1:1 And Joshua[03091] called[07121][8799] for all Israel[03478], and for their elders[02205], and for their heads[07218], and for their judges[08199][8802], and for their officers[07860][8802], and said[0559][8799] unto them, I am old[02204][8804] and stricken[0935][8804] in age[03117]:
1:2 And ye have seen[07200][8804] all that the LORD[03068] your God[0430] hath done[06213][8804] unto all these nations[01471] because[06440] of you; for the LORD[03068] your God[0430] is he that hath fought[03898][8737] for you.
1:3 Behold[07200][8798], I have divided[05307][8689] unto you by lot these nations[01471] that remain[07604][8737], to be an inheritance[05159] for your tribes[07626], from Jordan[03383], with all the nations[01471] that I have cut off[03772][8689], even unto the great[01419] sea[03220] westward[03996][08121]. westward: Heb. at the sunset
1:4 And the LORD[03068] your God[0430], he shall expel[01920][8799] them from before[06440] you, and drive[03423][8689] them from out of your sight[06440]; and ye shall possess[03423][8804] their land[0776], as the LORD[03068] your God[0430] hath promised[01696][8765] unto you.
1:5 Be ye therefore very[03966] courageous[02388][8804] to keep[08104][8800] and to do[06213][8800] all that is written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of the law[08451] of Moses[04872], that ye turn[05493][8800] not aside therefrom to the right hand[03225] or to the left[08040];
1:6 That ye come[0935][8800] not among these nations[01471], these that remain[07604][8737] among you; neither make mention[02142][8686] of the name[08034] of their gods[0430], nor cause to swear[07650][8686] by them , neither serve[05647][8799] them, nor bow[07812][8691] yourselves unto them:
1:7 But cleave[01692][8799] unto the LORD[03068] your God[0430], as ye have done[06213][8804] unto this day[03117]. But cleave...: or, For if ye will cleave, etc
1:8 For the LORD[03068] hath driven out[03423][8686] from before[06440] you great[01419] nations[01471] and strong[06099]: but as for you, no man[0376] hath been able to stand[05975][8804] before[06440] you unto this day[03117]. For the LORD...: or, Then the LORD will drive
1:9 One[0259] man[0376] of you shall chase[07291][8799] a thousand[0505]: for the LORD[03068] your God[0430], he it is that fighteth[03898][8737] for you, as he hath promised[01696][8765] you.
1:10 Take good[03966] heed[08104][8738] therefore unto yourselves[05315], that ye love[0157][8800] the LORD[03068] your God[0430]. yourselves: Heb. your souls
1:11 Else if ye do in any wise[07725][8800] go back[07725][8799], and cleave[01692][8804] unto the remnant[03499] of these nations[01471], even these that remain[07604][8737] among you, and shall make marriages[02859][8694] with them, and go in[0935][8804] unto them, and they to you:
1:12 Know[03045][8799] for a certainty[03045][8800] that the LORD[03068] your God[0430] will no more[03254][8686] drive out[03423][8687] any of these nations[01471] from before[06440] you; but they shall be snares[06341] and traps[04170] unto you, and scourges[07850] in your sides[06654], and thorns[06796] in your eyes[05869], until ye perish[06][8800] from off this good[02896] land[0127] which the LORD[03068] your God[0430] hath given[05414][8804] you.
1:13 And, behold, this day[03117] I am going[01980][8802] the way[01870] of all the earth[0776]: and ye know[03045][8804] in all your hearts[03824] and in all your souls[05315], that not one[0259] thing[01697] hath failed[05307][8804] of all the good[02896] things[01697] which the LORD[03068] your God[0430] spake[01696][8765] concerning you; all are come to pass[0935][8804] unto you, and not one[0259] thing[01697] hath failed[05307][8804] thereof.
1:14 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good[02896] things[01697] are come[0935][8804] upon you, which the LORD[03068] your God[0430] promised[01696][8765] you; so shall the LORD[03068] bring[0935][8686] upon you all evil[07451] things[01697], until he have destroyed[08045][8687] you from off this good[02896] land[0127] which the LORD[03068] your God[0430] hath given[05414][8804] you.
1:15 When ye have transgressed[05674][8800] the covenant[01285] of the LORD[03068] your God[0430], which he commanded[06680][8765] you, and have gone[01980][8804] and served[05647][8804] other[0312] gods[0430], and bowed[07812][8694] yourselves to them; then shall the anger[0639] of the LORD[03068] be kindled[02734][8804] against you, and ye shall perish[06][8804] quickly[04120] from off the good[02896] land[0776] which he hath given[05414][8804] unto you.
1:16 And Joshua[03091] gathered[0622][8799] all the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478] to Shechem[07927], and called[07121][8799] for the elders[02205] of Israel[03478], and for their heads[07218], and for their judges[08199][8802], and for their officers[07860][8802]; and they presented[03320][8691] themselves before[06440] God[0430].
1:17 And Joshua[03091] said[0559][8799] unto all the people[05971], Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], Your fathers[01] dwelt[03427][8804] on the other side[05676] of the flood[05104] in old time[05769], even Terah[08646], the father[01] of Abraham[085], and the father[01] of Nachor[05152]: and they served[05647][8799] other[0312] gods[0430].
1:18 And I took[03947][8799] your father[01] Abraham[085] from the other side[05676] of the flood[05104], and led[03212][8686] him throughout all the land[0776] of Canaan[03667], and multiplied[07235][8686] his seed[02233], and gave[05414][8799] him Isaac[03327].
1:19 And I gave[05414][8799] unto Isaac[03327] Jacob[03290] and Esau[06215]: and I gave[05414][8799] unto Esau[06215] mount[02022] Seir[08165], to possess[03423][8800] it; but Jacob[03290] and his children[01121] went down[03381][8804] into Egypt[04714].
1:20 I sent[07971][8799] Moses[04872] also and Aaron[0175], and I plagued[05062][8799] Egypt[04714], according to that which[0834] I did[06213][8804] among[07130] them: and afterward[0310] I brought you out[03318][8689].
1:21 And I brought[03318][8686] your fathers[01] out of Egypt[04714]: and ye came[0935][8799] unto the sea[03220]; and the Egyptians[04714] pursued[07291][8799] after[0310] your fathers[01] with chariots[07393] and horsemen[06571] unto the Red[05488] sea[03220].
1:22 And when they cried[06817][8799] unto the LORD[03068], he put[07760][8799] darkness[03990] between you and the Egyptians[04713], and brought[0935][8686] the sea[03220] upon them, and covered[03680][8762] them; and your eyes[05869] have seen[07200][8799] what I have done[06213][8804] in Egypt[04714]: and ye dwelt[03427][8799] in the wilderness[04057] a long[07227] season[03117].
1:23 And I brought[0935][8686] you into the land[0776] of the Amorites[0567], which dwelt[03427][8802] on the other side[05676] Jordan[03383]; and they fought[03898][8735] with you: and I gave[05414][8799] them into your hand[03027], that ye might possess[03423][8799] their land[0776]; and I destroyed[08045][8686] them from before[06440] you.
1:24 Then Balak[01111] the son[01121] of Zippor[06834], king[04428] of Moab[04124], arose[06965][8799] and warred[03898][8735] against Israel[03478], and sent[07971][8799] and called[07121][8799] Balaam[01109] the son[01121] of Beor[01160] to curse[07043][8763] you:
1:25 But I would[014][8804] not hearken[08085][8800] unto Balaam[01109]; therefore he blessed[01288][8762] you still[01288][8800]: so I delivered[05337][8686] you out of his hand[03027].
1:26 And ye went over[05674][8799] Jordan[03383], and came[0935][8799] unto Jericho[03405]: and the men[01167] of Jericho[03405] fought[03898][8735] against you, the Amorites[0567], and the Perizzites[06522], and the Canaanites[03669], and the Hittites[02850], and the Girgashites[01622], the Hivites[02340], and the Jebusites[02983]; and I delivered[05414][8799] them into your hand[03027].
1:27 And I sent[07971][8799] the hornet[06880] before[06440] you, which drave them out[01644][8762] from before[06440] you, even the two[08147] kings[04428] of the Amorites[0567]; but not with thy sword[02719], nor with thy bow[07198].
1:28 And I have given[05414][8799] you a land[0776] for which ye did not labour[03021][8804], and cities[05892] which ye built[01129][8804] not, and ye dwell[03427][8799] in them; of the vineyards[03754] and oliveyards[02132] which ye planted[05193][8804] not do ye eat[0398][8802].
1:29 Now therefore fear[03372][8798] the LORD[03068], and serve[05647][8798] him in sincerity[08549] and in truth[0571]: and put away[05493][8685] the gods[0430] which your fathers[01] served[05647][8804] on the other side[05676] of the flood[05104], and in Egypt[04714]; and serve[05647][8798] ye the LORD[03068].
1:30 And if it seem evil[07489][8804] unto you[04310] to serve[05647][8800] the LORD[03068], choose[0977][8798] you this day[03117] whom[05869] ye will serve[05647][8799]; whether the gods[0430] which your fathers[01] served[05647][8804] that were on the other side[05676] of the flood[05104], or the gods[0430] of the Amorites[0567], in whose land[0776] ye dwell[03427][8802]: but as for me and my house[01004], we will serve[05647][8799] the LORD[03068].
1:31 And the people[05971] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799], God forbid[02486] that we should forsake[05800][8800] the LORD[03068], to serve[05647][8800] other[0312] gods[0430];
1:32 For the LORD[03068] our God[0430], he it is that brought us up[05927][8688] and our fathers[01] out of the land[0776] of Egypt[04714], from the house[01004] of bondage[05650], and which did[06213][8804] those great[01419] signs[0226] in our sight[05869], and preserved[08104][8799] us in all the way[01870] wherein we went[01980][8804], and among all the people[05971] through[07130] whom we passed[05674][8804]:
1:33 And the LORD[03068] drave out[01644][8762] from before[06440] us all the people[05971], even the Amorites[0567] which dwelt[03427][8802] in the land[0776]: therefore will we also serve[05647][8799] the LORD[03068]; for he is our God[0430].
1:34 And Joshua[03091] said[0559][8799] unto the people[05971], Ye cannot[03201][8799] serve[05647][8800] the LORD[03068]: for he is an holy[06918] God[0430]; he is a jealous[07072] God[0410]; he will not forgive[05375][8799] your transgressions[06588] nor your sins[02403]. holy God: Heb. holy Gods
1:35 If ye forsake[05800][8799] the LORD[03068], and serve[05647][8804] strange[05236] gods[0430], then he will turn[07725][8804] and do you hurt[07489][8689], and consume[03615][8765] you, after[0310] that he hath done you good[03190][8689].
1:36 And the people[05971] said[0559][8799] unto Joshua[03091], Nay; but we will serve[05647][8799] the LORD[03068].
2:1 And Joshua[03091] said[0559][8799] unto the people[05971], Ye are witnesses[05707] against yourselves that ye have chosen[0977][8804] you the LORD[03068], to serve[05647][8800] him. And they said[0559][8799], We are witnesses[05707].
2:2 Now therefore put away[05493][8685], said he , the strange[05236] gods[0430] which are among[07130] you, and incline[05186][8685] your heart[03824] unto the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478].
2:3 And the people[05971] said[0559][8799] unto Joshua[03091], The LORD[03068] our God[0430] will we serve[05647][8799], and his voice[06963] will we obey[08085][8799].
2:4 So Joshua[03091] made[03772][8799] a covenant[01285] with the people[05971] that day[03117], and set[07760][8799] them a statute[02706] and an ordinance[04941] in Shechem[07927].
2:5 And Joshua[03091] wrote[03789][8799] these words[01697] in the book[05612] of the law[08451] of God[0430], and took[03947][8799] a great[01419] stone[068], and set it up[06965][8686] there under an oak[0427], that  was by the sanctuary[04720] of the LORD[03068].
2:6 And Joshua[03091] said[0559][8799] unto all the people[05971], Behold, this stone[068] shall be a witness[05713] unto us; for it hath heard[08085][8804] all the words[0561] of the LORD[03068] which he spake[01696][8765] unto us: it shall be therefore a witness[05713] unto you, lest ye deny[03584][8762] your God[0430].
2:7 So Joshua[03091] let the people[05971] depart[07971][8762], every man[0376] unto his inheritance[05159].
2:8 And it came to pass after[0310] these things[01697], that Joshua[03091] the son[01121] of Nun[05126], the servant[05650] of the LORD[03068], died[04191][8799], being an hundred[03967] and ten[06235] years[08141] old[01121].
2:9 And they buried[06912][8799] him in the border[01366] of his inheritance[05159] in Timnathserah[08556], which is in mount[02022] Ephraim[0669], on the north side[06828] of the hill[02022] of Gaash[01608].
2:10 And Israel[03478] served[05647][8799] the LORD[03068] all the days[03117] of Joshua[03091], and all the days[03117] of the elders[02205] that overlived[0748][8689][03117][0310] Joshua[03091], and which had known[03045][8804] all the works[04639] of the LORD[03068], that he had done[06213][8804] for Israel[03478]. overlived...: Heb. prolonged their days after Joshua
2:11 And the bones[06106] of Joseph[03130], which the children[01121] of Israel[03478] brought up[05927][8689] out of Egypt[04714], buried[06912][8804] they in Shechem[07927], in a parcel[02513] of ground[07704] which Jacob[03290] bought[07069][8804] of the sons[01121] of Hamor[02544] the father[01] of Shechem[07927] for an hundred[03967] pieces of silver[07192]: and it became the inheritance[05159] of the children[01121] of Joseph[03130]. pieces...: or, lambs
2:12 And Eleazar[0499] the son[01121] of Aaron[0175] died[04191][8804]; and they buried[06912][8799] him in a hill[01389] that pertained to Phinehas[06372] his son[01121], which was given[05414][8738] him in mount[02022] Ephraim[0669].
2:13 Now after[0310] the death[04194] of Joshua[03091] it came to pass, that the children[01121] of Israel[03478] asked[07592][8799] the LORD[03068], saying[0559][8800], Who shall go up[05927][8799] for us against the Canaanites[03669] first[08462], to fight[03898][8736] against them?
2:14 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799], Judah[03063] shall go up[05927][8799]: behold, I have delivered[05414][8804] the land[0776] into his hand[03027].
2:15 And Judah[03063] said[0559][8799] unto Simeon[08095] his brother[0251], Come up[05927][8798] with me into my lot[01486], that we may fight[03898][8735] against the Canaanites[03669]; and I likewise will go[01980][8804] with thee into thy lot[01486]. So Simeon[08095] went[03212][8799] with him.
2:16 And Judah[03063] went up[05927][8799]; and the LORD[03068] delivered[05414][8799] the Canaanites[03669] and the Perizzites[06522] into their hand[03027]: and they slew[05221][8686] of them in Bezek[0966] ten[06235] thousand[0505] men[0376].
2:17 And they found[04672][8799] Adonibezek[0137] in Bezek[0966]: and they fought[03898][8735] against him, and they slew[05221][8686] the Canaanites[03669] and the Perizzites[06522].
2:18 But Adonibezek[0137] fled[05127][8799]; and they pursued[07291][8799] after[0310] him, and caught[0270][8799] him, and cut off[07112][8762] his thumbs[0931][03027] and his great toes[07272].
2:19 And Adonibezek[0137] said[0559][8799], Threescore and ten[07657] kings[04428], having their thumbs[0931][03027] and their great toes[07272] cut off[07112][8794], gathered[03950][8764] their meat under my table[07979]: as I have done[06213][8804], so God[0430] hath requited[07999][8765] me. And they brought[0935][8686] him to Jerusalem[03389], and there he died[04191][8799]. their thumbs...: Heb. the thumbs of their hands and of their feet gathered: or, gleaned
2:20 Now the children[01121] of Judah[03063] had fought[03898][8735] against Jerusalem[03389], and had taken[03920][8799] it, and smitten[05221][8686] it with the edge[06310] of the sword[02719], and set[07971][8765] the city[05892] on fire[0784].
2:21 And afterward[0310] the children[01121] of Judah[03063] went down[03381][8804] to fight[03898][8736] against the Canaanites[03669], that dwelt[03427][8802] in the mountain[02022], and in the south[05045], and in the valley[08219]. valley: or, low country
2:22 And Judah[03063] went[03212][8799] against the Canaanites[03669] that dwelt[03427][8802] in Hebron[02275]: (now the name[08034] of Hebron[02275] before[06440] was Kirjatharba[07153]:) and they slew[05221][8686] Sheshai[08344], and Ahiman[0289], and Talmai[08526].
2:23 And from thence he went[03212][8799] against the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Debir[01688]: and the name[08034] of Debir[01688] before[06440] was Kirjathsepher[07158]:
3:1 And Caleb[03612] said[0559][8799], He that smiteth[05221][8686] Kirjathsepher[07158], and taketh[03920][8804] it, to him will I give[05414][8804] Achsah[05915] my daughter[01323] to wife[0802].
3:2 And Othniel[06274] the son[01121] of Kenaz[07073], Caleb's[03612] younger[06996] brother[0251], took[03920][8799] it: and he gave[05414][8799] him Achsah[05915] his daughter[01323] to wife[0802].
3:3 And it came to pass, when she came[0935][8800] to him , that she moved[05496][8686] him to ask[07592][8800] of her father[01] a field[07704]: and she lighted[06795][8799] from off her ass[02543]; and Caleb[03612] said[0559][8799] unto her, What wilt thou?
3:4 And she said[0559][8799] unto him, Give[03051][8798] me a blessing[01293]: for thou hast given[05414][8804] me a south[05045] land[0776]; give[05414][8804] me also springs[01543] of water[04325]. And Caleb[03612] gave[05414][8799] her the upper[05942] springs[01543] and the nether[08482] springs[01543].
3:5 And the children[01121] of the Kenite[07017], Moses[04872]' father in law[02859][8802], went up[05927][8804] out of the city[05892] of palm trees[08558][8677][05899] with the children[01121] of Judah[03063] into the wilderness[04057] of Judah[03063], which lieth in the south[05045] of Arad[06166]; and they went[03212][8799] and dwelt[03427][8799] among[0854] the people[05971].
3:6 And Judah[03063] went[03212][8799] with Simeon[08095] his brother[0251], and they slew[05221][8686] the Canaanites[03669] that inhabited[03427][8802] Zephath[06857], and utterly destroyed[02763][8686] it. And the name[08034] of the city[05892] was called[07121][8799] Hormah[02767].
3:7 Also Judah[03063] took[03920][8799] Gaza[05804] with the coast[01366] thereof, and Askelon[0831] with the coast[01366] thereof, and Ekron[06138] with the coast[01366] thereof.
3:8 And the LORD[03068] was with Judah[03063]; and he drave out[03423][8686] the inhabitants of the mountain[02022]; but could not[03808] drive out[03423][8687] the inhabitants[03427][8802] of the valley[06010], because they had chariots[07393] of iron[01270]. drave...: or, possessed the mountain
3:9 And they gave[05414][8799] Hebron[02275] unto Caleb[03612], as Moses[04872] said[01696][8765]: and he expelled[03423][8686] thence the three[07969] sons[01121] of Anak[06061].
3:10 And the children[01121] of Benjamin[01144] did not drive out[03423][8689] the Jebusites[02983] that inhabited[03427][8802] Jerusalem[03389]; but the Jebusites[02983] dwell[03427][8799] with the children[01121] of Benjamin[01144] in Jerusalem[03389] unto this day[03117].
3:11 And the house[01004] of Joseph[03130], they also went up[05927][8799] against Bethel[01008]: and the LORD[03068] was with them.
3:12 And the house[01004] of Joseph[03130] sent to descry[08446][8686] Bethel[01008]. (Now the name[08034] of the city[05892] before[06440] was Luz[03870].)
3:13 And the spies[08104][8802] saw[07200][8799] a man[0376] come forth[03318][8802] out of the city[05892], and they said[0559][8799] unto him, Shew[07200][8685] us, we pray thee, the entrance[03996] into the city[05892], and we will shew[06213][8804] thee mercy[02617].
3:14 And when he shewed[07200][8686] them the entrance[03996] into the city[05892], they smote[05221][8686] the city[05892] with the edge[06310] of the sword[02719]; but they let go[07971][8765] the man[0376] and all his family[04940].
3:15 And the man[0376] went[03212][8799] into the land[0776] of the Hittites[02850], and built[01129][8799] a city[05892], and called[07121][8799] the name[08034] thereof Luz[03870]: which is the name[08034] thereof unto this day[03117].
3:16 Neither did Manasseh[04519] drive out[03423][8689] the inhabitants of Bethshean[01052] and her towns[01323], nor Taanach[08590] and her towns[01323], nor the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Dor[01756] and her towns[01323], nor the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Ibleam[02991] and her towns[01323], nor the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Megiddo[04023] and her towns[01323]: but the Canaanites[03669] would[02974][8686] dwell[03427][8800] in that land[0776].
3:17 And it came to pass, when Israel[03478] was strong[02388][8804], that they put[07760][8799] the Canaanites[03669] to tribute[04522], and did not utterly[03423][8687] drive them out[03423][8689].
3:18 Neither did Ephraim[0669] drive out[03423][8689] the Canaanites[03669] that dwelt[03427][8802] in Gezer[01507]; but the Canaanites[03669] dwelt[03427][8799] in Gezer[01507] among[07130] them.
3:19 Neither did Zebulun[02074] drive out[03423][8689] the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Kitron[07003], nor the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Nahalol[05096]; but the Canaanites[03669] dwelt[03427][8799] among[07130] them, and became tributaries[04522].
3:20 Neither did Asher[0836] drive out[03423][8689] the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Accho[05910], nor the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Zidon[06721], nor of Ahlab[0303], nor of Achzib[0392], nor of Helbah[02462], nor of Aphik[0663], nor of Rehob[07340]:
3:21 But the Asherites[0843] dwelt[03427][8799] among[07130] the Canaanites[03669], the inhabitants[03427][8802] of the land[0776]: for they did not drive them out[03423][8689].
3:22 Neither did Naphtali[05321] drive out[03423][8689] the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Bethshemesh[01053], nor the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Bethanath[01043]; but he dwelt[03427][8799] among[07130] the Canaanites[03669], the inhabitants[03427][8802] of the land[0776]: nevertheless the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Bethshemesh[01053] and of Bethanath[01043] became tributaries[04522] unto them.
3:23 And the Amorites[0567] forced[03905][8799] the children[01121] of Dan[01835] into the mountain[02022]: for they would not suffer[05414][8804] them to come down[03381][8800] to the valley[06010]:
3:24 But the Amorites[0567] would[02974][8686] dwell[03427][8800] in mount[02022] Heres[02776] in Aijalon[0357], and in Shaalbim[08169]: yet the hand[03027] of the house[01004] of Joseph[03130] prevailed[03513][8799], so that they became tributaries[04522]. prevailed: Heb. was heavy
3:25 And the coast[01366] of the Amorites[0567] was from the going up[04608] to Akrabbim[04610], from the rock[05553], and upward[04605]. the going...: or, Maalehacrabbim
3:26 And an angel[04397] of the LORD[03068] came up[05927][8799] from Gilgal[01537] to Bochim[01066], and said[0559][8799], I made you to go up[05927][8686] out of Egypt[04714], and have brought[0935][8686] you unto the land[0776] which I sware[07650][8738] unto your fathers[01]; and I said[0559][8799], I will never[05769] break[06565][8686] my covenant[01285] with you. angel: or, messenger
3:27 And ye shall make[03772][8799] no league[01285] with the inhabitants[03427][8802] of this land[0776]; ye shall throw down[05422][8799] their altars[04196]: but ye have not obeyed[08085][8804] my voice[06963]: why have ye done[06213][8804] this?
3:28 Wherefore I also said[0559][8804], I will not drive them out[01644][8762] from before[06440] you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides[06654], and their gods[0430] shall be a snare[04170] unto you.
3:29 And it came to pass, when the angel[04397] of the LORD[03068] spake[01696][8763] these words[01697] unto all the children[01121] of Israel[03478], that the people[05971] lifted up[05375][8799] their voice[06963], and wept[01058][8799].
3:30 And they called[07121][8799] the name[08034] of that place[04725] Bochim[01066]: and they sacrificed[02076][8799] there unto the LORD[03068]. Bochim: that is, Weepers
3:31 And when Joshua[03091] had let the people[05971] go[07971][8762], the children[01121] of Israel[03478] went[03212][8799] every man[0376] unto his inheritance[05159] to possess[03423][8800] the land[0776].
4:1 And the people[05971] served[05647][8799] the LORD[03068] all the days[03117] of Joshua[03091], and all the days[03117] of the elders[02205] that outlived[0748][8689][03117][0310] Joshua[03091], who had seen[07200][8804] all the great[01419] works[04639] of the LORD[03068], that he did[06213][8804] for Israel[03478]. outlived: Heb. prolonged days after
4:2 And Joshua[03091] the son[01121] of Nun[05126], the servant[05650] of the LORD[03068], died[04191][8799], being an hundred[03967] and ten[06235] years[08141] old[01121].
4:3 And they buried[06912][8799] him in the border[01366] of his inheritance[05159] in Timnathheres[08556], in the mount[02022] of Ephraim[0669], on the north side[06828] of the hill[02022] Gaash[01608]. Timnathhares: also called, Timnathserah
4:4 And also all that generation[01755] were gathered[0622][8738] unto their fathers[01]: and there arose[06965][8799] another[0312] generation[01755] after[0310] them, which knew[03045][8804] not the LORD[03068], nor yet the works[04639] which he had done[06213][8804] for Israel[03478].
4:5 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] did[06213][8799] evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], and served[05647][8799] Baalim[01168]:
4:6 And they forsook[05800][8799] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of their fathers[01], which brought them out[03318][8688] of the land[0776] of Egypt[04714], and followed[03212][8799][0310] other[0312] gods[0430], of the gods[0430] of the people[05971] that were round about[05439] them, and bowed[07812][8691] themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD[03068] to anger[03707][8686].
4:7 And they forsook[05800][8799] the LORD[03068], and served[05647][8799] Baal[01168] and Ashtaroth[06252].
4:8 And the anger[0639] of the LORD[03068] was hot[02734][8799] against Israel[03478], and he delivered[05414][8799] them into the hands[03027] of spoilers[08154][8802] that spoiled[08155][8799] them, and he sold[04376][8799] them into the hands[03027] of their enemies[0341][8802] round about[05439], so that they could[03201][8804] not any longer[05750] stand[05975][8800] before[06440] their enemies[0341][8802].
4:9 Whithersoever they went out[03318][8804], the hand[03027] of the LORD[03068] was against them for evil[07451], as the LORD[03068] had said[01696][8765], and as the LORD[03068] had sworn[07650][8738] unto them: and they were greatly[03966] distressed[03334][8799].
4:10 Nevertheless the LORD[03068] raised up[06965][8686] judges[08199][8802], which delivered[03467][8686] them out of the hand[03027] of those that spoiled[08154][8802] them. delivered: Heb. saved
4:11 And yet they would not hearken[08085][8804] unto their judges[08199][8802], but they went a whoring[02181][8804] after[0310] other[0312] gods[0430], and bowed[07812][8691] themselves unto them: they turned[05493][8804] quickly[04118] out of the way[01870] which their fathers[01] walked in[01980][8804], obeying[08085][8800] the commandments[04687] of the LORD[03068]; but they did[06213][8804] not so.
4:12 And when the LORD[03068] raised[06965][8689] them up judges[08199][8802], then the LORD[03068] was with the judge[08199][8802], and delivered[03467][8689] them out of the hand[03027] of their enemies[0341][8802] all the days[03117] of the judge[08199][8802]: for it repented[05162][8735] the LORD[03068] because[06440] of their groanings[05009] by reason of them that oppressed[03905][8801] them and vexed[01766][8802] them.
4:13 And it came to pass, when the judge[08199][8802] was dead[04194], that they returned[07725][8799], and corrupted[07843][8689] themselves more than their fathers[01], in following[03212][8800][0310] other[0312] gods[0430] to serve[05647][8800] them, and to bow down[07812][8692] unto them; they ceased[05307][8689] not from their own doings[04611], nor from their stubborn[07186] way[01870]. corrupted...: or, were corrupt ceased...: Heb. let nothing fall of their
4:14 And the anger[0639] of the LORD[03068] was hot[02734][8799] against Israel[03478]; and he said[0559][8799], Because that this people[01471] hath transgressed[05674][8804] my covenant[01285] which I commanded[06680][8765] their fathers[01], and have not hearkened[08085][8804] unto my voice[06963];
4:15 I also will not henceforth[03254][8686] drive out[03423][8687] any[0376] from before[06440] them of the nations[01471] which Joshua[03091] left[05800][8804] when he died[04191][8799]:
4:16 That through them I may prove[05254][8763] Israel[03478], whether they will keep[08104][8802] the way[01870] of the LORD[03068] to walk[03212][8800] therein, as their fathers[01] did keep[08104][8804] it , or not.
4:17 Therefore the LORD[03068] left[03240][8686] those nations[01471], without[01115] driving them out[03423][8687] hastily[04118]; neither delivered[05414][8804] he them into the hand[03027] of Joshua[03091]. left: or, suffered
4:18 Now these are the nations[01471] which the LORD[03068] left[03240][8689], to prove[05254][8763] Israel[03478] by them, even as many of Israel as had not known[03045][8804] all the wars[04421] of Canaan[03667];
4:19 Only that[07535] the generations[01755] of the children[01121] of Israel[03478] might know[03045][8800], to teach[03925][8763] them war[04421], at the least such as before[06440] knew[03045][8804] nothing thereof;
4:20 Namely , five[02568] lords[05633] of the Philistines[06430], and all the Canaanites[03669], and the Sidonians[06722], and the Hivites[02340] that dwelt[03427][8802] in mount[02022] Lebanon[03844], from mount[02022] Baalhermon[01179] unto the entering in[0935][8800] of Hamath[02574].
4:21 And they were to prove[05254][8763] Israel[03478] by them, to know[03045][8800] whether they would hearken[08085][8799] unto the commandments[04687] of the LORD[03068], which he commanded[06680][8765] their fathers[01] by the hand[03027] of Moses[04872].
4:22 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] dwelt[03427][8804] among[07130] the Canaanites[03669], Hittites[02850], and Amorites[0567], and Perizzites[06522], and Hivites[02340], and Jebusites[02983]:
4:23 And they took[03947][8799] their daughters[01323] to be their wives[0802], and gave[05414][8804] their daughters[01323] to their sons[01121], and served[05647][8799] their gods[0430].
4:24 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] did[06213][8799] evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], and forgat[07911][8799] the LORD[03068] their God[0430], and served[05647][8799] Baalim[01168] and the groves[0842].
5:1 Therefore the anger[0639] of the LORD[03068] was hot[02734][8799] against Israel[03478], and he sold[04376][8799] them into the hand[03027] of Chushanrishathaim[03573] king[04428] of Mesopotamia[0763]: and the children[01121] of Israel[03478] served[05647][8799] Chushanrishathaim[03573] eight[08083] years[08141]. Mesopotamia: Heb. Aramnaharaim
5:2 And when the children[01121] of Israel[03478] cried[02199][8799] unto the LORD[03068], the LORD[03068] raised up[06965][8686] a deliverer[03467][8688] to the children[01121] of Israel[03478], who delivered[03467][8686] them, even Othniel[06274] the son[01121] of Kenaz[07073], Caleb's[03612] younger[06996] brother[0251]. deliverer: Heb. saviour
5:3 And the Spirit[07307] of the LORD[03068] came upon him, and he judged[08199][8799] Israel[03478], and went out[03318][8799] to war[04421]: and the LORD[03068] delivered[05414][8799] Chushanrishathaim[03573] king[04428] of Mesopotamia[0763] into his hand[03027]; and his hand[03027] prevailed[05810][8799] against Chushanrishathaim[03573]. came: Heb. was Mesopotamia: Heb. Aram
5:4 And the land[0776] had rest[08252][8799] forty[0705] years[08141]. And Othniel[06274] the son[01121] of Kenaz[07073] died[04191][8799].
5:5 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] did[06213][8800] evil[07451] again[03254][8686] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068]: and the LORD[03068] strengthened[02388][8762] Eglon[05700] the king[04428] of Moab[04124] against Israel[03478], because they had done[06213][8804] evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068].
5:6 And he gathered[0622][8799] unto him the children[01121] of Ammon[05983] and Amalek[06002], and went[03212][8799] and smote[05221][8686] Israel[03478], and possessed[03423][8799] the city[05892] of palm trees[08558][8677][05899].
5:7 So the children[01121] of Israel[03478] served[05647][8799] Eglon[05700] the king[04428] of Moab[04124] eighteen[08083][06240] years[08141].
5:8 But when the children[01121] of Israel[03478] cried[02199][8799] unto the LORD[03068], the LORD[03068] raised them up[06965][8686] a deliverer[03467][8688], Ehud[0164] the son[01121] of Gera[01617], a Benjamite[01145], a man[0376] lefthanded[0334][03225]: and by him[03027] the children[01121] of Israel[03478] sent[07971][8799] a present[04503] unto Eglon[05700] the king[04428] of Moab[04124]. a Benjamite: or, the son of Jemini lefthanded: Heb. shut of his right hand
5:9 But Ehud[0164] made[06213][8799] him a dagger[02719] which had two[08147] edges[06366], of a cubit[01574] length[0753]; and he did gird[02296][8799] it under his raiment[04055] upon his right[03225] thigh[03409].
5:10 And he brought[07126][8686] the present[04503] unto Eglon[05700] king[04428] of Moab[04124]: and Eglon[05700] was a very[03966] fat[01277] man[0376].
5:11 And when he had made an end[03615][8765] to offer[07126][8687] the present[04503], he sent away[07971][8762] the people[05971] that bare[05375][8802] the present[04503].
5:12 But he himself turned again[07725][8804] from the quarries[06456] that were by Gilgal[01537], and said[0559][8799], I have a secret[05643] errand[01697] unto thee, O king[04428]: who said[0559][8799], Keep silence[02013][8761]. And all that stood[05975][8802] by him went out[03318][8799] from him. quarries: or, graven images
5:13 And Ehud[0164] came[0935][8804] unto him; and he was sitting[03427][8802] in a summer[04747] parlour[05944], which he had for himself alone. And Ehud[0164] said[0559][8799], I have a message[01697] from God[0430] unto thee. And he arose[06965][8799] out of his seat[03678]. a summer...: Heb. a parlour of cooling
5:14 And Ehud[0164] put forth[07971][8799] his left[08040] hand[03027], and took[03947][8799] the dagger[02719] from his right[03225] thigh[03409], and thrust[08628][8799] it into his belly[0990]:
5:15 And the haft[05325] also went in[0935][8799] after[0310] the blade[03851]; and the fat[02459] closed[05462][8799] upon[01157] the blade[03851], so that he could not draw[08025][8804] the dagger[02719] out of his belly[0990]; and the dirt[06574] came out[03318][8799]. the dirt...: or, it came out at the buttocks
5:16 Then Ehud[0164] went forth[03318][8799] through the porch[04528], and shut[05462][8799] the doors[01817] of the parlour[05944] upon him, and locked[05274][8804] them.
5:17 When he was gone out[03318][8804], his servants[05650] came[0935][8804]; and when they saw[07200][8799] that, behold, the doors[01817] of the parlour[05944] were locked[05274][8803], they said[0559][8799], Surely he covereth[05526][8688] his feet[07272] in his summer[04747] chamber[02315]. covereth...: or, doeth his easement
5:18 And they tarried[02342][8799] till they were ashamed[0954][8800]: and, behold, he opened[06605][8802] not the doors[01817] of the parlour[05944]; therefore they took[03947][8799] a key[04668], and opened[06605][8799]  them : and, behold, their lord[0113] was fallen down[05307][8802] dead[04191][8801] on the earth[0776].
5:19 And Ehud[0164] escaped[04422][8738] while they tarried[04102][8699], and passed beyond[05674][8804] the quarries[06456], and escaped[04422][8735] unto Seirath[08167].
5:20 And it came to pass, when he was come[0935][8800], that he blew[08628][8799] a trumpet[07782] in the mountain[02022] of Ephraim[0669], and the children[01121] of Israel[03478] went down[03381][8799] with him from the mount[02022], and he before[06440] them.
5:21 And he said[0559][8799] unto them, Follow[07291][8798] after[0310] me: for the LORD[03068] hath delivered[05414][8804] your enemies[0341][8802] the Moabites[04124] into your hand[03027]. And they went down[03381][8799] after[0310] him, and took[03920][8799] the fords[04569] of Jordan[03383] toward Moab[04124], and suffered[05414][8804] not a man[0376] to pass over[05674][8800].
5:22 And they slew[05221][8686] of Moab[04124] at that time[06256] about ten[06235] thousand[0505] men[0376], all lusty[08082], and all men[0376] of valour[02428]; and there escaped[04422][8738] not a man[0376]. lusty: Heb. fat
5:23 So Moab[04124] was subdued[03665][8735] that day[03117] under the hand[03027] of Israel[03478]. And the land[0776] had rest[08252][8799] fourscore[08084] years[08141].
5:24 And after[0310] him was Shamgar[08044] the son[01121] of Anath[06067], which slew[05221][8686] of the Philistines[06430] six[08337] hundred[03967] men[0376] with an ox[01241] goad[04451]: and he also delivered[03467][8686] Israel[03478].
5:25 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] again[03254][8686] did[06213][8800] evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], when Ehud[0164] was dead[04191][8804].
5:26 And the LORD[03068] sold[04376][8799] them into the hand[03027] of Jabin[02985] king[04428] of Canaan[03667], that reigned[04427][8804] in Hazor[02674]; the captain[08269] of whose host[06635] was Sisera[05516], which dwelt[03427][8802] in Harosheth[02800] of the Gentiles[01471].
5:27 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] cried[06817][8799] unto the LORD[03068]: for he had nine[08672] hundred[03967] chariots[07393] of iron[01270]; and twenty[06242] years[08141] he mightily[02394] oppressed[03905][8804] the children[01121] of Israel[03478].
5:28 And Deborah[01683], a prophetess[05031], the wife[0802] of Lapidoth[03941], she judged[08199][8802] Israel[03478] at that time[06256].
5:29 And she dwelt[03427][8802] under the palm tree[08560] of Deborah[01683] between Ramah[07414] and Bethel[01008] in mount[02022] Ephraim[0669]: and the children[01121] of Israel[03478] came up[05927][8799] to her for judgment[04941].
5:30 And she sent[07971][8799] and called[07121][8799] Barak[01301] the son[01121] of Abinoam[042] out of Kedeshnaphtali[06943], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Hath not the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478] commanded[06680][8765], saying , Go[03212][8798] and draw[04900][8804] toward mount[02022] Tabor[08396], and take[03947][8804] with thee ten[06235] thousand[0505] men[0376] of the children[01121] of Naphtali[05321] and of the children[01121] of Zebulun[02074]?
5:31 And I will draw[04900][8804] unto thee to the river[05158] Kishon[07028] Sisera[05516], the captain[08269] of Jabin's[02985] army[06635], with his chariots[07393] and his multitude[01995]; and I will deliver[05414][8804] him into thine hand[03027].
6:1 And Barak[01301] said[0559][8799] unto her, If thou wilt go[03212][8799] with me, then I will go[01980][8804]: but if thou wilt not go[03212][8799] with me, then I will not go[03212][8799].
6:2 And she said[0559][8799], I will surely[01980][8800] go[03212][8799] with thee: notwithstanding[0657] the journey[01870] that thou takest[01980][8802] shall not be for thine honour[08597]; for the LORD[03068] shall sell[04376][8799] Sisera[05516] into the hand[03027] of a woman[0802]. And Deborah[01683] arose[06965][8799], and went[03212][8799] with Barak[01301] to Kedesh[06943].
6:3 And Barak[01301] called[02199][8686] Zebulun[02074] and Naphtali[05321] to Kedesh[06943]; and he went up[05927][8799] with ten[06235] thousand[0505] men[0376] at his feet[07272]: and Deborah[01683] went up[05927][8799] with him.
6:4 Now Heber[02268] the Kenite[07017], which was of the children[01121] of Hobab[02246] the father in law[02859][8802] of Moses[04872], had severed[06504][8737] himself from the Kenites[07017], and pitched[05186][8799] his tent[0168] unto the plain[0436] of Zaanaim[06815], which is by Kedesh[06943].
6:5 And they shewed[05046][8686] Sisera[05516] that Barak[01301] the son[01121] of Abinoam[042] was gone up[05927][8804] to mount[02022] Tabor[08396].
6:6 And Sisera[05516] gathered together[02199][8686] all his chariots[07393], even nine[08672] hundred[03967] chariots[07393] of iron[01270], and all the people[05971] that were with him, from Harosheth[02800] of the Gentiles[01471] unto the river[05158] of Kishon[07028]. together: Heb. by cry, or, proclamation
6:7 And Deborah[01683] said[0559][8799] unto Barak[01301], Up[06965][8798]; for this is the day[03117] in which the LORD[03068] hath delivered[05414][8804] Sisera[05516] into thine hand[03027]: is not the LORD[03068] gone out[03318][8804] before[06440] thee? So Barak[01301] went down[03381][8799] from mount[02022] Tabor[08396], and ten[06235] thousand[0505] men[0376] after[0310] him.
6:8 And the LORD[03068] discomfited[02000][8799] Sisera[05516], and all his chariots[07393], and all his host[04264], with the edge[06310] of the sword[02719] before[06440] Barak[01301]; so that Sisera[05516] lighted down[03381][8799] off his chariot[04818], and fled away[05127][8799] on his feet[07272].
6:9 But Barak[01301] pursued[07291][8804] after[0310] the chariots[07393], and after the host[04264], unto Harosheth[02800] of the Gentiles[01471]: and all the host[04264] of Sisera[05516] fell[05307][8799] upon the edge[06310] of the sword[02719]; and there was not a man[0259] left[07604][8738]. a man: Heb. unto one
6:10 Howbeit Sisera[05516] fled away[05127][8804] on his feet[07272] to the tent[0168] of Jael[03278] the wife[0802] of Heber[02268] the Kenite[07017]: for there was peace[07965] between Jabin[02985] the king[04428] of Hazor[02674] and the house[01004] of Heber[02268] the Kenite[07017].
6:11 And Jael[03278] went out[03318][8799] to meet[07125][8800] Sisera[05516], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Turn in[05493][8798], my lord[0113], turn in[05493][8798] to me; fear[03372][8799] not. And when he had turned in[05493][8799] unto her into the tent[0168], she covered[03680][8762] him with a mantle[08063]. mantle: or, rug, or, blanket
6:12 And he said[0559][8799] unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little[04592] water[04325] to drink[08248][8685]; for I am thirsty[06770][8804]. And she opened[06605][8799] a bottle[04997] of milk[02461], and gave him drink[08248][8686], and covered[03680][8762] him.
6:13 Again he said[0559][8799] unto her, Stand in[05975][8798] the door[06607] of the tent[0168], and it shall be, when any man[0376] doth come[0935][8799] and enquire[07592][8804] of thee, and say[0559][8804], Is there[03426][00] any man[0376] here[03426]? that thou shalt say[0559][8804], No.
6:14 Then Jael[03278] Heber's[02268] wife[0802] took[03947][8799] a nail[03489] of the tent[0168], and took[07760][8799] an hammer[04718] in her hand[03027], and went[0935][8799] softly[03814] unto him, and smote[08628][8799] the nail[03489] into his temples[07541], and fastened[06795][8799] it into the ground[0776]: for he was fast asleep[07290][8738] and weary[05774][8799]. So he died[04191][8799]. and took: Heb. and put
6:15 And, behold, as Barak[01301] pursued[07291][8802] Sisera[05516], Jael[03278] came out[03318][8799] to meet[07125][8800] him, and said[0559][8799] unto him, Come[03212][8798], and I will shew[07200][8686] thee the man[0376] whom thou seekest[01245][8764]. And when he came[0935][8799] into her tent , behold, Sisera[05516] lay[05307][8802] dead[04191][8801], and the nail[03489] was in his temples[07541].
6:16 So God[0430] subdued[03665][8686] on that day[03117] Jabin[02985] the king[04428] of Canaan[03667] before[06440] the children[01121] of Israel[03478].
6:17 And the hand[03027] of the children[01121] of Israel[03478] prospered[03212][8799][01980][8800], and prevailed[07186] against Jabin[02985] the king[04428] of Canaan[03667], until they had destroyed[03772][8689] Jabin[02985] king[04428] of Canaan[03667]. prospered...: Heb. going went and was hard
6:18 Then sang[07891][8799] Deborah[01683] and Barak[01301] the son[01121] of Abinoam[042] on that day[03117], saying[0559][8800],
6:19 Praise[01288][8761] ye the LORD[03068] for the avenging[06544][8800][06546] of Israel[03478], when the people[05971] willingly offered[05068][8692] themselves.
6:20 Hear[08085][8798], O ye kings[04428]; give ear[0238][8685], O ye princes[07336][8802]; I, even I, will sing[07891][8799] unto the LORD[03068]; I will sing[02167][8762] praise to the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478].
6:21 LORD[03068], when thou wentest out[03318][8800] of Seir[08165], when thou marchedst out[06805][8800] of the field[07704] of Edom[0123], the earth[0776] trembled[07493][8804], and the heavens[08064] dropped[05197][8804], the clouds[05645] also dropped[05197][8804] water[04325].
6:22 The mountains[02022] melted[05140][8804] from before[06440] the LORD[03068], even that Sinai[05514] from before[06440] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478]. melted: Heb. flowed
6:23 In the days[03117] of Shamgar[08044] the son[01121] of Anath[06067], in the days[03117] of Jael[03278], the highways[0734] were unoccupied[02308][8804], and the travellers[01980][8802] walked[03212][8799] through byways[06128][05410]. travellers: Heb. walkers of paths byways: Heb. crooked ways
6:24 The inhabitants of the villages[06520] ceased[02308][8804], they ceased[02308][8804] in Israel[03478], until that I Deborah[01683] arose[06965][8804], that I arose[06965][8804] a mother[0517] in Israel[03478].
6:25 They chose[0977][8799] new[02319] gods[0430]; then was war[03901] in the gates[08179]: was there a shield[04043] or spear[07420] seen[07200][8735] among forty[0705] thousand[0505] in Israel[03478]?
6:26 My heart[03820] is toward the governors[02710][8802] of Israel[03478], that offered themselves willingly[05068][8693] among the people[05971]. Bless[01288][8761] ye the LORD[03068].
6:27 Speak[07878][8798], ye that ride[07392][8802] on white[06715] asses[0860], ye that sit[03427][8802] in judgment[04055], and walk[01980][8802] by the way[01870]. Speak: or, Meditate
6:28 They that are delivered from the noise[06963] of archers[02686][8764] in the places of drawing water[04857], there shall they rehearse[08567][8762] the righteous acts[06666] of the LORD[03068], even the righteous acts[06666] toward the inhabitants of his villages[06520] in Israel[03478]: then shall the people[05971] of the LORD[03068] go down[03381][8804] to the gates[08179]. righteous...: Heb. righteousnesses
6:29 Awake[05782][8798], awake[05782][8798], Deborah[01683]: awake[05782][8798], awake[05782][8798], utter[01696][8761] a song[07892]: arise[06965][8798], Barak[01301], and lead thy captivity[07628] captive[07617][8798], thou son[01121] of Abinoam[042].
6:30 Then he made him that remaineth[08300] have dominion[07287][8762] over the nobles[0117] among the people[05971]: the LORD[03068] made me have dominion[07287][8762] over the mighty[01368].
6:31 Out of Ephraim[0669] was there a root[08328] of them against Amalek[06002]; after[0310] thee, Benjamin[01144], among thy people[05971]; out of Machir[04353] came down[03381][8804] governors[02710][8781], and out of Zebulun[02074] they that handle[04900][8802] the pen[07626] of the writer[05608][8802]. handle: Heb. draw with
6:32 And the princes[08269] of Issachar[03485] were with Deborah[01683]; even Issachar[03485], and also Barak[01301]: he was sent[07971][8795] on foot[07272] into the valley[06010]. For the divisions[06390] of Reuben[07205] there were great[01419] thoughts[02711] of heart[03820]. foot: Heb. his feet thoughts: Heb. impressions For: or, In
6:33 Why abodest[03427][8804] thou among[0996] the sheepfolds[04942], to hear[08085][8800] the bleatings[08292] of the flocks[05739]? For the divisions[06390] of Reuben[07205] there were great[01419] searchings[02714] of heart[03820]. For: or, In
6:34 Gilead[01568] abode[07931][8804] beyond[05676] Jordan[03383]: and why did Dan[01835] remain[01481][8799] in ships[0591]? Asher[0836] continued[03427][8804] on the sea[03220] shore[02348], and abode[07931][8799] in his breaches[04664]. shore: or, port breaches: or, creeks
6:35 Zebulun[02074] and Naphtali[05321] were a people[05971] that jeoparded[02778][8765] their lives[05315] unto the death[04191][8800] in the high places[04791] of the field[07704]. jeoparded: Heb. exposed to reproach
6:36 The kings[04428] came[0935][8804] and fought[03898][8738], then fought[03898][8738] the kings[04428] of Canaan[03667] in Taanach[08590] by the waters[04325] of Megiddo[04023]; they took[03947][8804] no gain[01215] of money[03701].
6:37 They fought[03898][8738] from heaven[08064]; the stars[03556] in their courses[04546] fought[03898][8738] against Sisera[05516]. courses: Heb. paths
6:38 The river[05158] of Kishon[07028] swept them away[01640][8804], that ancient[06917] river[05158], the river[05158] Kishon[07028]. O my soul[05315], thou hast trodden down[01869][8799] strength[05797].
6:39 Then were the horsehoofs[06119][05483] broken[01986][8804] by the means of the pransings[01726], the pransings[01726] of their mighty ones[047]. pransings: or, tramplings, or, plungings
6:40 Curse[0779][8798] ye Meroz[04789], said[0559][8804] the angel[04397] of the LORD[03068], curse[0779][8798] ye bitterly[0779][8800] the inhabitants[03427][8802] thereof; because they came[0935][8804] not to the help[05833] of the LORD[03068], to the help[05833] of the LORD[03068] against the mighty[01368].
7:1 Blessed[01288][8792] above women[0802] shall Jael[03278] the wife[0802] of Heber[02268] the Kenite[07017] be, blessed[01288][8792] shall she be above women[0802] in the tent[0168].
7:2 He asked[07592][8804] water[04325], and she gave[05414][8804] him milk[02461]; she brought forth[07126][8689] butter[02529] in a lordly[0117] dish[05602].
7:3 She put[07971][8799] her hand[03027] to the nail[03489], and her right hand[03225] to the workmen's[06001] hammer[01989]; and with the hammer she smote[01986][8804] Sisera[05516], she smote off[04277][8804] his head[07218], when she had pierced[04272][8804] and stricken through[02498][8804] his temples[07541]. with...: Heb. she hammered
7:4 At her feet[07272] he bowed[03766][8804], he fell[05307][8804], he lay down[07901][8804]: at her feet[07272] he bowed[03766][8804], he fell[05307][8804]: where[0834] he bowed[03766][8804], there he fell down[05307][8804] dead[07703][8803]. At: Heb. Between dead: Heb. destroyed
7:5 The mother[0517] of Sisera[05516] looked[08259][8738] out at a window[02474], and cried[02980][8762] through the lattice[0822], Why is his chariot[07393] so long[0954][8765] in coming[0935][8800]? why tarry[0309][8765] the wheels[06471] of his chariots[04818]?
7:6 Her wise[02450] ladies[08282] answered[06030][8799] her, yea, she returned[07725][8686] answer[0561] to herself, answer: Heb. her words
7:7 Have they not sped[04672][8799]? have they not divided[02505][8762] the prey[07998]; to every[07218] man[01397] a damsel[07356] or two[07361]; to Sisera[05516] a prey[07998] of divers colours[06648], a prey[07998] of divers colours[06648] of needlework[07553], of divers colours[06648] of needlework on both sides[07553], meet for the necks[06677] of them that take the spoil[07998]? every...: Heb. the head of a man
7:8 So let all thine enemies[0341][8802] perish[06][8799], O LORD[03068]: but let them that love[0157][8802] him be as the sun[08121] when he goeth forth[03318][8800] in his might[01369]. And the land[0776] had rest[08252][8799] forty[0705] years[08141].
7:9 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] did[06213][8799] evil[07451] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068]: and the LORD[03068] delivered[05414][8799] them into the hand[03027] of Midian[04080] seven[07651] years[08141].
7:10 And the hand[03027] of Midian[04080] prevailed[05810][8799] against Israel[03478]: and because[06440] of the Midianites[04080] the children[01121] of Israel[03478] made[06213][8804] them the dens[04492] which  are in the mountains[02022], and caves[04631], and strong holds[04679]. prevailed: Heb. was strong
7:11 And so it was, when Israel[03478] had sown[02232][8804], that the Midianites[04080] came up[05927][8804], and the Amalekites[06002], and the children[01121] of the east[06924], even they came up[05927][8804] against them;
7:12 And they encamped[02583][8799] against them, and destroyed[07843][8686] the increase[02981] of the earth[0776], till thou come[0935][8800] unto Gaza[05804], and left[07604][8686] no sustenance[04241] for Israel[03478], neither sheep[07716], nor ox[07794], nor ass[02543]. sheep: or goat
7:13 For they came up[05927][8799] with their cattle[04735] and their tents[0168], and they came[0935][8804][8675][0935][8799] as[01767] grasshoppers[0697] for multitude[07230]; for  both they and their camels[01581] were without number[04557]: and they entered[0935][8799] into the land[0776] to destroy[07843][8763] it.
7:14 And Israel[03478] was greatly[03966] impoverished[01809][8735] because[06440] of the Midianites[04080]; and the children[01121] of Israel[03478] cried[02199][8799] unto the LORD[03068].
7:15 And it came to pass, when the children[01121] of Israel[03478] cried[02199][8804] unto the LORD[03068] because[0182] of the Midianites[04080],
7:16 That the LORD[03068] sent[07971][8799] a prophet[0376][05030] unto the children[01121] of Israel[03478], which said[0559][8799] unto them, Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], I brought you up[05927][8689] from Egypt[04714], and brought you forth[03318][8686] out of the house[01004] of bondage[05650]; a prophet: Heb. a man a prophet
7:17 And I delivered[05337][8686] you out of the hand[03027] of the Egyptians[04714], and out of the hand[03027] of all that oppressed[03905][8801] you, and drave them out[01644][8762] from before[06440] you, and gave[05414][8799] you their land[0776];
7:18 And I said[0559][8799] unto you, I am the LORD[03068] your God[0430]; fear[03372][8799] not the gods[0430] of the Amorites[0567], in whose land[0776] ye dwell[03427][8802]: but ye have not obeyed[08085][8804] my voice[06963].
7:19 And there came[0935][8799] an angel[04397] of the LORD[03068], and sat[03427][8799] under an oak[0424] which was in Ophrah[06084], that pertained unto Joash[03101] the Abiezrite[033]: and his son[01121] Gideon[01439] threshed[02251][8802] wheat[02406] by the winepress[01660], to hide[05127][8687] it from[06440] the Midianites[04080]. Gideon: Gr. Gedeon to hide...: Heb. to cause it to flee
7:20 And the angel[04397] of the LORD[03068] appeared[07200][8735] unto him, and said[0559][8799] unto him, The LORD[03068] is with thee, thou mighty[01368] man of valour[02428].
7:21 And Gideon[01439] said[0559][8799] unto him, Oh[0994] my Lord[0113], if[03426] the LORD[03068] be with us, why then is all this befallen[04672][8804] us? and where be all his miracles[06381][8737] which our fathers[01] told[05608][8765] us of, saying[0559][8800], Did not the LORD[03068] bring us up[05927][8689] from Egypt[04714]? but now the LORD[03068] hath forsaken[05203][8804] us, and delivered[05414][8799] us into the hands[03709] of the Midianites[04080].
7:22 And the LORD[03068] looked[06437][8799] upon him, and said[0559][8799], Go[03212][8798] in this thy might[03581], and thou shalt save[03467][8689] Israel[03478] from the hand[03709] of the Midianites[04080]: have not I sent[07971][8804] thee?
7:23 And he said[0559][8799] unto him, Oh[0994] my Lord[0136], wherewith[04100] shall I save[03467][8686] Israel[03478]? behold, my family[0504][8676][0505] is poor[01800] in Manasseh[04519], and I am the least[06810] in my father's[01] house[01004]. my family...: Heb. my thousand is the meanest
7:24 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite[05221][8689] the Midianites[04080] as one[0259] man[0376].
7:25 And he said[0559][8799] unto him, If now I have found[04672][8804] grace[02580] in thy sight[05869], then shew[06213][8804] me a sign[0226] that thou talkest[01696][8764] with me.
8:1 Depart[04185][8799] not hence, I pray thee, until I come[0935][8800] unto thee, and bring forth[03318][8689] my present[04503], and set[03240][8689] it before[06440] thee. And he said[0559][8799], I will tarry[03427][8799] until thou come again[07725][8800]. present: or, meat offering
8:2 And Gideon[01439] went in[0935][8804], and made ready[06213][8799] a kid[05795][01423], and unleavened cakes[04682] of an ephah[0374] of flour[07058]: the flesh[01320] he put[07760][8804] in a basket[05536], and he put[07760][8804] the broth[04839] in a pot[06517], and brought it out[03318][8686] unto him under the oak[0424], and presented[05066][8686] it . a kid: Heb. a kid of the goats
8:3 And the angel[04397] of God[0430] said[0559][8799] unto him, Take[03947][8798] the flesh[01320] and the unleavened cakes[04682], and lay[03240][8685] them upon this[01975] rock[05553], and pour out[08210][8798] the broth[04839]. And he did[06213][8799] so.
8:4 Then the angel[04397] of the LORD[03068] put forth[07971][8799] the end[07097] of the staff[04938] that was in his hand[03027], and touched[05060][8799] the flesh[01320] and the unleavened cakes[04682]; and there rose up[05927][8799] fire[0784] out of the rock[06697], and consumed[0398][8799] the flesh[01320] and the unleavened cakes[04682]. Then the angel[04397] of the LORD[03068] departed[01980][8804] out of his sight[05869].
8:5 And when Gideon[01439] perceived[07200][8799] that he was an angel[04397] of the LORD[03068], Gideon[01439] said[0559][8799], Alas[0162], O Lord[0136] GOD[03069]! for because[03651] I have seen[07200][8804] an angel[04397] of the LORD[03068] face[06440] to face[06440].
8:6 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto him, Peace[07965] be unto thee; fear[03372][8799] not: thou shalt not die[04191][8799].
8:7 Then Gideon[01439] built[01129][8799] an altar[04196] there unto the LORD[03068], and called[07121][8799] it Jehovahshalom[03073]: unto this day[03117] it is yet in Ophrah[06084] of the Abiezrites[033]. Jehovahshalom: that is, The LORD send peace
8:8 And it came to pass the same night[03915], that the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto him, Take[03947][8798] thy father's[01] young[06499] bullock[07794], even the second[08145] bullock[06499] of seven[07651] years old[08141], and throw down[02040][8804] the altar[04196] of Baal[01168] that thy father[01] hath, and cut down[03772][8799] the grove[0842] that is  by it: even: or, and
8:9 And build[01129][8804] an altar[04196] unto the LORD[03068] thy God[0430] upon the top[07218] of this rock[04581], in the ordered place[04634], and take[03947][8804] the second[08145] bullock[06499], and offer[05927][8689] a burnt sacrifice[05930] with the wood[06086] of the grove[0842] which thou shalt cut down[03772][8799]. rock: Heb. strong place in the ordered...: or, in an orderly manner
8:10 Then Gideon[01439] took[03947][8799] ten[06235] men[0582] of his servants[05650], and did[06213][8799] as the LORD[03068] had said[01696][8765] unto him: and so it was, because he feared[03372][8804] his father's[01] household[01004], and the men[0582] of the city[05892], that he could not do[06213][8800] it by day[03119], that he did[06213][8799] it by night[03915].
8:11 And when the men[0582] of the city[05892] arose early[07925][8686] in the morning[01242], behold, the altar[04196] of Baal[01168] was cast down[05422][8795], and the grove[0842] was cut down[03772][8795] that was by it, and the second[08145] bullock[06499] was offered[05927][8717] upon the altar[04196] that was built[01129][8803].
8:12 And they said[0559][8799] one[0376] to another[07453], Who hath done[06213][8804] this thing[01697]? And when they enquired[01875][8799] and asked[01245][8762], they said[0559][8799], Gideon[01439] the son[01121] of Joash[03101] hath done[06213][8804] this thing[01697].
8:13 Then the men[0582] of the city[05892] said[0559][8799] unto Joash[03101], Bring out[03318][8685] thy son[01121], that he may die[04191][8799]: because he hath cast down[05422][8804] the altar[04196] of Baal[01168], and because he hath cut down[03772][8804] the grove[0842] that was by it.
8:14 And Joash[03101] said[0559][8799] unto all that stood[05975][8804] against him, Will ye plead[07378][8799] for Baal[01168]? will ye save[03467][8686] him? he that will plead[07378][8799] for him, let him be put to death[04191][8714] whilst it is yet morning[01242]: if he be a god[0430], let him plead[07378][8799] for himself, because one hath cast down[05422][8804] his altar[04196].
8:15 Therefore on that day[03117] he called[07121][8799] him Jerubbaal[03378], saying[0559][8800], Let Baal[01168] plead[07378][8799] against him, because he hath thrown down[05422][8804] his altar[04196]. Jerubbaal: that is, Let Baal plead Jerubbesheth: that is, Let the shameful thing plead
8:16 Then all the Midianites[04080] and the Amalekites[06002] and the children[01121] of the east[06924] were gathered[0622][8738] together[03162], and went over[05674][8799], and pitched[02583][8799] in the valley[06010] of Jezreel[03157].
8:17 But the Spirit[07307] of the LORD[03068] came[03847][8804] upon Gideon[01439], and he blew[08628][8799] a trumpet[07782]; and Abiezer[044] was gathered[02199][8735] after[0310] him. came...: Heb. clothed gathered: Heb. called
8:18 And he sent[07971][8804] messengers[04397] throughout all Manasseh[04519]; who also was gathered[02199][8735] after[0310] him: and he sent[07971][8804] messengers[04397] unto Asher[0836], and unto Zebulun[02074], and unto Naphtali[05321]; and they came up[05927][8799] to meet[07125][8800] them. gathered: Heb. called
8:19 And Gideon[01439] said[0559][8799] unto God[0430], If thou wilt[03426] save[03467][8688] Israel[03478] by mine hand[03027], as thou hast said[01696][8765],
8:20 Behold, I will put[03322][8688] a fleece[01492] of wool[06785] in the floor[01637]; and if the dew[02919] be on the fleece[01492] only, and it be dry[02721] upon all the earth[0776] beside , then shall I know[03045][8804] that thou wilt save[03467][8686] Israel[03478] by mine hand[03027], as thou hast said[01696][8765].
8:21 And it was so: for he rose up early[07925][8686] on the morrow[04283], and thrust[02115][00] the fleece[01492] together[02115][8799], and wringed[04680][8799] the dew[02919] out of the fleece[01492], a bowl[05602] full[04393] of water[04325].
8:22 And Gideon[01439] said[0559][8799] unto God[0430], Let not thine anger[0639] be hot[02734][8799] against me, and I will speak[01696][8762] but this once[06471]: let me prove[05254][8762], I pray thee, but this once[06471] with the fleece[01492]; let it now be dry[02721] only upon the fleece[01492], and upon all the ground[0776] let there be dew[02919].
8:23 And God[0430] did[06213][8799] so that night[03915]: for it was dry[02721] upon the fleece[01492] only, and there was dew[02919] on all the ground[0776].
8:24 Then Jerubbaal[03378], who is Gideon[01439], and all the people[05971] that were with him, rose up early[07925][8686], and pitched[02583][8799] beside the well of Harod[05878]: so that the host[04264] of the Midianites[04080] were on the north side[06828] of them, by the hill[01389] of Moreh[04176], in the valley[06010].
8:25 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto Gideon[01439], The people[05971] that are with thee are too many[07227] for me to give[05414][8800] the Midianites[04080] into their hands[03027], lest Israel[03478] vaunt[06286][8691] themselves against me, saying[0559][8800], Mine own hand[03027] hath saved[03467][8689] me.
8:26 Now therefore go to[04994], proclaim[07121][8798] in the ears[0241] of the people[05971], saying[0559][8800], Whosoever is fearful[03373] and afraid[02730], let him return[07725][8799] and depart early[06852][8799] from mount[02022] Gilead[01568]. And there returned[07725][8799] of the people[05971] twenty[06242] and two[08147] thousand[0505]; and there remained[07604][8738] ten[06235] thousand[0505].
8:27 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto Gideon[01439], The people[05971] are yet too many[07227]; bring them down[03381][8685] unto the water[04325], and I will try[06884][8799] them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say[0559][8799] unto thee, This shall go[03212][8799] with thee, the same shall go[03212][8799] with thee; and of whomsoever I say[0559][8799] unto thee, This shall not go[03212][8799] with thee, the same shall not go[03212][8799].
8:28 So he brought down[03381][8686] the people[05971] unto the water[04325]: and the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto Gideon[01439], Every one that lappeth[03952][8799] of the water[04325] with his tongue[03956], as a dog[03611] lappeth[03952][8799], him shalt thou set[03322][8686] by himself; likewise every one that boweth down[03766][8799] upon his knees[01290] to drink[08354][8800].
8:29 And the number[04557] of them that lapped[03952][8764], putting their hand[03027] to their mouth[06310], were three[07969] hundred[03967] men[0376]: but all the rest[03499] of the people[05971] bowed down[03766][8804] upon their knees[01290] to drink[08354][8800] water[04325].
8:30 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto Gideon[01439], By the three[07969] hundred[03967] men[0376] that lapped[03952][8764] will I save[03467][8686] you, and deliver[05414][8804] the Midianites[04080] into thine hand[03027]: and let all the other people[05971] go[03212][8799] every man[0376] unto his place[04725].
8:31 So the people[05971] took[03947][8799] victuals[06720] in their hand[03027], and their trumpets[07782]: and he sent[07971][8765] all[0376] the rest of Israel[03478] every man[0376] unto his tent[0168], and retained[02388][8689] those three[07969] hundred[03967] men[0376]: and the host[04264] of Midian[04080] was beneath him in the valley[06010].
8:32 And it came to pass the same night[03915], that the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto him, Arise[06965][8798], get thee down[03381][8798] unto the host[04264]; for I have delivered[05414][8804] it into thine hand[03027].
8:33 But if thou fear[03373] to go down[03381][8800], go[03381][00] thou with Phurah[06513] thy servant[05288] down[03381][8798] to the host[04264]:
8:34 And thou shalt hear[08085][8804] what they say[01696][8762]; and afterward[0310] shall thine hands[03027] be strengthened[02388][8799] to go down[03381][8804] unto the host[04264]. Then went he down[03381][8799] with Phurah[06513] his servant[05288] unto the outside[07097] of the armed men[02571] that were in the host[04264]. armed men: or, ranks by five
8:35 And the Midianites[04080] and the Amalekites[06002] and all the children[01121] of the east[06924] lay[05307][8802] along in the valley[06010] like grasshoppers[0697] for multitude[07230]; and their camels[01581] were  without number[04557], as the sand[02344] by the sea[03220] side[08193] for multitude[07230].
9:1 And when Gideon[01439] was come[0935][8799], behold, there was a man[0376] that told[05608][8764] a dream[02472] unto his fellow[07453], and said[0559][8799], Behold, I dreamed[02492][8804] a dream[02472], and, lo, a cake[06742][8675][06742] of barley[08184] bread[03899] tumbled[02015][8693] into the host[04264] of Midian[04080], and came[0935][8799] unto a tent[0168], and smote[05221][8686] it that it fell[05307][8799], and overturned[02015][8799][04605] it, that the tent[0168] lay along[05307][8804].
9:2 And his fellow[07453] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799], This is nothing else save the sword[02719] of Gideon[01439] the son[01121] of Joash[03101], a man[0376] of Israel[03478]: for into his hand[03027] hath God[0430] delivered[05414][8804] Midian[04080], and all the host[04264].
9:3 And it was so , when Gideon[01439] heard[08085][8800] the telling[04557] of the dream[02472], and the interpretation[07667] thereof, that he worshipped[07812][8691], and returned[07725][8799] into the host[04264] of Israel[03478], and said[0559][8799], Arise[06965][8798]; for the LORD[03068] hath delivered[05414][8804] into your hand[03027] the host[04264] of Midian[04080]. interpretation: Heb. breaking
9:4 And he divided[02673][8799] the three[07969] hundred[03967] men[0376] into three[07969] companies[07218], and he put[05414][8799] a trumpet[07782] in every man's hand[03027], with empty[07386] pitchers[03537], and lamps[03940] within[08432] the pitchers[03537]. a trumpet...: Heb. trumpets in the hand of all of them lamps: or, firebrands, or, torches
9:5 And he said[0559][8799] unto them, Look[07200][8799] on me, and do[06213][8799] likewise: and, behold, when I come[0935][8802] to the outside[07097] of the camp[04264], it shall be that , as I do[06213][8799], so shall ye do[06213][8799].
9:6 When I blow[08628][8804] with a trumpet[07782], I and all that are with me, then blow[08628][8804] ye the trumpets[07782] also on every side[05439] of all the camp[04264], and say[0559][8804], The sword of the LORD[03068], and of Gideon[01439].
9:7 So Gideon[01439], and the hundred[03967] men[0376] that were with him, came[0935][8799] unto the outside[07097] of the camp[04264] in the beginning[07218] of the middle[08484] watch[0821]; and they had but[0389] newly[06965][8687] set[06965][8689] the watch[08104][8802]: and they blew[08628][8799] the trumpets[07782], and brake[05310][8800] the pitchers[03537] that were in their hands[03027].
9:8 And the three[07969] companies[07218] blew[08628][8799] the trumpets[07782], and brake[07665][8799] the pitchers[03537], and held[02388][8686] the lamps[03940] in their left[08040] hands[03027], and the trumpets[07782] in their right[03225] hands[03027] to blow[08628][8800] withal : and they cried[07121][8799], The sword[02719] of the LORD[03068], and of Gideon[01439].
9:9 And they stood[05975][8799] every man[0376] in his place round about[05439] the camp[04264]: and all the host[04264] ran[07323][8799], and cried[07321][8686], and fled[05127][8799][8675][05127][8686].
9:10 And the three[07969] hundred[03967] blew[08628][8799] the trumpets[07782], and the LORD[03068] set[07760][8799] every man's[0376] sword[02719] against his fellow[07453], even throughout all the host[04264]: and the host[04264] fled[05127][8799] to Bethshittah[01029] in Zererath[06888], and to the border[08193] of Abelmeholah[065], unto Tabbath[02888]. in: or, toward border: Heb. lip
9:11 And the men[0376] of Israel[03478] gathered themselves together[06817][8735] out of Naphtali[05321], and out of Asher[0836], and out of all Manasseh[04519], and pursued[07291][8799] after[0310] the Midianites[04080].
9:12 And Gideon[01439] sent[07971][8804] messengers[04397] throughout all mount[02022] Ephraim[0669], saying[0559][8800], Come down[03381][8798] against[07125][8800] the Midianites[04080], and take[03920][8798] before them the waters[04325] unto Bethbarah[01012] and Jordan[03383]. Then all the men[0376] of Ephraim[0669] gathered themselves together[06817][8735], and took[03920][8799] the waters[04325] unto Bethbarah[01012] and Jordan[03383].
9:13 And they took[03920][8799] two[08147] princes[08269] of the Midianites[04080], Oreb[06159] and Zeeb[02062]; and they slew[02026][8799] Oreb[06159] upon the rock[06697] Oreb[06159], and Zeeb[02062] they slew[02026][8804] at the winepress[03342] of Zeeb[02062], and pursued[07291][8799] Midian[04080], and brought[0935][8689] the heads[07218] of Oreb[06159] and Zeeb[02062] to Gideon[01439] on the other side[05676] Jordan[03383].
9:14 And the men[0376] of Ephraim[0669] said[0559][8799] unto him, Why hast thou[04100] served[06213][8804] us thus[01697], that thou calledst[07121][8800] us not, when thou wentest[01980][8804] to fight[03898][8736] with the Midianites[04080]? And they did chide[07378][8799] with him sharply[02394]. Why...: Heb. What thing is this thou hast done unto us sharply: Heb. strongly
9:15 And he said[0559][8799] unto them, What have I done[06213][8804] now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning[05955] of the grapes of Ephraim[0669] better[02896] than the vintage[01210] of Abiezer[044]?
9:16 God[0430] hath delivered[05414][8804] into your hands[03027] the princes[08269] of Midian[04080], Oreb[06159] and Zeeb[02062]: and what was I able[03201][8804] to do[06213][8800] in comparison of you? Then their anger[07307] was abated[07503][8804] toward him, when he had said[01697] that[01696][8763]. anger: Heb. spirit
9:17 And Gideon[01439] came[0935][8799] to Jordan[03383], and passed over[05674][8802], he, and the three[07969] hundred[03967] men[0376] that were with him, faint[05889], yet pursuing[07291][8802] them .
9:18 And he said[0559][8799] unto the men[0582] of Succoth[05523], Give[05414][8798], I pray you, loaves[03603] of bread[03899] unto the people[05971] that follow[07272] me; for they be faint[05889], and I am pursuing[07291][8802] after[0310] Zebah[02078] and Zalmunna[06759], kings[04428] of Midian[04080].
9:19 And the princes[08269] of Succoth[05523] said[0559][8799], Are the hands[03709] of Zebah[02078] and Zalmunna[06759] now in thine hand[03027], that we should give[05414][8799] bread[03899] unto thine army[06635]?
9:20 And Gideon[01439] said[0559][8799], Therefore when the LORD[03068] hath delivered[05414][8800] Zebah[02078] and Zalmunna[06759] into mine hand[03027], then I will tear[01758][8804] your flesh[01320] with the thorns[06975] of the wilderness[04057] and with briers[01303]. tear: Heb. thresh
9:21 And he went up[05927][8799] thence to Penuel[06439], and spake[01696][8762] unto them likewise[02063]: and the men[0582] of Penuel[06439] answered[06030][8799] him as the men[0582] of Succoth[05523] had answered[06030][8804] him .
9:22 And he spake[0559][8799] also unto the men[0582] of Penuel[06439], saying[0559][8800], When I come again[07725][8800] in peace[07965], I will break down[05422][8799] this tower[04026].
9:23 Now Zebah[02078] and Zalmunna[06759] were in Karkor[07174], and their hosts[04264] with them, about fifteen[02568][06240] thousand[0505] men , all that were left[03498][8737] of all the hosts[04264] of the children[01121] of the east[06924]: for there fell[05307][8802] an hundred[03967] and twenty[06242] thousand[0505] men[0376] that drew[08025][8802] sword[02719]. men that...: or, every one drawing a sword
9:24 And Gideon[01439] went up[05927][8799] by the way[01870] of them that dwelt[07931][8803] in tents[0168] on the east[06924] of Nobah[05025] and Jogbehah[03011], and smote[05221][8686] the host[04264]: for the host[04264] was secure[0983].
9:25 And when Zebah[02078] and Zalmunna[06759] fled[05127][8799], he pursued[07291][8799] after[0310] them, and took[03920][8799] the two[08147] kings[04428] of Midian[04080], Zebah[02078] and Zalmunna[06759], and discomfited[02729][8689] all the host[04264]. discomfited: Heb. terrified
9:26 And Gideon[01439] the son[01121] of Joash[03101] returned[07725][8799] from battle[04421] before[04608] the sun[02775] was up ,
9:27 And caught[03920][8799] a young man[05288] of the men[0582] of Succoth[05523], and enquired[07592][8799] of him: and he described[03789][8799] unto him the princes[08269] of Succoth[05523], and the elders[02205] thereof, even threescore and seventeen[07657][07651] men[0376]. described: Heb. writ
9:28 And he came[0935][8799] unto the men[0582] of Succoth[05523], and said[0559][8799], Behold Zebah[02078] and Zalmunna[06759], with whom ye did upbraid[02778][8765] me, saying[0559][8800], Are the hands[03709] of Zebah[02078] and Zalmunna[06759] now in thine hand[03027], that we should give[05414][8799] bread[03899] unto thy men[0582] that are weary[03287]?
9:29 And he took[03947][8799] the elders[02205] of the city[05892], and thorns[06975] of the wilderness[04057] and briers[01303], and with them he taught[03045][8686] the men[0582] of Succoth[05523]. taught: Heb. made to know
9:30 And he beat down[05422][8804] the tower[04026] of Penuel[06439], and slew[02026][8799] the men[0582] of the city[05892].
9:31 Then said[0559][8799] he unto Zebah[02078] and Zalmunna[06759], What[0375] manner of men[0582] were they whom ye slew[02026][8804] at Tabor[08396]? And they answered[0559][8799], As thou[03644] art , so  were they; each one[0259] resembled[08389] the children[01121] of a king[04428]. resembled...: Heb. according to the form, etc
9:32 And he said[0559][8799], They were my brethren[0251], even the sons[01121] of my mother[0517]: as the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], if[03863] ye had saved them alive[02421][8689], I would not slay[02026][8804] you.
9:33 And he said[0559][8799] unto Jether[03500] his firstborn[01060], Up[06965][8798], and slay[02026][8798] them. But the youth[05288] drew[08025][8804] not his sword[02719]: for he feared[03372][8804], because he  was yet a youth[05288].
9:34 Then Zebah[02078] and Zalmunna[06759] said[0559][8799], Rise[06965][8798] thou, and fall[06293][8798] upon us: for as the man[0376] is, so is his strength[01369]. And Gideon[01439] arose[06965][8799], and slew[02026][8799] Zebah[02078] and Zalmunna[06759], and took away[03947][8799] the ornaments[07720] that were on their camels[01581]' necks[06677]. ornaments: or, ornaments like the moon
9:35 Then the men[0376] of Israel[03478] said[0559][8799] unto Gideon[01439], Rule[04910][8798] thou over us, both thou, and thy son[01121], and thy son's[01121] son[01121] also: for thou hast delivered[03467][8689] us from the hand[03027] of Midian[04080].
9:36 And Gideon[01439] said[0559][8799] unto them, I will not rule[04910][8799] over you, neither shall my son[01121] rule[04910][8799] over you: the LORD[03068] shall rule[04910][8799] over you.
9:37 And Gideon[01439] said[0559][8799] unto them, I would desire[07592][8799] a request[07596] of you, that ye would give[05414][8798] me every man[0376] the earrings[05141] of his prey[07998]. (For they had golden[02091] earrings[05141], because they were Ishmaelites[03459].)
9:38 And they answered[0559][8799], We will willingly[05414][8800] give[05414][8799] them . And they spread[06566][8799] a garment[08071], and did cast[07993][8686] therein every man[0376] the earrings[05141] of his prey[07998].
9:39 And the weight[04948] of the golden[02091] earrings[05141] that he requested[07592][8804] was a thousand[0505] and seven[07651] hundred[03967] shekels of gold[02091]; beside ornaments[07720], and collars[05188], and purple[0713] raiment[0899] that was on the kings[04428] of Midian[04080], and beside the chains[06060] that were about their camels[01581]' necks[06677]. collars: or, sweet jewels
9:40 And Gideon[01439] made[06213][8799] an ephod[0646] thereof, and put[03322][8686] it in his city[05892], even in Ophrah[06084]: and all Israel[03478] went thither a whoring[02181][8799] after[0310] it: which thing became a snare[04170] unto Gideon[01439], and to his house[01004].
9:41 Thus was Midian[04080] subdued[03665][8735] before[06440] the children[01121] of Israel[03478], so that they lifted up[05375][8800] their heads[07218] no more[03254][8804]. And the country[0776] was in quietness[08252][8799] forty[0705] years[08141] in the days[03117] of Gideon[01439].
9:42 And Jerubbaal[03378] the son[01121] of Joash[03101] went[03212][8799] and dwelt[03427][8799] in his own house[01004].
9:43 And Gideon[01439] had threescore and ten[07657] sons[01121] of his body[03409] begotten[03318][8802]: for he had many[07227] wives[0802]. of his...: Heb. going out of his thigh
9:44 And his concubine[06370] that was in Shechem[07927], she also bare[03205][8804] him a son[01121], whose name[08034] he called[07760][8799] Abimelech[040]. called: Heb. set
9:45 And Gideon[01439] the son[01121] of Joash[03101] died[04191][8799] in a good[02896] old age[07872], and was buried[06912][8735] in the sepulchre[06913] of Joash[03101] his father[01], in Ophrah[06084] of the Abiezrites[033].
9:46 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon[01439] was dead[04191][8804], that the children[01121] of Israel[03478] turned again[07725][8799], and went a whoring[02181][8799] after[0310] Baalim[01168], and made[07760][8799] Baalberith[01170] their god[0430].
9:47 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] remembered[02142][8804] not the LORD[03068] their God[0430], who had delivered[05337][8688] them out of the hands[03027] of all their enemies[0341][8802] on every side[05439]:
9:48 Neither shewed[06213][8804] they kindness[02617] to the house[01004] of Jerubbaal[03378], namely , Gideon[01439], according to all the goodness[02896] which he had shewed[06213][8804] unto Israel[03478].
9:49 And Abimelech[040] the son[01121] of Jerubbaal[03378] went[03212][8799] to Shechem[07927] unto his mother's[0517] brethren[0251], and communed[01696][8762] with them, and with all the family[04940] of the house[01004] of his mother's[0517] father[01], saying[0559][8800],
9:50 Speak[01696][8761], I pray you, in the ears[0241] of all the men[01167] of Shechem[07927], Whether is better[02896] for you, either that all the sons[01121] of Jerubbaal[03378], which are threescore and ten[07657] persons[0376], reign[04910][8800] over you, or that one[0259] reign[04910][8800] over you? remember[02142][8804] also that I am your bone[06106] and your flesh[01320]. Whether...: Heb. What is good? whether, etc
9:51 And his mother's[0517] brethren[0251] spake[01696][8762] of him in the ears[0241] of all the men[01167] of Shechem[07927] all these words[01697]: and their hearts[03820] inclined[05186][8799] to follow[0310] Abimelech[040]; for they said[0559][8804], He is our brother[0251]. to follow: Heb. after
9:52 And they gave[05414][8799] him threescore and ten[07657] pieces of silver[03701] out of the house[01004] of Baalberith[01170], wherewith Abimelech[040] hired[07936][8799] vain[07386] and light[06348][8802] persons[0582], which followed[03212][8799] him[0310].
9:53 And he went[0935][8799] unto his father's[01] house[01004] at Ophrah[06084], and slew[02026][8799] his brethren[0251] the sons[01121] of Jerubbaal[03378], being threescore and ten[07657] persons[0376], upon one[0259] stone[068]: notwithstanding yet Jotham[03147] the youngest[06996] son[01121] of Jerubbaal[03378] was left[03498][8735]; for he hid[02244][8738] himself.
9:54 And all the men[01167] of Shechem[07927] gathered together[0622][8735], and all the house[01004] of Millo[04407][8677][01037], and went[03212][8799], and made[04427][8686] Abimelech[040] king[04428], by the plain[0436] of the pillar[05324][8716] that was in Shechem[07927]. plain: or, oak
9:55 And when they told[05046][8686] it to Jotham[03147], he went[03212][8799] and stood[05975][8799] in the top[07218] of mount[02022] Gerizim[01630], and lifted up[05375][8799] his voice[06963], and cried[07121][8799], and said[0559][8799] unto them, Hearken[08085][8798] unto me, ye men[01167] of Shechem[07927], that God[0430] may hearken[08085][8799] unto you.
9:56 The trees[06086] went forth[01980][8804][8676][01980][8800] on a time to anoint[04886][8800] a king[04428] over them; and they said[0559][8799] unto the olive tree[02132], Reign[04427][8798] thou over us.
9:57 But the olive tree[02132] said[0559][8799] unto them, Should I leave[02308][8804] my fatness[01880], wherewith by me they honour[03513][8762] God[0430] and man[0582], and go[01980][8804] to be promoted[05128][8800] over the trees[06086]? go...: or, go up and down for other trees
10:1 And the trees[06086] said[0559][8799] to the fig tree[08384], Come[03212][8798] thou, and reign[04427][8798] over us.
10:2 But the fig tree[08384] said[0559][8799] unto them, Should I forsake[02308][8804] my sweetness[04987], and my good[02896] fruit[08570], and go[01980][8804] to be promoted[05128][8800] over the trees[06086]?
10:3 Then said[0559][8799] the trees[06086] unto the vine[01612], Come[03212][8798] thou, and reign[04427][8798] over us.
10:4 And the vine[01612] said[0559][8799] unto them, Should I leave[02308][8804] my wine[08492], which cheereth[08055][8764] God[0430] and man[0582], and go[01980][8804] to be promoted[05128][8800] over the trees[06086]?
10:5 Then said[0559][8799] all the trees[06086] unto the bramble[0329], Come[03212][8798] thou, and reign[04427][8798] over us. bramble: or, thistle
10:6 And the bramble[0329] said[0559][8799] unto the trees[06086], If in truth[0571] ye anoint[04886][8802] me king[04428] over you, then come[0935][8798] and put your trust[02620][8798] in my shadow[06738]: and if not, let fire[0784] come out[03318][8799] of the bramble[0329], and devour[0398][8799] the cedars[0730] of Lebanon[03844].
10:7 Now therefore, if ye have done[06213][8804] truly[0571] and sincerely[08549], in that ye have made Abimelech[040] king[04427][8686], and if ye have dealt[06213][8804] well[02896] with Jerubbaal[03378] and his house[01004], and have done[06213][8804] unto him according to the deserving[01576] of his hands[03027];
10:8 (For my father[01] fought[03898][8738] for you, and adventured[07993][8686] his life[05315] far[05048], and delivered[05337][8686] you out of the hand[03027] of Midian[04080]: adventured...: Heb. cast his life
10:9 And ye are risen up[06965][8804] against my father's[01] house[01004] this day[03117], and have slain[02026][8799] his sons[01121], threescore and ten[07657] persons[0376], upon one[0259] stone[068], and have made Abimelech[040], the son[01121] of his maidservant[0519], king[04427][8686] over the men[01167] of Shechem[07927], because he is your brother[0251];)
10:10 If ye then have dealt[06213][8804] truly[0571] and sincerely[08549] with Jerubbaal[03378] and with his house[01004] this day[03117], then rejoice[08055][8798] ye in Abimelech[040], and let him also rejoice[08055][8799] in you:
10:11 But if not, let fire[0784] come out[03318][8799] from Abimelech[040], and devour[0398][8799] the men[01167] of Shechem[07927], and the house[01004] of Millo[04407][8677][01037]; and let fire[0784] come out[03318][8799] from the men[01167] of Shechem[07927], and from the house[01004] of Millo[04407][8676][01037], and devour[0398][8799] Abimelech[040].
10:12 And Jotham[03147] ran away[01272][8799], and fled[05127][8799], and went[03212][8799] to Beer[0876], and dwelt[03427][8799] there, for fear[06440] of Abimelech[040] his brother[0251].
10:13 When Abimelech[040] had reigned[07786][8799] three[07969] years[08141] over Israel[03478],
10:14 Then God[0430] sent[07971][8799] an evil[07451] spirit[07307] between Abimelech[040] and the men[01167] of Shechem[07927]; and the men[01167] of Shechem[07927] dealt treacherously[0898][8799] with Abimelech[040]:
10:15 That the cruelty[02555] done to the threescore and ten[07657] sons[01121] of Jerubbaal[03378] might come[0935][8800], and their blood[01818] be laid[07760][8800] upon Abimelech[040] their brother[0251], which slew[02026][8804] them; and upon the men[01167] of Shechem[07927], which aided[02388][8765][03027] him in the killing[02026][8800] of his brethren[0251]. aided...: Heb. strengthened his hands to kill
10:16 And the men[01167] of Shechem[07927] set[07760][8799] liers in wait[0693][8764] for him in the top[07218] of the mountains[02022], and they robbed[01497][8799] all that came[05674][8799] along that way[01870] by them: and it was told[05046][8714] Abimelech[040].
10:17 And Gaal[01603] the son[01121] of Ebed[05651] came[0935][8799] with his brethren[0251], and went over[05674][8799] to Shechem[07927]: and the men[01167] of Shechem[07927] put their confidence[0982][8799] in him.
10:18 And they went out[03318][8799] into the fields[07704], and gathered[01219][8799] their vineyards[03754], and trode[01869][8799] the grapes , and made[06213][8799] merry[01974], and went[0935][8799] into the house[01004] of their god[0430], and did eat[0398][8799] and drink[08354][8799], and cursed[07043][8762] Abimelech[040]. merry: or, songs
11:1 And Gaal[01603] the son[01121] of Ebed[05651] said[0559][8799], Who is Abimelech[040], and who is Shechem[07927], that we should serve[05647][8799] him? is not he the son[01121] of Jerubbaal[03378]? and Zebul[02083] his officer[06496]? serve[05647][8798] the men[0582] of Hamor[02544] the father[01] of Shechem[07927]: for why should we serve[05647][8799] him?
11:2 And would to God this people[05971] were under[05414][8799] my hand[03027]! then would I remove[05493][8686] Abimelech[040]. And he said[0559][8799] to Abimelech[040], Increase[07235][8761] thine army[06635], and come out[03318][8798].
11:3 And when Zebul[02083] the ruler[08269] of the city[05892] heard[08085][8799] the words[01697] of Gaal[01603] the son[01121] of Ebed[05651], his anger[0639] was kindled[02734][8799]. kindled: or, hot
11:4 And he sent[07971][8799] messengers[04397] unto Abimelech[040] privily[08649], saying[0559][8800], Behold, Gaal[01603] the son[01121] of Ebed[05651] and his brethren[0251] be come[0935][8802] to Shechem[07927]; and, behold, they fortify[06696][8802] the city[05892] against thee. privily: Heb. craftily or, to Tormah
11:5 Now therefore up[06965][8798] by night[03915], thou and the people[05971] that is with thee, and lie in wait[0693][8798] in the field[07704]:
11:6 And it shall be, that in the morning[01242], as soon as the sun[08121] is up[02224][8800], thou shalt rise early[07925][8686], and set[06584][8804] upon the city[05892]: and, behold, when he and the people[05971] that is with him come out[03318][8802] against thee, then mayest thou do[06213][8804] to them as thou[03027] shalt find occasion[04672][8799]. as thou shalt...: Heb. as thine hand shall find
11:7 And Abimelech[040] rose up[06965][8799], and all the people[05971] that were with him, by night[03915], and they laid wait[0693][8799] against Shechem[07927] in four[0702] companies[07218].
11:8 And Gaal[01603] the son[01121] of Ebed[05651] went out[03318][8799], and stood[05975][8799] in the entering[06607] of the gate[08179] of the city[05892]: and Abimelech[040] rose up[06965][8799], and the people[05971] that were with him, from lying in wait[03993].
11:9 And when Gaal[01603] saw[07200][8799] the people[05971], he said[0559][8799] to Zebul[02083], Behold, there come[03381][00] people[05971] down[03381][8802] from the top[07218] of the mountains[02022]. And Zebul[02083] said[0559][8799] unto him, Thou seest[07200][8802] the shadow[06738] of the mountains[02022] as if they were men[0582].
11:10 And Gaal[01603] spake[01696][8763] again[03254][8686] and said[0559][8799], See there come[03381][00] people[05971] down[03381][8802] by the middle[02872] of the land[0776], and another[0259] company[07218] come[0935][8804] along by the plain[0436] of[01870] Meonenim[06049][8781]. middle: Heb. navel Meonenim: or, the regarders of times
11:11 Then said[0559][8799] Zebul[02083] unto him, Where is now[0645] thy mouth[06310], wherewith thou saidst[0559][8799], Who is Abimelech[040], that we should serve[05647][8799] him? is not this the people[05971] that thou hast despised[03988][8804]? go out[03318][8798], I pray now[04994], and fight[03898][8734] with them.
11:12 And Gaal[01603] went out[03318][8799] before[06440] the men[01167] of Shechem[07927], and fought[03898][8735] with Abimelech[040].
11:13 And Abimelech[040] chased[07291][8799] him, and he fled[05127][8799] before[06440] him, and many[07227] were overthrown[05307][8799] and wounded[02491], even unto the entering[06607] of the gate[08179].
11:14 And Abimelech[040] dwelt[03427][8799] at Arumah[0725]: and Zebul[02083] thrust out[01644][8762] Gaal[01603] and his brethren[0251], that they should not dwell[03427][8800] in Shechem[07927].
11:15 And it came to pass on the morrow[04283], that the people[05971] went out[03318][8799] into the field[07704]; and they told[05046][8686] Abimelech[040].
11:16 And he took[03947][8799] the people[05971], and divided[02673][8799] them into three[07969] companies[07218], and laid wait[0693][8799] in the field[07704], and looked[07200][8799], and, behold, the people[05971] were  come forth[03318][8802] out of the city[05892]; and he rose up[06965][8799] against them, and smote[05221][8686] them.
11:17 And Abimelech[040], and the company[07218] that was with him, rushed forward[06584][8804], and stood[05975][8799] in the entering[06607] of the gate[08179] of the city[05892]: and the two[08147] other companies[07218] ran upon[06584][8804] all the people that were in the fields[07704], and slew[05221][8686] them.
11:18 And Abimelech[040] fought[03898][8738] against the city[05892] all that day[03117]; and he took[03920][8799] the city[05892], and slew[02026][8804] the people[05971] that was  therein, and beat down[05422][8799] the city[05892], and sowed[02232][8799] it with salt[04417].
11:19 And when all the men[01167] of the tower[04026] of Shechem[07927] heard[08085][8799] that , they entered[0935][8799] into an hold[06877] of the house[01004] of the god[0410] Berith[01286].
11:20 And it was told[05046][8714] Abimelech[040], that all the men[01167] of the tower[04026] of Shechem[07927] were gathered together[06908][8694].
11:21 And Abimelech[040] gat him up[05927][8799] to mount[02022] Zalmon[06756], he and all the people[05971] that were with him; and Abimelech[040] took[03947][8799] an axe[07134] in his hand[03027], and cut down[03772][8799] a bough[07754] from the trees[06086], and took[05375][8799] it, and laid[07760][8799] it on his shoulder[07926], and said[0559][8799] unto the people[05971] that were with him, What ye have seen[07200][8804] me do[06213][8804], make haste[04116][8761], and do[06213][8798] as I[03644] have done . me do: Heb. I have done
11:22 And all the people[05971] likewise cut down[03772][8799] every man[0376] his bough[07754], and followed[03212][8799][0310] Abimelech[040], and put[07760][8799] them to the hold[06877], and set[03341][8686] the hold[06877] on fire[0784] upon them; so that all the men[0582] of the tower[04026] of Shechem[07927] died[04191][8799] also, about a thousand[0505] men[0376] and women[0802].
11:23 Then went[03212][8799] Abimelech[040] to Thebez[08405], and encamped[02583][8799] against Thebez[08405], and took[03920][8799] it.
11:24 But there was a strong[05797] tower[04026] within[08432] the city[05892], and thither fled[05127][8799] all the men[0582] and women[0802], and all they[01167] of the city[05892], and shut[05462][8799] it to them, and gat them up[05927][8799] to the top[01406] of the tower[04026].
11:25 And Abimelech[040] came[0935][8799] unto the tower[04026], and fought[03898][8735] against it, and went hard[05066][8799] unto the door[06607] of the tower[04026] to burn[08313][8800] it with fire[0784].
11:26 And a certain[0259] woman[0802] cast[07993][8686] a piece[06400] of a millstone[07393] upon Abimelech's[040] head[07218], and all to brake[07533][8686] his skull[01538].
11:27 Then he called[07121][8799] hastily[04120] unto the young man[05288] his armourbearer[05375][8802][03627], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Draw[08025][8798] thy sword[02719], and slay[04191][8786] me, that men say[0559][8799] not of me, A woman[0802] slew[02026][8804] him. And his young man[05288] thrust him through[01856][8799], and he died[04191][8799].
11:28 And when the men[0376] of Israel[03478] saw[07200][8799] that Abimelech[040] was dead[04191][8804], they departed[03212][8799] every man[0376] unto his place[04725].
11:29 Thus God[0430] rendered[07725][8686] the wickedness[07451] of Abimelech[040], which he did[06213][8804] unto his father[01], in slaying[02026][8800] his seventy[07657] brethren[0251]:
11:30 And all the evil[07451] of the men[0582] of Shechem[07927] did God[0430] render[07725][8689] upon their heads[07218]: and upon them came[0935][8799] the curse[07045] of Jotham[03147] the son[01121] of Jerubbaal[03378].
11:31 And after[0310] Abimelech[040] there arose[06965][8799] to defend[03467][8687] Israel[03478] Tola[08439] the son[01121] of Puah[06312], the son[01121] of Dodo[01734], a man[0376] of Issachar[03485]; and he dwelt[03427][8802] in Shamir[08069] in mount[02022] Ephraim[0669]. defend: or, deliver: Heb. save
11:32 And he judged[08199][8799] Israel[03478] twenty[06242] and three[07969] years[08141], and died[04191][8799], and was buried[06912][8735] in Shamir[08069].
11:33 And after[0310] him arose[06965][8799] Jair[02971], a Gileadite[01569], and judged[08199][8799] Israel[03478] twenty[06242] and two[08147] years[08141].
11:34 And he had thirty[07970] sons[01121] that rode[07392][8802] on thirty[07970] ass colts[05895], and they had thirty[07970] cities[05892], which are called[07121][8799] Havothjair[02334] unto this day[03117], which are  in the land[0776] of Gilead[01568]. Havothjair: or, the villages of Jair
11:35 And Jair[02971] died[04191][8799], and was buried[06912][8735] in Camon[07056].
11:36 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] did[06213][8800] evil[07451] again[03254][8686] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068], and served[05647][8799] Baalim[01168], and Ashtaroth[06252], and the gods[0430] of Syria[0758], and the gods[0430] of Zidon[06721], and the gods[0430] of Moab[04124], and the gods[0430] of the children[01121] of Ammon[05983], and the gods[0430] of the Philistines[06430], and forsook[05800][8799] the LORD[03068], and served[05647][8804] not him.
11:37 And the anger[0639] of the LORD[03068] was hot[02734][8799] against Israel[03478], and he sold[04376][8799] them into the hands[03027] of the Philistines[06430], and into the hands[03027] of the children[01121] of Ammon[05983].
11:38 And that year[08141] they vexed[07492][8799] and oppressed[07533][8779] the children[01121] of Israel[03478]: eighteen[08083][06240] years[08141], all the children[01121] of Israel[03478] that were on the other side[05676] Jordan[03383] in the land[0776] of the Amorites[0567], which is in Gilead[01568]. oppressed: Heb. crushed
11:39 Moreover the children[01121] of Ammon[05983] passed over[05674][8799] Jordan[03383] to fight[03898][8736] also against Judah[03063], and against Benjamin[01144], and against the house[01004] of Ephraim[0669]; so that Israel[03478] was sore[03966] distressed[03334][8799].
11:40 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] cried[02199][8799] unto the LORD[03068], saying[0559][8800], We have sinned[02398][8804] against thee, both because we have forsaken[05800][8804] our God[0430], and also served[05647][8799] Baalim[01168].
12:1 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto the children[01121] of Israel[03478], Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians[04714], and from the Amorites[0567], from the children[01121] of Ammon[05983], and from the Philistines[06430]?
12:2 The Zidonians[06722] also, and the Amalekites[06002], and the Maonites[04584], did oppress[03905][8804] you; and ye cried[06817][8799] to me, and I delivered[03467][8686] you out of their hand[03027].
12:3 Yet ye have forsaken[05800][8804] me, and served[05647][8799] other[0312] gods[0430]: wherefore I will deliver[03467][8687] you no more[03254][8686].
12:4 Go[03212][8798] and cry[02199][8798] unto the gods[0430] which ye have chosen[0977][8804]; let them[01992] deliver[03467][8686] you in the time[06256] of your tribulation[06869].
12:5 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] said[0559][8799] unto the LORD[03068], We have sinned[02398][8804]: do[06213][8798] thou unto us whatsoever seemeth[05869] good[02896] unto thee; deliver[05337][8685] us only, we pray thee, this day[03117]. seemeth...: Heb. is good in thine eyes
12:6 And they put away[05493][8686] the strange[05236] gods[0430] from among[07130] them, and served[05647][8799] the LORD[03068]: and his soul[05315] was grieved[07114][8799] for the misery[05999] of Israel[03478]. strange...: Heb. gods of strangers grieved: Heb. shortened
12:7 Then the children[01121] of Ammon[05983] were gathered together[06817][8735], and encamped[02583][8799] in Gilead[01568]. And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] assembled themselves together[0622][8735], and encamped[02583][8799] in Mizpeh[04709]. gathered: Heb. cried
12:8 And the people[05971] and princes[08269] of Gilead[01568] said[0559][8799] one[0376] to another[07453], What man[0376] is he that will begin[02490][8686] to fight[03898][8736] against the children[01121] of Ammon[05983]? he shall be head[07218] over all the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Gilead[01568].
12:9 Now Jephthah[03316] the Gileadite[01569] was a mighty man[01368] of valour[02428], and he was the son[01121] of an harlot[0802][02181][8802]: and Gilead[01568] begat[03205][8686] Jephthah[03316]. Jephthah: Gr. Jephthae an harlot: Heb. a woman an harlot
12:10 And Gilead's[01568] wife[0802] bare[03205][8799] him sons[01121]; and his wife's[0802] sons[01121] grew up[01431][8799], and they thrust out[01644][8762] Jephthah[03316], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Thou shalt not inherit[05157][8799] in our father's[01] house[01004]; for thou art the son[01121] of a strange[0312] woman[0802].
12:11 Then Jephthah[03316] fled[01272][8799] from[06440] his brethren[0251], and dwelt[03427][8799] in the land[0776] of Tob[02897]: and there were gathered[03950][8691] vain[07386] men[0582] to Jephthah[03316], and went out[03318][8799] with him. from: Heb. from the face of 
12:12 And it came to pass in process of time[03117], that the children[01121] of Ammon[05983] made war[03898][8735] against Israel[03478]. in process...: Heb. after days
12:13 And it was so, that when the children[01121] of Ammon[05983] made war[03898][8738] against Israel[03478], the elders[02205] of Gilead[01568] went[03212][8799] to fetch[03947][8800] Jephthah[03316] out of the land[0776] of Tob[02897]:
12:14 And they said[0559][8799] unto Jephthah[03316], Come[03212][8798], and be our captain[07101], that we may fight[03898][8735] with the children[01121] of Ammon[05983].
12:15 And Jephthah[03316] said[0559][8799] unto the elders[02205] of Gilead[01568], Did not ye hate[08130][8804] me, and expel[01644][8762] me out of my father's[01] house[01004]? and why are ye come[0935][8804] unto me now when ye are in distress[06887][8804]?
13:1 And the elders[02205] of Gilead[01568] said[0559][8799] unto Jephthah[03316], Therefore we turn again[07725][8804] to thee now, that thou mayest go[01980][8804] with us, and fight[03898][8738] against the children[01121] of Ammon[05983], and be our head[07218] over all the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Gilead[01568].
13:2 And Jephthah[03316] said[0559][8799] unto the elders[02205] of Gilead[01568], If ye bring me home again[07725][8688] to fight[03898][8736] against the children[01121] of Ammon[05983], and the LORD[03068] deliver[05414][8804] them before[06440] me, shall I be your head[07218]?
13:3 And the elders[02205] of Gilead[01568] said[0559][8799] unto Jephthah[03316], The LORD[03068] be witness[08085][8802] between us, if we do[06213][8799] not so according to thy words[01697]. witness...: Heb. the hearer between us
13:4 Then Jephthah[03316] went[03212][8799] with the elders[02205] of Gilead[01568], and the people[05971] made[07760][8799] him head[07218] and captain[07101] over them: and Jephthah[03316] uttered[01696][8762] all his words[01697] before[06440] the LORD[03068] in Mizpeh[04709].
13:5 And Jephthah[03316] sent[07971][8799] messengers[04397] unto the king[04428] of the children[01121] of Ammon[05983], saying[0559][8800], What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come[0935][8804] against me to fight[03898][8736] in my land[0776]?
13:6 And the king[04428] of the children[01121] of Ammon[05983] answered[0559][8799] unto the messengers[04397] of Jephthah[03316], Because Israel[03478] took away[03947][8804] my land[0776], when they came up[05927][8800] out of Egypt[04714], from Arnon[0769] even unto Jabbok[02999], and unto Jordan[03383]: now therefore restore those lands again[07725][8685] peaceably[07965].
13:7 And Jephthah[03316] sent[07971][8799] messengers[04397] again[03254][8686] unto the king[04428] of the children[01121] of Ammon[05983]:
13:8 And said[0559][8799] unto him, Thus saith[0559][8804] Jephthah[03316], Israel[03478] took not away[03947][8804] the land[0776] of Moab[04124], nor the land[0776] of the children[01121] of Ammon[05983]:
13:9 But when Israel[03478] came up[05927][8800] from Egypt[04714], and walked[03212][8799] through the wilderness[04057] unto the Red[05488] sea[03220], and came[0935][8799] to Kadesh[06946];
13:10 Then Israel[03478] sent[07971][8799] messengers[04397] unto the king[04428] of Edom[0123], saying[0559][8800], Let me, I pray thee, pass through[05674][8799] thy land[0776]: but the king[04428] of Edom[0123] would not hearken[08085][8804] thereto . And in like manner they sent[07971][8804] unto the king[04428] of Moab[04124]: but he would[014][8804] not consent : and Israel[03478] abode[03427][8799] in Kadesh[06946].
13:11 Then they went along[03212][8799] through the wilderness[04057], and compassed[05437][8799] the land[0776] of Edom[0123], and the land[0776] of Moab[04124], and came[0935][8799] by the east side[04217][08121] of the land[0776] of Moab[04124], and pitched[02583][8799] on the other side[05676] of Arnon[0769], but came[0935][8804] not within the border[01366] of Moab[04124]: for Arnon[0769] was the border[01366] of Moab[04124].
13:12 And Israel[03478] sent[07971][8799] messengers[04397] unto Sihon[05511] king[04428] of the Amorites[0567], the king[04428] of Heshbon[02809]; and Israel[03478] said[0559][8799] unto him, Let us pass[05674][8799], we pray thee, through thy land[0776] into[05704] my place[04725].
13:13 But Sihon[05511] trusted[0539][8689] not Israel[03478] to pass[05674][8800] through his coast[01366]: but Sihon[05511] gathered[0622][00] all his people[05971] together[0622][8799], and pitched[02583][8799] in Jahaz[03096], and fought[03898][8735] against Israel[03478].
13:14 And the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478] delivered[05414][8799] Sihon[05511] and all his people[05971] into the hand[03027] of Israel[03478], and they smote[05221][8686] them: so Israel[03478] possessed[03423][8799] all the land[0776] of the Amorites[0567], the inhabitants[03427][8802] of that country[0776].
13:15 And they possessed[03423][8799] all the coasts[01366] of the Amorites[0567], from Arnon[0769] even unto Jabbok[02999], and from the wilderness[04057] even unto Jordan[03383].
13:16 So now the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478] hath dispossessed[03423][8689] the Amorites[0567] from before[06440] his people[05971] Israel[03478], and shouldest thou possess[03423][8799] it?
13:17 Wilt not thou possess[03423][8799] that which Chemosh[03645] thy god[0430] giveth thee to possess[03423][8686]? So whomsoever the LORD[03068] our God[0430] shall drive out[03423][8689] from before[06440] us, them will we possess[03423][8799].
13:18 And now art thou any thing better[02896] than Balak[01111] the son[01121] of Zippor[06834], king[04428] of Moab[04124]? did he ever[07378][8800] strive[07378][8804] against Israel[03478], or did he ever[03898][8736] fight[03898][8738] against them,
13:19 While Israel[03478] dwelt[03427][8800] in Heshbon[02809] and her towns[01323], and in Aroer[06177] and her towns[01323], and in all the cities[05892] that be along by the coasts[03027] of Arnon[0769], three[07969] hundred[03967] years[08141]? why therefore did ye not recover[05337][8689] them within that time[06256]?
13:20 Wherefore I have not sinned[02398][8804] against thee, but thou doest[06213][8802][0853] me wrong[07451] to war[03898][8736] against me: the LORD[03068] the Judge[08199][8802] be judge[08199][8799] this day[03117] between the children[01121] of Israel[03478] and the children[01121] of Ammon[05983].
13:21 Howbeit the king[04428] of the children[01121] of Ammon[05983] hearkened[08085][8804] not unto the words[01697] of Jephthah[03316] which he sent[07971][8804] him.
13:22 Then the Spirit[07307] of the LORD[03068] came upon Jephthah[03316], and he passed over[05674][8799] Gilead[01568], and Manasseh[04519], and passed over[05674][8799] Mizpeh[04708] of Gilead[01568], and from Mizpeh[04708] of Gilead[01568] he passed over[05674][8804] unto the children[01121] of Ammon[05983].
13:23 And Jephthah[03316] vowed[05087][8799] a vow[05088] unto the LORD[03068], and said[0559][8799], If thou shalt without fail[05414][8800] deliver[05414][8799] the children[01121] of Ammon[05983] into mine hands[03027],
13:24 Then it shall be, that whatsoever[03318][8802] cometh forth[03318][8799] of the doors[01817] of my house[01004] to meet[07125][8800] me, when I return[07725][8800] in peace[07965] from the children[01121] of Ammon[05983], shall surely be the LORD'S[03068], and I will offer it up[05927][8689] for a burnt offering[05930]. whatsoever...: Heb. that which cometh forth, which shall come forth and...: or, or I will offer it, etc
13:25 So Jephthah[03316] passed over[05674][8799] unto the children[01121] of Ammon[05983] to fight[03898][8736] against them; and the LORD[03068] delivered[05414][8799] them into his hands[03027].
14:1 And he smote[05221][8686] them from Aroer[06177], even till thou come[0935][8800] to Minnith[04511], even twenty[06242] cities[05892], and unto the plain[058] of the vineyards[03754][8677][064], with a very[03966] great[01419] slaughter[04347]. Thus the children[01121] of Ammon[05983] were subdued[03665][8735] before[06440] the children[01121] of Israel[03478]. the plain: or, Abel
14:2 And Jephthah[03316] came[0935][8799] to Mizpeh[04709] unto his house[01004], and, behold, his daughter[01323] came out[03318][8802] to meet[07125][8800] him with timbrels[08596] and with dances[04246]: and she was his  only child[03173]; beside her he had neither son[01121] nor[0176] daughter[01323]. beside...: or, he had not of his own either son or daughter: Heb. of himself
14:3 And it came to pass, when he saw[07200][8800] her, that he rent[07167][8799] his clothes[0899], and said[0559][8799], Alas[0162], my daughter[01323]! thou hast brought[03766][00] me very[03766][8689] low[03766][8687], and thou art one of them that trouble[05916][8802] me: for I have opened[06475][8804] my mouth[06310] unto the LORD[03068], and I cannot[03201][8799] go back[07725][8800].
14:4 And she said[0559][8799] unto him, My father[01], if thou hast opened[06475][8804] thy mouth[06310] unto the LORD[03068], do[06213][8798] to me according to that which[0834] hath proceeded[03318][8804] out of thy mouth[06310]; forasmuch[0310] as the LORD[03068] hath taken[06213][8804] vengeance[05360] for thee of thine enemies[0341][8802], even of the children[01121] of Ammon[05983].
14:5 And she said[0559][8799] unto her father[01], Let this thing[01697] be done[06213][8735] for me: let me alone[07503][8685] two[08147] months[02320], that I may go up[03212][8799] and down[03381][8804] upon the mountains[02022], and bewail[01058][8799] my virginity[01331], I and my fellows[07464][8675][07474]. go up...: Heb. go and go down
14:6 And he said[0559][8799], Go[03212][8798]. And he sent her away[07971][8799] for two[08147] months[02320]: and she went[03212][8799] with her companions[07464], and bewailed[01058][8799] her virginity[01331] upon the mountains[02022].
14:7 And it came to pass at the end[07093] of two[08147] months[02320], that she returned[07725][8799] unto her father[01], who did[06213][8799] with her according to his vow[05088] which he had vowed[05087][8804]: and she knew[03045][8804] no man[0376]. And it was a custom[02706] in Israel[03478], custom: or, ordinance
14:8 That the daughters[01323] of Israel[03478] went[03212][8799] yearly[03117][03117] to lament[08567][8763] the daughter[01323] of Jephthah[03316] the Gileadite[01569] four[0702] days[03117] in a year[08141]. yearly: Heb. from year to year to lament: or, to talk with
14:9 And the men[0376] of Ephraim[0669] gathered themselves together[06817][8735], and went[05674][8799] northward[06828], and said[0559][8799] unto Jephthah[03316], Wherefore passedst thou over[05674][8804] to fight[03898][8736] against the children[01121] of Ammon[05983], and didst not call[07121][8804] us to go[03212][8800] with thee? we will burn[08313][8799] thine house[01004] upon thee with fire[0784]. gathered...: Heb. were called
14:10 And Jephthah[03316] said[0559][8799] unto them, I and my people[05971] were[01961][8804] at great[03966] strife[0376][07379] with the children[01121] of Ammon[05983]; and when I called[02199][8799] you, ye delivered[03467][8689] me not out of their hands[03027].
14:11 And when I saw[07200][8799] that ye delivered[03467][8688] me not, I put[07760][8799] my life[05315] in my hands[03709], and passed over[05674][8799] against the children[01121] of Ammon[05983], and the LORD[03068] delivered[05414][8799] them into my hand[03027]: wherefore then are ye come up[05927][8804] unto me this day[03117], to fight[03898][8736] against me?
14:12 Then Jephthah[03316] gathered together[06908][8799] all the men[0582] of Gilead[01568], and fought[03898][8735] with Ephraim[0669]: and the men[0582] of Gilead[01568] smote[05221][8686] Ephraim[0669], because they said[0559][8804], Ye Gileadites[01568] are fugitives[06412] of Ephraim[0669] among[08432] the Ephraimites[0669], and among[08432] the Manassites[04519].
14:13 And the Gileadites[01568] took[03920][8799] the passages[04569] of Jordan[03383] before the Ephraimites[0669]: and it was so , that when those Ephraimites[0669] which were escaped[06412] said[0559][8799], Let me go over[05674][8799]; that the men[0582] of Gilead[01568] said[0559][8799] unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite[0673]? If he said[0559][8799], Nay;
14:14 Then said[0559][8799] they unto him, Say[0559][8798] now Shibboleth[07641]: and he said[0559][8799] Sibboleth[05451]: for he could not frame[03559][00] to pronounce[01696][8763] it right[03559][8686]. Then they took[0270][8799] him, and slew[07819][8799] him at the passages[04569] of Jordan[03383]: and there fell[05307][8799] at that time[06256] of the Ephraimites[0669] forty[0705] and two[08147] thousand[0505].
14:15 And Jephthah[03316] judged[08199][8799] Israel[03478] six[08337] years[08141]. Then died[04191][8799] Jephthah[03316] the Gileadite[01569], and was buried[06912][8735] in one of the cities[05892] of Gilead[01568].
14:16 And after[0310] him Ibzan[078] of Bethlehem[01035] judged[08199][8799] Israel[03478].
14:17 And he had thirty[07970] sons[01121], and thirty[07970] daughters[01323], whom he sent[07971][8765] abroad[02351], and took[0935][8689] in thirty[07970] daughters[01323] from abroad[02351] for his sons[01121]. And he judged[08199][8799] Israel[03478] seven[07651] years[08141].
14:18 Then died[04191][8799] Ibzan[078], and was buried[06912][8735] at Bethlehem[01035].
14:19 And after[0310] him Elon[0356], a Zebulonite[02075], judged[08199][8799] Israel[03478]; and he judged[08199][8799] Israel[03478] ten[06235] years[08141].
14:20 And Elon[0356] the Zebulonite[02075] died[04191][8799], and was buried[06912][8735] in Aijalon[0357] in the country[0776] of Zebulun[02074].
15:1 And after[0310] him Abdon[05658] the son[01121] of Hillel[01985], a Pirathonite[06553], judged[08199][8799] Israel[03478].
15:2 And he had forty[0705] sons[01121] and thirty[07970] nephews[01121][01121], that rode[07392][8802] on threescore and ten[07657] ass colts[05895]: and he judged[08199][8799] Israel[03478] eight[08083] years[08141]. nephews: Heb. sons' sons
15:3 And Abdon[05658] the son[01121] of Hillel[01985] the Pirathonite[06553] died[04191][8799], and was buried[06912][8735] in Pirathon[06552] in the land[0776] of Ephraim[0669], in the mount[02022] of the Amalekites[06003].
15:4 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] did[06213][8800] evil[07451] again[03254][8686] in the sight[05869] of the LORD[03068]; and the LORD[03068] delivered[05414][8799] them into the hand[03027] of the Philistines[06430] forty[0705] years[08141]. did evil...: Heb. added to commit, etc
15:5 And there was a certain[0259] man[0376] of Zorah[06881], of the family[04940] of the Danites[01839], whose name[08034] was Manoah[04495]; and his wife[0802] was barren[06135], and bare[03205][8804] not.
15:6 And the angel[04397] of the LORD[03068] appeared[07200][8735] unto the woman[0802], and said[0559][8799] unto her, Behold now, thou art barren[06135], and bearest[03205][8804] not: but thou shalt conceive[02029][8804], and bear[03205][8804] a son[01121].
15:7 Now therefore beware[08104][8734], I pray thee, and drink[08354][8799] not wine[03196] nor strong drink[07941], and eat[0398][8799] not any unclean[02931] thing :
15:8 For, lo, thou shalt conceive[02030], and bear[03205][8802] a son[01121]; and no razor[04177] shall come[05927][8799] on his head[07218]: for the child[05288] shall be a Nazarite[05139] unto God[0430] from the womb[0990]: and he shall begin[02490][8686] to deliver[03467][8687] Israel[03478] out of the hand[03027] of the Philistines[06430].
15:9 Then the woman[0802] came[0935][8799] and told[0559][8799] her husband[0376], saying[0559][8800], A man[0376] of God[0430] came[0935][8804] unto me, and his countenance[04758] was like the countenance[04758] of an angel[04397] of God[0430], very[03966] terrible[03372][8737]: but I asked[07592][8804] him not whence he was , neither told[05046][8689] he me his name[08034]:
15:10 But he said[0559][8799] unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive[02030], and bear[03205][8802] a son[01121]; and now drink[07941] no wine[03196] nor strong drink[08354][8799], neither eat[0398][8799] any unclean[02932]  thing : for the child[05288] shall be a Nazarite[05139] to God[0430] from the womb[0990] to the day[03117] of his death[04194].
15:11 Then Manoah[04495] intreated[06279][8799] the LORD[03068], and said[0559][8799], O[0994] my Lord[0136], let[04994] the man[0376] of God[0430] which thou didst send[07971][8804] come again[0935][8799] unto us, and teach[03384][8686] us what we shall do[06213][8799] unto the child[05288] that shall be born[03205][8795].
15:12 And God[0430] hearkened[08085][8799] to the voice[06963] of Manoah[04495]; and the angel[04397] of God[0430] came again[0935][8799] unto the woman[0802] as she sat[03427][8802] in the field[07704]: but Manoah[04495] her husband[0376] was not with her.
15:13 And the woman[0802] made haste[04116][8762], and ran[07323][8799], and shewed[05046][8686] her husband[0376], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Behold, the man[0376] hath appeared[07200][8738] unto me, that came[0935][8804] unto me the other day[03117].
15:14 And Manoah[04495] arose[06965][8799], and went[03212][8799] after[0310] his wife[0802], and came[0935][8799] to the man[0376], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Art thou the man[0376] that spakest[01696][8765] unto the woman[0802]? And he said[0559][8799], I am .
15:15 And Manoah[04495] said[0559][8799], Now let thy words[01697] come to pass[0935][8799]. How shall we order[04941] the child[05288], and how shall we do[04639] unto him? How shall we order...: Heb. What shall be the manner of the, etc how shall we do...: or, what shall he do?: Heb. what shall be his work?
15:16 And the angel[04397] of the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto Manoah[04495], Of all that I said[0559][8804] unto the woman[0802] let her beware[08104][8735].
15:17 She may not eat[0398][8799] of any thing that cometh[03318][8799] of the vine[01612], neither let her drink[08354][8799] wine[03196] or strong drink[07941], nor eat[0398][8799] any unclean[02932] thing : all that I commanded[06680][8765] her let her observe[08104][8799].
15:18 And Manoah[04495] said[0559][8799] unto the angel[04397] of the LORD[03068], I pray thee, let us detain[06113][8799] thee, until we shall have made ready[06213][8799] a kid[01423][05795] for[06440] thee. for thee: Heb. before thee
15:19 And the angel[04397] of the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto Manoah[04495], Though thou detain[06113][8799] me, I will not eat[0398][8799] of thy bread[03899]: and if[0518] thou wilt offer[06213][8799] a burnt offering[05930], thou must offer[05927][8686] it unto the LORD[03068]. For Manoah[04495] knew[03045][8804] not that he was an angel[04397] of the LORD[03068].
15:20 And Manoah[04495] said[0559][8799] unto the angel[04397] of the LORD[03068], What is thy name[08034], that when thy sayings[01697] come to pass[0935][8799] we may do thee honour[03513][8765]?
16:1 And the angel[04397] of the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto him, Why askest[07592][8799] thou thus after my name[08034], seeing it is secret[06383][8675][06383]? secret: or, wonderful
16:2 So Manoah[04495] took[03947][8799] a kid[01423][05795] with a meat offering[04503], and offered[05927][8799] it upon a rock[06697] unto the LORD[03068]: and the angel  did[06213][8800] wondrously[06381][8688]; and Manoah[04495] and his wife[0802] looked on[07200][8802].
16:3 For it came to pass, when the flame[03851] went up[05927][8800] toward heaven[08064] from off the altar[04196], that the angel[04397] of the LORD[03068] ascended[05927][8799] in the flame[03851] of the altar[04196]. And Manoah[04495] and his wife[0802] looked on[07200][8802] it , and fell on[05307][8799] their faces[06440] to the ground[0776].
16:4 But the angel[04397] of the LORD[03068] did no more[03254][8804] appear[07200][8736] to Manoah[04495] and to his wife[0802]. Then Manoah[04495] knew[03045][8804] that he was an angel[04397] of the LORD[03068].
16:5 And Manoah[04495] said[0559][8799] unto his wife[0802], We shall surely[04191][8800] die[04191][8799], because we have seen[07200][8804] God[0430].
16:6 But his wife[0802] said[0559][8799] unto him, If[03863] the LORD[03068] were pleased[02654][8804] to kill[04191][8687] us, he would not have received[03947][8804] a burnt offering[05930] and a meat offering[04503] at our hands[03027], neither would he have shewed[07200][8689] us all these things , nor would as at this time[06256] have told[08085][8689] us such things as these[02063].
16:7 And the woman[0802] bare[03205][8799] a son[01121], and called[07121][8799] his name[08034] Samson[08123]: and the child[05288] grew[01431][8799], and the LORD[03068] blessed[01288][8762] him.
16:8 And the Spirit[07307] of the LORD[03068] began[02490][8686] to move him at times[06470][8800] in the camp[04264] of Dan[01835] between Zorah[06881] and Eshtaol[0847]. the camp...: Heb. Mahanehdan
16:9 And Samson[08123] went down[03381][8799] to Timnath[08553], and saw[07200][8799] a woman[0802] in Timnath[08553] of the daughters[01323] of the Philistines[06430].
16:10 And he came up[05927][8799], and told[05046][8686] his father[01] and his mother[0517], and said[0559][8799], I have seen[07200][8804] a woman[0802] in Timnath[08553] of the daughters[01323] of the Philistines[06430]: now therefore get[03947][8798] her for me to wife[0802].
16:11 Then his father[01] and his mother[0517] said[0559][8799] unto him, Is there never[0369] a woman[0802] among the daughters[01323] of thy brethren[0251], or among all my people[05971], that thou goest[01980][8802] to take[03947][8800] a wife[0802] of the uncircumcised[06189] Philistines[06430]? And Samson[08123] said[0559][8799] unto his father[01], Get[03947][8798] her for me; for she pleaseth me well[03474][8804][05869]. pleaseth...: Heb. is right in mine eyes
16:12 But his father[01] and his mother[0517] knew[03045][8804] not that it was of the LORD[03068], that he sought[01245][8764] an occasion[08385] against the Philistines[06430]: for at that time[06256] the Philistines[06430] had dominion[04910][8802] over Israel[03478].
16:13 Then went[03381][00] Samson[08123] down[03381][8799], and his father[01] and his mother[0517], to Timnath[08553], and came[0935][8799] to the vineyards[03754] of Timnath[08553]: and, behold, a young[03715] lion[0738] roared[07580][8802] against[07125][8800] him. against...: Heb. in meeting him
16:14 And the Spirit[07307] of the LORD[03068] came mightily[06743][8799] upon him, and he rent[08156][8762] him as he would have rent[08156][8763] a kid[01423], and he had nothing[03972] in his hand[03027]: but he told[05046][8689] not his father[01] or his mother[0517] what he had done[06213][8804].
16:15 And he went down[03381][8799], and talked[01696][8762] with the woman[0802]; and she pleased[03474][00] Samson[08123] well[03474][8799][05869].
16:16 And after a time[03117] he returned[07725][8799] to take[03947][8800] her, and he turned aside[05493][8799] to see[07200][8800] the carcase[04658] of the lion[0738]: and, behold, there was a swarm[05712] of bees[01682] and honey[01706] in the carcase[01472] of the lion[0738].
16:17 And he took[07287][8799] thereof in his hands[03709], and went on[03212][8799] eating[0398][8800], and came[01980][8800] to his father[01] and mother[0517], and he gave[05414][8799] them, and they did eat[0398][8799]: but he told[05046][8689] not them that he had taken[07287][8804] the honey[01706] out of the carcase[01472] of the lion[0738].
16:18 So his father[01] went down[03381][8799] unto the woman[0802]: and Samson[08123] made[06213][8799] there a feast[04960]; for so used the young men[0970] to do[06213][8799].
16:19 And it came to pass, when they saw[07200][8800] him, that they brought[03947][8799] thirty[07970] companions[04828] to be with him.
16:20 And Samson[08123] said[0559][8799] unto them, I will now put forth[02330][8799] a riddle[02420] unto you: if ye can certainly[05046][8687] declare[05046][8686] it me within the seven[07651] days[03117] of the feast[04960], and find it out[04672][8804], then I will give[05414][8804] you thirty[07970] sheets[05466] and thirty[07970] change[02487] of garments[0899]: sheets: or, shirts
16:21 But if ye cannot[03201][8799] declare[05046][8687] it me, then shall ye give[05414][8804] me thirty[07970] sheets[05466] and thirty[07970] change[02487] of garments[0899]. And they said[0559][8799] unto him, Put forth[02330][8798] thy riddle[02420], that we may hear[08085][8799] it. sheets: or, shirts
16:22 And he said[0559][8799] unto them, Out of the eater[0398][8802] came forth[03318][8804] meat[03978], and out of the strong[05794] came forth[03318][8804] sweetness[04966]. And they could[03201][8804] not in three[07969] days[03117] expound[05046][8687] the riddle[02420].
16:23 And it came to pass on the seventh[07637] day[03117], that they said[0559][8799] unto Samson's[08123] wife[0802], Entice[06601][8761] thy husband[0376], that he may declare[05046][8686] unto us the riddle[02420], lest we burn[08313][8799] thee and thy father's[01] house[01004] with fire[0784]: have ye called[07121][8804] us to take that we have[03423][8800]? is it not so ? take...: Heb. possess us, or, impoverish us?
16:24 And Samson's[08123] wife[0802] wept[01058][8799] before him, and said[0559][8799], Thou dost but hate[08130][8804] me, and lovest[0157][8804] me not: thou hast put forth[02330][8804] a riddle[02420] unto the children[01121] of my people[05971], and hast not told[05046][8689] it me. And he said[0559][8799] unto her, Behold, I have not told[05046][8689] it my father[01] nor my mother[0517], and shall I tell[05046][8686] it thee?
16:25 And she wept[01058][8799] before him the seven[07651] days[03117], while their feast[04960] lasted[01961][8804]: and it came to pass on the seventh[07637] day[03117], that he told[05046][8686] her, because she lay sore[06693][8689] upon him: and she told[05046][8686] the riddle[02420] to the children[01121] of her people[05971]. the seven...: or, the rest of the seven days
16:26 And the men[0582] of the city[05892] said[0559][8799] unto him on the seventh[07637] day[03117] before the sun[02775] went down[0935][8799], What is sweeter[04966] than honey[01706]? and what is stronger[05794] than a lion[0738]? And he said[0559][8799] unto them, If[03884] ye had not plowed[02790][8804] with my heifer[05697], ye had not found out[04672][8804] my riddle[02420].
16:27 And the Spirit[07307] of the LORD[03068] came[06743][8799] upon him, and he went down[03381][8799] to Ashkelon[0831], and slew[05221][8686] thirty[07970] men[0376] of them, and took[03947][8799] their spoil[02488], and gave[05414][8799] change[02487] of garments unto them which expounded[05046][8688] the riddle[02420]. And his anger[0639] was kindled[02734][8799], and he went up[05927][8799] to his father's[01] house[01004]. spoil: or, apparel
16:28 But Samson's[08123] wife[0802] was given to his companion[04828], whom he had used as his friend[07462][8765].
16:29 But it came to pass within a while after[03117], in the time[03117] of wheat[02406] harvest[07105], that Samson[08123] visited[06485][8799] his wife[0802] with a kid[01423][05795]; and he said[0559][8799], I will go in[0935][8799] to my wife[0802] into the chamber[02315]. But her father[01] would not suffer[05414][8804] him to go in[0935][8800].
16:30 And her father[01] said[0559][8799], I verily[0559][8800] thought[0559][8804] that thou hadst utterly[08130][8800] hated[08130][8804] her; therefore I gave[05414][8799] her to thy companion[04828]: is not her younger[06996] sister[0269] fairer[02896] than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. take...: Heb. let her be thine
16:31 And Samson[08123] said[0559][8799] concerning them, Now[06471] shall I be more blameless[05352][8738] than the Philistines[06430], though I do[06213][8802] them a displeasure[07451]. more...: or, blameless from the Philistines though, etc
17:1 And Samson[08123] went[03212][8799] and caught[03920][8799] three[07969] hundred[03967] foxes[07776], and took[03947][8799] firebrands[03940], and turned[06437][8686] tail[02180] to tail[02180], and put[07760][8799] a[0259] firebrand[03940] in the midst[08432] between two[08147] tails[02180]. firebrands: or, torches
17:2 And when he had set[01197][8686] the brands[03940] on fire[0784], he let them go[07971][8762] into the standing corn[07054] of the Philistines[06430], and burnt up[01197][8686] both the shocks[01430], and also the standing corn[07054], with the vineyards[03754] and olives[02132].
17:3 Then the Philistines[06430] said[0559][8799], Who hath done[06213][8804] this? And they answered[0559][8799], Samson[08123], the son in law[02860] of the Timnite[08554], because he had taken[03947][8804] his wife[0802], and given[05414][8799] her to his companion[04828]. And the Philistines[06430] came up[05927][8799], and burnt[08313][8799] her and her father[01] with fire[0784].
17:4 And Samson[08123] said[0559][8799] unto them, Though[0518] ye have done[06213][8799] this[02063], yet will I be avenged[05358][8738] of you, and after[0310] that I will cease[02308][8799].
17:5 And he smote[05221][8686] them hip[07785] and[05921] thigh[03409] with a great[01419] slaughter[04347]: and he went down[03381][8799] and dwelt[03427][8799] in the top[05585] of the rock[05553] Etam[05862].
17:6 Then the Philistines[06430] went up[05927][8799], and pitched[02583][8799] in Judah[03063], and spread[05203][8735] themselves in Lehi[03896].
17:7 And the men[0376] of Judah[03063] said[0559][8799], Why are ye come up[05927][8804] against us? And they answered[0559][8799], To bind[0631][8800] Samson[08123] are we come up[05927][8804], to do[06213][8800] to him as he hath done[06213][8804] to us.
17:8 Then three[07969] thousand[0505] men[0376] of Judah[03063] went[03381][8799] to the top[05585] of the rock[05553] Etam[05862], and said[0559][8799] to Samson[08123], Knowest[03045][8804] thou not that the Philistines[06430] are rulers[04910][8802] over us? what is this that thou hast done[06213][8804] unto us? And he said[0559][8799] unto them, As they did[06213][8804] unto me, so have I done[06213][8804] unto them. went: Heb. went down
17:9 And they said[0559][8799] unto him, We are come down[03381][8804] to bind[0631][8800] thee, that we may deliver[05414][8800] thee into the hand[03027] of the Philistines[06430]. And Samson[08123] said[0559][8799] unto them, Swear[07650][8734] unto me, that ye will not fall upon[06293][8799] me yourselves.
17:10 And they spake[0559][8799] unto him, saying[0559][8800], No; but we will bind[0631][8799] thee fast[0631][8800], and deliver[05414][8804] thee into their hand[03027]: but surely[04191][8687] we will not kill[04191][8686] thee. And they bound[0631][8799] him with two[08147] new[02319] cords[05688], and brought him up[05927][8686] from the rock[05553].
17:11 And when he came[0935][8804] unto Lehi[03896], the Philistines[06430] shouted[07321][8689] against[07125][8800] him: and the Spirit[07307] of the LORD[03068] came mightily[06743][8799] upon him, and the cords[05688] that were upon his arms[02220] became as flax[06593] that was burnt[01197][8804] with fire[0784], and his bands[0612] loosed[04549][8735] from off his hands[03027]. loosed: Heb. were melted
17:12 And he found[04672][8799] a new[02961] jawbone[03895] of an ass[02543], and put forth[07971][8799] his hand[03027], and took[03947][8799] it, and slew[05221][8686] a thousand[0505] men[0376] therewith. new: Heb. moist
17:13 And Samson[08123] said[0559][8799], With the jawbone[03895] of an ass[02543], heaps[02565] upon heaps[02565], with the jaw[03895] of an ass[02543] have I slain[05221][8689] a thousand[0505] men[0376]. heaps upon...: Heb. an heap, two heaps
18:1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end[03615][8763] of speaking[01696][8763], that he cast away[07993][8686] the jawbone[03895] out of his hand[03027], and called[07121][8799] that place[04725] Ramathlehi[07437]. Ramathlehi: that is, the lifting up of the jawbone, or, casting away of the jawbone
18:2 And he was sore[03966] athirst[06770][8799], and called[07121][8799] on the LORD[03068], and said[0559][8799], Thou hast given[05414][8804] this great[01419] deliverance[08668] into the hand[03027] of thy servant[05650]: and now shall I die[04191][8799] for thirst[06772], and fall[05307][8804] into the hand[03027] of the uncircumcised[06189]?
18:3 But God[0430] clave[01234][8799] an hollow place[04388] that was in the jaw[03895], and there came[03318][8799] water[04325] thereout; and when he had drunk[08354][8799], his spirit[07307] came again[07725][8799], and he revived[02421][8799]: wherefore he called[07121][8802] the name[08034] thereof Enhakkore[05875], which is in Lehi[03896] unto this day[03117]. Enhakkore: that is, the well of him that called or, cried the jaw: or, Lehi, as called in this chapter
18:4 And he judged[08199][8799] Israel[03478] in the days[03117] of the Philistines[06430] twenty[06242] years[08141].
18:5 Then went[03212][8799] Samson[08123] to Gaza[05804], and saw[07200][8799] there an harlot[0802][02181][8802], and went in[0935][8799] unto her. harlot: Heb. a woman an harlot
18:6 And it was told the Gazites[05841], saying[0559][8800], Samson[08123] is come[0935][8804] hither. And they compassed him in[05437][8799], and laid wait[0693][8799] for him all night[03915] in the gate[08179] of the city[05892], and were quiet[02790][8691] all the night[03915], saying[0559][8800], In the morning[01242], when it is day[0216], we shall kill[02026][8804] him. quiet: Heb. silence
18:7 And Samson[08123] lay[07901][8799] till midnight[02677][03915], and arose[06965][8799] at midnight[02677][03915], and took[0270][8799] the doors[01817] of the gate[08179] of the city[05892], and the two[08147] posts[04201], and went away[05265][8799] with them, bar[01280] and all, and put[07760][8799] them upon his shoulders[03802], and carried them up[05927][8686] to the top[07218] of an hill[02022] that is before[06440] Hebron[02275]. bar...: Heb. with the bar
18:8 And it came to pass afterward[0310], that he loved[0157][8799] a woman[0802] in the valley[05158] of Sorek[07796], whose name[08034] was Delilah[01807]. in...: or, by the brook
18:9 And the lords[05633] of the Philistines[06430] came up[05927][8799] unto her, and said[0559][8799] unto her, Entice[06601][8761] him, and see[07200][8798] wherein his great[01419] strength[03581] lieth , and by what means we may prevail[03201][8799] against him, that we may bind[0631][8804] him to afflict[06031][8763] him: and we will give[05414][8799] thee every one[0376] of us eleven hundred[0505][03967] pieces of silver[03701]. afflict: or, humble
18:10 And Delilah[01807] said[0559][8799] to Samson[08123], Tell[05046][8685] me, I pray thee, wherein thy great[01419] strength[03581] lieth , and wherewith thou mightest be bound[0631][8735] to afflict[06031][8763] thee.
18:11 And Samson[08123] said[0559][8799] unto her, If they bind[0631][8799] me with seven[07651] green[03892] withs[03499] that were never dried[02717][8795], then shall I be weak[02470][8804], and be as another[0259] man[0120]. green...: or, new cords: Heb. moist another: Heb. one
18:12 Then the lords[05633] of the Philistines[06430] brought up[05927][8686] to her seven[07651] green[03892] withs[03499] which had not been dried[02717][8795], and she bound[0631][8799] him with them. green...: or, new cords: Heb. moist
18:13 Now there were men lying in wait[0693][8802], abiding[03427][8802] with her in the chamber[02315]. And she said[0559][8799] unto him, The Philistines[06430] be upon thee, Samson[08123]. And he brake[05423][8762] the withs[03499], as a thread[06616] of tow[05296] is broken[05423][8735] when it toucheth[07306][8687] the fire[0784]. So his strength[03581] was not known[03045][8738]. toucheth: Heb. smelleth
18:14 And Delilah[01807] said[0559][8799] unto Samson[08123], Behold, thou hast mocked[02048][8765] me, and told[01696][8762] me lies[03577]: now tell[05046][8685] me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound[0631][8735].
18:15 And he said[0559][8799] unto her, If they bind[0631][8799] me fast[0631][8800] with new[02319] ropes[05688] that never were occupied[04399][06213][8738], then shall I be weak[02470][8804], and be as another[0259] man[0120]. that never...: Heb. wherewith work hath not been done
18:16 Delilah[01807] therefore took[03947][8799] new[02319] ropes[05688], and bound[0631][8799] him therewith, and said[0559][8799] unto him, The Philistines[06430] be upon thee, Samson[08123]. And there were liers in wait[0693][8802] abiding[03427][8802] in the chamber[02315]. And he brake[05423][8762] them from off his arms[02220] like a thread[02339].
18:17 And Delilah[01807] said[0559][8799] unto Samson[08123], Hitherto[02008] thou hast mocked[02048][8765] me, and told[01696][8762] me lies[03577]: tell[05046][8685] me wherewith thou mightest be bound[0631][8735]. And he said[0559][8799] unto her, If thou weavest[0707][8799] the seven[07651] locks[04253] of my head[07218] with the web[04545].
18:18 And she fastened[08628][8799] it with the pin[03489], and said[0559][8799] unto him, The Philistines[06430] be upon thee, Samson[08123]. And he awaked[03364][8799] out of his sleep[08142], and went away[05265][8799] with the pin[03489] of the beam[0708], and with the web[04545].
18:19 And she said[0559][8799] unto him, How[0349] canst thou say[0559][8799], I love[0157][8804] thee, when thine heart[03820] is not with me? thou hast mocked[02048][8765] me these three[07969] times[06471], and hast not told[05046][8689] me wherein thy great[01419] strength[03581] lieth .
18:20 And it came to pass, when she pressed[06693][8689] him daily[03117] with her words[01697], and urged[0509][8762] him, so that his soul[05315] was vexed[07114][8799] unto death[04191][8800]; vexed: Heb. shortened
18:21 That he told[05046][8686] her all his heart[03820], and said[0559][8799] unto her, There hath not come[05927][8804] a razor[04177] upon mine head[07218]; for I have been a Nazarite[05139] unto God[0430] from my mother's[0517] womb[0990]: if I be shaven[01548][8795], then my strength[03581] will go[05493][8804] from me, and I shall become weak[02470][8804], and be like any other man[0120].
18:22 And when Delilah[01807] saw[07200][8799] that he had told[05046][8689] her all his heart[03820], she sent[07971][8799] and called[07121][8799] for the lords[05633] of the Philistines[06430], saying[0559][8800], Come up[05927][8798] this once[06471], for he hath shewed[05046][8689] me all his heart[03820]. Then the lords[05633] of the Philistines[06430] came up[05927][8804] unto her, and brought[05927][8686] money[03701] in their hand[03027].
18:23 And she made him sleep[03462][8762] upon her knees[01290]; and she called[07121][8799] for a man[0376], and she caused him to shave off[01548][8762] the seven[07651] locks[04253] of his head[07218]; and she began[02490][8686] to afflict[06031][8763] him, and his strength[03581] went[05493][8799] from him.
18:24 And she said[0559][8799], The Philistines[06430] be upon thee, Samson[08123]. And he awoke[03364][8799] out of his sleep[08142], and said[0559][8799], I will go out[03318][8799] as at other times before[06471], and shake[05287][8735] myself. And he wist[03045][8804] not that the LORD[03068] was departed[05493][8804] from him.
18:25 But the Philistines[06430] took[0270][8799] him, and put out[05365][8762] his eyes[05869], and brought him down[03381][8686] to Gaza[05804], and bound[0631][8799] him with fetters of brass[05178]; and he did grind[02912][8802] in the prison[0631][8803] house[01004]. put out: Heb. bored out
18:26 Howbeit the hair[08181] of his head[07218] began[02490][8686] to grow again[06779][8763] after[0834] he was shaven[01548][8795]. after...: or, as when he was shaven
18:27 Then the lords[05633] of the Philistines[06430] gathered them together[0622][8738] for to offer[02076][8800] a great[01419] sacrifice[02077] unto Dagon[01712] their god[0430], and to rejoice[08057]: for they said[0559][8799], Our god[0430] hath delivered[05414][8804] Samson[08123] our enemy[0341][8802] into our hand[03027].
18:28 And when the people[05971] saw[07200][8799] him, they praised[01984][8762] their god[0430]: for they said[0559][8804], Our god[0430] hath delivered[05414][8804] into our hands[03027] our enemy[0341][8802], and the destroyer[02717][8688] of our country[0776], which slew[02491] many[07235][8689] of us. which...: Heb. and who multiplied our slain
18:29 And it came to pass, when their hearts[03820] were merry[02896], that they said[0559][8799], Call[07121][8798] for Samson[08123], that he may make us sport[07832][8762]. And they called[07121][8799] for Samson[08123] out of the prison[0631][8803] house[01004]; and he made them[06440] sport[06711][8762]: and they set[05975][8686] him between the pillars[05982]. them: Heb. before them
18:30 And Samson[08123] said[0559][8799] unto the lad[05288] that held[02388][8688] him by the hand[03027], Suffer[03240][8685] me that I may feel[04184][8685][8675][03237][8685] the pillars[05982] whereupon the house[01004] standeth[03559][8737], that I may lean[08172][8735] upon them.
18:31 Now the house[01004] was full[04390][8804] of men[0582] and women[0802]; and all the lords[05633] of the Philistines[06430] were there; and there were upon the roof[01406] about three[07969] thousand[0505] men[0376] and women[0802], that beheld[07200][8802] while Samson[08123] made sport[07832][8800].
19:1 And Samson[08123] called[07121][8799] unto the LORD[03068], and said[0559][8799], O Lord[0136] GOD[03069], remember[02142][8798] me, I pray thee, and strengthen[02388][8761] me, I pray thee, only this once[06471], O God[0430], that I may be at once[0259] avenged[05358][8735][05359] of the Philistines[06430] for my two[08147] eyes[05869].
19:2 And Samson[08123] took hold[03943][8799] of the two[08147] middle[08432] pillars[05982] upon which the house[01004] stood[03559][8737], and on which it was borne up[05564][8735], of the one[0259] with his right hand[03225], and of the other[0259] with his left[08040]. on which...: or, he leaned on them
19:3 And Samson[08123] said[0559][8799], Let me die[04191][8799][05315] with the Philistines[06430]. And he bowed[05186][8799] himself with all his might[03581]; and the house[01004] fell[05307][8799] upon the lords[05633], and upon all the people[05971] that were therein. So the dead[04191][8801] which he slew[04191][8689] at his death[04194] were more[07227] than they which he slew[04191][8689] in his life[02416]. me: Heb. my soul
19:4 Then his brethren[0251] and all the house[01004] of his father[01] came down[03381][8799], and took[05375][8799] him, and brought him up[05927][8799], and buried[06912][8799] him between Zorah[06881] and Eshtaol[0847] in the buryingplace[06913] of Manoah[04495] his father[01]. And he judged[08199][8804] Israel[03478] twenty[06242] years[08141].
19:5 And there was a man[0376] of mount[02022] Ephraim[0669], whose name[08034] was Micah[04321].
19:6 And he said[0559][8799] unto his mother[0517], The eleven hundred[0505][03967] shekels of silver[03701] that were taken[03947][8795] from thee, about which thou cursedst[0422][8804], and spakest[0559][8804] of also in mine ears[0241], behold, the silver[03701] is with me; I took[03947][8804] it. And his mother[0517] said[0559][8799], Blessed[01288][8803] be thou of the LORD[03068], my son[01121].
19:7 And when he had restored[07725][8686] the eleven hundred[0505][03967] shekels of silver[03701] to his mother[0517], his mother[0517] said[0559][8799], I had wholly[06942][8687] dedicated[06942][8689] the silver[03701] unto the LORD[03068] from my hand[03027] for my son[01121], to make[06213][8800] a graven image[06459] and a molten image[04541]: now therefore I will restore[07725][8686] it unto thee.
19:8 Yet he restored[07725][8686] the money[03701] unto his mother[0517]; and his mother[0517] took[03947][8799] two hundred[03967] shekels of silver[03701], and gave[05414][8799] them to the founder[06884][8802], who made[06213][8799] thereof a graven image[06459] and a molten image[04541]: and they were in the house[01004] of Micah[04321].
19:9 And the man[0376] Micah[04318] had an house[01004] of gods[0430], and made[06213][8799] an ephod[0646], and teraphim[08655], and consecrated[04390][8762][03027] one[0259] of his sons[01121], who became his priest[03548]. consecrated: Heb. filled the hand
19:10 In those days[03117] there was no king[04428] in Israel[03478], but every man[0376] did[06213][8799] that which was right[03477] in his own eyes[05869].
19:11 And there was a young man[05288] out of Bethlehemjudah[01035][03063] of the family[04940] of Judah[03063], who was a Levite[03881], and he sojourned[01481][8804] there.
19:12 And the man[0376] departed[03212][8799] out of the city[05892] from Bethlehemjudah[01035][03063] to sojourn[01481][8800] where he could find[04672][8799] a place : and he came[0935][8799] to mount[02022] Ephraim[0669] to the house[01004] of Micah[04318], as he journeyed[06213][8800][01870]. as he...: Heb. in making his way
19:13 And Micah[04318] said[0559][8799] unto him, Whence[0370] comest[0935][8799] thou? And he said[0559][8799] unto him, I am a Levite[03881] of Bethlehemjudah[01035][03063], and I go[01980][8802] to sojourn[01481][8800] where I may find[04672][8799] a place .
19:14 And Micah[04318] said[0559][8799] unto him, Dwell[03427][8798] with me, and be unto me a father[01] and a priest[03548], and I will give[05414][8799] thee ten[06235] shekels  of silver[03701] by the year[03117], and a suit[06187] of apparel[0899], and thy victuals[04241]. So the Levite[03881] went in[03212][8799]. a suit...: or, a double suit, etc: Heb. an order of garments
19:15 And the Levite[03881] was content[02974][8686] to dwell[03427][8800] with the man[0376]; and the young man[05288] was unto him as one[0259] of his sons[01121].
19:16 And Micah[04318] consecrated[04390][8762][03027] the Levite[03881]; and the young man[05288] became his priest[03548], and was in the house[01004] of Micah[04318].
19:17 Then said[0559][8799] Micah[04318], Now know[03045][8804] I that the LORD[03068] will do me good[03190][8686], seeing I have a Levite[03881] to my priest[03548].
19:18 In those days[03117] there was no king[04428] in Israel[03478]: and in those days[03117] the tribe[07626] of the Danites[01839] sought[01245][8764] them an inheritance[05159] to dwell in[03427][8800]; for unto that day[03117] all their inheritance[05159] had not fallen[05307][8804] unto them among[08432] the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478].
19:19 And the children[01121] of Dan[01835] sent[07971][8799] of their family[04940] five[02568] men[0582] from their coasts[07098], men[01121] of valour[02428], from Zorah[06881], and from Eshtaol[0847], to spy[07270][8763] out the land[0776], and to search[02713][8800] it; and they said[0559][8799] unto them, Go[03212][8798], search[02713][8798] the land[0776]: who when they came[0935][8799] to mount[02022] Ephraim[0669], to the house[01004] of Micah[04318], they lodged[03885][8799] there. men of: Heb. sons of
19:20 When they were by the house[01004] of Micah[04318], they knew[05234][8689] the voice[06963] of the young man[05288] the Levite[03881]: and they turned in[05493][8799] thither, and said[0559][8799] unto him, Who brought[0935][8689] thee hither[01988]? and what makest[06213][8802] thou in this place ? and what hast thou here?
19:21 And he said[0559][8799] unto them, Thus[02090] and thus[02090] dealeth[06213][8804] Micah[04318] with me, and hath hired[07936][8799] me, and I am his priest[03548].
19:22 And they said[0559][8799] unto him, Ask counsel[07592][8798], we pray thee, of God[0430], that we may know[03045][8799] whether our way[01870] which we go[01980][8802] shall be prosperous[06743][8686].
19:23 And the priest[03548] said[0559][8799] unto them, Go[03212][8798] in peace[07965]: before[05227] the LORD[03068] is your way[01870] wherein ye go[03212][8799].
19:24 Then the five[02568] men[0582] departed[03212][8799], and came[0935][8799] to Laish[03919], and saw[07200][8799] the people[05971] that were therein[07130], how they dwelt[03427][8802] careless[0983], after the manner[04941] of the Zidonians[06722], quiet[08252][8802] and secure[0982][8802]; and there was no magistrate[03423][8802][06114] in the land[0776], that might put them to shame[03637][8688] in any thing[01697]; and they were far[07350] from the Zidonians[06722], and had no business[01697] with any  man[0120]. Laish: also called, Leshem magistrate: Heb. possessor, or, heir of restraints
19:25 And they came[0935][8799] unto their brethren[0251] to Zorah[06881] and Eshtaol[0847]: and their brethren[0251] said[0559][8799] unto them, What say ye?
19:26 And they said[0559][8799], Arise[06965][8798], that we may go up[05927][8799] against them: for we have seen[07200][8804] the land[0776], and, behold, it is very[03966] good[02896]: and are ye still[02814][8688]? be not slothful[06101][8735] to go[03212][8800], and to enter[0935][8800] to possess[03423][8800] the land[0776].
19:27 When ye go[0935][8800], ye shall come[0935][8799] unto a people[05971] secure[0982][8802], and to a large[07342] land[0776]: for God[0430] hath given[05414][8804] it into your hands[03027]; a place[04725] where there is no want[04270] of any thing[01697] that is in the earth[0776].
19:28 And there went[05265][8799] from thence of the family[04940] of the Danites[01839], out of Zorah[06881] and out of Eshtaol[0847], six[08337] hundred[03967] men[0376] appointed[02296][8803] with weapons[03627] of war[04421]. appointed: Heb. girded
19:29 And they went up[05927][8799], and pitched[02583][8799] in Kirjathjearim[07157], in Judah[03063]: wherefore they called[07121][8804] that place[04725] Mahanehdan[04265] unto this day[03117]: behold, it is behind[0310] Kirjathjearim[07157].
19:30 And they passed[05674][8799] thence unto mount[02022] Ephraim[0669], and came[0935][8799] unto the house[01004] of Micah[04318].
20:1 Then answered[06030][8799] the five[02568] men[0582] that went[01980][8802] to spy out[07270][8763] the country[0776] of Laish[03919], and said[0559][8799] unto their brethren[0251], Do ye know[03045][8804] that there is[03426] in these houses[01004] an ephod[0646], and teraphim[08655], and a graven image[06459], and a molten image[04541]? now therefore consider[03045][8798] what ye have to do[06213][8799].
20:2 And they turned[05493][8799] thitherward, and came[0935][8799] to the house[01004] of the young man[05288] the Levite[03881], even unto the house[01004] of Micah[04318], and saluted[07592][8799][07965] him. saluted...: Heb. asked him of peace
20:3 And the six[08337] hundred[03967] men[0376] appointed[02296][8803] with their weapons[03627] of war[04421], which were of the children[01121] of Dan[01835], stood[05324][8737] by the entering[06607] of the gate[08179].
20:4 And the five[02568] men[0582] that went[01980][8802] to spy out[07270][8763] the land[0776] went up[05927][8799], and came in[0935][8804] thither, and took[03947][8804] the graven image[06459], and the ephod[0646], and the teraphim[08655], and the molten image[04541]: and the priest[03548] stood[05324][8737] in the entering[06607] of the gate[08179] with the six[08337] hundred[03967] men[0376] that were appointed[02296][8803] with weapons[03627] of war[04421].
20:5 And these went[0935][8804] into Micah's[04318] house[01004], and fetched[03947][8799] the carved image[06459], the ephod[0646], and the teraphim[08655], and the molten image[04541]. Then said[0559][8799] the priest[03548] unto them, What do[06213][8802] ye?
20:6 And they said[0559][8799] unto him, Hold thy peace[02790][8685], lay[07760][8798] thine hand[03027] upon thy mouth[06310], and go[03212][8798] with us, and be to us[01961][8800] a father[01] and a priest[03548]: is it better[02896] for thee to be a priest[03548] unto the house[01004] of one[0259] man[0376], or that thou be a priest[03548] unto a tribe[07626] and a family[04940] in Israel[03478]?
20:7 And the priest's[03548] heart[03820] was glad[03190][8799], and he took[03947][8799] the ephod[0646], and the teraphim[08655], and the graven image[06459], and went in[0935][8799] the midst[07130] of the people[05971].
20:8 So they turned[06437][8799] and departed[03212][8799], and put[07760][8799] the little ones[02945] and the cattle[04735] and the carriage[03520] before[06440] them.
20:9 And when they were a good way[07368][8689] from the house[01004] of Micah[04318], the men[0582] that were in the houses[01004] near to Micah's[04318] house[01004] were gathered together[02199][8738], and overtook[01692][8686] the children[01121] of Dan[01835].
20:10 And they cried[07121][8799] unto the children[01121] of Dan[01835]. And they turned[05437][8686] their faces[06440], and said[0559][8799] unto Micah[04318], What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company[02199][8738]? comest...: Heb. art gathered together?
20:11 And he said[0559][8799], Ye have taken away[03947][8804] my gods[0430] which I made[06213][8804], and the priest[03548], and ye are gone away[03212][8799]: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say[0559][8799] unto me, What aileth thee?
20:12 And the children[01121] of Dan[01835] said[0559][8799] unto him, Let not thy voice[06963] be heard[08085][8686] among us, lest angry[04751][05315] fellows[0582] run[06293][8799] upon thee, and thou lose[0622][8804] thy life[05315], with the lives[05315] of thy household[01004]. angry: Heb. bitter of soul
20:13 And the children[01121] of Dan[01835] went[03212][8799] their way[01870]: and when Micah[04318] saw[07200][8799] that they were too strong[02389] for him, he turned[06437][8799] and went back[07725][8799] unto his house[01004].
20:14 And they took[03947][8804] the things which Micah[04318] had made[06213][8804], and the priest[03548] which he had, and came[0935][8799] unto Laish[03919], unto a people[05971] that were at quiet[08252][8802] and secure[0982][8802]: and they smote[05221][8686] them with the edge[06310] of the sword[02719], and burnt[08313][8804] the city[05892] with fire[0784].
20:15 And there was no deliverer[05337][8688], because it was far[07350] from Zidon[06721], and they had no business[01697] with any man[0120]; and it was in the valley[06010] that lieth by Bethrehob[01050]. And they built[01129][8799] a city[05892], and dwelt[03427][8799] therein.
20:16 And they called[07121][8799] the name[08034] of the city[05892] Dan[01835], after the name[08034] of Dan[01835] their father[01], who was born[03205][8795] unto Israel[03478]: howbeit[0199] the name[08034] of the city[05892] was Laish[03919] at the first[07223].
20:17 And the children[01121] of Dan[01835] set up[06965][8686] the graven image[06459]: and Jonathan[03083], the son[01121] of Gershom[01647], the son[01121] of Manasseh[04519], he and his sons[01121] were priests[03548] to the tribe[07626] of Dan[01839] until the day[03117] of the captivity[01540][8800] of the land[0776].
20:18 And they set them up[07760][8799] Micah's[04318] graven image[06459], which he made[06213][8804], all the time[03117] that the house[01004] of God[0430] was in Shiloh[07887].
20:19 And it came to pass in those days[03117], when there was no king[04428] in Israel[03478], that there was a certain[0376] Levite[03881] sojourning[01481][8802] on the side[03411] of mount[02022] Ephraim[0669], who took[03947][8799] to him a concubine[0802][06370] out of Bethlehemjudah[01035][03063]. a concubine: Heb. a woman a concubine, or, a wife a concubine
20:20 And his concubine[06370] played the whore[02181][8799] against him, and went away[03212][8799] from him unto her father's[01] house[01004] to Bethlehemjudah[01035][03063], and was there four[0702] whole months[02320][03117]. four whole months: or, a year and four month: Heb. days, four months
20:21 And her husband[0376] arose[06965][8799], and went[03212][8799] after[0310] her, to speak[01696][8763] friendly[03820] unto her, and to bring her again[07725][8687], having his servant[05288] with him, and a couple[06776] of asses[02543]: and she brought[0935][8686] him into her father's[01] house[01004]: and when the father[01] of the damsel[05291] saw[07200][8799] him, he rejoiced[08055][8799] to meet[07125][8800] him. friendly...: Heb. to her heart
20:22 And his father in law[02859][8802], the damsel's[05291] father[01], retained[02388][8686] him; and he abode[03427][8799] with him three[07969] days[03117]: so they did eat[0398][8799] and drink[08354][8799], and lodged[03885][8799] there.
20:23 And it came to pass on the fourth[07243] day[03117], when they arose early[07925][8686] in the morning[01242], that he rose up[06965][8799] to depart[03212][8800]: and the damsel's[05291] father[01] said[0559][8799] unto his son in law[02860], Comfort[05582][8798] thine heart[03820] with a morsel[06595] of bread[03899], and afterward[0310] go your way[03212][8799]. Comfort: Heb. Strengthen
20:24 And they sat down[03427][8799], and did eat[0398][8799] and drink[08354][8799] both[08147] of them together[03162]: for the damsel's[05291] father[01] had said[0559][8799] unto the man[0376], Be content[02974][8685], I pray thee, and tarry all night[03885][8798], and let thine heart[03820] be merry[03190][8799].
20:25 And when the man[0376] rose up[06965][8799] to depart[03212][8800], his father in law[02859][8802] urged[06484][8799] him: therefore he lodged[03885][8799] there again[07725][8799].
20:26 And he arose early[07925][8686] in the morning[01242] on the fifth[02549] day[03117] to depart[03212][8800]: and the damsel's[05291] father[01] said[0559][8799], Comfort[05582][8798] thine heart[03824], I pray thee. And they tarried[04102][8701] until afternoon[03117][05186][8800], and they did eat[0398][8799] both[08147] of them. until afternoon: Heb. till the day declined
20:27 And when the man[0376] rose up[06965][8799] to depart[03212][8800], he, and his concubine[06370], and his servant[05288], his father in law[02859][8802], the damsel's[05291] father[01], said[0559][8799] unto him, Behold, now the day[03117] draweth[07503][8804] toward evening[06150][8800], I pray you tarry all night[03885][8798]: behold, the day[03117] groweth to an end[02583][8800], lodge[03885][8798] here, that thine heart[03824] may be merry[03190][8799]; and to morrow[04279] get you early[07925][8689] on your way[01870], that thou mayest go[01980][8804] home[0168]. draweth: Heb. is weak the day groweth to an end: Heb. it is the pitching time of the day home: Heb. to thy tent
20:28 But the man[0376] would[014][8804] not tarry that night[03885][8800], but he rose up[06965][8799] and departed[03212][8799], and came[0935][8799] over against[05227] Jebus[02982], which is Jerusalem[03389]; and there were with him two[06776] asses[02543] saddled[02280][8803], his concubine[06370] also was with him. over against: Heb. to over against
20:29 And when they were by Jebus[02982], the day[03117] was far[03966] spent[07286][8804]; and the servant[05288] said[0559][8799] unto his master[0113], Come[03212][8798], I pray thee, and let us turn in[05493][8799] into this city[05892] of the Jebusites[02983], and lodge[03885][8799] in it.
20:30 And his master[0113] said[0559][8799] unto him, We will not turn aside[05493][8799] hither into the city[05892] of a stranger[05237], that is not of the children[01121] of Israel[03478]; we will pass over[05674][8804] to Gibeah[01390].
20:31 And he said[0559][8799] unto his servant[05288], Come[03212][8798], and let us draw near[07126][8799] to one[0259] of these places[04725] to lodge all night[03885][8804], in Gibeah[01390], or in Ramah[07414].
20:32 And they passed on[05674][8799] and went their way[03212][8799]; and the sun[08121] went down[0935][8799] upon them when they were by[0681] Gibeah[01390], which belongeth to Benjamin[01144].
20:33 And they turned aside[05493][8799] thither, to go in[0935][8800] and to lodge[03885][8800] in Gibeah[01390]: and when he went in[0935][8799], he sat him down[03427][8799] in a street[07339] of the city[05892]: for there was no man[0376] that took[0622][8764] them into his house[01004] to lodging[03885][8800].
20:34 And, behold, there came[0935][8804] an old[02205] man[0376] from his work[04639] out of the field[07704] at even[06153], which was also[0376] of mount[02022] Ephraim[0669]; and he sojourned[01481][8804] in Gibeah[01390]: but the men[0582] of the place[04725] were Benjamites[01145].
20:35 And when he had lifted up[05375][8799] his eyes[05869], he saw[07200][8799] a wayfaring[0732][8802] man[0376] in the street[07339] of the city[05892]: and the old[02205] man[0376] said[0559][8799], Whither goest[03212][8799] thou? and whence[0370] comest[0935][8799] thou?
20:36 And he said[0559][8799] unto him, We are passing[05674][8802] from Bethlehemjudah[01035][03063] toward the side[03411] of mount[02022] Ephraim[0669]; from thence am  I: and I went[03212][8799] to Bethlehemjudah[01035][03063], but I am now going[01980][8802] to the house[01004] of the LORD[03068]; and there is no man[0376] that receiveth[0622][8764] me to house[01004]. receiveth: Heb. gathereth
20:37 Yet there is[03426] both straw[08401] and provender[04554] for our asses[02543]; and there is bread[03899] and wine[03196] also for me, and for thy handmaid[0519], and for the young man[05288] which is with thy servants[05650]: there is no want[04270] of any thing[01697].
20:38 And the old[02205] man[0376] said[0559][8799], Peace[07965] be with thee; howsoever[07535] let all thy wants[04270] lie upon me; only lodge[03885][8799] not in the street[07339].
20:39 So he brought[0935][8686] him into his house[01004], and gave provender[01101][8799] unto the asses[02543]: and they washed[07364][8799] their feet[07272], and did eat[0398][8799] and drink[08354][8799].
20:40 Now as they were making their hearts[03820] merry[03190][8688], behold, the men[0582] of the city[05892], certain[0582] sons[01121] of Belial[01100], beset[05437][00] the house[01004] round about[05437][8738],  and beat[01849][8693] at the door[01817], and spake[0559][8799] to the master[01167] of the house[01004], the old[02205] man[0376], saying[0559][8800], Bring forth[03318][8685] the man[0376] that came[0935][8804] into thine house[01004], that we may know[03045][8799] him.
20:41 And the man[0376], the master[01167] of the house[01004], went out[03318][8799] unto them, and said[0559][8799] unto them, Nay[0408], my brethren[0251], nay , I pray you, do not so wickedly[07489][8686]; seeing[0310] that this man[0376] is come[0935][8804] into mine house[01004], do[06213][8799] not this folly[05039].
20:42 Behold, here is my daughter[01323] a maiden[01330], and his concubine[06370]; them I will bring out[03318][8686] now, and humble[06031][8761] ye them, and do[06213][8798] with them what seemeth[05869] good[02896] unto you: but unto this man[0376] do[06213][8799] not so[02063] vile[05039] a thing[01697]. so vile...: Heb. the matter of this folly
20:43 But the men[0582] would[014][8804] not hearken[08085][8800] to him: so the man[0376] took[02388][8686] his concubine[06370], and brought[03318][8686] her forth[02351] unto them; and they knew[03045][8799] her, and abused[05953][8691] her all the night[03915] until the morning[01242]: and when the day[07837] began to spring[05927][8800], they let her go[07971][8762].
20:44 Then came[0935][8799] the woman[0802] in the dawning[06437][8800] of the day[01242], and fell down[05307][8799] at the door[06607] of the man's[0376] house[01004] where her lord[0113] was , till it was light[0216].
20:45 And her lord[0113] rose up[06965][8799] in the morning[01242], and opened[06605][8799] the doors[01817] of the house[01004], and went out[03318][8799] to go[03212][8800] his way[01870]: and, behold, the woman[0802] his concubine[06370] was fallen down[05307][8802] at the door[06607] of the house[01004], and her hands[03027] were upon the threshold[05592].
20:46 And he said[0559][8799] unto her, Up[06965][8798], and let us be going[03212][8799]. But none answered[06030][8802]. Then the man[0376] took[03947][8799] her up upon an ass[02543], and the man[0376] rose up[06965][8799], and gat[03212][8799] him unto his place[04725].
20:47 And when he was come[0935][8799] into his house[01004], he took[03947][8799] a knife[03979], and laid hold[02388][8686] on his concubine[06370], and divided[05408][8762] her, together with her bones[06106], into twelve[08147][06240] pieces[05409], and sent[07971][8762] her into all the coasts[01366] of Israel[03478].
20:48 And it was so[01961][8738], that all that saw[07200][8802] it said[0559][8804], There was no such deed[02063] done nor seen[07200][8738] from the day[03117] that the children[01121] of Israel[03478] came up[05927][8800] out of the land[0776] of Egypt[04714] unto this day[03117]: consider[07760][8798] of it, take advice[05779][8798], and speak[01696][8761] your minds .
21:1 Then all the children[01121] of Israel[03478] went out[03318][8799], and the congregation[05712] was gathered together[06950][8735] as one[0259] man[0376], from Dan[01835] even to Beersheba[0884], with the land[0776] of Gilead[01568], unto the LORD[03068] in Mizpeh[04709].
21:2 And the chief[06438] of all the people[05971], even of all the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478], presented[03320][8691] themselves in the assembly[06951] of the people[05971] of God[0430], four[0702] hundred[03967] thousand[0505] footmen[0376][07273] that drew[08025][8802] sword[02719].
21:3 (Now the children[01121] of Benjamin[01144] heard[08085][8799] that the children[01121] of Israel[03478] were gone up[05927][8804] to Mizpeh[04709].) Then said[0559][8799] the children[01121] of Israel[03478], Tell[01696][8761] us , how was[01961][8738] this wickedness[07451]?
21:4 And the Levite[03881][0376], the husband[0376] of the woman[0802] that was slain[07523][8737], answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799], I came[0935][8804] into Gibeah[01390] that belongeth to Benjamin[01144], I and my concubine[06370], to lodge[03885][8800]. the Levite: Heb. the man the Levite
21:5 And the men[01167] of Gibeah[01390] rose[06965][8799] against me, and beset[05437][00] the house[01004] round about[05437][8799] upon me by night[03915], and thought[01819][8765] to have slain[02026][8800] me: and my concubine[06370] have they forced[06031][8765], that she is dead[04191][8799]. forced: Heb. humbled
21:6 And I took[0270][8799] my concubine[06370], and cut her in pieces[05408][8762], and sent[07971][8762] her throughout all the country[07704] of the inheritance[05159] of Israel[03478]: for they have committed[06213][8804] lewdness[02154] and folly[05039] in Israel[03478].
21:7 Behold, ye are all children[01121] of Israel[03478]; give[03051][8798] here[01988] your advice[01697] and counsel[06098].
21:8 And all the people[05971] arose[06965][8799] as one[0259] man[0376], saying[0559][8800], We will not any[0376] of us go[03212][8799] to his tent[0168], neither will we any[0376] of us turn[05493][8799] into his house[01004].
21:9 But now this shall be the thing[01697] which we will do[06213][8799] to Gibeah[01390]; we will go up by lot[01486] against it;
21:10 And we will take[03947][8804] ten[06235] men[0582] of an hundred[03967] throughout all the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478], and an hundred[03967] of a thousand[0505], and a thousand[0505] out of ten thousand[07233], to fetch[03947][8800] victual[06720] for the people[05971], that they may do[06213][8800], when they come[0935][8800] to Gibeah[01387] of Benjamin[01144], according to all the folly[05039] that they have wrought[06213][8804] in Israel[03478].
21:11 So all the men[0376] of Israel[03478] were gathered[0622][8735] against the city[05892], knit together[02270] as one[0259] man[0376]. knit...: Heb. fellows
21:12 And the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478] sent[07971][8799] men[0582] through all the tribe[07626] of Benjamin[01144], saying[0559][8800], What wickedness[07451] is this that is done[01961][8738] among you?
21:13 Now therefore deliver[05414][8798] us the men[0582], the children[01121] of Belial[01100], which are in Gibeah[01390], that we may put them to death[04191][8686], and put away[01197][8762] evil[07451] from Israel[03478]. But the children[01121] of Benjamin[01144] would[014][8804] not hearken[08085][8800] to the voice[06963] of their brethren[0251] the children[01121] of Israel[03478]:
21:14 But the children[01121] of Benjamin[01144] gathered themselves together[0622][8735] out of the cities[05892] unto Gibeah[01390], to go out[03318][8800] to battle[04421] against the children[01121] of Israel[03478].
21:15 And the children[01121] of Benjamin[01144] were numbered[06485][8691] at that time[03117] out of the cities[05892] twenty[06242] and six[08337] thousand[0505] men[0376] that drew[08025][8802] sword[02719], beside the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Gibeah[01390], which were numbered[06485][8694] seven[07651] hundred[03967] chosen[0977][8803] men[0376].
21:16 Among all this people[05971] there were seven[07651] hundred[03967] chosen[0977][8803] men[0376] lefthanded[0334][03027][03225]; every one could sling[07049][8802] stones[068] at an hair[08185] breadth , and not miss[02398][8686].
21:17 And the men[0376] of Israel[03478], beside Benjamin[01144], were numbered[06485][8694] four[0702] hundred[03967] thousand[0505] men[0376] that drew[08025][8802] sword[02719]: all these were men[0376] of war[04421].
21:18 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] arose[06965][8799], and went up[05927][8799] to the house[01004] of God[0430][8677][01008], and asked[07592][8799] counsel of God[0430], and said[0559][8799], Which[04310] of us shall go up[05927][8799] first[08462] to the battle[04421] against the children[01121] of Benjamin[01144]? And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799], Judah[03063] shall go up first[08462].
21:19 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] rose up[06965][8799] in the morning[01242], and encamped[02583][8799] against Gibeah[01390].
21:20 And the men[0376] of Israel[03478] went out[03318][8799] to battle[04421] against Benjamin[01144]; and the men[0376] of Israel[03478] put themselves in array[06186][8799] to fight[04421] against them at Gibeah[01390].
21:21 And the children[01121] of Benjamin[01144] came forth[03318][8799] out of Gibeah[01390], and destroyed down[07843][8686] to the ground[0776] of the Israelites[03478] that day[03117] twenty[06242] and two[08147] thousand[0505] men[0376].
21:22 And the people[05971] the men[0376] of Israel[03478] encouraged[02388][8691] themselves, and set their battle[04421] again[03254][8686] in array[06186][8800] in the place[04725] where they put themselves in array[06186][8804] the first[07223] day[03117].
21:23 (And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] went up[05927][8799] and wept[01058][8799] before[06440] the LORD[03068] until even[06153], and asked[07592][8799] counsel of the LORD[03068], saying[0559][8800], Shall I go up[05066][8800] again[03254][8686] to battle[04421] against the children[01121] of Benjamin[01144] my brother[0251]? And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799], Go up[05927][8798] against him.)
21:24 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] came near[07126][8799] against the children[01121] of Benjamin[01144] the second[08145] day[03117].
21:25 And Benjamin[01144] went forth[03318][8799] against[07125][8800] them out of Gibeah[01390] the second[08145] day[03117], and destroyed down[07843][8686] to the ground[0776] of the children[01121] of Israel[03478] again eighteen[08083][06240] thousand[0505] men[0376]; all these drew[08025][8802] the sword[02719].
