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>. ~~~~~~