Judges Chapter 20 - King James Strong Number Version
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- Then all the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> went out, <H3318> and the congregation <H5712> was gathered together <H6950> as one <H0259> man, <H0376> from Dan <H1835> even to Beersheba, <H0884> with the land <H0776> of Gilead, <H1568> unto the LORD <H3068> in Mizpeh. <H4709>
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- And the chief <H6438> of all the people, <H5971> [even] of all the tribes <H7626> of Israel, <H3478> presented <H3320> themselves in the assembly <H6951> of the people <H5971> of God, <H0430> four <H0702> hundred <H3967> thousand <H0505> footmen <H0376> <H7273> that drew <H8025> sword. <H2719>
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- (Now the children <H1121> of Benjamin <H1144> heard <H8085> that the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> were gone up <H5927> to Mizpeh.) <H4709> Then said <H0559> the children <H1121> of Israel, <H3478> Tell <H1696> [us], how was <H1961> this wickedness? <H7451>
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- And the Levite, <H3881> <H0376> the husband <H0376> of the woman <H0802> that was slain, <H7523> answered <H6030> and said, <H0559> I came <H0935> into Gibeah <H1390> that [belongeth] to Benjamin, <H1144> I and my concubine, <H6370> to lodge. <H3885>
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- And the men <H1167> of Gibeah <H1390> rose <H6965> against me, and beset the house <H1004> round about <H5437> upon me by night, <H3915> [and] thought <H1819> to have slain <H2026> me: and my concubine <H6370> have they forced, <H6031> that she is dead. <H4191>
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- And I took <H0270> my concubine, <H6370> and cut her in pieces, <H5408> and sent <H7971> her throughout all the country <H7704> of the inheritance <H5159> of Israel: <H3478> for they have committed <H6213> lewdness <H2154> and folly <H5039> in Israel. <H3478>
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- Behold, ye [are] all children <H1121> of Israel; <H3478> give <H3051> here <H1988> your advice <H1697> and counsel. <H6098>
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- And all the people <H5971> arose <H6965> as one <H0259> man, <H0376> saying, <H0559> We will not any <H0376> [of us] go <H3212> to his tent, <H0168> neither will we any <H0376> [of us] turn <H5493> into his house. <H1004>
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- But now this [shall be] the thing <H1697> which we will do <H6213> to Gibeah; <H1390> [we will go up] by lot <H1486> against it;
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- And we will take <H3947> ten <H6235> men <H0582> of an hundred <H3967> throughout all the tribes <H7626> of Israel, <H3478> and an hundred <H3967> of a thousand, <H0505> and a thousand <H0505> out of ten thousand, <H7233> to fetch <H3947> victual <H6720> for the people, <H5971> that they may do, <H6213> when they come <H0935> to Gibeah <H1387> of Benjamin, <H1144> according to all the folly <H5039> that they have wrought <H6213> in Israel. <H3478>
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- So all the men <H0376> of Israel <H3478> were gathered <H0622> against the city, <H5892> knit together <H2270> as one <H0259> man. <H0376>
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- And the tribes <H7626> of Israel <H3478> sent <H7971> men <H0582> through all the tribe <H7626> of Benjamin, <H1144> saying, <H0559> What wickedness <H7451> [is] this that is done <H1961> among you?
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- Now therefore deliver <H5414> [us] the men, <H0582> the children <H1121> of Belial, <H1100> which [are] in Gibeah, <H1390> that we may put them to death, <H4191> and put away <H1197> evil <H7451> from Israel. <H3478> But the children <H1121> of Benjamin <H1144> would <H0014> not hearken <H8085> to the voice <H6963> of their brethren <H0251> the children <H1121> of Israel: <H3478>
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- But the children <H1121> of Benjamin <H1144> gathered <H0622> themselves together out of the cities <H5892> unto Gibeah, <H1390> to go out <H3318> to battle <H4421> against the children <H1121> of Israel. <H3478>
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- And the children <H1121> of Benjamin <H1144> were numbered <H6485> at that time <H3117> out of the cities <H5892> twenty <H6242> and six <H8337> thousand <H0505> men <H0376> that drew <H8025> sword, <H2719> beside the inhabitants <H3427> of Gibeah, <H1390> which were numbered <H6485> seven <H7651> hundred <H3967> chosen <H0977> men. <H0376>
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- Among all this people <H5971> [there were] seven <H7651> hundred <H3967> chosen <H0977> men <H0376> lefthanded; <H0334> <H3027> <H3225> every one could sling <H7049> stones <H0068> at an hair <H8185> [breadth], and not miss. <H2398>
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- And the men <H0376> of Israel, <H3478> beside Benjamin, <H1144> were numbered <H6485> four <H0702> hundred <H3967> thousand <H0505> men <H0376> that drew <H8025> sword: <H2719> all these [were] men <H0376> of war. <H4421>
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- And the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> arose, <H6965> and went up <H5927> to the house of God, <H1008> and asked <H7592> counsel of God, <H0430> and said, <H0559> Which <H4310> of us shall go up <H5927> first <H8462> to the battle <H4421> against the children <H1121> of Benjamin? <H1144> And the LORD <H3068> said, <H0559> Judah <H3063> [shall go up] first. <H8462>
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- And the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> rose up <H6965> in the morning, <H1242> and encamped <H2583> against Gibeah. <H1390>
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- And the men <H0376> of Israel <H3478> went out <H3318> to battle <H4421> against Benjamin; <H1144> and the men <H0376> of Israel <H3478> put themselves in array <H6186> to fight <H4421> against them at Gibeah. <H1390>
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- And the children <H1121> of Benjamin <H1144> came forth <H3318> out of Gibeah, <H1390> and destroyed <H7843> down to the ground <H0776> of the Israelites <H3478> that day <H3117> twenty <H6242> and two <H8147> thousand <H0505> men. <H0376>
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- And the people <H5971> the men <H0376> of Israel <H3478> encouraged <H2388> themselves, and set their battle <H4421> again <H3254> in array <H6186> in the place <H4725> where they put themselves in array <H6186> the first <H7223> day. <H3117>
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- (And the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> went up <H5927> and wept <H1058> before <H6440> the LORD <H3068> until even, <H6153> and asked <H7592> counsel of the LORD, <H3068> saying, <H0559> Shall I go up <H5066> again <H3254> to battle <H4421> against the children <H1121> of Benjamin <H1144> my brother? <H0251> And the LORD <H3068> said, <H0559> Go up <H5927> against him.)
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- And the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> came near <H7126> against the children <H1121> of Benjamin <H1144> the second <H8145> day. <H3117>
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- And Benjamin <H1144> went forth <H3318> against <H7125> them out of Gibeah <H1390> the second <H8145> day, <H3117> and destroyed <H7843> down to the ground <H0776> of the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> again eighteen <H8083> <H6240> thousand <H0505> men; <H0376> all these drew <H8025> the sword. <H2719>
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- Then all the children <H1121> of Israel, <H3478> and all the people, <H5971> went up, <H5927> and came <H0935> unto the house of God, <H1008> and wept, <H1058> and sat <H3427> there before <H6440> the LORD, <H3068> and fasted <H6684> that day <H3117> until even, <H6153> and offered <H5927> burnt offerings <H5930> and peace offerings <H8002> before <H6440> the LORD. <H3068>
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- And the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> enquired <H7592> of the LORD, <H3068> (for the ark <H0727> of the covenant <H1285> of God <H0430> [was] there in those days, <H3117>
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- And Phinehas, <H6372> the son <H1121> of Eleazar, <H0499> the son <H1121> of Aaron, <H0175> stood <H5975> before <H6440> it in those days,) <H3117> saying, <H0559> Shall I yet again <H3254> go out <H3318> to battle <H4421> against the children <H1121> of Benjamin <H1144> my brother, <H0251> or shall I cease? <H2308> And the LORD <H3068> said, <H0559> Go up; <H5927> for to morrow <H4279> I will deliver <H5414> them into thine hand. <H3027>
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- And Israel <H3478> set <H7760> liers in wait <H0693> round about <H5439> Gibeah. <H1390>
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- And the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> went up <H5927> against the children <H1121> of Benjamin <H1144> on the third <H7992> day, <H3117> and put themselves in array <H6186> against Gibeah, <H1390> as at other times. <H6471> <H6471>
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- And the children <H1121> of Benjamin <H1144> went out <H3318> against <H7125> the people, <H5971> [and] were drawn away <H5423> from the city; <H5892> and they began <H2490> to smite <H5221> of the people, <H5971> [and] kill, <H2491> as at other times, <H6471> <H6471> in the highways, <H4546> of which one <H0259> goeth up <H5927> to the house of God, <H1008> and the other <H0259> to Gibeah <H1390> in the field, <H7704> about thirty <H7970> men <H0376> of Israel. <H3478>
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- And the children <H1121> of Benjamin <H1144> said, <H0559> They [are] smitten down <H5062> before <H6440> us, as at the first. <H7223> But the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> said, <H0559> Let us flee, <H5127> and draw <H5423> them from the city <H5892> unto the highways. <H4546>
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- And all the men <H0376> of Israel <H3478> rose up <H6965> out of their place, <H4725> and put themselves in array <H6186> at Baaltamar: <H1193> and the liers in wait <H0693> of Israel <H3478> came forth <H1518> out of their places, <H4725> [even] out of the meadows <H4629> of Gibeah. <H1387>
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- And there came <H0935> against <H5048> Gibeah <H1390> ten <H6235> thousand <H0505> chosen <H0977> men <H0376> out of all Israel, <H3478> and the battle <H4421> was sore: <H3513> but they knew <H3045> not that evil <H7451> [was] near <H5060> them.
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- And the LORD <H3068> smote <H5062> Benjamin <H1144> before <H6440> Israel: <H3478> and the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> destroyed <H7843> of the Benjamites <H1144> that day <H3117> twenty <H6242> and five <H2568> thousand <H0505> and an hundred <H3967> men: <H0376> all these drew <H8025> the sword. <H2719>
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- So the children <H1121> of Benjamin <H1144> saw <H7200> that they were smitten: <H5062> for the men <H0376> of Israel <H3478> gave <H5414> place <H4725> to the Benjamites, <H1144> because they trusted <H0982> unto the liers in wait <H0693> which they had set <H7760> beside Gibeah. <H1390>
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- And the liers in wait <H0693> hasted, <H2363> and rushed <H6584> upon Gibeah; <H1390> and the liers in wait <H0693> drew [themselves] along, <H4900> and smote <H5221> all the city <H5892> with the edge <H6310> of the sword. <H2719>
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- Now there was an appointed sign <H4150> between the men <H0376> of Israel <H3478> and <H5973> the liers in wait, <H0693> that they should make a great <H7235> flame <H4864> with smoke <H6227> rise up <H5927> out of the city. <H5892>
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- And when the men <H0376> of Israel <H3478> retired <H2015> in the battle, <H4421> Benjamin <H1144> began <H2490> to smite <H5221> [and] kill <H2491> of the men <H0376> of Israel <H3478> about thirty <H7970> persons: <H0376> for they said, <H0559> Surely <H5062> they are smitten down <H5062> before <H6440> us, as [in] the first <H7223> battle. <H4421>
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- But when the flame <H4864> began <H2490> to arise up <H5927> out of the city <H5892> with a pillar <H5982> of smoke, <H6227> the Benjamites <H1144> looked <H6437> behind <H0310> them, and, behold, the flame <H3632> of the city <H5892> ascended up <H5927> to heaven. <H8064>
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- And when the men <H0376> of Israel <H3478> turned <H2015> again, the men <H0376> of Benjamin <H1144> were amazed: <H0926> for they saw <H7200> that evil <H7451> was come <H5060> upon them.
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- Therefore they turned <H6437> [their backs] before <H6440> the men <H0376> of Israel <H3478> unto the way <H1870> of the wilderness; <H4057> but the battle <H4421> overtook <H1692> them; and them which [came] out of the cities <H5892> they destroyed <H7843> in the midst <H8432> of them.
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- [Thus] they inclosed <H3803> the Benjamites <H1144> round about, <H3803> [and] chased <H7291> them, [and] trode them down <H1869> with ease <H4496> over against <H5227> Gibeah <H1390> toward the sunrising. <H4217> <H8121>
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- And there fell <H5307> of Benjamin <H1144> eighteen <H8083> <H6240> thousand <H0505> men; <H0376> all these [were] men <H0582> of valour. <H2428>
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- And they turned <H6437> and fled <H5127> toward the wilderness <H4057> unto the rock <H5553> of Rimmon: <H7417> and they gleaned <H5953> of them in the highways <H4546> five <H2568> thousand <H0505> men; <H0376> and pursued hard <H1692> after <H0310> them unto Gidom, <H1440> and slew <H5221> two thousand <H0505> men <H0376> of them.
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- So that all which fell <H5307> that day <H3117> of Benjamin <H1144> were twenty <H6242> and five <H2568> thousand <H0505> men <H0376> that drew <H8025> the sword; <H2719> all these [were] men <H0582> of valour. <H2428>
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- But six <H8337> hundred <H3967> men <H0376> turned <H6437> and fled <H5127> to the wilderness <H4057> unto the rock <H5553> Rimmon, <H7417> and abode <H3427> in the rock <H5553> Rimmon <H7417> four <H0702> months. <H2320>
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- And the men <H0376> of Israel <H3478> turned <H7725> again upon the children <H1121> of Benjamin, <H1144> and smote <H5221> them with the edge <H6310> of the sword, <H2719> as well the men <H4974> of [every] city, <H5892> as <H5704> the beast, <H0929> and <H5704> all that came to hand: <H4672> also they set <H7971> on fire <H0784> all the cities <H5892> that they came to. <H4672>
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