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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.

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Judges 1

1. Now after <0310> the death <4194> of Joshua <3091> it came

<1961> to pass, that the children <1121> of Israel <3478> asked

<7592> the LORD <3068>, saying <0559>, Who <4310> shall go

<5927> up for us against the Canaanites <3669> first <8462>, to

fight <3898> against them?

2 And the LORD <3068> said <0559>, Judah <3063> shall go <5927>

up: behold <2009>, I have delivered <5414> the land <0776> into

his hand <3027>.

3 And Judah <3063> said <0559> unto Simeon <8095> his brother

<0251>, Come <5927> up with me into my lot <1486>, that we may

fight <3898> against the Canaanites <3669>; and I likewise

<3651> will go <1980> with thee into thy lot <1486>. So Simeon

<8095> went <3212> with him.

4 And Judah <3063> went <5927> up; and the LORD <3068>

delivered <5414> the Canaanites <3669> and the Perizzites <6522>

into their hand <3027>: and they slew <5221> of them in Bezek

<0966> ten <6235> thousand <0505> men <0376>.

5 And they found <4672> Adonibezek <0137> in Bezek <0966>: and

they fought <3898> against him, and they slew <5221> the

Canaanites <3669> and the Perizzites <6522>.

6 But Adonibezek <0137> fled <5127>; and they pursued <7291>

after <0310> him, and caught <0270> him, and cut <7112> off his

thumbs and his great toes.

7 And Adonibezek <0137> said <0559>, Threescore <7657> and ten

kings <4428>, having their thumbs and their great toes cut

<7112> off, gathered <3950> [their meat] under <8478> my table

<7979>: as I have done <6213>, so <3651> God <0430> hath

requited <7999> me. And they brought <0935> him to Jerusalem

<3389>, and there <8033> he died <4191>.

8 Now the children <1121> of Judah <3063> had fought <3898>

against Jerusalem <3389>, and had taken <3920> it, and smitten

<5221> it with the edge <6310> of the sword <2719>, and set

<7971> the city <5892> on fire <0784>.

9. And afterward <0310> the children <1121> of Judah <3063>

went <3381> down <3381> to fight <3898> against the Canaanites

<3669>, that dwelt <3427> in the mountain <2022>, and in the

south <5045>, and in the valley <8219>.

10 And Judah <3063> went <3212> against <0413> the Canaanites

<3669> that dwelt <3427> in Hebron <2275>: (now the name <8034>

of Hebron <2275> before <6440> [was] Kirjatharba <7153>:) and

they slew <5221> Sheshai <8344>, and Ahiman <0289>, and Talmai

<8526>.

11 And from thence <8033> he went <3212> against <0413> the

inhabitants <3427> of Debir <1688>: and the name <8034> of Debir

<1688> before <6440> [was] Kirjathsepher <7158>:

12 And Caleb <3612> said <0559>, He that smiteth <5221>

Kirjathsepher <7158>, and taketh <3920> it, to him will I give

<5414> Achsah <5919> my daughter <1323> to wife <0802>.

13 And Othniel <6274> the son <1121> of Kenaz <7073>, Caleb's

<3612> younger <6996> brother <0251>, took <3920> it: and he

gave <5414> him Achsah <5919> his daughter <1323> to wife <0802>.

14 And it came <1961> to pass, when she came <0935> [to him],

that she moved <5496> him to ask <7592> of her father <1> a

field <7704>: and she lighted <6795> from off <5921> [her] ass

<2543>; and Caleb <3612> said <0559> unto her, What <4100> wilt

thou?

15 And she said <0559> unto him, Give <3051> me a blessing

<1293>: for thou hast given <5414> me a south <5045> land <0776>;

give <5414> me also springs <1543> of water <4325>. And Caleb

<3612> gave <5414> her the upper <5942> springs <1543> and the

nether <8482> springs <1543>.

16 And the children <1121> of the Kenite <7017>, Moses <4872>'

father <2859> in law <2859>, went <5927> up out of the city

<5892> of palm <8558> trees with the children <1121> of Judah

<3063> into the wilderness <4057> of Judah <3063>, which <0834>

[lieth] in the south <5045> of Arad <6166>; and they went <3212>

and dwelt <3427> among <0854> the people <5971>.

17 And Judah <3063> went <3212> with Simeon <8095> his brother

<0251>, and they slew <5221> the Canaanites <3669> that

inhabited <3427> Zephath, and utterly destroyed <2763> it. And

the name <8034> of the city <5892> was called <7121> Hormah

<2767>.

18 Also Judah <3063> took <3920> Gaza <5804> with the coast

<1366> thereof, and Askelon <0831> with the coast <1366> thereof,

and Ekron <6138> with the coast <1366> thereof.

19 And the LORD <3068> was with Judah <3063>; and he drave

<3423> out [the inhabitants of] the mountain <2022>; but could

not drive <3423> out the inhabitants <3427> of the valley <6010>,

because <3588> they had chariots <7393> of iron <1270>.

20 And they gave <5414> Hebron <2275> unto Caleb <3612>, as

Moses <4872> said <1696>: and he expelled <3423> thence <8033>

the three <7969> sons <1121> of Anak <6061>.

21. And the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> did not drive

<3423> out the Jebusites <2983> that inhabited <3427> Jerusalem

<3389>; but the Jebusites <2983> dwell <3427> with the children

<1121> of Benjamin <1144> in Jerusalem <3389> unto this <2088>

day <3117>.

22 And the house <1004> of Joseph <3130>, they also <1571> went

<5927> up against Bethel <1008>: and the LORD <3068> [was] with

them.

23 And the house <1004> of Joseph <3130> sent to descry <8446>

Bethel <1008>. (Now the name <8034> of the city <5892> before

<6440> [was] Luz <3870>.)

24 And the spies <8104> saw <7200> a man <0376> come <3318>

forth <3318> out of the city <5892>, and they said <0559> unto

him, Shew <7200> us, we pray <4994> thee, the entrance <3996>

into the city <5892>, and we will shew <6213> thee mercy <2617>.

25 And when he shewed <7200> them the entrance <3996> into the

city <5892>, they smote <5221> the city <5892> with the edge

<6310> of the sword <2719>; but they let go <7971> the man

<0376> and all <3605> his family <4940>.

26 And the man <0376> went <3212> into the land <0776> of the

Hittites <2850>, and built <1129> a city <5892>, and called

<7121> the name <8034> thereof Luz <3870>: which <1931> [is] the

name <8034> thereof unto this <2088> day <3117>.

27 Neither <3808> did Manasseh <4519> drive <3423> out [the

inhabitants of] Bethshean <1052> and her towns <1323>, nor

Taanach <8590> and her towns <1323>, nor the inhabitants <3427>

of Dor <1756> and her towns <1323>, nor the inhabitants <3427>

of Ibleam <2991> and her towns <1323>, nor the inhabitants

<3427> of Megiddo <4023> and her towns <1323>: but the

Canaanites <3669> would <2974> dwell <3427> in that land <0776>.

28 And it came <1961> to pass, when Israel <3478> was strong

<2388>, that they put <7760> the Canaanites <3669> to tribute

<4522>, and did not utterly drive <3423> them out.

29 Neither <3808> did Ephraim <0669> drive <3423> out the

Canaanites <3669> that dwelt <3427> in Gezer <1507>; but the

Canaanites <3669> dwelt <3427> in Gezer <1507> among <7130> them.

30 Neither <3808> did Zebulun <2074> drive <3423> out the

inhabitants <3427> of Kitron <7003>, nor the inhabitants <3427>

of Nahalol <5096>; but the Canaanites <3669> dwelt <3427> among

<7130> them, and became <1961> tributaries <4522>.

31 Neither <3808> did Asher <0836> drive <3423> out the

inhabitants <3427> of Accho <5910>, nor the inhabitants <3427>

of Zidon <6721>, nor of Ahlab <0303>, nor of Achzib <0392>, nor

of Helbah <2462>, nor of Aphik <0663>, nor of Rehob <7340>:

32 But the Asherites <0843> dwelt <3427> among <7130> the

Canaanites <3669>, the inhabitants <3427> of the land <0776>:

for they did not drive <3423> them out.

33 Neither <3808> did Naphtali <5321> drive <3423> out the

inhabitants <3427> of Bethshemesh <1053>, nor the inhabitants

<3427> of Bethanath <1043>; but he dwelt <3427> among <7130> the

Canaanites <3669>, the inhabitants <3427> of the land <0776>:

nevertheless the inhabitants <3427> of Bethshemesh <1053> and of

Bethanath <1043> became <1961> tributaries <4522> unto them.

34 And the Amorites <0567> forced <3905> the children <1121> of

Dan <1835> into the mountain <2022>: for they would not suffer

<5414> them to come <3381> down <3381> to the valley <6010>:

35 But the Amorites <0567> would <2974> dwell <3427> in mount

<2022> Heres <2776> in Aijalon <0357>, and in Shaalbim <8169>:

yet the hand <3027> of the house <1004> of Joseph <3130>

prevailed <3513>, so that they became <1961> tributaries <4522>.

36 And the coast <1366> of the Amorites <0567> [was] from the

going <4608> up to Akrabbim <6137>, from the rock <5553>, and

upward <4605>.

Judges 2

1. And an angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> came <5927> up from

Gilgal <1537> to Bochim <1066>, and said <0559>, I made you to

go <5927> up out of Egypt <4714>, and have brought <0935> you

unto the land <0776> which <0834> I sware <7650> unto your

fathers <1>; and I said <0559>, I will never break <6565> my

covenant <1285> with you.

2 And ye shall make <3772> no <3808> league <1285> with the

inhabitants <3427> of this <2063> land <0776>; ye shall throw

<5422> down <5422> their altars <4196>: but ye have not obeyed

<8085> my voice <6963>: why <4100> have ye done <6213> this

<2063>?

3 Wherefore I also <1571> said <0559>, I will not drive <1644>

them out from before <6440> you; but they shall be [as thorns]

in your sides <6654>, and their gods <0430> shall be a snare

<4170> unto you.

4 And it came <1961> to pass, when the angel <4397> of the LORD

<3068> spake <1696> these <0428> words <1697> unto all <3605>

the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, that the people <5971>

lifted <5375> up their voice <6963>, and wept <1058>.

5 And they called <7121> the name <8034> of that place <4725>

Bochim <1066>: and they sacrificed <2076> there <8033> unto the

LORD <3068>.

6. And when Joshua <3091> had let the people <5971> go <7971>,

the children <1121> of Israel <3478> went <3212> every man

<0376> unto his inheritance <5159> to possess <3423> the land

<0776>.

7 And the people <5971> served <5647> the LORD <3068> all

<3605> the days <3117> of Joshua <3091>, and all <3605> the days

<3117> of the elders <2205> that outlived Joshua <3091>, who

<0834> had seen <7200> all <3605> the great <1419> works <4639>

of the LORD <3068>, that he did <6213> for Israel <3478>.

8 And Joshua <3091> the son <1121> of Nun <5126>, the servant

<5650> of the LORD <3068>, died <4191>, [being] an hundred

<3967> and ten <6235> years <8141> old <1121>.

9 And they buried <6912> him in the border <1366> of his

inheritance <5159> in Timnathheres <8556>, in the mount <2022>

of Ephraim <0669>, on the north <6828> side of the hill <2022>

Gaash <1608>.

10 And also <1571> all <3605> that generation <1755> were

gathered <0622> unto their fathers <1>: and there arose <6965>

another <0312> generation <1755> after <0310> them, which <0834>

knew <3045> not the LORD <3068>, nor <1571> yet <1571> the works

<4639> which <0834> he had done <6213> for Israel <3478>.

11 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> did <6213> evil

<7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>, and served <5647>

Baalim <1168>:

12 And they forsook <5800> the LORD <3068> God <0430> of their

fathers <1>, which brought <3318> them out of the land <0776> of

Egypt <4714>, and followed other <0312> gods <0430>, of the gods

<0430> of the people <5971> that [were] round <5439> about them,

and bowed <7812> themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD

<3068> to anger <3707>.

13 And they forsook <5800> the LORD <3068>, and served <5647>

Baal <1168> and Ashtaroth <6252>.

14 And the anger <0639> of the LORD <3068> was hot <2734>

against Israel <3478>, and he delivered <5414> them into the

hands <3027> of spoilers <8154> that spoiled <8155> them, and he

sold <4376> them into the hands <3027> of their enemies <0341>

round <5439> about, so that they could <3201> not any longer

<5750> stand <5975> before <6440> their enemies <0341>.

15 Whithersoever they went <3318> out, the hand <3027> of the

LORD <3068> was against them for evil <7451>, as the LORD <3068>

had said <1696>, and as the LORD <3068> had sworn <7650> unto

them: and they were greatly <3966> distressed <3334>.

16 Nevertheless the LORD <3068> raised <6965> up judges <8199>,

which delivered <3467> them out of the hand <3027> of those that

spoiled <8154> them.

17 And yet <1571> they would not hearken <8085> unto their

judges <8199>, but they went a whoring <2181> after <0310> other

<0312> gods <0430>, and bowed <7812> themselves unto them: they

turned <5493> quickly <4118> out of the way <1870> which <0834>

their fathers <1> walked <1980> in, obeying <8085> the

commandments <4687> of the LORD <3068>; [but] they did <6213>

not so <3651>.

18 And when <3588> the LORD <3068> raised <6965> them up judges

<8199>, then the LORD <3068> was with the judge <8199>, and

delivered <3467> them out of the hand <3027> of their enemies

<0341> all <3605> the days <3117> of the judge <8199>: for it

repented <5162> the LORD <3068> because <6440> of their

groanings <5009> by reason of them that oppressed <3905> them

and vexed <1766> them.

19 And it came <1961> to pass, when the judge <8199> was dead

<4191>, [that] they returned <7725>, and corrupted <7843>

[themselves] more than their fathers <1>, in following other

<0312> gods <0430> to serve <5647> them, and to bow <7812> down

<7812> unto them; they ceased <5307> not from their own doings

<4611>, nor from their stubborn <7186> way <1870>.

20 And the anger <0639> of the LORD <3068> was hot <2734>

against Israel <3478>; and he said <0559>, Because <3282> that

this <2088> people <1471> hath transgressed <5674> my covenant

<1285> which <0834> I commanded <6680> their fathers <1>, and

have not hearkened <8085> unto my voice <6963>;

21 I also <1571> will not henceforth <3254> drive <3423> out

any from before <6440> them of the nations <1471> which <0834>

Joshua <3091> left <5800> when he died <4191>:

22 That through them I may prove <5254> Israel <3478>, whether

they will keep <8104> the way <1870> of the LORD <3068> to walk

<3212> therein, as their fathers <1> did keep <8104> [it], or

not.

23 Therefore the LORD <3068> left <3241> those <0428> nations

<1471>, without <1115> driving <3423> them out hastily <4118>;

neither <3808> delivered <5414> he them into the hand <3027> of

Joshua <3091>.

Judges 3

1. Now these <0428> [are] the nations <1471> which <0834> the

LORD <3068> left <3241>, to prove <5254> Israel <3478> by them,

[even] as many [of Israel] as had not known <3045> all <3605>

the wars <4421> of Canaan <3667>;

2 Only <7535> that the generations <1755> of the children

<1121> of Israel <3478> might know <3045>, to teach <3925> them

war <4421>, at <7535> the least <7535> such as before <6440>

knew <3045> nothing <3808> thereof;

3 [Namely], five <2568> lords <5633> of the Philistines <6430>,

and all <3605> the Canaanites <3669>, and the Sidonians <6722>,

and the Hivites <2340> that dwelt <3427> in mount <2022> Lebanon

<3844>, from mount <2022> Baalhermon <1179> unto the entering

<0935> in of Hamath <2574>.

4 And they were to prove <5254> Israel <3478> by them, to know

<3045> whether they would hearken <8085> unto the commandments

<4687> of the LORD <3068>, which <0834> he commanded <6680>

their fathers <1> by the hand <3027> of Moses <4872>.

5 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> dwelt <3427> among

<7130> the Canaanites <3669>, Hittites <2850>, and Amorites

<0567>, and Perizzites <6522>, and Hivites <2340>, and Jebusites

<2983>:

6 And they took <3947> their daughters <1121> to be their wives

<0802>, and gave <5414> their daughters <1121> to their sons

<1121>, and served <5647> their gods <0430>.

7 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> did <6213> evil

<7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>, and forgat <7911>

the LORD <3068> their God <0430>, and served <5647> Baalim

<1168> and the groves <0842>.

8. Therefore the anger <0639> of the LORD <3068> was hot <2734>

against Israel <3478>, and he sold <4376> them into the hand

<3027> of Chushanrishathaim <3573> king <4428> of Mesopotamia

<0763>: and the children <1121> of Israel <3478> served <5647>

Chushanrishathaim <3573> eight <8083> years <8141>.

9 And when the children <1121> of Israel <3478> cried <2199>

unto the LORD <3068>, the LORD <3068> raised <6965> up a

deliverer <3467> to the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, who

delivered <3467> them, [even <0853>] Othniel <6274> the son

<1121> of Kenaz <7073>, Caleb's <3612> younger <6996> brother

<0251>.

10 And the Spirit <7307> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> upon

him, and he judged <8199> Israel <3478>, and went <3318> out to

war <4421>: and the LORD <3068> delivered <5414>

Chushanrishathaim <3573> king <4428> of Mesopotamia <0763> into

his hand <3027>; and his hand <3027> prevailed <5810> against

<5921> Chushanrishathaim <3573>.

11 And the land <0776> had rest <8252> forty <0705> years

<8141>. And Othniel <6274> the son <1121> of Kenaz <7073> died

<4191>.

12. And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> did <6213> evil

<7451> again <3254> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>: and

the LORD <3068> strengthened <2388> Eglon <5700> the king <4428>

of Moab <4124> against <5921> Israel <3478>, because they had

done <6213> evil <7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>.

13 And he gathered <0622> unto him the children <1121> of Ammon

<5983> and Amalek <6002>, and went <3212> and smote <5221>

Israel <3478>, and possessed <3423> the city <5892> of palm

<8558> trees.

14 So the children <1121> of Israel <3478> served <5647> Eglon

<5700> the king <4428> of Moab <4124> eighteen years <8141>.

15 But when the children <1121> of Israel <3478> cried <2199>

unto the LORD <3068>, the LORD <3068> raised <6965> them up a

deliverer <3467>, Ehud <0261> the son <1121> of Gera <1617>, a

Benjamite <1145>, a man <0376> lefthanded: and by him the

children <1121> of Israel <3478> sent <7971> a present <4503>

unto Eglon <5700> the king <4428> of Moab <4124>.

16 But Ehud <0261> made <6213> him a dagger <2719> which had

two <8147> edges <6366>, of a cubit <1574> length <0753>; and he

did gird <2296> it under <8478> his raiment <4055> upon his

right <3225> thigh <3409>.

17 And he brought <7126> the present <4503> unto Eglon <5700>

king <4428> of Moab <4124>: and Eglon <5700> [was] a very <3966>

fat <1277> man <0376>.

18 And when <0834> he had made an end <3615> to offer <7126>

the present <4503>, he sent <7971> away the people <5971> that

bare <5375> the present <4503>.

19 But he himself <1931> turned <7725> again <7725> from the

quarries <6456> that [were] by Gilgal <1537>, and said <0559>, I

have a secret <5643> errand <1697> unto thee, O king <4428>: who

said <0559>, Keep silence <2013>. And all <3605> that stood

<5975> by him went <3318> out from him.

20 And Ehud <0261> came <0935> unto him; and he was sitting

<3427> in a summer <4747> parlour <5944>, which <0834> he had

for himself alone <0905>. And Ehud <0261> said <0559>, I have a

message <1697> from God <0430> unto thee. And he arose <6965>

out of [his] seat <3678>.

21 And Ehud <0261> put <7971> forth <7971> his left <8040> hand

<3027>, and took <3947> the dagger <2719> from his right <3225>

thigh <3409>, and thrust <8628> it into his belly <0990>:

22 And the haft <5325> also <1571> went <0935> in after <0310>

the blade <3851>; and the fat <2459> closed <5462> upon the

blade <3851>, so <3588> that he could not draw <8025> the dagger

<2719> out of his belly <0990>; and the dirt <6574> came <3318>

out.

23 Then Ehud <0261> went <3318> forth <3318> through the porch

<4528>, and shut <5462> the doors <1817> of the parlour <5944>

upon him, and locked <5274> them.

24 When he was gone <3318> out, his servants <5650> came <0935>;

and when they saw <7200> that, behold <2009>, the doors <1817>

of the parlour <5944> [were] locked <5274>, they said <0559>,

Surely <0389> he covereth <5526> his feet <7272> in his summer

<4747> chamber <2315>.

25 And they tarried <2342> till <5704> they were ashamed <0954>:

and, behold <2009>, he opened <6605> not the doors <1817> of

the parlour <5944>; therefore they took <3947> a key <4668>, and

opened <6605> [them]: and, behold <2009>, their lord <0113>

[was] fallen <5307> down dead <4191> on the earth <0776>.

26 And Ehud <0261> escaped <4422> while <5704> they tarried

<4102>, and passed <5674> beyond <5674> the quarries <6456>, and

escaped <4422> unto Seirath <8167>.

27 And it came <1961> to pass, when he was come <0935>, that he

blew <8628> a trumpet <7782> in the mountain <2022> of Ephraim

<0669>, and the children <1121> of Israel <3478> went <3381>

down <3381> with him from the mount <2022>, and he before <6440>

them.

28 And he said <0559> unto them, Follow <7291> after <0310> me:

for the LORD <3068> hath delivered <5414> your enemies <0341>

the Moabites <4124> into your hand <3027>. And they went <3381>

down <3381> after <0310> him, and took <3920> the fords <4569>

of Jordan <3383> toward Moab <4124>, and suffered <5414> not a

man <0376> to pass <5674> over <5674>.

29 And they slew <5221> of Moab <4124> at that time <6256>

about ten <6235> thousand <0505> men <0376>, all <3605> lusty

<8082>, and all <3605> men <0376> of valour <2428>; and there

escaped <4422> not a man <0376>.

30 So Moab <4124> was subdued <3665> that day <3117> under

<8478> the hand <3027> of Israel <3478>. And the land <0776> had

rest <8252> fourscore <8084> years <8141>.

31. And after <0310> him was Shamgar <8044> the son <1121> of

Anath <6067>, which slew <5221> of the Philistines <6430> six

<8337> hundred <3967> men <0376> with an ox <1241> goad <4451>:

and he also <1571> delivered <3467> Israel <3478>.

Judges 4

1. And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> again <3254> did

<6213> evil <7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>, when

Ehud <0261> was dead <4191>.

2 And the LORD <3068> sold <4376> them into the hand <3027> of

Jabin <2985> king <4428> of Canaan <3667>, that reigned <4427>

in Hazor <2674>; the captain <8269> of whose host <6635> [was]

Sisera <5516>, which dwelt <3427> in Harosheth <2800> of the

Gentiles <1471>.

3 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> cried <6817> unto

the LORD <3068>: for he had nine <8672> hundred <3967> chariots

<7393> of iron <1270>; and twenty <6242> years <8141> he

mightily <2393> oppressed <3905> the children <1121> of Israel

<3478>.

4. And Deborah <1683>, a prophetess <5031>, the wife <0802> of

Lapidoth <3941>, she judged <8199> Israel <3478> at that time

<6256>.

5 And she dwelt <3427> under <8478> the palm <8560> tree of

Deborah <1683> between <0996> Ramah <7414> and Bethel <1008> in

mount <2022> Ephraim <0669>: and the children <1121> of Israel

<3478> came <5927> up to her for judgment <4941>.

6 And she sent <7971> and called <7121> Barak <1301> the son

<1121> of Abinoam <42> out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said <0559>

unto him, Hath not the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>

commanded <6680>, [saying], Go <3212> and draw <4900> toward

mount <2022> Tabor <8396>, and take <3947> with thee ten <6235>

thousand <0505> men <0376> of the children <1121> of Naphtali

<5321> and of the children <1121> of Zebulun <2074>?

7 And I will draw <4900> unto thee to the river <5158> Kishon

<7028> Sisera <5516>, the captain <8269> of Jabin's <2985> army

<6635>, with his chariots <7393> and his multitude <1995>; and I

will deliver <5414> him into thine hand <3027>.

8 And Barak <1301> said <0559> unto her, If <0518> thou wilt go

<3212> with me, then I will go <1982>: but if <0518> thou wilt

not go <3212> with me, [then] I will not go <3212>.

9 And she said <0559>, I will surely go <3212> with thee:

notwithstanding <0657> the journey <1870> that thou takest

<1980> shall not be for thine honour <8597>; for the LORD <3068>

shall sell <4376> Sisera <5516> into the hand <3027> of a woman

<0802>. And Deborah <1683> arose <6965>, and went <3212> with

Barak <1301> to Kedesh <6943>.

10. And Barak <1301> called <2199> Zebulun <2074> and Naphtali

<5321> to Kedesh <6943>; and he went <5927> up with ten <6235>

thousand <0505> men <0376> at his feet <7272>: and Deborah

<1683> went <5927> up with him.

11 Now Heber <2268> the Kenite <7014>, [which was] of the

children <1121> of Hobab <2246> the father <2859> in law <2859>

of Moses <4872>, had severed <6504> himself from the Kenites

<7017>, and pitched <5186> his tent <0168> unto the plain <0436>

of Zaanaim, which <0834> [is] by Kedesh <6943>.

12 And they shewed <5046> Sisera <5516> that Barak <1301> the

son <1121> of Abinoam <42> was gone <5927> up to mount <2022>

Tabor <8396>.

13 And Sisera <5516> gathered <2199> together all <3605> his

chariots <7393>, [even] nine <8672> hundred <3967> chariots

<7393> of iron <1270>, and all <3605> the people <5971> that

[were] with him, from Harosheth <2800> of the Gentiles <1471>

unto the river <5158> of Kishon <7028>.

14 And Deborah <1683> said <0559> unto Barak <1301>, Up; for

this <2088> [is] the day <3117> in which <0834> the LORD <3068>

hath delivered <5414> Sisera <5516> into thine hand <3027>: is

not the LORD <3068> gone <3318> out before <6440> thee? So Barak

<1301> went <3381> down <3381> from mount <2022> Tabor <8396>,

and ten <6235> thousand <0505> men <0376> after <0310> him.

15 And the LORD <3068> discomfited <2000> Sisera <5516>, and

all <3605> [his] chariots <7393>, and all <3605> [his] host

<4264>, with the edge <6310> of the sword <2719> before <6440>

Barak <1301>; so that Sisera <5516> lighted <3381> down <3381>

off <5921> [his] chariot <4818>, and fled <5127> away on his

feet <7272>.

16 But Barak <1301> pursued <7291> after <0310> the chariots

<7393>, and after <0310> the host <4264>, unto Harosheth <2800>

of the Gentiles <1471>: and all <3605> the host <4264> of Sisera

<5516> fell <5307> upon the edge <6310> of the sword <2719>;

[and] there was not a man left <7604>.

17. Howbeit Sisera <5516> fled <5127> away on his feet <7272>

to the tent <0168> of Jael <3278> the wife <0802> of Heber

<2268> the Kenite <7017>: for [there was] peace <7965> between

<0996> Jabin <2985> the king <4428> of Hazor <2674> and the

house <1004> of Heber <2268> the Kenite <7017>.

18 And Jael <3278> went <3318> out to meet <7125> Sisera <5516>,

and said <0559> unto him, Turn <5493> in, my lord <3068>, turn

<5493> in to me; fear <3372> not. And when he had turned <5493>

in unto her into the tent <0168>, she covered <3680> him with a

mantle <8063>.

19 And he said <0559> unto her, Give me, I pray <4994> thee, a

little <4592> water <4325> to drink <8248>; for I am thirsty

<6770>. And she opened <6605> a bottle <4997> of milk <2461>,

and gave him drink <8248>, and covered <3680> him.

20 Again he said <0559> unto her, Stand <5975> in the door

<6607> of the tent <0168>, and it shall be, when <0518> any man

<0376> doth come <0935> and enquire <7592> of thee, and say

<0559>, Is there any man <0376> here <6311>? that thou shalt say

<0559>, No <0369>.

21 Then Jael <3278> Heber's <2268> wife <0802> took <3947> a

nail <3489> of the tent <0168>, and took <7760> an hammer <4718>

in her hand <3027>, and went <0935> softly <3814> unto him, and

smote <8628> the nail <3489> into his temples <7451>, and

fastened <6795> it into the ground <0776>: for he was fast

asleep <7290> and weary <5774>. So he died <4191>.

22 And, behold <2009>, as Barak <1301> pursued <7291> Sisera

<5516>, Jael <3278> came <3318> out to meet <7125> him, and said

<0559> unto him, Come <3212>, and I will shew <7200> thee the

man <0376> whom <0834> thou seekest <1245>. And when he came

<0935> into her [tent], behold <2009>, Sisera <5516> lay <5307>

dead <4191>, and the nail <3489> [was] in his temples <7451>.

23 So God <0430> subdued <3665> on that day <3117> Jabin <2985>

the king <4428> of Canaan <3667> before <6440> the children

<1121> of Israel <3478>.

24 And the hand <3027> of the children <1121> of Israel <3478>

prospered <1980>, and prevailed <7186> against <5921> Jabin

<2985> the king <4428> of Canaan <3667>, until <5704> they had

destroyed <3772> Jabin <2985> king <4428> of Canaan <3667>.

Judges 5

1. Then sang <7891> Deborah <1683> and Barak <1301> the son

<1121> of Abinoam <42> on that day <3117>, saying <0559>,

2 Praise <1288> ye the LORD <3068> for the avenging of Israel

<3478>, when the people <5971> willingly <5068> offered

themselves.

3 Hear <8085>, O ye kings <4428>; give ear <0238>, O ye princes

<7336>; I, [even] I, will sing <7891> unto the LORD <3068>; I

will sing <2167> [praise] to the LORD <3068> God <0430> of

Israel <3478>.

4 LORD <3068>, when thou wentest <3318> out of Seir <8165>,

when thou marchedst <6805> out of the field <7704> of Edom

<0123>, the earth <0776> trembled <7493>, and the heavens <8064>

dropped <5197>, the clouds <5645> also <1571> dropped <5197>

water <4325>.

5 The mountains <2022> melted <5140> from before <6440> the

LORD <3068>, [even] that Sinai <5514> from before <6440> the

LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>.

6. In the days <3117> of Shamgar <8044> the son <1121> of Anath

<6067>, in the days <3117> of Jael <3278>, the highways <0734>

were unoccupied <2308>, and the travellers walked <3212> through

byways.

7 [The inhabitants of] the villages <6520> ceased <2308>, they

ceased <2308> in Israel <3478>, until <5704> that I Deborah

<1683> arose <6965>, that I arose <6965> a mother <0517> in

Israel <3478>.

8 They chose <0977> new <2319> gods <0430>; then <0227> [was]

war <3901> in the gates <8179>: was there a shield <4043> or

spear <7420> seen <7200> among forty <0705> thousand <0505> in

Israel <3478>?

9 My heart <3820> [is] toward the governors <2710> of Israel

<3478>, that offered themselves willingly <5068> among the

people <5971>. Bless <1288> ye the LORD <3068>.

10 Speak <7878>, ye that ride <7392> on white <6715> asses

<0860>, ye that sit <3427> in judgment <4055>, and walk <1980>

by the way <1870>.

11 [They that are delivered] from the noise <6963> of archers

<2686> in the places of drawing <4857> water, there shall they

rehearse <8567> the righteous <6666> acts of the LORD <3068>,

[even] the righteous <6666> acts [toward the inhabitants] of his

villages <6520> in Israel <3478>: then shall the people <5971>

of the LORD <3068> go <3381> down <3381> to the gates <8179>.

12. Awake <5782>, awake <5782>, Deborah <1683>: awake <5782>,

awake <5782>, utter <1696> a song <7892>: arise <6965>, Barak

<1301>, and lead thy captivity <7628> captive <7617>, thou son

<1121> of Abinoam <42>.

13 Then <0227> he made him that remaineth <8300> have dominion

<7287> over the nobles <0117> among the people <5971>: the LORD

<3068> made me have dominion <7287> over the mighty <1368>.

14 Out of Ephraim <0669> [was there] a root <8328> of them

against Amalek <6002>; after <0310> thee, Benjamin <1144>, among

thy people <5971>; out of Machir <4353> came <3381> down <3381>

governors <2710>, and out of Zebulun <2074> they that handle

<4900> the pen <7626> of the writer <5608>.

15 And the princes <8269> of Issachar <3485> [were] with

Deborah <1683>; even Issachar <3485>, and also <3651> Barak

<1301>: he was sent <7971> on foot <7272> into the valley <6010>.

For the divisions <6391> of Reuben <7205> [there were] great

<1419> thoughts <2711> of heart <3820>.

16 Why <4100> abodest <3427> thou among <0996> the sheepfolds

<4942>, to hear <8085> the bleatings <8292> of the flocks

<5739>? For the divisions <6391> of Reuben <7205> [there were]

great <1419> searchings <2714> of heart <3820>.

17 Gilead <1568> abode <7931> beyond <5676> Jordan <3383>: and

why <4100> did Dan <1835> remain <1481> in ships <0591>? Asher

<0836> continued <3427> on the sea <3220> shore <2348>, and

abode <7931> in his breaches <4664>.

18 Zebulun <2074> and Naphtali <5321> [were] a people <5971>

[that] jeoparded <2778> their lives <5315> unto the death <4191>

in the high <4791> places of the field <7704>.

19 The kings <4428> came <0935> [and] fought <3898>, then

<0227> fought <3898> the kings <4428> of Canaan <3667> in

Taanach <8590> by the waters <4325> of Megiddo <4023>; they took

<3947> no <3808> gain <1214> of money <3701>.

20 They fought <3898> from heaven <8064>; the stars <3556> in

their courses <4546> fought <3898> against <5973> Sisera <5516>.

21 The river <5158> of Kishon <7028> swept <1640> them away,

that ancient <6917> river <5158>, the river <5158> Kishon <7028>.

O my soul <5315>, thou hast trodden <1869> down strength <5797>.

22 Then <0227> were the horsehoofs broken <1986> by the means

of the pransings <1726>, the pransings <1726> of their mighty

<47> ones.

23 Curse <0779> ye Meroz <4789>, said <0559> the angel <4397>

of the LORD <3068>, curse <0779> ye bitterly <0779> the

inhabitants <3427> thereof; because <3588> they came <0935> not

to the help <5833> of the LORD <3068>, to the help <5833> of the

LORD <3068> against the mighty <1368>.

24. Blessed <1288> above women <0802> shall Jael <3278> the

wife <0802> of Heber <2268> the Kenite <7017> be, blessed <1288>

shall she be above women <0802> in the tent <0168>.

25 He asked <7592> water <4325>, [and] she gave <5414> [him]

milk <2461>; she brought <7126> forth <7126> butter <2529> in a

lordly <0117> dish <5602>.

26 She put <7971> her hand <3027> to the nail <3489>, and her

right <3225> hand <3225> to the workmen's <6001> hammer <1989>;

and with the hammer she smote <1986> Sisera <5516>, she smote

<4277> off his head <7218>, when she had pierced <4272> and

stricken <2498> through his temples <7451>.

27 At <0996> her feet <7272> he bowed <3766>, he fell <5307>,

he lay <7901> down <7901>: at <0996> her feet <7272> he bowed

<3766>, he fell <5307>: where <0834> he bowed <3766>, there

<8033> he fell <5307> down dead <7703>.

28 The mother <0517> of Sisera <5516> looked <8259> out at

<1157> a window <2474>, and cried <2980> through <1157> the

lattice <0822>, Why <4069> is his chariot <7393> [so] long

<0954> in coming <0935>? why <4069> tarry <0309> the wheels

<6471> of his chariots <4818>?

29 Her wise <2450> ladies <8282> answered <6030> her, yea

<0637>, she returned <7725> answer <0559> to herself,

30 Have they not sped <4672>? have they [not] divided <2505>

the prey <7998>; to every <7218> man <1397> a damsel <7356> [or]

two; to Sisera <5516> a prey <7998> of divers <6648> colours

<6648>, a prey <7998> of divers <6648> colours <6648> of

needlework <7553>, of divers <6648> colours <6648> of needlework

<7553> on both sides, [meet] for the necks <6677> of [them that

take] the spoil <7998>?

31 So <3651> let all <3605> thine enemies <0341> perish <6>, O

LORD <3068>: but [let] them that love <0157> him [be] as the sun

<8121> when he goeth <3318> forth <3318> in his might <1369>.

And the land <0776> had rest <8252> forty <0705> years <8141>.

Judges 6

1. And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> did <6213> evil

<7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>: and the LORD

<3068> delivered <5414> them into the hand <3027> of Midian

<4080> seven <7651> years <8141>.

2 And the hand <3027> of Midian <4080> prevailed <5810> against

<5921> Israel <3478>: [and] because <6440> of the Midianites

<4080> the children <1121> of Israel <3478> made <6213> them the

dens <4492> which <0834> [are] in the mountains <2022>, and

caves <4631>, and strong <4679> holds <4679>.

3 And [so] it was, when <0518> Israel <3478> had sown <2232>,

that the Midianites <4080> came <5927> up, and the Amalekites

<6003>, and the children <1121> of the east <6924>, even they

came <5927> up against <5921> them;

4 And they encamped <2583> against <5921> them, and destroyed

<7843> the increase <2981> of the earth <0776>, till <5704> thou

come <0935> unto Gaza <5804>, and left <7604> no <3808>

sustenance <4241> for Israel <3478>, neither sheep <7716>, nor

ox <7794>, nor ass <2543>.

5 For they came <5927> up with their cattle <4735> and their

tents <0168>, and they came <0935> as grasshoppers <0697> for

multitude <7230>; [for] both they and their camels <1581> were

without <0369> number <4557>: and they entered <0935> into the

land <0776> to destroy <7843> it.

6 And Israel <3478> was greatly <3966> impoverished <1809>

because <6440> of the Midianites <4080>; and the children <1121>

of Israel <3478> cried <2199> unto the LORD <3068>.

7. And it came <1961> to pass, when <3588> the children <1121>

of Israel <3478> cried <2199> unto the LORD <3068> because of

the Midianites <4080>,

8 That the LORD <3068> sent <7971> a prophet <5030> unto the

children <1121> of Israel <3478>, which said <0559> unto them,

Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel

<3478>, I brought <5927> you up from Egypt <4714>, and brought

<3318> you forth <3318> out of the house <1004> of bondage

<5650>;

9 And I delivered <5337> you out of the hand <3027> of the

Egyptians <4714>, and out of the hand <3027> of all <3605> that

oppressed <3905> you, and drave <1644> them out from before

<6440> you, and gave <5414> you their land <0776>;

10 And I said <0559> unto you, I [am] the LORD <3068> your God

<0430>; fear <3372> not the gods <0430> of the Amorites <0567>,

in whose <0834> land <0776> ye dwell <3427>: but ye have not

obeyed <8085> my voice <6963>.

11. And there came <0935> an angel <4397> of the LORD <3068>,

and sat <3427> under <8478> an oak <0424> which <0834> [was] in

Ophrah <6084>, that [pertained] unto Joash <3101> the Abiezrite

<33>: and his son <1121> Gideon <1439> threshed <2251> wheat

<2406> by the winepress <1660>, to hide <5127> [it] from the

Midianites <4080>.

12 And the angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> appeared <7200> unto

him, and said <0559> unto him, The LORD <3068> [is] with thee,

thou mighty <1368> man of valour <2428>.

13 And Gideon <1439> said <0559> unto him, Oh <0994> my Lord

<0113>, if the LORD <3068> be with us, why <4100> then is all

<3605> this <2063> befallen <4672> us? and where <0346> [be] all

<3605> his miracles <6381> which <0834> our fathers <1> told

<5608> us of, saying <0559>, Did <6213> not the LORD <3068>

bring <5927> us up from Egypt <4714>? but now <6258> the LORD

<3068> hath forsaken <5203> us, and delivered <5414> us into the

hands <3709> of the Midianites <4080>.

14 And the LORD <3068> looked <6437> upon him, and said <0559>,

Go <3212> in this <2088> thy might <3581>, and thou shalt save

<3467> Israel <3478> from the hand <3709> of the Midianites

<4080>: have not I sent <7971> thee?

15 And he said <0559> unto him, Oh <0994> my Lord <0136>,

wherewith <4100> shall I save <3467> Israel <3478>? behold

<2009>, my family <0504> [is] poor <1800> in Manasseh <4519>,

and I [am] the least <6810> in my father's <1> house <1004>.

16 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto him, Surely <3588> I

will be with thee, and thou shalt smite <5221> the Midianites

<4080> as one <0259> man <0376>.

17 And he said <0559> unto him, If <0518> now <4994> I have

found <4672> grace <2580> in thy sight <5869>, then shew <6213>

me a sign <0226> that thou talkest <1696> with me.

18 Depart <4185> not hence <2088>, I pray <4994> thee, until

<5704> I come <0935> unto thee, and bring <3318> forth <3318> my

present <4503>, and set <3240> [it] before <6440> thee. And he

said <0559>, I will tarry <3427> until <5704> thou come <7725>

again <7725>.

19 And Gideon <1439> went <0935> in, and made <6213> ready a

kid, and unleavened <4682> cakes <4682> of an ephah <0374> of

flour <7058>: the flesh <1320> he put <7760> in a basket <5536>,

and he put <7760> the broth <4839> in a pot <6517>, and brought

<3318> [it] out unto him under <8478> the oak <0424>, and

presented <5066> [it].

20 And the angel <4397> of God <0430> said <0559> unto him,

Take <3947> the flesh <1320> and the unleavened <4682> cakes

<4682>, and lay <3241> [them] upon this <1975> rock <5553>, and

pour <8210> out the broth <4839>. And he did <6213> so <3651>.

21 Then the angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> put <7971> forth

<7971> the end <7097> of the staff <4938> that [was] in his hand

<3027>, and touched <5060> the flesh <1320> and the unleavened

<4682> cakes <4682>; and there rose <5927> up fire <0784> out of

the rock <6697>, and consumed <0398> the flesh <1320> and the

unleavened <4682> cakes <2471>. Then the angel <4397> of the

LORD <3068> departed <1980> out of his sight <5869>.

22 And when Gideon <1439> perceived <7200> that he [was] an

angel <4397> of the LORD <3068>, Gideon <1439> said <0559>, Alas

<0160>, O Lord <0136> GOD <3069>! for because I have seen <7200>

an angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> face <6440> to face <6440>.

23 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto him, Peace <7965> [be]

unto thee; fear <3372> not: thou shalt not die <4191>.

24 Then Gideon <1439> built <1129> an altar <4196> there <8033>

unto the LORD <3068>, and called <7121> it Jehovahshalom <3073>:

unto this <2088> day <3117> it [is] yet <5750> in Ophrah <6084>

of the Abiezrites <33>.

25. And it came <1961> to pass the same <1931> night <3915>,

that the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto him, Take <3947> thy

father's <1> young <6499> bullock <6499>, even the second <8145>

bullock <6499> of seven <7651> years <8141> old, and throw

<2040> down <2040> the altar <4196> of Baal <1168> that thy

father <1> hath, and cut <3772> down the grove <0842> that [is]

by it:

26 And build <1129> an altar <4196> unto the LORD <3068> thy

God <0430> upon the top <7218> of this <2088> rock <4581>, in

the ordered <4634> place <4634>, and take <3947> the second

<8145> bullock <6499>, and offer <5927> a burnt <5930> sacrifice

with the wood <6086> of the grove <0842> which <0834> thou shalt

cut <3772> down.

27 Then Gideon <1439> took <3947> ten <6235> men <0582> of his

servants <5650>, and did <6213> as the LORD <3068> had said

<1696> unto him: and [so] it was, because <0834> he feared

<3372> his father's <1> household <1004>, and the men <0582> of

the city <5892>, that he could not do <6213> [it] by day <3119>,

that he did <6213> [it] by night <3915>.

28 And when the men <0582> of the city <5892> arose <7925>

early <7925> in the morning <1242>, behold <2009>, the altar

<4196> of Baal <1168> was cast <5422> down <5422>, and the grove

<0842> was cut <3772> down that [was] by it, and the second

<8145> bullock <6499> was offered <5927> upon the altar <4196>

[that was] built <1129>.

29 And they said <0559> one <0376> to another <7453>, Who

<4310> hath done <6213> this <2088> thing <1697>? And when they

enquired <1875> and asked <1245>, they said <0559>, Gideon

<1439> the son <1121> of Joash <3101> hath done <6213> this

<2088> thing <1697>.

30 Then the men <0582> of the city <5892> said <0559> unto

Joash <3101>, Bring <3318> out thy son <1121>, that he may die

<4191>: because <3588> he hath cast <5422> down the altar <4196>

of Baal <1168>, and because <3588> he hath cut <3772> down the

grove <0842> that [was] by it.

31 And Joash <3101> said <0559> unto all <3605> that stood

<5975> against <5921> him, Will ye plead <7378> for Baal <1168>?

will ye save <3467> him? he that will plead <7378> for him, let

him be put to death <4191> whilst <5704> [it is yet] morning

<1242>: if <0518> he [be] a god <0430>, let him plead <7378> for

himself, because <3588> [one] hath cast <5422> down <5422> his

altar <4196>.

32 Therefore on that day <3117> he called <7121> him Jerubbaal

<3378>, saying <0559>, Let Baal <1168> plead <7378> against him,

because <3588> he hath thrown <5422> down <5422> his altar

<4196>.

33. Then all <3605> the Midianites <4080> and the Amalekites

<6003> and the children <1121> of the east <6924> were gathered

<0622> together <3162>, and went <5674> over <5674>, and pitched

<2583> in the valley <6010> of Jezreel <3157>.

34 But the Spirit <7307> of the LORD <3068> came <3847> upon

Gideon <1439>, and he blew <8628> a trumpet <7782>; and Abiezer

<44> was gathered <2199> after <0310> him.

35 And he sent <7971> messengers <4397> throughout all <3605>

Manasseh <4519>; who also <1571> was gathered <2199> after

<0310> him: and he sent <7971> messengers <4397> unto Asher

<0836>, and unto Zebulun <2074>, and unto Naphtali <5321>; and

they came <5927> up to meet <7125> them.

36 And Gideon <1439> said <0559> unto God <0430>, If <0518>

thou wilt save <3467> Israel <3478> by mine hand <3027>, as thou

hast said <1696>,

37 Behold <2009>, I will put <3322> a fleece <1492> of wool

<6785> in the floor <1637>; [and] if <0518> the dew <2919> be on

<5921> the fleece <1492> only <0905>, and [it be] dry <2721>

upon all <3605> the earth <0776> [beside], then shall I know

<3045> that thou wilt save <3467> Israel <3478> by mine hand

<3027>, as thou hast said <1696>.

38 And it was so <3651>: for he rose <7925> up early <7925> on

the morrow <4283>, and thrust <2115> the fleece <1492> together,

and wringed <4680> the dew <2919> out of the fleece <1492>, a

bowl <5602> full <4392> of water <4325>.

39 And Gideon <1439> said <0559> unto God <0430>, Let not thine

anger <0639> be hot <2734> against me, and I will speak <1696>

but this once <6471>: let me prove <5254>, I pray <4994> thee,

but this once <6471> with the fleece <1492>; let it now <4994>

be dry <2721> only <0905> upon the fleece <1492>, and upon all

<3605> the ground <0776> let there be dew <2919>.

40 And God <0430> did <6213> so <3651> that night <3915>: for

it was dry <2721> upon the fleece <1492> only <0905>, and there

was dew <2919> on <5921> all <3605> the ground <0776>.

Judges 7

1. Then Jerubbaal <3378>, who <4310> [is] Gideon <1439>, and

all <3605> the people <5971> that [were] with him, rose <7925>

up early <7925>, and pitched <2583> beside <5921> the well

<5878> of Harod <5878>: so that the host <4264> of the

Midianites <4080> were on the north <6828> side of them, by the

hill <1389> of Moreh <4176>, in the valley <6010>.

2 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto Gideon <1439>, The

people <5971> that [are] with thee [are] too many <7227> for me

to give <5414> the Midianites <4080> into their hands <3027>,

lest <6435> Israel <3478> vaunt <6286> themselves against <5921>

me, saying <0559>, Mine own hand <3027> hath saved <3467> me.

3 Now <6288> therefore go <4994> to, proclaim <7121> in the

ears <0241> of the people <5971>, saying <0559>, Whosoever

<4310> [is] fearful <3373> and afraid <2730>, let him return

<7725> and depart <6852> early <6852> from mount <2022> Gilead

<1568>. And there returned <7725> of the people <5971> twenty

<6242> and two <8147> thousand <0505>; and there remained <7604>

ten <6235> thousand <0505>.

4 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto Gideon <1439>, The

people <5971> [are] yet <5750> [too] many <7227>; bring <0338>

them down <3381> unto the water <4325>, and I will try <6884>

them for thee there <8033>: and it shall be, [that] of whom

<0834> I say <0559> unto thee, This <2088> shall go <3212> with

thee, the same <1931> shall go <3212> with thee; and of

whomsoever <0834> I say <0559> unto thee, This <2088> shall not

go <3212> with thee, the same <1931> shall not go <3212>.

5 So he brought <3381> down <3381> the people <5971> unto the

water <4325>: and the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto Gideon <1439>,

Every <3605> one that lappeth <3952> of the water <4325> with

his tongue <3956>, as a dog <3611> lappeth <3952>, him shalt

thou set <3322> by himself; likewise every <3605> one that

boweth <3766> down upon his knees <1290> to drink <8354>.

6 And the number <4557> of them that lapped <3952>, [putting]

their hand <3027> to their mouth <6310>, were three <7969>

hundred <3967> men <0376>: but all <3605> the rest <3499> of the

people <5971> bowed <3766> down upon their knees <1290> to drink

<8354> water <4325>.

7 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto Gideon <1439>, By the

three <7969> hundred <3967> men <0376> that lapped <3952> will I

save <3467> you, and deliver <5414> the Midianites <4080> into

thine hand <3027>: and let all <3605> the [other] people <5971>

go <3212> every man <0376> unto his place <4725>.

8 So the people <5971> took <3947> victuals <6720> in their

hand <3027>, and their trumpets <7782>: and he sent <7971> all

<3605> [the rest of] Israel <3478> every man <0376> unto his

tent <0168>, and retained <2388> those three <7969> hundred

<3967> men <0376>: and the host <4264> of Midian <4080> was

beneath <8478> him in the valley <6010>.

9. And it came <1961> to pass the same <1931> night <3915>,

that the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto him, Arise <6965>, get

<3381> thee down <3381> unto the host <4264>; for I have

delivered <5414> it into thine hand <3027>.

10 But if <0518> thou fear <3373> to go <3381> down <3381>, go

<3381> thou with Phurah <6513> thy servant <5288> down <3381> to

the host <4264>:

11 And thou shalt hear <8085> what <4100> they say <1696>; and

afterward <0310> shall thine hands <3027> be strengthened <2388>

to go <3381> down <3381> unto the host <4264>. Then went <3381>

he down <3381> with Phurah <6513> his servant <5288> unto the

outside <7097> of the armed <2571> men that [were] in the host

<4264>.

12 And the Midianites <4080> and the Amalekites <6003> and all

<3605> the children <1121> of the east <6924> lay <5307> along

in the valley <6010> like grasshoppers <0697> for multitude

<7230>; and their camels <1581> [were] without <0369> number

<4557>, as the sand <2344> by the sea <3220> side <8193> for

multitude <7230>.

13 And when Gideon <1439> was come <0935>, behold <2009>,

[there was] a man <0376> that told <5608> a dream <2472> unto

his fellow <7453>, and said <0559>, Behold <2009>, I dreamed

<2492> a dream <2472>, and, lo <2009>, a cake <6742> of barley

<8184> bread <3899> tumbled <2015> into the host <4264> of

Midian <4080>, and came <0935> unto a tent <0168>, and smote

<5221> it that it fell <5307>, and overturned <2015> it, that

the tent <0168> lay <5307> along.

14 And his fellow <7453> answered <6030> and said <0559>, This

<2063> [is] nothing <0369> else save the sword <2719> of Gideon

<1439> the son <1121> of Joash <3101>, a man <0376> of Israel

<3478>: [for] into his hand <3027> hath God <0430> delivered

<5414> Midian <4080>, and all <3605> the host <4264>.

15 And it was [so], when Gideon <1439> heard <8085> the telling

<4557> of the dream <2472>, and the interpretation <7667>

thereof, that he worshipped <7812>, and returned <7725> into

<0413> the host <4264> of Israel <3478>, and said <0559>, Arise

<6965>; for the LORD <3068> hath delivered <5414> into your hand

<3027> the host <4264> of Midian <4080>.

16. And he divided <2673> the three <7969> hundred <3967> men

<0376> [into] three <7969> companies <7218>, and he put <5414> a

trumpet <7782> in every <3605> man's hand <3027>, with empty

<7385> pitchers <3537>, and lamps <3940> within <8432> the

pitchers <3537>.

17 And he said <0559> unto them, Look <7200> on me, and do

<6213> likewise <3651>: and, behold <2009>, when I come <0935>

to the outside <7097> of the camp <4264>, it shall be [that], as

I do <6213>, so <3651> shall ye do <6213>.

18 When I blow <8628> with a trumpet <7782>, I and all <3605>

that [are] with me, then blow <8628> ye the trumpets <7782> also

<1571> on every <3605> side <5439> of all <3605> the camp <4264>,

and say <0559>, [The sword] of the LORD <3068>, and of Gideon

<1439>.

19 So Gideon <1439>, and the hundred <3967> men <0376> that

[were] with him, came <0935> unto the outside <7097> of the camp

<4264> in the beginning <7218> of the middle <8484> watch <0821>;

and they had but newly <6965> set <6965> the watch <8104>: and

they blew <8628> the trumpets <7782>, and brake <5310> the

pitchers <3537> that [were] in their hands <3027>.

20 And the three <7969> companies <7218> blew <8628> the

trumpets <7782>, and brake <7665> the pitchers <3537>, and held

<2388> the lamps <3940> in their left <8040> hands <3027>, and

the trumpets <7782> in their right <3225> hands <3027> to blow

<8628> [withal]: and they cried <7121>, The sword <2719> of the

LORD <3068>, and of Gideon <1439>.

21 And they stood <5975> every man <0376> in his place <8478>

round <5439> about the camp <4264>: and all <3605> the host

<4264> ran <7323>, and cried <7321>, and fled <5127>.

22 And the three <7969> hundred <3967> blew <8628> the trumpets

<7782>, and the LORD <3068> set <7760> every man's <0376> sword

<2719> against his fellow <7453>, even throughout all <3605> the

host <4264>: and the host <4264> fled <5127> to Bethshittah

<1029> in Zererath, [and] to the border <8193> of Abelmeholah

<65>, unto Tabbath <2888>.

23. And the men <0376> of Israel <3478> gathered <6817>

themselves together out of Naphtali <5321>, and out of Asher

<0836>, and out of all <3605> Manasseh <4519>, and pursued

<7291> after <0310> the Midianites <4080>.

24 And Gideon <1439> sent <7971> messengers <4397> throughout

all <3605> mount <2022> Ephraim <0669>, saying <0559>, Come

<3381> down <3381> against <7125> the Midianites <4080>, and

take <3920> before them the waters <4325> unto Bethbarah <1012>

and Jordan <3383>. Then all <3605> the men <0376> of Ephraim

<0669> gathered <6817> themselves together, and took <3920> the

waters <4325> unto Bethbarah <1012> and Jordan <3383>.

25 And they took <3920> two <8147> princes <8269> of the

Midianites <4080>, Oreb <6157> and Zeeb <2062>; and they slew

<2026> Oreb <6157> upon the rock <6697> Oreb <6157>, and Zeeb

<2062> they slew <2026> at the winepress <3342> of Zeeb <2062>,

and pursued <7291> Midian <4080>, and brought <0935> the heads

<7218> of Oreb <6157> and Zeeb <2062> to Gideon <1439> on the

other <5676> side <5676> Jordan <3383>.

Judges 8

1. And the men <0376> of Ephraim <0669> said <0559> unto him,

Why <4100> hast thou served <6213> us thus, that thou calledst

<7121> us not, when <3588> thou wentest <1980> to fight <3898>

with the Midianites <4080>? And they did chide <7378> with him

sharply <2394>.

2 And he said <0559> unto them, What <4100> have I done <6213>

now <6288> in comparison of you? [Is] not the gleaning <5955> of

the grapes of Ephraim <0669> better <2896> than the vintage

<1210> of Abiezer <44>?

3 God <0430> hath delivered <5414> into your hands <3027> the

princes <8269> of Midian <4080>, Oreb <6157> and Zeeb <2062>:

and what <4100> was I able <3201> to do <6213> in comparison of

you? Then <0227> their anger <7307> was abated <7503> toward him,

when he had said <1696> that.

4. And Gideon <1439> came <0935> to Jordan <3383>, [and] passed

<5674> over <5674>, he, and the three <7969> hundred <3967> men

<0376> that [were] with him, faint <5889>, yet pursuing <7291>

[them].

5 And he said <0559> unto the men <0582> of Succoth <5523>,

Give <5414>, I pray <4994> you, loaves <3603> of bread <3899>

unto the people <5971> that follow <7272> me; for they [be]

faint <5889>, and I am pursuing <7291> after <0310> Zebah <2078>

and Zalmunna <6759>, kings <4428> of Midian <4080>.

6 And the princes <8269> of Succoth <5523> said <0559>, [Are]

the hands <3709> of Zebah <2078> and Zalmunna <6759> now <6258>

in thine hand <3027>, that we should give <5414> bread <3899>

unto thine army <6635>?

7 And Gideon <1439> said <0559>, Therefore when the LORD <3068>

hath delivered <5414> Zebah <2078> and Zalmunna <6759> into mine

hand <3027>, then I will tear <1758> your flesh <1320> with the

thorns <6975> of the wilderness <4057> and with briers <1303>.

8 And he went <5927> up thence <8033> to Penuel <6439>, and

spake <1696> unto them likewise <2063>: and the men <0582> of

Penuel <6439> answered <6030> him as the men <0582> of Succoth

<5523> had answered <6030> [him].

9 And he spake <0559> also <1571> unto the men <0582> of Penuel

<6439>, saying <0559>, When I come <7725> again <7725> in peace

<7965>, I will break <5422> down <5242> this tower <4026>.

10 Now Zebah <2078> and Zalmunna <6759> [were] in Karkor <7174>,

and their hosts <4264> with them, about fifteen <6240> thousand

<0505> [men], all <3605> that were left <3498> of all <3605> the

hosts <4264> of the children <1121> of the east <6924>: for

there fell <5307> an hundred <3967> and twenty <6242> thousand

<0505> men <0376> that drew <8025> sword <2719>.

11 And Gideon <1439> went <5927> up by the way <1870> of them

that dwelt <7931> in tents <0168> on the east <6924> of Nobah

<5025> and Jogbehah <3011>, and smote <5221> the host <4264>:

for the host <4264> was secure <0983>.

12 And when Zebah <2078> and Zalmunna <6759> fled <5127>, he

pursued <7291> after <0310> them, and took <3920> the two <8147>

kings <4428> of Midian <4080>, Zebah <2078> and Zalmunna <6759>,

and discomfited <2729> all <3605> the host <4264>.

13 And Gideon <1439> the son <1121> of Joash <3101> returned

<7725> from battle <4421> before <4608> the sun <2775> [was up],

14 And caught <3920> a young <5288> man of the men <0582> of

Succoth <5523>, and enquired <7592> of him: and he described

<3789> unto him the princes <8269> of Succoth <5523>, and the

elders <2205> thereof, [even] threescore <7657> and seventeen

<7657> men <0376>.

15 And he came <0935> unto the men <0582> of Succoth <5523>,

and said <0559>, Behold <2009> Zebah <2078> and Zalmunna <6759>,

with whom <0834> ye did upbraid <2778> me, saying <0559>, [Are]

the hands <3709> of Zebah <2078> and Zalmunna <6759> now <6258>

in thine hand <3027>, that we should give <5414> bread <3899>

unto thy men <0582> [that are] weary <3286>?

16 And he took <3947> the elders <2205> of the city <5892>, and

thorns <6975> of the wilderness <4057> and briers <1303>, and

with them he taught <3045> the men <0582> of Succoth <5523>.

17 And he beat <5422> down <5242> the tower <4026> of Penuel

<6439>, and slew <2026> the men <0582> of the city <5892>.

18. Then said <0559> he unto Zebah <2078> and Zalmunna <6759>,

What <0375> manner of men <0582> [were they] whom <0834> ye slew

<2026> at Tabor <8396>? And they answered <0559>, As thou [art],

so <1992> [were] they; each one <0259> resembled <8389> the

children <1121> of a king <4428>.

19 And he said <0559>, They [were] my brethren <0251>, [even]

the sons <1121> of my mother <0517>: [as] the LORD <3068> liveth

<2416>, if <3863> ye had saved <2421> them alive <2421>, I would

not slay <2026> you.

20 And he said <0559> unto Jether <3500> his firstborn <1060>,

Up, [and] slay <2026> them. But the youth <5288> drew <8025> not

his sword <2719>: for he feared <3372>, because <3588> he [was]

yet <5750> a youth <5288>.

21 Then Zebah <2078> and Zalmunna <6759> said <0559>, Rise

<6965> thou, and fall <6293> upon us: for as the man <0376> [is,

so is] his strength <1369>. And Gideon <1439> arose <6965>, and

slew <2026> Zebah <2078> and Zalmunna <6759>, and took <3947>

away the ornaments <7720> that [were] on their camels <1581>'

necks <6677>.

22. Then the men <0376> of Israel <3478> said <0559> unto

Gideon <1439>, Rule <4910> thou over us, both <1571> thou, and

thy son <1121>, and thy son's <1121> son <1121> also <1571>: for

thou hast delivered <3467> us from the hand <3027> of Midian

<4080>.

23 And Gideon <1439> said <0559> unto them, I will not rule

<4910> over you, neither <3808> shall my son <1121> rule <4910>

over you: the LORD <3068> shall rule <4910> over you.

24 And Gideon <1439> said <0559> unto them, I would desire

<7592> a request <7596> of you, that ye would give <5414> me

every man <0376> the earrings <5141> of his prey <7998>. (For

they had golden <2091> earrings <5141>, because <3588> they

[were] Ishmaelites <3459>.)

25 And they answered <0559>, We will willingly <5414> give

<5414> [them]. And they spread <6566> a garment <8071>, and did

cast <7993> therein <8033> every man <0376> the earrings <5141>

of his prey <7998>.

26 And the weight <4948> of the golden <2091> earrings <5141>

that he requested <7592> was a thousand <0505> and seven <7651>

hundred <3967> [shekels] of gold <2091>; beside <0905> ornaments

<7720>, and collars <5188>, and purple <0713> raiment <0899>

that [was] on <5921> the kings <4428> of Midian <4080>, and

beside <0905> the chains <6060> that [were] about their camels

<1581>' necks <6677>.

27 And Gideon <1439> made <6213> an ephod <0646> thereof, and

put <3322> it in his city <5892>, [even] in Ophrah <6084>: and

all <3605> Israel <3478> went thither <8033> a whoring <2181>

after <0310> it: which thing became <1961> a snare <4170> unto

Gideon <1439>, and to his house <1004>.

28 Thus was Midian <4080> subdued <3665> before <6440> the

children <1121> of Israel <3478>, so that they lifted <5375> up

their heads <7218> no <3808> more <3254>. And the country <0776>

was in quietness <8252> forty <0705> years <8141> in the days

<3117> of Gideon <1439>.

29. And Jerubbaal <3378> the son <1121> of Joash <3101> went

<3212> and dwelt <3427> in his own house <1004>.

30 And Gideon <1439> had threescore <7657> and ten sons <1121>

of his body <3409> begotten <3318>: for he had <1961> many

<7227> wives <0802>.

31 And his concubine <6370> that [was] in Shechem <7927>, she

also <1571> bare <3205> him a son <1121>, whose <0853> name

<8034> he called <7760> Abimelech <40>.

32 And Gideon <1439> the son <1121> of Joash <3101> died <4191>

in a good <2896> old <7872> age <7872>, and was buried <6912> in

the sepulchre <6913> of Joash <3101> his father <1>, in Ophrah

<6084> of the Abiezrites <33>.

33 And it came <1961> to pass, as soon <0834> as Gideon <1439>

was dead <4191>, that the children <1121> of Israel <3478>

turned <7725> again <7725>, and went a whoring <2181> after

<0310> Baalim <1168>, and made <7760> Baalberith <1170> their

god <0430>.

34 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> remembered <2142>

not the LORD <3068> their God <0430>, who had delivered <5337>

them out of the hands <3027> of all <3605> their enemies <0341>

on every <5437> side <5439>:

35 Neither <3808> shewed <6213> they kindness <2617> to the

house <1004> of Jerubbaal <3378>, [namely], Gideon <1439>,

according to all <3605> the goodness <2896> which <0835> he had

shewed <6213> unto Israel <3478>.

Judges 9

1. And Abimelech <40> the son <1121> of Jerubbaal <3378> went

<3212> to Shechem <7927> unto his mother's <0517> brethren

<0251>, and communed <1696> with them, and with all <3605> the

family <4940> of the house <1004> of his mother's <0517> father

<1>, saying <0559>,

2 Speak <1696>, I pray <4994> you, in the ears <0241> of all

<3605> the men <1167> of Shechem <7927>, Whether <4100> [is]

better <2896> for you, either that all <3605> the sons <1121> of

Jerubbaal <3378>, [which are] threescore <7657> and ten persons

<0376>, reign <4910> over you, or that one <0259> reign <4910>

over you? remember <2142> also that I [am] your bone <6106> and

your flesh <1320>.

3 And his mother's <0517> brethren <0251> spake <1696> of him

in the ears <0241> of all <3605> the men <1167> of Shechem

<7927> all <3605> these <0428> words <1697>: and their hearts

<3820> inclined <5186> to follow Abimelech <40>; for they said

<0559>, He [is] our brother <0251>.

4 And they gave <5414> him threescore <7657> and ten [pieces]

of silver <3701> out of the house <1004> of Baalberith <1170>,

wherewith Abimelech <40> hired <7936> vain <7386> and light

<6348> persons <0582>, which followed him.

5 And he went <0935> unto his father's <1> house <1004> at

Ophrah <6084>, and slew <2026> his brethren <0251> the sons

<1121> of Jerubbaal <3378>, [being] threescore <7657> and ten

persons <0376>, upon one <0259> stone <68>: notwithstanding yet

Jotham <3147> the youngest <6996> son <1121> of Jerubbaal <3378>

was left <3498>; for he hid <2244> himself.

6 And all <3605> the men <1167> of Shechem <7927> gathered

<0622> together, and all <3605> the house <1004> of Millo <4407>,

and went <3212>, and made Abimelech <40> king <4428>, by the

plain <0436> of the pillar <5324> that [was] in Shechem <7927>.

7. And when they told <5046> [it] to Jotham <3147>, he went

<3212> and stood <5975> in the top <7218> of mount <2022>

Gerizim <1630>, and lifted <5375> up his voice <6963>, and cried

<7121>, and said <0559> unto them, Hearken <8085> unto me, ye

men <1167> of Shechem <7927>, that God <0430> may hearken <8085>

unto you.

8 The trees <6086> went <1980> forth [on a time] to anoint

<4886> a king <4428> over <5921> them; and they said <0559> unto

the olive <2132> tree, Reign <4427> thou over <5921> us.

9 But the olive <2132> tree said <0559> unto them, Should I

leave <2308> my fatness <1880>, wherewith <0834> by me they

honour <3513> God <0430> and man <0376>, and go <1980> to be

promoted <5128> over <5921> the trees <6086>?

10 And the trees <6086> said <0559> to the fig <8384> tree

<6086>, Come <3212> thou, [and] reign <4427> over <5921> us.

11 But the fig <8384> tree <6086> said <0559> unto them, Should

I forsake <2308> my sweetness <4987>, and my good <2896> fruit

<8270>, and go <1980> to be promoted <5128> over <5921> the

trees <6086>?

12 Then said <0559> the trees <6086> unto the vine <1612>, Come

<3212> thou, [and] reign <4427> over <5921> us.

13 And the vine <1612> said <0559> unto them, Should I leave

<2308> my wine <8492>, which cheereth <8055> God <0430> and man

<0376>, and go <1980> to be promoted <5128> over <5921> the

trees <6086>?

14 Then said <0559> all <3605> the trees <6086> unto the

bramble <0329>, Come <3212> thou, [and] reign <4427> over <5921>

us.

15 And the bramble <0329> said <0559> unto the trees <6086>, If

<0518> in truth <0571> ye anoint <4886> me king <4428> over

<5921> you, [then] come <0935> [and] put your trust <2620> in my

shadow <6738>: and if <0518> not, let fire <0784> come <3318>

out of the bramble <0329>, and devour <0398> the cedars <0730>

of Lebanon <3844>.

16 Now <6258> therefore, if <0518> ye have done <6213> truly

<0571> and sincerely <8549>, in that ye have made Abimelech <40>

king <4427>, and if <0518> ye have dealt <6213> well <2895> with

Jerubbaal <3378> and his house <1004>, and have done <6213> unto

him according to the deserving <1576> of his hands <3027>;

17 (For my father <1> fought <3898> for you, and adventured

<7993> his life <5315> far <5048>, and delivered <5337> you out

of the hand <3027> of Midian <4080>:

18 And ye are risen <6965> up against <5921> my father's <1>

house <1004> this day <3117>, and have slain <2026> his sons

<1121>, threescore <7657> and ten persons <0376>, upon one

<0259> stone <68>, and have made Abimelech <40>, the son <1121>

of his maidservant <0519>, king <4427> over <5921> the men

<1167> of Shechem <7927>, because <3588> he [is] your brother

<0251>;)

19 If <0518> ye then have dealt <6213> truly <0571> and

sincerely <8549> with Jerubbaal <3378> and with his house <1004>

this <2088> day <3117>, [then] rejoice <8055> ye in Abimelech

<40>, and let him also <1571> rejoice <8055> in you:

20 But if <0518> not, let fire <0784> come <3318> out from

Abimelech <40>, and devour <0398> the men <1167> of Shechem

<7927>, and the house <1004> of Millo <4407>; and let fire

<0784> come <3318> out from the men <1167> of Shechem <7927>,

and from the house <1004> of Millo <4407>, and devour <0398>

Abimelech <40>.

21 And Jotham <3147> ran <7323> away, and fled <1272>, and went

<3212> to Beer <0876>, and dwelt <3427> there <8033>, for fear

<6440> of Abimelech <40> his brother <0251>.

22. When Abimelech <40> had reigned <7786> three <7969> years

<8141> over <5921> Israel <3478>,

23 Then God <0430> sent <7971> an evil <7451> spirit <7307>

between <0996> Abimelech <40> and the men <1167> of Shechem

<7927>; and the men <1167> of Shechem <7927> dealt treacherously

<0898> with Abimelech <40>:

24 That the cruelty <2555> [done] to the threescore <7657> and

ten sons <1121> of Jerubbaal <3378> might come <0935>, and their

blood <1818> be laid <7760> upon Abimelech <40> their brother

<0251>, which <0834> slew <2026> them; and upon the men <1167>

of Shechem <7927>, which <0834> aided him in the killing <2026>

of his brethren <0251>.

25 And the men <1167> of Shechem <7927> set <7760> liers in

wait <0693> for him in the top <7218> of the mountains <2022>,

and they robbed <1497> all <3605> that came <5674> along that

way <1870> by them: and it was told <5046> Abimelech <40>.

26 And Gaal <1603> the son <1121> of Ebed <5651> came <0935>

with his brethren <0251>, and went <5674> over <5674> to Shechem

<7927>: and the men <1167> of Shechem <7927> put their

confidence <0982> in him.

27 And they went <3318> out into the fields <7704>, and

gathered <1219> their vineyards <3754>, and trode <1869> [the

grapes], and made <6213> merry <1974>, and went <0935> into the

house <1004> of their god <0430>, and did eat <0398> and drink

<8354>, and cursed <7043> Abimelech <40>.

28 And Gaal <1603> the son <1121> of Ebed <5651> said <0559>,

Who <4310> [is] Abimelech <40>, and who <4310> [is] Shechem

<7927>, that we should serve <5647> him? [is] not [he] the son

<1121> of Jerubbaal <3378>? and Zebul <2083> his officer <6496>?

serve <5647> the men <0582> of Hamor <2544> the father <1> of

Shechem <7927>: for why <4100> should we serve <5647> him?

29 And would to God this <2088> people <5971> were under my

hand <3027>! then would I remove <5493> Abimelech <40>. And he

said <0559> to Abimelech <40>, Increase <7239> thine army <6635>,

and come <3318> out.

30 And when Zebul <2083> the ruler <8269> of the city <5892>

heard <8085> the words <1697> of Gaal <1603> the son <1121> of

Ebed <5651>, his anger <0639> was kindled <2734>.

31 And he sent <7971> messengers <4397> unto Abimelech <40>

privily <8649>, saying <0559>, Behold <2009>, Gaal <1603> the

son <1121> of Ebed <5651> and his brethren <0251> be come <0935>

to Shechem <7927>; and, behold <2009>, they fortify <6696> the

city <5892> against <5921> thee.

32 Now <6258> therefore up by night <3915>, thou and the people

<5971> that [is] with thee, and lie in wait <0693> in the field

<7704>:

33 And it shall be, [that] in the morning <1242>, as soon as

the sun <8121> is up, thou shalt rise <7925> early <7925>, and

set <6584> upon the city <5892>: and, behold <2009>, [when] he

and the people <5971> that [is] with him come <3318> out against

<0413> thee, then mayest thou do <6213> to them as thou shalt

find <4672> occasion <4672>.

34 And Abimelech <40> rose <6965> up, and all <3605> the people

<5971> that [were] with him, by night <3915>, and they laid wait

<0693> against <5921> Shechem <7927> in four <0702> companies

<7218>.

35 And Gaal <1603> the son <1121> of Ebed <5651> went <3318>

out, and stood <5975> in the entering <6607> of the gate <8179>

of the city <5892>: and Abimelech <40> rose <6965> up, and the

people <5971> that [were] with him, from lying in wait <3993>.

36 And when Gaal <1603> saw <7200> the people <5971>, he said

<0559> to Zebul <2083>, Behold <2009>, there come <3381> people

<5971> down <3381> from the top <7218> of the mountains <2022>.

And Zebul <2083> said <0559> unto him, Thou seest <7200> the

shadow <6738> of the mountains <2022> as [if they were] men

<0582>.

37 And Gaal <1603> spake <1696> again and said <0559>, See

<2009> there come <3381> people <5971> down <3381> by the middle

<2872> of the land <0776>, and another <0259> company <7218>

come <0935> along by the plain <0436> of Meonenim <6049>.

38 Then said <0559> Zebul <2083> unto him, Where <0346> [is]

now <0645> thy mouth <6310>, wherewith <0834> thou saidst <0559>,

Who <4310> [is] Abimelech <40>, that we should serve <5647>

him? [is] not this <2088> the people <5971> that thou hast

despised <3988>? go <3318> out, I pray <4994> now <6258>, and

fight <3898> with them.

39 And Gaal <1603> went <3318> out before <6440> the men <1167>

of Shechem <7927>, and fought <3898> with Abimelech <40>.

40 And Abimelech <40> chased <7291> him, and he fled <5127>

before <6440> him, and many <7227> were overthrown <5307> [and]

wounded <2491>, [even] unto the entering <6607> of the gate

<8179>.

41 And Abimelech <40> dwelt <3427> at Arumah <0725>: and Zebul

<2083> thrust <1644> out Gaal <1603> and his brethren <0251>,

that they should not dwell <3427> in Shechem <7927>.

42 And it came <1961> to pass on the morrow <4283>, that the

people <5971> went <3318> out into the field <7704>; and they

told <5046> Abimelech <40>.

43 And he took <3947> the people <5971>, and divided <2673>

them into three <7969> companies <7218>, and laid wait <0693> in

the field <7704>, and looked <7200>, and, behold <2009>, the

people <5971> [were] come <3318> forth <3318> out of the city

<5892>; and he rose <6965> up against <5921> them, and smote

<5221> them.

44 And Abimelech <40>, and the company <7218> that [was] with

him, rushed <6584> forward <6584>, and stood <5975> in the

entering <6607> of the gate <8179> of the city <5892>: and the

two <8147> [other] companies <7218> ran <6584> upon all <3605>

[the people] that [were] in the fields <7704>, and slew <5221>

them.

45 And Abimelech <40> fought <3898> against the city <5892> all

<3605> that day <3117>; and he took <3920> the city <5892>, and

slew <2026> the people <5971> that [was] therein, and beat

<5422> down <5422> the city <5892>, and sowed <2232> it with

salt <4417>.

46 And when all <3605> the men <1167> of the tower <4026> of

Shechem <7927> heard <8085> [that], they entered <0935> into

<0413> an hold <6877> of the house <1004> of the god <0410>

Berith <1286>.

47 And it was told <5046> Abimelech <40>, that all <3605> the

men <1167> of the tower <4026> of Shechem <7927> were gathered

<6908> together.

48 And Abimelech <40> gat <5927> him up to mount <2022> Zalmon

<6756>, he and all <3605> the people <5971> that [were] with him;

and Abimelech <40> took <3947> an axe <7134> in his hand <3027>,

and cut <3772> down <3381> a bough <7754> from the trees <6086>,

and took <5375> it, and laid <7760> [it] on <5921> his shoulder

<7926>, and said <0559> unto the people <5971> that [were] with

him, What <4100> ye have seen <7200> me do <6213>, make haste

<4116>, [and] do <6213> as I [have done].

49 And all <3605> the people <5971> likewise <1571> cut <3772>

down <3381> every man <0376> his bough <7754>, and followed

Abimelech <40>, and put <7760> [them] to the hold <6877>, and

set the hold <6877> on fire <0784> upon them; so that all <3605>

the men <0582> of the tower <4026> of Shechem <7927> died <4191>

also <1571>, about a thousand <0505> men <0376> and women <0802>.

50. Then went <3212> Abimelech <40> to Thebez <8405>, and

encamped <2583> against <0413> Thebez <8405>, and took <3920> it.

51 But there was a strong <5797> tower <4026> within <8432> the

city <5892>, and thither <8033> fled <5127> all <3605> the men

<0582> and women <0802>, and all <3605> they of the city <5892>,

and shut <5462> [it] to them, and gat <5927> them up to the top

<1406> of the tower <4026>.

52 And Abimelech <40> came <0935> unto the tower <4026>, and

fought <3898> against it, and went <5066> hard <5066> unto the

door <6607> of the tower <4026> to burn <8313> it with fire

<0784>.

53 And a certain <0259> woman <0802> cast <7993> a piece <6400>

of a millstone <7393> upon Abimelech's <40> head <7218>, and all

to brake <7533> his skull <1538>.

54 Then he called <7121> hastily <4120> unto the young <5288>

man his armourbearer <3627>, and said <0559> unto him, Draw

<8025> thy sword <2719>, and slay <4191> me, that men say <0559>

not of me, A woman <0802> slew <2026> him. And his young <5288>

man thrust <1856> him through, and he died <4191>.

55 And when the men <0376> of Israel <3478> saw <7200> that

Abimelech <40> was dead <4191>, they departed <3212> every man

<0376> unto his place <4725>.

56 Thus God <0430> rendered <7725> the wickedness <7451> of

Abimelech <40>, which <0834> he did <6213> unto his father <1>,

in slaying <2026> his seventy <7657> brethren <0251>:

57 And all <3605> the evil <7451> of the men <0582> of Shechem

<7927> did God <0430> render <7725> upon their heads <7218>: and

upon them came <0935> the curse <7045> of Jotham <3147> the son

<1121> of Jerubbaal <3378>.

Judges 10

1. And after <0310> Abimelech <40> there arose <6965> to defend

<3467> Israel <3478> Tola <8439> the son <1121> of Puah <6312>,

the son <1121> of Dodo <1734>, a man <0376> of Issachar <3485>;

and he dwelt <3427> in Shamir <8069> in mount <2022> Ephraim

<0669>.

2 And he judged <8199> Israel <3478> twenty <6242> and three

<7969> years <8141>, and died <4191>, and was buried <6912> in

Shamir <8069>.

3 And after <0310> him arose <6965> Jair <2971>, a Gileadite

<1569>, and judged <8199> Israel <3478> twenty <6242> and two

<8147> years <8141>.

4 And he had <1961> thirty <7970> sons <1121> that rode <7392>

on <5921> thirty <7970> ass <5895> colts <5895>, and they had

thirty <7970> cities <5892>, which are called <7121> Havothjair

<2334> unto this <2088> day <3117>, which <0834> [are] in the

land <0776> of Gilead <1568>.

5 And Jair <2971> died <4191>, and was buried <6912> in Camon

<7056>.

6. And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> did <6213> evil

<7451> again <3254> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>, and

served <5647> Baalim <1168>, and Ashtaroth <6252>, and the gods

<0430> of Syria <0758>, and the gods <0430> of Zidon <6721>, and

the gods <0430> of Moab <4124>, and the gods <0430> of the

children <1121> of Ammon <5983>, and the gods <0430> of the

Philistines <6430>, and forsook <5800> the LORD <3068>, and

served <5647> not him.

7 And the anger <0639> of the LORD <3068> was hot <2734>

against Israel <3478>, and he sold <4376> them into the hands

<3027> of the Philistines <6430>, and into the hands <3027> of

the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>.

8 And that year <8141> they vexed <7492> and oppressed <7533>

the children <1121> of Israel <3478>: eighteen years <8141>, all

<3605> the children <1121> of Israel <3478> that [were] on the

other <5676> side <5676> Jordan <3383> in the land <0776> of the

Amorites <0567>, which <0834> [is] in Gilead <1568>.

9 Moreover the children <1121> of Ammon <5983> passed <5674>

over <5674> Jordan <3383> to fight <3898> also <1571> against

Judah <3063>, and against Benjamin <1144>, and against the house

<1004> of Ephraim <0669>; so that Israel <3478> was sore <3966>

distressed <3334>.

10. And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> cried <2199> unto

the LORD <3068>, saying <0559>, We have sinned <2398> against

thee, both because <3588> we have forsaken <5800> our God <0430>,

and also served <5647> Baalim <1168>.

11 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto the children <1121> of

Israel <3478>, [Did] not [I deliver you] from the Egyptians

<4714>, and from the Amorites <0567>, from the children <1121>

of Ammon <5983>, and from the Philistines <6430>?

12 The Zidonians <6722> also <1571>, and the Amalekites <6003>,

and the Maonites <4584>, did oppress <3905> you; and ye cried

<6817> to me, and I delivered <3467> you out of their hand

<3027>.

13 Yet ye have forsaken <5800> me, and served <5647> other

<0312> gods <0430>: wherefore <3651> I will deliver <3467> you

no <3808> more <3254>.

14 Go <3212> and cry <2199> unto the gods <0430> which <0834>

ye have chosen <0977>; let them deliver <3467> you in the time

<6256> of your tribulation <6869>.

15 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> said <0559> unto

the LORD <3068>, We have sinned <2398>: do <6213> thou unto us

whatsoever <3605> seemeth <5869> good <2896> unto thee; deliver

<5337> us only <0389>, we pray <4994> thee, this <2088> day

<3117>.

16 And they put <5493> away <5493> the strange <5236> gods

<0430> from among <7130> them, and served <5647> the LORD <3068>:

and his soul <5315> was grieved <7114> for the misery <5999> of

Israel <3478>.

17 Then the children <1121> of Ammon <5983> were gathered

<6817> together, and encamped <2583> in Gilead <1568>. And the

children <1121> of Israel <3478> assembled <0622> themselves

together, and encamped <2583> in Mizpeh <4709>.

18 And the people <5971> [and] princes <8269> of Gilead <1568>

said <0559> one <0376> to another <7453>, What <4310> man <0376>

[is he] that will begin <2490> to fight <3898> against the

children <1121> of Ammon <5983>? he shall be head <7218> over

all <3605> the inhabitants <3427> of Gilead <1568>.

Judges 11

1. Now Jephthah <3316> the Gileadite <1569> was a mighty <1368>

man of valour <2428>, and he [was] the son <1121> of an harlot

<2181>: and Gilead <1568> begat <3205> Jephthah <3316>.

2 And Gilead's <1568> wife <0802> bare <3205> him sons <1121>;

and his wife's <0802> sons <1121> grew <1431> up, and they

thrust <1644> out Jephthah <3316>, and said <0559> unto him,

Thou shalt not inherit <5157> in our father's <1> house <1004>;

for thou [art] the son <1121> of a strange <0312> woman <0802>.

3 Then Jephthah <3316> fled <1272> from his brethren <0251>,

and dwelt <3427> in the land <0776> of Tob <2897>: and there

were gathered <3950> vain <7386> men <0582> to Jephthah <3316>,

and went <3318> out with him.

4. And it came <1961> to pass in process of time <3117>, that

the children <1121> of Ammon <5983> made war <3898> against

<5973> Israel <3478>.

5 And it was so, that when <0834> the children <1121> of Ammon

<5983> made war <3898> against <5973> Israel <3478>, the elders

<2205> of Gilead <1568> went <3212> to fetch <3947> Jephthah

<3316> out of the land <0776> of Tob <2897>:

6 And they said <0559> unto Jephthah <3316>, Come <3212>, and

be our captain <7101>, that we may fight <3898> with the

children <1121> of Ammon <5983>.

7 And Jephthah <3316> said <0559> unto the elders <2205> of

Gilead <1568>, Did not ye hate <8130> me, and expel <1644> me

out of my father's <1> house <1004>? and why <4069> are ye come

<0935> unto me now <6258> when <0834> ye are in distress <6887>?

8 And the elders <2205> of Gilead <1568> said <0559> unto

Jephthah <3316>, Therefore we turn <7725> again <7725> to thee

now <6258>, that thou mayest go <1980> with us, and fight <3898>

against the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>, and be our head

<7218> over all <3605> the inhabitants <3427> of Gilead <1568>.

9 And Jephthah <3316> said <0559> unto the elders <2205> of

Gilead <1568>, If <0518> ye bring <7725> me home <7725> again

<7725> to fight <3898> against the children <1121> of Ammon

<5983>, and the LORD <3068> deliver <5414> them before <6440> me,

shall I be your head <7218>?

10 And the elders <2205> of Gilead <1568> said <0559> unto

Jephthah <3316>, The LORD <3068> be witness <8085> between

<0996> us, if <0518> we do <6213> not so <3651> according to thy

words <1697>.

11 Then Jephthah <3316> went <3212> with the elders <2205> of

Gilead <1568>, and the people <5971> made <7760> him head <7218>

and captain <7101> over <5921> them: and Jephthah <3316> uttered

<1696> all <3605> his words <1697> before <6440> the LORD <3068>

in Mizpeh <4709>.

12. And Jephthah <3316> sent <7971> messengers <4397> unto the

king <4428> of the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>, saying

<0559>, What <4100> hast thou to do with me, that thou art come

<0935> against <0413> me to fight <3898> in my land <0776>?

13 And the king <4428> of the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>

answered <0559> unto the messengers <4397> of Jephthah <3316>,

Because <3588> Israel <3478> took <3947> away my land <0776>,

when they came <5927> up out of Egypt <4714>, from Arnon <0769>

even unto Jabbok <2999>, and unto Jordan <3383>: now <6258>

therefore restore <7725> those [lands] again <7725> peaceably

<7965>.

14 And Jephthah <3316> sent <7971> messengers <4397> again unto

the king <4428> of the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>:

15 And said <0559> unto him, Thus <3541> saith <0559> Jephthah

<3316>, Israel <3478> took <3947> not away the land <0776> of

Moab <4124>, nor the land <0776> of the children <1121> of Ammon

<5983>:

16 But when Israel <3478> came <5927> up from Egypt <4714>, and

walked <3212> through the wilderness <4057> unto the Red <5488>

sea <3220>, and came <0935> to Kadesh <6946>;

17 Then Israel <3478> sent <7971> messengers <4397> unto the

king <4428> of Edom <0123>, saying <0559>, Let me, I pray <4994>

thee, pass <5674> through thy land <0776>: but the king <4428>

of Edom <0123> would not hearken <8085> [thereto]. And in like

<1571> manner they sent <7971> unto the king <4428> of Moab

<4124>: but he would <14> not [consent <14>]: and Israel <3478>

abode <3427> in Kadesh <6946>.

18 Then they went <3212> along through the wilderness <4057>,

and compassed <5437> the land <0776> of Edom <0123>, and the

land <0776> of Moab <4124>, and came <0935> by the east side of

the land <0776> of Moab <4124>, and pitched <2583> on the other

<5676> side <5676> of Arnon <0769>, but came <0935> not within

the border <1366> of Moab <4124>: for Arnon <0769> [was] the

border <1366> of Moab <4124>.

19 And Israel <3478> sent <7971> messengers <4397> unto Sihon

<5511> king <4428> of the Amorites <0567>, the king <4428> of

Heshbon <2809>; and Israel <3478> said <0559> unto him, Let us

pass <5674>, we pray <4994> thee, through thy land <0776> into

<5704> my place <4725>.

20 But Sihon <5511> trusted <0539> not Israel <3478> to pass

<5674> through his coast <1366>: but Sihon <5511> gathered

<0622> all <3605> his people <5971> together, and pitched <2583>

in Jahaz <3096>, and fought <3898> against <5973> Israel <3478>.

21 And the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478> delivered

<5414> Sihon <5511> and all <3605> his people <5971> into the

hand <3027> of Israel <3478>, and they smote <5221> them: so

Israel <3478> possessed <3423> all <3605> the land <0776> of the

Amorites <0567>, the inhabitants <3427> of that country <0776>.

22 And they possessed <3423> all <3605> the coasts <1366> of

the Amorites <0567>, from Arnon <0769> even unto Jabbok <2999>,

and from the wilderness <4057> even unto Jordan <3383>.

23 So now <6258> the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>

hath dispossessed <3423> the Amorites <0567> from before <6440>

his people <5971> Israel <3478>, and shouldest thou possess

<3423> it?

24 Wilt not thou possess <3423> that which <0834> Chemosh

<3645> thy god <0430> giveth thee to possess <3423>? So

whomsoever the LORD <3068> our God <0430> shall drive <3423> out

from before <6440> us, them will we possess <3423>.

25 And now <6258> [art] thou any thing better <2896> than Balak

<1111> the son <1121> of Zippor <6834>, king <4428> of Moab

<4124>? did he ever strive <7378> against <5973> Israel <3478>,

or did he ever fight <3898> against <5973> them,

26 While Israel <3478> dwelt <3427> in Heshbon <2809> and her

towns <1323>, and in Aroer <6177> and her towns <1323>, and in

all <3605> the cities <5892> that [be] along by the coasts

<3027> of Arnon <0769>, three <7969> hundred <3967> years

<8141>? why <4069> therefore did ye not recover <5337> [them]

within that time <6256>?

27 Wherefore I have not sinned <2398> against thee, but thou

doest <6213> me wrong <7451> to war <3898> against me: the LORD

<3068> the Judge <8199> be judge <8199> this day <3117> between

<0996> the children <1121> of Israel <3478> and the children

<1121> of Ammon <5983>.

28 Howbeit the king <4428> of the children <1121> of Ammon

<5983> hearkened <8085> not unto the words <1697> of Jephthah

<3316> which <0834> he sent <7971> him.

29. Then the Spirit <7307> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> upon

Jephthah <3316>, and he passed <5674> over <5674> Gilead <1568>,

and Manasseh <4519>, and passed <5674> over <5674> Mizpeh <4708>

of Gilead <1568>, and from Mizpeh <4708> of Gilead <1568> he

passed <5674> over <5674> [unto] the children <1121> of Ammon

<5983>.

30 And Jephthah <3316> vowed <5087> a vow <5088> unto the LORD

<3068>, and said <0559>, If <0518> thou shalt without fail

deliver <5414> the children <1121> of Ammon <5983> into mine

hands <3027>,

31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever <0834> cometh <3318> forth

<3318> of the doors <1817> of my house <1004> to meet <7125> me,

when I return <7725> in peace <7965> from the children <1121> of

Ammon <5983>, shall surely be the LORD'S <3068>, and I will

offer <5927> it up for a burnt <5930> offering.

32 So Jephthah <3316> passed <5674> over <5674> unto the

children <1121> of Ammon <5983> to fight <3898> against them;

and the LORD <3068> delivered <5414> them into his hands <3027>.

33 And he smote <5221> them from Aroer <6177>, even till <5704>

thou come <0935> to Minnith <4511>, [even] twenty <6242> cities

<5892>, and unto the plain <58> of the vineyards <3754>, with a

very <3966> great <1419> slaughter <4347>. Thus the children

<1121> of Ammon <5983> were subdued <3665> before <6440> the

children <1121> of Israel <3478>.

34 And Jephthah <3316> came <0935> to Mizpeh <4709> unto his

house <1004>, and, behold <2009>, his daughter <1323> came

<3318> out to meet <7125> him with timbrels <8596> and with

dances <4246>: and she [was his] only <3173> child <3173>;

beside her he had neither <0369> son <1121> nor <0176> daughter

<1323>.

35 And it came <1961> to pass, when he saw <7200> her, that he

rent <7167> his clothes <0899>, and said <0559>, Alas <0160>, my

daughter <1323>! thou hast brought <3766> me very low <3766>,

and thou art one of them that trouble <5916> me: for I have

opened <6475> my mouth <6310> unto the LORD <3068>, and I cannot

go <7725> back <7725>.

36 And she said <0559> unto him, My father <1>, [if] thou hast

opened <6475> thy mouth <6310> unto the LORD <3068>, do <6213>

to me according to that which <0834> hath proceeded <3318> out

of thy mouth <6310>; forasmuch as the LORD <3068> hath taken

<6213> vengeance <5360> for thee of thine enemies <0341>, [even]

of the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>.

37 And she said <0559> unto her father <1>, Let this <2088>

thing <1697> be done <6213> for me: let me alone <7503> two

<8147> months <2320>, that I may go <3212> up and down <3381>

upon the mountains <2022>, and bewail <1058> my virginity <1331>,

I and my fellows <7464>.

38 And he said <0559>, Go <3212>. And he sent <7971> her away

[for] two <8147> months <2320>: and she went <3212> with her

companions <7464>, and bewailed <1058> her virginity <1331> upon

the mountains <2022>.

39 And it came <1961> to pass at the end <7093> of two <8147>

months <2320>, that she returned <7725> unto her father <1>, who

did <6213> with her [according] to his vow <5088> which <0834>

he had vowed <5087>: and she knew <3045> no <3808> man <0376>.

And it was a custom <2706> in Israel <3478>,

40 [That] the daughters <1121> of Israel <3478> went <3212>

yearly <3117> to lament <8567> the daughter <1323> of Jephthah

<3316> the Gileadite <1569> four <0702> days <3117> in a year

<8141>.

Judges 12

1. And the men <0376> of Ephraim <0669> gathered <6817>

themselves together, and went <5674> northward <6828>, and said

<0559> unto Jephthah <3316>, Wherefore <4069> passedst <5674>

thou over <5674> to fight <3898> against the children <1121> of

Ammon <5983>, and didst <6213> not call <7121> us to go <3212>

with thee? we will burn <8313> thine house <1004> upon thee with

fire <0784>.

2 And Jephthah <3316> said <0559> unto them, I and my people

<5971> were at great <3699> strife <7379> with the children

<1121> of Ammon <5983>; and when I called <2199> you, ye

delivered <3467> me not out of their hands <3027>.

3 And when I saw <7200> that ye delivered <3467> [me] not, I

put <7760> my life <5315> in my hands <3709>, and passed <5674>

over <5674> against <0413> the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>,

and the LORD <3068> delivered <5414> them into my hand <3027>:

wherefore <4100> then are ye come <5927> up unto me this <2088>

day <3117>, to fight <3898> against me?

4 Then Jephthah <3316> gathered <6908> together all <3605> the

men <0582> of Gilead <1568>, and fought <3898> with Ephraim

<0669>: and the men <0582> of Gilead <1568> smote <5221> Ephraim

<0669>, because <3588> they said <0559>, Ye Gileadites <1569>

[are] fugitives <6412> of Ephraim <0669> among <8432> the

Ephraimites <0669>, [and] among <8432> the Manassites <4519>.

5 And the Gileadites <1569> took <3920> the passages <4569> of

Jordan <3383> before the Ephraimites <0669>: and it was [so],

that when those Ephraimites <0669> which were escaped <6412>

said <0559>, Let me go <5674> over <5674>; that the men <0582>

of Gilead <1568> said <0559> unto him, [Art] thou an Ephraimite

<0673>? If he said <0559>, Nay <3808>;

6 Then said <0559> they unto him, Say <0559> now <4994>

Shibboleth <7641>: and he said <0559> Sibboleth <5451>: for he

could not frame <3559> to pronounce <1696> [it] right <3651>.

Then they took <0270> him, and slew <7819> him at <0413> the

passages <4569> of Jordan <3383>: and there fell <5307> at that

time <6256> of the Ephraimites <0669> forty <0705> and two

<8147> thousand <0505>.

7 And Jephthah <3316> judged <8199> Israel <3478> six <8337>

years <8141>. Then died <4191> Jephthah <3316> the Gileadite

<1569>, and was buried <6912> in [one of] the cities <5892> of

Gilead <1568>.

8. And after <0310> him Ibzan <78> of Bethlehem <1035> judged

<8199> Israel <3478>.

9 And he had <1961> thirty <7970> sons <1121>, and thirty

<7970> daughters <1121>, [whom] he sent <7971> abroad <2351>,

and took <0935> in thirty <7970> daughters <1121> from abroad

<2351> for his sons <1121>. And he judged <8199> Israel <3478>

seven <7651> years <8141>.

10 Then died <4191> Ibzan <78>, and was buried <6912> at

Bethlehem <1035>.

11 And after <0310> him Elon <0356>, a Zebulonite <2075>,

judged <8199> Israel <3478>; and he judged <8199> Israel <3478>

ten <6235> years <8141>.

12 And Elon <0356> the Zebulonite <2075> died <4191>, and was

buried <6912> in Aijalon <0357> in the country <0776> of Zebulun

<2074>.

13 And after <0310> him Abdon <5658> the son <1121> of Hillel

<1985>, a Pirathonite <6553>, judged <8199> Israel <3478>.

14 And he had <1961> forty <0705> sons <1121> and thirty <7970>

nephews <1121>, that rode <7392> on <5921> threescore <7657> and

ten ass <5895> colts <5895>: and he judged <8199> Israel <3478>

eight <8083> years <8141>.

15 And Abdon <5658> the son <1121> of Hillel <1985> the

Pirathonite <6553> died <4191>, and was buried <6912> in

Pirathon <6552> in the land <0776> of Ephraim <0669>, in the

mount <2022> of the Amalekites <6003>.

Judges 13

1. And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> did <6213> evil

<7451> again <3254> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>; and

the LORD <3068> delivered <5414> them into the hand <3027> of

the Philistines <6430> forty <0705> years <8141>.

2 And there was a certain <0259> man <0376> of Zorah <6681>, of

the family <4940> of the Danites <1839>, whose name <8034> [was]

Manoah <4495>; and his wife <0802> [was] barren <6135>, and bare

<3205> not.

3 And the angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> appeared <7200> unto

the woman <0802>, and said <0559> unto her, Behold <2009> now

<4994>, thou [art] barren <6135>, and bearest <3205> not: but

thou shalt conceive <2030>, and bear <3205> a son <1121>.

4 Now <6258> therefore beware <8104>, I pray <4994> thee, and

drink <8354> not wine <3196> nor strong drink <7941>, and eat

<0398> not any <3605> unclean <2931> [thing]:

5 For, lo <2009>, thou shalt conceive <2030>, and bear <3205> a

son <1121>; and no <3808> razor <4177> shall come <5927> on

<5921> his head <7218>: for the child <5288> shall be a Nazarite

<5139> unto God <0430> from the womb <0990>: and he shall begin

<2490> to deliver <3467> Israel <3478> out of the hand <3027> of

the Philistines <6430>.

6 Then the woman <0802> came <0935> and told <0559> her husband

<0376>, saying <0559>, A man <0376> of God <0430> came <0935>

unto me, and his countenance <4758> [was] like the countenance

<4758> of an angel <4397> of God <0430>, very <3966> terrible

<3372>: but I asked <7592> him not whence he [was], neither

<3808> told <5046> he me his name <8034>:

7 But he said <0559> unto me, Behold <2009>, thou shalt

conceive <2030>, and bear <3205> a son <1121>; and now <6258>

drink <7941> no <0408> wine <3196> nor strong drink <8354>,

neither <0408> eat <0398> any <3605> unclean <2932> [thing]: for

the child <5288> shall be a Nazarite <5139> to God <0430> from

the womb <0990> to the day <3117> of his death <4194>.

8. Then Manoah <4495> intreated <6279> the LORD <3068>, and

said <0559>, O my Lord <3068>, let the man <0376> of God <0430>

which <0834> thou didst <6213> send <7971> come <0935> again

<5750> unto us, and teach <3384> us what <4100> we shall do

<6213> unto the child <5288> that shall be born <3205>.

9 And God <0430> hearkened <8085> to the voice <6963> of Manoah

<4495>; and the angel <4397> of God <0430> came <0935> again

<5750> unto the woman <0802> as she sat <3427> in the field

<7704>: but Manoah <4495> her husband <0376> [was] not with her.

10 And the woman <0802> made haste <4116>, and ran <7323>, and

shewed <5046> her husband <0376>, and said <0559> unto him,

Behold <2009>, the man <0376> hath appeared <7200> unto me, that

came <0935> unto me the [other] day <3117>.

11 And Manoah <4495> arose <6965>, and went <3212> after <0310>

his wife <0802>, and came <0935> to the man <0376>, and said

<0559> unto him, [Art] thou the man <0376> that spakest <1696>

unto the woman <0802>? And he said <0559>, I [am].

12 And Manoah <4495> said <0559>, Now <6258> let thy words

<1697> come <0935> to pass <0935>. How <4100> shall we order

<4941> the child <5288>, and [how] shall we do <4640> unto him?

13 And the angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto

Manoah <4495>, Of all <3605> that I said <0559> unto the woman

<0802> let her beware <8104>.

14 She may not eat <0398> of any <3605> [thing] that cometh

<3318> of the vine <1612>, neither <0408> let her drink <8354>

wine <3196> or strong drink <7941>, nor <0408> eat <0398> any

<3605> unclean <2932> [thing]: all <3605> that I commanded

<6680> her let her observe <8104>.

15. And Manoah <4495> said <0559> unto the angel <4397> of the

LORD <3068>, I pray <4994> thee, let us detain <6113> thee,

until <5704> we shall have made <6213> ready a kid for thee.

16 And the angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto

Manoah <4495>, Though <0518> thou detain <6113> me, I will not

eat <0398> of thy bread <3899>: and if <0518> thou wilt offer

<6213> a burnt <5930> offering, thou must offer <5927> it unto

the LORD <3068>. For Manoah <4495> knew <3045> not that he [was]

an angel <4397> of the LORD <3068>.

17 And Manoah <4495> said <0559> unto the angel <4397> of the

LORD <3068>, What <4310> [is] thy name <8034>, that when <3588>

thy sayings <1697> come <0935> to pass <0935> we may do thee

honour <3513>?

18 And the angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto him,

Why <4100> askest <7592> thou thus <2088> after my name <8034>,

seeing it [is] secret <6383>?

19 So Manoah <4495> took <3947> a kid with a meat offering

<4503>, and offered <5927> [it] upon a rock <6697> unto the LORD

<3068>: and [the angel] did <6213> wondrously <6381>; and Manoah

<4495> and his wife <0802> looked <7200> on.

20 For it came <1961> to pass, when the flame <3851> went

<5927> up toward heaven <8064> from off <5921> the altar <4196>,

that the angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> ascended <5927> in the

flame <3851> of the altar <4196>. And Manoah <4495> and his wife

<0802> looked <7200> on [it], and fell <5307> on <5921> their

faces <6440> to the ground <0776>.

21 But the angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> did no <3808> more

<3254> appear <7200> to Manoah <4495> and to his wife <0802>.

Then <0227> Manoah <4495> knew <3045> that he [was] an angel

<4397> of the LORD <3068>.

22 And Manoah <4495> said <0559> unto his wife <0802>, We shall

surely die <4191>, because <3588> we have seen <7200> God <0430>.

23 But his wife <0802> said <0559> unto him, If <3863> the LORD

<3068> were pleased <2654> to kill <4191> us, he would not have

received <3947> a burnt <5930> offering and a meat offering

<4503> at our hands <3027>, neither <3808> would he have shewed

<7200> us all <3605> these <0428> [things], nor <3908> would as

at this time <6256> have told <8085> us [such things] as these

<2063>.

24. And the woman <0802> bare <3205> a son <1121>, and called

<7121> his name <8034> Samson <8123>: and the child <5288> grew

<1431>, and the LORD <3068> blessed <1288> him.

25 And the Spirit <7307> of the LORD <3068> began <2490> to

move <6470> him at times in the camp <4264> of Dan <1835>

between <0996> Zorah <6681> and Eshtaol <0847>.

Judges 14

1. And Samson <8123> went <3381> down <3381> to Timnath <8553>,

and saw <7200> a woman <0802> in Timnath <8553> of the daughters

<1121> of the Philistines <6430>.

2 And he came <5927> up, and told <5046> his father <1> and his

mother <0517>, and said <0559>, I have seen <7200> a woman

<0802> in Timnath <8553> of the daughters <1121> of the

Philistines <6430>: now <6258> therefore get <3947> her for me

to wife <0802>.

3 Then his father <1> and his mother <0517> said <0559> unto

him, [Is there] never <0369> a woman <0802> among the daughters

<1121> of thy brethren <0251>, or among all <3605> my people

<5971>, that thou goest <1980> to take <3947> a wife <0802> of

the uncircumcised <6189> Philistines <6430>? And Samson <8123>

said <0559> unto his father <1>, Get <3947> her for me; for she

pleaseth me well.

4 But his father <1> and his mother <0517> knew <3045> not that

it [was] of the LORD <3068>, that he sought <1245> an occasion

<8385> against the Philistines <6430>: for at that time <6256>

the Philistines <6430> had dominion <4910> over Israel <3478>.

5 Then went <3381> Samson <8123> down <3381>, and his father

<1> and his mother <0517>, to Timnath <8553>, and came <0935> to

the vineyards <3754> of Timnath <8553>: and, behold <2009>, a

young <3715> lion <0738> roared <7580> against <7125> him.

6 And the Spirit <7307> of the LORD <3068> came <6743> mightily

upon him, and he rent <8156> him as he would have rent <8156> a

kid <1423>, and [he had] nothing in his hand <3027>: but he told

<5046> not his father <1> or his mother <0517> what he had done

<6213>.

7 And he went <3381> down <3381>, and talked <1696> with the

woman <0802>; and she pleased Samson <8123> well.

8 And after a time <3117> he returned <7725> to take <3947> her,

and he turned <5493> aside to see <7200> the carcase <4658> of

the lion <0738>: and, behold <2009>, [there was] a swarm <5712>

of bees <1682> and honey <1706> in the carcase <1472> of the

lion <0738>.

9 And he took <7287> thereof in his hands <3709>, and went

<3212> on eating <0398>, and came <1980> to his father <1> and

mother <0517>, and he gave <5414> them, and they did eat <0398>:

but he told <5046> not them that he had taken <7287> the honey

<1706> out of the carcase <1472> of the lion <0738>.

10. So his father <1> went <3381> down <3381> unto the woman

<0802>: and Samson <8123> made <6213> there <8033> a feast

<4960>; for so <3651> used the young <0970> men to do <6213>.

11 And it came <1961> to pass, when they saw <7200> him, that

they brought <3947> thirty <7970> companions <4828> to be with

him.

12 And Samson <8123> said <0559> unto them, I will now <4994>

put <2330> forth <2330> a riddle <2420> unto you: if <0518> ye

can certainly declare <5046> it me within the seven <7651> days

<3117> of the feast <4960>, and find <4672> [it] out, then I

will give <5414> you thirty <7970> sheets <5466> and thirty

<7970> change <2487> of garments <0899>:

13 But if <0518> ye cannot declare <5046> [it] me, then shall

ye give <5414> me thirty <7970> sheets <5466> and thirty <7970>

change <2487> of garments <0899>. And they said <0559> unto him,

Put <2330> forth <2330> thy riddle <2420>, that we may hear

<8085> it.

14 And he said <0559> unto them, Out of the eater <0398> came

<3318> forth <3318> meat <3978>, and out of the strong <5794>

came <3318> forth <3318> sweetness <4966>. And they could <3201>

not in three <7969> days <3117> expound <5046> the riddle <2420>.

15 And it came <1961> to pass on the seventh <7637> day <3117>,

that they said <0559> unto Samson's <8123> wife <0802>, Entice

<6601> thy husband <0376>, that he may declare <5046> unto us

the riddle <2420>, lest <6435> we burn <8313> thee and thy

father's <1> house <1004> with fire <0784>: have ye called

<7121> us to take <3423> that we have? [is it] not [so]?

16 And Samson's <8123> wife <0802> wept <1058> before <5921>

him, and said <0559>, Thou dost but hate <8130> me, and lovest

<0157> me not: thou hast put <2330> forth <2330> a riddle <2420>

unto the children <1121> of my people <5971>, and hast not told

<5046> [it] me. And he said <0559> unto her, Behold <2009>, I

have not told <5046> [it] my father <1> nor <3908> my mother

<0517>, and shall I tell <5046> [it] thee?

17 And she wept <1058> before <5921> him the seven <7651> days

<3117>, while their feast <4960> lasted <1961>: and it came

<1961> to pass on the seventh <7637> day <3117>, that he told

<5046> her, because <3588> she lay sore upon him: and she told

<5046> the riddle <2420> to the children <1121> of her people

<5971>.

18 And the men <0582> of the city <5892> said <0559> unto him

on the seventh <7637> day <3117> before <2962> the sun <2775>

went <0935> down, What <4100> [is] sweeter <4966> than honey

<1706>? and what <4100> [is] stronger <5794> than a lion <0738>?

And he said <0559> unto them, If <3883> ye had not plowed <2790>

with my heifer <5697>, ye had not found <4672> out my riddle

<2420>.

19 And the Spirit <7307> of the LORD <3068> came <6743> upon

him, and he went <3381> down <3381> to Ashkelon <0831>, and slew

<5221> thirty <7970> men <0376> of them, and took <3947> their

spoil <2488>, and gave <5414> change <2487> of garments unto

them which expounded <5046> the riddle <2420>. And his anger

<0639> was kindled <2734>, and he went <5927> up to his father's

<1> house <1004>.

20 But Samson's <8123> wife <0802> was [given] to his companion

<4828>, whom <0834> he had used as his friend <7462>.

Judges 15

1. But it came <1961> to pass within a while after, in the time

<3117> of wheat <2406> harvest <7105>, that Samson <8123>

visited <6485> his wife <0802> with a kid; and he said <0559>, I

will go <0935> in to my wife <0802> into the chamber <2315>. But

her father <1> would not suffer <5414> him to go <0935> in.

2 And her father <1> said <0559>, I verily <0559> thought

<0559> that thou hadst utterly hated <8130> her; therefore I

gave <5414> her to thy companion <4828>: [is] not her younger

<6996> sister <0269> fairer <2896> than she? take <1961> her, I

pray <4994> thee, instead <8478> of her.

3 And Samson <8123> said <0559> concerning them, Now <6471>

shall I be more blameless <5352> than the Philistines <6430>,

though <3588> I do <6213> them a displeasure <7451>.

4 And Samson <8123> went <3212> and caught <3920> three <7969>

hundred <3967> foxes <7776>, and took <3947> firebrands <3940>,

and turned <6437> tail <2180> to tail <2180>, and put <7760> a

firebrand <3940> in the midst <8432> between <0996> two <8147>

tails <2180>.

5 And when he had set the brands <3940> on fire <0784>, he let

[them] go <7971> into the standing <7054> corn <7054> of the

Philistines <6430>, and burnt <1197> up both the shocks <1430>,

and also <5704> the standing <7054> corn <7054>, with the

vineyards <3754> [and] olives <2132>.

6 Then the Philistines <6430> said <0559>, Who <4310> hath done

<6213> this <2063>? And they answered <0559>, Samson <8123>, the

son <2860> in law <2859> of the Timnite <8554>, because <3588>

he had taken <3947> his wife <0802>, and given <5414> her to his

companion <4828>. And the Philistines <6430> came <5927> up, and

burnt <8313> her and her father <1> with fire <0784>.

7 And Samson <8123> said <0559> unto them, Though <0518> ye

have done <6213> this <2063>, yet will I be avenged <5358> of

you, and after <0310> that I will cease <2308>.

8 And he smote <5221> them hip <7785> and thigh <3409> with a

great <1419> slaughter <4347>: and he went <3381> down <3381>

and dwelt <3427> in the top <5585> of the rock <5553> Etam

<5862>.

9. Then the Philistines <6430> went <5927> up, and pitched

<2583> in Judah <3063>, and spread <5203> themselves in Lehi

<3896>.

10 And the men <0376> of Judah <3063> said <0559>, Why <4100>

are ye come <5927> up against <5921> us? And they answered

<0559>, To bind <0631> Samson <8123> are we come <5927> up, to

do <6213> to him as he hath done <6213> to us.

11 Then three <7969> thousand <0505> men <0376> of Judah <3063>

went <3381> to the top <5585> of the rock <5553> Etam <5862>,

and said <0559> to Samson <8123>, Knowest <3045> thou not that

the Philistines <6430> [are] rulers <4910> over us? what <4100>

[is] this <2063> [that] thou hast done <6213> unto us? And he

said <0559> unto them, As they did <6213> unto me, so <3651>

have I done <6213> unto them.

12 And they said <0559> unto him, We are come <3381> down

<3381> to bind <0631> thee, that we may deliver <5414> thee into

the hand <3027> of the Philistines <6430>. And Samson <8123>

said <0559> unto them, Swear <7650> unto me, that ye will not

fall <6293> upon me yourselves <0859>.

13 And they spake <0559> unto him, saying <0559>, No <3808>;

but we will bind <0631> thee fast, and deliver <5414> thee into

their hand <3027>: but surely we will not kill <4191> thee. And

they bound <0631> him with two <8147> new <2319> cords <5688>,

and brought <5927> him up from the rock <5553>.

14 [And] when he came <0935> unto Lehi <3896>, the Philistines

<6430> shouted <7321> against <7125> him: and the Spirit <7307>

of the LORD <3068> came mightily upon him, and the cords <5688>

that [were] upon his arms <2220> became <1961> as flax <6593>

that was burnt <1197> with fire <0784>, and his bands <0612>

loosed <4549> from off <5921> his hands <3027>.

15 And he found <4672> a new <2961> jawbone <3895> of an ass

<2543>, and put <7971> forth <7971> his hand <3027>, and took

<3947> it, and slew <5221> a thousand <0505> men <0376>

therewith.

16 And Samson <8123> said <0559>, With the jawbone <3895> of an

ass <2543>, heaps <2565> upon heaps <2565>, with the jaw <3895>

of an ass <2543> have I slain <5221> a thousand <0505> men

<0376>.

17 And it came <1961> to pass, when he had made an end <3615>

of speaking <1696>, that he cast <7993> away the jawbone <3895>

out of his hand <3027>, and called <7121> that place <4725>

Ramathlehi <7437>.

18. And he was sore <3966> athirst <6770>, and called <7121> on

<0413> the LORD <3068>, and said <0559>, Thou hast given <5414>

this <2063> great <1419> deliverance <8668> into the hand <3027>

of thy servant <5650>: and now <6258> shall I die <4191> for

thirst <6772>, and fall <5307> into the hand <3027> of the

uncircumcised <6189>?

19 But God <0430> clave <1234> an hollow <4388> place that

[was] in the jaw <3895>, and there came <3318> water <4325>

thereout; and when he had drunk <8354>, his spirit <7307> came

<7725> again <7725>, and he revived <2421>: wherefore <4100> he

called <7121> the name <8034> thereof Enhakkore <5875>, which

<0834> [is] in Lehi <3896> unto this <2063> day <3117>.

20 And he judged <8199> Israel <3478> in the days <3117> of the

Philistines <6430> twenty <6242> years <8141>.

Judges 16

1. Then went <3212> Samson <8123> to Gaza <5804>, and saw

<7200> there <8033> an harlot <2181>, and went <0935> in unto

her.

2 [And it was told] the Gazites <5841>, saying <0559>, Samson

<8123> is come <0935> hither. And they compassed <5437> [him] in,

and laid wait <0693> for him all <3605> night <3915> in the

gate <8179> of the city <5892>, and were quiet <2790> all <3605>

the night <3915>, saying <0559>, In the morning <1242>, when

<5704> it is day <1242>, we shall kill <2026> him.

3 And Samson <8123> lay <7901> till <5704> midnight, and arose

<6965> at midnight, and took <0270> the doors <1817> of the gate

<8179> of the city <5892>, and the two <8147> posts <4201>, and

went <5265> away <5265> with them, bar <1280> and all <5973>,

and put <7760> [them] upon his shoulders <3802>, and carried

<5927> them up to the top <7218> of an hill <2022> that [is]

before Hebron <2275>.

4. And it came <1961> to pass afterward, that he loved <0157> a

woman <0802> in the valley <5158> of Sorek <7796>, whose name

<8034> [was] Delilah <1807>.

5 And the lords <5633> of the Philistines <6430> came <5927> up

unto her, and said <0559> unto her, Entice <6601> him, and see

<7200> wherein <4100> his great <1419> strength <3581> [lieth],

and by what <4100> [means] we may prevail <3201> against him,

that we may bind <0631> him to afflict <6031> him: and we will

give <5414> thee every <0376> one <0376> of us eleven hundred

<3967> [pieces] of silver <3701>.

6 And Delilah <1807> said <0559> to Samson <8123>, Tell <5046>

me, I pray <4994> thee, wherein <4100> thy great <1419> strength

<3581> [lieth], and wherewith <4100> thou mightest be bound

<0631> to afflict <6031> thee.

7 And Samson <8123> said <0559> unto her, If <0518> they bind

<0631> me with seven <7651> green <3892> withs <3499> that were

never <3808> dried <2717>, then shall I be weak <2470>, and be

as another <0259> man <0120>.

8 Then the lords <5633> of the Philistines <6430> brought

<5927> up to her seven <7651> green <3892> withs <3499> which

<0834> had not been dried <2717>, and she bound <0631> him with

them.

9 Now [there were] men lying in wait <0693>, abiding <3427>

with her in the chamber <2315>. And she said <0559> unto him,

The Philistines <6430> [be] upon thee, Samson <8123>. And he

brake <5423> the withs <3499>, as a thread <6616> of tow <5296>

is broken <5423> when it toucheth <7306> the fire <0784>. So his

strength <3581> was not known <3045>.

10 And Delilah <1807> said <0559> unto Samson <8123>, Behold

<2009>, thou hast mocked <2048> me, and told <1696> me lies

<3576>: now <6258> tell <5046> me, I pray <4994> thee, wherewith

<4100> thou mightest be bound <0631>.

11 And he said <0559> unto her, If <0518> they bind <0631> me

fast with new <2319> ropes <5688> that never <3808> were

occupied, then shall I be weak <2470>, and be as another <0259>

man <0120>.

12 Delilah <1807> therefore took <3947> new <2319> ropes <5688>,

and bound <0631> him therewith, and said <0559> unto him, The

Philistines <6430> [be] upon thee, Samson <8123>. And [there

were] liers in wait <0693> abiding <3427> in the chamber <2315>.

And he brake <5423> them from off <5921> his arms <2220> like a

thread <2339>.

13 And Delilah <1807> said <0559> unto Samson <8123>, Hitherto

thou hast mocked <2048> me, and told <1696> me lies <3576>: tell

<5046> me wherewith <0834> thou mightest be bound <0631>. And he

said <0559> unto her, If <0518> thou weavest <0707> the seven

<7651> locks <4253> of my head <7218> with the web <4545>.

14 And she fastened <8628> [it] with the pin <3489>, and said

<0559> unto him, The Philistines <6430> [be] upon thee, Samson

<8123>. And he awaked <3364> out of his sleep <8142>, and went

<5265> away <5265> with the pin <3489> of the beam <0708>, and

with the web <4545>.

15 And she said <0559> unto him, How <0349> canst thou say

<0559>, I love <0157> thee, when thine heart <3820> [is] not

with me? thou hast mocked <2048> me these <2088> three <7969>

times <6471>, and hast not told <5046> me wherein <4100> thy

great <1419> strength <3581> [lieth].

16 And it came <1961> to pass, when <3588> she pressed <6693>

him daily <3117> with her words <1697>, and urged <0509> him,

[so] that his soul <5315> was vexed <7114> unto death <4191>;

17 That he told <5046> her all <3605> his heart <3820>, and

said <0559> unto her, There hath not come <5927> a razor <4177>

upon mine head <7218>; for I [have been] a Nazarite <5139> unto

God <0430> from my mother's <0517> womb <0990>: if <0518> I be

shaven <1548>, then my strength <3581> will go <5493> from me,

and I shall become <2470> weak <2470>, and be like any <3605>

[other] man <0120>.

18. And when Delilah <1807> saw <7200> that he had told <5046>

her all <3605> his heart <3820>, she sent <7971> and called

<7121> for the lords <5633> of the Philistines <6430>, saying

<0559>, Come <5927> up this once <6471>, for he hath shewed

<5046> me all <3605> his heart <3820>. Then the lords <5633> of

the Philistines <6430> came <5927> up unto her, and brought

<5927> money <3701> in their hand <3027>.

19 And she made him sleep <3462> upon her knees <1290>; and she

called <7121> for a man <0376>, and she caused him to shave

<1548> off the seven <7651> locks <4253> of his head <7218>; and

she began <2490> to afflict <6031> him, and his strength <3581>

went <5493> from him.

20 And she said <0559>, The Philistines <6430> [be] upon thee,

Samson <8123>. And he awoke <3364> out of his sleep <8142>, and

said <0559>, I will go <3318> out as at other times <6471>

before <6471>, and shake <5287> myself. And he wist <3045> not

that the LORD <3068> was departed <5493> from him.

21 But the Philistines <6430> took <0270> him, and put <5365>

out his eyes <5869>, and brought <3381> him down <3381> to Gaza

<5804>, and bound <0631> him with fetters <5178> of brass <5178>;

and he did grind <2912> in the prison <0631> house <1004>.

22. Howbeit the hair <8181> of his head <7218> began <2490> to

grow <6779> again after <0834> he was shaven <1548>.

23 Then the lords <5633> of the Philistines <6430> gathered

<6908> them together for to offer <2076> a great <1419>

sacrifice <2077> unto Dagon <1712> their god <0430>, and to

rejoice <8057>: for they said <0559>, Our god <0430> hath

delivered <5414> Samson <8123> our enemy <0341> into our hand

<3027>.

24 And when the people <5971> saw <7200> him, they praised

<1984> their god <0430>: for they said <0559>, Our god <0430>

hath delivered <5414> into our hands <3027> our enemy <0341>,

and the destroyer <2717> of our country <0776>, which <0834>

slew <2491> many <7235> of us.

25 And it came <1961> to pass, when <3588> their hearts <3820>

were merry <2896>, that they said <0559>, Call <7121> for Samson

<8123>, that he may make us sport <7832>. And they called <7121>

for Samson <8123> out of the prison <0631> house <1004>; and he

made them sport <6711>: and they set <5975> him between <0996>

the pillars <5982>.

26 And Samson <8123> said <0559> unto the lad <5288> that held

<2388> him by the hand <3027>, Suffer <3240> me that I may feel

<4184> the pillars <5982> whereupon the house <1004> standeth

<3559>, that I may lean <8172> upon them.

27 Now the house <1004> was full <4390> of men <0582> and women

<0802>; and all <3605> the lords <5633> of the Philistines

<6430> [were] there <8033>; and [there were] upon the roof

<1406> about three <7969> thousand <0505> men <0376> and women

<0802>, that beheld <7200> while Samson <8123> made sport <7832>.

28 And Samson <8123> called <7121> unto the LORD <3068>, and

said <0559>, O Lord <0136> GOD <3069>, remember <2142> me, I

pray <4994> thee, and strengthen <2388> me, I pray <4994> thee,

only <0389> this <2088> once <6471>, O God <0430>, that I may be

at once avenged <5358> of the Philistines <6430> for my two

<8147> eyes <5869>.

29 And Samson <8123> took hold <3943> of the two <8147> middle

<8432> pillars <5982> upon which <0834> the house <1004> stood

<3559>, and on <5921> which it was borne <5564> up, of the one

<0259> with his right <3225> hand, and of the other <0259> with

his left <8040>.

30 And Samson <8123> said <0559>, Let me die <4191> with the

Philistines <6430>. And he bowed <5186> himself with [all his]

might <3581>; and the house <1004> fell <5307> upon the lords

<5633>, and upon all <3605> the people <5971> that [were]

therein. So the dead <4191> which <0834> he slew <4191> at his

death <4194> were more <7227> than [they] which <0834> he slew

<4191> in his life <2416>.

31 Then his brethren <0251> and all <3605> the house <1004> of

his father <1> came <3381> down <3381>, and took <5375> him, and

brought <5927> [him] up, and buried <6912> him between <0996>

Zorah <6681> and Eshtaol <0847> in the buryingplace <6913> of

Manoah <4495> his father <1>. And he judged <8199> Israel <3478>

twenty <6242> years <8141>.

Judges 17

1. And there was a man <0376> of mount <2022> Ephraim <0669>,

whose name <8034> [was] Micah <4319>.

2 And he said <0559> unto his mother <0517>, The eleven hundred

<3967> [shekels] of silver <3701> that were taken <3947> from

thee, about which thou cursedst <0422>, and spakest <0559> of

also <1571> in mine ears <0241>, behold <2009>, the silver

<3701> [is] with me; I took <3947> it. And his mother <0517>

said <0559>, Blessed <1288> [be thou] of the LORD <3068>, my son

<1121>.

3 And when he had restored <7725> the eleven hundred <3967>

[shekels] of silver <3701> to his mother <0517>, his mother

<0517> said <0559>, I had wholly <6942> dedicated <6942> the

silver <3701> unto the LORD <3068> from my hand <3027> for my

son <1121>, to make <6213> a graven <6459> image and a molten

<4541> image: now <6258> therefore I will restore <7725> it unto

thee.

4 Yet he restored <7725> the money <3701> unto his mother

<0517>; and his mother <0517> took <3947> two hundred <3967>

[shekels] of silver <3701>, and gave <5414> them to the founder

<6884>, who made <6213> thereof a graven <6459> image and a

molten <4541> image: and they were in the house <1004> of Micah

<4319>.

5 And the man <0376> Micah <4318> had an house <1004> of gods

<0430>, and made <6213> an ephod <0646>, and teraphim <8655>,

and consecrated one <0259> of his sons <1121>, who became <1961>

his priest <3548>.

6 In those <1992> days <3117> [there was] no <0369> king <4428>

in Israel <3478>, [but] every man <0376> did <6213> [that which

was] right <3477> in his own eyes <5869>.

7. And there was a young <5288> man out of Bethlehemjudah

<1035> of the family <4940> of Judah <3063>, who <1931> [was] a

Levite <3881>, and he sojourned <1481> there <8033>.

8 And the man <0376> departed <3212> out of the city <5892>

from Bethlehemjudah <1035> to sojourn <1481> where <0834> he

could find <4672> [a place]: and he came <0935> to mount <2022>

Ephraim <0669> to the house <1004> of Micah <4318>, as he

journeyed.

9 And Micah <4319> said <0559> unto him, Whence <0370> comest

<0935> thou? And he said <0559> unto him, I [am] a Levite <3881>

of Bethlehemjudah <1035>, and I go <1980> to sojourn <1481>

where <0834> I may find <4672> [a place].

10 And Micah <4319> said <0559> unto him, Dwell <3427> with me,

and be unto me a father <1> and a priest <3548>, and I will give

<5414> thee ten <6235> [shekels] of silver <3701> by the year

<3117>, and a suit <6187> of apparel <0899>, and thy victuals

<4241>. So the Levite <3881> went <3212> in.

11 And the Levite <3881> was content <2974> to dwell <3427>

with the man <0376>; and the young <5288> man was unto him as

one <0259> of his sons <1121>.

12 And Micah <4318> consecrated the Levite <3881>; and the

young <5288> man became <1961> his priest <3548>, and was in the

house <1004> of Micah <4318>.

13 Then said <0559> Micah <4318>, Now <6258> know <3045> I that

the LORD <3068> will do me good <3190>, seeing <3588> I have

<1961> a Levite <3881> to [my] priest <3548>.

Judges 18

1. In those <1992> days <3117> [there was] no <0369> king

<4428> in Israel <3478>: and in those <1992> days <3117> the

tribe <7626> of the Danites <1839> sought <1245> them an

inheritance <5159> to dwell <3427> in; for unto that day <3117>

[all their] inheritance <5159> had not fallen <5307> unto them

among <8432> the tribes <7626> of Israel <3478>.

2 And the children <1121> of Dan <1835> sent <7971> of their

family <4940> five <2568> men from their coasts <7098>, men of

valour <2428>, from Zorah <6681>, and from Eshtaol <0847>, to

spy <7270> out the land <0776>, and to search <2713> it; and

they said <0559> unto them, Go <3212>, search <2713> the land

<0776>: who when they came <0935> to mount <2022> Ephraim <0669>,

to the house <1004> of Micah <4318>, they lodged <3885> there

<8033>.

3 When they [were] by the house <1004> of Micah <4318>, they

knew <5234> the voice <6963> of the young <5288> man the Levite

<3881>: and they turned <5493> in thither <8033>, and said

<0559> unto him, Who <4310> brought <0935> thee hither <1988>?

and what <4100> makest <6213> thou in this <6311> [place]? and

what <4100> hast thou here <6311>?

4 And he said <0559> unto them, Thus <2090> and thus <2088>

dealeth <6213> Micah <4318> with me, and hath hired <7936> me,

and I am his priest <3548>.

5 And they said <0559> unto him, Ask <7592> counsel, we pray

<4994> thee, of God <0430>, that we may know <3045> whether our

way <1870> which <0834> we go <1980> shall be prosperous <6743>.

6 And the priest <3548> said <0559> unto them, Go <3212> in

peace <7965>: before <5227> the LORD <3068> [is] your way <1870>

wherein <0834> ye go <3212>.

7. Then the five <2568> men <0582> departed <3212>, and came

<0935> to Laish <3919>, and saw <7200> the people <5971> that

[were] therein <7130>, how they dwelt <3427> careless <0983>,

after the manner <4941> of the Zidonians <6722>, quiet <8252>

and secure <0982>; and [there was] no <0369> magistrate in the

land <0776>, that might put <3637> [them] to shame <3637> in

[any] thing <1697>; and they [were] far <7350> from the

Zidonians <6722>, and had no <0369> business <1697> with [any]

man <0120>.

8 And they came <0935> unto their brethren <0251> to Zorah

<6681> and Eshtaol <0847>: and their brethren <0251> said <0559>

unto them, What <4100> [say <0559>] ye?

9 And they said <0559>, Arise <6965>, that we may go <5927> up

against <5921> them: for we have seen <7200> the land <0776>,

and, behold <2009>, it [is] very <3966> good <2896>: and [are]

ye still <2814>? be not slothful <6101> to go <3212>, [and] to

enter <0935> to possess <3423> the land <0776>.

10 When ye go <0935>, ye shall come <0935> unto a people <5971>

secure <0982>, and to a large land <0776>: for God <0430> hath

given <5414> it into your hands <3027>; a place <4725> where

<0834> [there is] no <0369> want <4270> of any <3605> thing

<1697> that [is] in the earth <0776>.

11 And there went <5265> from thence <8033> of the family

<4940> of the Danites <1839>, out of Zorah <6681> and out of

Eshtaol <0847>, six <8337> hundred <3967> men <0376> appointed

<2296> with weapons <3627> of war <4421>.

12 And they went <5927> up, and pitched <2583> in Kirjathjearim

<7157>, in Judah <3063>: wherefore they called <7121> that place

<4725> Mahanehdan <4265> unto this <2088> day <3117>: behold

<2009>, [it is] behind <0310> Kirjathjearim <7157>.

13 And they passed <5674> thence <8033> unto mount <2022>

Ephraim <0669>, and came <0935> unto the house <1004> of Micah

<4318>.

14. Then answered <6030> the five <2568> men <0582> that went

<1980> to spy <7270> out the country <0776> of Laish <3919>, and

said <0559> unto their brethren <0251>, Do ye know <3045> that

there is in these <0428> houses <1004> an ephod <0646>, and

teraphim <8655>, and a graven <6459> image, and a molten <4541>

image? now <6258> therefore consider <3045> what <4100> ye have

to do <6213>.

15 And they turned <5493> thitherward <8033>, and came <0935>

to the house <1004> of the young <5288> man the Levite <3881>,

[even] unto the house <1004> of Micah <4318>, and saluted him.

16 And the six <8337> hundred <3967> men <0376> appointed

<2296> with their weapons <3627> of war <4421>, which <0834>

[were] of the children <1121> of Dan <1835>, stood <5324> by the

entering <6607> of the gate <8179>.

17 And the five <2568> men <0582> that went <5927> to spy

<7270> out the land <0776> went <5927> up, [and] came <0935> in

thither <8033>, [and] took <3947> the graven <6459> image, and

the ephod <0646>, and the teraphim <8655>, and the molten <4541>

image: and the priest <3548> stood <5324> in the entering <6607>

of the gate <8179> with the six <8337> hundred <3967> men <0376>

[that were] appointed <2296> with weapons <3627> of war <4421>.

18 And these <0428> went <0935> into Micah's <4318> house

<1004>, and fetched <3947> the carved <6459> image, the ephod

<0646>, and the teraphim <8655>, and the molten <4541> image.

Then said <0559> the priest <3548> unto them, What <4100> do

<6213> ye?

19 And they said <0559> unto him, Hold <2790> thy peace <2790>,

lay <7760> thine hand <3027> upon thy mouth <6310>, and go

<3212> with us, and be to us a father <1> and a priest <3548>:

[is it] better <2896> for thee to be a priest <3548> unto the

house <1004> of one <0259> man <0376>, or <0176> that thou be a

priest <3548> unto a tribe <7626> and a family <4940> in Israel

<3478>?

20 And the priest's <3548> heart <3820> was glad <8190>, and he

took <3947> the ephod <0646>, and the teraphim <8655>, and the

graven <6459> image, and went <0935> in the midst <7130> of the

people <5971>.

21 So they turned <6437> and departed <3212>, and put <7760>

the little <2945> ones and the cattle <4735> and the carriage

<3520> before <6440> them.

22 [And] when they were a good <7368> way from the house <1004>

of Micah <4318>, the men <0582> that [were] in the houses <1004>

near <5973> to Micah's <4318> house <1004> were gathered <2199>

together, and overtook <1692> the children <1121> of Dan <1835>.

23 And they cried <7121> unto the children <1121> of Dan <1835>.

And they turned <5437> their faces <6440>, and said <0559> unto

Micah <4318>, What <4100> aileth thee, that thou comest <2199>

with such a company <2199>?

24 And he said <0559>, Ye have taken <3947> away my gods <0430>

which <0834> I made <6213>, and the priest <3548>, and ye are

gone <3212> away: and what <4100> have I more <5750>? and what

<4100> [is] this <2088> [that] ye say <0559> unto me, What

<4100> aileth thee?

25 And the children <1121> of Dan <1835> said <0559> unto him,

Let not thy voice <6963> be heard <8085> among us, lest <6435>

angry <5315> fellows <0582> run <6293> upon thee, and thou lose

<0622> thy life <5315>, with the lives <5315> of thy household

<1004>.

26 And the children <1121> of Dan <1835> went <3212> their way

<1870>: and when Micah <4318> saw <7200> that they [were] too

strong <2389> for him, he turned <6437> and went <7725> back

<7725> unto his house <1004>.

27. And they took <3947> [the things] which <0834> Micah <4318>

had made <6213>, and the priest <3548> which <0834> he had

<1961>, and came <0935> unto Laish <3919>, unto a people <5971>

[that were] at quiet <8252> and secure <0982>: and they smote

<5221> them with the edge <6310> of the sword <2719>, and burnt

<8313> the city <5892> with fire <0784>.

28 And [there was] no <0369> deliverer <5337>, because <3588>

it [was] far <7350> from Zidon <6721>, and they had no <0369>

business <1697> with [any] man <0120>; and it was in the valley

<6010> that [lieth] by Bethrehob <1050>. And they built <1129> a

city <5892>, and dwelt <3427> therein.

29 And they called <7121> the name <8034> of the city <5892>

Dan <1835>, after the name <8034> of Dan <1835> their father <1>,

who <0834> was born <3205> unto Israel <3478>: howbeit <0199>

the name <8034> of the city <5892> [was] Laish <3919> at the

first <7223>.

30 And the children <1121> of Dan <1835> set <6965> up the

graven <6459> image: and Jonathan <3129>, the son <1121> of

Gershom <1648>, the son <1121> of Manasseh <4519>, he and his

sons <1121> were priests <3548> to the tribe <7626> of Dan

<1835> until <5704> the day <3117> of the captivity <1546> of

the land <0776>.

31 And they set <7760> them up Micah's <4318> graven <6459>

image, which <0834> he made <6213>, all <3605> the time that the

house <1004> of God <0430> was in Shiloh <7887>.

Judges 19

1. And it came <1961> to pass in those <1992> days <3117>, when

[there was] no <0369> king <4428> in Israel <3478>, that there

was a certain <0376> Levite <3881> sojourning <1481> on the side

<3411> of mount <2022> Ephraim <0669>, who took <3947> to him a

concubine <6370> out of Bethlehemjudah <1035>.

2 And his concubine <6370> played the whore <2181> against

<5921> him, and went <3212> away from him unto her father's <1>

house <1004> to Bethlehemjudah <1035>, and was there <8033> four

<0702> whole <3117> months <2320>.

3 And her husband <0376> arose <6965>, and went <3212> after

<0310> her, to speak <1696> friendly <3820> unto her, [and] to

bring <7725> her again <7725>, having his servant <5288> with

him, and a couple <6776> of asses <2543>: and she brought <0935>

him into her father's <1> house <1004>: and when the father <1>

of the damsel <5291> saw <7200> him, he rejoiced <8055> to meet

<7125> him.

4 And his father <2859> in law <2859>, the damsel's <5291>

father <1>, retained <2388> him; and he abode <3427> with him

three <7969> days <3117>: so they did eat <0398> and drink

<8354>, and lodged <3885> there <8033>.

5 And it came <1961> to pass on the fourth <7243> day <3117>,

when they arose <7925> early <7925> in the morning <1242>, that

he rose <6965> up to depart <3212>: and the damsel's <5291>

father <1> said <0559> unto his son <2860> in law <2859>,

Comfort <5582> thine heart <3820> with a morsel <6595> of bread

<3899>, and afterward <0310> go <3212> your way.

6 And they sat <3427> down, and did eat <0398> and drink <8354>

both <8147> of them together <3162>: for the damsel's <5291>

father <1> had said <0559> unto the man <0376>, Be content

<2974>, I pray <4994> thee, and tarry <3885> all <3885> night,

and let thine heart <3820> be merry <3190>.

7 And when the man <0376> rose <6965> up to depart <3212>, his

father <2859> in law <2859> urged <6484> him: therefore he

lodged <3885> there <8033> again <7725>.

8 And he arose <7925> early <7925> in the morning <1242> on the

fifth <2549> day <3117> to depart <3212>: and the damsel's

<5291> father <1> said <0559>, Comfort <5582> thine heart <3824>,

I pray <4994> thee. And they tarried <4102> until <5704>

afternoon, and they did eat <0398> both <8147> of them.

9 And when the man <0376> rose <6965> up to depart <3212>, he,

and his concubine <6370>, and his servant <5288>, his father

<2859> in law <2859>, the damsel's <5291> father <1>, said

<0559> unto him, Behold <2009>, now <4994> the day <3117>

draweth <7503> toward evening <6150>, I pray <4994> you tarry

<3885> all <3885> night: behold <2009>, the day <3117> groweth

<2583> to an end <2583>, lodge <3885> here <6311>, that thine

heart <3824> may be merry <3190>; and to morrow <4279> get you

early <7925> on your way <1870>, that thou mayest go <1980> home

<0168>.

10 But the man <0376> would <14> not tarry <3885> that night,

but he rose <6965> up and departed <3212>, and came <0935> over

<5227> against <5227> Jebus <2982>, which <1958> [is] Jerusalem

<3389>; and [there were] with him two <6771> asses <2543>

saddled <2280>, his concubine <6370> also [was] with him.

11 [And] when they [were] by Jebus <2982>, the day <3117> was

far <3966> spent <7286>; and the servant <5288> said <0559> unto

his master <0113>, Come <3212>, I pray <4994> thee, and let us

turn <5493> in into <0413> this <2063> city <5892> of the

Jebusites <2983>, and lodge <3885> in it.

12 And his master <0113> said <0559> unto him, We will not turn

<5493> aside hither into <0413> the city <5892> of a stranger

<5237>, that [is] not of the children <1121> of Israel <3478>;

we will pass <5674> over <5674> to Gibeah <1390>.

13 And he said <0559> unto his servant <5288>, Come <3212>, and

let us draw near <7126> to one <0259> of these places <4725> to

lodge <3885> all <3885> night, in Gibeah <1390>, or <0176> in

Ramah <7414>.

14 And they passed <5674> on and went <3212> their way <3212>;

and the sun <8121> went <0935> down upon them [when they were]

by Gibeah <1390>, which <0834> [belongeth] to Benjamin <1144>.

15 And they turned <5493> aside thither <8033>, to go <0935> in

[and] to lodge <3885> in Gibeah <1390>: and when he went <0935>

in, he sat <3427> him down in a street <7339> of the city <5892>:

for [there was] no <0369> man <0376> that took <0622> them into

his house <1004> to lodging <3885>.

16. And, behold <2009>, there came <0935> an old <2205> man

<0376> from his work <4639> out of the field <7704> at even

<6153>, which [was] also of mount <2022> Ephraim <0669>; and he

sojourned <1481> in Gibeah <1390>: but the men <0582> of the

place <4725> [were] Benjamites <1145>.

17 And when he had lifted <5375> up his eyes <5869>, he saw

<7200> a wayfaring <0732> man <0376> in the street <7339> of the

city <5892>: and the old <2205> man <0376> said <0559>, Whither

<0575> goest <3212> thou? and whence <0370> comest <0935> thou?

18 And he said <0559> unto him, We [are] passing <5674> from

Bethlehemjudah <1035> toward <5704> the side <3411> of mount

<2022> Ephraim <0669>; from thence <8033> [am] I: and I went

<3212> to Bethlehemjudah <1035>, but I [am now] going <1980> to

the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>; and there [is] no <0369>

man <0376> that receiveth <0622> me to house <1004>.

19 Yet <1571> there is both <1571> straw <8401> and provender

<4554> for our asses <2543>; and there is bread <3899> and wine

<3196> also <1571> for me, and for thy handmaid <0519>, and for

the young <5288> man [which is] with thy servants <5650>: [there

is] no <0369> want <4270> of any <3605> thing <1697>.

20 And the old <2205> man <0376> said <0559>, Peace <7965> [be]

with thee; howsoever <7535> [let] all <3605> thy wants <4270>

[lie] upon me; only <7535> lodge <3885> not in the street <7339>.

21 So he brought <0935> him into his house <1004>, and gave

provender <1101> unto the asses <2543>: and they washed <7364>

their feet <7272>, and did eat <0398> and drink <8354>.

22. [Now] as they were making their hearts <3820> merry <3190>,

behold <2009>, the men <0582> of the city <5892>, certain <0582>

sons <1121> of Belial <1100>, beset <5437> the house <1004>

round <5437> about, [and] beat <1849> at <5921> the door <1817>,

and spake <0559> to the master <1167> of the house <1004>, the

old <2205> man <0376>, saying <0559>, Bring <3318> forth <3318>

the man <0376> that came <0935> into <0413> thine house <1004>,

that we may know <3045> him.

23 And the man <0376>, the master <1167> of the house <1004>,

went <3318> out unto them, and said <0559> unto them, Nay <0408>,

my brethren <0251>, [nay], I pray <4994> you, do not [so]

wickedly <7489>; seeing <0310> that this <2088> man <0376> is

come <0935> into <0413> mine house <1004>, do <6213> not this

<2063> folly <5039>.

24 Behold <2009>, [here is] my daughter <1323> a maiden <1330>,

and his concubine <6370>; them I will bring <3318> out now

<4994>, and humble <6031> ye them, and do <6213> with them what

seemeth <5869> good <2896> unto you: but unto this <2088> man

<0376> do <6213> not so <2063> vile <5039> a thing <1697>.

25 But the men <0582> would <14> not hearken <8085> to him: so

the man <0376> took <2388> his concubine <6370>, and brought

<3318> her forth <3318> unto them; and they knew <3045> her, and

abused <5953> her all <3605> the night <3915> until <5704> the

morning <1242>: and when the day <7837> began <5927> to spring

<5927>, they let her go <7971>.

26 Then came <0935> the woman <0802> in the dawning <6437> of

the day <1242>, and fell <5307> down at the door <6607> of the

man's <0376> house <1004> where her lord <0113> [was], till

<5704> it was light <0216>.

27 And her lord <0113> rose <6965> up in the morning <1242>,

and opened <6605> the doors <1817> of the house <1004>, and went

<3318> out to go <3212> his way <1870>: and, behold <2009>, the

woman <0802> his concubine <6370> was fallen <5307> down [at]

the door <6607> of the house <1004>, and her hands <3027> [were]

upon the threshold <5592>.

28 And he said <0559> unto her, Up, and let us be going <3212>.

But none <0369> answered <6030>. Then the man <0376> took <3947>

her [up] upon an ass <2543>, and the man <0376> rose <6965> up,

and gat <3212> him unto his place <4725>.

29 And when he was come <0935> into <0413> his house <1004>, he

took <3947> a knife <3979>, and laid hold <2388> on his

concubine <6370>, and divided <5408> her, [together] with her

bones <6106>, into twelve pieces <5409>, and sent <7971> her

into all <3605> the coasts <1366> of Israel <3478>.

30 And it was so, that all <3605> that saw <7200> it said

<0559>, There was no <3808> such <2063> deed done <1961> nor

<3908> seen <7200> from the day <3117> that the children <1121>

of Israel <3478> came <5927> up out of the land <0776> of Egypt

<4714> unto this <2088> day <3117>: consider <7760> of it, take

advice <5779>, and speak <1696> [your minds].

Judges 20

1. Then all <3605> the children <1121> of Israel <3478> went

<3318> out, and the congregation <5712> was gathered <6950>

together as one <0259> man <0376>, from Dan <1835> even to

Beersheba <0884>, with the land <0776> of Gilead <1568>, unto

the LORD <3068> in Mizpeh <4709>.

2 And the chief <6438> of all <3605> the people <5971>, [even]

of all <3605> the tribes <7626> of Israel <3478>, presented

<3320> themselves in the assembly <6951> of the people <5971> of

God <0430>, four <0702> hundred <3967> thousand <0505> footmen

that drew <8025> sword <2719>.

3 (Now the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> heard <8085> that

the children <1121> of Israel <3478> were gone <5927> up to

Mizpeh <4709>.) Then said <0559> the children <1121> of Israel

<3478>, Tell <1696> [us], how <0349> was this <2063> wickedness

<7451>?

4 And the Levite <3881>, the husband <0376> of the woman <0802>

that was slain <7523>, answered <6030> and said <0559>, I came

<0935> into Gibeah <1390> that [belongeth] to Benjamin <1144>, I

and my concubine <6370>, to lodge <3885>.

5 And the men <1167> of Gibeah <1390> rose <6965> against

<5921> me, and beset <5437> the house <1004> round <5437> about

upon me by night <3915>, [and] thought <1819> to have slain

<2026> me: and my concubine <6370> have they forced <6031>, that

she is dead <4191>.

6 And I took <0270> my concubine <6370>, and cut <5408> her in

pieces, and sent <7971> her throughout all <3605> the country

<7704> of the inheritance <5159> of Israel <3478>: for they have

committed <6213> lewdness <2154> and folly <5039> in Israel

<3478>.

7 Behold <2009>, ye [are] all <3605> children <1121> of Israel

<3478>; give <3051> here <1988> your advice <1697> and counsel

<6098>.

8 And all <3605> the people <5971> arose <6965> as one <0259>

man <0376>, saying <0559>, We will not any <0376> [of us] go

<3212> to his tent <0168>, neither <3808> will we any <0376> [of

us] turn <5493> into his house <1004>.

9 But now <6258> this <2063> [shall be] the thing <1697> which

<0834> we will do <6213> to Gibeah <1390>; [we will go <3212>

up] by lot <1486> against <5921> it;

10 And we will take <3947> ten <6235> men <0582> of an hundred

<3967> throughout all <3605> the tribes <7626> of Israel <3478>,

and an hundred <3967> of a thousand <0505>, and a thousand

<7233> out of ten <7233> thousand <7233>, to fetch <3947>

victual <6720> for the people <5971>, that they may do <6213>,

when they come <0935> to Gibeah <1390> of Benjamin <1144>,

according to all <3605> the folly <5039> that they have wrought

<6213> in Israel <3478>.

11 So all <3605> the men <0376> of Israel <3478> were gathered

<0622> against <0413> the city <5892>, knit <2270> together as

one <0259> man <0376>.

12. And the tribes <7626> of Israel <3478> sent <7971> men

<0582> through all <3605> the tribe <7626> of Benjamin <1144>,

saying <0559>, What <4100> wickedness <7451> [is] this <2063>

that is done <1961> among you?

13 Now <6258> therefore deliver <5414> [us] the men <0582>, the

children <1121> of Belial <1100>, which <0834> [are] in Gibeah

<1390>, that we may put them to death <4191>, and put <1197>

away <1197> evil <7451> from Israel <3478>. But the children

<1121> of Benjamin <1144> would <14> not hearken <8085> to the

voice <6963> of their brethren <0251> the children <1121> of

Israel <3478>:

14 But the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> gathered <0622>

themselves together out of the cities <5892> unto Gibeah <1390>,

to go <3318> out to battle <4421> against <5973> the children

<1121> of Israel <3478>.

15 And the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> were numbered

<6485> at that time out of the cities <5892> twenty <6242> and

six <8337> thousand <0505> men <0376> that drew <8025> sword

<2719>, beside <0905> the inhabitants <3427> of Gibeah <1390>,

which were numbered <6485> seven <7651> hundred <3967> chosen

<0970> men <0376>.

16 Among all <3605> this <2088> people <5971> [there were]

seven <7651> hundred <3967> chosen <0970> men <0376> lefthanded;

every <3605> one could sling <7049> stones <68> at <0413> an

hair <8185> [breadth], and not miss <2398>.

17 And the men <0376> of Israel <3478>, beside <0905> Benjamin

<1144>, were numbered <6485> four <0702> hundred <3967> thousand

<0505> men <0376> that drew <8025> sword <2719>: all <3605>

these <2088> [were] men <0376> of war <4421>.

18. And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> arose <6965>, and

went <5927> up to the house <1008> of God <1008>, and asked

<7592> counsel of God <0430>, and said <0559>, Which <4310> of

us shall go <5927> up first <8462> to the battle <4421> against

<5973> the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144>? And the LORD

<3068> said <0559>, Judah <3063> [shall go <3212> up] first

<8462>.

19 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> rose <6965> up in

the morning <1242>, and encamped <2583> against <5921> Gibeah

<1390>.

20 And the men <0376> of Israel <3478> went <3318> out to

battle <4421> against <5973> Benjamin <1144>; and the men <0376>

of Israel <3478> put themselves in array <6186> to fight <4421>

against them at Gibeah <1390>.

21 And the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> came <3318> forth

<3318> out of Gibeah <1390>, and destroyed <7843> down to the

ground <0776> of the Israelites <3478> that day <3117> twenty

<6242> and two <8147> thousand <0505> men <0376>.

22 And the people <5971> the men <0376> of Israel <3478>

encouraged <2388> themselves, and set their battle <4421> again

<3254> in array <6186> in the place <4725> where they put

themselves in array <6186> the first <7223> day <3117>.

23 (And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> went <5927> up and

wept <1058> before <6440> the LORD <3068> until <5704> even

<6153>, and asked <7592> counsel of the LORD <3068>, saying

<0559>, Shall I go <5066> up again <3254> to battle <4421>

against <5973> the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> my brother

<0251>? And the LORD <3068> said <0559>, Go <5927> up against

<0413> him.)

24 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> came <7126> near

<7126> against <0413> the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> the

second <8145> day <3117>.

25 And Benjamin <1144> went <3318> forth <3318> against <7125>

them out of Gibeah <1390> the second <8145> day <3117>, and

destroyed <7843> down to the ground <0776> of the children

<1121> of Israel <3478> again <5750> eighteen thousand <0505>

men <0376>; all <3605> these <0428> drew <8025> the sword <2719>.

26. Then all <3605> the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, and

all <3605> the people <5971>, went <5927> up, and came <0935>

unto the house <1008> of God <1008>, and wept <1058>, and sat

<3427> there <8033> before <6440> the LORD <3068>, and fasted

<6684> that day <3117> until <5704> even <6153>, and offered

<5927> burnt <5930> offerings and peace <8002> offerings before

<6440> the LORD <3068>.

27 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> enquired <7592> of

the LORD <3068>, (for the ark <0727> of the covenant <1285> of

God <0430> [was] there <8033> in those <1992> days <3117>,

28 And Phinehas <6372>, the son <1121> of Eleazar <0499>, the

son <1121> of Aaron <0175>, stood <5975> before it in those

<1992> days <3117>,) saying <0559>, Shall I yet <5750> again

<3254> go <3318> out to battle <4421> against <5973> the

children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> my brother <0251>, or shall I

cease <2308>? And the LORD <3068> said <0559>, Go <5927> up; for

to morrow <4279> I will deliver <5414> them into thine hand

<3027>.

29 And Israel <3478> set <7760> liers in wait <0693> round

<5439> about Gibeah <1390>.

30 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> went <5927> up

against <0413> the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> on the

third <7992> day <3117>, and put themselves in array <6186>

against <0413> Gibeah <1390>, as at other times <6471>.

31 And the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> went <3318> out

against <7125> the people <5971>, [and] were drawn <5423> away

from the city <5892>; and they began <2490> to smite <5221> of

the people <5971>, [and] kill <2491>, as at other times <6471>,

in the highways <4546>, of which <0834> one <0259> goeth <5927>

up to the house <1008> of God <1008>, and the other <0259> to

Gibeah <1390> in the field <7704>, about thirty <7970> men

<0376> of Israel <3478>.

32 And the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> said <0559>, They

[are] smitten <5062> down before <6440> us, as at the first

<7223>. But the children <1121> of Israel <3478> said <0559>,

Let us flee <5127>, and draw <5423> them from the city <5892>

unto the highways <4546>.

33 And all <3605> the men <0376> of Israel <3478> rose <6965>

up out of their place <4725>, and put themselves in array <6186>

at Baaltamar <1193>: and the liers in wait <0693> of Israel

<3478> came <1518> forth <1518> out of their places <4725>,

[even] out of the meadows <4629> of Gibeah <1390>.

34 And there came <0935> against <5048> Gibeah <1390> ten

<6235> thousand <0505> chosen <0970> men <0376> out of all

<3605> Israel <3478>, and the battle <4421> was sore <3513>: but

they knew <3045> not that evil <7451> [was] near <5060> them.

35 And the LORD <3068> smote <5062> Benjamin <1144> before

<6440> Israel <3478>: and the children <1121> of Israel <3478>

destroyed <7843> of the Benjamites <1145> that day <3117> twenty

<6242> and five <2568> thousand <0505> and an hundred <3967> men

<0376>: all <3605> these <0428> drew <8025> the sword <2719>.

36 So the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> saw <7200> that

they were smitten <5062>: for the men <0376> of Israel <3478>

gave <5414> place <4725> to the Benjamites <1145>, because

<3588> they trusted <0982> unto the liers in wait <0693> which

<0834> they had set <7760> beside <0413> Gibeah <1390>.

37 And the liers in wait <0693> hasted <2363>, and rushed

<6584> upon Gibeah <1390>; and the liers in wait <0693> drew

<4900> [themselves] along, and smote <5221> all <3605> the city

<5892> with the edge <6310> of the sword <2719>.

38 Now there was an appointed <4150> sign between <5973> the

men <0376> of Israel <3478> and the liers in wait <0693>, that

they should make a great <7235> flame <4864> with smoke <6227>

rise <5927> up out of the city <5892>.

39 And when the men <0376> of Israel <3478> retired <2015> in

the battle <4421>, Benjamin <1144> began <2490> to smite <5221>

[and] kill <2491> of the men <0376> of Israel <3478> about

thirty <7970> persons <0376>: for they said <0559>, Surely

<0389> they are smitten <5062> down before <6440> us, as [in]

the first <7223> battle <4421>.

40 But when the flame <4864> began <2490> to arise <5927> up

out of the city <5892> with a pillar <5982> of smoke <6227>, the

Benjamites <1145> looked <6437> behind <0310> them, and, behold

<2009>, the flame <3632> of the city <5892> ascended <5927> up

to heaven <8064>.

41 And when the men <0376> of Israel <3478> turned <2015> again,

the men <0376> of Benjamin <1144> were amazed <0926>: for they

saw <7200> that evil <7451> was come <5060> upon them.

42 Therefore they turned <6437> [their backs] before <6440> the

men <0376> of Israel <3478> unto the way <1870> of the

wilderness <4057>; but the battle <4421> overtook <1692> them;

and them which <0834> [came] out of the cities <5892> they

destroyed <7843> in the midst <8432> of them.

43 [Thus] they inclosed <3803> the Benjamites <1145> round

<3803> about <3803>, [and] chased <7291> them, [and] trode

<1869> them down with ease <4496> over <5227> against <5227>

Gibeah <1390> toward the sunrising.

44 And there fell <5307> of Benjamin <1144> eighteen thousand

<0505> men <0376>; all <3605> these <0428> [were] men <0582> of

valour <2428>.

45 And they turned <6437> and fled <5127> toward the wilderness

<4057> unto the rock <5553> of Rimmon <7417>: and they gleaned

<5953> of them in the highways <4546> five <2568> thousand

<0505> men <0376>; and pursued <1692> hard after <0310> them

unto Gidom <1440>, and slew <5221> two thousand <0505> men

<0376> of them.

46 So that all <3605> which fell <5307> that day <3117> of

Benjamin <1144> were twenty <6242> and five <2568> thousand

<0505> men <0376> that drew <8025> the sword <2719>; all <3605>

these <0428> [were] men <0582> of valour <2428>.

47 But six <8337> hundred <3967> men <0376> turned <6437> and

fled <5127> to the wilderness <4057> unto the rock <5553> Rimmon

<7417>, and abode <3427> in the rock <5553> Rimmon <7417> four

<0702> months <2320>.

48 And the men <0376> of Israel <3478> turned <7725> again

<7725> upon the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144>, and smote

<5221> them with the edge <6310> of the sword <2719>, as well

<3190> the men <4974> of [every] city <5892>, as the beast

<0929>, and all <3605> that came <4672> to hand <4672>: also

they set <7971> on fire <0784> all <3605> the cities <5892> that

they came <4672> to.

Judges 21

1. Now the men <0376> of Israel <3478> had sworn <7650> in

Mizpeh <4709>, saying <0559>, There shall not any <0376> of us

give <5414> his daughter <1323> unto Benjamin <1144> to wife

<0802>.

2 And the people <5971> came <0935> to the house <1008> of God

<1008>, and abode <3427> there <8033> till <5704> even <6153>

before <6440> God <0430>, and lifted <5375> up their voices

<6963>, and wept <1058> sore;

3 And said <0559>, O LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>,

why <4100> is this <2063> come <1961> to pass in Israel <3478>,

that there should be to day <3117> one <0259> tribe <7626>

lacking <6485> in Israel <3478>?

4 And it came <1961> to pass on the morrow <4279>, that the

people <5971> rose <7925> early <7925>, and built <1129> there

<8033> an altar <4196>, and offered <5927> burnt <5930>

offerings and peace <8002> offerings.

5 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> said <0559>, Who

<4310> [is there] among all <3605> the tribes <7626> of Israel

<3478> that came <5927> not up with the congregation <6951> unto

the LORD <3068>? For they had made a great <1419> oath <7621>

concerning him that came <5927> not up to the LORD <3068> to

Mizpeh <4709>, saying <0559>, He shall surely be put to death

<4191>.

6 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> repented <5162> them

for Benjamin <1144> their brother <0251>, and said <0559>, There

is one <0259> tribe <7626> cut <1438> off from Israel <3478>

this day <3117>.

7 How <4100> shall we do <6213> for wives <0802> for them that

remain <3498>, seeing <7200> we have sworn <7650> by the LORD

<3068> that we will not give <5414> them of our daughters <1121>

to wives <0802>?

8 And they said <0559>, What <4310> one <0259> [is there] of

the tribes <7626> of Israel <3478> that came <5927> not up to

Mizpeh <4709> to the LORD <3068>? And, behold <2009>, there came

<0935> none to the camp <4264> from Jabeshgilead to the assembly

<6951>.

9 For the people <5971> were numbered <6485>, and, behold

<2009>, [there were] none of the inhabitants <3427> of

Jabeshgilead there <8033>.

10 And the congregation <5712> sent <7971> thither <8033>

twelve thousand <0505> men <0376> of the valiantest, and

commanded <6680> them, saying <0559>, Go <3212> and smite <5221>

the inhabitants <3427> of Jabeshgilead with the edge <6310> of

the sword <2719>, with the women <0802> and the children <2945>.

11 And this <2063> [is] the thing <1697> that ye shall do

<6213>, Ye shall utterly destroy <2763> every <3605> male <2145>,

and every <3605> woman <0802> that hath lain by man <2145>.

12 And they found <4672> among the inhabitants <3427> of

Jabeshgilead four <0702> hundred <3967> young <5291> virgins

<1330>, that had known <3045> no <3808> man <0376> by lying

<4904> with any male <2145>: and they brought <0935> them unto

the camp <4264> to Shiloh <7887>, which <0834> [is] in the land

<0776> of Canaan <3667>.

13 And the whole <3605> congregation <5712> sent <7971> [some]

to speak <1696> to the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> that

[were] in the rock <5553> Rimmon <7417>, and to call <7121>

peaceably <7965> unto them.

14 And Benjamin <1144> came <7725> again <7725> at that time

<6256>; and they gave <5414> them wives <0802> which <0834> they

had saved <2421> alive <2421> of the women <0802> of

Jabeshgilead: and yet so <3651> they sufficed <4672> them not.

15 And the people <5971> repented <5162> them for Benjamin

<1144>, because <3588> that the LORD <3068> had made <6213> a

breach <6556> in the tribes <7626> of Israel <3478>.

16. Then the elders <2205> of the congregation <5712> said

<0559>, How <4100> shall we do <6213> for wives <0802> for them

that remain <3498>, seeing <3588> the women <0802> are destroyed

<8045> out of Benjamin <1144>?

17 And they said <0559>, [There must be] an inheritance <3425>

for them that be escaped <6413> of Benjamin <1144>, that a tribe

<7626> be not destroyed <4229> out of Israel <3478>.

18 Howbeit we may <3201> not give <5414> them wives <0802> of

our daughters <1121>: for the children <1121> of Israel <3478>

have sworn <7650>, saying <0559>, Cursed <0779> [be] he that

giveth <5414> a wife <0802> to Benjamin <1144>.

19 Then they said <0559>, Behold <2009>, [there is] a feast

<2282> of the LORD <3068> in Shiloh <7887> yearly <3117> [in a

place] which <0834> [is] on the north <6828> side of Bethel

<1008>, on the east side of the highway <4546> that goeth <5927>

up from Bethel <1008> to Shechem <7927>, and on the south <5045>

of Lebonah <3829>.

20 Therefore they commanded <6680> the children <1121> of

Benjamin <1144>, saying <0559>, Go <3212> and lie in wait <0693>

in the vineyards <3754>;

21 And see <7200>, and, behold <2009>, if <0518> the daughters

<1121> of Shiloh <7887> come <3318> out to dance <2342> in

dances <4246>, then come <3318> ye out of the vineyards <3754>,

and catch <2414> you every man <0376> his wife <0802> of the

daughters <1121> of Shiloh <7887>, and go <1980> to the land

<0776> of Benjamin <1144>.

22 And it shall be, when <3588> their fathers <1> or <0176>

their brethren <0251> come <0935> unto us to complain <7378>,

that we will say <0559> unto them, Be favourable <2603> unto

them for our sakes: because <3588> we reserved <3947> not to

each man <0376> his wife <0802> in the war <4421>: for ye did

not give <5414> unto them at this time <6256>, [that] ye should

be guilty <0816>.

23 And the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> did <6213> so

<3651>, and took <5375> [them] wives <0802>, according to their

number <4557>, of them that danced <2342>, whom <0834> they

caught <1497>: and they went <3212> and returned <7725> unto

their inheritance <5159>, and repaired <1129> the cities <5892>,

and dwelt <3427> in them.

24 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> departed <1980>

thence <8033> at that time, every man <0376> to his tribe <7626>

and to his family <4940>, and they went <3318> out from thence

<8033> every man <0376> to his inheritance <5159>.

25 In those <1992> days <3117> [there was] no <0369> king

<4428> in Israel <3478>: every man <0376> did <6213> [that which

was] right <3477> in his own eyes <5869>.