there among all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478 that 0834 came 05927 not up with the congregation 06951 to the LORD 03068? For they had made a great 01419 oath 07621 concerning him that came not up 05927 to the LORD 03068 to Mizpeh 04709, saying 0559, He shall surely 04191 be put to death 04191.
6 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 repented 05162 for Benjamin 01144 their brother 0251, and said 0559, There is one 0259 tribe 07626 cut off 01438 from Israel 03478 this day 03117.
7 How shall we do 06213 for wives 0802 for them that remain 03498, seeing we have sworn 07650 by the LORD 03068 that we will not give 05414 them of our daughters 01323 for wives 0802?
8 And they said 0559, What one 0259 is there of the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478 that came not up 05927 to Mizpeh 04709 to the LORD 03068? And, behold, there came 0935 none 0376 to the camp 04264 from Jabeshgilead 03003, 1568 to the assembly 06951.
9 For the people 05971 were numbered 06485, and, behold, there were none 0376 of the inhabitants 03427 of Jabeshgilead 03003, 1568 there.
10 And the congregation 05712 sent 07971 there twelve 08147, 6240 thousand 0505 men 0376 of the most valiant 01121, 2428, and commanded 06680 them, saying 0559, Go 03212 and smite 05221 the inhabitants 03427 of Jabeshgilead 03003, 1568 with the edge 06310 of the sword 02719, with the women 0802 and the children 02945.
11 And this is the thing 01697 that ye shall do 06213, Ye shall utterly destroy 02763 every male 02145, and every woman 0802 that hath lain 04904 by man 03045. hath lain…: Heb. knoweth the lying with man
12 And they found 04672 among the inhabitants 03427 of Jabeshgilead 03003, 1568 four 0702 hundred 03967 young 05291 virgins 01330, that had known 03045 no man 0376 by lying 04904 with any male 02145: and they brought 0935 them to the camp 04264 to Shiloh 07887, which is in the land 0776 of Canaan 03667. young…: Heb. young women virgins
13 And the whole congregation 05712 sent 07971 some to speak 01696 to the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 that were in the rock 05553 Rimmon 07417, and to call 07121 peaceably 07965 to them. to speak…: Heb. and spake and calledcall…: or, proclaim peace
14 And Benjamin 01144 came again 07725 at that time 06256; and they gave 05414 them wives 0802 which they had saved alive 02421 of the women 0802 of Jabeshgilead 03003, 1568: and yet so they sufficed 04672 them not.
15 And the people 05971 repented 05162 for Benjamin 01144, because the LORD 03068 had made 06213 a breach 06556 in the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478.
16 Then the elders 02205 of the congregation 05712 said 0559, How shall we do 06213 for wives 0802 for them that remain 03498, seeing the women 0802 are destroyed 08045 out of Benjamin 01144?
17 And they said 0559, There must be an inheritance 03425 for them that have escaped 06413 of Benjamin 01144, that a tribe 07626 be not destroyed 04229 out of Israel 03478.
18 But we may 03201 not give 05414 them wives 0802 of our daughters 01323: for the children 01121 of Israel 03478 have sworn 07650, saying 0559, Cursed 0779 be he that giveth 05414 a wife 0802 to Benjamin 01144.
19 Then they said 0559, Behold, there is a feast 02282 of the LORD 03068 in Shiloh 07887 yearly 03117, 3117 in a place which is on the north side 06828 of Bethel 01008, on the east side 04217, 8121 of the highway 04546 that goeth up 05927 from Bethel 01008 to Shechem 07927, and on the south 05045 of Lebonah 03829. yearly: Heb. from year to yearon the east…: or, toward the sunrisingof the highway: or, on the highway
20 Therefore they commanded 06680 the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144, saying 0559, Go 03212 and lie in wait 0693 in the vineyards 03754;
21 And see 07200, and, behold, if the daughters 01323 of Shiloh 07887 come out 03318 to dance 02342 in dances 04246, then come ye out 03318 of the vineyards 03754, and catch 02414 you every man 0376 his wife 0802 of the daughters 01323 of Shiloh 07887, and go 01980 to the land 0776 of Benjamin 01144.
22 And it shall be, when their fathers 01 or their brethren 0251 come 0935 to us to complain 07378, that we will say 0559 to them, Be favourable 02603 to them for our sakes: because we reserved 03947 not to each man 0376 his wife 0802 in the war 04421: for ye did not give 05414 to them at this time 06256, that ye should be guilty 0816. Be favourable…: or, Gratify us in them
23 And the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 did so 06213, and took 05375 them wives 0802, according to their number 04557, of them that danced 02342, whom they caught 01497: and they went 03212 and returned 07725 to their inheritance 05159, and repaired 01129 the cities 05892, and dwelt 03427 in them.
24 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 departed 01980 from there at that time 06256, every man 0376 to his tribe 07626 and to his family 04940, and they went 03318 from there every man 0376 to his inheritance 05159.
25 In those days 03117 there was no king 04428 in Israel 03478: every man 0376 did 06213 that which was right 03477 in his own eyes 05869.