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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,

as the waters cover the sea.

Copyright (c) 1985-2007

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>.