Then all the children¹¹²¹ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ went out,³³¹⁸ and the congregation⁵⁷¹² was gathered together⁶⁹⁵⁰ as one²⁵⁹ man,³⁷⁶ from Dan¹⁸³⁵ even to Beersheba,⁸⁸⁴ with the land⁷⁷⁶ of Gilead,¹⁵⁶⁸ unto Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ in Mizpeh.⁴⁷⁰⁹

And the chief⁶⁴³⁸ of all the people,⁵⁹⁷¹ even of all the tribes⁷⁶²⁶ of Israel,³⁴⁷⁸ presented³³²⁰ themselves in the assembly⁶⁹⁵¹ of the people⁵⁹⁷¹ of Elohim,⁴³⁰ four⁷⁰² hundred³⁹⁶⁷ thousand⁵⁰⁵ footmen³⁷⁶ that drew⁸⁰²⁵ sword.²⁷¹⁹

(Now the children¹¹²¹ of Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ heard⁸⁰⁸⁵ that the children¹¹²¹ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ were gone up⁵⁹²⁷ to Mizpeh.)⁴⁷⁰⁹ Then said⁵⁵⁹ the children¹¹²¹ of Israel,³⁴⁷⁸ Tell¹⁶⁹⁶ us, how was¹⁹⁶¹ this wickedness?⁷⁴⁵¹

And the Levite,³⁸⁸¹ the husband³⁷⁶ of the woman⁸⁰² that was slain,⁷⁵²³ answered⁶⁰³⁰ and said,⁵⁵⁹ I came⁹³⁵ into Gibeah¹³⁹⁰ that belongeth to Benjamin,¹¹⁴⁴ I and my concubine,⁶³⁷⁰ to lodge.³⁸⁸⁵

And the men¹¹⁶⁷ of Gibeah¹³⁹⁰ rose⁶⁹⁶⁵ against me, and beset the house¹⁰⁰⁴ round about⁵⁴³⁷ upon me by night,³⁹¹⁵ and thought¹⁸¹⁹ to have slain²⁰²⁶ me: and my concubine⁶³⁷⁰ have they forced,⁶⁰³¹ that she is dead.⁴¹⁹¹

And I took²⁷⁰ my concubine,⁶³⁷⁰ and cut her in pieces,⁵⁴⁰⁸ and sent⁷⁹⁷¹ her throughout all the country⁷⁷⁰⁴ of the inheritance⁵¹⁵⁹ of Israel:³⁴⁷⁸ for they have committed⁶²¹³ lewdness²¹⁵⁴ and folly⁵⁰³⁹ in Israel.³⁴⁷⁸

Behold, ye are all children¹¹²¹ of Israel;³⁴⁷⁸ give³⁰⁵¹ here¹⁹⁸⁸ your advice¹⁶⁹⁷ and counsel.⁶⁰⁹⁸

And all the people⁵⁹⁷¹ arose⁶⁹⁶⁵ as one²⁵⁹ man,³⁷⁶ saying,⁵⁵⁹ We will not any³⁷⁶ of us go³²¹² to his tent,¹⁶⁸ neither will we any³⁷⁶ of us turn⁵⁴⁹³ into his house.¹⁰⁰⁴

But now this shall be the thing¹⁶⁹⁷ which we will do⁶²¹³ to Gibeah;¹³⁹⁰ we will go up by lot¹⁴⁸⁶ against it;

And we will take³⁹⁴⁷ ten⁶²³⁵ men⁵⁸² of an hundred³⁹⁶⁷ throughout all the tribes⁷⁶²⁶ of Israel,³⁴⁷⁸ and an hundred³⁹⁶⁷ of a thousand,⁵⁰⁵ and a thousand⁵⁰⁵ out of ten thousand,⁷²³³ to fetch³⁹⁴⁷ victual⁶⁷²⁰ for the people,⁵⁹⁷¹ that they may do,⁶²¹³ when they come⁹³⁵ to Gibeah¹³⁸⁷ of Benjamin,¹¹⁴⁴ according to all the folly⁵⁰³⁹ that they have wrought⁶²¹³ in Israel.³⁴⁷⁸

So all the men³⁷⁶ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ were gathered⁶²² against the city,⁵⁸⁹² knit together²²⁷⁰ as one²⁵⁹ man.³⁷⁶

And the tribes⁷⁶²⁶ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ sent⁷⁹⁷¹ men⁵⁸² through all the tribe⁷⁶²⁶ of Benjamin,¹¹⁴⁴ saying,⁵⁵⁹ What wickedness⁷⁴⁵¹ is this that is done¹⁹⁶¹ among you?

Now therefore deliver⁵⁴¹⁴ us the men,⁵⁸² the children¹¹²¹ of Belial,¹¹⁰⁰ which are in Gibeah,¹³⁹⁰ that we may put them to death,⁴¹⁹¹ and put away¹¹⁹⁷ evil⁷⁴⁵¹ from Israel.³⁴⁷⁸ But the children¹¹²¹ of Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ would¹⁴ not hearken⁸⁰⁸⁵ to the voice⁶⁹⁶³ of their brethren²⁵¹ the children¹¹²¹ of Israel:³⁴⁷⁸

But the children¹¹²¹ of Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ gathered⁶²² themselves together out of the cities⁵⁸⁹² unto Gibeah,¹³⁹⁰ to go out³³¹⁸ to battle⁴⁴²¹ against the children¹¹²¹ of Israel.³⁴⁷⁸

And the children¹¹²¹ of Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ were numbered⁶⁴⁸⁵ at that time³¹¹⁷ out of the cities⁵⁸⁹² twenty⁶²⁴² and six⁸³³⁷ thousand⁵⁰⁵ men³⁷⁶ that drew⁸⁰²⁵ sword,²⁷¹⁹ beside the inhabitants³⁴²⁷ of Gibeah,¹³⁹⁰ which were numbered⁶⁴⁸⁵ seven⁷⁶⁵¹ hundred³⁹⁶⁷ chosen⁹⁷⁷ men.³⁷⁶

Among all this people⁵⁹⁷¹ there were seven⁷⁶⁵¹ hundred³⁹⁶⁷ chosen⁹⁷⁷ men³⁷⁶ lefthanded;³³⁴ every one could sling⁷⁰⁴⁹ stones⁶⁸ at an hair⁸¹⁸⁵ breadth, and not miss.²³⁹⁸

And the men³⁷⁶ of Israel,³⁴⁷⁸ beside Benjamin,¹¹⁴⁴ were numbered⁶⁴⁸⁵ four⁷⁰² hundred³⁹⁶⁷ thousand⁵⁰⁵ men³⁷⁶ that drew⁸⁰²⁵ sword:²⁷¹⁹ all these were men³⁷⁶ of war.⁴⁴²¹

And the children¹¹²¹ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ arose,⁶⁹⁶⁵ and went up⁵⁹²⁷ to the house of El,¹⁰⁰⁸ and asked⁷⁵⁹² counsel of Elohim,⁴³⁰ and said,⁵⁵⁹ Which⁴³¹⁰ of us shall go up⁵⁹²⁷ first⁸⁴⁶² to the battle⁴⁴²¹ against the children¹¹²¹ of Benjamin?¹¹⁴⁴ And Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ said,⁵⁵⁹ Judah³⁰⁶³ shall go up first.⁸⁴⁶²

And the children¹¹²¹ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ rose up⁶⁹⁶⁵ in the morning,¹²⁴² and encamped²⁵⁸³ against Gibeah.¹³⁹⁰

And the men³⁷⁶ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ went out³³¹⁸ to battle⁴⁴²¹ against Benjamin;¹¹⁴⁴ and the men³⁷⁶ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ put themselves in array⁶¹⁸⁶ to fight⁴⁴²¹ against them at Gibeah.¹³⁹⁰

And the children¹¹²¹ of Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ came forth³³¹⁸ out of Gibeah,¹³⁹⁰ and destroyed⁷⁸⁴³ down to the ground⁷⁷⁶ of the Israelites³⁴⁷⁸ that day³¹¹⁷ twenty⁶²⁴² and two⁸¹⁴⁷ thousand⁵⁰⁵ men.³⁷⁶

And the people⁵⁹⁷¹ the men³⁷⁶ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ encouraged²³⁸⁸ themselves, and set their battle⁴⁴²¹ again³²⁵⁴ in array⁶¹⁸⁶ in the place⁴⁷²⁵ where they put themselves in array⁶¹⁸⁶ the first⁷²²³ day.³¹¹⁷

(And the children¹¹²¹ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ went up⁵⁹²⁷ and wept¹⁰⁵⁸ before⁶⁴⁴⁰ Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ until even,⁶¹⁵³ and asked⁷⁵⁹² counsel of Yahweh,³⁰⁶⁸ saying,⁵⁵⁹ Shall I go up⁵⁰⁶⁶ again³²⁵⁴ to battle⁴⁴²¹ against the children¹¹²¹ of Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ my brother?²⁵¹ And Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ said,⁵⁵⁹ Go up⁵⁹²⁷ against him.)

And the children¹¹²¹ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ came near⁷¹²⁶ against the children¹¹²¹ of Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ the second⁸¹⁴⁵ day.³¹¹⁷

And Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ went forth³³¹⁸ against⁷¹²⁵ them out of Gibeah¹³⁹⁰ the second⁸¹⁴⁵ day,³¹¹⁷ and destroyed⁷⁸⁴³ down to the ground⁷⁷⁶ of the children¹¹²¹ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ again eighteen⁸⁰⁸³ thousand⁵⁰⁵ men;³⁷⁶ all these drew⁸⁰²⁵ the sword.²⁷¹⁹

Then all the children¹¹²¹ of Israel,³⁴⁷⁸ and all the people,⁵⁹⁷¹ went up,⁵⁹²⁷ and came⁹³⁵ unto the house of El,¹⁰⁰⁸ and wept,¹⁰⁵⁸ and sat³⁴²⁷ there before⁶⁴⁴⁰ Yahweh,³⁰⁶⁸ and fasted⁶⁶⁸⁴ that day³¹¹⁷ until even,⁶¹⁵³ and offered⁵⁹²⁷ burnt offerings⁵⁹³⁰ and peace offerings⁸⁰⁰² before⁶⁴⁴⁰ Yahweh.³⁰⁶⁸

And the children¹¹²¹ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ enquired⁷⁵⁹² of Yahweh,³⁰⁶⁸ (for the ark⁷²⁷ of the covenant¹²⁸⁵ of Elohim⁴³⁰ was there in those days,³¹¹⁷

And Phinehas,⁶³⁷² the son¹¹²¹ of Eleazar,⁴⁹⁹ the son¹¹²¹ of Aaron,¹⁷⁵ stood⁵⁹⁷⁵ before⁶⁴⁴⁰ it in those days,)³¹¹⁷ saying,⁵⁵⁹ Shall I yet again³²⁵⁴ go out³³¹⁸ to battle⁴⁴²¹ against the children¹¹²¹ of Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ my brother,²⁵¹ or shall I cease?²³⁰⁸ And Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ said,⁵⁵⁹ Go up;⁵⁹²⁷ for to morrow⁴²⁷⁹ I will deliver⁵⁴¹⁴ them into thine hand.³⁰²⁷

And Israel³⁴⁷⁸ set⁷⁷⁶⁰ liers in wait⁶⁹³ round about⁵⁴³⁹ Gibeah.¹³⁹⁰

And the children¹¹²¹ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ went up⁵⁹²⁷ against the children¹¹²¹ of Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ on the third⁷⁹⁹² day,³¹¹⁷ and put themselves in array⁶¹⁸⁶ against Gibeah,¹³⁹⁰ as at other times.⁶⁴⁷¹

And the children¹¹²¹ of Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ went out³³¹⁸ against⁷¹²⁵ the people,⁵⁹⁷¹ and were drawn away⁵⁴²³ from the city;⁵⁸⁹² and they began²⁴⁹⁰ to smite⁵²²¹ of the people,⁵⁹⁷¹ and kill,²⁴⁹¹ as at other times,⁶⁴⁷¹ in the highways,⁴⁵⁴⁶ of which one²⁵⁹ goeth up⁵⁹²⁷ to the house of El,¹⁰⁰⁸ and the other²⁵⁹ to Gibeah¹³⁹⁰ in the field,⁷⁷⁰⁴ about thirty⁷⁹⁷⁰ men³⁷⁶ of Israel.³⁴⁷⁸

And the children¹¹²¹ of Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ said,⁵⁵⁹ They are smitten down⁵⁰⁶² before⁶⁴⁴⁰ us, as at the first.⁷²²³ But the children¹¹²¹ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ said,⁵⁵⁹ Let us flee,⁵¹²⁷ and draw⁵⁴²³ them from the city⁵⁸⁹² unto the highways.⁴⁵⁴⁶

And all the men³⁷⁶ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ rose up⁶⁹⁶⁵ out of their place,⁴⁷²⁵ and put themselves in array⁶¹⁸⁶ at Baaltamar:¹¹⁹³ and the liers in wait⁶⁹³ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ came forth¹⁵¹⁸ out of their places,⁴⁷²⁵ even out of the meadows⁴⁶²⁹ of Gibeah.¹³⁸⁷

And there came⁹³⁵ against⁵⁰⁴⁸ Gibeah¹³⁹⁰ ten⁶²³⁵ thousand⁵⁰⁵ chosen⁹⁷⁷ men³⁷⁶ out of all Israel,³⁴⁷⁸ and the battle⁴⁴²¹ was sore:³⁵¹³ but they knew³⁰⁴⁵ not that evil⁷⁴⁵¹ was near⁵⁰⁶⁰ them.

And Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ smote⁵⁰⁶² Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ before⁶⁴⁴⁰ Israel:³⁴⁷⁸ and the children¹¹²¹ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ destroyed⁷⁸⁴³ of the Benjamites¹¹⁴⁴ that day³¹¹⁷ twenty⁶²⁴² and five²⁵⁶⁸ thousand⁵⁰⁵ and an hundred³⁹⁶⁷ men:³⁷⁶ all these drew⁸⁰²⁵ the sword.²⁷¹⁹

So the children¹¹²¹ of Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ saw⁷²⁰⁰ that they were smitten:⁵⁰⁶² for the men³⁷⁶ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ gave⁵⁴¹⁴ place⁴⁷²⁵ to the Benjamites,¹¹⁴⁴ because they trusted⁹⁸² unto the liers in wait⁶⁹³ which they had set⁷⁷⁶⁰ beside Gibeah.¹³⁹⁰

And the liers in wait⁶⁹³ hasted,²³⁶³ and rushed⁶⁵⁸⁴ upon Gibeah;¹³⁹⁰ and the liers in wait⁶⁹³ drew themselves along,⁴⁹⁰⁰ and smote⁵²²¹ all the city⁵⁸⁹² with the edge⁶³¹⁰ of the sword.²⁷¹⁹

Now there was an appointed sign⁴¹⁵⁰ between the men³⁷⁶ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ and⁵⁹⁷³ the liers in wait,⁶⁹³ that they should make a great⁷²³⁵ flame⁴⁸⁶⁴ with smoke⁶²²⁷ rise up⁵⁹²⁷ out of the city.⁵⁸⁹²

And when the men³⁷⁶ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ retired²⁰¹⁵ in the battle,⁴⁴²¹ Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ began²⁴⁹⁰ to smite⁵²²¹ and kill²⁴⁹¹ of the men³⁷⁶ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ about thirty⁷⁹⁷⁰ persons:³⁷⁶ for they said,⁵⁵⁹ Surely⁵⁰⁶² they are smitten down⁵⁰⁶² before⁶⁴⁴⁰ us, as in the first⁷²²³ battle.⁴⁴²¹

But when the flame⁴⁸⁶⁴ began²⁴⁹⁰ to arise up⁵⁹²⁷ out of the city⁵⁸⁹² with a pillar⁵⁹⁸² of smoke,⁶²²⁷ the Benjamites¹¹⁴⁴ looked⁶⁴³⁷ behind³¹⁰ them, and, behold, the flame³⁶³² of the city⁵⁸⁹² ascended up⁵⁹²⁷ to heaven.⁸⁰⁶⁴

And when the men³⁷⁶ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ turned²⁰¹⁵ again, the men³⁷⁶ of Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ were amazed:⁹²⁶ for they saw⁷²⁰⁰ that evil⁷⁴⁵¹ was come⁵⁰⁶⁰ upon them.

Therefore they turned⁶⁴³⁷ their backs before⁶⁴⁴⁰ the men³⁷⁶ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ unto the way¹⁸⁷⁰ of the wilderness;⁴⁰⁵⁷ but the battle⁴⁴²¹ overtook¹⁶⁹² them; and them which came out of the cities⁵⁸⁹² they destroyed⁷⁸⁴³ in the midst⁸⁴³² of them.

Thus they inclosed³⁸⁰³ the Benjamites¹¹⁴⁴ round about,³⁸⁰³ and chased⁷²⁹¹ them, and trode them down¹⁸⁶⁹ with ease⁴⁴⁹⁶ over against⁵²²⁷ Gibeah¹³⁹⁰ toward the sunrising.⁴²¹⁷

And there fell⁵³⁰⁷ of Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ eighteen⁸⁰⁸³ thousand⁵⁰⁵ men;³⁷⁶ all these were men⁵⁸² of valour.²⁴²⁸

And they turned⁶⁴³⁷ and fled⁵¹²⁷ toward the wilderness⁴⁰⁵⁷ unto the rock⁵⁵⁵³ of Rimmon:⁷⁴¹⁷ and they gleaned⁵⁹⁵³ of them in the highways⁴⁵⁴⁶ five²⁵⁶⁸ thousand⁵⁰⁵ men;³⁷⁶ and pursued hard¹⁶⁹² after³¹⁰ them unto Gidom,¹⁴⁴⁰ and slew⁵²²¹ two thousand⁵⁰⁵ men³⁷⁶ of them.

So that all which fell⁵³⁰⁷ that day³¹¹⁷ of Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ were twenty⁶²⁴² and five²⁵⁶⁸ thousand⁵⁰⁵ men³⁷⁶ that drew⁸⁰²⁵ the sword;²⁷¹⁹ all these were men⁵⁸² of valour.²⁴²⁸

But six⁸³³⁷ hundred³⁹⁶⁷ men³⁷⁶ turned⁶⁴³⁷ and fled⁵¹²⁷ to the wilderness⁴⁰⁵⁷ unto the rock⁵⁵⁵³ Rimmon,⁷⁴¹⁷ and abode³⁴²⁷ in the rock⁵⁵⁵³ Rimmon⁷⁴¹⁷ four⁷⁰² months.²³²⁰

And the men³⁷⁶ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ turned⁷⁷²⁵ again upon the children¹¹²¹ of Benjamin,¹¹⁴⁴ and smote⁵²²¹ them with the edge⁶³¹⁰ of the sword,²⁷¹⁹ as well the men⁴⁹⁷⁴ of every city,⁵⁸⁹² as⁵⁷⁰⁴ the beast,⁹²⁹ and⁵⁷⁰⁴ all that came to hand:⁴⁶⁷² also they set⁷⁹⁷¹ on fire⁷⁸⁴ all the cities⁵⁸⁹² that they came to.⁴⁶⁷²