| 1:1 |
NowAnd it came to pass after the death of Joshua it came to pass that the children of Israel asked theof LordJehovah saying Who shall go up for us first against the Canaanites first to fight against them |
| 1:2 |
And theJehovah Lord said Judah shall go up: behold I have delivered the land into his hand |
| 1:4 |
And Judah went up; and theJehovah Lord delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slewsmote of them in Bezek ten thousand men |
| 1:5 |
And they found AdonibezekAdoni bezek in Bezek:; and they fought against him and they slewsmote the Canaanites and the Perizzites |
| 1:6 |
But AdonibezekAdoni bezek fled; and they pursued after him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his great toes |
| 1:7 |
And AdonibezekAdoni bezek said Threescore and ten kings having their thumbs and their great toes cut off gathered their meatfood under my table: as I have done so God hath requited me And they brought him to Jerusalem and there he died there |
| 1:8 |
NowAnd the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem and hadtook taken it and smittensmote it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire |
| 1:9 |
And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites that dwelt in the mountainhill country and in the southSouth and in the valleylowland |
| 1:10 |
And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: now the name of Hebron beforebeforetime was Kirjatharba:Kiriath arba; and they slewsmote Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai |
| 1:11 |
And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: andNow the name of Debir beforebeforetime was Kirjathsepher:Kiriath sepher |
| 1:12 |
And Caleb said He that smiteth KirjathsepherKiriath sepher and taketh it to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife |
| 1:14 |
And it came to pass when she came tounto him that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lightedalighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her What wiltwouldest thou |
| 1:15 |
And she said unto him Give me a blessing:; for that thou hast givenset me ain souththe land; of the South give me also springs of water And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs |
| 1:16 |
And the children of the Kenite Moses fatherbrother in law went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah which liethis in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt amongwith the people |
| 1:17 |
And Judah went with Simeon his brother and they slewsmote the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath and utterly destroyed it And the name of the city was called Hormah |
| 1:18 |
Also Judah took Gaza with the coastborder thereof and AskelonAshkelon with the coastborder thereof and Ekron with the coastborder thereof |
| 1:19 |
And theJehovah Lord was with Judah; and hedrove drave out the inhabitants of the mountainhill country; butfor he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had chariots of iron |
| 1:20 |
And they gave Hebron unto Caleb as Moses saidhad spoken: and he expelleddrove out thence the three sons of Anak |
| 1:22 |
And the house of Joseph they also went up against Bethel:Beth el; and theJehovah Lord was with them |
| 1:23 |
And the house of Joseph sent to descryspy Bethelout Beth el Now the name of the city beforebeforetime was Luz |
| 1:24 |
And the spieswatchers saw a man come forth out of the city and they said unto him ShewShow us we pray thee the entrance into the city and we will shewdeal kindly with thee mercy |
| 1:25 |
And when he shewedshowed them the entrance into the city; and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man go and all his family |
| 1:26 |
And the man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day |
| 1:27 |
NeitherAnd Manasseh did Manassehnot drive out the inhabitants of BethsheanBeth shean and herits towns nor of Taanach and herits towns nor the inhabitants of Dor and herits towns nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and herits towns nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and herits towns:; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land |
| 1:28 |
And it came to pass when Israel was waxed strong that they put the Canaanites to tributetaskwork and did not utterly drive them out |
| 1:29 |
NeitherAnd did Ephraim drivedrove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them |
| 1:30 |
NeitherZebulun diddrove Zebulunnot drive out the inhabitants of Kitron nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them and became tributariessubject to taskwork |
| 1:31 |
NeitherAsher diddrove Ashernot drive out the inhabitants of AcchoAcco nor the inhabitants of ZidonSidon nor of Ahlab nor of Achzib nor of Helbah nor of Aphik nor of Rehob:; |
| 1:32 |
Butbut the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites the inhabitants of the land:; for they did not drive them out |
| 1:33 |
NeitherNaphtali diddrove Naphtalinot drive out the inhabitants of BethshemeshBeth shemesh nor the inhabitants of BethanathBeth anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of BethshemeshBeth shemesh and of BethanathBeth anath became tributariessubject untoto themtaskwork |
| 1:34 |
And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain:hill country; for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:; |
| 1:35 |
Butbut the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed so that they became tributariessubject to taskwork |
| 1:36 |
And the coastborder of the Amorites was from the goingascent upof to Akrabbim from the rock and upward |
| 2:1 |
And anthe angel of theJehovah Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim andAnd he said I made you to go up out of Egypt and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said I will never break my covenant with you: |
| 2:2 |
Andand ye shall make no leaguecovenant with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throwbreak down their altars: butBut ye have not obeyedhearkened unto my voice: why have ye done this |
| 2:4 |
And it came to pass when the angel of theJehovah Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel that the people lifted up their voice and wept |
| 2:5 |
And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LordJehovah |
| 2:6 |
AndNow when Joshua had letsent the people goaway the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land |
| 2:7 |
And the people served theJehovah Lord all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua who had seen all the great workswork of theJehovah Lord that he didhad wrought for Israel |
| 2:8 |
And Joshua the son of Nun the servant of theJehovah Lord died being ana hundred and ten years old |
| 2:9 |
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in TimnathheresTimnath heres in the mounthill country of Ephraim on the north side of the hillmountain of Gaash |
| 2:10 |
And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them whichthat knew not theJehovah Lord nor yet the workswork which he had donewrought for Israel |
| 2:11 |
And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of theJehovah Lord and served the Baalim:; |
| 2:12 |
Andand they forsook Jehovah the Lord God of their fathers whichwho brought them out of the land of Egypt and followed other gods of the gods of the peoplepeoples that were round about them and bowed themselves down unto them: and they provoked theJehovah Lord to anger |
| 2:13 |
And they forsook theJehovah Lord and served Baal and the Ashtaroth |
| 2:14 |
And the anger of theJehovah Lord was hotkindled against Israel and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoileddespoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies |
| 2:15 |
Whithersoever they went out the hand of theJehovah Lord was against them for evil as theJehovah Lord had saidspoken and as theJehovah Lord had sworn unto them: and they were greatlysore distressed |
| 2:16 |
NeverthelessAnd theJehovah Lord raised up judges whichwho deliveredsaved them out of the hand of those that spoileddespoiled them |
| 2:17 |
And yet they wouldhearkened not hearken unto their judges; butfor they wentplayed athe whoringharlot after other gods and bowed themselves down unto them: they turned aside quickly out of the way whichwherein their fathers walked in obeying the commandments of the LordJehovah; but they did not so |
| 2:18 |
And when theJehovah Lord raised them up judges then theJehovah Lord was with the judge and deliveredsaved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented theJehovah Lord because of their groaningsgroaning by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them |
| 2:19 |
AndBut it came to pass when the judge was dead that they returnedturned back and corrupteddealt themselves more corruptly than their fathers in following other gods to serve them and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings nor from their stubborn way |
| 2:20 |
And the anger of theJehovah Lord was hotkindled against Israel; and he said Because that this peoplenation hathhave transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers and have not hearkened unto my voice; |
| 2:21 |
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations whichthat Joshua left when he died:; |
| 2:22 |
Thatthat throughby them I may prove Israel whether they will keep the way of theJehovah Lord to walk therein as their fathers did keep it or not |
| 2:23 |
ThereforeSo theJehovah Lord left those nations without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua |
| 3:1 |
Now these are the nations which theJehovah Lord left to prove Israel by them even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; |
| 3:2 |
Onlyonly that the generations of the children of Israel might know to teach them war at the least such as beforebeforetime knew nothing thereof;: |
| 3:3 |
Namelynamely the five lords of the Philistines and all the Canaanites and the Sidonians and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon from mount BaalhermonBaal hermon unto the enteringentrance in of Hamath |
| 3:4 |
And they were left to prove Israel by them to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of theJehovah Lord which he commanded their fathers by theMoses hand of Moses |
| 3:5 |
And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites: |
| 3:6 |
Andand they took their daughters to be their wives and gave their own daughters to their sons and served their gods |
| 3:7 |
And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of theJehovah Lord and forgat theJehovah Lord their God and served the Baalim and the grovesAsheroth |
| 3:8 |
Therefore the anger of theJehovah Lord was hotkindled against Israel and he sold them into the hand of ChushanrishathaimCushan rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served ChushanrishathaimCushan rishathaim eight years |
| 3:9 |
And when the children of Israel cried unto theJehovah LordJehovah the Lord raised up a deliverersaviour to the children of Israel who deliveredsaved them even Othniel the son of Kenaz Calebs younger brother |
| 3:10 |
And the Spirit of theJehovah Lord came upon him and he judged Israel; and he went out to war: and theJehovah Lord delivered ChushanrishathaimCushan rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand;: and his hand prevailed against ChushanrishathaimCushan rishathaim |
| 3:12 |
And the children of Israel again did that which was evil again in the sight of the LordJehovah: and theJehovah Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel because they had done that which was evil in the sight of theJehovah Lord |
| 3:13 |
And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and smote Israel and they possessed the city of palm trees |
| 3:14 |
SoAnd the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years |
| 3:15 |
But when the children of Israel cried unto theJehovah LordJehovah the Lord raised them up a deliverersaviour Ehud the son of Gera athe Benjamite a man lefthanded:left andhanded byAnd him the children of Israel sent atribute presentby him unto Eglon the king of Moab |
| 3:16 |
ButAnd Ehud made him a daggersword which had two edges of a cubit in length; and he didgirded gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh |
| 3:17 |
And he broughtoffered the presenttribute unto Eglon king of Moab: andnow Eglon was a very fat man |
| 3:18 |
And when he had made an end toof offeroffering the presenttribute he sent away the people that bare the presenttribute |
| 3:19 |
But he himself turned againback from the quarries that were by Gilgal and said I have a secret errand unto thee O king: whoAnd he said Keep silence And all that stood by him went out from him |
| 3:20 |
And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting inby ahimself summeralone parlourin whichthe hecool hadupper forroom himself alone And Ehud said I have a message from God unto thee And he arose out of his seat |
| 3:21 |
And Ehud put forth his left hand and took the daggersword from his right thigh and thrust it into his bellybody: |
| 3:22 |
Andand the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade sofor that he coulddrew not draw the daggersword out of his bellybody; and theit dirt came out behind |
| 3:23 |
Then Ehud went forth throughinto the porch and shut the doors of the parlourupper room upon him and locked them |
| 3:24 |
WhenNow when he was gone out his servants came; and when they saw thatand behold the doors of the parlourupper room were locked; and they said Surely he coverethis covering his feet in histhe summerupper chamber |
| 3:25 |
And they tarried till they were ashamed:; and behold he opened not the doors of the parlour;upper room: therefore they took athe key and opened them:; and behold their lord was fallen down dead on the earth |
| 3:26 |
And Ehud escaped while they tarried and passed beyond the quarries and escaped unto SeirathSeirah |
| 3:27 |
And it came to pass when he was come that he blew a trumpet in the mountainhill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel went down with him from the mounthill country and he before them |
| 3:28 |
And he said unto them Follow after me:; for theJehovah Lord hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand And they went down after him and took the fords of the Jordan towardagainst Moabthe Moabites and suffered not a man to pass over |
| 3:29 |
And they slewsmote of Moab at that time about ten thousand men allevery lusty man and allevery menman of valourvalor; and there escaped not a man |
| 3:31 |
And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath whichwho slewsmote of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also deliveredsaved Israel |
| 4:1 |
And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of theJehovah Lord when Ehud was dead |
| 4:2 |
And theJehovah Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera whichwho dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles |
| 4:3 |
And the children of Israel cried unto the LordJehovah: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel |
| 4:4 |
AndNow Deborah a prophetess the wife of LapidothLappidoth she judged Israel at that time |
| 4:5 |
And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and BethelBeth el in mountthe hill country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment |
| 4:6 |
And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of KedeshnaphtaliKedesh naphtali and said unto him Hath not Jehovah the Lord God of Israel commanded saying Go and draw towardunto mount Tabor and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun |
| 4:7 |
And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera the captain of Jabins army with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thinethy hand |
| 4:8 |
And Barak said unto her If thou wilt go with me then I will go:; but if thou wilt not go with me then I will not go |
| 4:9 |
And she said I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honourhonor; for theJehovah Lordwill shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman And Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh |
| 4:10 |
And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and hethere went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him |
| 4:11 |
Now Heber the Kenite whichhad wasseparated ofhimself from the Kenites even from the children of Hobab the fatherbrother in law of Moses and had severed himself from the Kenites and pitched his tent untoas far as the plainoak ofin ZaanaimZaanannim which is by Kedesh |
| 4:12 |
And they shewedtold Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor |
| 4:13 |
And Sisera gathered together all his chariots even nine hundred chariots of iron and all the people that were with him from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river ofKishon Kishon |
| 4:14 |
And Deborah said unto Barak Up; for this is the day in which theJehovah Lord hath delivered Sisera into thinethy hand:; is not theJehovah Lord gone out before thee So Barak went down from mount Tabor and ten thousand men after him |
| 4:15 |
And theJehovah Lord discomfited Sisera and all his chariots and all his host with the edge of the sword before Barak; soand that Sisera lightedalighted downfrom off his chariot and fled away on his feet |
| 4:16 |
But Barak pursued after the chariots and after the host unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell uponby the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left |
| 4:17 |
Howbeit 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 unto him Turn in my lord turn in to me; fear not And when he had turned in unto her into the tent and she covered him with a mantlerug |
| 4:20 |
AgainAnd he said unto her Stand in the door of the tent and it shall be when any man doth come and enquireinquire of thee and say Is there any man here that thou shalt say No |
| 4:21 |
Then Jael Hebers wife took a nailtent ofpin the tent and took ana hammer in her hand and went softly unto him and smote the nailpin into his temples and fastened it pierced through into the ground:; for he was fastin asleepa anddeep wearysleep; Soso he swooned and died |
| 4:22 |
And behold as Barak pursued Sisera Jael came out to meet him and said unto him Come and I will shewshow thee the man whom thou seekest And when he came intounto her; tentand behold Sisera lay dead and the nailtent pin was in his temples |
| 4:24 |
And the hand of the children of Israel prosperedprevailed more and prevailedmore against Jabin the king of Canaan until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan |
| 5:2 |
PraiseFor yethat the Lordleaders fortook the avenginglead ofin Israel whenFor that the people offered themselves willingly offeredBless themselvesye Jehovah |
| 5:3 |
Hear O ye kings; give ear O ye princes; I even I will sing unto the LordJehovah; I will sing praise to Jehovah the Lord God of Israel |
| 5:4 |
LordJehovah when thou wentest forth out of Seir whenWhen thou marchedst out of the field of Edom theThe earth trembled and the heavens also dropped Yea the clouds also dropped water |
| 5:5 |
The mountains meltedquaked fromat before the Lordpresence evenof thatJehovah Even yon Sinai fromat beforethe presence of Jehovah the Lord God of Israel |
| 5:6 |
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath inIn the days of Jael the highways were unoccupied andAnd the travellers walked through byways |
| 5:7 |
The inhabitantsrulers ofceased thein villagesIsrael ceased they ceased inUntil Israel until that I Deborah arose thatThat I arose a mother in Israel |
| 5:8 |
They chose new gods; thenThen was war in the gates: wasWas there a shield or spear seen amongAmong forty thousand in Israel |
| 5:9 |
My heart is toward the governors of Israel thatThat offered themselves willingly among the people: Bless ye the LordJehovah |
| 5:10 |
SpeakTell of it ye that ride on white asses yeYe that sit inon judgmentrich andcarpets And ye that walk by the way |
| 5:11 |
TheyFar that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water thereThere shall they rehearse the righteous acts of theJehovah LordEven even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villagesrule in Israel: thenThen shall the people of theJehovah Lordwent go down to the gates |
| 5:12 |
Awake awake Deborah:; awakeAwake awake utter a song: ariseArise Barak and lead away thy captivitycaptives captive thou son of Abinoam |
| 5:13 |
Then hecame madedown hima thatremnant remainethof have dominion over the nobles amongand the people:; theJehovah Lordcame madedown for me haveagainst dominion over the mighty |
| 5:14 |
Out of Ephraim wascame theredown athey whose root ofis themin against Amalek; afterAfter thee Benjamin among thy peoplepeoples; outOut of Machir came down governors andAnd out of Zebulun they that handle the penmarshals of the writerstaff |
| 5:15 |
And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; evenAs was Issachar andso alsowas Barak:; heInto wasthe sentvalley onthey footrushed intoforth theat valleyhis Forfeet By the divisionswatercourses of Reuben thereThere were great thoughtsresolves of heart |
| 5:16 |
Why abodestsattest thou among the sheepfolds toTo hear the bleatingspipings offor the flocks ForAt the divisionswatercourses of Reuben thereThere were great searchings of heart |
| 5:17 |
Gilead abode beyond the Jordan: andAnd Dan why did Danhe remain in ships Asher continuedsat onstill at the haven of the sea shoreAnd and abode inby his breachescreeks |
| 5:18 |
Zebulun andwas Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death inAnd Naphtali upon the high places of the field |
| 5:19 |
The kings came and fought; thenThen fought the kings of Canaan inIn Taanach by the waters of Megiddo;: theyThey took no gain of money |
| 5:20 |
TheyFrom heaven fought from heaven; the stars inFrom their courses they fought against Sisera |
| 5:21 |
The river of Kishon swept them away thatThat ancient river the river Kishon O my soul thoumarch haston troddenwith down strength |
| 5:22 |
Then weredid the horsehoofs brokenstamp byBy thereason means of the pransingsprancings the pransingsprancings of their mightystrong ones |
| 5:23 |
Curse ye Meroz said the angel of theJehovah LordCurse curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; becauseBecause they came not to the help of theJehovah LordTo to the help of theJehovah Lord against the mighty |
| 5:24 |
Blessed above women shall Jael thebe The wife of Heber the Kenite; beBlessed blessed shall she be above women in the tent |
| 5:25 |
He asked water and she gave him milk; sheShe brought forthhim butter in a lordly dish |
| 5:26 |
She put her hand to the nailtent andpin And her right hand to the workmens hammer; andAnd with the hammer she smote Sisera she smote offthrough his head; whenYea she had pierced and strickenstruck through his temples |
| 5:27 |
At her feet he bowed he fell he lay; down:At at her feet he bowed he fell: whereWhere he bowed there he fell down dead |
| 5:28 |
TheThrough motherthe ofwindow Siserashe looked outforth atand acried windowThe andmother of Sisera cried through the lattice Why is his chariot so long in coming whyWhy tarry the wheels of his chariots |
| 5:29 |
Her wise ladies answered her yeaYea she returned answer to herself |
| 5:30 |
Have they not spedfound have they not divided the prey;spoil toA everydamsel mantwo adamsels damselto orevery twoman; toTo Sisera a preyspoil of diversdyed coloursgarments aA preyspoil of diversdyed coloursgarments ofembroidered needleworkOf ofdyed diversgarments coloursembroidered of needlework on both sides meeton for the necks of them that take the spoil |
| 5:31 |
So let all thine enemies perish O LordJehovah: butBut let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might And the land had rest forty years |
| 6:1 |
And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the LordJehovah: and theJehovah Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years |
| 6:2 |
And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel:; and because of theMidian Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains and the caves and strongthe holdsstrongholds |
| 6:3 |
And so it was when Israel had sown that the Midianites came up and the Amalekites and the children of the east; even they came up against them; |
| 6:4 |
Andand they encamped against them and destroyed the increase of the earth till thou come unto Gaza and left no sustenance forin Israel neither sheep nor ox nor ass |
| 6:5 |
For they came up with their cattle and their tents; and they came in as grasshopperslocusts for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they enteredcame into the land to destroy it |
| 6:6 |
And Israel was greatlybrought impoverishedvery low because of the MidianitesMidian; and the children of Israel cried unto the LordJehovah |
| 6:7 |
And it came to pass when the children of Israel cried unto theJehovah Lord because of theMidian Midianites |
| 6:8 |
Thatthat theJehovah Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel: whichand he said unto them Thus saith Jehovah the Lord God of Israel I brought you up from Egypt and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; |
| 6:9 |
Andand I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of all that oppressed you and dravedrove them out from before you and gave you their land; |
| 6:10 |
Andand I said unto you I am theJehovah Lord your God; fearye shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land ye dwell: butBut ye have not obeyedhearkened unto my voice |
| 6:11 |
And therethe came an angel of theJehovah Lordcame and sat under anthe oak which was in Ophrah that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshedwas beating out wheat byin the winepress to hide it from the Midianites |
| 6:12 |
And the angel of theJehovah Lord appeared unto him and said unto him TheJehovah Lord is with thee thou mighty man of valourvalor |
| 6:13 |
And Gideon said unto him Oh my Lordlord if theJehovah Lordis be with us why then is all this befallen us and where beare all his miracleswondrous works which our fathers told us of saying Did not theJehovah Lord bring us up from Egypt but now theJehovah Lord hath forsakencast us off and delivered us into the handshand of theMidian Midianites |
| 6:14 |
And theJehovah Lord looked upon him and said Go in this thy might and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the MidianitesMidian: have not I sent thee |
| 6:15 |
And he said unto him Oh my Lord wherewith shall I save Israel behold my family is poorthe poorest in Manasseh and I am the least in my fathers house |
| 6:16 |
And theJehovah Lord said unto him Surely I will be with thee and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man |
| 6:17 |
And he said unto him If now I have found gracefavor in thy sight then shewshow me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me |
| 6:18 |
Depart not hence I pray thee until I come unto thee and bring forth my present and setlay it before thee And he said I will tarry until thou come again |
| 6:19 |
And Gideon went in and made ready a kid and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flourmeal: the flesh he put in a basket and he put the broth in a pot and brought it out unto him under the oak and presented it |
| 6:21 |
Then the angel of theJehovah Lord put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rosewent up fire out of the rock and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; Thenand the angel of theJehovah Lord departed out of his sight |
| 6:22 |
And when Gideon perceivedsaw that he was anthe angel of theJehovah; Lordand Gideon said Alas O Lord GodJehovah forforasmuch becauseas I have seen anthe angel of theJehovah Lord face to face |
| 6:23 |
And theJehovah Lord said unto him Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die |
| 6:24 |
Then Gideon built an altar there unto theJehovah Lord and called it JehovahshalomJehovah shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites |
| 6:25 |
And it came to pass the same night that theJehovah Lord said unto him Take thy fathers young bullock even the second bullock of seven years old and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath and cut down the groveAsherah that is by it:; |
| 6:26 |
Andand build an altar unto theJehovah Lord thy God upon the top of this rockstronghold in the orderedorderly placemanner and take the second bullock and offer a burnt sacrificeoffering with the wood of the groveAsherah which thou shalt cut down |
| 6:27 |
Then Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as theJehovah Lord had saidspoken unto him: and so it wascame to pass because he feared his fathers household and the men of the city so that he could not do it by day that he did it by night |
| 6:28 |
And when the men of the city arose early in the morning behold the altar of Baal was castbroken down and the groveAsherah was cut down that was by it and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built |
| 6:29 |
And they said one to another Who hath done this thing And when they enquiredinquired and asked they said Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing |
| 6:30 |
Then the men of the city said unto Joash Bring out thy son that he may die: because he hath castbroken down the altar of Baal and because he hath cut down the groveAsherah that was by it |
| 6:31 |
And Joash said unto all that stood against him Will ye pleadcontend for Baal or will ye save him he that will pleadcontend for him let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god let him pleadcontend for himself because one hath castbroken down his altar |
| 6:32 |
Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal saying Let Baal pleadcontend against him because he hath thrownbroken down his altar |
| 6:33 |
Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east wereassembled gatheredthemselves together; and wentthey passed over and pitchedencamped in the valley of Jezreel |
| 6:34 |
But the Spirit of theJehovah Lord came upon Gideon; and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered together after him |
| 6:35 |
And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; whoand they also waswere gathered together after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher and unto Zebulun and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them |
| 6:36 |
And Gideon said unto God If thou wilt save Israel by minemy hand as thou hast saidspoken |
| 6:37 |
Beholdbehold I will put a fleece of wool inon the threshing floor; and if thethere be dew be on the fleece only and it be dry upon all the earthground beside then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by minemy hand as thou hast saidspoken |
| 6:38 |
And it was so:; for he rose up early on the morrow and thrustpressed the fleece together and wringedwrung the dew out of the fleece a bowlbowlful full of water |
| 6:39 |
And Gideon said unto God Let not thine anger be hotkindled against me and I will speak but this once: let me provemake trial I pray thee but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece and upon all the ground let there be dew |
| 7:1 |
Then Jerubbaal who is Gideon and all the people that were with him rose up early and pitchedencamped beside the wellspring of Harod: soand that the hostcamp of theMidian Midianiteswas were on the north side of them by the hill of Moreh in the valley |
| 7:2 |
And theJehovah Lord said unto Gideon The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their handshand lest Israel vaunt themselves against me saying Mine own hand hath saved me |
| 7:3 |
Now therefore go to proclaim in the ears of the people saying Whosoever is fearful and afraidtrembling let him return and depart early from mount Gilead And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand |
| 7:4 |
And theJehovah Lord said unto Gideon The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be that of whom I say unto thee This shall go with thee the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee This shall not go with thee the same shall not go |
| 7:5 |
So he brought down the people unto the water: and theJehovah Lord said unto Gideon Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue as a dog lappeth him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink |
| 7:6 |
And the number of them that lapped putting their hand to their mouth werewas three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water |
| 7:7 |
And theJehovah Lord said unto Gideon By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you and deliver the Midianites into thinethy hand:; and let all the other people go every man unto his place |
| 7:8 |
So the people took victuals in their hand and their trumpets:; and he sent all the restmen of Israel every man unto his tent andbut retained thosethe three hundred men: and the hostcamp of Midian was beneath him in the valley |
| 7:9 |
And it came to pass the same night that theJehovah Lord said unto him Arise get thee down untointo the hostcamp; for I have delivered it into thinethy hand |
| 7:10 |
But if thou fear to go down go thou with PhurahPurah thy servant down to the hostcamp: |
| 7:11 |
Andand thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thinethy hands be strengthened to go down untointo the hostcamp Then went he down with PhurahPurah his servant unto the outsideoutermost part of the armed men that were in the hostcamp |
| 7:12 |
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshopperslocusts for multitude; and their camels were without number as the sand bywhich is upon the sea sideshore for multitude |
| 7:13 |
And when Gideon was come behold there was a man thattelling told a dream unto his fellow; and he said Behold I dreamed a dream; and lo a cake of barley bread tumbled into the hostcamp of Midian and came unto athe tent and smote it so that it fell and overturnedturned it upside down so that the tent lay alongflat |
| 7:14 |
And his fellow answered and said This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash a man of Israel: for into his hand God hath God delivered Midian and all the host |
| 7:15 |
And it was so when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and the interpretation thereof that he worshipped; and he returned into the hostcamp of Israel and said Arise; for theJehovah Lord hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian |
| 7:16 |
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and he put ainto trumpetthe inhands everyof mansall handof withthem trumpets and empty pitchers andwith lampstorches within the pitchers |
| 7:17 |
And he said unto them Look on me and do likewise: and behold when I come to the outsideoutermost part of the camp it shall be that as I do so shall ye do |
| 7:18 |
When I blow withthe a trumpet I and all that are with me then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp and say TheFor swordJehovah of the Lord and offor Gideon |
| 7:19 |
So Gideon and the hundred men that were with him came unto the outsideoutermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; andwhen they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets and brake in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands |
| 7:20 |
And the three companies blew the trumpets and brake the pitchers and held the lampstorches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands wherewith to blow; withal: and they cried The sword of theJehovah Lord and of Gideon |
| 7:21 |
And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran; and criedthey shouted and fledput them to flight |
| 7:22 |
And they blew the three hundred blew the trumpets and theJehovah Lord set every mans sword against his fellow evenand throughoutagainst all the host:; and the host fled toas Bethshittahfar inas ZererathBeth andshittah totoward Zererah as far as the border of AbelmeholahAbel untomeholah by Tabbath |
| 7:23 |
And the men of Israel were gathered themselves together out of Naphtali and out of Asher and out of all Manasseh and pursued after the MidianitesMidian |
| 7:24 |
And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mountthe hill country of Ephraim saying comeCome down against theMidian Midianites and take before them the waters untoas Bethbarahfar andas Beth barah even the Jordan ThenSo all the men of Ephraim were gathered themselves together and took the waters untoas Bethbarahfar andas Beth barah even the Jordan |
| 7:25 |
And they took the two princes of theMidian Midianites Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb uponat the rock of Oreb and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb and pursued Midian: and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon onbeyond the other side Jordan |
| 8:1 |
And the men of Ephraim said unto him Why hast thou served us thus that thou calledst us not when thou wentest to fight with theMidian Midianites And they did chide with him sharply |
| 8:2 |
And he said unto them What have I now done now in comparison ofwith you Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer |
| 8:3 |
God hath delivered into your handshand the princes of Midian Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison ofwith 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 that were with him faint yet pursuing them |
| 8:5 |
And he said unto the men of Succoth Give I pray you loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they beare faint and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna the kings of Midian |
| 8:6 |
And the princes of Succoth said Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thinethy hand that we should give bread unto thine army |
| 8:7 |
And Gideon said Therefore when theJehovah Lord hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into minemy hand then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers |
| 8:8 |
And he went up thence to Penuel and spake unto them likewise:in like manner; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him |
| 8:10 |
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor and their hosts with them about fifteen thousand men all that were left of all the hostshost of the children of the east:; for there fell ana hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword |
| 8:12 |
And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued after them; and he took the two kings of Midian Zebah and Zalmunna and discomfited all the host |
| 8:13 |
And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle beforefrom the sunascent wasof upHeres |
| 8:14 |
And he caught a young man of the men of Succoth and enquiredinquired of him: and he described untofor him the princes of Succoth and the elders thereof evenseventy threescore and seventeenseven men |
| 8:15 |
And he came unto the men of Succoth and said Behold Zebah and Zalmunna withconcerning whom ye did upbraidtaunt me saying Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thinethy hand that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary |
| 8:17 |
And he beatbrake down the tower of Penuel and slew the men of the city |
| 8:19 |
And he said They were my brethren even the sons of my mother: as theJehovah Lord liveth if ye had saved them alive I would not slay you |
| 8:20 |
And he said unto Jether his firstbornfirst born Up and slay them But the youth drew not his sword:; for he feared because he was yet a youth |
| 8:21 |
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said Rise thou and fall upon us:; for as the man is so is his strength And Gideon arose and slew Zebah and Zalmunna and took away the ornamentscrescents that were on their camels necks |
| 8:22 |
Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon Rule thou over us both thou and thy son and thy sons son also:; for thou hast deliveredsaved us fromout of the hand of Midian |
| 8:23 |
And Gideon said unto them I will not rule over you neither shall my son rule over you: theJehovah Lord shall rule over you |
| 8:24 |
And Gideon said unto them I would desiremake a request of you that ye would give me every man the earringsear rings of his preyspoil For they had golden earringsear rings because they were Ishmaelites |
| 8:25 |
And they answered We will willingly give them And they spread a garment and did cast therein every man the earringsear rings of his preyspoil |
| 8:26 |
And the weight of the golden earringsear rings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; besidebesides ornamentsthe crescents and collarsthe pendants and the purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian and besidebesides the chains that were about their camels necks |
| 8:27 |
And Gideon made an ephod thereof and put it in his city even in Ophrah: and all Israel wentplayed thitherthe aharlot whoring after it: whichthere; thingand it became a snare unto Gideon and to his house |
| 8:28 |
ThusSo Midian was Midian subdued before the children of Israel soand that they lifted up their heads no more And the countryland washad inrest quietness forty years in the days of Gideon |
| 8:30 |
And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten:; for he had many wives |
| 8:31 |
And his concubine that was in Shechem she also bare him a son whoseand name he called his name Abimelech |
| 8:33 |
And it came to pass as soon as Gideon was dead that the children of Israel turned again and wentplayed athe whoringharlot after the Baalim and made BaalberithBaal berith their god |
| 8:34 |
And the children of Israel remembered not theJehovah Lord their God who had delivered them out of the handshand of all their enemies on every side:; |
| 8:35 |
Neitherneither shewedshowed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal namelywho is Gideon according to all the goodness which he had shewedshowed unto Israel |
| 9:1 |
And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mothers brethren and communedspake with them and with all the family of the house of his mothers father saying |
| 9:2 |
Speak I pray you in the ears of all the men of Shechem Whether is better for you either that all the sons of Jerubbaal whichwho are threescore and ten persons reignrule over you or that one reignrule over you remember also that I am your bone and your flesh |
| 9:4 |
And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of BaalberithBaal berith wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light personsfellows whichwho followed him |
| 9:5 |
And he went unto his fathers house at Ophrah and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal being threescore and ten persons upon one stone: notwithstandingbut yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself |
| 9:6 |
And all the men of Shechem gatheredassembled themselves together and all the house of Millo and went and made Abimelech king by the plainoak of the pillar that was in Shechem |
| 9:7 |
And when they told it to Jotham he went and stood inon the top of mount Gerizim and lifted up his voice and cried and said unto them Hearken unto me ye men of Shechem that God may hearken unto you |
| 9:9 |
But the olive tree said unto them Should I leave my fatness wherewith by me they honourhonor God and man and go to bewave promotedto and fro over the trees |
| 9:11 |
But the fig tree said unto them Should I forsakeleave my sweetness and my good fruit and go to bewave promotedto and fro over the trees |
| 9:12 |
ThenAnd said the trees said unto the vine Come thou and reign over us |
| 9:13 |
And the vine said unto them Should I leave my new wine which cheereth God and man and go to bewave promotedto and fro over the trees |
| 9:15 |
And the bramble said unto the trees If in truth ye anoint me king over you then come and puttake yourrefuge trust in my shadow:shade; and if not let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon |
| 9:16 |
Now therefore if ye have donedealt truly and sincerelyuprightly in that ye have made Abimelech king and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands; |
| 9:17 |
Forfor my father fought for you and adventured his life far and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: |
| 9:18 |
Andand ye are risen up against my fathers house this day and have slain his sons threescore and ten persons upon one stone and have made Abimelech the son of his maidservantmaid servant king over the men of Shechem because he is your brother; |
| 9:19 |
Ifif ye then have dealt truly and sincerelyuprightly with Jerubbaal and with his house this day then rejoice ye in Abimelech and let him also rejoice in you: |
| 9:20 |
Butbut 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 |
| 9:22 |
WhenAnd Abimelech hadwas reignedprince over Israel three years over Israel |
| 9:23 |
ThenAnd God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech: |
| 9:24 |
Thatthat the crueltyviolence done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come and that their blood might be laid upon Abimelech their brother whichwho slew them; and upon the men of Shechem whichwho aidedstrengthened himhis inhands theto killingslay of his brethren |
| 9:25 |
And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him inon the toptops of the mountains and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech |
| 9:26 |
And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren and went over to Shechem:; and the men of Shechem put their confidencetrust in him |
| 9:27 |
And they went out into the fieldsfield and gathered their vineyards and trodetrod the grapes and madeheld merryfestival and went into the house of their god and did eat and drink and cursed Abimelech |
| 9:28 |
And Gaal the son of Ebed said Who is Abimelech and who is Shechem that we should serve him is not he the son of Jerubbaal and Zebul his officer serve ye the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: forbut why should we serve him |
| 9:29 |
And would tothat God this people were under my hand then would I remove Abimelech And he said to Abimelech Increase thine army and come out |
| 9:31 |
And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privilycraftily saying Behold Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren beare come to Shechem; and behold they fortifyconstrain the city to take part against thee |
| 9:32 |
Now therefore up by night thou and the people that isare with thee and lie in wait in the field: |
| 9:33 |
Andand it shall be that in the morning as soon as the sun is up thou shalt rise early and setrush upon the city:; and behold when he and the people that isare with him come out against thee then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion |
| 9:35 |
And Gaal the son of Ebed went out and stood in the enteringentrance of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up and the people that were with him from lyingthe inambushment wait |
| 9:36 |
And when Gaal saw the people he said to Zebul Behold there come people down from the toptops of the mountains And Zebul said unto him Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men |
| 9:37 |
And Gaal spake again and said See there come people down by the middle of the land and anotherone company comecometh along by the plainway of the oak of Meonenim |
| 9:38 |
Then said Zebul unto him Where is now thy mouth wherewiththat thou saidst Who is Abimelech that we should serve him is not this the people that thou hast despised go out now I pray now and fight with them |
| 9:40 |
And Abimelech chased him and he fled before him and manythere werefell overthrownmany and wounded even unto the enteringentrance of the gate |
| 9:41 |
And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrustdrove out Gaal and his brethren that they should not dwell in Shechem |
| 9:43 |
And he took the people and divided them into three companies and laid wait in the field; and he looked and behold the people werecame come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them and smote them |
| 9:44 |
And Abimelech and the companycompanies that waswere with him rushed forward and stood in the enteringentrance of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ranrushed upon all the people that were in the fieldsfield and slewsmote them |
| 9:45 |
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city and slew the people that waswere therein: and he beat down the city and sowed it with salt |
| 9:46 |
And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thatthereof they entered into anthe holdstronghold of the house of theElberith god Berith |
| 9:48 |
And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand and cut down a bough from the trees and took it up and laid it on his shoulder: and he said unto the people that were with him What ye have seen me do make haste and do as I have done |
| 9:49 |
And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough and followed Abimelech and put them to the holdstronghold and set the holdstronghold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also about a thousand men and women |
| 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 and shut itthemselves toin them and gat them up to the toproof of the tower |
| 9:52 |
And Abimelech came unto the tower and fought against it and wentdrew hardnear unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire |
| 9:53 |
And a certain woman cast aan pieceupper of a millstone upon Abimelechs head and all to brake his skull |
| 9:54 |
Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearerarmorbearer and said unto him Draw thy sword and slaykill me that men say not of me A womenwoman slew him And his young man thrust him through and he died |
| 9:56 |
Thus God renderedrequited the wickedness of Abimelech which he did unto his father in slaying his seventy brethren:; |
| 9:57 |
Andand all the evilwickedness of the men of Shechem did God renderrequite upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal |
| 10:1 |
And after Abimelech there arose to defendsave Israel Tola the son of Puah the son of Dodo a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mountthe hill country of Ephraim |
| 10:3 |
And after him arose Jair athe Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty and two years |
| 10:4 |
And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts and they had thirty cities which are called HavothjairHavvoth jair unto this day which are in the land of Gilead |
| 10:5 |
And Jair died and was buried in CamonKamon |
| 10:6 |
And the children of Israel again did that which was evil again in the sight of theJehovah Lord and served the Baalim and the Ashtaroth and the gods of Syria and the gods of ZidonSidon and the gods of Moab and the gods of the children of Ammon and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook theJehovah Lord and served him not him |
| 10:7 |
And the anger of theJehovah Lord was hotkindled against Israel and he sold them into the handshand of the Philistines and into the handshand of the children of Ammon |
| 10:8 |
And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel that year: eighteen years oppressed they all the children of Israel that were onbeyond the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites which is in Gilead |
| 10:9 |
MoreoverAnd 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 sore distressed |
| 10:10 |
And the children of Israel cried unto theJehovah Lord saying We have sinned against thee botheven because we have forsaken our God and alsohave served the Baalim |
| 10:11 |
And theJehovah Lord said unto the children of Israel Did not I deliversave you from the Egyptians and from the Amorites from the children of Ammon and from the Philistines |
| 10:12 |
The ZidoniansSidonians also and the Amalekites and the Maonites did oppress you; and ye cried tounto me and I deliveredsaved you out of their hand |
| 10:13 |
Yet ye have forsaken me and served other gods: wherefore I will deliversave you no more |
| 10:14 |
Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliversave you in the time of your tribulationdistress |
| 10:15 |
And the children of Israel said unto theJehovah Lord We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; only deliver us only we pray thee this day |
| 10:16 |
And they put away the strangeforeign gods from among them and served theJehovah; Lord: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel |
| 10:17 |
Then the children of Ammon were gathered together and encamped in Gilead And the children of Israel assembled themselves together and encamped in MizpehMizpah |
| 10:18 |
And the people andthe princes of Gilead said one to another What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead |
| 11:1 |
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valourvalor and he was the son of ana harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah |
| 11:2 |
And Gileads wife bare him sons; and when his wifes sons grew up and they thrustdrove out Jephthah and said unto him Thou shalt not inherit in our fathers house; for thou art the son of aanother strangewoman woman |
| 11:3 |
Then Jephthah fled from his brethren and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain menfellows to Jephthah and they went out with him |
| 11:4 |
And it came to pass inafter processa ofwhile time that the children of Ammon made war against Israel |
| 11:5 |
And it was so that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:; |
| 11:6 |
Andand they said unto Jephthah Come and be our captainchief that we may fight with the children of Ammon |
| 11:7 |
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead Did not ye hate me and expeldrive me out of my fathers house and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress |
| 11:8 |
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah Therefore are we turnturned again to thee now that thou mayest go with us and fight againstwith the children of Ammon; and thou shalt be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead |
| 11:9 |
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead If ye bring me home again to fight againstwith the children of Ammon and theJehovah Lord deliver them before me shall I be your head |
| 11:10 |
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah TheJehovah Lordshall be witness between us; ifsurely weaccording doto notthy word so accordingwill towe thydo words |
| 11:11 |
Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead and the people made him head and captainchief over them: and Jephthah utteredspake all his words before theJehovah Lord in MizpehMizpah |
| 11:12 |
And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon saying What hast thou to do with me that thou art come againstunto me to fight inagainst my land |
| 11:13 |
And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah Because Israel took away my land when theyhe came up out of Egypt from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok and unto the Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably |
| 11:14 |
And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:; |
| 11:15 |
Andand he said unto him Thus saith Jephthah: Israel took not away the land of Moab nor the land of the children of Ammon:; |
| 11:16 |
Butbut when Israelthey came up from Egypt and walkedIsrael went through the wilderness unto the Red seaSea and came to Kadesh; |
| 11:17 |
Thenthen Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom saying Let me I pray thee pass through thy land:; but the king of Edom wouldhearkened not hearken thereto And in like manner theyhe sent unto the king of Moab:; but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh |
| 11:18 |
Then they went along through the wilderness and compassedwent around the land of Edom and the land of Moab and came by the east side of the land of Moab and pitchedthey encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they came not within the border of Moab: for the Arnon was the border of Moab |
| 11:19 |
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him Let us pass we pray thee through thy land intounto my place |
| 11:20 |
But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast:border; but Sihon gathered all his people together and pitchedencamped in Jahaz and fought against Israel |
| 11:21 |
And Jehovah the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites the inhabitants of that country |
| 11:22 |
And they possessed all the coastsborder of the Amorites from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok and from the wilderness even unto the Jordan |
| 11:23 |
So now Jehovah the Lord God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel and shouldest thou possess itthem |
| 11:24 |
Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess So whomsoever theJehovah Lord our God shallhath drivedispossessed out from before us them will we possess |
| 11:25 |
And now art thou anyanything thing better than Balak the son of Zippor king of Moab did he ever strive against Israel or did he ever fight against them |
| 11:26 |
While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and herits towns and in Aroer and herits towns and in all the cities that beare along by the coastsside of the Arnon three hundred years; whywherefore therefore did ye not recover them within that time |
| 11:27 |
Wherefore I therefore have not sinned against thee but thou doest me wrong to war against me: theJehovah Lord the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon |
| 11:29 |
Then the Spirit of theJehovah Lord came upon Jephthah and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon |
| 11:30 |
And Jephthah vowed a vow unto theJehovah Lord and said If thou shaltwilt withoutindeed fail deliver the children of Ammon into minemy handshand |
| 11:31 |
Thenthen it shall be that whatsoever cometh forth offrom the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the children of Ammon it shall surely be theJehovahs Lords and I will offer it up for a burnt offering |
| 11:32 |
So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and theJehovah Lord delivered them into his handshand |
| 11:33 |
And he smote them from Aroer evenuntil till thou come to Minnith even twenty cities and unto theAbel plaincheramim of the vineyards with a very great slaughter ThusSo the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel |
| 11:34 |
And Jephthah came to MizpehMizpah unto his house; and behold his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; besidebesides her he had neither son nor daughter |
| 11:35 |
And it came to pass when he saw her that he rent his clothes and said Alas my daughter thou hast brought me very low and thou art one of them that trouble me:; for I have opened my mouth unto theJehovah Lord and I cannot go back |
| 11:36 |
And she said unto him My father if thou hast opened thy mouth unto theJehovah; Lord do tounto me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as theJehovah Lord hath taken vengeance for thee ofon thine enemies even ofon the children of Ammon |
| 11:37 |
And she said unto her father Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months that I may godepart up and go down upon the mountains and bewail my virginity I and my fellowscompanions |
| 11:38 |
And he said Go And he sent her away for two months: and she wentdeparted withshe and her companions and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains |
| 11:39 |
And it came to pass at the end of two months that she returned unto her father who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew nonot man And it was a custom in Israel |
| 11:40 |
Thatthat the daughters of Israel went yearly to lamentcelebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year |
| 12:1 |
And the men of Ephraim were gathered themselves together and wentpassed northward; and they said unto Jephthah Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon and didst not call us to go with thee we will burn thinethy house upon thee with fire |
| 12:2 |
And Jephthah said unto them I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you ye deliveredsaved me not out of their handshand |
| 12:3 |
And when I saw that ye deliveredsaved me not I put my life in my handshand and passed over against the children of Ammon and theJehovah Lord delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day to fight against me |
| 12:4 |
Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim:; and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim because they said Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim amongye Gileadites in the Ephraimitesmidst of Ephraim and amongin the Manassitesmidst of Manasseh |
| 12:5 |
And the Gileadites took the passagesfords of the Jordan beforeagainst the Ephraimites: andAnd it was so that when thoseany Ephraimitesof whichthe werefugitives escapedof Ephraim said Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him Art thou an Ephraimite If he said Nay; |
| 12:6 |
Thenthen said they unto him Say now Shibboleth:; and he said Sibboleth:; for he could not frame to pronounce it right: Thenthen they tooklaid hold on him and slew him at the passagesfords of the Jordan: andAnd there fell at that time of theEphraim Ephraimites forty and two thousand |
| 12:8 |
And after him Ibzan of BethlehemBeth lehem judged Israel |
| 12:9 |
And he had thirty sons; and thirty daughters whom he sent abroad and took in thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons And he judged Israel seven years |
| 12:10 |
ThenAnd Ibzan died Ibzan and was buried at BethlehemBeth lehem |
| 12:11 |
And after him Elon athe ZebuloniteZebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years |
| 12:12 |
And Elon the ZebuloniteZebulunite died and was buried in Aijalon in the countryland of Zebulun |
| 12:13 |
And after him Abdon the son of Hillel athe Pirathonite judged Israel |
| 12:14 |
And he had forty sons and thirty nephewssons sons that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and 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 mounthill country of the Amalekites |
| 13:1 |
And the children of Israel again did that which was evil again in the sight of the LordJehovah; and theJehovah Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years |
| 13:3 |
And the angel of theJehovah Lord appeared unto the woman and said unto her Behold now thou art barren and bearest not:; but thou shalt conceive and bear a son |
| 13:4 |
Now therefore beware I pray thee and drink notno wine nor strong drink and eat not any unclean thing: |
| 13:5 |
Forfor lo thou shalt conceive and bear a son; and no razor shall come onupon his head:; for the child shall be a NazariteNazirite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliversave Israel out of the hand of the Philistines |
| 13:6 |
Then the woman came and told her husband saying A man of God came unto me and his countenance was like the countenance of anthe angel of God very terrible:; butand I asked him not whence he was neither told he me his name: |
| 13:7 |
Butbut he said unto me Behold thou shalt conceive and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink neitherand eat not any unclean thing:; for the child shall be a NazariteNazirite tounto God from the womb to the day of his death |
| 13:8 |
Then Manoah intreatedentreated theJehovah Lord and said OOh my Lord I pray thee let the man of God whichwhom thou didst send come again unto us and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born |
| 13:10 |
And the woman made haste and ran and shewedtold her husband and said unto him Behold the man hath appeared unto me that came unto me the other day |
| 13:12 |
And Manoah said Now let thy words come to pass: Howwhat shall webe orderthe ordering of the child and how shall we do unto him |
| 13:13 |
And the angel of theJehovah Lord said unto Manoah Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware |
| 13:14 |
She may not eat of anyanything thing that cometh of the vine neither let her drink wine or strong drink nor eat any unclean thing:; all that I commanded her let her observe |
| 13:15 |
And Manoah said unto the angel of theJehovah Lord I pray thee let us detain thee untilthat we shallmay havemake made ready a kid for thee |
| 13:16 |
And the angel of theJehovah Lord said unto Manoah Though thou detain me I will not eat of thy bread:; and if thou wilt offermake ready a burnt offering thou must offer it unto theJehovah Lord For Manoah knew not that he was anthe angel of theJehovah Lord |
| 13:17 |
And Manoah said unto the angel of theJehovah Lord What is thy name that when thy sayingswords come to pass we may do thee honourhonor |
| 13:18 |
And the angel of theJehovah Lord said unto him WhyWherefore askest thou thus after my name seeing it is secretwonderful |
| 13:19 |
So Manoah took athe kid with athe meatmeal offering and offered it upon athe rock unto the LordJehovah: and the angel did wonderously;wondrously and Manoah and his wife looked on |
| 13:20 |
For it came to pass when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar that the angel of theJehovah Lord ascended in the flame of the altar: Andand Manoah and his wife looked on; it and they fell on their faces to the ground |
| 13:21 |
But the angel of theJehovah Lord did no more appear to Manoah andor to his wife Then Manoah knew that he was anthe angel of theJehovah Lord |
| 13:23 |
But his wife said unto him If theJehovah Lord were pleased to kill us he would not have received a burnt offering and a meatmeal offering at our handshand neither would he have shewedshowed us all these things nor would as at this time have told us such things as these |
| 13:24 |
And the woman bare a son and called his name Samson: and the child grew and theJehovah Lord blessed him |
| 13:25 |
And the Spirit of theJehovah Lord began to move him at times in theMahaneh campdan of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol |
| 14:1 |
And Samson went down to TimnathTimnah and saw a woman in TimnathTimnah of the daughters of the Philistines |
| 14:2 |
And he came up and told his father and his mother and said I have seen a woman in TimnathTimnah of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife |
| 14:4 |
But his father and his mother knew not that it was of theJehovah; Lordfor that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: forNow at that time the Philistines had dominionrule over Israel |
| 14:5 |
Then went Samson down and his father and his mother to TimnathTimnah and came to the vineyards of TimnathTimnah: and behold a young lion roared against him |
| 14:6 |
And the Spirit of theJehovah Lord came mightily upon him and he rent him as he would have rent a kid; and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done |
| 14:7 |
And he went down and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well |
| 14:8 |
And after a timewhile he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcasecarcass of the lion: and behold there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcasebody of the lion and honey |
| 14:9 |
And he took thereofit ininto his hands and went on eating as he went; and he came to his father and mother and he gave unto them and they did eat: but he told them not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcasebody of the lion |
| 14:10 |
SoAnd his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do |
| 14:12 |
And Samson said unto them ILet willme now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it unto me within the seven days of the feast and find it out then I will give you thirty sheetslinen garments and thirty changechanges of garments:raiment; |
| 14:13 |
Butbut if ye cannot declare it unto me then shall ye give me thirty sheetslinen garments and thirty changechanges of garmentsraiment And they said unto him Put forth thy riddle that we may hear it |
| 14:14 |
And he said unto them Out of the eater came forth meatfood andAnd out of the strong came forth sweetness And they could not in three days expounddeclare the riddle |
| 14:15 |
And it came to pass on the seventh day that they said unto Samsons wife Entice thy husband that he may declare unto us the riddle lest we burn thee and thy fathers house with fire: have ye called us to takeimpoverish thatus we have is it not so |
| 14:16 |
And Samsons wife wept before him and said Thou dost but hate me and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people and hast not told it me And he said unto her Behold I have not told it my father nor my mother and shall I tell itthee thee |
| 14:17 |
And 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 laypressed him sore; upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people |
| 14:18 |
And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down What is sweeter than honey Andand what is stronger than a lion andAnd he said unto them If ye had not plowed with my heifer yeYe had not found out my riddle |
| 14:19 |
And the Spirit of theJehovah Lord came mightily upon him and he went down to Ashkelon and slewsmote thirty men of them and took their spoil and gave changethe changes of garmentsraiment unto them whichthat expoundeddeclared the riddle And his anger was kindled and he went up to his fathers house |
| 15:1 |
But it came to pass withinafter a while after in the time of wheat harvest that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said I will go in to my wife into the chamber But her father would not suffer him to go in |
| 15:3 |
And Samson said concerningunto them NowThis time shall I be more blameless thanin regard of the Philistines thoughwhen I do them a displeasuremischief |
| 15:4 |
And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes and took firebrands and turned tail to tail and put a firebrand in the midst between every two tails |
| 15:5 |
And when he had set the brands on fire he let them go into the standing corngrain of the Philistines and burnt up both the shocks and also the standing corngrain withand also the vineyardsoliveyards and olives |
| 15:6 |
Then the Philistines said Who hath done this And they answeredsaid Samson the son in law of the Timnite because he hadhath taken his wife and given her to his companion And the Philistines came up and burnt her and her father with fire |
| 15:7 |
And Samson said unto them ThoughIf ye havedo doneafter this yetmanner willsurely I will be avenged of you and after that I will cease |
| 15:8 |
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the topcleft of the rock of Etam |
| 15:9 |
Then the Philistines went up and pitchedencamped in Judah and spread themselves in Lehi |
| 15:10 |
And the men of Judah said Why are ye come up against us And they answeredsaid To bind Samson are we come up to do to him as he hath done to us |
| 15:11 |
Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the topcleft of the rock of Etam and said to Samson Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us what then is this that thou hast done unto us And he said unto them As they did unto me so have I done unto them |
| 15:13 |
And they spake unto him saying No; but we will bind thee fast and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee And they bound him with two new cordsropes and brought him up from the rock |
| 15:14 |
AndWhen when he came unto Lehi the Philistines shouted againstas they met him: and the Spirit of theJehovah Lord came mightily upon him and the cordsropes that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire and his bands looseddropped from off his hands |
| 15:15 |
And he found a newfresh jawbone of an ass and put forth his hand and took it and slewsmote a thousand men therewith |
| 15:16 |
And Samson said With the jawbone of an ass heaps upon heaps withWith the jawjawbone of an ass have I slainsmitten a thousand men |
| 15:17 |
And it came to pass when he had made an end of speaking that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand; and called that place Ramathlehiwas called Ramath lehi |
| 15:18 |
And he was sore athirst and called on theJehovah Lord and said Thou hast given this great deliverance intoby the hand of thy servant:; and now shall I die for thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised |
| 15:19 |
But God clave anthe hollow place that wasis in theLehi jaw and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk his spirit came again and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkorewas called En hakkore which is in Lehi unto this day |
| 16:1 |
ThenAnd Samson went Samson to Gaza and saw there ana harlot and went in unto her |
| 16:2 |
And it was told the Gazites saying Samson is come hither And they compassed him in and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city and were quiet all the night saying InLet thebe till morning whenlight itthen is day we shallwill kill him |
| 16:3 |
And Samson lay till midnight and arose at midnight and tooklaid hold of the doors of the gate of the city and the two posts and wentplucked awaythem withup them bar and all and put them upon his shoulders and carried them up to the top of anthe hillmountain that is before Hebron |
| 16:5 |
And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her and said unto her Entice him and see wherein his great strength lieth and by what means we may prevail against him that we may bind him to afflict him;: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver |
| 16:7 |
And Samson said unto her If they bind me with seven green withswithes that were never dried then shall I bebecome weak and be as another man |
| 16:8 |
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withswithes which had not been dried and she bound him with them |
| 16:9 |
Now thereshe werehad menliers lying in wait abiding with her in the inner chamber And she said unto him The Philistines beare upon thee Samson And he brake the withswithes as a threadstring of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire So his strength was not known |
| 16:11 |
And he said unto her If they only bind me fast with new ropes thatwherewith neverno werework occupiedhath been done then shall I bebecome weak and be as another man |
| 16:12 |
So Delilah therefore took new ropes and bound him therewith and said unto him The Philistines beare upon thee Samson And therethe were liers in wait were abiding in the inner chamber And he brake them from off his arms like a thread |
| 16:14 |
And she fastened it with the pin and said unto him The Philistines beare upon thee Samson And he awaked out of his sleep and wentplucked away with the pin of the beam and with the web |
| 16:15 |
And she said unto him How canst thou say I love thee when thinethy heart is not with me thou hast mocked me these three times and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth |
| 16:16 |
And it came to pass when she pressed him daily with her words and urged him so that his soul was vexed unto death; |
| 16:17 |
ThatAnd he told her all his heart and said unto her There hath not come a razor upon minemy head; for I have been a NazariteNazirite unto God from my mothers womb: if I be shaven then my strength will go from me and I shall become weak and be like any other man |
| 16:18 |
And 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 hath shewedtold me all his heart Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her and brought the money in their hand |
| 16:19 |
And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man and sheshaved caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him and his strength went from him |
| 16:20 |
And she said The Philistines beare upon thee Samson And he awoke out of his sleep and said I will go out as at other times before and shake myself Andfree But he wistknew not that theJehovah Lord was departed from him |
| 16:21 |
ButAnd the Philistines tooklaid hold on him and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house |
| 16:23 |
ThenAnd the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god and to rejoice:; for they said Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand |
| 16:24 |
And when the people saw him they praised their god:; for they said Our god hath delivered into our handshand our enemy and the destroyer of our country whichwho slewhath slain many of us |
| 16:25 |
And it came to pass when their hearts were merry that they said Call for Samson that he may make us sport And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made sport before them sport:And and they set him between the pillars: |
| 16:26 |
Andand Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standethresteth that I may lean upon them |
| 16:28 |
And Samson called unto theJehovah Lord and said O Lord GodJehovah remember me I pray thee and strengthen me I pray thee 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 upon which the house stoodrested and onleaned whichupon itthem was borne up of the one with his right hand and of the other with his left |
| 16:30 |
And Samson said Let me die with the Philistines And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords and upon all the people that were therein So the dead whichthat he slew at his death were more than they whichthat he slew in his life |
| 16:31 |
Then his brethren 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 buryingplaceburying place of Manoah his father And he judged Israel twenty years |
| 17:1 |
And there was a man of mountthe hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah |
| 17:2 |
And he said unto his mother The eleven hundred shekelspieces of silver that were taken from thee about which thou cursedstdidst utter a curse and spakestdidst of also speak it in mine ears behold the silver is with me; I took it And his mother said Blessed be thoumy son of theJehovah Lord my son |
| 17:3 |
And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekelspieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said I hadverily whollydedicate dedicated the silver unto theJehovah Lord from my hand for my son to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee |
| 17:4 |
YetAnd when he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekelspieces of silver and gave them to the founder who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and theyit werewas in the house of Micah |
| 17:5 |
And the man Micah had ana 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: but every man did that which was right in his own eyes |
| 17:7 |
And there was a young man out of BethlehemjudahBeth lehem judah of the family of Judah who was a Levite; and he sojourned there |
| 17:8 |
And the man departed out of the city fromout Bethlehemjudahof Beth lehem judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mountthe hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah as he journeyed |
| 17:9 |
And Micah said unto him Whence comest thou And he said unto him I am a Levite of BethlehemjudahBeth lehem judah and I go to sojourn where I may find a place |
| 17:10 |
And Micah said unto him Dwell with me and be unto me a father and a priest and I will give thee ten shekelspieces of silver by the year and a suit of apparel and thy victuals So the Levite went in |
| 17:12 |
And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest and was in the house of Micah |
| 17:13 |
Then said Micah Now know I that theJehovah Lord will do me good seeing I have a Levite to my priest |
| 18:1 |
In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel |
| 18:2 |
And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coastswhole number men of valourvalor from Zorah and from Eshtaol to spy out the land and to search it; and they said unto them Go search the land: whoAnd when they came to mountthe hill country of Ephraim tounto the house of Micah theyand lodged there |
| 18:3 |
When they were by the house of Micah they knew the voice of the young man the Levite:; and they turned inaside thither and said unto him Who brought thee hither and what makestdoest thou in this place and what hast thou here |
| 18:4 |
And he said unto them Thus and thus dealethhath Micah dealt with me and he hath hired me and I am become his priest |
| 18:6 |
And the priest said unto them Go in peace: before theJehovah Lord is your way wherein ye go |
| 18:7 |
Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people that were therein how they dwelt carelessin security after the manner of the ZidoniansSidonians quiet and secure; andfor there was nonone magistrate in the land possessing authority that might put them to shame in anyanything thing; and they were far from the ZidoniansSidonians and had no businessdealings with any man |
| 18:9 |
And they said Arise thatand welet mayus go up against them:; for we have seen the land and behold it is very good: and are ye still be not slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land |
| 18:10 |
When ye go ye shall come unto a people secure and tothe aland is large; land: for God hath given it into your hands;hand a place where there is no want of anyanything thing that is in the earth |
| 18:11 |
And there wentset forth from thence of the family of the Danites out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol six hundred men appointedgirt with weapons of war |
| 18:12 |
And they went up and pitchedencamped in KirjathjearimKiriath jearim in Judah: wherefore they called that place MahanehdanMahaneh dan unto this day:; behold it is behind KirjathjearimKiriath jearim |
| 18:13 |
And they passed thence unto mountthe hill country of Ephraim and came unto the house of Micah |
| 18:15 |
And they turned thitherwardaside thither and came to the house of the young man the Levite even unto the house of Micah and salutedasked him of his welfare |
| 18:16 |
And the six hundred men appointedgirt with their weapons of war whichwho were of the children of Dan stood by the enteringentrance of the gate |
| 18:17 |
And the five men that went to spy out the land went up and came in thither and took the graven image and the ephod and the teraphim and the molten image: and the priest stood inby the enteringentrance of the gate with the six hundred men thatgirt were appointed with weapons of war |
| 18:18 |
And when these went into Micahs house and fetched the carvedgraven image the ephod and the teraphim and the molten image Then said the priest said unto them What do ye |
| 18:19 |
And they said unto him Hold thy peace lay thinethy hand upon thy mouth and go with us and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man or thatto thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel |
| 18:21 |
So they turned and departed and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriagegoods before them |
| 18:22 |
AndWhen when they were a good way from the house of Micah the men that were in the houses near to Micahs house were gathered together and overtook the children of Dan |
| 18:24 |
And he said Yeye have taken away my gods which I made and the priest and ye are gone away: and what have I more and whathow isthen thissay that ye say unto me What aileth thee |
| 18:25 |
And the children of Dan said unto him Let not thy voice be heard among us lest angry fellows runfall upon theeyou and thou lose thy life with the lives of thy household |
| 18:27 |
And they took thethat things which Micah had made and the priest whichwhom he had and came unto Laish unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire |
| 18:28 |
And there was no deliverer because it was far from ZidonSidon and they had no businessdealings with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by BethrehobBeth rehob And they built athe city and dwelt therein |
| 18:30 |
And the children of Dan set up for themselves the graven image:; and Jonathan the son of Gershom the son of ManassehMoses he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Danthe Danites until the day of the captivity of the land |
| 18:31 |
AndSo they set them up Micahs graven image which he made all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh |
| 19:1 |
And it came to pass in those days when there was no king in Israel that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of mountthe hill country of Ephraim who took to him a concubine out of BethlehemjudahBeth lehem judah |
| 19:2 |
And his concubine played the whoreharlot against him and went away from him unto her fathers house to BethlehemjudahBeth lehem judah and was there the space of four wholemonths months |
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And her husband arose and went after her to speak friendlykindly unto her and to bring her again having his servant with him and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her fathers house:; and when the father of the damsel saw him he rejoiced to meet him |
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And it came to pass on the fourth day whenthat they arose early in the morning thatand he rose up to depart: and the damsels father said unto his son in law ComfortStrengthen thinethy heart with a morsel of bread and afterward ye shall go your way |
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AndSo they sat down and did eat and drink both of them together: forand the damsels father had said unto the man Be contentpleased I pray thee andto tarry all night and let thinethy heart be merry |
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And when the man rose up to depart; but his father in law urged him: thereforeand he lodged there again |
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And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the damsels father said ComfortStrengthen thinethy heart I pray thee Andand theytarry tarriedye until afternoonthe day declineth; and they did eat both of them |
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And when the man rose up to depart he and his concubine and his servant his father in law the damsels father said unto him Behold now the day draweth toward evening I pray you tarry all night: behold the day groweth to an end lodge here that thinethy heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way that thou mayest go home |
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But the man would not tarry that night but he rose up and departed and came over against Jebus whichthe same is Jerusalem;: and there were with him twoa couple of asses saddled; his concubine also was with him |
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AndWhen when they were by Jebus the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master Come I pray thee and let us turn inaside into this city of the Jebusites and lodge in it |
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And his master said unto him We will not turn aside hither into the city of a strangerforeigner that is not of the children of Israel; but we will pass over to Gibeah |
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And he said unto his servant Come and let us draw near to one of these places; toand lodgewe allwill nightlodge in Gibeah or in Ramah |
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AndSo they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them whennear theyto were by Gibeah which belongeth to Benjamin |
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And they turned aside thither to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in heand sat him down in athe street of the city:; for there was no man that took them into his house to lodginglodge |
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And behold there came an old man from his work out of the field at even: whichnow the man was alsoof the hill country of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah:; but the men of the place were Benjamites |
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And when he had lifted up his eyes heand saw athe wayfaring man in the street of the city:; and the old man said Whither goest thou and whence comest thou |
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And he said unto him We are passing from BethlehemjudahBeth towardlehem judah unto the farther side of mountthe hill country of Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to BethlehemjudahBeth butlehem judah: and I am now going to the house of the LordJehovah; and there is no man that receivethtaketh me tointo his house |
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Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me and for thy handmaid and for the young man whichthat is with thy servants: there is no want of anyanything thing |
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And the old man said Peace be withunto thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street |
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So he brought him into his house and gave provender unto the asses: fodder; and they washed their feet and did eat and drink |
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NowAs as they were making their hearts merry behold the men of the city certain sonsbase offellows Belial beset the house round about andbeating beat at the door; and they spake to the master of the house the old man saying Bring forth the man that came into thinethy house that we may know him |
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And the man the master of the house went out unto them and said unto them Nay my brethren nay I pray you do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into minemy house do not this folly |
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Behold here is my daughter a maidenvirgin and his concubine; them I will bring out now and humble ye them and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not soany vilesuch afolly thing |
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But the men would not hearken to him: so the man tooklaid hold on his concubine and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring they let her go |
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And 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 was fallen down at the door of the house andwith her hands were upon the threshold |
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And he said unto her Up and let us be going; Butbut none answered: Thenthen thehe man took her up upon anthe ass; and the man rose up and gat him unto his place |
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And when he was come into his house he took a knife and laid hold on his concubine and divided her togetherlimb withby herlimb bones into twelve pieces and sent her intothroughout all the coastsborders of Israel |
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And it was so that all that saw it said There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it take advicecounsel and speak your minds |
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Then all the children of Israel went out and the congregation was gatheredassembled together as one man from Dan even to BeershebaBeer sheba with the land of Gilead unto theJehovah Lordat inMizpah Mizpeh |
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And the chiefchiefs 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 that drew sword |
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Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to MizpehMizpah ThenAnd said the children of Israel said Tell us how was this wickedness brought to pass |
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And the Levite the husband of the woman that was slainmurdered answered and said I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin I and my concubine to lodge |
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And the men of Gibeah rose against me and beset the house round about upon me by night; andme they thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced thatand she is dead |
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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 |
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Behold ye are all children of Israel; all of you give here your advice and counsel |
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And all the people arose as one man saying We will not any of us go to his tent neither will we any of us turn intounto his house |
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But now this shallis be the thing which we will do to Gibeah;: we will go up against it by lot; against it; |
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Andand we will take ten men of ana hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel and ana hundred of a thousand and a thousand out of ten thousand to fetch victualvictuals for the people that they may do when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel |
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And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin saying What wickedness is this that is donecome to pass among you |
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Now therefore deliver usup the men the childrenbase offellows Belialthat which are in Gibeah that we may put them to death and put away evil from Israel But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel |
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ButAnd the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah to go out to battle against the children of Israel |
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And the children of Benjamin were numbered aton that timeday out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword besidebesides the inhabitants of Gibeah whichwho were numbered seven hundred chosen men |
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Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at ana hair breadth and not miss |
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And the men of Israel besidebesides Benjamin were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war |
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And the children of Israel arose and went up to theBeth houseel of God and asked counsel of God; and they said WhichWho of us shall go up for us first to the battle against the children of Benjamin And theJehovah Lord said Judah shall go up first |
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And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel putset themselvesthe battle in array to fight against them at Gibeah |
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And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day twenty and two thousand men |
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And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves and set theirthe battle again in array in the place where they putset themselves in array the first day |
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And the children of Israel went up and wept before theJehovah Lord until even; and they asked counsel of theJehovah Lord saying Shall I goagain updraw againnigh to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother And theJehovah Lord said Go up against him |
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Then all the children of Israel and all the people went up and came unto theBeth houseel of God and wept and sat there before theJehovah Lord and fasted that day until even; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before theJehovah Lord |
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And the children of Israel enquiredasked of theJehovah Lord for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days |
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Andand 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 And theJehovah Lord said Go up; for to morrow I will deliver themhim into thinethy hand |
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And Israel set liers in wait against Gibeah round about Gibeah |
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And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day and putset themselves in array against Gibeah as at other times |
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And the children of Benjamin went out against the people and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite and kill of the people and kill as at other times in the highways of which one goeth up to theBeth houseel of God and the other to Gibeah in the field about thirty men of Israel |
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And the children of Benjamin said They are smitten down before us as at the first But the children of Israel said Let us flee and draw them away from the city unto the highways |
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And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place and putset themselves in array at BaaltamarBaal tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel camebrake forth out of their placesplace even out of theMaareh meadowsgeba of Gibeah |
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And there came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel and the battle was sore:; but they knew not that evil was nearclose upon them |
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And theJehovah Lord smote Benjamin before Israel:; and the children of Israel destroyed of theBenjamin Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and ana hundred men: all these drew the sword |
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So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten:; for the men of Israel gave place to theBenjamin Benjamites because they trusted unto the liers in wait whichwhom they had set besideagainst Gibeah |
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Now therethe was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait was that they should make a great flamecloud withof smoke rise up out of the city |
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And when the men of Israel retiredturned in the battle and Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons:; for they said Surely they are smitten down before us as in the first battle |
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But when the flamecloud began to arise up out of the city within a pillar of smoke the Benjamites looked behind them; and behold the flamewhole of the city ascendedwent up in smoke to heaven |
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And when the men of Israel turned againand the men of Benjamin were amazed:dismayed; for they saw that evil was come upon them |
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Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtookfollowed hard after them; and themthey whichthat came out of the cities they destroyed them in the midst ofthereof them |
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ThusThey they inclosed the Benjamites round about and chased them and trodetrod them down withat easetheir resting place as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrising |
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And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valourvalor |
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And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursuedfollowed hard after them unto Gidom and slewsmote of them two thousand men of them |
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So that all whichwho fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valourvalor |
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But six hundred men turned and fled totoward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months |
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And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin and smote them with the edge of the sword asboth well the menentire of every city asand the beastcattle and all that camethey to handfound: alsomoreover they set on fire all the cities thatwhich they camefound tothey set on fire |
| 21:1 |
Now the men of Israel had sworn in MizpehMizpah saying There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife |
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And the people came to theBeth houseel of God and abodesat there till even before God and lifted up their voices and wept sore; |
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And they said O LordJehovah the God of Israel why is this come to pass in Israel that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel |
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And the children of Israel said Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up within the congregationassembly unto theJehovah Lord For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up tounto theJehovah Lord to MizpehMizpah saying He shall surely be put to death |
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How shall we do for wives for them that remain seeing we have sworn by theJehovah Lord that we will not give them of our daughters to wives |
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And they said What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up tounto MizpehJehovah to theMizpah Lord And behold there came none to the camp from JabeshgileadJabesh gilead to the assembly |
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For when the people were numbered and behold there were none of the inhabitants of JabeshgileadJabesh gilead there |
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And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest and commanded them saying Go and smite the inhabitants of JabeshgileadJabesh gilead with the edge of the sword with the women and the childrenlittle ones |
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And this is the thing that ye shall do: Yeye shall utterly destroy every male and every woman that hath lain by man |
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And they found among the inhabitants of JabeshgileadJabesh gilead four hundred young virgins that had not known no man by lying with anyhim; male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh which is in the land of Canaan |
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And the whole congregation sent someand tospake speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock of Rimmon and toproclaimed callpeace peaceably unto them |
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And Benjamin camereturned again at that time; and they gave them wivesthe whichwomen whom they had saved alive of the women of JabeshgileadJabesh gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not |
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And the people repented them for Benjamin because that theJehovah Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel |
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And they said There must be an inheritance for them that beare escaped of Benjamin that a tribe be not destroyedblotted out offrom Israel |
| 21:18 |
Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel havehad sworn saying Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin |
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ThenAnd they said Behold there is a feast of theJehovah Lordfrom inyear Shilohto yearlyyear in aShiloh place which is on the north side of BethelBeth el on the east side of the highway that goeth up from BethelBeth el to Shechem and on the south of Lebonah |
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ThereforeAnd they commanded the children of Benjamin saying Go and lie in wait in the vineyards; |
| 21:21 |
Andand see and behold if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances then come ye out of the vineyards and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh and go to the land of Benjamin |
| 21:22 |
And it shall be when their fathers or their brethren come to complain unto us to complain that we will say unto them BeGrant favourable unto them forgraciously ourunto sakes:us because we reservedtook not tofor each man of them his wife in thebattle war:neither fordid ye didgive notthem give unto them atelse thiswould time that ye shouldnow be guilty |
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And the children of Benjamin did so and took them wives according to their number of them that danced whom they caughtcarried off: and they went and returned unto their inheritance and repairedbuilt the cities and dwelt in them |