Then all the children
of Israel
went out,
and the congregation
was gathered together
as one
man,
from Dan
even to Beersheba,
with the land
of Gilead,
unto the LORD
in Mizpeh.
summon to an assembly
ἐξεκκλησιάσθη
exekklēsiasthē
Dan
Δαν
dan
Bērsabee
Βηρσαβεε
bērsabee
Galaad
Γαλααδ
galaad
Massēpha
Μασσηφα
massēpha
And the chief
of all the people,
even of all the tribes
of Israel,
presented
themselves in the assembly
of the people
of God,
four
hundred
thousand
footmen
that drew
sword.
on foot
πεζῶν
pezōn
(Now the children
of Benjamin
heard
that the children
of Israel
were gone up
to Mizpeh.
) Then said
the children
of Israel,
Tell
us, how was
this wickedness?
Massēpha
Μασσηφα
massēpha
say
And the Levite,
the husband
of the woman
that was slain,
answered
and said,
I came
into Gibeah
that belongeth to Benjamin,
I and my concubine,
to lodge.
say
Gabaa
Γαβαα
gabaa
mistress
παλλακή
pallakē
And the men
of Gibeah
rose
against me, and beset
the house
round about
upon me by night,
and thought
to have slain
me: and my concubine
have they forced,
that she is dead.
Gabaa
Γαβαα
gabaa
mistress
παλλακήν
pallakēn
And I took
my concubine,
and cut her in pieces,
and sent
her throughout all the country
of the inheritance
of Israel:
for they have committed
lewdness
and folly
in Israel.
mistress
παλλακήν
pallakēn
modulate
ἐμέλισα
emelisa
lewdness
ζεμα
zema
error
ἀπόπτωμα
apoptōma
Behold, ye are all children
of Israel;
give
here
your advice
and counsel.
And all the people
arose
as one
man,
saying,
We will not any
of us go
to his tent,
neither will we any
of us turn
into his house.
But now this shall be the thing
which we will do
to Gibeah;
we will go up by lot
against it;
And we will take
ten
men
of an hundred
throughout all the tribes
of Israel,
and an hundred
of a thousand,
and a thousand
out of ten thousand,
to fetch
victual
for the people,
that they may do,
when they come
to Gibeah
of Benjamin,
according to all the folly
that they have wrought
in Israel.
Gabaa
Γαβαα
gabaa
error
ἀπόπτωμα
apoptōma
So all the men
of Israel
were gathered
against the city,
knit together
as one
man.
And the tribes
of Israel
sent
men
through all the tribe
of Benjamin,
saying,
What wickedness
is this that is done
among you?
Now therefore deliver
us the men,
the children
of Belial,
which are in Gibeah,
that we may put them to death,
and put away
evil
from Israel.
But the children
of Benjamin
would
not hearken
to the voice
of their brethren
the children
of Israel:
acting contrary to law
παρανόμων
paranomōn
Gabaa
Γαβαα
gabaa
purge
ἐκκαθαριοῦμεν
ekkatharioumen
But the children
of Benjamin
gathered themselves together
out of the cities
unto Gibeah,
to go out
to battle
against the children
of Israel.
And the children
of Benjamin
were numbered
at that time
out of the cities
twenty
and six
thousand
men
that drew
sword,
beside the inhabitants
of Gibeah,
which were numbered
seven
hundred
chosen
men.
Gabaa
Γαβαα
gabaa
700
ἑπτακόσιοι
heptakosioi
Among all this people
there were seven
hundred
chosen
men
lefthanded;
every one could sling
stones
at an hair
breadth, and not miss.
And the men
of Israel,
beside Benjamin,
were numbered
four
hundred
thousand
men
that drew
sword:
all these were men
of war.
And the children
of Israel
arose,
and went up
to the house
of God,
and asked
counsel of God,
and said,
Which
of us shall go up
first
to the battle
against the children
of Benjamin?
And the LORD
said,
Judah
shall go up first.
Baithēl
Βαιθηλ
baithēl
say
marshalling
παράταξιν
parataxin
say
lead from
ἀφηγούμενος
aphēgoumenos
And the children
of Israel
rose up
in the morning,
and encamped
against Gibeah.
And the men
of Israel
went out
to battle
against Benjamin;
and the men
of Israel
put themselves in array
to fight
against them at Gibeah.
And the children
of Benjamin
came forth
out of Gibeah,
and destroyed down
to the ground
of the Israelites
that day
twenty
and two
thousand
men.
Gabaa
Γαβαα
gabaa
And the people
the men
of Israel
encouraged
themselves, and set their battle
again
in array
in the place
where they put themselves in array
the first
day.
(And the children
of Israel
went up
and wept
before
the LORD
until even,
and asked
counsel of the LORD,
saying,
Shall I go up
again
to battle
against the children
of Benjamin
my brother?
And the LORD
said,
Go up
against him.)
marshalling
παράταξιν
parataxin
say
And the children
of Israel
came near
against the children
of Benjamin
the second
day.
And Benjamin
went forth
against
them out of Gibeah
the second
day,
and destroyed down
to the ground
of the children
of Israel
again eighteen
thousand
men;
all these drew
the sword.
Gabaa
Γαβαα
gabaa
eighteen
ὀκτωκαίδεκα
oktōkaideka
Then all the children
of Israel,
and all the people,
went up,
and came
unto the house
of God,
and wept,
and sat
there before
the LORD,
and fasted
that day
until even,
and offered
burnt offerings
and peace offerings
before
the LORD.
Baithēl
Βαιθηλ
baithēl
holocaust
ὁλοκαυτώσεις
holokautōseis
And the children
of Israel
enquired
of the LORD,
(for the ark
of the covenant
of God
was there in those days,
And Phinehas,
the son
of Eleazar,
the son
of Aaron,
stood
before
it in those days,
) saying,
Shall I yet again
go out
to battle
against the children
of Benjamin
my brother,
or shall I cease?
And the LORD
said,
Go up;
for to morrow
I will deliver
them into thine hand.
Phinees
Φινεες
phinees
marshalling
παράταξιν
parataxin
say
And Israel
set
liers in wait
round about
Gibeah.
And the children
of Israel
went up
against the children
of Benjamin
on the third
day,
and put themselves in array
against Gibeah,
as at other times.
And the children
of Benjamin
went out
against
the people,
and were drawn away
from the city;
and they began
to smite
of the people,
and kill,
as at other times,
in the highways,
of which one
goeth up
to the house
of God,
and the other
to Gibeah
in the field,
about thirty
men
of Israel.
empty out
ἐξεκενώθησαν
exekenōthēsan
wounded one
τραυματίας
traumatias
Baithēl
Βαιθηλ
baithēl
Gabaa
Γαβαα
gabaa
And the children
of Benjamin
said,
They are smitten down
before
us, as at the first.
But the children
of Israel
said,
Let us flee,
and draw
them from the city
unto the highways.
say
say
empty out
ἐκκενώσωμεν
ekkenōsōmen
And all the men
of Israel
rose up
out of their place,
and put themselves in array
at Baaltamar:
and the liers in wait
of Israel
came forth
out of their places,
even out of the meadows
of Gibeah.
tie
συνῆψαν
synēpsan
Baalthamar
Βααλθαμαρ
baalthamar
governor of
ἐπήρχετο
epērcheto
Maaragabe
Μααραγαβε
maaragabe
And there came
against
Gibeah
ten
thousand
chosen
men
out of all Israel,
and the battle
was sore:
but they knew
not that evil
was near
them.
Gabaa
Γαβαα
gabaa
marshalling
παράταξις
parataxis
And the LORD
smote
Benjamin
before
Israel:
and the children
of Israel
destroyed
of the Benjamites
that day
twenty
and five
thousand
and an hundred
men:
all these drew
the sword.
So the children
of Benjamin
saw
that they were smitten:
for the men
of Israel
gave
place
to the Benjamites,
because they trusted
unto the liers in wait
which they had set
beside Gibeah.
Gabaa
Γαβαα
gabaa
And the liers in wait
hasted,
and rushed
upon Gibeah;
and the liers in wait
drew themselves along,
and smote
all the city
with the edge
of the sword.
Gabaa
Γαβαα
gabaa
Now there was an appointed sign
between the men
of Israel
and
the liers in wait,
that they should make a great
flame
with smoke
rise up
out of the city.
And when the men
of Israel
retired
in the battle,
Benjamin
began
to smite
and kill
of the men
of Israel
about thirty
persons:
for they said,
Surely
they are smitten down
before
us, as in the first
battle.
seize beforehand
προκατελάβετο
prokatelabeto
Gabaa
Γαβαα
gabaa
marshalling
παρατάξει
parataxei
wounded one
τραυματίας
traumatias
say
marshalling
παράταξις
parataxis
But when the flame
began
to arise up
out of the city
with a pillar
of smoke,
the Benjamites
looked
behind
them, and, behold, the flame
of the city
ascended up
to heaven.
And when the men
of Israel
turned again,
the men
of Benjamin
were amazed:
for they saw
that evil
was come
upon them.
Therefore they turned
their backs before
the men
of Israel
unto the way
of the wilderness;
but the battle
overtook
them; and them which came out of the cities
they destroyed
in the midst
of them.
marshalling
παράταξις
parataxis
Thus they inclosed
the Benjamites
round about,
and chased
them, and trode them down
with ease
over against
Gibeah
toward the sunrising.
And there fell
of Benjamin
eighteen
thousand
men;
all these were men
of valour.
And they turned
and fled
toward the wilderness
unto the rock
of Rimmon:
and they gleaned
of them in the highways
five
thousand
men;
and pursued
hard after
them unto Gidom,
and slew
two thousand
men
of them.
Remmōn
Ρεμμων
remmōn
gather
ἐκαλαμήσαντο
ekalamēsanto
Gedan
Γεδαν
gedan
So that all which fell
that day
of Benjamin
were twenty
and five
thousand
men
that drew
the sword;
all these were men
of valour.
But six
hundred
men
turned
and fled
to the wilderness
unto the rock
Rimmon,
and abode
in the rock
Rimmon
four
months.
Remmōn
Ρεμμων
remmōn
Remmōn
Ρεμμων
remmōn
And the men
of Israel
turned again
upon the children
of Benjamin,
and smote
them with the edge
of the sword,
as well the men
of every city,
as
the beast,
and all that came to hand:
also they set
on fire
all the cities
that they came to.
Methla
Μεθλα
methla
