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1:1	AndAfter it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel asked of JehovahYahweh, saying, Who shallshould go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?
1:2	AndYahweh Jehovah said, Judah shall go up:. beholdBehold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
1:3	And Judah said untoto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with theeyou into thyyour lot. So Simeon went with him.
1:4	And Judah went up;, and JehovahYahweh delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand:. andThey theystruck smoteten ofthousand themmen in Bezek ten thousand men.
1:5	AndThey they found Adoni bezekBezek in Bezek;, and they fought against him,. andThey theystruck smote the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
1:6	But Adoni bezekBezek fled;. andThey they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his greatbig toes.
1:7	And Adoni bezekBezek said, ThreescoreSeventy and ten kings, having their thumbs and their greatbig toes cut off, gatheredscavenged their food under my table:. asAs I have done, so God hathhas requiteddone to me. AndThey they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
1:8	AndThe the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, andstruck smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
1:9	AndAfter afterwardthat, the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites thatwho dweltlived in the hill country, and in the South, and in the lowland.
1:10	And Judah went against the Canaanites thatwho dweltlived in Hebron. nowThe the name of Hebron beforetimebefore that was Kiriath arba;Arba. andThey theystruck smote Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
1:11	AndFrom fromthere thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir. NowThe the name of Debir beforetimebefore that was Kiriath sepherSepher.
1:12	And Caleb said, HeI thatwill smitethgive KiriathAchsah sepher,my anddaughter takethas it,wife to himthe willman Iwho givestrikes AchsahKiriath mySepher, daughterand totakes wifeit.
1:13	And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Calebs younger brother, took it:, andso he gave him Achsah his daughter toas his wife.
1:14	AndWhen it came to pass, when she came unto him, that she movedgot him to ask of her father for a field:. andShe shegot alighted from off her assdonkey; and Caleb said untoto her, What wouldestwould thouyou like?
1:15	AndShe she said untoto him, Give me a blessing; forbecause thatyou thouhave hast set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. AndThen Caleb gave her the upper springs and the netherlower springs.
1:16	AndThe the children of the Kenite, Moses brother in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and dweltlived with the people.
1:17	And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they smotestruck the Canaanites thatwho inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. AndThe the name of the city was called Hormah.
1:18	Also Judah took Gaza with theits border thereof, and Ashkelon with theits border thereof, and Ekron with theits border thereof.
1:19	AndYahweh Jehovah was with Judah;, and drove out the inhabitants of the hill country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
1:20	AndThey they gave Hebron untoto Caleb, as Moses had spoken:said, and he drove out thence the three sons of Anak out of there.
1:21	AndThe the children of Benjamin diddidnt not drive out the Jebusites thatwho inhabited Jerusalem;, but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem untoto this day.
1:22	AndThe the house of Joseph, they also went up against BethBethel, el; and JehovahYahweh was with them.
1:23	AndThe the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth elBethel. NowThe the name of the city beforetimebefore that was Luz.
1:24	AndThe the watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said untoto him, ShowPlease show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with theeyou.
1:25	AndHe he showed them the entrance into the city;, and they smotestruck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family go.
1:26	AndThe the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called theits name thereof Luz, which is theits name thereofto unto this day.
1:27	And Manasseh diddidnt not drive out the inhabitants of Beth sheanShean and its towns, nor of Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
1:28	AndWhen it came to pass, when Israel washad waxedgrown strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskworkforced labor, and diddidnt not utterly drive them out.
1:29	And Ephraim drovedidnt notdrive out the Canaanites thatwho dweltlived in Gezer;, but the Canaanites dweltlived in Gezer among them.
1:30	Zebulun drovedidnt notdrive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dweltlived among them, and became subject to taskworkforced labor.
1:31	Asher drovedidnt notdrive out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;
1:32	but the Asherites dweltlived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land;, for they diddidnt not drive them out.
1:33	Naphtali drovedidnt notdrive out the inhabitants of Beth shemeshShemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth anathAnath; but he dweltlived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land:. neverthelessNevertheless the inhabitants of Beth shemeshShemesh and of Beth anathAnath became subject to taskworkforced labor.
1:34	AndThe the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill country;, for they would not sufferallow them to come down to the valley;
1:35	but the Amorites would dwell in mountMount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim:. yetYet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became subject to taskworkforced labor.
1:36	AndThe the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
2:1	AndYahwehs the angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim. AndHe he said, I madebrought you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you untoto the land which I swareswore untoto give your fathers;. and I said, I will never break my covenant with you:.
2:2	andYou ye shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land;. yeYou shall break down their altars. But yeyou have not hearkenedlistened untoto my voice:. whyWhy have yeyou done this?
2:3	WhereforeTherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shallwill be a snare untoto you.
2:4	AndWhen itYahwehs came to pass, when the angel ofspoke Jehovah spake these words untoto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
2:5	AndThey they called the name of that place Bochim:, and they sacrificed there untoto JehovahYahweh.
2:6	Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel each went everyto man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
2:7	AndThe the people served JehovahYahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders thatwho outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of JehovahYahweh that he had wroughtworked for Israel.
2:8	And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of JehovahYahweh, died, being aone hundred and ten years old.
2:9	AndThey they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath heresHeres, in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
2:10	AndAfter also all that generation were gathered untoto their fathers:, andanother theregeneration arose another generation after them, thatwho knewdidnt notknow JehovahYahweh, nor yet the work which he had wroughtdone for Israel.
2:11	AndThe the children of Israel did that which was evil in theYahwehs sight of Jehovah, and served the Baalim;Baals.
2:12	andThey theyabandoned forsook JehovahYahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples thatwho were roundaround about them, and bowed themselves down untoto them:; and they provoked JehovahYahweh to anger.
2:13	AndThey theyabandoned forsook JehovahYahweh, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
2:14	AndYahwehs the anger ofburned Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilersraiders thatwho despoiledplundered them;. andHe he sold them into the hands of their enemies roundall aboutaround, so that they could notno any longer stand before their enemies.
2:15	WhithersoeverWherever they went out, theYahwehs hand of Jehovah was against them for evil, as JehovahYahweh had spoken, and as JehovahYahweh had sworn untoto them:; and they were sorevery distressed.
2:16	AndYahweh Jehovah raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those thatwho despoiledplundered them.
2:17	AndYet yet they hearkeneddidnt notlisten untoto their judges; for they playedprostituted thethemselves harlotto after other gods, and bowed themselves down untoto them:. theyThey quickly turned asideaway quicklyfrom out of the way whereinin which their fathers walked, obeying theYahwehs commandments. ofThey Jehovah;didnt butdo they did not so.
2:18	AndWhen whenYahweh Jehovah raised them up judges for them, then JehovahYahweh was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge:; for it repentedgrieved JehovahYahweh because of their groaning by reason of themthose thatwho oppressed them and vexedtroubled them.
2:19	But it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down untoto them;. theyThey ceaseddidnt notcease fromwhat theirthey doingswere doing, noror fromgive up their stubborn wayways.
2:20	AndYahwehs the anger ofburned Jehovah was kindled against Israel; and he said, Because this nation have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and havehas not hearkenedlistened untoto my voice;,
2:21	I also will notno henceforthlonger drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died from before them;
2:22	that by them I may provetest Israel, whetherto see if they will keep theYahwehs way of Jehovah to walk therein, as their fathers didkept keep it, or not.
2:23	So JehovahYahweh left those nations, without driving them out hastily;. neitherHe delivereddidnt hedeliver them into theJoshuas hand of Joshua.
3:1	Now these are the nations which JehovahYahweh left, to provetest Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
3:2	only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least suchthose aswho beforetime knew nothing thereofof it before:
3:3	namely, the five Lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites thatwho dweltlived inon mountMount Lebanon, from mountMount Baal hermonHermon untoto the entrance of Hamath.
3:4	AndThey they were left, to provetest Israel by them, to know whether they would hearkenlisten untoto theYahwehs commandments of Jehovah, which he commanded their fathers by Moses.
3:5	AndThe the children of Israel dweltlived among the Canaanites, the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites:.
3:6	andThey they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons and served their gods.
3:7	AndThe the children of Israel did that which was evil in theYahwehs sight of Jehovah, and forgatforgot JehovahYahweh their God, and served the BaalimBaals and the Asheroth.
3:8	Therefore theYahwehs anger ofburned Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan rishathaimRishathaim king of Mesopotamia:; and the children of Israel served Cushan rishathaimRishathaim eight years.
3:9	AndWhen when the children of Israel cried untoto JehovahYahweh, JehovahYahweh raised up a savioursavior to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Calebs younger brother.
3:10	AndYahwehs the Spirit of Jehovah came uponon him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and JehovahYahweh delivered Cushan rishathaimRishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand:. andHis his hand prevailed against Cushan rishathaimRishathaim.
3:11	AndThe the land had rest forty years., Andthen Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
3:12	AndThe the children of Israel again did that which was evil in theYahwehs sight, of Jehovah: and JehovahYahweh strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done that which was evil in theYahwehs sight of Jehovah.
3:13	AndHe he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek to himself; and he went and smotestruck Israel, and they possessed the city of palm trees.
3:14	AndThe the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
3:15	But when the children of Israel cried untoto JehovahYahweh, JehovahYahweh raised them up a saviour,savior for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left handed man. AndThe the children of Israel sent tribute by him untoto Eglon the king of Moab.
3:16	And Ehud made himhimself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he girdedwore it under his raimentclothing uponon his right thigh.
3:17	AndHe he offered the tribute untoto Eglon king of Moab:. nowNow Eglon was a very fat man.
3:18	AndWhen whenEhud he had madefinished an end of offering the tribute, he sent away the people thatwho barecarried the tribute.
3:19	But he himself turned back from the quarriesstone idols that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errandmessage untofor theeyou, O king. AndThe heking said, Keep silence.! AndAll allwho that stood by him wentleft out from him.
3:20	And Ehud came untoto him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. And Ehud said, I have a message from God untoto theeyou. AndHe he arose out of his seat.
3:21	And Ehud put forthout his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body:.
3:22	andThe thehandle haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed uponon the blade, for he drewdidnt notdraw the sword out of his body; and it came out behind.
3:23	Then Ehud went forthout intoonto the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room uponon him, and locked them.
3:24	NowAfter when he washad gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and,that behold, the doors of the upper room were locked;. andThey they said, Surely he is covering his feet in the upper chamberroom.
3:25	AndThey theywaited tarrieduntil till they were ashamed; and, behold, he openeddidnt notopen the doors of the upper room:. thereforeTherefore they took the key, and opened them;, and, behold, their Lord washad fallen down dead on the earthfloor.
3:26	And Ehud escaped while they tarriedwaited, and passed beyond the quarriesstone idols, and escaped untoto Seirah.
3:27	AndWhen it came to pass, when he washad come, that he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he beforeled them.
3:28	AndHe he said untoto them, Follow after me; for JehovahYahweh hathhas delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. AndThey theyfollowed went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and suffereddidnt notallow aany man to pass over.
3:29	AndThey theystruck smote of Moab at that time about ten thousand men of Moab, every lustystrong man, and every man of valor;. andNo thereman escaped not a man.
3:30	So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. AndThen the land had rest fourscoreeighty years.
3:31	AndAfter after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who smotestruck six hundred men of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad:. andHe he also saved Israel.
4:1	AndThe the children of Israel again did that which was evil in theYahwehs sight of Jehovah, when Ehud was dead.
4:2	AndYahweh Jehovah sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, thatwho reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose hostarmy was Sisera, who dweltlived in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
4:3	AndThe the children of Israel cried untoto Jehovah:Yahweh, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel for twenty years.
4:4	Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
4:5	AndShe shelived dwelt under theDeborahs palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and BethBethel el in the hill country of Ephraim:; and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
4:6	AndShe she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh naphtaliNaphtali, and said untoto him, HathHasnt not JehovahYahweh, the God of Israel, commanded, saying, Go and drawlead untothe mountway to Mount Tabor, and take with theeyou ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
4:7	And I will draw untoto theeyou, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabins army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thyyour hand.
4:8	And Barak said untoto her, If thouyou wiltwill go with me, then I will go; but if thouyou wiltwill not go with me, I will not go.
4:9	AndShe she said, I will surely go with thee:you. notwithstandingNevertheless, the journey that thouyou takesttake shallwont not be for thineyour honor; for JehovahYahweh will sell Sisera into thea womans hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
4:10	And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh;. andTen there went up ten thousand men atfollowed hishim; feet: and Deborah went up with him.
4:11	Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab, theMoses brother in law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.
4:12	AndThey they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam washad gone up to mountMount Tabor.
4:13	And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people thatwho were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles, untoto the river Kishon.
4:14	And Deborah said untoto Barak, UpGo; for this is the day in which JehovahYahweh hathhas delivered Sisera into thyyour hand;. isHasnt notYahweh Jehovah gone out before theeyou? So Barak went down from mountMount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
4:15	AndYahweh Jehovahconfused discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his hostarmy, with the edge of the sword before Barak;. and Sisera alightedabandoned from his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
4:16	But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host,army untoto Harosheth of the Gentiles:; and all the hostarmy of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword;. thereThere was not a man left.
4:17	HowbeitHowever Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
4:18	And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said untoto him, Turn in, my Lord, turn in to me; feardont notbe afraid. AndHe hecame turned in untoto her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
4:19	AndHe he said untoto her, GivePlease give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. AndShe she opened a bottlecontainer of milk, and gave him a drink, and covered him.
4:20	AndHe he said untoto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and itif shall be, when any man dothcomes come and inquireinquires of theeyou, and saysays, Is there any man here? thatyou thoushall shalt say, No.
4:21	Then Jael, Hebers wife, took a tent pinpeg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly untoto him, and smotestruck the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground;, for he was in a deep sleep; so he swoonedfainted and died.
4:22	AndBehold, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said untoto him, Come, and I will show theeyou the man whom thouyou seekestseek. AndHe he came untoto her; and, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent pinpeg was in his temples.
4:23	So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel on that day.
4:24	AndThe the hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
5:1	Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying,
5:2	ForBecause that the leaders took the lead in Israel, Forbecause that the people offered themselves willingly, Blessbe yeblessed, Jehovah.Yahweh!
5:3	Hear, Oyou ye kings;! giveGive ear, Oyou ye princes;! I, even I, will sing untoto Jehovah;Yahweh. I will sing praise to JehovahYahweh, the God of Israel.
5:4	JehovahYahweh, when thouyou wentestwent forth out of Seir, Whenwhen thouyou marchedstmarched out of the field of Edom, Thethe earth trembled, the heavenssky also dropped,. YeaYes, the clouds dropped water.
5:5	The mountains quaked at theYahwehs presence of Jehovah, Eveneven yon Sinai at the presence of JehovahYahweh, the God of Israel.
5:6	In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, Inin the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied,. AndThe thetravelers travellers walked through byways.
5:7	The rulers ceased in Israel,. theyThey ceased, Untiluntil that I, Deborah, arose,; ThatUntil I arose a mother in Israel.
5:8	They chose new gods;. Then war was war in the gates:. Was there a shield or spear seen Amongamong forty thousand in Israel?
5:9	My heart is toward the governors of Israel, Thatwho offered themselves willingly among the people:. Bless ye Jehovah.Yahweh!
5:10	Tell of itSpeak, yeyou thatwho ride on white assesdonkeys, Yeyou thatwho sit on rich carpets, Andand yeyou thatwho walk by the way.
5:11	Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, Therethere shall they will rehearse theYahwehs righteous acts of Jehovah, Even the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. Then theYahwehs people of Jehovah went down to the gates.
5:12	Awake, awake, Deborah;! Awake, awake, utter a song:! Arise, Barak, and lead away thyyour captives, thouyou son of Abinoam.
5:13	Then came down a remnant of the nobles and the people; Jehovahcame down. Yahweh came down for me against the mighty.
5:14	OutThose of Ephraim came down they whose root is in Amalek; Aftercame theeout of Ephraim, after you, Benjamin, among thyyour peoples;. OutGovernors ofcome Machir came down governors, And out of ZebulunMachir. theyThose thatwho handle the marshals staff came out of Zebulun.
5:15	AndThe the princes of Issachar were with Deborah;. As was Issachar, so was Barak;. IntoThey rushed into the valley they rushed forth at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben, Therethere were great resolves of heart.
5:16	Why sattestdid thouyou sit among the sheepfolds,? To hear the pipingswhistling for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben, Therethere were great searchings of heart.
5:17	Gilead abodelived beyond the Jordan:. AndWhy Dan, why did heDan remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, Andand abodelived by his creeks.
5:18	Zebulun was a people that jeopardedjeopardized their lives untoto the death,; AndNaphtali Naphtalialso, uponon the high places of the field.
5:19	The kings came and fought;, Thenthen fought the kings of Canaan, Infought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo:. They took no gainplunder of moneysilver.
5:20	From heaventhe foughtsky the stars, fought. From their courses, they fought against Sisera.
5:21	The river Kishon swept them away, Thatthat ancient river, the river Kishon. OMy my soul, march on with strength.
5:22	Then did the horsehoofshorse stamphoofs Bystamped reasonbecause of the prancingsprancing, the prancingsprancing of their strong ones.
5:23	Curse ye Meroz, said theYahwehs angel of Jehovah. Curse ye bitterly theits inhabitants thereof, Becausebecause they camedidnt notcome to the help of JehovahYahweh, Toto the help ofYahweh Jehovah against the mighty.
5:24	BlessedJael aboveshall womenbe shallblessed Jaelabove bewomen, Thethe wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessedblessed shall she be above women in the tent.
5:25	He asked for water,. andShe she gave him milk;. She brought him butter in a Lordly dish.
5:26	She put her hand to the tent pinpeg, Andand her right hand to the workmens hammer;. AndWith with the hammer she smotestruck Sisera,. sheShe smotestruck through his head;. YeaYes, she pierced and struck through his temples.
5:27	At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay;. At her feet he bowed, he fell:. Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
5:28	Through the window she looked forthout, and cried,: TheSiseras mother oflooked Sisera cried through the lattice,. Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarrydo the wheels of his chariots wait?
5:29	Her wise ladies answered her, YeaYes, she returned answer to herself,
5:30	Have they not found, have they not divided the spoilplunder? A damsellady, two damselsladies to every man; Toto Sisera a spoilplunder of dyed garments, Aa spoilplunder of dyed garments embroidered, Ofof dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoilplunder?
5:31	So let all thineyour enemies perish, OYahweh, Jehovah:but But let themthose thatwho love him be as the sun when heit goethrises forth in hisits mightstrength. AndThen the land had rest forty years.
6:1	AndThe the children of Israel did that which was evil in theYahwehs sight, ofso Jehovah:Yahweh and Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
6:2	AndThe the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made themthemselves the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.
6:3	AndSo so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them;.
6:4	andThey they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, tilluntil thouyou come untoto Gaza,. andThey left no sustenance in Israel, neitherand no sheep, nor ox, noror assdonkey.
6:5	For they came up with their cattlelivestock and their tents;. theyThey came in as locusts for multitude;. bothBoth they and their camels were without number:; and they came into the land to destroy it.
6:6	And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried untoto JehovahYahweh.
6:7	AndWhen it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried untoto JehovahYahweh because of Midian,
6:8	thatYahweh Jehovah sent a prophet untoto the children of Israel:; and he said untoto them, Thus saith JehovahYahweh, the God of Israel, says, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;.
6:9	and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all thatwho oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land;.
6:10	and I said untoto you, I am JehovahYahweh your God;. yeYou shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land yeyou dwell. But yeyou have not hearkenedlistened untoto my voice.
6:11	AndYahwehs the angel of Jehovah came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertainedbelonged untoto Joash the Abiezrite:. andHis his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepresswine press, to hide it from the Midianites.
6:12	AndYahwehs the angel of Jehovah appeared untoto him, and said untoto him, JehovahYahweh is with theeyou, thouyou mighty man of valor.!
6:13	And Gideon said untoto him, Oh, my Lord, if JehovahYahweh is with us, why then ishas all this befallenhappened to us? andWhere where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, DidDidnt notYahweh Jehovah bring us up from Egypt? butBut now JehovahYahweh hathhas cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.
6:14	AndYahweh Jehovah looked uponat him, and said, Go in this thyyour might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian:. haveHavent not I sent theeyou?
6:15	AndHe he said untoto him, Oh,O Lord, wherewithhow shall I save Israel? beholdBehold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my fathers house.
6:16	AndYahweh Jehovah said untoto him, Surely I will be with theeyou, and thouyou shaltshall smitestrike the Midianites as one man.
6:17	AndHe he said untoto him, If now I have found favor in thyyour sight, then show me a sign that it is thouyou thatwho talkesttalk with me.
6:18	DepartPlease notdont hence,go Iaway pray thee, until I come untoto theeyou, and bring forthout my present, and lay it before theeyou. AndHe he said, I will tarrywait until thouyou come againback.
6:19	And Gideon went in, and madeprepared ready a kid,young goat and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal:. theHe fleshput hethe putmeat in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out untoto him under the oak, and presented it.
6:20	AndThe the angel of God said untoto him, Take the fleshmeat and the unleavened cakes, and lay them uponon this rock, and pour out the broth. AndHe he did so.
6:21	Then theYahwehs angel ofstretched Jehovahout put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the fleshmeat and the unleavened cakes; and therefire went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the fleshmeat and the unleavened cakes;. andThen theYahwehs angel of Jehovah departed out of his sight.
6:22	And Gideon saw that he was theYahwehs angel of Jehovah; and Gideon said, Alas, O Lord JehovahYahweh! forasmuchBecause as I have seen theYahwehs angel of Jehovah face to face.!
6:23	AndYahweh Jehovah said untoto him, Peace be untoto thee;you! fearDont not:be thouafraid. shaltYou shall not die.
6:24	Then Gideon built an altar there untoto JehovahYahweh, and called it JehovahYahweh shalom:is untoPeace. To this day it is yetstill in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
6:25	AndThat it came to pass the same night, thatYahweh Jehovah said untoto him, Take thyyour fathers bullockbull, even the second bullockbull seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thyyour father hathhas, and cut down the Asherah that is by it;.
6:26	andThen build an altar untoto JehovahYahweh thyyour God uponon the top of this stronghold, in thean orderly mannerway, and take the second bullockbull, and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which thouyou shaltshall cut down.
6:27	Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as JehovahYahweh had spoken untoto him:. andBecause it came to pass, because he feared his fathers household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, thatbut he did it by night.
6:28	AndWhen when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bullockbull was offered uponon the altar that was built.
6:29	AndThey they said to one to another, Who hathhas done this thing? AndWhen when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hathhas done this thing.
6:30	Then the men of the city said untoto Joash, Bring out thyyour son, that he may die, because he hathhas broken down the altar of Baal, and because he hathhas cut down the Asherah that was by it.
6:31	And Joash said untoto all thatwho stood against him, Will yeyou contend for Baal? orOr will yeyou save him? heHe thatwho will contend for him, let him be put to death whilstby it is yet morning:! ifIf he beis a god, let him contend for himself, because onesomeone hathhas broken down his altar.!
6:32	Therefore on that day he callednamed him JerubbaalJerub Baal, saying, Let Baal contend against him, because he hathhas broken down his altar.
6:34	But theYahwehs Spirit of Jehovah came uponon Gideon;, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered together afterto follow him.
6:35	AndHe he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh;, and they also were gathered together afterto follow him:. andHe he sent messengers untoto Asher, andto unto Zebulun, and untoto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
6:36	And Gideon said untoto God, If thouyou wiltwill save Israel by my hand, as thouyou hasthave spoken,
6:37	behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor;. ifIf there beis dew on the fleece only, and it beis dry uponon all the ground, then shallIll I know that thouyou wiltwill save Israel by my hand, as thouyou hasthave spoken.
6:38	AndIt it was so; for he rose up early on the morrownext day, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowlfulbowl full of water.
6:39	And Gideon said untoto God, LetDont notlet thineyour anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once:. Please let me make a trial, Ijust pray thee, but this once with the fleece;. letLet it now be dry only uponon the fleece, and uponon all the ground let there be dew.
6:40	And God did so that night:; for it was dry uponon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
7:1	Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people thatwho were with him, rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of Harod:. andMidians the camp of Midian was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
7:2	AndYahweh Jehovah said untoto Gideon, The people thatwho are with theeyou are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vauntbrag themselves against me, saying, MineMy own hand hathhas saved me.
7:3	Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, WhosoeverWhoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from mountMount Gilead. AndSo theretwenty returnedtwo thousand of the people twentyreturned, and twoten thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
7:4	AndYahweh Jehovah said untoto Gideon, TheThere people are yetstill too many; bringpeople. Bring them down untoto the water, and I will trytest them for theeyou there:. andIt it shall be, that ofthose whom I saytell unto theeyou, This shall go with theeyou, the same shall go with theeyou; and ofwhoever whomsoever I saytell unto theeyou, This shall not go with theeyou, the same shall not go.
7:5	So he brought down the people untoto the water:; and JehovahYahweh said untoto Gideon, EveryEveryone onewho thatlaps lappeth of the water with his tongue, aslike a dog lappethlaps, himyou shaltshall thou set him by himself; likewise everyeveryone onewho thatbows boweth down uponon his knees to drink.
7:6	AndThe the number of themthose thatwho lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men:; but all the rest of the people bowed down uponon their knees to drink water.
7:7	AndYahweh Jehovah said untoto Gideon, ByI will save you by the three hundred men thatwho lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thyyour hand;. andLet let all the other people go, everyeach manto unto his own place.
7:8	So the people took victualsfood in their hand, and their trumpets; and he sent all the rest of the men of Israel everyto mantheir untoown his tenttents, but retained the three hundred men:; and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
7:9	AndThat it came to pass the same night, thatYahweh Jehovah said untoto him, Arise, getgo thee down into the camp;, for I have delivered it into thyyour hand.
7:10	But if thouyou fearare afraid to go down, go thou with Purah thyyour servant down to the camp:.
7:11	andYou thouwill shalt hear what they say; and afterward shallyour thy hands will be strengthened to go down into the camp. Then went he down with Purah his servant untoto the outermost part of the armed men thatwho were in the camp.
7:12	AndThe the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is uponon the seaseashore shore for multitude.
7:13	AndWhen when Gideon washad come, behold, there was a man telling a dream untoto his fellow;. andHe he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream; and, lobehold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came untoto the tent, and smotestruck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.
7:14	AndHis his fellow answered and said, This is nothing elseother savethan the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel:. intoGod hishas handdelivered GodMidian hathinto deliveredhis Midianhand, andwith all the hostarmy.
7:15	AndIt it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and theits interpretation thereof, that he worshipped;worshiped. andThen he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise;, for JehovahYahweh hathhas delivered intothe yourarmy handof theMidian hostinto ofyour Midian.hand!
7:16	AndHe he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.
7:17	AndHe he said untoto them, LookWatch on me, and do likewise:. andBehold, behold, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so you shall ye do.
7:18	When I blow the trumpet, I and all thatwho are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and sayshout, For JehovahYahweh and for Gideon.!
7:19	So Gideon, and the hundred men thatwho were with him, came untoto the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch:. andThen they blew the trumpets, and brakebroke in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands.
7:20	AndThe the three companies blew the trumpets, andbroke brake the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands wherewithwith which to blow; and they criedshouted, The sword of JehovahYahweh and of Gideon.!
7:21	AndThey theyeach stood every man in his place roundaround about the camp;, and all the hostarmy ran; and they shouted, and put them to flight.
7:22	AndThey they blew the three hundred trumpets, and JehovahYahweh set every mans sword against his fellow, and against all the hostarmy; and the hostarmy fled as far as Beth shittahShittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel meholahMeholah, by Tabbath.
7:23	AndThe the men of Israel were gathered together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after Midian.
7:24	And Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, Come down against Midian, and take the waters before them the waters, as far as Beth barahBarah, even the Jordan.! So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and took the waters as far as Beth barahBarah, even the Jordan.
7:25	AndThey they took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb;. andThey theykilled slew Oreb at theOrebs rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they slewkilled at theZeebs winepresswine of Zeebpress, andas they pursued Midian:. andThen they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.
8:1	AndThe the men of Ephraim said untoto him, Why hasthave thouyou servedtreated us thusthis way, that thouyou calledstdidnt call us not, when thouyou wentestwent to fight with Midian? AndThey theyrebuked did chide with him sharply.
8:2	AndHe he said untoto them, What have I now done in comparison with you? IsIsnt not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
8:3	God hathhas delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb:! andWhat what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
8:4	And Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men thatwho were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
8:5	AndHe he said untoto the men of Succoth, Give,Please Igive pray you, loaves of bread untoto the people thatwho follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.
8:6	AndThe the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thyyour hand, that we should give bread untoto thineyour army?
8:7	And Gideon said, Therefore when JehovahYahweh hathhas delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
8:8	AndHe he went up thencethere to Penuel, and spakespoke untoto them in likethe mannersame way; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
8:9	AndHe hespoke spake also untoto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
8:10	Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hostsarmies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all thatwho were left of all the hostarmy of the children of the east; for there fell aone hundred and twenty thousand men thatwho drew sword.
8:11	And Gideon went up by the way of themthose thatwho dweltlived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smotestruck the hostarmy; for the hostarmy wasfelt secure.
8:12	And Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued after them;. andHe he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfitedconfused all the hostarmy.
8:13	And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.
8:14	AndHe he caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him:; and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and theits elders thereof, seventy and seven men.
8:15	AndHe he came untoto the men of Succoth, and said, BeholdSee Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom yeyou didtaunted taunt me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thyyour hand, that we should give bread untoto thyyour men thatwho are weary?
8:16	AndHe he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
8:17	AndHe hebroke brake down the tower of Penuel, and slewkilled the men of the city.
8:18	Then he said heto unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What mannerkind of men were they whom yeyou slewkilled at Tabor? AndThey they answered, AsThey thouwere art,like soyou. wereThey they;all each one resembled the children of a king.
8:19	AndHe he said, They were my brethrenbrothers, the sons of my mother:. asAs JehovahYahweh livethlives, if yeyou had saved them alive, I would not slaykill you.
8:20	AndHe he said untoto Jether his first bornfirstborn, Up,Get up and slaykill them.! But the youth drewdidnt notdraw his sword; for he fearedwas afraid, because he was yet a youth.
8:21	Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, RiseYou thou,rise and fall uponon us; for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slewkilled Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels necks.
8:22	Then the men of Israel said untoto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thouyou, andyour thy son, and thyyour sons son also; for thouyou hasthave saved us out of the hand of Midian.
8:23	And Gideon said untoto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you:. JehovahYahweh shall rule over you.
8:24	And Gideon said untoto them, I woulddo makehave a request: ofthat you, thatwould yeeach would give me every man the earearrings rings of his spoilplunder. For they had golden ear ringsearrings, because they were Ishmaelites.
8:25	AndThey they answered, We will willingly give them. AndThey they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man threw the earearrings rings of his spoilplunder into it.
8:26	AndThe the weight of the golden earearrings rings that he requested was aone thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold;, besidesin addition to the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple raimentclothing that was on the kings of Midian, and besidesin addition to the chains that were about their camels necks.
8:27	And Gideon made an ephod thereofout of it, and put it in Ophrah, his city,. evenThen in Ophrah: and all Israel played the harlotprostitute afterwith it there; and it became a snare untoto Gideon, and to his house.
8:28	So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. AndThe the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
8:29	And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dweltlived in his own house.
8:30	And Gideon had threescoreseventy andsons tenconceived sonsfrom of his body, begotten; for he had many wives.
8:31	AndHis his concubine thatwho was in Shechem, she also barebore him a son, and he callednamed hishim name Abimelech.
8:32	And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchretomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
8:33	AndAs it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the harlotprostitute afterfollowing the BaalimBaals, and made Baal berithBerith their god.
8:34	AndThe the children of Israel remembereddidnt notremember JehovahYahweh their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;
8:35	neither showeddid they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, whothat is, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had showedshown untoto Israel.
9:1	And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem untoto his mothers brethrenbrothers, and spakespoke with them, and with all the family of the house of his mothers father, saying,
9:2	Speak,Please Ispeak pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, WhetherIs isit better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are threescoreseventy and ten persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? rememberRemember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
9:3	AndHis his mothers brethrenbrothers spakespoke of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words:. andTheir their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
9:4	AndThey they gave him threescoreseventy and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal berithBerith, wherewithwith which Abimelech hired vain and lightreckless fellows, who followed him.
9:5	AndHe he went untoto his fathers house at Ophrah, and slewkilled his brethrenbrothers the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescoreseventy and ten persons, uponon one stone:; but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left;, for he hid himself.
9:6	AndAll all the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, andwith all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.
9:7	AndWhen when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of mountMount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, andcried criedout, and said untoto them, HearkenListen untoto me, yeyou men of Shechem, that God may hearkenlisten untoto you.
9:8	The trees wentset forthout on a time to anoint a king over them;themselves. andThey they said untoto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
9:9	But the olive tree said untoto them, Should I leavestop producing my fatnessoil, wherewithwith bywhich me they honor God and man by me, and go to wave toback and froforth over the trees?
9:10	AndThe the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
9:11	But the fig tree said untoto them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave toback and froforth over the trees?
9:12	AndThe the trees said untoto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
9:13	AndThe the vine said untoto them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheerethcheers God and man, and go to wave toback and froforth over the trees?
9:14	Then said all the trees untosaid to the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
9:15	AndThe the bramble said untoto the trees, If in truth yeyou anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
9:16	Now therefore, if yeyou have dealt truly and uprightlyrighteously, in that yeyou have made Abimelech king, and if yeyou have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done untoto him according to the deserving of his hands
9:17	for my father fought for you, andrisked adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:;
9:18	and yeyou arehave risen up against my fathers house thistoday day, and have slain his sons, threescoreseventy and ten persons, uponon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidfemale servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;
9:19	if yeyou then have dealt truly and uprightlyrighteously with Jerubbaal and with his house this daytoday, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:;
9:20	but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
9:21	And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dweltlived there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
9:22	And Abimelech was prince over Israel three years.
9:23	AndThen God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:,
9:24	that the violence done to the threescoreseventy and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid uponon Abimelech their brother, who slewkilled them, and uponon the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slaykill his brethrenbrothers.
9:25	AndThe the men of Shechem set liersan inambush wait for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all thatwho came along that way by them:; and itAbimelech was told Abimelechabout it.
9:26	And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren,brothers and went over to Shechem; and the men of Shechem put their trust in him.
9:27	AndThey they went out into the field, andharvested gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and held festivalcelebrated, and went into the house of their god, and didate eat and drinkdrank, and cursed Abimelech.
9:28	And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? isIsnt not he the son of Jerubbaal? andIsnt Zebul his officer? serveServe ye the men of Hamor the father of Shechem:, but why should we serve him?
9:29	AndI wouldwish that this people were under my hand! thenThen I would I remove Abimelech. AndHe he said to Abimelech, Increase thineyour army, and come out.!
9:30	AndWhen when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindledburned.
9:31	AndHe he sent messengers untoto Abimelech craftily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethrenbrothers arehave come to Shechem; and, behold, they constrainincite the city to take part against theeyou.
9:32	Now therefore, go up by night, thouyou and the people thatwho are with theeyou, and lie in wait in the field:.
9:33	andIt it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thouyou shaltshall rise early, and rush uponon the city;. andBehold, behold, when he and the people thatwho are with him come out against theeyou, then mayestmay thouyou do to them as thouyou shaltshall find occasion.
9:34	And Abimelech rose up, and all the people thatwho were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
9:35	And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city:. and Abimelech rose up, and the people thatwho were with him, from the ambushmentambush.
9:36	AndWhen when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, therepeople comeare peoplecoming down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said untoto him, ThouYou seestsee the shadowshadows of the mountains as if they were men.
9:37	And Gaal spakespoke again and said, SeeBehold, therepeople comeare peoplecoming down by the middle of the land, and one company comethcomes by the way of the oak of Meonenim.
9:38	Then Zebul said Zebulto unto him, WhereNow where is nowyour thy mouth, that thouyou saidstsaid, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? isIsnt not this the people that thouyou hasthave despised? Please go out now, I pray, and fight with them.
9:39	And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
9:40	And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and theremany fell many wounded, even untoto the entrance of the gate.
9:41	And Abimelech dweltlived at Arumah:; and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brethrenbrothers, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
9:42	AndOn itthe camenext to pass on the morrowday, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.
9:43	AndHe he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field; and he looked, and, behold, the people came forth out of the city;. andSo, he rose up against them, and smotestruck them.
9:44	And Abimelech, and the companies that were with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city:; and the two companies rushed uponon all thatwho were in the field, and smotestruck them.
9:45	And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slewkilled the people thatin wereit. therein:He and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
9:46	AndWhen when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereofof it, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.
9:47	AndAbimelech it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
9:48	And Abimelech gatwent him up to mountMount Zalmon, he and all the people thatwho were with him; and Abimelech took an axeax in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder:. andThen he said untoto the people thatwho were with him, What yeyou have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.!
9:49	AndAll all the people likewise each cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them toat the base of the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire uponover them;, so that all the menpeople of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
9:50	Then Abimelech went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
9:51	But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city fled there, and shut themselves in, and gatwent them up to the roof of the tower.
9:52	And Abimelech came untoto the tower, and fought against it, and drewcame near untoto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
9:53	AndA a certain woman cast an upper millstone uponon Abimelechs head, and brakebroke his skull.
9:54	Then he called hastily untoto the young man, his armorbearerarmor bearer, and said untoto him, Draw thyyour sword, and kill me, that men not say not of me, A woman slewkilled him. AndHis his young man thrust him through, and he died.
9:55	AndWhen when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they each departed everyto man unto his place.
9:56	Thus God requitedrepaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did untoto his father, in slayingkilling his seventy brethrenbrothers;
9:57	and God repaid all the wickedness of the men of Shechem didon God requite upon their heads:; and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal came on them.
10:1	AndAfter after Abimelech, there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar;, andarose heto dweltsave Israel. He lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
10:2	AndHe he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
10:3	AndAfter after him arose Jair, the Gileadite;, andarose. heHe judged Israel twenty and two years.
10:4	AndHe he had thirty sons thatwho rode on thirty assdonkey colts,. andThey they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth jairJair untoto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
10:5	And Jair died, and was buried in Kamon.
10:6	AndThe the children of Israel again did that which was evil in theYahwehs sight of Jehovah, and served the BaalimBaals, and the Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines;. andThey theyabandoned forsook JehovahYahweh, and serveddidnt serve him not.
10:7	AndYahwehs the anger ofburned Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the children of Ammon.
10:8	AndThey theytroubled vexed and oppressed the children of Israel that year:. For eighteen years they oppressed they all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
10:9	AndThe the children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim;, so that Israel was sorevery distressed.
10:10	AndThe the children of Israel cried untoto JehovahYahweh, saying, We have sinned against theeyou, even because we have forsaken our God, and have served the BaalimBaals.
10:11	AndYahweh Jehovah said untoto the children of Israel, DidDidnt not I save you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
10:12	The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, didoppressed oppress you; and yeyou cried untoto me, and I saved you out of their hand.
10:13	Yet yeyou have forsaken me, and served other gods:. whereforeTherefore I will save you no more.
10:14	Go and cry untoto the gods which yeyou have chosen;. letLet them save you in the time of your distress.!
10:15	AndThe the children of Israel said untoto JehovahYahweh, We have sinned:! doDo thouto unto us whatsoeverwhatever seemethseems good untoto theeyou; only deliver us, we pray theeplease, this daytoday.
10:16	AndThey they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served JehovahYahweh; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
10:17	Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. AndThe the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpah.
10:18	AndThe the people, the princes of Gilead, said to one to another, WhatWho man is hethe thatman who will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? heHe shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
11:1	Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor,. andHe he was the son of a harlot:prostitute. and Gilead begatbecame the father of Jephthah.
11:2	And Gileads wife barebore him sons;. andWhen when his wifes sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out Jephthah, and said untoto him, ThouYou shaltwill not inherit in our fathers house;, for thouyou artare the son of another woman.
11:3	Then Jephthah fled from his brethren,brothers and dweltlived in the land of Tob:. andOutlaws therejoined wereup gatheredwith vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him.
11:4	AndAfter it came to pass after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
11:5	AndWhen it was so, that, when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetchget Jephthah out of the land of Tob;.
11:6	andThey they said untoto Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
11:7	And Jephthah said untoto the elders of Gilead, DidDidnt notyou ye hate me, and drive me out of my fathers house? andWhy whyhave areyou ye come untoto me now when yeyou are in distress?
11:8	AndThe the elders of Gilead said untoto Jephthah, Therefore are we have turned again to theeyou now, that thouyou mayestmay go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon;. andYou thouwill shalt be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
11:9	And Jephthah said untoto the elders of Gilead, If yeyou bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and JehovahYahweh deliverdelivers them before me, shallwill I be your head?
11:10	AndThe the elders of Gilead said untoto Jephthah, JehovahYahweh shallwill be witness between us;. surelySurely accordingwe towill thydo wordwhat soyou will we dosay.
11:11	Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them:. and Jephthah spakespoke all his words before JehovahYahweh in Mizpah.
11:12	And Jephthah sent messengers untoto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hastdo thouyou have to do with me, that thouyou arthave come untoto me to fight against my land?
11:13	AndThe the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even untoto the Jabbok, and untoto the Jordan:. nowNow therefore restore thosethat landsterritory again peaceably.
11:14	And Jephthah sent messengers again untoto the king of the children of Ammon;
11:15	and he said untoto him, ThusJephthah saith Jephthahsays: Israel tookdidnt nottake away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon;
11:16	but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness untoto the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;,
11:17	then Israel sent messengers untoto the king of Edom, saying, LetPlease let me, I pray thee, pass through thyyour land; but the king of Edom hearkeneddidnt notlisten. AndIn inthe likesame mannerway, he sent untoto the king of Moab;, but he wouldrefused; not:so and Israel abodestayed in Kadesh.
11:18	Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they camedidnt notcome within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.
11:19	And Israel sent messengers untoto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said untoto him, LetPlease let us pass, we pray thee, through thyyour land untoto my place.
11:20	But Sihon trusteddidnt nottrust Israel to pass through his border; but Sihon gathered all his people together, and encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
11:21	And JehovahYahweh, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smotestruck them:. soSo Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
11:22	AndThey they possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even untoto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even untoto the Jordan.
11:23	So now JehovahYahweh, the God of Israel, hathhas dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldestshould thouyou possess them?
11:24	WiltWont notyou thou possess that which Chemosh thyyour god givethgives theeyou to possess? So whomsoeverwhoever JehovahYahweh our God hathhas dispossessed from before us, them will we possess.
11:25	AndNow noware artyou thou anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? didDid he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?
11:26	While Israel dweltlived in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer and its towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side of the Arnon, for three hundred years;! whereforeWhy diddidnt yeyou not recover them within that time?
11:27	Therefore I therefore have not sinned against theeyou, but thouyou doestdo me wrong to war against me:. Jehovah,May Yahweh the Judge, be judge thistoday day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
11:28	HowbeitHowever, the king of the children of Ammon hearkeneddidnt notlisten untoto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
11:29	Then theYahwehs Spirit of Jehovah came uponon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over MizpehMizpah of Gilead, and from MizpehMizpah of Gilead he passed over untoto the children of Ammon.
11:30	And Jephthah vowed a vow untoto JehovahYahweh, and said, If thouyou wiltwill indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,
11:31	then it shall be, that whatsoeverwhatever comethcomes forthout fromof the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be JehovahsYahwehs, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
11:32	So Jephthah passed over untoto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and JehovahYahweh delivered them into his hand.
11:33	AndHe hestruck smote them from Aroer until thouyou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and untoto Abel cheramimAbelcheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
11:34	And Jephthah came to Mizpah untoto his house; and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrelstambourines and with dances:. andShe she was his only child;. besidesBesides her he had neither son nor daughter.
11:35	AndWhen it came to pass, when he saw her, that he renttore his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thouYou hasthave brought me very low, and thouyou artare one of themthose thatwho trouble me; for I have opened my mouth untoto JehovahYahweh, and I cannotcant go back.
11:36	AndShe she said untoto him, My father, thouyou hasthave opened thyyour mouth untoto JehovahYahweh; do untoto me according to that which hathhas proceeded out of thyyour mouth, forasmuchbecause asYahweh Jehovahhas hath taken vengeance for theeyou on thineyour enemies, even on the children of Ammon.
11:37	AndThen she said untoto her father, Let this thing be done for me:. letLeave me alone two months, that I may depart and go down uponon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.
11:38	AndHe he said, Go. AndHe he sent her away for two months:; and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailedmourned her virginity uponon the mountains.
11:39	AndAt it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned untoto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed:. andShe shewas knewa not manvirgin. AndIt itbecame was a custom in Israel,
12:1	AndThe the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said untoto Jephthah, WhereforeWhy passedstdid thouyou pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didstdidnt not call us to go with theeyou? weWe will burn thyyour house uponaround theeyou with fire.!
12:2	And Jephthah said untoto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, yeyou saveddidnt save me not out of their hand.
12:3	AndWhen when I saw that yeyou saveddidnt save me not, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and JehovahYahweh delivered them into my hand:. whereforeWhy then arehave yeyou come up untoto me this daytoday, to fight against me?
12:4	Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim;. andThe the men of Gilead smotestruck Ephraim, because they said, YeYou are fugitives of Ephraim, yeyou Gileadites, in the midstmiddle of Ephraim, and in the midstmiddle of Manasseh.
12:5	AndThe the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. AndWhenever ita wasfugitive so, that, when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said untoto him, ArtAre thouyou an Ephraimite? If he said, NayNo;
12:6	then they said theyto unto him, SayNow nowsay Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth; for he couldcouldnt notmanage frame to pronounce it right:correctly, then they laidseized hold on him, and slewkilled him at the fords of the Jordan. AndAt therethat felltime, atforty thattwo timethousand of Ephraim forty and two thousandfell.
12:7	And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
12:8	AndAfter after him Ibzan of BethBethlehem lehem judged Israel.
12:9	AndHe he had thirty sons;. andHe sent his thirty daughters heoutside senthis abroadclan, and thirty daughters he brought in thirty daughters from abroadoutside his clan for his sons. AndHe he judged Israel seven years.
12:10	And Ibzan died, and was buried at Beth lehemBethlehem.
12:11	AndAfter after him, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
12:12	And Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
12:13	AndAfter after him, Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
12:14	AndHe he had forty sons and thirty sons sons, thatwho rode on threescoreseventy anddonkey ten ass colts:. andHe he judged Israel eight years.
12:15	And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
13:1	AndThe the children of Israel again did that which was evil in theYahwehs sight of Jehovah; and JehovahYahweh delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
13:2	AndThere there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare notchildless.
13:3	AndYahwehs the angel of Jehovah appeared untoto the woman, and said untoto her, BeholdSee now, thouyou artare barren, and bearest notchildless; but thouyou shaltshall conceive, and bear a son.
13:4	Now therefore please beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and dont eat not any unclean thing:;
13:5	for, lobehold, thouyou shaltshall conceive, and beargive birth to a son;. andNo no razor shall come uponon his head;, for the child shall be a Nazirite untoto God from the womb:. andHe he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
13:6	Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came untoto me, and his countenanceface was like the countenanceface of the angel of God, very terrible;awesome. and I askeddidnt ask him notwhere whence he was from, neither tolddid he tell me his name:;
13:7	but he said untoto me, Behold, thouyou shaltshall conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink,. andDont eat not any unclean thing;, for the child shall be a Nazirite untoto God from the womb to the day of his death.
13:8	Then Manoah entreated JehovahYahweh, and said, Oh, Lord, Iplease pray thee, let the man of God whom thouyou didstsent send come again untoto us, and teach us what we shallshould do untoto the child thatwho shall be born.
13:9	And God hearkenedlistened to the voice of Manoah;, and the angel of God came again untoto the woman as she sat in the field:; but Manoah, her husband, waswasnt not with her.
13:10	AndThe the woman madehurried haste, and ran, and told her husband, andsaying saidto unto him, Behold, the man hathwho appearedcame untoto me, that cameday untohas meappeared theto other dayme.
13:11	And Manoah arose, and wentfollowed after his wife, and came to the man, and said untoto him, ArtAre thouyou the man thatwho spakestspoke untoto themy womanwife? AndHe he said, I am.
13:12	And Manoah said, Now let thyyour words comehappen. toWhat pass: what shall be the orderingchilds way of thelife child, and howmission shall we do unto himbe?
13:13	AndYahwehs the angel of Jehovah said untoto Manoah, Of all that I said untoto the woman let her beware.
13:14	She may not eat of anything that comethcomes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing;. Let her observe all that I commanded her let her observe.
13:15	And Manoah said untoto theYahwehs angel of Jehovah, IPlease praystay thee,with let us detain thee, that we may make ready a kidyoung goat ready for theeyou.
13:16	AndYahwehs the angel of Jehovah said untoto Manoah, Though thouyou detain me, I willwont not eat ofyour thy bread;. andIf ifyou thouwill wiltprepare make ready a burnt offering, thouyou must offer it untoto JehovahYahweh. For Manoah knewdidnt notknow that he was theYahwehs angel of Jehovah.
13:17	And Manoah said untoto theYahwehs angel of Jehovah, What is thyyour name, that, when thyyour words come to passhappen, we may dohonor thee honoryou?
13:18	AndYahwehs the angel of Jehovah said untoto him, WhereforeWhy askestdo thouyou afterask about my name, seeingsince it is wonderfulincomprehensible?
13:19	So Manoah took the kidyoung goat with the meal offering, and offered it uponon the rock untoto Jehovah:Yahweh. andThen the angel did wondrously,an andamazing thing as Manoah and his wife looked onwatched.
13:20	For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaventhe sky from off the altar, thatYahwehs the angel of Jehovah ascended in the flame of the altar:. and Manoah and his wife looked onwatched; and they fell on their faces to the ground.
13:21	But theYahwehs angel ofdidnt Jehovah did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife any more. Then Manoah knew that he was theYahwehs angel of Jehovah.
13:22	And Manoah said untoto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
13:23	But his wife said untoto him, If JehovahYahweh were pleased to kill us, he wouldwouldnt not have received a burnt offering and a meal offering at our hand, neitherand would he wouldnt have showedshown us all these things, nor would athe this time have told us such things as these at this time.
13:24	AndThe the woman barebore a son, and callednamed hishim name Samson:. andThe the child grew, and JehovahYahweh blessed him.
13:25	AndYahwehs the Spirit of Jehovah began to move him in Mahaneh danDan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
14:1	And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
14:2	AndHe he came up, and told his father and his mother, and saidsaying, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines:. nowNow therefore get her for me toas my wife.
14:3	Then his father and his mother said untoto him, IsIsnt there never a woman among theyour brothers daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thouyou goestgo to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said untoto his father, Get her for me;, for she pleasethpleases me well.
14:4	But his father and his mother knewdidnt notknow that it was of JehovahYahweh; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines hadruled rule over Israel.
14:5	Then Samson went Samson down, andto Timnah with his father and his mother, to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah:; and, behold, a young lion roared againstat him.
14:6	AndYahwehs the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily uponon him, and he renttore him as he would have renttorn a kid;young andgoat hewith hadhis nothingbare inhands, his hand: but he tolddidnt nottell his father or his mother what he had done.
14:7	AndHe he went down, and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.
14:8	AndAfter after a while he returned to take her;, and he turnedwent asideover to see the carcass of the lion:; and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
14:9	AndHe he took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went;. andHe he came to his father and mother, and gave untoto them, and they didate, eat: but he tolddidnt tell them not that he had taken the honey out of the lions body of the lion.
14:10	AndHis his father went down untoto the woman:; and Samson made there a feast; there, for so used the young men used to do so.
14:11	AndWhen it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
14:12	And Samson said untoto them, Let me nowtell putyou forth a riddle untonow. If you: if ye can declaretell itme untothe meanswer within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raimentclothing;
14:13	but if yeyou cannotcant declaretell itme untothe meanswer, then you shall ye give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raimentclothing. AndThey they said untoto him, PutTell forthus thyyour riddle, that we may hear it.
14:14	AndHe he said untoto them, Out of the eater came forthout food,. AndOut out of the strong came forthout sweetness. AndThey theycouldnt could not in three days declare the riddle.
14:15	AndOn it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said untoto Samsons wife, Entice thyyour husband, that he may declare untoto us the riddle, lest we burn theeyou and thyyour fathers house with fire:. haveHave yeyou called us to impoverish us? isIsnt itthat not so?
14:16	And Samsons wife wept before him, and said, ThouYou dostjust but hate me, and lovestdont love me. not:Youve thoutold hast put forth a riddle untoto the children of my people, and hasthavent not told it to me. AndHe he said untoto her, Behold, I havehavent not told it my father noror my mother, andso shallwhy should I tell theeyou?
14:17	AndShe she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted:; and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she pressed him soreseverely; and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
14:18	AndThe the men of the city said untoto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? andWhat what is stronger than a lion? AndHe he said untoto them, If yeyou hadhadnt not plowed with my heifer, Yeyou hadwouldnt nothave found out my riddle.
14:19	AndYahwehs the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily uponon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and smotestruck thirty men of them,. andHe took their spoilplunder, andthen gave the changes of raimentclothing untoto themthose thatwho declared the riddle. AndHis his anger was kindledburned, and he went up to his fathers house.
14:20	But Samsons wife was given to his companion, whomwho he had usedbeen as his friend.
15:1	But it came to pass after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid;young andgoat. heHe said, I will go in to my wifewifes into the chamberroom. But her father wouldwouldnt notallow suffer him to go in.
15:2	AndHer her father said, I verilymost certainly thought that thouyou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thyyour companion:. isIsnt not her younger sister fairermore beautiful than she? Please, take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
15:3	And Samson said untoto them, This time shall I will be blameless in regardthe case of the Philistines, when I doharm them a mischief.
15:4	And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrandstorches, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrandtorch in the midstmiddle between every two tails.
15:5	AndWhen when he had set the brandstorches on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burntburned up both the shocks and the standing grain, and also the oliveyardsolive groves.
15:6	Then the Philistines said, Who hathhas done this? AndThey they said, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he hathhas taken his wife, and given her to his companion. AndThe the Philistines came up, and burntburned her and her father with fire.
15:7	And Samson said untoto them, If yeyou dobehave afterlike this manner, surely I will betake avengedrevenge ofon you, and after that I will cease.
15:8	AndHe hestruck smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter:; and he went down and dweltlived in the cleftcave ofin theEtams rock of Etam.
15:9	Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
15:10	AndThe the men of Judah said, Why arehave yeyou come up against us? AndThey they said, ToWe bindhave Samsoncome areup weto comebind upSamson, to do to him as he hathhas done to us.
15:11	Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleftcave ofin theEtams rock of Etam, and said to Samson, KnowestDont thouyou notknow that the Philistines are rulers over us? whatWhat then is this that thouyou hasthave done untoto us? AndHe he said untoto them, As they did untoto me, so I have I done untoto them.
15:12	AndThey they said untoto him, We arehave come down to bind theeyou, that we may deliver theeyou into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said untoto them, Swear untoto me, that yeyou will not fallattack upon me yourselves.
15:13	AndThey theyspoke spaketo unto him, saying, No;, but we will bind theeyou fast,securely and deliver theeyou into their hand:hands; but surely we will not kill theeyou. AndThey they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.
15:14	When he came untoto Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him:. andThen theYahwehs Spirit of Jehovah came mightily uponon him, and the ropes that were uponon his arms became as flax that was burntburned with fire,; and his bands dropped from off his hands.
15:15	AndHe he found a fresh jawbone of ana assdonkey, and put forthout his hand, and took it, and smotestruck a thousand men therewithwith it.
15:16	And Samson said, With the jawbone of ana assdonkey, heaps uponon heaps,; Withwith the jawbone of ana assdonkey I have Istruck smitten a thousand men.
15:17	AndWhen it came to pass, when he had madefinished an end of speaking, that he castthrew away the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath lehiLehi.
15:18	AndHe he was sorevery athirstthirsty, and called on Jehovah,Yahweh and said, ThouYou hasthave given this great deliverance by the hand of thyyour servant; and now shall I die forof thirst, and fall into the handhands of the uncircumcised.?
15:19	But God clavesplit the hollow place that is in Lehi, and therewater came waterout thereout;of andit. whenWhen he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived:. whereforeTherefore theits name thereof was called En hakkoreHakkore, which is in Lehi, untoto this day.
15:20	AndHe he judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
16:1	And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlotprostitute, and went in untoto her.
16:2	AndThe itGazites waswere told the Gazites, saying, Samson is comehere! hither.They Andsurrounded they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, LetWait beuntil till morning light,; then we will kill him.
16:3	And Samson lay tilluntil midnight, andthen arose at midnight, and laidtook hold of the doors of the gate of the city, andwith the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them uponon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.
16:4	AndIt it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
16:5	AndThe the Lords of the Philistines came up untoto her, and said untoto her, Entice him, and see whereinin which his great strength liethlies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him:; and we will each give theeyou every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
16:6	And Delilah said to Samson, TellPlease tell me, Iwhere prayyour thee, wherein thy great strength liethlies, and wherewithwhat thouyou mightestmight be bound to afflict theeyou.
16:7	And Samson said untoto her, If they bind me with seven green withescords that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.
16:8	Then the Lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withescords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
16:9	Now she had liersan inambush waitwaiting abiding in the inner chamberroom. AndShe she said untoto him, The Philistines are uponon theeyou, Samson.! AndHe hebroke brake the withes,cords as a stringflax ofthread tow is broken when it touchethtouches the fire. So his strength was not known.
16:10	And Delilah said untoto Samson, Behold, thouyou hasthave mocked me, and told me lies:. nowNow please tell me, Ihow prayyou thee,might wherewith thou mightest be bound.
16:11	AndHe he said untoto her, If they only bind me with new ropes wherewithwith which no work hathhas been done, then shall I will become weak, and be as another man.
16:12	So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewithwith them, andthen said untoto him, The Philistines are uponon theeyou, Samson.! AndThe theambush lierswas inwaiting wait were abiding in the inner chamberroom. AndHe hebroke brake them off his arms like a thread.
16:13	And Delilah said untoto Samson, HithertoUntil thounow, hastyou have mocked me, and told me lies:. tellTell me wherewithwith thouwhat mightestyou might be bound. AndHe he said untoto her, If thouyou weavestweave the seven locks of my head with the webfabric on the loom.
16:14	AndShe she fastened it with the pin, and said untoto him, The Philistines are uponon theeyou, Samson.! AndHe heawakened awaked out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin of the beam, and the webfabric.
16:15	AndShe she said untoto him, How canstcan thouyou say, I love theeyou, when thyyour heart is not with me? thouYou hasthave mocked me these three times, and hasthave not told me whereinwhere thyyour great strength liethlies.
16:16	AndWhen it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexedtroubled untoto death.
16:17	AndHe he told her all his heart, and said untoto her, ThereNo hathrazor nothas ever come aon razor upon my head; for I have been a Nazirite untoto God from my mothers womb:. ifIf I beam shavenshaved, then my strength will go from me, and I shallwill become weak, and be like any other man.
16:18	AndWhen when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the Lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hathhas told me all his heart. Then the Lords of the Philistines came up untoto her, and brought the money in their hand.
16:19	AndShe she made him sleep uponon her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
16:20	AndShe she said, The Philistines are upon theeyou, Samson.! AndHe he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free. But he knewdidnt notknow that JehovahYahweh washad departed from him.
16:21	AndThe the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brassbronze; and he didground grindat the mill in the prison house.
16:22	HowbeitHowever, the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shavenshaved.
16:23	AndThe the Lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice untoto Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god hathhas delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
16:24	AndWhen when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god hathhas delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, who hathhas slain many of us, into our hand.
16:25	AndWhen it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may makeentertain us sport. AndThey they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he madeperformed sport before them. AndThey they set him between the pillars:;
16:26	and Samson said untoto the ladboy thatwho held him by the hand, SufferAllow me thatto I may feel the pillars whereuponon which the house restethrests, that I may lean uponon them.
16:27	Now the house was full of men and women; and all the Lords of the Philistines were there; and there were uponon the roof about three thousand men and women, thatwho beheldsaw while Samson made sportperformed.
16:28	And Samson called untoto JehovahYahweh, and said, O Lord JehovahYahweh, remember me, I pray theeplease, and strengthen me, I pray theeplease, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
16:29	And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars uponon which the house rested, and leaned uponon them, the one with his right hand, and the other with his left.
16:30	And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines.! AndHe he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell uponon the Lords, and uponon all the people thatwho were thereinin it. So the dead that he slewkilled at his death were more than theythose thatwho he slewkilled in his life.
16:31	Then his brethrenbrothers and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingburial placesite of Manoah his father. AndHe he judged Israel twenty years.
17:1	AndThere there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
17:2	AndHe he said untoto his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from theeyou, about which thouyou didstuttered utter a curse, and didst also speakspoke it in minemy ears, —behold, the silver is with me;. I took it. AndHis his mother said, BlessedMay beYahweh bless my son of Jehovah.!
17:3	AndHe he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother;, andthen his mother said, I verilymost certainly dedicate the silver untoto JehovahYahweh from my hand for my son, to make a gravencarved image and a molten image:. nowNow therefore I will restore it untoto theeyou.
17:4	AndWhen when he restored the money untoto his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to thea foundersilversmith, who made thereof a gravencarved image and a molten image: andout of it. It was in the house of Micah.
17:5	AndThe the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
17:6	In those days there was no king in Israel:. everyEveryone man did that which was right in his own eyes.
17:7	AndThere there was a young man out of BethBethlehem lehem judahJudah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojournedlived there.
17:8	AndThe the man departed out of the city, out of BethBethlehem lehem judahJudah, to sojournlive where he could find a place, and he came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he journeyedtraveled.
17:9	And Micah said untoto him, WhenceWhere comestdid thouyou come from? AndHe he said untoto him, I am a Levite of BethBethlehem lehem judahJudah, and I goam tolooking sojournfor wherea Iplace mayto find a placelive.
17:10	And Micah said untoto him, Dwell with me, and be untoto me a father and a priest, and I will give theeyou ten pieces of silver byper the year, and a suit of apparelclothing, and thyyour victualsfood. So the Levite went in.
17:11	AndThe the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was untoto him as one of his sons.
17:12	And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
17:13	Then Micah said Micah, Now I know I that JehovahYahweh will do good to me good, seeingsince I have a Levite toas my priest.
18:1	In those days there was no king in Israel:. andIn in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for untoto that day, their inheritance had not fallen untoto them among the tribes of Israel.
18:2	AndThe the children of Dan sent five men of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it;. andThey they said untoto them, Go, searchexplore the land.! AndThey they came to the hill country of Ephraim, untoto the house of Micah, and lodged there.
18:3	When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; andso they turnedwent asideover thither,there and said untoto him, Who brought theeyou hitherhere? andWhat whatdo doestyou thoudo in this place? andWhat whatdo hastyou thouhave here?
18:4	AndHe he said untoto them, Thus and thus hathhas Micah dealt with me, and he hathhas hired me, and I amhave become his priest.
18:5	AndThey they said untoto him, AskPlease ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
18:6	AndThe the priest said untoto them, Go in peace:. beforeYour Jehovahway isin yourwhich wayyou whereingo yeis gobefore Yahweh.
18:7	Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people thatwho were thereinthere, how they dweltlived in securitysafety, afterin the mannerway of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was noneno one in the land, possessing authority, that might put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with anyanyone manelse.
18:8	AndThey they came untoto their brethrenbrothers toat Zorah and Eshtaol:; and their brethrenbrothers saidasked unto them, What do you say ye?
18:9	AndThey they said, Arise, and letlets us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good:. andDo areyou yestand still? Dont be not slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.
18:10	When yeyou go, yeyou shallwill come untoto aan unsuspecting people secure, and the land is large; for God hathhas given it into your hand, a place where there is no wantlack of anything that is in the earth.
18:11	AndThe there set forth from thence of the family of the Danites, set out offrom Zorah and outEshtaol ofwith Eshtaol, six hundred men girtarmed with weapons of war.
18:12	AndThey they went up, and encamped in Kiriath jearim,Jearim in Judah:. whereforeTherefore they calledcall that place Mahaneh dan,Dan untoto this day;. beholdBehold, it is behind Kiriath jearimJearim.
18:13	AndThey they passed thencefrom untothere to the hill country of Ephraim, and came untoto the house of Micah.
18:14	Then answered the five men thatwho went to spy out the country of Laish, answered and said untoto their brethrenbrothers, Do yeyou know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a gravencarved image, and a molten image? nowNow therefore consider what yeyou have to do.
18:15	AndThey theywent turnedover asidethere thither, and came to the house of the young Levite man the Levite, even untoto the house of Micah, and asked him ofhow hishe welfarewas doing.
18:16	AndThe the six hundred men girtarmed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.
18:17	AndThe the five men thatwho went to spy out the land went up, and came in thitherthere, and took the gravenengraved image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image:; and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men girtarmed with weapons of war.
18:18	AndWhen when these went into Micahs house, and fetchedtook the gravenengraved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said untoto them, What doare yeyou doing?
18:19	AndThey they said untoto him, Hold thyyour peace, layput thyyour hand uponon thyyour mouth, and go with us,. andBe be to us a father and a priest: isto us. Is it better for theeyou to be priest untoto the house of one man, or to be priest untoto a tribe and a family in Israel?
18:20	AndThe the priests heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the gravenengraved image, and went inwith the midst of the people.
18:21	So they turned and departed, and put the little ones, and the cattlelivestock, and the goods before them.
18:22	When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men thatwho were in the houses near to Micahs house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
18:23	AndAs they criedcalled untoto the children of Dan., And they turned their faces, and said untoto Micah, What ailethails theeyou, that thouyou comestcome with such a company?
18:24	AndHe he said, yeYou have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and arehave gone away,! andWhat whatmore havedo I morehave? andHow howcan thenyou sayask ye unto me, What ailethails theeyou?
18:25	AndThe the children of Dan said untoto him, LetDont notlet thyyour voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall uponon you, and thouyou lose thyyour life, with the lives of thyyour household.
18:26	AndThe the children of Dan went their way:; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back untoto his house.
18:27	AndThey they took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came untoto Laish, untoto a people quiet and secureunsuspecting, and smotestruck them with the edge of the sword; andthen they burntburned the city with fire.
18:28	AndThere there was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyanyone manelse; and it was in the valley that liethlies by Beth rehobRehob. AndThey they built the city, and dweltlived thereinin it.
18:29	AndThey they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born untoto Israel:; howbeithowever the name of the city wasused Laishto atbe the firstLaish.
18:30	AndThe the children of Dan set up for themselves the gravenengraved image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.
18:31	So they set them up for themselves Micahs gravenengraved image which he made, and it remained all the time that theGods house of God was in Shiloh.
19:1	AndIn it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourningliving on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took tofor himhimself a concubine out of BethBethlehem lehem judahJudah.
19:2	AndHis his concubine played the harlotprostitute against him, and went away from him untoto her fathers house to BethBethlehem lehem judahJudah, and was there thefor space of four months.
19:3	AndHer her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly untoto her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses:donkeys. andShe she brought him into her fathers house; and when the father of the damselyoung lady saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
19:4	AndHis his father in law, the damselsyoung ladys father, retainedkept him there; and he abodestayed with him three days:. soSo they didate eat and drinkdrank, and lodgedstayed there.
19:5	AndOn it came to pass on the fourth day, that they arosegot up early in the morning, and he rose up to depart:. andThe theyoung damselsladys father said untoto his son in law, Strengthen thyyour heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward yeyou shall go your way.
19:6	So they sat down, andate, did eat and drinkdrank, both of them together:. andThen the damselsyoung ladys father said untoto the man, BePlease be pleased, I pray thee, to tarrystay all night, and let thyyour heart be merry.
19:7	AndThe the man rose up to depart; but his father in law urged him, and he lodgedstayed there again.
19:8	AndHe he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the damselsyoung ladys father said, StrengthenPlease thystrengthen your heart, I pray thee, and tarrystay ye until the day declinethdeclines; and they did eat, both of themate.
19:9	AndWhen when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damselsyoung ladys father, said untoto him, Behold, now the day drawethdraws toward evening, Iplease praystay you tarry all night:. beholdBehold, the day growethis toending. anStay end, lodge here, that thyyour heart may be merry; and totomorrow morrowgo get you early on your way early, that thouyou mayestmay go home.
19:10	But the man wouldwouldnt notstay tarry that night, but he rose up and departed,went andnear came over against Jebus thealso samecalled is Jerusalem:. andWith therehim were with him a couple of asses saddled; hisdonkeys. His concubine also was with him.
19:11	When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said untoto his master, Come,Please Icome pray thee, and letlets usenter turn aside into this city of the Jebusites, and lodgestay in it.
19:12	AndHis his master said untoto him, We willwont notenter turn aside into the city of a foreigner, that is not of the children of Israel; but we will pass over to Gibeah.
19:13	AndHe he said untoto his servant, Come and letlets us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
19:14	So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down uponon them near to Gibeah, which belongethbelongs to Benjamin.
19:15	AndThey theywent turnedover aside thitherthere, to go in to lodgestay in Gibeah:. andHe he went in, and sat him down in the street of the city; for there was no manone thatwho took them into his house to lodgestay.
19:16	AndBehold, behold, there came an old man came from his work out of the field at even:evening. nowNow the man was offrom the hill country of Ephraim, and he sojournedlived in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.
19:17	AndHe he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, WhitherWhere goestare thouyou going? andWhere whencedid comestyou thoucome from?
19:18	AndHe he said untoto him, We are passing from BethBethlehem lehemJudah judahto unto the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim;. fromI thence am Ifrom there, and I went to BethBethlehem lehemJudah. judah: and I am now going to theYahwehs house of Jehovah; and there is no manone thatwho takethhas taken me into his house.
19:19	Yet there is both straw and provenderfeed for our assesdonkeys; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thyyour handmaidservant, and for the young man thatwho is with thyyour servants:. thereThere is no wantlack of anything.
19:20	AndThe the old man said, Peace be untoto thee;you! howsoeverJust let allme thysupply wantsall lieyour uponneeds, me;but onlydont lodgesleep not in the street.
19:21	So he brought him into his house, and gave the assesdonkeys fodder;. andThen they washed their feet, and didate eat and drinkdrank.
19:22	As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain basewicked fellows, besetsurrounded the house round about, beating at the door; and they spakespoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forthout the man thatwho came into thyyour house, that we maycan knowhave sex with him.!
19:23	AndThe the man, the master of the house, went out untoto them, and said untoto them, NayNo, my brethrenbrothers, Iplease praydont you,act do not so wickedly; seeingsince that this man ishas come into my house, dont do not this folly.
19:24	Behold, here is my virgin daughter a virgin, and his concubine;. them I will bring them out now,. andHumble humble ye them, and do with them what seemethseems good untoto you:; but untoto this man dont do not any such folly.
19:25	But the men wouldwouldnt notlisten hearken to him:; so the man laidgrabbed hold on his concubine, and brought her forthout untoto them; and they knewhad sex with her, and abused her all the night until the morning:. andWhen when the day began to springdawn, they let her go.
19:26	Then came the woman came in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the mans house where her Lord was, tilluntil it was light.
19:27	AndHer her Lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; and, behold, the woman his concubine washad fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands uponon the threshold.
19:28	AndHe he said untoto her, UpGet up, and letlets usget be going;! but noneno one answered:. thenThen he took her up uponon the assdonkey; and the man rose up, and gatwent himto unto his place.
19:29	AndWhen when he washad come into his house, he took a knife, and laidcut holdup on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.
19:30	AndIt it was so, that all thatwho saw it said, ThereSuch wasa nodeed suchhas deednot been done noror seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt untoto this day:! considerConsider it, take counsel, and speak.
20:1	Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer shebaBeersheba, with the land of Gilead, untoto JehovahYahweh at Mizpah.
20:2	AndThe the chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen thatwho drew sword.
20:3	Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel werehad gone up to Mizpah. AndThe the children of Israel said, Tell us, how wasdid this wickedness brought to passhappen?
20:4	AndThe the Levite, the husband of the woman thatwho was murdered, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongethbelongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodgespend the night.
20:5	AndThe the men of Gibeah rose against me, and besetsurrounded the house round about me by night;. meThey theyintended thought to havekill slain,me and they raped my concubine they forced, and she is dead.
20:6	And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
20:7	Behold, yeyou children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.
20:8	AndAll all the people arose as one man, saying, WeNone will not any of us will go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn untoto his house.
20:10	and we will take ten men of aone hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and aone hundred of aone thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetchget victualsfood for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that theythe men of Gibeah have wroughtdone in Israel.
20:12	AndThe the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that ishas comehappened to pass among you?
20:13	Now therefore deliver up the men, the basewicked fellows, thatwho are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But Benjamin would not hearkenlisten to the voice of their brethrenbrothers, the children of Israel.
20:14	AndThe the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities untoto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
20:15	AndThe the children of Benjamin were numberedcounted on that day out of the cities twenty and six thousand men thatwho drew the sword, besidesin addition to the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numberedcounted seven hundred chosen men.
20:16	Among all thisthese peoplesoldiers there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded;who everywere left handed. Every one of them could sling stonesa stone at a hair breadth, and not miss.
20:17	AndThe the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numberedcounted four hundred thousand men thatwho drew sword:. allAll these were men of war.
20:18	AndThe the children of Israel arose, and went up to Beth elBethel, and asked counsel of God;. andThey they saidasked, Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin? AndYahweh Jehovah said, Judah shall go up first.
20:19	AndThe the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
20:20	AndThe the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel set the battle in array against them at Gibeah.
20:21	AndThe the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and on that day destroyed downtwenty totwo thethousand ground of the IsraelitesIsraelite onmen thatdown dayto twentythe and two thousand menground.
20:22	AndThe the people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set the battle again in array in the place where they set themselves in array the first day.
20:23	AndThe the children of Israel went up and wept before JehovahYahweh until evenevening; and they asked of JehovahYahweh, saying, Shall I again draw nighnear to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? AndYahweh Jehovah said, Go up against him.
20:24	AndThe the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
20:25	And Benjamin went forthout against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men;. allAll these drew the sword.
20:26	Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came untoto Beth elBethel, and wept, and sat there before JehovahYahweh, and fasted that day until evenevening; andthen they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before JehovahYahweh.
20:27	AndThe the children of Israel asked ofYahweh Jehovah for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
20:28	and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days, saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? AndYahweh Jehovah said, Go up; for totomorrow morrow I will deliver him into thyyour hand.
20:29	And Israel set liersambushes inall waitaround against Gibeah round about.
20:30	AndThe the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
20:31	AndThe the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smitestrike and kill of the people, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goethgoes up to BethBethel el, and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
20:32	AndThe the children of Benjamin said, They are smittenstruck down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, LetLets us flee, and draw them away from the city untoto the highways.
20:33	AndAll all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array at Baal tamar:Tamar. andThen the liersambushers in wait of Israel brakebroke forth out of their place, even out of Maareh gebaGeba.
20:34	AndTen there came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel came over against Gibeah, and the battle was soresevere; but they knewdidnt notknow that evildisaster was close uponto them.
20:35	AndYahweh Jehovahstruck smote Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty and five thousand andone a hundred men:. allAll these drew the sword.
20:36	So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten;struck, for the men of Israel gaveyielded place to Benjamin, because they trusted unto the liersambushers in wait whom they had set against Gibeah.
20:37	AndThe theambushers liers in wait hastedhurried, and rushed uponon Gibeah; andthen the liersambushers inspread wait drew themselves alongout, and smotestruck all the city with the edge of the sword.
20:38	Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liersambushers in wait was, that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.
20:39	AndThe the men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to smitestrike and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said, Surely they are smittenstruck down before us, as in the first battle.
20:40	But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and, behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to heaventhe sky.
20:41	AndThe the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evildisaster washad come uponon them.
20:42	Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel untoto the way of the wilderness;, but the battle followed hard after them; and theythose thatwho came out of the cities destroyed them in the midstmiddle thereofof it.
20:43	They inclosedsurrounded the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trod them down at their resting place, as far as overnear against Gibeah toward the sunrisingsunrise.
20:44	AndEighteen therethousand fellmen of Benjamin eighteen thousand menfell; all these were men of valor.
20:45	AndThey they turned and fled toward the wilderness untoto the rock of Rimmon:. andThey they gleaned five thousand men of them in the highways five thousand men, and followed hard after them untoto Gidom, and smotestruck of them two thousand men of them.
20:46	So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men thatwho drew the sword;. allAll these were men of valor.
20:47	But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness untoto the rock of Rimmon, and abodestayed in the rock of Rimmon four months.
20:48	AndThe the men of Israel turned again uponon the children of Benjamin, and smotestruck them with the edge of the sword,—including both the entire city, and the cattlelivestock, and all that they found:. moreoverMoreover they set all the cities which they found they set on fire.
21:1	Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, ThereNone shall not any of us will give his daughter untoto Benjamin toas a wife.
21:2	AndThe the people came to BethBethel el, and sat there tilluntil evenevening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept soreseverely.
21:3	AndThey they said, O JehovahYahweh, the God of Israel, why ishas this comehappened to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel today?
21:4	AndOn itthe camenext to pass on the morrowday, that the people rose early, and built there an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
21:5	AndThe the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel thatwho camedidnt notcome up in the assembly untoto JehovahYahweh? For they had made a great oath concerning him thatwho camedidnt notcome up untoto JehovahYahweh to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
21:6	AndThe the children of Israel repentedgrieved them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this daytoday.
21:7	How shall we doprovide for wives for themthose thatwho remain, seeingsince we have sworn by JehovahYahweh that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
21:8	AndThey they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel thatwho camedidnt notcome up untoto JehovahYahweh to Mizpah? AndBehold, behold,no thereone came nonefrom Jabesh Gilead to the camp from Jabesh gilead to the assembly.
21:9	For when the people were numberedcounted, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh gileadGilead there.
21:10	AndThe the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantestmost valiant men there, and commanded them, saying, Go and smitestrike the inhabitants of Jabesh gileadGilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.
21:11	AndThis this is the thing that yeyou shall do: yeyou shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman thatwho hathhas lain bywith a man.
21:12	AndThey they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh gileadGilead four hundred young virgins, thatwho had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them untoto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
21:13	AndThe the whole congregation sent and spakespoke to the children of Benjamin thatwho were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace untoto them.
21:14	And Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh gilead:Gilead. andThere yetstill sowerent theyenough sufficedfor them not.
21:15	AndThe the people repentedgrieved them for Benjamin, because thatYahweh Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
21:16	Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we doprovide for wives for themthose thatwho remain, seeingsince the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
21:17	AndThey they said, There must be an inheritance for themthose thatwho are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be not blotted out from Israel.
21:18	HowbeitHowever, we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed beis he thatwho givethgives a wife to Benjamin.
21:19	AndThey they said, Behold, there is a feast of JehovahYahweh from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Beth elBethel, on the east side of the highway that goethgoes up from BethBethel el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
21:20	AndThey they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,
21:21	and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catcheach youman everycatch man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
21:22	AndIt it shall be, when their fathers or their brethrenbrothers come to complain untoto us, that we will say untoto them, Grant them graciously untoto us, because we tookdidnt nottake for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did yeyou give them untoto them,; elseotherwise you would ye now be guilty.
21:23	AndThe the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, for themselves according to their number, of themthose thatwho danced, whom they carried off:. andThey they went and returned untoto their inheritance, and built the cities, and dweltlived in them.
21:24	AndThe the children of Israel departed thencefrom there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they each went out from thencethere every man to his own inheritance.
21:25	In those days there was no king in Israel:. everyEveryone man did that which was right in his own eyes.