Jug 01:01 ¶ Now after <0310> the death <04194> of Joshua <03091> it came to pass, that the children <01121> of Israel <03478> asked <07592> (8799) the LORD <03068>, saying <0559> (8800), Who shall go up <05927> (8799) for us against the Canaanites <03669> first <08462>, to fight <03898> (8736) against them? Jug 01:02 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799), Judah <03063> shall go up <05927> (8799): behold, I have delivered <05414> (8804) the land <0776> into his hand <03027>. Jug 01:03 And Judah <03063> said <0559> (8799) unto Simeon <08095> his brother <0251>, Come up <05927> (8798) with me into my lot <01486>, that we may fight <03898> (8735) against the Canaanites <03669>; and I likewise will go <01980> (8804) with thee into thy lot <01486>. So Simeon <08095> went <03212> (8799) with him. Jug 01:04 And Judah <03063> went up <05927> (8799); and the LORD <03068> delivered <05414> (8799) the Canaanites <03669> and the Perizzites <06522> into their hand <03027>: and they slew <05221> (8686) of them in Bezek <0966> ten <06235> thousand <0505> men <0376>. Jug 01:05 And they found <04672> (8799) Adonibezek <0137> in Bezek <0966>: and they fought <03898> (8735) against him, and they slew <05221> (8686) the Canaanites <03669> and the Perizzites <06522>. Jug 01:06 But Adonibezek <0137> fled <05127> (8799); and they pursued <07291> (8799) after <0310> him, and caught <0270> (8799) him, and cut off <07112> (8762) his thumbs <0931> <03027> and his great toes <07272>. Jug 01:07 And Adonibezek <0137> said <0559> (8799), Threescore and ten <07657> kings <04428>, having their thumbs <0931> <03027> and their great toes <07272> cut off <07112> (8794), gathered <03950> (8764) their meat under my table <07979>: as I have done <06213> (8804), so God <0430> hath requited <07999> (8765) me. And they brought <0935> (8686) him to Jerusalem <03389>, and there he died <04191> (8799). Jug 01:08 Now the children <01121> of Judah <03063> had fought <03898> (8735) against Jerusalem <03389>, and had taken <03920> (8799) it, and smitten <05221> (8686) it with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>, and set <07971> (8765) the city <05892> on fire <0784>. Jug 01:09 ¶ And afterward <0310> the children <01121> of Judah <03063> went down <03381> (8804) to fight <03898> (8736) against the Canaanites <03669>, that dwelt <03427> (8802) in the mountain <02022>, and in the south <05045>, and in the valley <08219>. Jug 01:10 And Judah <03063> went <03212> (8799) against the Canaanites <03669> that dwelt <03427> (8802) in Hebron <02275>: (now the name <08034> of Hebron <02275> before <06440> was Kirjatharba <07153>:) and they slew <05221> (8686) Sheshai <08344>, and Ahiman <0289>, and Talmai <08526>. Jug 01:11 And from thence he went <03212> (8799) against the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Debir <01688>: and the name <08034> of Debir <01688> before <06440> was Kirjathsepher <07158>: Jug 01:12 And Caleb <03612> said <0559> (8799), He that smiteth <05221> (8686) Kirjathsepher <07158>, and taketh <03920> (8804) it, to him will I give <05414> (8804) Achsah <05915> my daughter <01323> to wife <0802>. Jug 01:13 And Othniel <06274> the son <01121> of Kenaz <07073>, Caleb’s <03612> younger <06996> brother <0251>, took <03920> (8799) it: and he gave <05414> (8799) him Achsah <05915> his daughter <01323> to wife <0802>. Jug 01:14 And it came to pass, when she came <0935> (8800) to him, that she moved <05496> (8686) him to ask <07592> (8800) of her father <01> a field <07704>: and she lighted <06795> (8799) from off her ass <02543>; and Caleb <03612> said <0559> (8799) unto her, What wilt thou? Jug 01:15 And she said <0559> (8799) unto him, Give <03051> (8798) me a blessing <01293>: for thou hast given <05414> (8804) me a south <05045> land <0776>; give <05414> (8804) me also springs <01543> of water <04325>. And Caleb <03612> gave <05414> (8799) her the upper <05942> springs <01543> and the nether <08482> springs <01543>. Jug 01:16 And the children <01121> of the Kenite <07017>, Moses <04872>‘ father in law <02859> (8802), went up <05927> (8804) out of the city <05892> of palm trees <08558> (8677) <05899> 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> (8799) and dwelt <03427> (8799) among <0854> the people <05971>. Jug 01:17 And Judah <03063> went <03212> (8799) with Simeon <08095> his brother <0251>, and they slew <05221> (8686) the Canaanites <03669> that inhabited <03427> (8802) Zephath <06857>, and utterly destroyed <02763> (8686) it. And the name <08034> of the city <05892> was called <07121> (8799) Hormah <02767>. Jug 01:18 Also Judah <03063> took <03920> (8799) Gaza <05804> with the coast <01366> thereof, and Askelon <0831> with the coast <01366> thereof, and Ekron <06138> with the coast <01366> thereof. Jug 01:19 And the LORD <03068> was with Judah <03063>; and he drave out <03423> (8686) the inhabitants of the mountain <02022>; but could not <03808> drive out <03423> (8687) the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the valley <06010>, because they had chariots <07393> of iron <01270>. Jug 01:20 And they gave <05414> (8799) Hebron <02275> unto Caleb <03612>, as Moses <04872> said <01696> (8765): and he expelled <03423> (8686) thence the three <07969> sons <01121> of Anak <06061>. Jug 01:21 ¶ And the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> did not drive out <03423> (8689) the Jebusites <02983> that inhabited <03427> (8802) Jerusalem <03389>; but the Jebusites <02983> dwell <03427> (8799) with the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> in Jerusalem <03389> unto this day <03117>. Jug 01:22 And the house <01004> of Joseph <03130>, they also went up <05927> (8799) against Bethel <01008>: and the LORD <03068> was with them. Jug 01:23 And the house <01004> of Joseph <03130> sent to descry <08446> (8686) Bethel <01008>. (Now the name <08034> of the city <05892> before <06440> was Luz <03870>.) Jug 01:24 And the spies <08104> (8802) saw <07200> (8799) a man <0376> come forth <03318> (8802) out of the city <05892>, and they said <0559> (8799) unto him, Shew <07200> (8685) us, we pray thee, the entrance <03996> into the city <05892>, and we will shew <06213> (8804) thee mercy <02617>. Jug 01:25 And when he shewed <07200> (8686) them the entrance <03996> into the city <05892>, they smote <05221> (8686) the city <05892> with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>; but they let go <07971> (8765) the man <0376> and all his family <04940>. Jug 01:26 And the man <0376> went <03212> (8799) into the land <0776> of the Hittites <02850>, and built <01129> (8799) a city <05892>, and called <07121> (8799) the name <08034> thereof Luz <03870>: which is the name <08034> thereof unto this day <03117>. Jug 01:27 Neither did Manasseh <04519> drive out <03423> (8689) the inhabitants of Bethshean <01052> and her towns <01323>, nor Taanach <08590> and her towns <01323>, nor the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Dor <01756> and her towns <01323>, nor the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Ibleam <02991> and her towns <01323>, nor the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Megiddo <04023> and her towns <01323>: but the Canaanites <03669> would <02974> (8686) dwell <03427> (8800) in that land <0776>. Jug 01:28 And it came to pass, when Israel <03478> was strong <02388> (8804), that they put <07760> (8799) the Canaanites <03669> to tribute <04522>, and did not utterly <03423> (8687) drive them out <03423> (8689). Jug 01:29 Neither did Ephraim <0669> drive out <03423> (8689) the Canaanites <03669> that dwelt <03427> (8802) in Gezer <01507>; but the Canaanites <03669> dwelt <03427> (8799) in Gezer <01507> among <07130> them. Jug 01:30 Neither did Zebulun <02074> drive out <03423> (8689) the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Kitron <07003>, nor the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Nahalol <05096>; but the Canaanites <03669> dwelt <03427> (8799) among <07130> them, and became tributaries <04522>. Jug 01:31 Neither did Asher <0836> drive out <03423> (8689) the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Accho <05910>, nor the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Zidon <06721>, nor of Ahlab <0303>, nor of Achzib <0392>, nor of Helbah <02462>, nor of Aphik <0663>, nor of Rehob <07340>: Jug 01:32 But the Asherites <0843> dwelt <03427> (8799) among <07130> the Canaanites <03669>, the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the land <0776>: for they did not drive them out <03423> (8689). Jug 01:33 Neither did Naphtali <05321> drive out <03423> (8689) the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Bethshemesh <01053>, nor the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Bethanath <01043>; but he dwelt <03427> (8799) among <07130> the Canaanites <03669>, the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the land <0776>: nevertheless the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Bethshemesh <01053> and of Bethanath <01043> became tributaries <04522> unto them. Jug 01:34 And the Amorites <0567> forced <03905> (8799) the children <01121> of Dan <01835> into the mountain <02022>: for they would not suffer <05414> (8804) them to come down <03381> (8800) to the valley <06010>: Jug 01:35 But the Amorites <0567> would <02974> (8686) dwell <03427> (8800) 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> (8799), so that they became tributaries <04522>. Jug 01:36 And the coast <01366> of the Amorites <0567> was from the going up <04608> to Akrabbim <04610>, from the rock <05553>, and upward <04605>. Jug 02:01 ¶ And an angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> came up <05927> (8799) from Gilgal <01537> to Bochim <01066>, and said <0559> (8799), I made you to go up <05927> (8686) out of Egypt <04714>, and have brought <0935> (8686) you unto the land <0776> which I sware <07650> (8738) unto your fathers <01>; and I said <0559> (8799), I will never <05769> break <06565> (8686) my covenant <01285> with you. Jug 02:02 And ye shall make <03772> (8799) no league <01285> with the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of this land <0776>; ye shall throw down <05422> (8799) their altars <04196>: but ye have not obeyed <08085> (8804) my voice <06963>: why have ye done <06213> (8804) this? Jug 02:03 Wherefore I also said <0559> (8804), I will not drive them out <01644> (8762) from before <06440> you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides <06654>, and their gods <0430> shall be a snare <04170> unto you. Jug 02:04 And it came to pass, when the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> spake <01696> (8763) these words <01697> unto all the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, that the people <05971> lifted up <05375> (8799) their voice <06963>, and wept <01058> (8799). Jug 02:05 And they called <07121> (8799) the name <08034> of that place <04725> Bochim <01066>: and they sacrificed <02076> (8799) there unto the LORD <03068>. Jug 02:06 ¶ And when Joshua <03091> had let the people <05971> go <07971> (8762), the children <01121> of Israel <03478> went <03212> (8799) every man <0376> unto his inheritance <05159> to possess <03423> (8800) the land <0776>. Jug 02:07 And the people <05971> served <05647> (8799) the LORD <03068> all the days <03117> of Joshua <03091>, and all the days <03117> of the elders <02205> that outlived <0748> (8689) <03117> <0310> Joshua <03091>, who had seen <07200> (8804) all the great <01419> works <04639> of the LORD <03068>, that he did <06213> (8804) for Israel <03478>. Jug 02:08 And Joshua <03091> the son <01121> of Nun <05126>, the servant <05650> of the LORD <03068>, died <04191> (8799), being an hundred <03967> and ten <06235> years <08141> old <01121>. Jug 02:09 And they buried <06912> (8799) 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>. Jug 02:10 And also all that generation <01755> were gathered <0622> (8738) unto their fathers <01>: and there arose <06965> (8799) another <0312> generation <01755> after <0310> them, which knew <03045> (8804) not the LORD <03068>, nor yet the works <04639> which he had done <06213> (8804) for Israel <03478>. Jug 02:11 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> did <06213> (8799) evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, and served <05647> (8799) Baalim <01168>: Jug 02:12 And they forsook <05800> (8799) the LORD <03068> God <0430> of their fathers <01>, which brought them out <03318> (8688) of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, and followed <03212> (8799) <0310> other <0312> gods <0430>, of the gods <0430> of the people <05971> that were round about <05439> them, and bowed <07812> (8691) themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD <03068> to anger <03707> (8686). Jug 02:13 And they forsook <05800> (8799) the LORD <03068>, and served <05647> (8799) Baal <01168> and Ashtaroth <06252>. Jug 02:14 And the anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> was hot <02734> (8799) against Israel <03478>, and he delivered <05414> (8799) them into the hands <03027> of spoilers <08154> (8802) that spoiled <08155> (8799) them, and he sold <04376> (8799) them into the hands <03027> of their enemies <0341> (8802) round about <05439>, so that they could <03201> (8804) not any longer <05750> stand <05975> (8800) before <06440> their enemies <0341> (8802). Jug 02:15 Whithersoever they went out <03318> (8804), the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068> was against them for evil <07451>, as the LORD <03068> had said <01696> (8765), and as the LORD <03068> had sworn <07650> (8738) unto them: and they were greatly <03966> distressed <03334> (8799). Jug 02:16 Nevertheless the LORD <03068> raised up <06965> (8686) judges <08199> (8802), which delivered <03467> (8686) them out of the hand <03027> of those that spoiled <08154> (8802) them. Jug 02:17 And yet they would not hearken <08085> (8804) unto their judges <08199> (8802), but they went a whoring <02181> (8804) after <0310> other <0312> gods <0430>, and bowed <07812> (8691) themselves unto them: they turned <05493> (8804) quickly <04118> out of the way <01870> which their fathers <01> walked in <01980> (8804), obeying <08085> (8800) the commandments <04687> of the LORD <03068>; but they did <06213> (8804) not so. Jug 02:18 And when the LORD <03068> raised <06965> (8689) them up judges <08199> (8802), then the LORD <03068> was with the judge <08199> (8802), and delivered <03467> (8689) them out of the hand <03027> of their enemies <0341> (8802) all the days <03117> of the judge <08199> (8802): for it repented <05162> (8735) the LORD <03068> because <06440> of their groanings <05009> by reason of them that oppressed <03905> (8801) them and vexed <01766> (8802) them. Jug 02:19 And it came to pass, when the judge <08199> (8802) was dead <04194>, that they returned <07725> (8799), and corrupted <07843> (8689) themselves more than their fathers <01>, in following <03212> (8800) <0310> other <0312> gods <0430> to serve <05647> (8800) them, and to bow down <07812> (8692) unto them; they ceased <05307> (8689) not from their own doings <04611>, nor from their stubborn <07186> way <01870>. Jug 02:20 And the anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> was hot <02734> (8799) against Israel <03478>; and he said <0559> (8799), Because that this people <01471> hath transgressed <05674> (8804) my covenant <01285> which I commanded <06680> (8765) their fathers <01>, and have not hearkened <08085> (8804) unto my voice <06963>; Jug 02:21 I also will not henceforth <03254> (8686) drive out <03423> (8687) any <0376> from before <06440> them of the nations <01471> which Joshua <03091> left <05800> (8804) when he died <04191> (8799): Jug 02:22 That through them I may prove <05254> (8763) Israel <03478>, whether they will keep <08104> (8802) the way <01870> of the LORD <03068> to walk <03212> (8800) therein, as their fathers <01> did keep <08104> (8804) it, or not. Jug 02:23 Therefore the LORD <03068> left <03240> (8686) those nations <01471>, without <01115> driving them out <03423> (8687) hastily <04118>; neither delivered <05414> (8804) he them into the hand <03027> of Joshua <03091>. Jug 03:01 ¶ Now these are the nations <01471> which the LORD <03068> left <03240> (8689), to prove <05254> (8763) Israel <03478> by them, even as many of Israel as had not known <03045> (8804) all the wars <04421> of Canaan <03667>; Jug 03:02 Only that <07535> the generations <01755> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478> might know <03045> (8800), to teach <03925> (8763) them war <04421>, at the least such as before <06440> knew <03045> (8804) nothing thereof; Jug 03:03 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> (8802) in mount <02022> Lebanon <03844>, from mount <02022> Baalhermon <01179> unto the entering in <0935> (8800) of Hamath <02574>. Jug 03:04 And they were to prove <05254> (8763) Israel <03478> by them, to know <03045> (8800) whether they would hearken <08085> (8799) unto the commandments <04687> of the LORD <03068>, which he commanded <06680> (8765) their fathers <01> by the hand <03027> of Moses <04872>. Jug 03:05 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> dwelt <03427> (8804) among <07130> the Canaanites <03669>, Hittites <02850>, and Amorites <0567>, and Perizzites <06522>, and Hivites <02340>, and Jebusites <02983>: Jug 03:06 And they took <03947> (8799) their daughters <01323> to be their wives <0802>, and gave <05414> (8804) their daughters <01323> to their sons <01121>, and served <05647> (8799) their gods <0430>. Jug 03:07 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> did <06213> (8799) evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, and forgat <07911> (8799) the LORD <03068> their God <0430>, and served <05647> (8799) Baalim <01168> and the groves <0842>. Jug 03:08 ¶ Therefore the anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> was hot <02734> (8799) against Israel <03478>, and he sold <04376> (8799) them into the hand <03027> of Chushanrishathaim <03573> king <04428> of Mesopotamia <0763>: and the children <01121> of Israel <03478> served <05647> (8799) Chushanrishathaim <03573> eight <08083> years <08141>. Jug 03:09 And when the children <01121> of Israel <03478> cried <02199> (8799) unto the LORD <03068>, the LORD <03068> raised up <06965> (8686) a deliverer <03467> (8688) to the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, who delivered <03467> (8686) them, even Othniel <06274> the son <01121> of Kenaz <07073>, Caleb’s <03612> younger <06996> brother <0251>. Jug 03:10 And the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> came upon him, and he judged <08199> (8799) Israel <03478>, and went out <03318> (8799) to war <04421>: and the LORD <03068> delivered <05414> (8799) Chushanrishathaim <03573> king <04428> of Mesopotamia <0763> into his hand <03027>; and his hand <03027> prevailed <05810> (8799) against Chushanrishathaim <03573>. Jug 03:11 And the land <0776> had rest <08252> (8799) forty <0705> years <08141>. And Othniel <06274> the son <01121> of Kenaz <07073> died <04191> (8799). Jug 03:12 ¶ And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> did <06213> (8800) evil <07451> again <03254> (8686) in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>: and the LORD <03068> strengthened <02388> (8762) Eglon <05700> the king <04428> of Moab <04124> against Israel <03478>, because they had done <06213> (8804) evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>. Jug 03:13 And he gathered <0622> (8799) unto him the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> and Amalek <06002>, and went <03212> (8799) and smote <05221> (8686) Israel <03478>, and possessed <03423> (8799) the city <05892> of palm trees <08558> (8677) <05899>. Jug 03:14 So the children <01121> of Israel <03478> served <05647> (8799) Eglon <05700> the king <04428> of Moab <04124> eighteen <08083> <06240> years <08141>. Jug 03:15 But when the children <01121> of Israel <03478> cried <02199> (8799) unto the LORD <03068>, the LORD <03068> raised them up <06965> (8686) a deliverer <03467> (8688), Ehud <0164> the son <01121> of Gera <01617>, a Benjamite <01145>, a man <0376> lefthanded <0334> <03225>: and by him <03027> the children <01121> of Israel <03478> sent <07971> (8799) a present <04503> unto Eglon <05700> the king <04428> of Moab <04124>. Jug 03:16 But Ehud <0164> made <06213> (8799) him a dagger <02719> which had two <08147> edges <06366>, of a cubit <01574> length <0753>; and he did gird <02296> (8799) it under his raiment <04055> upon his right <03225> thigh <03409>. Jug 03:17 And he brought <07126> (8686) the present <04503> unto Eglon <05700> king <04428> of Moab <04124>: and Eglon <05700> was a very <03966> fat <01277> man <0376>. Jug 03:18 And when he had made an end <03615> (8765) to offer <07126> (8687) the present <04503>, he sent away <07971> (8762) the people <05971> that bare <05375> (8802) the present <04503>. Jug 03:19 But he himself turned again <07725> (8804) from the quarries <06456> that were by Gilgal <01537>, and said <0559> (8799), I have a secret <05643> errand <01697> unto thee, O king <04428>: who said <0559> (8799), Keep silence <02013> (8761). And all that stood <05975> (8802) by him went out <03318> (8799) from him. Jug 03:20 And Ehud <0164> came <0935> (8804) unto him; and he was sitting <03427> (8802) in a summer <04747> parlour <05944>, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud <0164> said <0559> (8799), I have a message <01697> from God <0430> unto thee. And he arose <06965> (8799) out of his seat <03678>. Jug 03:21 And Ehud <0164> put forth <07971> (8799) his left <08040> hand <03027>, and took <03947> (8799) the dagger <02719> from his right <03225> thigh <03409>, and thrust <08628> (8799) it into his belly <0990>: Jug 03:22 And the haft <05325> also went in <0935> (8799) after <0310> the blade <03851>; and the fat <02459> closed <05462> (8799) upon <01157> the blade <03851>, so that he could not draw <08025> (8804) the dagger <02719> out of his belly <0990>; and the dirt <06574> came out <03318> (8799). Jug 03:23 Then Ehud <0164> went forth <03318> (8799) through the porch <04528>, and shut <05462> (8799) the doors <01817> of the parlour <05944> upon him, and locked <05274> (8804) them. Jug 03:24 When he was gone out <03318> (8804), his servants <05650> came <0935> (8804); and when they saw <07200> (8799) that, behold, the doors <01817> of the parlour <05944> were locked <05274> (8803), they said <0559> (8799), Surely he covereth <05526> (8688) his feet <07272> in his summer <04747> chamber <02315>. Jug 03:25 And they tarried <02342> (8799) till they were ashamed <0954> (8800): and, behold, he opened <06605> (8802) not the doors <01817> of the parlour <05944>; therefore they took <03947> (8799) a key <04668>, and opened <06605> (8799) them: and, behold, their lord <0113> was fallen down <05307> (8802) dead <04191> (8801) on the earth <0776>. Jug 03:26 And Ehud <0164> escaped <04422> (8738) while they tarried <04102> (8699), and passed beyond <05674> (8804) the quarries <06456>, and escaped <04422> (8735) unto Seirath <08167>. Jug 03:27 And it came to pass, when he was come <0935> (8800), that he blew <08628> (8799) a trumpet <07782> in the mountain <02022> of Ephraim <0669>, and the children <01121> of Israel <03478> went down <03381> (8799) with him from the mount <02022>, and he before <06440> them. Jug 03:28 And he said <0559> (8799) unto them, Follow <07291> (8798) after <0310> me: for the LORD <03068> hath delivered <05414> (8804) your enemies <0341> (8802) the Moabites <04124> into your hand <03027>. And they went down <03381> (8799) after <0310> him, and took <03920> (8799) the fords <04569> of Jordan <03383> toward Moab <04124>, and suffered <05414> (8804) not a man <0376> to pass over <05674> (8800). Jug 03:29 And they slew <05221> (8686) of Moab <04124> at that time <06256> about ten <06235> thousand <0505> men <0376>, all lusty <08082>, and all men <0376> of valour <02428>; and there escaped <04422> (8738) not a man <0376>. Jug 03:30 So Moab <04124> was subdued <03665> (8735) that day <03117> under the hand <03027> of Israel <03478>. And the land <0776> had rest <08252> (8799) fourscore <08084> years <08141>. Jug 03:31 ¶ And after <0310> him was Shamgar <08044> the son <01121> of Anath <06067>, which slew <05221> (8686) of the Philistines <06430> six <08337> hundred <03967> men <0376> with an ox <01241> goad <04451>: and he also delivered <03467> (8686) Israel <03478>. Jug 04:01 ¶ And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> again <03254> (8686) did <06213> (8800) evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, when Ehud <0164> was dead <04191> (8804). Jug 04:02 And the LORD <03068> sold <04376> (8799) them into the hand <03027> of Jabin <02985> king <04428> of Canaan <03667>, that reigned <04427> (8804) in Hazor <02674>; the captain <08269> of whose host <06635> was Sisera <05516>, which dwelt <03427> (8802) in Harosheth <02800> of the Gentiles <01471>. Jug 04:03 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> cried <06817> (8799) unto 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> (8804) the children <01121> of Israel <03478>. Jug 04:04 ¶ And Deborah <01683>, a prophetess <05031>, the wife <0802> of Lapidoth <03941>, she judged <08199> (8802) Israel <03478> at that time <06256>. Jug 04:05 And she dwelt <03427> (8802) 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> (8799) to her for judgment <04941>. Jug 04:06 And she sent <07971> (8799) and called <07121> (8799) Barak <01301> the son <01121> of Abinoam <042> out of Kedeshnaphtali <06943>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Hath not the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> commanded <06680> (8765), saying, Go <03212> (8798) and draw <04900> (8804) toward mount <02022> Tabor <08396>, and take <03947> (8804) with thee ten <06235> thousand <0505> men <0376> of the children <01121> of Naphtali <05321> and of the children <01121> of Zebulun <02074>? Jug 04:07 And I will draw <04900> (8804) unto 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> (8804) him into thine hand <03027>. Jug 04:08 And Barak <01301> said <0559> (8799) unto her, If thou wilt go <03212> (8799) with me, then I will go <01980> (8804): but if thou wilt not go <03212> (8799) with me, then I will not go <03212> (8799). Jug 04:09 And she said <0559> (8799), I will surely <01980> (8800) go <03212> (8799) with thee: notwithstanding <0657> the journey <01870> that thou takest <01980> (8802) shall not be for thine honour <08597>; for the LORD <03068> shall sell <04376> (8799) Sisera <05516> into the hand <03027> of a woman <0802>. And Deborah <01683> arose <06965> (8799), and went <03212> (8799) with Barak <01301> to Kedesh <06943>. Jug 04:10 ¶ And Barak <01301> called <02199> (8686) Zebulun <02074> and Naphtali <05321> to Kedesh <06943>; and he went up <05927> (8799) with ten <06235> thousand <0505> men <0376> at his feet <07272>: and Deborah <01683> went up <05927> (8799) with him. Jug 04:11 Now Heber <02268> the Kenite <07017>, which was of the children <01121> of Hobab <02246> the father in law <02859> (8802) of Moses <04872>, had severed <06504> (8737) himself from the Kenites <07014>, and pitched <05186> (8799) his tent <0168> unto the plain <0436> of Zaanaim <06815>, which is by Kedesh <06943>. Jug 04:12 And they shewed <05046> (8686) Sisera <05516> that Barak <01301> the son <01121> of Abinoam <042> was gone up <05927> (8804) to mount <02022> Tabor <08396>. Jug 04:13 And Sisera <05516> gathered together <02199> (8686) 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> unto the river <05158> of Kishon <07028>. Jug 04:14 And Deborah <01683> said <0559> (8799) unto Barak <01301>, Up <06965> (8798); for this is the day <03117> in which the LORD <03068> hath delivered <05414> (8804) Sisera <05516> into thine hand <03027>: is not the LORD <03068> gone out <03318> (8804) before <06440> thee? So Barak <01301> went down <03381> (8799) from mount <02022> Tabor <08396>, and ten <06235> thousand <0505> men <0376> after <0310> him. Jug 04:15 And the LORD <03068> discomfited <02000> (8799) 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> lighted down <03381> (8799) off his chariot <04818>, and fled away <05127> (8799) on his feet <07272>. Jug 04:16 But Barak <01301> pursued <07291> (8804) after <0310> the chariots <07393>, and after the host <04264>, unto Harosheth <02800> of the Gentiles <01471>: and all the host <04264> of Sisera <05516> fell <05307> (8799) upon the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>; and there was not a man <0259> left <07604> (8738). Jug 04:17 ¶ Howbeit Sisera <05516> fled away <05127> (8804) 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>. Jug 04:18 And Jael <03278> went out <03318> (8799) to meet <07125> (8800) Sisera <05516>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Turn in <05493> (8798), my lord <0113>, turn in <05493> (8798) to me; fear <03372> (8799) not. And when he had turned in <05493> (8799) unto her into the tent <0168>, she covered <03680> (8762) him with a mantle <08063>. Jug 04:19 And he said <0559> (8799) unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little <04592> water <04325> to drink <08248> (8685); for I am thirsty <06770> (8804). And she opened <06605> (8799) a bottle <04997> of milk <02461>, and gave him drink <08248> (8686), and covered <03680> (8762) him. Jug 04:20 Again he said <0559> (8799) unto her, Stand in <05975> (8798) the door <06607> of the tent <0168>, and it shall be, when any man <0376> doth come <0935> (8799) and enquire <07592> (8804) of thee, and say <0559> (8804), Is there <03426> <00> any man <0376> here <03426>? that thou shalt say <0559> (8804), No. Jug 04:21 Then Jael <03278> Heber’s <02268> wife <0802> took <03947> (8799) a nail <03489> of the tent <0168>, and took <07760> (8799) an hammer <04718> in her hand <03027>, and went <0935> (8799) softly <03814> unto him, and smote <08628> (8799) the nail <03489> into his temples <07541>, and fastened <06795> (8799) it into the ground <0776>: for he was fast asleep <07290> (8738) and weary <05774> (8799). So he died <04191> (8799). Jug 04:22 And, behold, as Barak <01301> pursued <07291> (8802) Sisera <05516>, Jael <03278> came out <03318> (8799) to meet <07125> (8800) him, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Come <03212> (8798), and I will shew <07200> (8686) thee the man <0376> whom thou seekest <01245> (8764). And when he came <0935> (8799) into her tent, behold, Sisera <05516> lay <05307> (8802) dead <04191> (8801), and the nail <03489> was in his temples <07541>. Jug 04:23 So God <0430> subdued <03665> (8686) on that day <03117> Jabin <02985> the king <04428> of Canaan <03667> before <06440> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>. Jug 04:24 And the hand <03027> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478> prospered <03212> (8799) <01980> (8800), and prevailed <07186> against Jabin <02985> the king <04428> of Canaan <03667>, until they had destroyed <03772> (8689) Jabin <02985> king <04428> of Canaan <03667>. Jug 05:01 ¶ Then sang <07891> (8799) Deborah <01683> and Barak <01301> the son <01121> of Abinoam <042> on that day <03117>, saying <0559> (8800), Jug 05:02 Praise <01288> (8761) ye the LORD <03068> for the avenging <06544> (8800) <06546> of Israel <03478>, when the people <05971> willingly offered <05068> (8692) themselves. Jug 05:03 Hear <08085> (8798), O ye kings <04428>; give ear <0238> (8685), O ye princes <07336> (8802); I, even I, will sing <07891> (8799) unto the LORD <03068>; I will sing <02167> (8762) praise to the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>. Jug 05:04 LORD <03068>, when thou wentest out <03318> (8800) of Seir <08165>, when thou marchedst out <06805> (8800) of the field <07704> of Edom <0123>, the earth <0776> trembled <07493> (8804), and the heavens <08064> dropped <05197> (8804), the clouds <05645> also dropped <05197> (8804) water <04325>. Jug 05:05 The mountains <02022> melted <05140> (8804) from before <06440> the LORD <03068>, even that Sinai <05514> from before <06440> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>. Jug 05:06 ¶ 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> (8804), and the travellers <01980> (8802) walked <03212> (8799) through byways <06128> <05410>. Jug 05:07 The inhabitants of the villages <06520> ceased <02308> (8804), they ceased <02308> (8804) in Israel <03478>, until that I Deborah <01683> arose <06965> (8804), that I arose <06965> (8804) a mother <0517> in Israel <03478>. Jug 05:08 They chose <0977> (8799) new <02319> gods <0430>; then was war <03901> in the gates <08179>: was there a shield <04043> or spear <07420> seen <07200> (8735) among forty <0705> thousand <0505> in Israel <03478>? Jug 05:09 My heart <03820> is toward the governors <02710> (8802) of Israel <03478>, that offered themselves willingly <05068> (8693) among the people <05971>. Bless <01288> (8761) ye the LORD <03068>. Jug 05:10 Speak <07878> (8798), ye that ride <07392> (8802) on white <06715> asses <0860>, ye that sit <03427> (8802) in judgment <04055>, and walk <01980> (8802) by the way <01870>. Jug 05:11 They that are delivered from the noise <06963> of archers <02686> (8764) in the places of drawing water <04857>, there shall they rehearse <08567> (8762) 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> (8804) to the gates <08179>. Jug 05:12 ¶ Awake <05782> (8798), awake <05782> (8798), Deborah <01683>: awake <05782> (8798), awake <05782> (8798), utter <01696> (8761) a song <07892>: arise <06965> (8798), Barak <01301>, and lead thy captivity <07628> captive <07617> (8798), thou son <01121> of Abinoam <042>. Jug 05:13 Then he made him that remaineth <08300> have dominion <07287> (8762) over the nobles <0117> among the people <05971>: the LORD <03068> made me have dominion <07287> (8762) over the mighty <01368>. Jug 05:14 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> (8804) governors <02710> (8781), and out of Zebulun <02074> they that handle <04900> (8802) the pen <07626> of the writer <05608> (8802). Jug 05:15 And the princes <08269> of Issachar <03485> were with Deborah <01683>; even Issachar <03485>, and also Barak <01301>: he was sent <07971> (8795) on foot <07272> into the valley <06010>. For the divisions <06390> of Reuben <07205> there were great <01419> thoughts <02711> of heart <03820>. Jug 05:16 Why abodest <03427> (8804) thou among <0996> the sheepfolds <04942>, to hear <08085> (8800) the bleatings <08292> of the flocks <05739>? For the divisions <06390> of Reuben <07205> there were great <01419> searchings <02714> of heart <03820>. Jug 05:17 Gilead <01568> abode <07931> (8804) beyond <05676> Jordan <03383>: and why did Dan <01835> remain <01481> (8799) in ships <0591>? Asher <0836> continued <03427> (8804) on the sea <03220> shore <02348>, and abode <07931> (8799) in his breaches <04664>. Jug 05:18 Zebulun <02074> and Naphtali <05321> were a people <05971> that jeoparded <02778> (8765) their lives <05315> unto the death <04191> (8800) in the high places <04791> of the field <07704>. Jug 05:19 The kings <04428> came <0935> (8804) and fought <03898> (8738), then fought <03898> (8738) the kings <04428> of Canaan <03667> in Taanach <08590> by the waters <04325> of Megiddo <04023>; they took <03947> (8804) no gain <01215> of money <03701>. Jug 05:20 They fought <03898> (8738) from heaven <08064>; the stars <03556> in their courses <04546> fought <03898> (8738) against Sisera <05516>. Jug 05:21 The river <05158> of Kishon <07028> swept them away <01640> (8804), that ancient <06917> river <05158>, the river <05158> Kishon <07028>. O my soul <05315>, thou hast trodden down <01869> (8799) strength <05797>. Jug 05:22 Then were the horsehoofs <06119> <05483> broken <01986> (8804) by the means of the pransings <01726>, the pransings <01726> of their mighty ones <047>. Jug 05:23 Curse <0779> (8798) ye Meroz <04789>, said <0559> (8804) the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068>, curse <0779> (8798) ye bitterly <0779> (8800) the inhabitants <03427> (8802) thereof; because they came <0935> (8804) not to the help <05833> of the LORD <03068>, to the help <05833> of the LORD <03068> against the mighty <01368>. Jug 05:24 ¶ Blessed <01288> (8792) above women <0802> shall Jael <03278> the wife <0802> of Heber <02268> the Kenite <07017> be, blessed <01288> (8792) shall she be above women <0802> in the tent <0168>. Jug 05:25 He asked <07592> (8804) water <04325>, and she gave <05414> (8804) him milk <02461>; she brought forth <07126> (8689) butter <02529> in a lordly <0117> dish <05602>. Jug 05:26 She put <07971> (8799) 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> (8804) Sisera <05516>, she smote off <04277> (8804) his head <07218>, when she had pierced <04272> (8804) and stricken through <02498> (8804) his temples <07541>. Jug 05:27 At her feet <07272> he bowed <03766> (8804), he fell <05307> (8804), he lay down <07901> (8804): at her feet <07272> he bowed <03766> (8804), he fell <05307> (8804): where <0834> he bowed <03766> (8804), there he fell down <05307> (8804) dead <07703> (8803). Jug 05:28 The mother <0517> of Sisera <05516> looked <08259> (8738) out at a window <02474>, and cried <02980> (8762) through the lattice <0822>, Why is his chariot <07393> so long <0954> (8765) in coming <0935> (8800)? why tarry <0309> (8765) the wheels <06471> of his chariots <04818>? Jug 05:29 Her wise <02450> ladies <08282> answered <06030> (8799) her, yea, she returned <07725> (8686) answer <0561> to herself, Jug 05:30 Have they not sped <04672> (8799)? have they not divided <02505> (8762) the prey <07998>; to every <07218> man <01397> a damsel <07356> or two <07361>; to Sisera <05516> a prey <07998> of divers colours <06648>, a prey <07998> of divers colours <06648> of needlework <07553>, of divers colours <06648> of needlework on both sides <07553>, meet for the necks <06677> of them that take the spoil <07998>? Jug 05:31 So let all thine enemies <0341> (8802) perish <06> (8799), O LORD <03068>: but let them that love <0157> (8802) him be as the sun <08121> when he goeth forth <03318> (8800) in his might <01369>. And the land <0776> had rest <08252> (8799) forty <0705> years <08141>. Jug 06:01 ¶ And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> did <06213> (8799) evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>: and the LORD <03068> delivered <05414> (8799) them into the hand <03027> of Midian <04080> seven <07651> years <08141>. Jug 06:02 And the hand <03027> of Midian <04080> prevailed <05810> (8799) against Israel <03478>: and because <06440> of the Midianites <04080> the children <01121> of Israel <03478> made <06213> (8804) them the dens <04492> which are in the mountains <02022>, and caves <04631>, and strong holds <04679>. Jug 06:03 And so it was, when Israel <03478> had sown <02232> (8804), that the Midianites <04080> came up <05927> (8804), and the Amalekites <06002>, and the children <01121> of the east <06924>, even they came up <05927> (8804) against them; Jug 06:04 And they encamped <02583> (8799) against them, and destroyed <07843> (8686) the increase <02981> of the earth <0776>, till thou come <0935> (8800) unto Gaza <05804>, and left <07604> (8686) no sustenance <04241> for Israel <03478>, neither sheep <07716>, nor ox <07794>, nor ass <02543>. Jug 06:05 For they came up <05927> (8799) with their cattle <04735> and their tents <0168>, and they came <0935> (8804) (8675) <0935> (8799) as <01767> grasshoppers <0697> for multitude <07230>; for both they and their camels <01581> were without number <04557>: and they entered <0935> (8799) into the land <0776> to destroy <07843> (8763) it. Jug 06:06 And Israel <03478> was greatly <03966> impoverished <01809> (8735) because <06440> of the Midianites <04080>; and the children <01121> of Israel <03478> cried <02199> (8799) unto the LORD <03068>. Jug 06:07 ¶ And it came to pass, when the children <01121> of Israel <03478> cried <02199> (8804) unto the LORD <03068> because <0182> of the Midianites <04080>, Jug 06:08 That the LORD <03068> sent <07971> (8799) a prophet <0376> <05030> unto the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, which said <0559> (8799) unto them, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, I brought you up <05927> (8689) from Egypt <04714>, and brought you forth <03318> (8686) out of the house <01004> of bondage <05650>; Jug 06:09 And I delivered <05337> (8686) you out of the hand <03027> of the Egyptians <04714>, and out of the hand <03027> of all that oppressed <03905> (8801) you, and drave them out <01644> (8762) from before <06440> you, and gave <05414> (8799) you their land <0776>; Jug 06:10 And I said <0559> (8799) unto you, I am the LORD <03068> your God <0430>; fear <03372> (8799) not the gods <0430> of the Amorites <0567>, in whose land <0776> ye dwell <03427> (8802): but ye have not obeyed <08085> (8804) my voice <06963>. Jug 06:11 ¶ And there came <0935> (8799) an angel <04397> of the LORD <03068>, and sat <03427> (8799) under an oak <0424> which was in Ophrah <06084>, that pertained unto Joash <03101> the Abiezrite <033>: and his son <01121> Gideon <01439> threshed <02251> (8802) wheat <02406> by the winepress <01660>, to hide <05127> (8687) it from <06440> the Midianites <04080>. Jug 06:12 And the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> appeared <07200> (8735) unto him, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, The LORD <03068> is with thee, thou mighty <01368> man of valour <02428>. Jug 06:13 And Gideon <01439> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Oh <0994> my Lord <0113>, if <03426> the LORD <03068> be with us, why then is all this befallen <04672> (8804) us? and where be all his miracles <06381> (8737) which our fathers <01> told <05608> (8765) us of, saying <0559> (8800), Did not the LORD <03068> bring us up <05927> (8689) from Egypt <04714>? but now the LORD <03068> hath forsaken <05203> (8804) us, and delivered <05414> (8799) us into the hands <03709> of the Midianites <04080>. Jug 06:14 And the LORD <03068> looked <06437> (8799) upon him, and said <0559> (8799), Go <03212> (8798) in this thy might <03581>, and thou shalt save <03467> (8689) Israel <03478> from the hand <03709> of the Midianites <04080>: have not I sent <07971> (8804) thee? Jug 06:15 And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, Oh <0994> my Lord <0136>, wherewith <04100> shall I save <03467> (8686) Israel <03478>? behold, my family <0504> (8676) <0505> is poor <01800> in Manasseh <04519>, and I am the least <06810> in my father’s <01> house <01004>. Jug 06:16 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite <05221> (8689) the Midianites <04080> as one <0259> man <0376>. Jug 06:17 And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, If now I have found <04672> (8804) grace <02580> in thy sight <05869>, then shew <06213> (8804) me a sign <0226> that thou talkest <01696> (8764) with me. Jug 06:18 Depart <04185> (8799) not hence, I pray thee, until I come <0935> (8800) unto thee, and bring forth <03318> (8689) my present <04503>, and set <03240> (8689) it before <06440> thee. And he said <0559> (8799), I will tarry <03427> (8799) until thou come again <07725> (8800). Jug 06:19 And Gideon <01439> went in <0935> (8804), and made ready <06213> (8799) a kid <05795> <01423>, and unleavened cakes <04682> of an ephah <0374> of flour <07058>: the flesh <01320> he put <07760> (8804) in a basket <05536>, and he put <07760> (8804) the broth <04839> in a pot <06517>, and brought it out <03318> (8686) unto him under the oak <0424>, and presented <05066> (8686) it. Jug 06:20 And the angel <04397> of God <0430> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Take <03947> (8798) the flesh <01320> and the unleavened cakes <04682>, and lay <03240> (8685) them upon this <01975> rock <05553>, and pour out <08210> (8798) the broth <04839>. And he did <06213> (8799) so. Jug 06:21 Then the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> put forth <07971> (8799) the end <07097> of the staff <04938> that was in his hand <03027>, and touched <05060> (8799) the flesh <01320> and the unleavened cakes <04682>; and there rose up <05927> (8799) fire <0784> out of the rock <06697>, and consumed <0398> (8799) the flesh <01320> and the unleavened cakes <04682>. Then the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> departed <01980> (8804) out of his sight <05869>. Jug 06:22 And when Gideon <01439> perceived <07200> (8799) that he was an angel <04397> of the LORD <03068>, Gideon <01439> said <0559> (8799), Alas <0162>, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>! for because <03651> I have seen <07200> (8804) an angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> face <06440> to face <06440>. Jug 06:23 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Peace <07965> be unto thee; fear <03372> (8799) not: thou shalt not die <04191> (8799). Jug 06:24 Then Gideon <01439> built <01129> (8799) an altar <04196> there unto the LORD <03068>, and called <07121> (8799) it Jehovahshalom <03073>: unto this day <03117> it is yet in Ophrah <06084> of the Abiezrites <033>. Jug 06:25 ¶ And it came to pass the same night <03915>, that the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Take <03947> (8798) thy father’s <01> young <06499> bullock <07794>, even the second <08145> bullock <06499> of seven <07651> years old <08141>, and throw down <02040> (8804) the altar <04196> of Baal <01168> that thy father <01> hath, and cut down <03772> (8799) the grove <0842> that is by it: Jug 06:26 And build <01129> (8804) an altar <04196> unto the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> upon the top <07218> of this rock <04581>, in the ordered place <04634>, and take <03947> (8804) the second <08145> bullock <06499>, and offer <05927> (8689) a burnt sacrifice <05930> with the wood <06086> of the grove <0842> which thou shalt cut down <03772> (8799). Jug 06:27 Then Gideon <01439> took <03947> (8799) ten <06235> men <0582> of his servants <05650>, and did <06213> (8799) as the LORD <03068> had said <01696> (8765) unto him: and so it was, because he feared <03372> (8804) his father’s <01> household <01004>, and the men <0582> of the city <05892>, that he could not do <06213> (8800) it by day <03119>, that he did <06213> (8799) it by night <03915>. Jug 06:28 And when the men <0582> of the city <05892> arose early <07925> (8686) in the morning <01242>, behold, the altar <04196> of Baal <01168> was cast down <05422> (8795), and the grove <0842> was cut down <03772> (8795) that was by it, and the second <08145> bullock <06499> was offered <05927> (8717) upon the altar <04196> that was built <01129> (8803). Jug 06:29 And they said <0559> (8799) one <0376> to another <07453>, Who hath done <06213> (8804) this thing <01697>? And when they enquired <01875> (8799) and asked <01245> (8762), they said <0559> (8799), Gideon <01439> the son <01121> of Joash <03101> hath done <06213> (8804) this thing <01697>. Jug 06:30 Then the men <0582> of the city <05892> said <0559> (8799) unto Joash <03101>, Bring out <03318> (8685) thy son <01121>, that he may die <04191> (8799): because he hath cast down <05422> (8804) the altar <04196> of Baal <01168>, and because he hath cut down <03772> (8804) the grove <0842> that was by it. Jug 06:31 And Joash <03101> said <0559> (8799) unto all that stood <05975> (8804) against him, Will ye plead <07378> (8799) for Baal <01168>? will ye save <03467> (8686) him? he that will plead <07378> (8799) for him, let him be put to death <04191> (8714) whilst it is yet morning <01242>: if he be a god <0430>, let him plead <07378> (8799) for himself, because one hath cast down <05422> (8804) his altar <04196>. Jug 06:32 Therefore on that day <03117> he called <07121> (8799) him Jerubbaal <03378>, saying <0559> (8800), Let Baal <01168> plead <07378> (8799) against him, because he hath thrown down <05422> (8804) his altar <04196>. Jug 06:33 ¶ Then all the Midianites <04080> and the Amalekites <06002> and the children <01121> of the east <06924> were gathered <0622> (8738) together <03162>, and went over <05674> (8799), and pitched <02583> (8799) in the valley <06010> of Jezreel <03157>. Jug 06:34 But the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> came <03847> (8804) upon Gideon <01439>, and he blew <08628> (8799) a trumpet <07782>; and Abiezer <044> was gathered <02199> (8735) after <0310> him. Jug 06:35 And he sent <07971> (8804) messengers <04397> throughout all Manasseh <04519>; who also was gathered <02199> (8735) after <0310> him: and he sent <07971> (8804) messengers <04397> unto Asher <0836>, and unto Zebulun <02074>, and unto Naphtali <05321>; and they came up <05927> (8799) to meet <07125> (8800) them. Jug 06:36 And Gideon <01439> said <0559> (8799) unto God <0430>, If thou wilt <03426> save <03467> (8688) Israel <03478> by mine hand <03027>, as thou hast said <01696> (8765), Jug 06:37 Behold, I will put <03322> (8688) a fleece <01492> of wool <06785> in the floor <01637>; and if the dew <02919> be on the fleece <01492> only, and it be dry <02721> upon all the earth <0776> beside, then shall I know <03045> (8804) that thou wilt save <03467> (8686) Israel <03478> by mine hand <03027>, as thou hast said <01696> (8765). Jug 06:38 And it was so: for he rose up early <07925> (8686) on the morrow <04283>, and thrust <02115> <00> the fleece <01492> together <02115> (8799), and wringed <04680> (8799) the dew <02919> out of the fleece <01492>, a bowl <05602> full <04393> of water <04325>. Jug 06:39 And Gideon <01439> said <0559> (8799) unto God <0430>, Let not thine anger <0639> be hot <02734> (8799) against me, and I will speak <01696> (8762) but this once <06471>: let me prove <05254> (8762), 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>. Jug 06:40 And God <0430> did <06213> (8799) so that night <03915>: for it was dry <02721> upon the fleece <01492> only, and there was dew <02919> on all the ground <0776>. Jug 07:01 ¶ Then Jerubbaal <03378>, who is Gideon <01439>, and all the people <05971> that were with him, rose up early <07925> (8686), and pitched <02583> (8799) 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>. Jug 07:02 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Gideon <01439>, The people <05971> that are with thee are too many <07227> for me to give <05414> (8800) the Midianites <04080> into their hands <03027>, lest Israel <03478> vaunt <06286> (8691) themselves against me, saying <0559> (8800), Mine own hand <03027> hath saved <03467> (8689) me. Jug 07:03 Now therefore go to <04994>, proclaim <07121> (8798) in the ears <0241> of the people <05971>, saying <0559> (8800), Whosoever is fearful <03373> and afraid <02730>, let him return <07725> (8799) and depart early <06852> (8799) from mount <02022> Gilead <01568>. And there returned <07725> (8799) of the people <05971> twenty <06242> and two <08147> thousand <0505>; and there remained <07604> (8738) ten <06235> thousand <0505>. Jug 07:04 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Gideon <01439>, The people <05971> are yet too many <07227>; bring them down <03381> (8685) unto the water <04325>, and I will try <06884> (8799) them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say <0559> (8799) unto thee, This shall go <03212> (8799) with thee, the same shall go <03212> (8799) with thee; and of whomsoever I say <0559> (8799) unto thee, This shall not go <03212> (8799) with thee, the same shall not go <03212> (8799). Jug 07:05 So he brought down <03381> (8686) the people <05971> unto the water <04325>: and the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Gideon <01439>, Every one that lappeth <03952> (8799) of the water <04325> with his tongue <03956>, as a dog <03611> lappeth <03952> (8799), him shalt thou set <03322> (8686) by himself; likewise every one that boweth down <03766> (8799) upon his knees <01290> to drink <08354> (8800). Jug 07:06 And the number <04557> of them that lapped <03952> (8764), 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> (8804) upon their knees <01290> to drink <08354> (8800) water <04325>. Jug 07:07 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Gideon <01439>, By the three <07969> hundred <03967> men <0376> that lapped <03952> (8764) will I save <03467> (8686) you, and deliver <05414> (8804) the Midianites <04080> into thine hand <03027>: and let all the other people <05971> go <03212> (8799) every man <0376> unto his place <04725>. Jug 07:08 So the people <05971> took <03947> (8799) victuals <06720> in their hand <03027>, and their trumpets <07782>: and he sent <07971> (8765) all <0376> the rest of Israel <03478> every man <0376> unto his tent <0168>, and retained <02388> (8689) those three <07969> hundred <03967> men <0376>: and the host <04264> of Midian <04080> was beneath him in the valley <06010>. Jug 07:09 ¶ And it came to pass the same night <03915>, that the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Arise <06965> (8798), get thee down <03381> (8798) unto the host <04264>; for I have delivered <05414> (8804) it into thine hand <03027>. Jug 07:10 But if thou fear <03373> to go down <03381> (8800), go <03381> <00> thou with Phurah <06513> thy servant <05288> down <03381> (8798) to the host <04264>: Jug 07:11 And thou shalt hear <08085> (8804) what they say <01696> (8762); and afterward <0310> shall thine hands <03027> be strengthened <02388> (8799) to go down <03381> (8804) unto the host <04264>. Then went he down <03381> (8799) with Phurah <06513> his servant <05288> unto the outside <07097> of the armed men <02571> that were in the host <04264>. Jug 07:12 And the Midianites <04080> and the Amalekites <06002> and all the children <01121> of the east <06924> lay <05307> (8802) 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>. Jug 07:13 And when Gideon <01439> was come <0935> (8799), behold, there was a man <0376> that told <05608> (8764) a dream <02472> unto his fellow <07453>, and said <0559> (8799), Behold, I dreamed <02492> (8804) a dream <02472>, and, lo, a cake <06742> (8675) <06742> of barley <08184> bread <03899> tumbled <02015> (8693) into the host <04264> of Midian <04080>, and came <0935> (8799) unto a tent <0168>, and smote <05221> (8686) it that it fell <05307> (8799), and overturned <02015> (8799) <04605> it, that the tent <0168> lay along <05307> (8804). Jug 07:14 And his fellow <07453> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799), This is nothing else save 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> (8804) Midian <04080>, and all the host <04264>. Jug 07:15 And it was so, when Gideon <01439> heard <08085> (8800) the telling <04557> of the dream <02472>, and the interpretation <07667> thereof, that he worshipped <07812> (8691), and returned <07725> (8799) into the host <04264> of Israel <03478>, and said <0559> (8799), Arise <06965> (8798); for the LORD <03068> hath delivered <05414> (8804) into your hand <03027> the host <04264> of Midian <04080>. Jug 07:16 ¶ And he divided <02673> (8799) the three <07969> hundred <03967> men <0376> into three <07969> companies <07218>, and he put <05414> (8799) a trumpet <07782> in every man’s hand <03027>, with empty <07386> pitchers <03537>, and lamps <03940> within <08432> the pitchers <03537>. Jug 07:17 And he said <0559> (8799) unto them, Look <07200> (8799) on me, and do <06213> (8799) likewise: and, behold, when I come <0935> (8802) to the outside <07097> of the camp <04264>, it shall be that, as I do <06213> (8799), so shall ye do <06213> (8799). Jug 07:18 When I blow <08628> (8804) with a trumpet <07782>, I and all that are with me, then blow <08628> (8804) ye the trumpets <07782> also on every side <05439> of all the camp <04264>, and say <0559> (8804), The sword of the LORD <03068>, and of Gideon <01439>. Jug 07:19 So Gideon <01439>, and the hundred <03967> men <0376> that were with him, came <0935> (8799) unto the outside <07097> of the camp <04264> in the beginning <07218> of the middle <08484> watch <0821>; and they had but <0389> newly <06965> (8687) set <06965> (8689) the watch <08104> (8802): and they blew <08628> (8799) the trumpets <07782>, and brake <05310> (8800) the pitchers <03537> that were in their hands <03027>. Jug 07:20 And the three <07969> companies <07218> blew <08628> (8799) the trumpets <07782>, and brake <07665> (8799) the pitchers <03537>, and held <02388> (8686) the lamps <03940> in their left <08040> hands <03027>, and the trumpets <07782> in their right <03225> hands <03027> to blow <08628> (8800) withal: and they cried <07121> (8799), The sword <02719> of the LORD <03068>, and of Gideon <01439>. Jug 07:21 And they stood <05975> (8799) every man <0376> in his place round about <05439> the camp <04264>: and all the host <04264> ran <07323> (8799), and cried <07321> (8686), and fled <05127> (8799) (8675) <05127> (8686). Jug 07:22 And the three <07969> hundred <03967> blew <08628> (8799) the trumpets <07782>, and the LORD <03068> set <07760> (8799) every man’s <0376> sword <02719> against his fellow <07453>, even throughout all the host <04264>: and the host <04264> fled <05127> (8799) to Bethshittah <01029> in Zererath <06888>, and to the border <08193> of Abelmeholah <065>, unto Tabbath <02888>. Jug 07:23 ¶ And the men <0376> of Israel <03478> gathered themselves together <06817> (8735) out of Naphtali <05321>, and out of Asher <0836>, and out of all Manasseh <04519>, and pursued <07291> (8799) after <0310> the Midianites <04080>. Jug 07:24 And Gideon <01439> sent <07971> (8804) messengers <04397> throughout all mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>, saying <0559> (8800), Come down <03381> (8798) against <07125> (8800) the Midianites <04080>, and take <03920> (8798) before them the waters <04325> unto Bethbarah <01012> and Jordan <03383>. Then all the men <0376> of Ephraim <0669> gathered themselves together <06817> (8735), and took <03920> (8799) the waters <04325> unto Bethbarah <01012> and Jordan <03383>. Jug 07:25 And they took <03920> (8799) two <08147> princes <08269> of the Midianites <04080>, Oreb <06159> and Zeeb <02062>; and they slew <02026> (8799) Oreb <06159> upon the rock <06697> Oreb <06159>, and Zeeb <02062> they slew <02026> (8804) at the winepress <03342> of Zeeb <02062>, and pursued <07291> (8799) Midian <04080>, and brought <0935> (8689) the heads <07218> of Oreb <06159> and Zeeb <02062> to Gideon <01439> on the other side <05676> Jordan <03383>. Jug 08:01 ¶ And the men <0376> of Ephraim <0669> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Why hast thou <04100> served <06213> (8804) us thus <01697>, that thou calledst <07121> (8800) us not, when thou wentest <01980> (8804) to fight <03898> (8736) with the Midianites <04080>? And they did chide <07378> (8799) with him sharply <02394>. Jug 08:02 And he said <0559> (8799) unto them, What have I done <06213> (8804) 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>? Jug 08:03 God <0430> hath delivered <05414> (8804) into your hands <03027> the princes <08269> of Midian <04080>, Oreb <06159> and Zeeb <02062>: and what was I able <03201> (8804) to do <06213> (8800) in comparison of you? Then their anger <07307> was abated <07503> (8804) toward him, when he had said <01697> that <01696> (8763). Jug 08:04 ¶ And Gideon <01439> came <0935> (8799) to Jordan <03383>, and passed over <05674> (8802), he, and the three <07969> hundred <03967> men <0376> that were with him, faint <05889>, yet pursuing <07291> (8802) them. Jug 08:05 And he said <0559> (8799) unto the men <0582> of Succoth <05523>, Give <05414> (8798), I pray you, loaves <03603> of bread <03899> unto the people <05971> that follow <07272> me; for they be faint <05889>, and I am pursuing <07291> (8802) after <0310> Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759>, kings <04428> of Midian <04080>. Jug 08:06 And the princes <08269> of Succoth <05523> said <0559> (8799), Are the hands <03709> of Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759> now in thine hand <03027>, that we should give <05414> (8799) bread <03899> unto thine army <06635>? Jug 08:07 And Gideon <01439> said <0559> (8799), Therefore when the LORD <03068> hath delivered <05414> (8800) Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759> into mine hand <03027>, then I will tear <01758> (8804) your flesh <01320> with the thorns <06975> of the wilderness <04057> and with briers <01303>. Jug 08:08 And he went up <05927> (8799) thence to Penuel <06439>, and spake <01696> (8762) unto them likewise <02063>: and the men <0582> of Penuel <06439> answered <06030> (8799) him as the men <0582> of Succoth <05523> had answered <06030> (8804) him. Jug 08:09 And he spake <0559> (8799) also unto the men <0582> of Penuel <06439>, saying <0559> (8800), When I come again <07725> (8800) in peace <07965>, I will break down <05422> (8799) this tower <04026>. Jug 08:10 Now Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759> were in Karkor <07174>, and their hosts <04264> with them, about fifteen <02568> <06240> thousand <0505> men, all that were left <03498> (8737) of all the hosts <04264> of the children <01121> of the east <06924>: for there fell <05307> (8802) an hundred <03967> and twenty <06242> thousand <0505> men <0376> that drew <08025> (8802) sword <02719>. Jug 08:11 And Gideon <01439> went up <05927> (8799) by the way <01870> of them that dwelt <07931> (8803) in tents <0168> on the east <06924> of Nobah <05025> and Jogbehah <03011>, and smote <05221> (8686) the host <04264>: for the host <04264> was secure <0983>. Jug 08:12 And when Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759> fled <05127> (8799), he pursued <07291> (8799) after <0310> them, and took <03920> (8799) the two <08147> kings <04428> of Midian <04080>, Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759>, and discomfited <02729> (8689) all the host <04264>. Jug 08:13 And Gideon <01439> the son <01121> of Joash <03101> returned <07725> (8799) from battle <04421> before <04608> the sun <02775> was up, Jug 08:14 And caught <03920> (8799) a young man <05288> of the men <0582> of Succoth <05523>, and enquired <07592> (8799) of him: and he described <03789> (8799) unto him the princes <08269> of Succoth <05523>, and the elders <02205> thereof, even threescore and seventeen <07657> <07651> men <0376>. Jug 08:15 And he came <0935> (8799) unto the men <0582> of Succoth <05523>, and said <0559> (8799), Behold Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759>, with whom ye did upbraid <02778> (8765) me, saying <0559> (8800), Are the hands <03709> of Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759> now in thine hand <03027>, that we should give <05414> (8799) bread <03899> unto thy men <0582> that are weary <03287>? Jug 08:16 And he took <03947> (8799) the elders <02205> of the city <05892>, and thorns <06975> of the wilderness <04057> and briers <01303>, and with them he taught <03045> (8686) the men <0582> of Succoth <05523>. Jug 08:17 And he beat down <05422> (8804) the tower <04026> of Penuel <06439>, and slew <02026> (8799) the men <0582> of the city <05892>. Jug 08:18 ¶ Then said <0559> (8799) he unto Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759>, What <0375> manner of men <0582> were they whom ye slew <02026> (8804) at Tabor <08396>? And they answered <0559> (8799), As thou <03644> art, so were they; each one <0259> resembled <08389> the children <01121> of a king <04428>. Jug 08:19 And he said <0559> (8799), 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> (8689), I would not slay <02026> (8804) you. Jug 08:20 And he said <0559> (8799) unto Jether <03500> his firstborn <01060>, Up <06965> (8798), and slay <02026> (8798) them. But the youth <05288> drew <08025> (8804) not his sword <02719>: for he feared <03372> (8804), because he was yet a youth <05288>. Jug 08:21 Then Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759> said <0559> (8799), Rise <06965> (8798) thou, and fall <06293> (8798) upon us: for as the man <0376> is, so is his strength <01369>. And Gideon <01439> arose <06965> (8799), and slew <02026> (8799) Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759>, and took away <03947> (8799) the ornaments <07720> that were on their camels <01581>‘ necks <06677>. Jug 08:22 ¶ Then the men <0376> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799) unto Gideon <01439>, Rule <04910> (8798) thou over us, both thou, and thy son <01121>, and thy son’s <01121> son <01121> also: for thou hast delivered <03467> (8689) us from the hand <03027> of Midian <04080>. Jug 08:23 And Gideon <01439> said <0559> (8799) unto them, I will not rule <04910> (8799) over you, neither shall my son <01121> rule <04910> (8799) over you: the LORD <03068> shall rule <04910> (8799) over you. Jug 08:24 And Gideon <01439> said <0559> (8799) unto them, I would desire <07592> (8799) a request <07596> of you, that ye would give <05414> (8798) me every man <0376> the earrings <05141> of his prey <07998>. (For they had golden <02091> earrings <05141>, because they were Ishmaelites <03459>.) Jug 08:25 And they answered <0559> (8799), We will willingly <05414> (8800) give <05414> (8799) them. And they spread <06566> (8799) a garment <08071>, and did cast <07993> (8686) therein every man <0376> the earrings <05141> of his prey <07998>. Jug 08:26 And the weight <04948> of the golden <02091> earrings <05141> that he requested <07592> (8804) was a thousand <0505> and seven <07651> hundred <03967> shekels of gold <02091>; beside ornaments <07720>, and collars <05188>, and purple <0713> raiment <0899> that was on the kings <04428> of Midian <04080>, and beside the chains <06060> that were about their camels <01581>‘ necks <06677>. Jug 08:27 And Gideon <01439> made <06213> (8799) an ephod <0646> thereof, and put <03322> (8686) it in his city <05892>, even in Ophrah <06084>: and all Israel <03478> went thither a whoring <02181> (8799) after <0310> it: which thing became a snare <04170> unto Gideon <01439>, and to his house <01004>. Jug 08:28 Thus was Midian <04080> subdued <03665> (8735) before <06440> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, so that they lifted up <05375> (8800) their heads <07218> no more <03254> (8804). And the country <0776> was in quietness <08252> (8799) forty <0705> years <08141> in the days <03117> of Gideon <01439>. Jug 08:29 ¶ And Jerubbaal <03378> the son <01121> of Joash <03101> went <03212> (8799) and dwelt <03427> (8799) in his own house <01004>. Jug 08:30 And Gideon <01439> had threescore and ten <07657> sons <01121> of his body <03409> begotten <03318> (8802): for he had many <07227> wives <0802>. Jug 08:31 And his concubine <06370> that was in Shechem <07927>, she also bare <03205> (8804) him a son <01121>, whose name <08034> he called <07760> (8799) Abimelech <040>. Jug 08:32 And Gideon <01439> the son <01121> of Joash <03101> died <04191> (8799) in a good <02896> old age <07872>, and was buried <06912> (8735) in the sepulchre <06913> of Joash <03101> his father <01>, in Ophrah <06084> of the Abiezrites <033>. Jug 08:33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon <01439> was dead <04191> (8804), that the children <01121> of Israel <03478> turned again <07725> (8799), and went a whoring <02181> (8799) after <0310> Baalim <01168>, and made <07760> (8799) Baalberith <01170> their god <0430>. Jug 08:34 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> remembered <02142> (8804) not the LORD <03068> their God <0430>, who had delivered <05337> (8688) them out of the hands <03027> of all their enemies <0341> (8802) on every side <05439>: Jug 08:35 Neither shewed <06213> (8804) they kindness <02617> to the house <01004> of Jerubbaal <03378>, namely, Gideon <01439>, according to all the goodness <02896> which he had shewed <06213> (8804) unto Israel <03478>. Jug 09:01 ¶ And Abimelech <040> the son <01121> of Jerubbaal <03378> went <03212> (8799) to Shechem <07927> unto his mother’s <0517> brethren <0251>, and communed <01696> (8762) with them, and with all the family <04940> of the house <01004> of his mother’s <0517> father <01>, saying <0559> (8800), Jug 09:02 Speak <01696> (8761), I pray you, in the ears <0241> of all the men <01167> of Shechem <07927>, Whether is better <02896> for you, either that all the sons <01121> of Jerubbaal <03378>, which are threescore and ten <07657> persons <0376>, reign <04910> (8800) over you, or that one <0259> reign <04910> (8800) over you? remember <02142> (8804) also that I am your bone <06106> and your flesh <01320>. Jug 09:03 And his mother’s <0517> brethren <0251> spake <01696> (8762) of him in the ears <0241> of all the men <01167> of Shechem <07927> all these words <01697>: and their hearts <03820> inclined <05186> (8799) to follow <0310> Abimelech <040>; for they said <0559> (8804), He is our brother <0251>. Jug 09:04 And they gave <05414> (8799) him threescore and ten <07657> pieces of silver <03701> out of the house <01004> of Baalberith <01170>, wherewith Abimelech <040> hired <07936> (8799) vain <07386> and light <06348> (8802) persons <0582>, which followed <03212> (8799) him <0310>. Jug 09:05 And he went <0935> (8799) unto his father’s <01> house <01004> at Ophrah <06084>, and slew <02026> (8799) his brethren <0251> the sons <01121> of Jerubbaal <03378>, being threescore and ten <07657> persons <0376>, upon one <0259> stone <068>: notwithstanding yet Jotham <03147> the youngest <06996> son <01121> of Jerubbaal <03378> was left <03498> (8735); for he hid <02244> (8738) himself. Jug 09:06 And all the men <01167> of Shechem <07927> gathered together <0622> (8735), and all the house <01004> of Millo <04407> (8677) <01037>, and went <03212> (8799), and made <04427> (8686) Abimelech <040> king <04428>, by the plain <0436> of the pillar <05324> (8716) that was in Shechem <07927>. Jug 09:07 ¶ And when they told <05046> (8686) it to Jotham <03147>, he went <03212> (8799) and stood <05975> (8799) in the top <07218> of mount <02022> Gerizim <01630>, and lifted up <05375> (8799) his voice <06963>, and cried <07121> (8799), and said <0559> (8799) unto them, Hearken <08085> (8798) unto me, ye men <01167> of Shechem <07927>, that God <0430> may hearken <08085> (8799) unto you. Jug 09:08 The trees <06086> went forth <01980> (8804) (8676) <01980> (8800) on a time to anoint <04886> (8800) a king <04428> over them; and they said <0559> (8799) unto the olive tree <02132>, Reign <04427> (8798) thou over us. Jug 09:09 But the olive tree <02132> said <0559> (8799) unto them, Should I leave <02308> (8804) my fatness <01880>, wherewith by me they honour <03513> (8762) God <0430> and man <0582>, and go <01980> (8804) to be promoted <05128> (8800) over the trees <06086>? Jug 09:10 And the trees <06086> said <0559> (8799) to the fig tree <08384>, Come <03212> (8798) thou, and reign <04427> (8798) over us. Jug 09:11 But the fig tree <08384> said <0559> (8799) unto them, Should I forsake <02308> (8804) my sweetness <04987>, and my good <02896> fruit <08570>, and go <01980> (8804) to be promoted <05128> (8800) over the trees <06086>? Jug 09:12 Then said <0559> (8799) the trees <06086> unto the vine <01612>, Come <03212> (8798) thou, and reign <04427> (8798) over us. Jug 09:13 And the vine <01612> said <0559> (8799) unto them, Should I leave <02308> (8804) my wine <08492>, which cheereth <08055> (8764) God <0430> and man <0582>, and go <01980> (8804) to be promoted <05128> (8800) over the trees <06086>? Jug 09:14 Then said <0559> (8799) all the trees <06086> unto the bramble <0329>, Come <03212> (8798) thou, and reign <04427> (8798) over us. Jug 09:15 And the bramble <0329> said <0559> (8799) unto the trees <06086>, If in truth <0571> ye anoint <04886> (8802) me king <04428> over you, then come <0935> (8798) and put your trust <02620> (8798) in my shadow <06738>: and if not, let fire <0784> come out <03318> (8799) of the bramble <0329>, and devour <0398> (8799) the cedars <0730> of Lebanon <03844>. Jug 09:16 Now therefore, if ye have done <06213> (8804) truly <0571> and sincerely <08549>, in that ye have made Abimelech <040> king <04427> (8686), and if ye have dealt <06213> (8804) well <02896> with Jerubbaal <03378> and his house <01004>, and have done <06213> (8804) unto him according to the deserving <01576> of his hands <03027>; Jug 09:17 (For my father <01> fought <03898> (8738) for you, and adventured <07993> (8686) his life <05315> far <05048>, and delivered <05337> (8686) you out of the hand <03027> of Midian <04080>: Jug 09:18 And ye are risen up <06965> (8804) against my father’s <01> house <01004> this day <03117>, and have slain <02026> (8799) his sons <01121>, threescore and ten <07657> persons <0376>, upon one <0259> stone <068>, and have made Abimelech <040>, the son <01121> of his maidservant <0519>, king <04427> (8686) over the men <01167> of Shechem <07927>, because he is your brother <0251>;) Jug 09:19 If ye then have dealt <06213> (8804) truly <0571> and sincerely <08549> with Jerubbaal <03378> and with his house <01004> this day <03117>, then rejoice <08055> (8798) ye in Abimelech <040>, and let him also rejoice <08055> (8799) in you: Jug 09:20 But if not, let fire <0784> come out <03318> (8799) from Abimelech <040>, and devour <0398> (8799) the men <01167> of Shechem <07927>, and the house <01004> of Millo <04407> (8677) <01037>; and let fire <0784> come out <03318> (8799) from the men <01167> of Shechem <07927>, and from the house <01004> of Millo <04407> (8676) <01037>, and devour <0398> (8799) Abimelech <040>. Jug 09:21 And Jotham <03147> ran away <01272> (8799), and fled <05127> (8799), and went <03212> (8799) to Beer <0876>, and dwelt <03427> (8799) there, for fear <06440> of Abimelech <040> his brother <0251>. Jug 09:22 ¶ When Abimelech <040> had reigned <07786> (8799) three <07969> years <08141> over Israel <03478>, Jug 09:23 Then God <0430> sent <07971> (8799) 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> (8799) with Abimelech <040>: Jug 09:24 That the cruelty <02555> done to the threescore and ten <07657> sons <01121> of Jerubbaal <03378> might come <0935> (8800), and their blood <01818> be laid <07760> (8800) upon Abimelech <040> their brother <0251>, which slew <02026> (8804) them; and upon the men <01167> of Shechem <07927>, which aided <02388> (8765) <03027> him in the killing <02026> (8800) of his brethren <0251>. Jug 09:25 And the men <01167> of Shechem <07927> set <07760> (8799) liers in wait <0693> (8764) for him in the top <07218> of the mountains <02022>, and they robbed <01497> (8799) all that came <05674> (8799) along that way <01870> by them: and it was told <05046> (8714) Abimelech <040>. Jug 09:26 And Gaal <01603> the son <01121> of Ebed <05651> came <0935> (8799) with his brethren <0251>, and went over <05674> (8799) to Shechem <07927>: and the men <01167> of Shechem <07927> put their confidence <0982> (8799) in him. Jug 09:27 And they went out <03318> (8799) into the fields <07704>, and gathered <01219> (8799) their vineyards <03754>, and trode <01869> (8799) the grapes, and made <06213> (8799) merry <01974>, and went <0935> (8799) into the house <01004> of their god <0430>, and did eat <0398> (8799) and drink <08354> (8799), and cursed <07043> (8762) Abimelech <040>. Jug 09:28 And Gaal <01603> the son <01121> of Ebed <05651> said <0559> (8799), Who is Abimelech <040>, and who is Shechem <07927>, that we should serve <05647> (8799) him? is not he the son <01121> of Jerubbaal <03378>? and Zebul <02083> his officer <06496>? serve <05647> (8798) the men <0582> of Hamor <02544> the father <01> of Shechem <07927>: for why should we serve <05647> (8799) him? Jug 09:29 And would to God this people <05971> were under <05414> (8799) my hand <03027>! then would I remove <05493> (8686) Abimelech <040>. And he said <0559> (8799) to Abimelech <040>, Increase <07235> (8761) thine army <06635>, and come out <03318> (8798). Jug 09:30 And when Zebul <02083> the ruler <08269> of the city <05892> heard <08085> (8799) the words <01697> of Gaal <01603> the son <01121> of Ebed <05651>, his anger <0639> was kindled <02734> (8799). Jug 09:31 And he sent <07971> (8799) messengers <04397> unto Abimelech <040> privily <08649>, saying <0559> (8800), Behold, Gaal <01603> the son <01121> of Ebed <05651> and his brethren <0251> be come <0935> (8802) to Shechem <07927>; and, behold, they fortify <06696> (8802) the city <05892> against thee. Jug 09:32 Now therefore up <06965> (8798) by night <03915>, thou and the people <05971> that is with thee, and lie in wait <0693> (8798) in the field <07704>: Jug 09:33 And it shall be, that in the morning <01242>, as soon as the sun <08121> is up <02224> (8800), thou shalt rise early <07925> (8686), and set <06584> (8804) upon the city <05892>: and, behold, when he and the people <05971> that is with him come out <03318> (8802) against thee, then mayest thou do <06213> (8804) to them as thou <03027> shalt find occasion <04672> (8799). Jug 09:34 And Abimelech <040> rose up <06965> (8799), and all the people <05971> that were with him, by night <03915>, and they laid wait <0693> (8799) against Shechem <07927> in four <0702> companies <07218>. Jug 09:35 And Gaal <01603> the son <01121> of Ebed <05651> went out <03318> (8799), and stood <05975> (8799) in the entering <06607> of the gate <08179> of the city <05892>: and Abimelech <040> rose up <06965> (8799), and the people <05971> that were with him, from lying in wait <03993>. Jug 09:36 And when Gaal <01603> saw <07200> (8799) the people <05971>, he said <0559> (8799) to Zebul <02083>, Behold, there come <03381> <00> people <05971> down <03381> (8802) from the top <07218> of the mountains <02022>. And Zebul <02083> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Thou seest <07200> (8802) the shadow <06738> of the mountains <02022> as if they were men <0582>. Jug 09:37 And Gaal <01603> spake <01696> (8763) again <03254> (8686) and said <0559> (8799), See there come <03381> <00> people <05971> down <03381> (8802) by the middle <02872> of the land <0776>, and another <0259> company <07218> come <0935> (8804) along by <01870> the plain <0436> of Meonenim <06049> (8781). Jug 09:38 Then said <0559> (8799) Zebul <02083> unto him, Where is now <0645> thy mouth <06310>, wherewith thou saidst <0559> (8799), Who is Abimelech <040>, that we should serve <05647> (8799) him? is not this the people <05971> that thou hast despised <03988> (8804)? go out <03318> (8798), I pray now <04994>, and fight <03898> (8734) with them. Jug 09:39 And Gaal <01603> went out <03318> (8799) before <06440> the men <01167> of Shechem <07927>, and fought <03898> (8735) with Abimelech <040>. Jug 09:40 And Abimelech <040> chased <07291> (8799) him, and he fled <05127> (8799) before <06440> him, and many <07227> were overthrown <05307> (8799) and wounded <02491>, even unto the entering <06607> of the gate <08179>. Jug 09:41 And Abimelech <040> dwelt <03427> (8799) at Arumah <0725>: and Zebul <02083> thrust out <01644> (8762) Gaal <01603> and his brethren <0251>, that they should not dwell <03427> (8800) in Shechem <07927>. Jug 09:42 And it came to pass on the morrow <04283>, that the people <05971> went out <03318> (8799) into the field <07704>; and they told <05046> (8686) Abimelech <040>. Jug 09:43 And he took <03947> (8799) the people <05971>, and divided <02673> (8799) them into three <07969> companies <07218>, and laid wait <0693> (8799) in the field <07704>, and looked <07200> (8799), and, behold, the people <05971> were come forth <03318> (8802) out of the city <05892>; and he rose up <06965> (8799) against them, and smote <05221> (8686) them. Jug 09:44 And Abimelech <040>, and the company <07218> that was with him, rushed forward <06584> (8804), and stood <05975> (8799) in the entering <06607> of the gate <08179> of the city <05892>: and the two <08147> other companies <07218> ran upon <06584> (8804) all the people that were in the fields <07704>, and slew <05221> (8686) them. Jug 09:45 And Abimelech <040> fought <03898> (8738) against the city <05892> all that day <03117>; and he took <03920> (8799) the city <05892>, and slew <02026> (8804) the people <05971> that was therein, and beat down <05422> (8799) the city <05892>, and sowed <02232> (8799) it with salt <04417>. Jug 09:46 And when all the men <01167> of the tower <04026> of Shechem <07927> heard <08085> (8799) that, they entered <0935> (8799) into an hold <06877> of the house <01004> of the god <0410> Berith <01286>. Jug 09:47 And it was told <05046> (8714) Abimelech <040>, that all the men <01167> of the tower <04026> of Shechem <07927> were gathered together <06908> (8694). Jug 09:48 And Abimelech <040> gat him up <05927> (8799) to mount <02022> Zalmon <06756>, he and all the people <05971> that were with him; and Abimelech <040> took <03947> (8799) an axe <07134> in his hand <03027>, and cut down <03772> (8799) a bough <07754> from the trees <06086>, and took <05375> (8799) it, and laid <07760> (8799) it on his shoulder <07926>, and said <0559> (8799) unto the people <05971> that were with him, What ye have seen <07200> (8804) me do <06213> (8804), make haste <04116> (8761), and do <06213> (8798) as I <03644> have done. Jug 09:49 And all the people <05971> likewise cut down <03772> (8799) every man <0376> his bough <07754>, and followed <03212> (8799) <0310> Abimelech <040>, and put <07760> (8799) them to the hold <06877>, and set <03341> (8686) the hold <06877> on fire <0784> upon them; so that all the men <0582> of the tower <04026> of Shechem <07927> died <04191> (8799) also, about a thousand <0505> men <0376> and women <0802>. Jug 09:50 ¶ Then went <03212> (8799) Abimelech <040> to Thebez <08405>, and encamped <02583> (8799) against Thebez <08405>, and took <03920> (8799) it. Jug 09:51 But there was a strong <05797> tower <04026> within <08432> the city <05892>, and thither fled <05127> (8799) all the men <0582> and women <0802>, and all they <01167> of the city <05892>, and shut <05462> (8799) it to them, and gat them up <05927> (8799) to the top <01406> of the tower <04026>. Jug 09:52 And Abimelech <040> came <0935> (8799) unto the tower <04026>, and fought <03898> (8735) against it, and went hard <05066> (8799) unto the door <06607> of the tower <04026> to burn <08313> (8800) it with fire <0784>. Jug 09:53 And a certain <0259> woman <0802> cast <07993> (8686) a piece <06400> of a millstone <07393> upon Abimelech’s <040> head <07218>, and all to brake <07533> (8686) his skull <01538>. Jug 09:54 Then he called <07121> (8799) hastily <04120> unto the young man <05288> his armourbearer <05375> (8802) <03627>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Draw <08025> (8798) thy sword <02719>, and slay <04191> (8786) me, that men say <0559> (8799) not of me, A woman <0802> slew <02026> (8804) him. And his young man <05288> thrust him through <01856> (8799), and he died <04191> (8799). Jug 09:55 And when the men <0376> of Israel <03478> saw <07200> (8799) that Abimelech <040> was dead <04191> (8804), they departed <03212> (8799) every man <0376> unto his place <04725>. Jug 09:56 Thus God <0430> rendered <07725> (8686) the wickedness <07451> of Abimelech <040>, which he did <06213> (8804) unto his father <01>, in slaying <02026> (8800) his seventy <07657> brethren <0251>: Jug 09:57 And all the evil <07451> of the men <0582> of Shechem <07927> did God <0430> render <07725> (8689) upon their heads <07218>: and upon them came <0935> (8799) the curse <07045> of Jotham <03147> the son <01121> of Jerubbaal <03378>. Jug 10:01 ¶ And after <0310> Abimelech <040> there arose <06965> (8799) to defend <03467> (8687) 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> (8802) in Shamir <08069> in mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>. Jug 10:02 And he judged <08199> (8799) Israel <03478> twenty <06242> and three <07969> years <08141>, and died <04191> (8799), and was buried <06912> (8735) in Shamir <08069>. Jug 10:03 And after <0310> him arose <06965> (8799) Jair <02971>, a Gileadite <01569>, and judged <08199> (8799) Israel <03478> twenty <06242> and two <08147> years <08141>. Jug 10:04 And he had thirty <07970> sons <01121> that rode <07392> (8802) on thirty <07970> ass colts <05895>, and they had thirty <07970> cities <05892>, which are called <07121> (8799) Havothjair <02334> unto this day <03117>, which are in the land <0776> of Gilead <01568>. Jug 10:05 And Jair <02971> died <04191> (8799), and was buried <06912> (8735) in Camon <07056>. Jug 10:06 ¶ And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> did <06213> (8800) evil <07451> again <03254> (8686) in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, and served <05647> (8799) 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> (8799) the LORD <03068>, and served <05647> (8804) not him. Jug 10:07 And the anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> was hot <02734> (8799) against Israel <03478>, and he sold <04376> (8799) them into the hands <03027> of the Philistines <06430>, and into the hands <03027> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>. Jug 10:08 And that year <08141> they vexed <07492> (8799) and oppressed <07533> (8779) the children <01121> of Israel <03478>: eighteen <08083> <06240> years <08141>, all the children <01121> of Israel <03478> that were on the other side <05676> Jordan <03383> in the land <0776> of the Amorites <0567>, which is in Gilead <01568>. Jug 10:09 Moreover the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> passed over <05674> (8799) Jordan <03383> to fight <03898> (8736) also against Judah <03063>, and against Benjamin <01144>, and against the house <01004> of Ephraim <0669>; so that Israel <03478> was sore <03966> distressed <03334> (8799). Jug 10:10 ¶ And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> cried <02199> (8799) unto the LORD <03068>, saying <0559> (8800), We have sinned <02398> (8804) against thee, both because we have forsaken <05800> (8804) our God <0430>, and also served <05647> (8799) Baalim <01168>. Jug 10:11 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto 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>? Jug 10:12 The Zidonians <06722> also, and the Amalekites <06002>, and the Maonites <04584>, did oppress <03905> (8804) you; and ye cried <06817> (8799) to me, and I delivered <03467> (8686) you out of their hand <03027>. Jug 10:13 Yet ye have forsaken <05800> (8804) me, and served <05647> (8799) other <0312> gods <0430>: wherefore I will deliver <03467> (8687) you no more <03254> (8686). Jug 10:14 Go <03212> (8798) and cry <02199> (8798) unto the gods <0430> which ye have chosen <0977> (8804); let them <01992> deliver <03467> (8686) you in the time <06256> of your tribulation <06869>. Jug 10:15 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799) unto the LORD <03068>, We have sinned <02398> (8804): do <06213> (8798) thou unto us whatsoever seemeth <05869> good <02896> unto thee; deliver <05337> (8685) us only, we pray thee, this day <03117>. Jug 10:16 And they put away <05493> (8686) the strange <05236> gods <0430> from among <07130> them, and served <05647> (8799) the LORD <03068>: and his soul <05315> was grieved <07114> (8799) for the misery <05999> of Israel <03478>. Jug 10:17 Then the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> were gathered together <06817> (8735), and encamped <02583> (8799) in Gilead <01568>. And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> assembled themselves together <0622> (8735), and encamped <02583> (8799) in Mizpeh <04709>. Jug 10:18 And the people <05971> and princes <08269> of Gilead <01568> said <0559> (8799) one <0376> to another <07453>, What man <0376> is he that will begin <02490> (8686) to fight <03898> (8736) against the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>? he shall be head <07218> over all the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Gilead <01568>. Jug 11:01 ¶ Now Jephthah <03316> the Gileadite <01569> was a mighty man <01368> of valour <02428>, and he was the son <01121> of an harlot <0802> <02181> (8802): and Gilead <01568> begat <03205> (8686) Jephthah <03316>. Jug 11:02 And Gilead’s <01568> wife <0802> bare <03205> (8799) him sons <01121>; and his wife’s <0802> sons <01121> grew up <01431> (8799), and they thrust out <01644> (8762) Jephthah <03316>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Thou shalt not inherit <05157> (8799) in our father’s <01> house <01004>; for thou art the son <01121> of a strange <0312> woman <0802>. Jug 11:03 Then Jephthah <03316> fled <01272> (8799) from <06440> his brethren <0251>, and dwelt <03427> (8799) in the land <0776> of Tob <02897>: and there were gathered <03950> (8691) vain <07386> men <0582> to Jephthah <03316>, and went out <03318> (8799) with him. Jug 11:04 ¶ And it came to pass in process of time <03117>, that the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> made war <03898> (8735) against Israel <03478>. Jug 11:05 And it was so, that when the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> made war <03898> (8738) against Israel <03478>, the elders <02205> of Gilead <01568> went <03212> (8799) to fetch <03947> (8800) Jephthah <03316> out of the land <0776> of Tob <02897>: Jug 11:06 And they said <0559> (8799) unto Jephthah <03316>, Come <03212> (8798), and be our captain <07101>, that we may fight <03898> (8735) with the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>. Jug 11:07 And Jephthah <03316> said <0559> (8799) unto the elders <02205> of Gilead <01568>, Did not ye hate <08130> (8804) me, and expel <01644> (8762) me out of my father’s <01> house <01004>? and why are ye come <0935> (8804) unto me now when ye are in distress <06887> (8804)? Jug 11:08 And the elders <02205> of Gilead <01568> said <0559> (8799) unto Jephthah <03316>, Therefore we turn again <07725> (8804) to thee now, that thou mayest go <01980> (8804) with us, and fight <03898> (8738) against the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, and be our head <07218> over all the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Gilead <01568>. Jug 11:09 And Jephthah <03316> said <0559> (8799) unto the elders <02205> of Gilead <01568>, If ye bring me home again <07725> (8688) to fight <03898> (8736) against the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, and the LORD <03068> deliver <05414> (8804) them before <06440> me, shall I be your head <07218>? Jug 11:10 And the elders <02205> of Gilead <01568> said <0559> (8799) unto Jephthah <03316>, The LORD <03068> be witness <08085> (8802) between us, if we do <06213> (8799) not so according to thy words <01697>. Jug 11:11 Then Jephthah <03316> went <03212> (8799) with the elders <02205> of Gilead <01568>, and the people <05971> made <07760> (8799) him head <07218> and captain <07101> over them: and Jephthah <03316> uttered <01696> (8762) all his words <01697> before <06440> the LORD <03068> in Mizpeh <04709>. Jug 11:12 ¶ And Jephthah <03316> sent <07971> (8799) messengers <04397> unto the king <04428> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, saying <0559> (8800), What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come <0935> (8804) against me to fight <03898> (8736) in my land <0776>? Jug 11:13 And the king <04428> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> answered <0559> (8799) unto the messengers <04397> of Jephthah <03316>, Because Israel <03478> took away <03947> (8804) my land <0776>, when they came up <05927> (8800) out of Egypt <04714>, from Arnon <0769> even unto Jabbok <02999>, and unto Jordan <03383>: now therefore restore those lands again <07725> (8685) peaceably <07965>. Jug 11:14 And Jephthah <03316> sent <07971> (8799) messengers <04397> again <03254> (8686) unto the king <04428> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>: Jug 11:15 And said <0559> (8799) unto him, Thus saith <0559> (8804) Jephthah <03316>, Israel <03478> took not away <03947> (8804) the land <0776> of Moab <04124>, nor the land <0776> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>: Jug 11:16 But when Israel <03478> came up <05927> (8800) from Egypt <04714>, and walked <03212> (8799) through the wilderness <04057> unto the Red <05488> sea <03220>, and came <0935> (8799) to Kadesh <06946>; Jug 11:17 Then Israel <03478> sent <07971> (8799) messengers <04397> unto the king <04428> of Edom <0123>, saying <0559> (8800), Let me, I pray thee, pass through <05674> (8799) thy land <0776>: but the king <04428> of Edom <0123> would not hearken <08085> (8804) thereto. And in like manner they sent <07971> (8804) unto the king <04428> of Moab <04124>: but he would <014> (8804) not consent: and Israel <03478> abode <03427> (8799) in Kadesh <06946>. Jug 11:18 Then they went along <03212> (8799) through the wilderness <04057>, and compassed <05437> (8799) the land <0776> of Edom <0123>, and the land <0776> of Moab <04124>, and came <0935> (8799) by the east side <04217> <08121> of the land <0776> of Moab <04124>, and pitched <02583> (8799) on the other side <05676> of Arnon <0769>, but came <0935> (8804) not within the border <01366> of Moab <04124>: for Arnon <0769> was the border <01366> of Moab <04124>. Jug 11:19 And Israel <03478> sent <07971> (8799) messengers <04397> unto Sihon <05511> king <04428> of the Amorites <0567>, the king <04428> of Heshbon <02809>; and Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Let us pass <05674> (8799), we pray thee, through thy land <0776> into <05704> my place <04725>. Jug 11:20 But Sihon <05511> trusted <0539> (8689) not Israel <03478> to pass <05674> (8800) through his coast <01366>: but Sihon <05511> gathered <0622> <00> all his people <05971> together <0622> (8799), and pitched <02583> (8799) in Jahaz <03096>, and fought <03898> (8735) against Israel <03478>. Jug 11:21 And the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> delivered <05414> (8799) Sihon <05511> and all his people <05971> into the hand <03027> of Israel <03478>, and they smote <05221> (8686) them: so Israel <03478> possessed <03423> (8799) all the land <0776> of the Amorites <0567>, the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of that country <0776>. Jug 11:22 And they possessed <03423> (8799) all the coasts <01366> of the Amorites <0567>, from Arnon <0769> even unto Jabbok <02999>, and from the wilderness <04057> even unto Jordan <03383>. Jug 11:23 So now the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> hath dispossessed <03423> (8689) the Amorites <0567> from before <06440> his people <05971> Israel <03478>, and shouldest thou possess <03423> (8799) it? Jug 11:24 Wilt not thou possess <03423> (8799) that which Chemosh <03645> thy god <0430> giveth thee to possess <03423> (8686)? So whomsoever the LORD <03068> our God <0430> shall drive out <03423> (8689) from before <06440> us, them will we possess <03423> (8799). Jug 11:25 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> (8800) strive <07378> (8804) against Israel <03478>, or did he ever <03898> (8736) fight <03898> (8738) against them, Jug 11:26 While Israel <03478> dwelt <03427> (8800) in Heshbon <02809> and her towns <01323>, and in Aroer <06177> and her towns <01323>, and in all the cities <05892> that be along by the coasts <03027> of Arnon <0769>, three <07969> hundred <03967> years <08141>? why therefore did ye not recover <05337> (8689) them within that time <06256>? Jug 11:27 Wherefore I have not sinned <02398> (8804) against thee, but thou doest <06213> (8802) <0853> me wrong <07451> to war <03898> (8736) against me: the LORD <03068> the Judge <08199> (8802) be judge <08199> (8799) this day <03117> between the children <01121> of Israel <03478> and the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>. Jug 11:28 Howbeit the king <04428> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> hearkened <08085> (8804) not unto the words <01697> of Jephthah <03316> which he sent <07971> (8804) him. Jug 11:29 ¶ Then the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> came upon Jephthah <03316>, and he passed over <05674> (8799) Gilead <01568>, and Manasseh <04519>, and passed over <05674> (8799) Mizpeh <04708> of Gilead <01568>, and from Mizpeh <04708> of Gilead <01568> he passed over <05674> (8804) unto the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>. Jug 11:30 And Jephthah <03316> vowed <05087> (8799) a vow <05088> unto the LORD <03068>, and said <0559> (8799), If thou shalt without fail <05414> (8800) deliver <05414> (8799) the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> into mine hands <03027>, Jug 11:31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever <03318> (8802) cometh forth <03318> (8799) of the doors <01817> of my house <01004> to meet <07125> (8800) me, when I return <07725> (8800) in peace <07965> from the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, shall surely be the LORD’S <03068>, and I will offer it up <05927> (8689) for a burnt offering <05930>. Jug 11:32 So Jephthah <03316> passed over <05674> (8799) unto the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> to fight <03898> (8736) against them; and the LORD <03068> delivered <05414> (8799) them into his hands <03027>. Jug 11:33 And he smote <05221> (8686) them from Aroer <06177>, even till thou come <0935> (8800) to Minnith <04511>, even twenty <06242> cities <05892>, and unto the plain <058> of the vineyards <03754> (8677) <064>, with a very <03966> great <01419> slaughter <04347>. Thus the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> were subdued <03665> (8735) before <06440> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>. Jug 11:34 And Jephthah <03316> came <0935> (8799) to Mizpeh <04709> unto his house <01004>, and, behold, his daughter <01323> came out <03318> (8802) to meet <07125> (8800) 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>. Jug 11:35 And it came to pass, when he saw <07200> (8800) her, that he rent <07167> (8799) his clothes <0899>, and said <0559> (8799), Alas <0162>, my daughter <01323>! thou hast brought <03766> <00> me very <03766> (8689) low <03766> (8687), and thou art one of them that trouble <05916> (8802) me: for I have opened <06475> (8804) my mouth <06310> unto the LORD <03068>, and I cannot <03201> (8799) go back <07725> (8800). Jug 11:36 And she said <0559> (8799) unto him, My father <01>, if thou hast opened <06475> (8804) thy mouth <06310> unto the LORD <03068>, do <06213> (8798) to me according to that which <0834> hath proceeded <03318> (8804) out of thy mouth <06310>; forasmuch <0310> as the LORD <03068> hath taken <06213> (8804) vengeance <05360> for thee of thine enemies <0341> (8802), even of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>. Jug 11:37 And she said <0559> (8799) unto her father <01>, Let this thing <01697> be done <06213> (8735) for me: let me alone <07503> (8685) two <08147> months <02320>, that I may go up <03212> (8799) and down <03381> (8804) upon the mountains <02022>, and bewail <01058> (8799) my virginity <01331>, I and my fellows <07464> (8675) <07474>. Jug 11:38 And he said <0559> (8799), Go <03212> (8798). And he sent her away <07971> (8799) for two <08147> months <02320>: and she went <03212> (8799) with her companions <07464>, and bewailed <01058> (8799) her virginity <01331> upon the mountains <02022>. Jug 11:39 And it came to pass at the end <07093> of two <08147> months <02320>, that she returned <07725> (8799) unto her father <01>, who did <06213> (8799) with her according to his vow <05088> which he had vowed <05087> (8804): and she knew <03045> (8804) no man <0376>. And it was a custom <02706> in Israel <03478>, Jug 11:40 That the daughters <01323> of Israel <03478> went <03212> (8799) yearly <03117> <03117> to lament <08567> (8763) the daughter <01323> of Jephthah <03316> the Gileadite <01569> four <0702> days <03117> in a year <08141>. Jug 12:01 ¶ And the men <0376> of Ephraim <0669> gathered themselves together <06817> (8735), and went <05674> (8799) northward <06828>, and said <0559> (8799) unto Jephthah <03316>, Wherefore passedst thou over <05674> (8804) to fight <03898> (8736) against the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, and didst not call <07121> (8804) us to go <03212> (8800) with thee? we will burn <08313> (8799) thine house <01004> upon thee with fire <0784>. Jug 12:02 And Jephthah <03316> said <0559> (8799) unto them, I and my people <05971> were <01961> (8804) at great <03966> strife <0376> <07379> with the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>; and when I called <02199> (8799) you, ye delivered <03467> (8689) me not out of their hands <03027>. Jug 12:03 And when I saw <07200> (8799) that ye delivered <03467> (8688) me not, I put <07760> (8799) my life <05315> in my hands <03709>, and passed over <05674> (8799) against the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, and the LORD <03068> delivered <05414> (8799) them into my hand <03027>: wherefore then are ye come up <05927> (8804) unto me this day <03117>, to fight <03898> (8736) against me? Jug 12:04 Then Jephthah <03316> gathered together <06908> (8799) all the men <0582> of Gilead <01568>, and fought <03898> (8735) with Ephraim <0669>: and the men <0582> of Gilead <01568> smote <05221> (8686) Ephraim <0669>, because they said <0559> (8804), Ye Gileadites <01568> are fugitives <06412> of Ephraim <0669> among <08432> the Ephraimites <0669>, and among <08432> the Manassites <04519>. Jug 12:05 And the Gileadites <01568> took <03920> (8799) the passages <04569> of Jordan <03383> before the Ephraimites <0669>: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites <0669> which were escaped <06412> said <0559> (8799), Let me go over <05674> (8799); that the men <0582> of Gilead <01568> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite <0673>? If he said <0559> (8799), Nay; Jug 12:06 Then said <0559> (8799) they unto him, Say <0559> (8798) now Shibboleth <07641>: and he said <0559> (8799) Sibboleth <05451>: for he could not frame <03559> <00> to pronounce <01696> (8763) it right <03559> (8686). Then they took <0270> (8799) him, and slew <07819> (8799) him at the passages <04569> of Jordan <03383>: and there fell <05307> (8799) at that time <06256> of the Ephraimites <0669> forty <0705> and two <08147> thousand <0505>. Jug 12:07 And Jephthah <03316> judged <08199> (8799) Israel <03478> six <08337> years <08141>. Then died <04191> (8799) Jephthah <03316> the Gileadite <01569>, and was buried <06912> (8735) in one of the cities <05892> of Gilead <01568>. Jug 12:08 ¶ And after <0310> him Ibzan <078> of Bethlehem <01035> judged <08199> (8799) Israel <03478>. Jug 12:09 And he had thirty <07970> sons <01121>, and thirty <07970> daughters <01323>, whom he sent <07971> (8765) abroad <02351>, and took <0935> (8689) in thirty <07970> daughters <01323> from abroad <02351> for his sons <01121>. And he judged <08199> (8799) Israel <03478> seven <07651> years <08141>. Jug 12:10 Then died <04191> (8799) Ibzan <078>, and was buried <06912> (8735) at Bethlehem <01035>. Jug 12:11 And after <0310> him Elon <0356>, a Zebulonite <02075>, judged <08199> (8799) Israel <03478>; and he judged <08199> (8799) Israel <03478> ten <06235> years <08141>. Jug 12:12 And Elon <0356> the Zebulonite <02075> died <04191> (8799), and was buried <06912> (8735) in Aijalon <0357> in the country <0776> of Zebulun <02074>. Jug 12:13 And after <0310> him Abdon <05658> the son <01121> of Hillel <01985>, a Pirathonite <06553>, judged <08199> (8799) Israel <03478>. Jug 12:14 And he had forty <0705> sons <01121> and thirty <07970> nephews <01121> <01121>, that rode <07392> (8802) on threescore and ten <07657> ass colts <05895>: and he judged <08199> (8799) Israel <03478> eight <08083> years <08141>. Jug 12:15 And Abdon <05658> the son <01121> of Hillel <01985> the Pirathonite <06553> died <04191> (8799), and was buried <06912> (8735) in Pirathon <06552> in the land <0776> of Ephraim <0669>, in the mount <02022> of the Amalekites <06003>. Jug 13:01 ¶ And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> did <06213> (8800) evil <07451> again <03254> (8686) in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>; and the LORD <03068> delivered <05414> (8799) them into the hand <03027> of the Philistines <06430> forty <0705> years <08141>. Jug 13:02 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 bare <03205> (8804) not. Jug 13:03 And the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> appeared <07200> (8735) unto the woman <0802>, and said <0559> (8799) unto her, Behold now, thou art barren <06135>, and bearest <03205> (8804) not: but thou shalt conceive <02029> (8804), and bear <03205> (8804) a son <01121>. Jug 13:04 Now therefore beware <08104> (8734), I pray thee, and drink <08354> (8799) not wine <03196> nor strong drink <07941>, and eat <0398> (8799) not any unclean <02931> thing: Jug 13:05 For, lo, thou shalt conceive <02030>, and bear <03205> (8802) a son <01121>; and no razor <04177> shall come <05927> (8799) on his head <07218>: for the child <05288> shall be a Nazarite <05139> unto God <0430> from the womb <0990>: and he shall begin <02490> (8686) to deliver <03467> (8687) Israel <03478> out of the hand <03027> of the Philistines <06430>. Jug 13:06 Then the woman <0802> came <0935> (8799) and told <0559> (8799) her husband <0376>, saying <0559> (8800), A man <0376> of God <0430> came <0935> (8804) unto me, and his countenance <04758> was like the countenance <04758> of an angel <04397> of God <0430>, very <03966> terrible <03372> (8737): but I asked <07592> (8804) him not whence he was, neither told <05046> (8689) he me his name <08034>: Jug 13:07 But he said <0559> (8799) unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive <02030>, and bear <03205> (8802) a son <01121>; and now drink <07941> no wine <03196> nor strong drink <08354> (8799), neither eat <0398> (8799) 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>. Jug 13:08 ¶ Then Manoah <04495> intreated <06279> (8799) the LORD <03068>, and said <0559> (8799), O <0994> my Lord <0136>, let <04994> the man <0376> of God <0430> which thou didst send <07971> (8804) come again <0935> (8799) unto us, and teach <03384> (8686) us what we shall do <06213> (8799) unto the child <05288> that shall be born <03205> (8795). Jug 13:09 And God <0430> hearkened <08085> (8799) to the voice <06963> of Manoah <04495>; and the angel <04397> of God <0430> came again <0935> (8799) unto the woman <0802> as she sat <03427> (8802) in the field <07704>: but Manoah <04495> her husband <0376> was not with her. Jug 13:10 And the woman <0802> made haste <04116> (8762), and ran <07323> (8799), and shewed <05046> (8686) her husband <0376>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Behold, the man <0376> hath appeared <07200> (8738) unto me, that came <0935> (8804) unto me the other day <03117>. Jug 13:11 And Manoah <04495> arose <06965> (8799), and went <03212> (8799) after <0310> his wife <0802>, and came <0935> (8799) to the man <0376>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Art thou the man <0376> that spakest <01696> (8765) unto the woman <0802>? And he said <0559> (8799), I am. Jug 13:12 And Manoah <04495> said <0559> (8799), Now let thy words <01697> come to pass <0935> (8799). How shall we order <04941> the child <05288>, and how shall we do <04639> unto him? Jug 13:13 And the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Manoah <04495>, Of all that I said <0559> (8804) unto the woman <0802> let her beware <08104> (8735). Jug 13:14 She may not eat <0398> (8799) of any thing that cometh <03318> (8799) of the vine <01612>, neither let her drink <08354> (8799) wine <03196> or strong drink <07941>, nor eat <0398> (8799) any unclean <02932> thing: all that I commanded <06680> (8765) her let her observe <08104> (8799). Jug 13:15 ¶ And Manoah <04495> said <0559> (8799) unto the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068>, I pray thee, let us detain <06113> (8799) thee, until we shall have made ready <06213> (8799) a kid <01423> <05795> for <06440> thee. Jug 13:16 And the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Manoah <04495>, Though thou detain <06113> (8799) me, I will not eat <0398> (8799) of thy bread <03899>: and if <0518> thou wilt offer <06213> (8799) a burnt offering <05930>, thou must offer <05927> (8686) it unto the LORD <03068>. For Manoah <04495> knew <03045> (8804) not that he was an angel <04397> of the LORD <03068>. Jug 13:17 And Manoah <04495> said <0559> (8799) unto the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068>, What is thy name <08034>, that when thy sayings <01697> come to pass <0935> (8799) we may do thee honour <03513> (8765)? Jug 13:18 And the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Why askest <07592> (8799) thou thus after my name <08034>, seeing it is secret <06383> (8675) <06383>? Jug 13:19 So Manoah <04495> took <03947> (8799) a kid <01423> <05795> with a meat offering <04503>, and offered <05927> (8799) it upon a rock <06697> unto the LORD <03068>: and the angel did <06213> (8800) wondrously <06381> (8688); and Manoah <04495> and his wife <0802> looked on <07200> (8802). Jug 13:20 For it came to pass, when the flame <03851> went up <05927> (8800) toward heaven <08064> from off the altar <04196>, that the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> ascended <05927> (8799) in the flame <03851> of the altar <04196>. And Manoah <04495> and his wife <0802> looked on <07200> (8802) it, and fell on <05307> (8799) their faces <06440> to the ground <0776>. Jug 13:21 But the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> did no more <03254> (8804) appear <07200> (8736) to Manoah <04495> and to his wife <0802>. Then Manoah <04495> knew <03045> (8804) that he was an angel <04397> of the LORD <03068>. Jug 13:22 And Manoah <04495> said <0559> (8799) unto his wife <0802>, We shall surely <04191> (8800) die <04191> (8799), because we have seen <07200> (8804) God <0430>. Jug 13:23 But his wife <0802> said <0559> (8799) unto him, If <03863> the LORD <03068> were pleased <02654> (8804) to kill <04191> (8687) us, he would not have received <03947> (8804) a burnt offering <05930> and a meat offering <04503> at our hands <03027>, neither would he have shewed <07200> (8689) us all these things, nor would as at this time <06256> have told <08085> (8689) us such things as these <02063>. Jug 13:24 ¶ And the woman <0802> bare <03205> (8799) a son <01121>, and called <07121> (8799) his name <08034> Samson <08123>: and the child <05288> grew <01431> (8799), and the LORD <03068> blessed <01288> (8762) him. Jug 13:25 And the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> began <02490> (8686) to move him at times <06470> (8800) in the camp <04264> of Dan <01835> between Zorah <06881> and Eshtaol <0847>. Jug 14:01 ¶ And Samson <08123> went down <03381> (8799) to Timnath <08553>, and saw <07200> (8799) a woman <0802> in Timnath <08553> of the daughters <01323> of the Philistines <06430>. Jug 14:02 And he came up <05927> (8799), and told <05046> (8686) his father <01> and his mother <0517>, and said <0559> (8799), I have seen <07200> (8804) a woman <0802> in Timnath <08553> of the daughters <01323> of the Philistines <06430>: now therefore get <03947> (8798) her for me to wife <0802>. Jug 14:03 Then his father <01> and his mother <0517> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Is there never <0369> a woman <0802> among the daughters <01323> of thy brethren <0251>, or among all my people <05971>, that thou goest <01980> (8802) to take <03947> (8800) a wife <0802> of the uncircumcised <06189> Philistines <06430>? And Samson <08123> said <0559> (8799) unto his father <01>, Get <03947> (8798) her for me; for she pleaseth me well <03474> (8804) <05869>. Jug 14:04 But his father <01> and his mother <0517> knew <03045> (8804) not that it was of the LORD <03068>, that he sought <01245> (8764) an occasion <08385> against the Philistines <06430>: for at that time <06256> the Philistines <06430> had dominion <04910> (8802) over Israel <03478>. Jug 14:05 Then went <03381> <00> Samson <08123> down <03381> (8799), and his father <01> and his mother <0517>, to Timnath <08553>, and came <0935> (8799) to the vineyards <03754> of Timnath <08553>: and, behold, a young <03715> lion <0738> roared <07580> (8802) against <07125> (8800) him. Jug 14:06 And the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> came mightily <06743> (8799) upon him, and he rent <08156> (8762) him as he would have rent <08156> (8763) a kid <01423>, and he had nothing <03972> in his hand <03027>: but he told <05046> (8689) not his father <01> or his mother <0517> what he had done <06213> (8804). Jug 14:07 And he went down <03381> (8799), and talked <01696> (8762) with the woman <0802>; and she pleased <03474> <00> Samson <08123> well <03474> (8799) <05869>. Jug 14:08 And after a time <03117> he returned <07725> (8799) to take <03947> (8800) her, and he turned aside <05493> (8799) to see <07200> (8800) 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>. Jug 14:09 And he took <07287> (8799) thereof in his hands <03709>, and went on <03212> (8799) eating <0398> (8800), and came <01980> (8800) to his father <01> and mother <0517>, and he gave <05414> (8799) them, and they did eat <0398> (8799): but he told <05046> (8689) not them that he had taken <07287> (8804) the honey <01706> out of the carcase <01472> of the lion <0738>. Jug 14:10 ¶ So his father <01> went down <03381> (8799) unto the woman <0802>: and Samson <08123> made <06213> (8799) there a feast <04960>; for so used the young men <0970> to do <06213> (8799). Jug 14:11 And it came to pass, when they saw <07200> (8800) him, that they brought <03947> (8799) thirty <07970> companions <04828> to be with him. Jug 14:12 And Samson <08123> said <0559> (8799) unto them, I will now put forth <02330> (8799) a riddle <02420> unto you: if ye can certainly <05046> (8687) declare <05046> (8686) it me within the seven <07651> days <03117> of the feast <04960>, and find it out <04672> (8804), then I will give <05414> (8804) you thirty <07970> sheets <05466> and thirty <07970> change <02487> of garments <0899>: Jug 14:13 But if ye cannot <03201> (8799) declare <05046> (8687) it me, then shall ye give <05414> (8804) me thirty <07970> sheets <05466> and thirty <07970> change <02487> of garments <0899>. And they said <0559> (8799) unto him, Put forth <02330> (8798) thy riddle <02420>, that we may hear <08085> (8799) it. Jug 14:14 And he said <0559> (8799) unto them, Out of the eater <0398> (8802) came forth <03318> (8804) meat <03978>, and out of the strong <05794> came forth <03318> (8804) sweetness <04966>. And they could <03201> (8804) not in three <07969> days <03117> expound <05046> (8687) the riddle <02420>. Jug 14:15 And it came to pass on the seventh <07637> day <03117>, that they said <0559> (8799) unto Samson’s <08123> wife <0802>, Entice <06601> (8761) thy husband <0376>, that he may declare <05046> (8686) unto us the riddle <02420>, lest we burn <08313> (8799) thee and thy father’s <01> house <01004> with fire <0784>: have ye called <07121> (8804) us to take that we have <03423> (8800)? is it not so? Jug 14:16 And Samson’s <08123> wife <0802> wept <01058> (8799) before him, and said <0559> (8799), Thou dost but hate <08130> (8804) me, and lovest <0157> (8804) me not: thou hast put forth <02330> (8804) a riddle <02420> unto the children <01121> of my people <05971>, and hast not told <05046> (8689) it me. And he said <0559> (8799) unto her, Behold, I have not told <05046> (8689) it my father <01> nor my mother <0517>, and shall I tell <05046> (8686) it thee? Jug 14:17 And she wept <01058> (8799) before him the seven <07651> days <03117>, while their feast <04960> lasted <01961> (8804): and it came to pass on the seventh <07637> day <03117>, that he told <05046> (8686) her, because she lay sore <06693> (8689) upon him: and she told <05046> (8686) the riddle <02420> to the children <01121> of her people <05971>. Jug 14:18 And the men <0582> of the city <05892> said <0559> (8799) unto him on the seventh <07637> day <03117> before the sun <02775> went down <0935> (8799), What is sweeter <04966> than honey <01706>? and what is stronger <05794> than a lion <0738>? And he said <0559> (8799) unto them, If <03884> ye had not plowed <02790> (8804) with my heifer <05697>, ye had not found out <04672> (8804) my riddle <02420>. Jug 14:19 And the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> came <06743> (8799) upon him, and he went down <03381> (8799) to Ashkelon <0831>, and slew <05221> (8686) thirty <07970> men <0376> of them, and took <03947> (8799) their spoil <02488>, and gave <05414> (8799) change <02487> of garments unto them which expounded <05046> (8688) the riddle <02420>. And his anger <0639> was kindled <02734> (8799), and he went up <05927> (8799) to his father’s <01> house <01004>. Jug 14:20 But Samson’s <08123> wife <0802> was given to his companion <04828>, whom he had used as his friend <07462> (8765). Jug 15:01 ¶ But it came to pass within a while after <03117>, in the time <03117> of wheat <02406> harvest <07105>, that Samson <08123> visited <06485> (8799) his wife <0802> with a kid <01423> <05795>; and he said <0559> (8799), I will go in <0935> (8799) to my wife <0802> into the chamber <02315>. But her father <01> would not suffer <05414> (8804) him to go in <0935> (8800). Jug 15:02 And her father <01> said <0559> (8799), I verily <0559> (8800) thought <0559> (8804) that thou hadst utterly <08130> (8800) hated <08130> (8804) her; therefore I gave <05414> (8799) her to thy companion <04828>: is not her younger <06996> sister <0269> fairer <02896> than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. Jug 15:03 And Samson <08123> said <0559> (8799) concerning them, Now <06471> shall I be more blameless <05352> (8738) than the Philistines <06430>, though I do <06213> (8802) them a displeasure <07451>. Jug 15:04 And Samson <08123> went <03212> (8799) and caught <03920> (8799) three <07969> hundred <03967> foxes <07776>, and took <03947> (8799) firebrands <03940>, and turned <06437> (8686) tail <02180> to tail <02180>, and put <07760> (8799) a <0259> firebrand <03940> in the midst <08432> between two <08147> tails <02180>. Jug 15:05 And when he had set <01197> (8686) the brands <03940> on fire <0784>, he let them go <07971> (8762) into the standing corn <07054> of the Philistines <06430>, and burnt up <01197> (8686) both the shocks <01430>, and also the standing corn <07054>, with the vineyards <03754> and olives <02132>. Jug 15:06 Then the Philistines <06430> said <0559> (8799), Who hath done <06213> (8804) this? And they answered <0559> (8799), Samson <08123>, the son in law <02860> of the Timnite <08554>, because he had taken <03947> (8804) his wife <0802>, and given <05414> (8799) her to his companion <04828>. And the Philistines <06430> came up <05927> (8799), and burnt <08313> (8799) her and her father <01> with fire <0784>. Jug 15:07 And Samson <08123> said <0559> (8799) unto them, Though <0518> ye have done <06213> (8799) this <02063>, yet will I be avenged <05358> (8738) of you, and after <0310> that I will cease <02308> (8799). Jug 15:08 And he smote <05221> (8686) them hip <07785> and <05921> thigh <03409> with a great <01419> slaughter <04347>: and he went down <03381> (8799) and dwelt <03427> (8799) in the top <05585> of the rock <05553> Etam <05862>. Jug 15:09 ¶ Then the Philistines <06430> went up <05927> (8799), and pitched <02583> (8799) in Judah <03063>, and spread <05203> (8735) themselves in Lehi <03896>. Jug 15:10 And the men <0376> of Judah <03063> said <0559> (8799), Why are ye come up <05927> (8804) against us? And they answered <0559> (8799), To bind <0631> (8800) Samson <08123> are we come up <05927> (8804), to do <06213> (8800) to him as he hath done <06213> (8804) to us. Jug 15:11 Then three <07969> thousand <0505> men <0376> of Judah <03063> went <03381> (8799) to the top <05585> of the rock <05553> Etam <05862>, and said <0559> (8799) to Samson <08123>, Knowest <03045> (8804) thou not that the Philistines <06430> are rulers <04910> (8802) over us? what is this that thou hast done <06213> (8804) unto us? And he said <0559> (8799) unto them, As they did <06213> (8804) unto me, so have I done <06213> (8804) unto them. Jug 15:12 And they said <0559> (8799) unto him, We are come down <03381> (8804) to bind <0631> (8800) thee, that we may deliver <05414> (8800) thee into the hand <03027> of the Philistines <06430>. And Samson <08123> said <0559> (8799) unto them, Swear <07650> (8734) unto me, that ye will not fall upon <06293> (8799) me yourselves. Jug 15:13 And they spake <0559> (8799) unto him, saying <0559> (8800), No; but we will bind <0631> (8799) thee fast <0631> (8800), and deliver <05414> (8804) thee into their hand <03027>: but surely <04191> (8687) we will not kill <04191> (8686) thee. And they bound <0631> (8799) him with two <08147> new <02319> cords <05688>, and brought him up <05927> (8686) from the rock <05553>. Jug 15:14 And when he came <0935> (8804) unto Lehi <03896>, the Philistines <06430> shouted <07321> (8689) against <07125> (8800) him: and the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> came mightily <06743> (8799) upon him, and the cords <05688> that were upon his arms <02220> became as flax <06593> that was burnt <01197> (8804) with fire <0784>, and his bands <0612> loosed <04549> (8735) from off his hands <03027>. Jug 15:15 And he found <04672> (8799) a new <02961> jawbone <03895> of an ass <02543>, and put forth <07971> (8799) his hand <03027>, and took <03947> (8799) it, and slew <05221> (8686) a thousand <0505> men <0376> therewith. Jug 15:16 And Samson <08123> said <0559> (8799), With the jawbone <03895> of an ass <02543>, heaps <02565> upon heaps <02565>, with the jaw <03895> of an ass <02543> have I slain <05221> (8689) a thousand <0505> men <0376>. Jug 15:17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end <03615> (8763) of speaking <01696> (8763), that he cast away <07993> (8686) the jawbone <03895> out of his hand <03027>, and called <07121> (8799) that place <04725> Ramathlehi <07437>. Jug 15:18 ¶ And he was sore <03966> athirst <06770> (8799), and called <07121> (8799) on the LORD <03068>, and said <0559> (8799), Thou hast given <05414> (8804) this great <01419> deliverance <08668> into the hand <03027> of thy servant <05650>: and now shall I die <04191> (8799) for thirst <06772>, and fall <05307> (8804) into the hand <03027> of the uncircumcised <06189>? Jug 15:19 But God <0430> clave <01234> (8799) an hollow place <04388> that was in the jaw <03895>, and there came <03318> (8799) water <04325> thereout; and when he had drunk <08354> (8799), his spirit <07307> came again <07725> (8799), and he revived <02421> (8799): wherefore he called <07121> (8802) the name <08034> thereof Enhakkore <05875>, which is in Lehi <03896> unto this day <03117>. Jug 15:20 And he judged <08199> (8799) Israel <03478> in the days <03117> of the Philistines <06430> twenty <06242> years <08141>. Jug 16:01 ¶ Then went <03212> (8799) Samson <08123> to Gaza <05804>, and saw <07200> (8799) there an harlot <0802> <02181> (8802), and went in <0935> (8799) unto her. Jug 16:02 And it was told the Gazites <05841>, saying <0559> (8800), Samson <08123> is come <0935> (8804) hither. And they compassed him in <05437> (8799), and laid wait <0693> (8799) for him all night <03915> in the gate <08179> of the city <05892>, and were quiet <02790> (8691) all the night <03915>, saying <0559> (8800), In the morning <01242>, when it is day <0216>, we shall kill <02026> (8804) him. Jug 16:03 And Samson <08123> lay <07901> (8799) till midnight <02677> <03915>, and arose <06965> (8799) at midnight <02677> <03915>, and took <0270> (8799) the doors <01817> of the gate <08179> of the city <05892>, and the two <08147> posts <04201>, and went away <05265> (8799) with them, bar <01280> and all, and put <07760> (8799) them upon his shoulders <03802>, and carried them up <05927> (8686) to the top <07218> of an hill <02022> that is before <06440> Hebron <02275>. Jug 16:04 ¶ And it came to pass afterward <0310>, that he loved <0157> (8799) a woman <0802> in the valley <05158> of Sorek <07796>, whose name <08034> was Delilah <01807>. Jug 16:05 And the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430> came up <05927> (8799) unto her, and said <0559> (8799) unto her, Entice <06601> (8761) him, and see <07200> (8798) wherein his great <01419> strength <03581> lieth, and by what means we may prevail <03201> (8799) against him, that we may bind <0631> (8804) him to afflict <06031> (8763) him: and we will give <05414> (8799) thee every one <0376> of us eleven hundred <0505> <03967> pieces of silver <03701>. Jug 16:06 And Delilah <01807> said <0559> (8799) to Samson <08123>, Tell <05046> (8685) me, I pray thee, wherein thy great <01419> strength <03581> lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound <0631> (8735) to afflict <06031> (8763) thee. Jug 16:07 And Samson <08123> said <0559> (8799) unto her, If they bind <0631> (8799) me with seven <07651> green <03892> withs <03499> that were never dried <02717> (8795), then shall I be weak <02470> (8804), and be as another <0259> man <0120>. Jug 16:08 Then the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430> brought up <05927> (8686) to her seven <07651> green <03892> withs <03499> which had not been dried <02717> (8795), and she bound <0631> (8799) him with them. Jug 16:09 Now there were men lying in wait <0693> (8802), abiding <03427> (8802) with her in the chamber <02315>. And she said <0559> (8799) unto him, The Philistines <06430> be upon thee, Samson <08123>. And he brake <05423> (8762) the withs <03499>, as a thread <06616> of tow <05296> is broken <05423> (8735) when it toucheth <07306> (8687) the fire <0784>. So his strength <03581> was not known <03045> (8738). Jug 16:10 And Delilah <01807> said <0559> (8799) unto Samson <08123>, Behold, thou hast mocked <02048> (8765) me, and told <01696> (8762) me lies <03577>: now tell <05046> (8685) me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound <0631> (8735). Jug 16:11 And he said <0559> (8799) unto her, If they bind <0631> (8799) me fast <0631> (8800) with new <02319> ropes <05688> that never were occupied <04399> <06213> (8738), then shall I be weak <02470> (8804), and be as another <0259> man <0120>. Jug 16:12 Delilah <01807> therefore took <03947> (8799) new <02319> ropes <05688>, and bound <0631> (8799) him therewith, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, The Philistines <06430> be upon thee, Samson <08123>. And there were liers in wait <0693> (8802) abiding <03427> (8802) in the chamber <02315>. And he brake <05423> (8762) them from off his arms <02220> like a thread <02339>. Jug 16:13 And Delilah <01807> said <0559> (8799) unto Samson <08123>, Hitherto <02008> thou hast mocked <02048> (8765) me, and told <01696> (8762) me lies <03577>: tell <05046> (8685) me wherewith thou mightest be bound <0631> (8735). And he said <0559> (8799) unto her, If thou weavest <0707> (8799) the seven <07651> locks <04253> of my head <07218> with the web <04545>. Jug 16:14 And she fastened <08628> (8799) it with the pin <03489>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, The Philistines <06430> be upon thee, Samson <08123>. And he awaked <03364> (8799) out of his sleep <08142>, and went away <05265> (8799) with the pin <03489> of the beam <0708>, and with the web <04545>. Jug 16:15 And she said <0559> (8799) unto him, How <0349> canst thou say <0559> (8799), I love <0157> (8804) thee, when thine heart <03820> is not with me? thou hast mocked <02048> (8765) me these three <07969> times <06471>, and hast not told <05046> (8689) me wherein thy great <01419> strength <03581> lieth. Jug 16:16 And it came to pass, when she pressed <06693> (8689) him daily <03117> with her words <01697>, and urged <0509> (8762) him, so that his soul <05315> was vexed <07114> (8799) unto death <04191> (8800); Jug 16:17 That he told <05046> (8686) her all his heart <03820>, and said <0559> (8799) unto her, There hath not come <05927> (8804) a razor <04177> upon mine head <07218>; for I have been a Nazarite <05139> unto God <0430> from my mother’s <0517> womb <0990>: if I be shaven <01548> (8795), then my strength <03581> will go <05493> (8804) from me, and I shall become weak <02470> (8804), and be like any other man <0120>. Jug 16:18 ¶ And when Delilah <01807> saw <07200> (8799) that he had told <05046> (8689) her all his heart <03820>, she sent <07971> (8799) and called <07121> (8799) for the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430>, saying <0559> (8800), Come up <05927> (8798) this once <06471>, for he hath shewed <05046> (8689) me all his heart <03820>. Then the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430> came up <05927> (8804) unto her, and brought <05927> (8686) money <03701> in their hand <03027>. Jug 16:19 And she made him sleep <03462> (8762) upon her knees <01290>; and she called <07121> (8799) for a man <0376>, and she caused him to shave off <01548> (8762) the seven <07651> locks <04253> of his head <07218>; and she began <02490> (8686) to afflict <06031> (8763) him, and his strength <03581> went <05493> (8799) from him. Jug 16:20 And she said <0559> (8799), The Philistines <06430> be upon thee, Samson <08123>. And he awoke <03364> (8799) out of his sleep <08142>, and said <0559> (8799), I will go out <03318> (8799) as at other times before <06471>, and shake <05287> (8735) myself. And he wist <03045> (8804) not that the LORD <03068> was departed <05493> (8804) from him. Jug 16:21 But the Philistines <06430> took <0270> (8799) him, and put out <05365> (8762) his eyes <05869>, and brought him down <03381> (8686) to Gaza <05804>, and bound <0631> (8799) him with fetters of brass <05178>; and he did grind <02912> (8802) in the prison <0631> (8803) house <01004>. Jug 16:22 ¶ Howbeit the hair <08181> of his head <07218> began <02490> (8686) to grow again <06779> (8763) after <0834> he was shaven <01548> (8795). Jug 16:23 Then the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430> gathered them together <0622> (8738) for to offer <02076> (8800) a great <01419> sacrifice <02077> unto Dagon <01712> their god <0430>, and to rejoice <08057>: for they said <0559> (8799), Our god <0430> hath delivered <05414> (8804) Samson <08123> our enemy <0341> (8802) into our hand <03027>. Jug 16:24 And when the people <05971> saw <07200> (8799) him, they praised <01984> (8762) their god <0430>: for they said <0559> (8804), Our god <0430> hath delivered <05414> (8804) into our hands <03027> our enemy <0341> (8802), and the destroyer <02717> (8688) of our country <0776>, which slew <02491> many <07235> (8689) of us. Jug 16:25 And it came to pass, when their hearts <03820> were merry <02896>, that they said <0559> (8799), Call <07121> (8798) for Samson <08123>, that he may make us sport <07832> (8762). And they called <07121> (8799) for Samson <08123> out of the prison <0631> (8803) house <01004>; and he made them <06440> sport <06711> (8762): and they set <05975> (8686) him between the pillars <05982>. Jug 16:26 And Samson <08123> said <0559> (8799) unto the lad <05288> that held <02388> (8688) him by the hand <03027>, Suffer <03240> (8685) me that I may feel <04184> (8685) (8675) <03237> (8685) the pillars <05982> whereupon the house <01004> standeth <03559> (8737), that I may lean <08172> (8735) upon them. Jug 16:27 Now the house <01004> was full <04390> (8804) 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> (8802) while Samson <08123> made sport <07832> (8800). Jug 16:28 And Samson <08123> called <07121> (8799) unto the LORD <03068>, and said <0559> (8799), O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>, remember <02142> (8798) me, I pray thee, and strengthen <02388> (8761) me, I pray thee, only this once <06471>, O God <0430>, that I may be at once <0259> avenged <05358> (8735) <05359> of the Philistines <06430> for my two <08147> eyes <05869>. Jug 16:29 And Samson <08123> took hold <03943> (8799) of the two <08147> middle <08432> pillars <05982> upon which the house <01004> stood <03559> (8737), and on which it was borne up <05564> (8735), of the one <0259> with his right hand <03225>, and of the other <0259> with his left <08040>. Jug 16:30 And Samson <08123> said <0559> (8799), Let me die <04191> (8799) <05315> with the Philistines <06430>. And he bowed <05186> (8799) himself with all his might <03581>; and the house <01004> fell <05307> (8799) upon the lords <05633>, and upon all the people <05971> that were therein. So the dead <04191> (8801) which he slew <04191> (8689) at his death <04194> were more <07227> than they which he slew <04191> (8689) in his life <02416>. Jug 16:31 Then his brethren <0251> and all the house <01004> of his father <01> came down <03381> (8799), and took <05375> (8799) him, and brought him up <05927> (8799), and buried <06912> (8799) him between Zorah <06881> and Eshtaol <0847> in the buryingplace <06913> of Manoah <04495> his father <01>. And he judged <08199> (8804) Israel <03478> twenty <06242> years <08141>. Jug 17:01 ¶ And there was a man <0376> of mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>, whose name <08034> was Micah <04321>. Jug 17:02 And he said <0559> (8799) unto his mother <0517>, The eleven hundred <0505> <03967> shekels of silver <03701> that were taken <03947> (8795) from thee, about which thou cursedst <0422> (8804), and spakest <0559> (8804) of also in mine ears <0241>, behold, the silver <03701> is with me; I took <03947> (8804) it. And his mother <0517> said <0559> (8799), Blessed <01288> (8803) be thou of the LORD <03068>, my son <01121>. Jug 17:03 And when he had restored <07725> (8686) the eleven hundred <0505> <03967> shekels of silver <03701> to his mother <0517>, his mother <0517> said <0559> (8799), I had wholly <06942> (8687) dedicated <06942> (8689) the silver <03701> unto the LORD <03068> from my hand <03027> for my son <01121>, to make <06213> (8800) a graven image <06459> and a molten image <04541>: now therefore I will restore <07725> (8686) it unto thee. Jug 17:04 Yet he restored <07725> (8686) the money <03701> unto his mother <0517>; and his mother <0517> took <03947> (8799) two hundred <03967> shekels of silver <03701>, and gave <05414> (8799) them to the founder <06884> (8802), who made <06213> (8799) thereof a graven image <06459> and a molten image <04541>: and they were in the house <01004> of Micah <04321>. Jug 17:05 And the man <0376> Micah <04318> had an house <01004> of gods <0430>, and made <06213> (8799) an ephod <0646>, and teraphim <08655>, and consecrated <04390> (8762) <03027> one <0259> of his sons <01121>, who became his priest <03548>. Jug 17:06 In those days <03117> there was no king <04428> in Israel <03478>, but every man <0376> did <06213> (8799) that which was right <03477> in his own eyes <05869>. Jug 17:07 ¶ And there was a young man <05288> out of Bethlehemjudah <01035> <03063> of the family <04940> of Judah <03063>, who was a Levite <03881>, and he sojourned <01481> (8804) there. Jug 17:08 And the man <0376> departed <03212> (8799) out of the city <05892> from Bethlehemjudah <01035> <03063> to sojourn <01481> (8800) where he could find <04672> (8799) a place: and he came <0935> (8799) to mount <02022> Ephraim <0669> to the house <01004> of Micah <04318>, as he journeyed <06213> (8800) <01870>. Jug 17:09 And Micah <04318> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Whence <0370> comest <0935> (8799) thou? And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, I am a Levite <03881> of Bethlehemjudah <01035> <03063>, and I go <01980> (8802) to sojourn <01481> (8800) where I may find <04672> (8799) a place. Jug 17:10 And Micah <04318> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Dwell <03427> (8798) with me, and be unto me a father <01> and a priest <03548>, and I will give <05414> (8799) thee ten <06235> shekels of silver <03701> by the year <03117>, and a suit <06187> of apparel <0899>, and thy victuals <04241>. So the Levite <03881> went in <03212> (8799). Jug 17:11 And the Levite <03881> was content <02974> (8686) to dwell <03427> (8800) with the man <0376>; and the young man <05288> was unto him as one <0259> of his sons <01121>. Jug 17:12 And Micah <04318> consecrated <04390> (8762) <03027> the Levite <03881>; and the young man <05288> became his priest <03548>, and was in the house <01004> of Micah <04318>. Jug 17:13 Then said <0559> (8799) Micah <04318>, Now know <03045> (8804) I that the LORD <03068> will do me good <03190> (8686), seeing I have a Levite <03881> to my priest <03548>. Jug 18:01 ¶ 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> (8764) them an inheritance <05159> to dwell in <03427> (8800); for unto that day <03117> all their inheritance <05159> had not fallen <05307> (8804) unto them among <08432> the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>. Jug 18:02 And the children <01121> of Dan <01835> sent <07971> (8799) of their family <04940> five <02568> men <0582> from their coasts <07098>, men <01121> of valour <02428>, from Zorah <06881>, and from Eshtaol <0847>, to spy <07270> (8763) out the land <0776>, and to search <02713> (8800) it; and they said <0559> (8799) unto them, Go <03212> (8798), search <02713> (8798) the land <0776>: who when they came <0935> (8799) to mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>, to the house <01004> of Micah <04318>, they lodged <03885> (8799) there. Jug 18:03 When they were by the house <01004> of Micah <04318>, they knew <05234> (8689) the voice <06963> of the young man <05288> the Levite <03881>: and they turned in <05493> (8799) thither, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Who brought <0935> (8689) thee hither <01988>? and what makest <06213> (8802) thou in this place? and what hast thou here? Jug 18:04 And he said <0559> (8799) unto them, Thus <02090> and thus <02090> dealeth <06213> (8804) Micah <04318> with me, and hath hired <07936> (8799) me, and I am his priest <03548>. Jug 18:05 And they said <0559> (8799) unto him, Ask counsel <07592> (8798), we pray thee, of God <0430>, that we may know <03045> (8799) whether our way <01870> which we go <01980> (8802) shall be prosperous <06743> (8686). Jug 18:06 And the priest <03548> said <0559> (8799) unto them, Go <03212> (8798) in peace <07965>: before <05227> the LORD <03068> is your way <01870> wherein ye go <03212> (8799). Jug 18:07 ¶ Then the five <02568> men <0582> departed <03212> (8799), and came <0935> (8799) to Laish <03919>, and saw <07200> (8799) the people <05971> that were therein <07130>, how they dwelt <03427> (8802) careless <0983>, after the manner <04941> of the Zidonians <06722>, quiet <08252> (8802) and secure <0982> (8802); and there was no magistrate <03423> (8802) <06114> in the land <0776>, that might put them to shame <03637> (8688) in any thing <01697>; and they were far <07350> from the Zidonians <06722>, and had no business <01697> with any man <0120>. Jug 18:08 And they came <0935> (8799) unto their brethren <0251> to Zorah <06881> and Eshtaol <0847>: and their brethren <0251> said <0559> (8799) unto them, What say ye? Jug 18:09 And they said <0559> (8799), Arise <06965> (8798), that we may go up <05927> (8799) against them: for we have seen <07200> (8804) the land <0776>, and, behold, it is very <03966> good <02896>: and are ye still <02814> (8688)? be not slothful <06101> (8735) to go <03212> (8800), and to enter <0935> (8800) to possess <03423> (8800) the land <0776>. Jug 18:10 When ye go <0935> (8800), ye shall come <0935> (8799) unto a people <05971> secure <0982> (8802), and to a large <07342> land <0776>: for God <0430> hath given <05414> (8804) it into your hands <03027>; a place <04725> where there is no want <04270> of any thing <01697> that is in the earth <0776>. Jug 18:11 And there went <05265> (8799) from thence 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> (8803) with weapons <03627> of war <04421>. Jug 18:12 And they went up <05927> (8799), and pitched <02583> (8799) in Kirjathjearim <07157>, in Judah <03063>: wherefore they called <07121> (8804) that place <04725> Mahanehdan <04265> unto this day <03117>: behold, it is behind <0310> Kirjathjearim <07157>. Jug 18:13 And they passed <05674> (8799) thence unto mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>, and came <0935> (8799) unto the house <01004> of Micah <04318>. Jug 18:14 ¶ Then answered <06030> (8799) the five <02568> men <0582> that went <01980> (8802) to spy out <07270> (8763) the country <0776> of Laish <03919>, and said <0559> (8799) unto their brethren <0251>, Do ye know <03045> (8804) 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> (8798) what ye have to do <06213> (8799). Jug 18:15 And they turned <05493> (8799) thitherward, and came <0935> (8799) to the house <01004> of the young man <05288> the Levite <03881>, even unto the house <01004> of Micah <04318>, and saluted <07592> (8799) <07965> him. Jug 18:16 And the six <08337> hundred <03967> men <0376> appointed <02296> (8803) with their weapons <03627> of war <04421>, which were of the children <01121> of Dan <01835>, stood <05324> (8737) by the entering <06607> of the gate <08179>. Jug 18:17 And the five <02568> men <0582> that went <01980> (8802) to spy out <07270> (8763) the land <0776> went up <05927> (8799), and came in <0935> (8804) thither, and took <03947> (8804) the graven image <06459>, and the ephod <0646>, and the teraphim <08655>, and the molten image <04541>: and the priest <03548> stood <05324> (8737) in the entering <06607> of the gate <08179> with the six <08337> hundred <03967> men <0376> that were appointed <02296> (8803) with weapons <03627> of war <04421>. Jug 18:18 And these went <0935> (8804) into Micah’s <04318> house <01004>, and fetched <03947> (8799) the carved image <06459>, the ephod <0646>, and the teraphim <08655>, and the molten image <04541>. Then said <0559> (8799) the priest <03548> unto them, What do <06213> (8802) ye? Jug 18:19 And they said <0559> (8799) unto him, Hold thy peace <02790> (8685), lay <07760> (8798) thine hand <03027> upon thy mouth <06310>, and go <03212> (8798) with us, and be to us <01961> (8800) a father <01> and a priest <03548>: is it better <02896> for thee to be a priest <03548> unto the house <01004> of one <0259> man <0376>, or that thou be a priest <03548> unto a tribe <07626> and a family <04940> in Israel <03478>? Jug 18:20 And the priest’s <03548> heart <03820> was glad <03190> (8799), and he took <03947> (8799) the ephod <0646>, and the teraphim <08655>, and the graven image <06459>, and went in <0935> (8799) the midst <07130> of the people <05971>. Jug 18:21 So they turned <06437> (8799) and departed <03212> (8799), and put <07760> (8799) the little ones <02945> and the cattle <04735> and the carriage <03520> before <06440> them. Jug 18:22 And when they were a good way <07368> (8689) 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> (8738), and overtook <01692> (8686) the children <01121> of Dan <01835>. Jug 18:23 And they cried <07121> (8799) unto the children <01121> of Dan <01835>. And they turned <05437> (8686) their faces <06440>, and said <0559> (8799) unto Micah <04318>, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company <02199> (8738)? Jug 18:24 And he said <0559> (8799), Ye have taken away <03947> (8804) my gods <0430> which I made <06213> (8804), and the priest <03548>, and ye are gone away <03212> (8799): and what have I more? and what is this that ye say <0559> (8799) unto me, What aileth thee? Jug 18:25 And the children <01121> of Dan <01835> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Let not thy voice <06963> be heard <08085> (8686) among us, lest angry <04751> <05315> fellows <0582> run <06293> (8799) upon thee, and thou lose <0622> (8804) thy life <05315>, with the lives <05315> of thy household <01004>. Jug 18:26 And the children <01121> of Dan <01835> went <03212> (8799) their way <01870>: and when Micah <04318> saw <07200> (8799) that they were too strong <02389> for him, he turned <06437> (8799) and went back <07725> (8799) unto his house <01004>. Jug 18:27 ¶ And they took <03947> (8804) the things which Micah <04318> had made <06213> (8804), and the priest <03548> which he had, and came <0935> (8799) unto Laish <03919>, unto a people <05971> that were at quiet <08252> (8802) and secure <0982> (8802): and they smote <05221> (8686) them with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>, and burnt <08313> (8804) the city <05892> with fire <0784>. Jug 18:28 And there was no deliverer <05337> (8688), 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> (8799) a city <05892>, and dwelt <03427> (8799) therein. Jug 18:29 And they called <07121> (8799) the name <08034> of the city <05892> Dan <01835>, after the name <08034> of Dan <01835> their father <01>, who was born <03205> (8795) unto Israel <03478>: howbeit <0199> the name <08034> of the city <05892> was Laish <03919> at the first <07223>. Jug 18:30 And the children <01121> of Dan <01835> set up <06965> (8686) 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> (8800) of the land <0776>. Jug 18:31 And they set them up <07760> (8799) Micah’s <04318> graven image <06459>, which he made <06213> (8804), all the time <03117> that the house <01004> of God <0430> was in Shiloh <07887>. Jug 19:01 ¶ 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> sojourning <01481> (8802) on the side <03411> of mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>, who took <03947> (8799) to him a concubine <0802> <06370> out of Bethlehemjudah <01035> <03063>. Jug 19:02 And his concubine <06370> played the whore <02181> (8799) against him, and went away <03212> (8799) from him unto her father’s <01> house <01004> to Bethlehemjudah <01035> <03063>, and was there four <0702> whole months <02320> <03117>. Jug 19:03 And her husband <0376> arose <06965> (8799), and went <03212> (8799) after <0310> her, to speak <01696> (8763) friendly <03820> unto her, and to bring her again <07725> (8687), having his servant <05288> with him, and a couple <06776> of asses <02543>: and she brought <0935> (8686) him into her father’s <01> house <01004>: and when the father <01> of the damsel <05291> saw <07200> (8799) him, he rejoiced <08055> (8799) to meet <07125> (8800) him. Jug 19:04 And his father in law <02859> (8802), the damsel’s <05291> father <01>, retained <02388> (8686) him; and he abode <03427> (8799) with him three <07969> days <03117>: so they did eat <0398> (8799) and drink <08354> (8799), and lodged <03885> (8799) there. Jug 19:05 And it came to pass on the fourth <07243> day <03117>, when they arose early <07925> (8686) in the morning <01242>, that he rose up <06965> (8799) to depart <03212> (8800): and the damsel’s <05291> father <01> said <0559> (8799) unto his son in law <02860>, Comfort <05582> (8798) thine heart <03820> with a morsel <06595> of bread <03899>, and afterward <0310> go your way <03212> (8799). Jug 19:06 And they sat down <03427> (8799), and did eat <0398> (8799) and drink <08354> (8799) both <08147> of them together <03162>: for the damsel’s <05291> father <01> had said <0559> (8799) unto the man <0376>, Be content <02974> (8685), I pray thee, and tarry all night <03885> (8798), and let thine heart <03820> be merry <03190> (8799). Jug 19:07 And when the man <0376> rose up <06965> (8799) to depart <03212> (8800), his father in law <02859> (8802) urged <06484> (8799) him: therefore he lodged <03885> (8799) there again <07725> (8799). Jug 19:08 And he arose early <07925> (8686) in the morning <01242> on the fifth <02549> day <03117> to depart <03212> (8800): and the damsel’s <05291> father <01> said <0559> (8799), Comfort <05582> (8798) thine heart <03824>, I pray thee. And they tarried <04102> (8701) until afternoon <03117> <05186> (8800), and they did eat <0398> (8799) both <08147> of them. Jug 19:09 And when the man <0376> rose up <06965> (8799) to depart <03212> (8800), he, and his concubine <06370>, and his servant <05288>, his father in law <02859> (8802), the damsel’s <05291> father <01>, said <0559> (8799) unto him, Behold, now the day <03117> draweth <07503> (8804) toward evening <06150> (8800), I pray you tarry all night <03885> (8798): behold, the day <03117> groweth to an end <02583> (8800), lodge <03885> (8798) here, that thine heart <03824> may be merry <03190> (8799); and to morrow <04279> get you early <07925> (8689) on your way <01870>, that thou mayest go <01980> (8804) home <0168>. Jug 19:10 But the man <0376> would <014> (8804) not tarry that night <03885> (8800), but he rose up <06965> (8799) and departed <03212> (8799), and came <0935> (8799) over against <05227> Jebus <02982>, which is Jerusalem <03389>; and there were with him two <06776> asses <02543> saddled <02280> (8803), his concubine <06370> also was with him. Jug 19:11 And when they were by Jebus <02982>, the day <03117> was far <03966> spent <07286> (8804); and the servant <05288> said <0559> (8799) unto his master <0113>, Come <03212> (8798), I pray thee, and let us turn in <05493> (8799) into this city <05892> of the Jebusites <02983>, and lodge <03885> (8799) in it. Jug 19:12 And his master <0113> said <0559> (8799) unto him, We will not turn aside <05493> (8799) hither into the city <05892> of a stranger <05237>, that is not of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>; we will pass over <05674> (8804) to Gibeah <01390>. Jug 19:13 And he said <0559> (8799) unto his servant <05288>, Come <03212> (8798), and let us draw near <07126> (8799) to one <0259> of these places <04725> to lodge all night <03885> (8804), in Gibeah <01390>, or in Ramah <07414>. Jug 19:14 And they passed on <05674> (8799) and went their way <03212> (8799); and the sun <08121> went down <0935> (8799) upon them when they were by <0681> Gibeah <01390>, which belongeth to Benjamin <01144>. Jug 19:15 And they turned aside <05493> (8799) thither, to go in <0935> (8800) and to lodge <03885> (8800) in Gibeah <01390>: and when he went in <0935> (8799), he sat him down <03427> (8799) in a street <07339> of the city <05892>: for there was no man <0376> that took <0622> (8764) them into his house <01004> to lodging <03885> (8800). Jug 19:16 ¶ And, behold, there came <0935> (8804) an old <02205> man <0376> from his work <04639> out of the field <07704> at even <06153>, which was also <0376> of mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>; and he sojourned <01481> (8804) in Gibeah <01390>: but the men <0582> of the place <04725> were Benjamites <01145>. Jug 19:17 And when he had lifted up <05375> (8799) his eyes <05869>, he saw <07200> (8799) a wayfaring <0732> (8802) man <0376> in the street <07339> of the city <05892>: and the old <02205> man <0376> said <0559> (8799), Whither goest <03212> (8799) thou? and whence <0370> comest <0935> (8799) thou? Jug 19:18 And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, We are passing <05674> (8802) from Bethlehemjudah <01035> <03063> toward the side <03411> of mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>; from thence am I: and I went <03212> (8799) to Bethlehemjudah <01035> <03063>, but I am now going <01980> (8802) to the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>; and there is no man <0376> that receiveth <0622> (8764) me to house <01004>. Jug 19:19 Yet there is <03426> both straw <08401> and provender <04554> for our asses <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>. Jug 19:20 And the old <02205> man <0376> said <0559> (8799), Peace <07965> be with thee; howsoever <07535> let all thy wants <04270> lie upon me; only lodge <03885> (8799) not in the street <07339>. Jug 19:21 So he brought <0935> (8686) him into his house <01004>, and gave provender <01101> (8799) unto the asses <02543>: and they washed <07364> (8799) their feet <07272>, and did eat <0398> (8799) and drink <08354> (8799). Jug 19:22 ¶ Now as they were making their hearts <03820> merry <03190> (8688), behold, the men <0582> of the city <05892>, certain <0582> sons <01121> of Belial <01100>, beset <05437> <00> the house <01004> round about <05437> (8738), and beat <01849> (8693) at the door <01817>, and spake <0559> (8799) to the master <01167> of the house <01004>, the old <02205> man <0376>, saying <0559> (8800), Bring forth <03318> (8685) the man <0376> that came <0935> (8804) into thine house <01004>, that we may know <03045> (8799) him. Jug 19:23 And the man <0376>, the master <01167> of the house <01004>, went out <03318> (8799) unto them, and said <0559> (8799) unto them, Nay <0408>, my brethren <0251>, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly <07489> (8686); seeing <0310> that this man <0376> is come <0935> (8804) into mine house <01004>, do <06213> (8799) not this folly <05039>. Jug 19:24 Behold, here is my daughter <01323> a maiden <01330>, and his concubine <06370>; them I will bring out <03318> (8686) now, and humble <06031> (8761) ye them, and do <06213> (8798) with them what seemeth <05869> good <02896> unto you: but unto this man <0376> do <06213> (8799) not so <02063> vile <05039> a thing <01697>. Jug 19:25 But the men <0582> would <014> (8804) not hearken <08085> (8800) to him: so the man <0376> took <02388> (8686) his concubine <06370>, and brought <03318> (8686) her forth <02351> unto them; and they knew <03045> (8799) her, and abused <05953> (8691) her all the night <03915> until the morning <01242>: and when the day <07837> began to spring <05927> (8800), they let her go <07971> (8762). Jug 19:26 Then came <0935> (8799) the woman <0802> in the dawning <06437> (8800) of the day <01242>, and fell down <05307> (8799) at the door <06607> of the man’s <0376> house <01004> where her lord <0113> was, till it was light <0216>. Jug 19:27 And her lord <0113> rose up <06965> (8799) in the morning <01242>, and opened <06605> (8799) the doors <01817> of the house <01004>, and went out <03318> (8799) to go <03212> (8800) his way <01870>: and, behold, the woman <0802> his concubine <06370> was fallen down <05307> (8802) at the door <06607> of the house <01004>, and her hands <03027> were upon the threshold <05592>. Jug 19:28 And he said <0559> (8799) unto her, Up <06965> (8798), and let us be going <03212> (8799). But none answered <06030> (8802). Then the man <0376> took <03947> (8799) her up upon an ass <02543>, and the man <0376> rose up <06965> (8799), and gat <03212> (8799) him unto his place <04725>. Jug 19:29 And when he was come <0935> (8799) into his house <01004>, he took <03947> (8799) a knife <03979>, and laid hold <02388> (8686) on his concubine <06370>, and divided <05408> (8762) her, together with her bones <06106>, into twelve <08147> <06240> pieces <05409>, and sent <07971> (8762) her into all the coasts <01366> of Israel <03478>. Jug 19:30 And it was so <01961> (8738), that all that saw <07200> (8802) it said <0559> (8804), There was no such deed <02063> done nor seen <07200> (8738) from the day <03117> that the children <01121> of Israel <03478> came up <05927> (8800) out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> unto this day <03117>: consider <07760> (8798) of it, take advice <05779> (8798), and speak <01696> (8761) your minds. Jug 20:01 ¶ Then all the children <01121> of Israel <03478> went out <03318> (8799), and the congregation <05712> was gathered together <06950> (8735) as one <0259> man <0376>, from Dan <01835> even to Beersheba <0884>, with the land <0776> of Gilead <01568>, unto the LORD <03068> in Mizpeh <04709>. Jug 20:02 And the chief <06438> of all the people <05971>, even of all the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>, presented <03320> (8691) themselves in the assembly <06951> of the people <05971> of God <0430>, four <0702> hundred <03967> thousand <0505> footmen <0376> <07273> that drew <08025> (8802) sword <02719>. Jug 20:03 (Now the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> heard <08085> (8799) that the children <01121> of Israel <03478> were gone up <05927> (8804) to Mizpeh <04709>.) Then said <0559> (8799) the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, Tell <01696> (8761) us, how was <01961> (8738) this wickedness <07451>? Jug 20:04 And the Levite <03881> <0376>, the husband <0376> of the woman <0802> that was slain <07523> (8737), answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799), I came <0935> (8804) into Gibeah <01390> that belongeth to Benjamin <01144>, I and my concubine <06370>, to lodge <03885> (8800). Jug 20:05 And the men <01167> of Gibeah <01390> rose <06965> (8799) against me, and beset <05437> <00> the house <01004> round about <05437> (8799) upon me by night <03915>, and thought <01819> (8765) to have slain <02026> (8800) me: and my concubine <06370> have they forced <06031> (8765), that she is dead <04191> (8799). Jug 20:06 And I took <0270> (8799) my concubine <06370>, and cut her in pieces <05408> (8762), and sent <07971> (8762) her throughout all the country <07704> of the inheritance <05159> of Israel <03478>: for they have committed <06213> (8804) lewdness <02154> and folly <05039> in Israel <03478>. Jug 20:07 Behold, ye are all children <01121> of Israel <03478>; give <03051> (8798) here <01988> your advice <01697> and counsel <06098>. Jug 20:08 And all the people <05971> arose <06965> (8799) as one <0259> man <0376>, saying <0559> (8800), We will not any <0376> of us go <03212> (8799) to his tent <0168>, neither will we any <0376> of us turn <05493> (8799) into his house <01004>. Jug 20:09 But now this shall be the thing <01697> which we will do <06213> (8799) to Gibeah <01390>; we will go up by lot <01486> against it; Jug 20:10 And we will take <03947> (8804) 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> (8800) victual <06720> for the people <05971>, that they may do <06213> (8800), when they come <0935> (8800) to Gibeah <01387> of Benjamin <01144>, according to all the folly <05039> that they have wrought <06213> (8804) in Israel <03478>. Jug 20:11 So all the men <0376> of Israel <03478> were gathered <0622> (8735) against the city <05892>, knit together <02270> as one <0259> man <0376>. Jug 20:12 ¶ And the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> sent <07971> (8799) men <0582> through all the tribe <07626> of Benjamin <01144>, saying <0559> (8800), What wickedness <07451> is this that is done <01961> (8738) among you? Jug 20:13 Now therefore deliver <05414> (8798) us the men <0582>, the children <01121> of Belial <01100>, which are in Gibeah <01390>, that we may put them to death <04191> (8686), and put away <01197> (8762) evil <07451> from Israel <03478>. But the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> would <014> (8804) not hearken <08085> (8800) to the voice <06963> of their brethren <0251> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>: Jug 20:14 But the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> gathered themselves together <0622> (8735) out of the cities <05892> unto Gibeah <01390>, to go out <03318> (8800) to battle <04421> against the children <01121> of Israel <03478>. Jug 20:15 And the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> were numbered <06485> (8691) at that time <03117> out of the cities <05892> twenty <06242> and six <08337> thousand <0505> men <0376> that drew <08025> (8802) sword <02719>, beside the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Gibeah <01390>, which were numbered <06485> (8694) seven <07651> hundred <03967> chosen <0977> (8803) men <0376>. Jug 20:16 Among all this people <05971> there were seven <07651> hundred <03967> chosen <0977> (8803) men <0376> lefthanded <0334> <03027> <03225>; every one could sling <07049> (8802) stones <068> at an hair <08185> breadth, and not miss <02398> (8686). Jug 20:17 And the men <0376> of Israel <03478>, beside Benjamin <01144>, were numbered <06485> (8694) four <0702> hundred <03967> thousand <0505> men <0376> that drew <08025> (8802) sword <02719>: all these were men <0376> of war <04421>. Jug 20:18 ¶ And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> arose <06965> (8799), and went up <05927> (8799) to the house <01004> of God <0430> (8677) <01008>, and asked <07592> (8799) counsel of God <0430>, and said <0559> (8799), Which <04310> of us shall go up <05927> (8799) first <08462> to the battle <04421> against the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144>? And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799), Judah <03063> shall go up first <08462>. Jug 20:19 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> rose up <06965> (8799) in the morning <01242>, and encamped <02583> (8799) against Gibeah <01390>. Jug 20:20 And the men <0376> of Israel <03478> went out <03318> (8799) to battle <04421> against Benjamin <01144>; and the men <0376> of Israel <03478> put themselves in array <06186> (8799) to fight <04421> against them at Gibeah <01390>. Jug 20:21 And the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> came forth <03318> (8799) out of Gibeah <01390>, and destroyed down <07843> (8686) to the ground <0776> of the Israelites <03478> that day <03117> twenty <06242> and two <08147> thousand <0505> men <0376>. Jug 20:22 And the people <05971> the men <0376> of Israel <03478> encouraged <02388> (8691) themselves, and set their battle <04421> again <03254> (8686) in array <06186> (8800) in the place <04725> where they put themselves in array <06186> (8804) the first <07223> day <03117>. Jug 20:23 (And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> went up <05927> (8799) and wept <01058> (8799) before <06440> the LORD <03068> until even <06153>, and asked <07592> (8799) counsel of the LORD <03068>, saying <0559> (8800), Shall I go up <05066> (8800) again <03254> (8686) to battle <04421> against the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> my brother <0251>? And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799), Go up <05927> (8798) against him.) Jug 20:24 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> came near <07126> (8799) against the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> the second <08145> day <03117>. Jug 20:25 And Benjamin <01144> went forth <03318> (8799) against <07125> (8800) them out of Gibeah <01390> the second <08145> day <03117>, and destroyed down <07843> (8686) to the ground <0776> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478> again eighteen <08083> <06240> thousand <0505> men <0376>; all these drew <08025> (8802) the sword <02719>. Jug 20:26 ¶ Then all the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, and all the people <05971>, went up <05927> (8799), and came <0935> (8799) unto the house <01004> of God <0430> (8677) <01008>, and wept <01058> (8799), and sat <03427> (8799) there before <06440> the LORD <03068>, and fasted <06684> (8799) that day <03117> until even <06153>, and offered <05927> (8686) burnt offerings <05930> and peace offerings <08002> before <06440> the LORD <03068>. Jug 20:27 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> enquired <07592> (8799) of the LORD <03068>, (for the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of God <0430> was there in those days <03117>, Jug 20:28 And Phinehas <06372>, the son <01121> of Eleazar <0499>, the son <01121> of Aaron <0175>, stood <05975> (8802) before <06440> it in those days <03117>,) saying <0559> (8800), Shall I yet again <03254> (8686) go out <03318> (8800) to battle <04421> against the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> my brother <0251>, or shall I cease <02308> (8799)? And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799), Go up <05927> (8798); for to morrow <04279> I will deliver <05414> (8799) them into thine hand <03027>. Jug 20:29 And Israel <03478> set <07760> (8799) liers in wait <0693> (8802) round about <05439> Gibeah <01390>. Jug 20:30 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> went up <05927> (8799) against the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> on the third <07992> day <03117>, and put themselves in array <06186> (8799) against Gibeah <01390>, as at other times <06471>. Jug 20:31 And the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> went out <03318> (8799) against <07125> (8800) the people <05971>, and were drawn away <05423> (8717) from the city <05892>; and they began <02490> (8686) to smite <05221> (8687) of the people <05971>, and kill <02491>, as at other times <06471>, in the highways <04546>, of which one <0259> goeth up <05927> (8802) to the house <01004> of God <0430> (8677) <01008>, and the other <0259> to Gibeah <01390> in the field <07704>, about thirty <07970> men <0376> of Israel <03478>. Jug 20:32 And the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> said <0559> (8799), They are smitten down <05062> (8737) before <06440> us, as at the first <07223>. But the children <01121> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8804), Let us flee <05127> (8799), and draw <05423> (8804) them from the city <05892> unto the highways <04546>. Jug 20:33 And all the men <0376> of Israel <03478> rose up <06965> (8804) out of their place <04725>, and put themselves in array <06186> (8799) at Baaltamar <01193>: and the liers in wait <0693> (8802) of Israel <03478> came forth <01518> (8688) out of their places <04725>, even out of the meadows <04629> of Gibeah <01387>. Jug 20:34 And there came <0935> (8799) against <05048> Gibeah <01390> ten <06235> thousand <0505> chosen <0977> (8803) men <0376> out of all Israel <03478>, and the battle <04421> was sore <03513> (8804): but they knew <03045> (8804) not that evil <07451> was near <05060> (8802) them. Jug 20:35 And the LORD <03068> smote <05062> (8799) Benjamin <01144> before <06440> Israel <03478>: and the children <01121> of Israel <03478> destroyed <07843> (8686) of the Benjamites <01145> that day <03117> twenty <06242> and five <02568> thousand <0505> and an hundred <03967> men <0376>: all these drew <08025> (8802) the sword <02719>. Jug 20:36 So the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> saw <07200> (8799) that they were smitten <05062> (8738): for the men <0376> of Israel <03478> gave <05414> (8799) place <04725> to the Benjamites <01145>, because they trusted <0982> (8804) unto the liers in wait <0693> (8802) which they had set <07760> (8804) beside Gibeah <01390>. Jug 20:37 And the liers in wait <0693> (8802) hasted <02363> (8689), and rushed <06584> (8799) upon Gibeah <01390>; and the liers in wait <0693> (8802) drew themselves along <04900> (8799), and smote <05221> (8686) all the city <05892> with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>. Jug 20:38 Now there was an appointed sign <04150> between the men <0376> of Israel <03478> and <05973> the liers in wait <0693> (8802), that they should make a great <07235> (8685) flame <04864> with smoke <06227> rise up <05927> (8687) out of the city <05892>. Jug 20:39 And when the men <0376> of Israel <03478> retired <02015> (8799) in the battle <04421>, Benjamin <01144> began <02490> (8689) to smite <05221> (8687) and kill <02491> of the men <0376> of Israel <03478> about thirty <07970> persons <0376>: for they said <0559> (8804), Surely <05062> (8736) they are smitten down <05062> (8737) before <06440> us, as in the first <07223> battle <04421>. Jug 20:40 But when the flame <04864> began <02490> (8689) to arise up <05927> (8800) out of the city <05892> with a pillar <05982> of smoke <06227>, the Benjamites <01145> looked <06437> (8799) behind <0310> them, and, behold, the flame <03632> of the city <05892> ascended up <05927> (8804) to heaven <08064>. Jug 20:41 And when the men <0376> of Israel <03478> turned again <02015> (8804), the men <0376> of Benjamin <01144> were amazed <0926> (8735): for they saw <07200> (8804) that evil <07451> was come <05060> (8804) upon them. Jug 20:42 Therefore they turned <06437> (8799) their backs before <06440> the men <0376> of Israel <03478> unto the way <01870> of the wilderness <04057>; but the battle <04421> overtook <01692> (8689) them; and them which came out of the cities <05892> they destroyed <07843> (8688) in the midst <08432> of them. Jug 20:43 Thus they inclosed <03803> (8765) the Benjamites <01145> round about <03803> (8765), and chased <07291> (8689) them, and trode them down <01869> (8689) with ease <04496> over against <05227> Gibeah <01390> toward the sunrising <04217> <08121>. Jug 20:44 And there fell <05307> (8799) of Benjamin <01144> eighteen <08083> <06240> thousand <0505> men <0376>; all these were men <0582> of valour <02428>. Jug 20:45 And they turned <06437> (8799) and fled <05127> (8799) toward the wilderness <04057> unto the rock <05553> of Rimmon <07417>: and they gleaned <05953> (8779) of them in the highways <04546> five <02568> thousand <0505> men <0376>; and pursued <01692> (8686) hard after <0310> them unto Gidom <01440>, and slew <05221> (8686) two thousand <0505> men <0376> of them. Jug 20:46 So that all which fell <05307> (8802) that day <03117> of Benjamin <01144> were twenty <06242> and five <02568> thousand <0505> men <0376> that drew <08025> (8802) the sword <02719>; all these were men <0582> of valour <02428>. Jug 20:47 But six <08337> hundred <03967> men <0376> turned <06437> (8799) and fled <05127> (8799) to the wilderness <04057> unto the rock <05553> Rimmon <07417>, and abode <03427> (8799) in the rock <05553> Rimmon <07417> four <0702> months <02320>. Jug 20:48 And the men <0376> of Israel <03478> turned again <07725> (8804) upon the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144>, and smote <05221> (8686) 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> (8737): also they set <07971> (8765) on fire <0784> all the cities <05892> that they came to <04672> (8737). Jug 21:01 ¶ Now the men <0376> of Israel <03478> had sworn <07650> (8738) in Mizpeh <04709>, saying <0559> (8800), There shall not any <0376> of us give <05414> (8799) his daughter <01323> unto Benjamin <01144> to wife <0802>. Jug 21:02 And the people <05971> came <0935> (8799) to the house <01004> of God <0430> (8677) <01008>, and abode <03427> (8799) there till even <06153> before <06440> God <0430>, and lifted up <05375> (8799) their voices <06963>, and wept <01058> (8799) <01065> sore <01419>; Jug 21:03 And said <0559> (8799), 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> (8736) in Israel <03478>? Jug 21:04 And it came to pass on the morrow <04283>, that the people <05971> rose early <07925> (8686), and built <01129> (8799) there an altar <04196>, and offered <05927> (8686) burnt offerings <05930> and peace offerings <08002>. Jug 21:05 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799), Who is there among all the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> that <0834> came <05927> (8804) not up with the congregation <06951> unto the LORD <03068>? For they had made a great <01419> oath <07621> concerning him that came not up <05927> (8804) to the LORD <03068> to Mizpeh <04709>, saying <0559> (8800), He shall surely <04191> (8800) be put to death <04191> (8714). Jug 21:06 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> repented <05162> (8735) them for Benjamin <01144> their brother <0251>, and said <0559> (8799), There is one <0259> tribe <07626> cut off <01438> (8738) from Israel <03478> this day <03117>. Jug 21:07 How shall we do <06213> (8799) for wives <0802> for them that remain <03498> (8737), seeing we have sworn <07650> (8738) by the LORD <03068> that we will not give <05414> (8800) them of our daughters <01323> to wives <0802>? Jug 21:08 And they said <0559> (8799), What one <0259> is there of the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> that came not up <05927> (8804) to Mizpeh <04709> to the LORD <03068>? And, behold, there came <0935> (8804) none <0376> to the camp <04264> from Jabeshgilead <03003> <01568> to the assembly <06951>. Jug 21:09 For the people <05971> were numbered <06485> (8691), and, behold, there were none <0376> of the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jabeshgilead <03003> <01568> there. Jug 21:10 And the congregation <05712> sent <07971> (8799) thither twelve <08147> <06240> thousand <0505> men <0376> of the valiantest <01121> <02428>, and commanded <06680> (8762) them, saying <0559> (8800), Go <03212> (8798) and smite <05221> (8689) the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jabeshgilead <03003> <01568> with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>, with the women <0802> and the children <02945>. Jug 21:11 And this is the thing <01697> that ye shall do <06213> (8799), Ye shall utterly destroy <02763> (8686) every male <02145>, and every woman <0802> that hath lain <04904> by man <03045> (8802). Jug 21:12 And they found <04672> (8799) among the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jabeshgilead <03003> <01568> four <0702> hundred <03967> young <05291> virgins <01330>, that had known <03045> (8804) no man <0376> by lying <04904> with any male <02145>: and they brought <0935> (8686) them unto the camp <04264> to Shiloh <07887>, which is in the land <0776> of Canaan <03667>. Jug 21:13 And the whole congregation <05712> sent <07971> (8799) some to speak <01696> (8762) to the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> that were in the rock <05553> Rimmon <07417>, and to call <07121> (8799) peaceably <07965> unto them. Jug 21:14 And Benjamin <01144> came again <07725> (8799) at that time <06256>; and they gave <05414> (8799) them wives <0802> which they had saved alive <02421> (8765) of the women <0802> of Jabeshgilead <03003> <01568>: and yet so they sufficed <04672> (8804) them not. Jug 21:15 And the people <05971> repented <05162> (8737) them for Benjamin <01144>, because that the LORD <03068> had made <06213> (8804) a breach <06556> in the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>. Jug 21:16 ¶ Then the elders <02205> of the congregation <05712> said <0559> (8799), How shall we do <06213> (8799) for wives <0802> for them that remain <03498> (8737), seeing the women <0802> are destroyed <08045> (8738) out of Benjamin <01144>? Jug 21:17 And they said <0559> (8799), There must be an inheritance <03425> for them that be escaped <06413> of Benjamin <01144>, that a tribe <07626> be not destroyed <04229> (8735) out of Israel <03478>. Jug 21:18 Howbeit we may <03201> (8799) not give <05414> (8800) them wives <0802> of our daughters <01323>: for the children <01121> of Israel <03478> have sworn <07650> (8738), saying <0559> (8800), Cursed <0779> (8803) be he that giveth <05414> (8802) a wife <0802> to Benjamin <01144>. Jug 21:19 Then they said <0559> (8799), Behold, there is a feast <02282> of the LORD <03068> in Shiloh <07887> yearly <03117> <03117> in a place which is on the north side <06828> of Bethel <01008>, on the east side <04217> <08121> of the highway <04546> that goeth up <05927> (8802) from Bethel <01008> to Shechem <07927>, and on the south <05045> of Lebonah <03829>. Jug 21:20 Therefore they commanded <06680> (8762) the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144>, saying <0559> (8800), Go <03212> (8798) and lie in wait <0693> (8804) in the vineyards <03754>; Jug 21:21 And see <07200> (8804), and, behold, if the daughters <01323> of Shiloh <07887> come out <03318> (8799) to dance <02342> (8800) in dances <04246>, then come ye out <03318> (8804) of the vineyards <03754>, and catch <02414> (8804) you every man <0376> his wife <0802> of the daughters <01323> of Shiloh <07887>, and go <01980> (8804) to the land <0776> of Benjamin <01144>. Jug 21:22 And it shall be, when their fathers <01> or their brethren <0251> come <0935> (8799) unto us to complain <07378> (8800), that we will say <0559> (8804) unto them, Be favourable <02603> (8798) unto them for our sakes: because we reserved <03947> (8804) not to each man <0376> his wife <0802> in the war <04421>: for ye did not give <05414> (8804) unto them at this time <06256>, that ye should be guilty <0816> (8799). Jug 21:23 And the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> did so <06213> (8799), and took <05375> (8799) them wives <0802>, according to their number <04557>, of them that danced <02342> (8789), whom they caught <01497> (8804): and they went <03212> (8799) and returned <07725> (8799) unto their inheritance <05159>, and repaired <01129> (8799) the cities <05892>, and dwelt <03427> (8799) in them. Jug 21:24 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> departed <01980> (8691) thence at that time <06256>, every man <0376> to his tribe <07626> and to his family <04940>, and they went out <03318> (8799) from thence every man <0376> to his inheritance <05159>. Jug 21:25 In those days <03117> there was no king <04428> in Israel <03478>: every man <0376> did <06213> (8799) that which was right <03477> in his own eyes <05869>. ~~~~~~