Now the men
of Israel
had sworn
in Mizpeh,
saying,
There shall not any
of us give
his daughter
unto Benjamin
to wife.
And the people
came
to the house
of God,
and abode
there till even
before
God,
and lifted up
their voices,
and wept
sore;
Baithēl
Βαιθηλ
baithēl
And said,
O LORD
God
of Israel,
why is this come to pass in Israel,
that there should be to day
one
tribe
lacking
in Israel?
And it came to pass on the morrow,
that the people
rose early,
and built
there an altar,
and offered
burnt offerings
and peace offerings.
And the children
of Israel
said,
Who is there among all the tribes
of Israel
that
came
not up with the congregation
unto the LORD?
For they had made a great
oath
concerning him that came not up
to the LORD
to Mizpeh,
saying,
He shall surely
be put to death.
say
Massēpha
Μασσηφα
massēpha
And the children
of Israel
repented
them for Benjamin
their brother,
and said,
There is one
tribe
cut off
from Israel
this day.
How shall we do
for wives
for them that remain,
seeing we have sworn
by the LORD
that we will not give
them of our daughters
to wives?
And they said,
What one
is there of the tribes
of Israel
that came not up
to Mizpeh
to the LORD?
And, behold, there came
none
to the camp
from Jabeshgilead
to the assembly.
say
Massēpha
Μασσηφα
massēpha
Iabis
Ιαβις
iabis
Galaad
Γαλααδ
galaad
For the people
were numbered,
and, behold, there were none
of the inhabitants
of Jabeshgilead
there.
And the congregation
sent
thither twelve
thousand
men
of the valiantest,
and commanded
them, saying,
Go
and smite
the inhabitants
of Jabeshgilead
with the edge
of the sword,
with the women
and the children.
Iabis
Ιαβις
iabis
Galaad
Γαλααδ
galaad
And this is the thing
that ye shall do,
Ye shall utterly destroy
every male,
and every woman
that hath lain
by man.
And they found
among the inhabitants
of Jabeshgilead
four
hundred
young
virgins,
that had known
no man
by lying
with any male:
and they brought
them unto the camp
to Shiloh,
which is in the land
of Canaan.
Iabis
Ιαβις
iabis
Galaad
Γαλααδ
galaad
girl
νεάνιδας
neanidas
Sēlōn
Σηλων
sēlōn
And the whole congregation
sent
some to speak
to the children
of Benjamin
that were in the rock
Rimmon,
and to call
peaceably
unto them.
And Benjamin
came again
at that time;
and they gave
them wives
which they had saved alive
of the women
of Jabeshgilead:
and yet so they sufficed
them not.
Iabis
Ιαβις
iabis
Galaad
Γαλααδ
galaad
And the people
repented
them for Benjamin,
because that the LORD
had made
a breach
in the tribes
of Israel.
Then the elders
of the congregation
said,
How shall we do
for wives
for them that remain,
seeing the women
are destroyed
out of Benjamin?
And they said,
There must be an inheritance
for them that be escaped
of Benjamin,
that a tribe
be not destroyed
out of Israel.
Howbeit we may
not give
them wives
of our daughters:
for the children
of Israel
have sworn,
saying,
Cursed
be he that giveth
a wife
to Benjamin.
Then they said,
Behold, there is a feast
of the LORD
in Shiloh
yearly
in a place which is on the north side
of Bethel,
on the east side
of the highway
that goeth up
from Bethel
to Shechem,
and on the south
of Lebonah.
say
Sēlōn
Σηλων
sēlōn
Baithēl
Βαιθηλ
baithēl
Baithēl
Βαιθηλ
baithēl
Lebōna
Λεβωνα
lebōna
Therefore they commanded
the children
of Benjamin,
saying,
Go
and lie in wait
in the vineyards;
And see,
and, behold, if the daughters
of Shiloh
come out
to dance
in dances,
then come ye out
of the vineyards,
and catch
you every man
his wife
of the daughters
of Shiloh,
and go
to the land
of Benjamin.
Sēlōn
Σηλων
sēlōn
dance a round
χορεύειν
choreuein
Sēlōn
Σηλων
sēlōn
And it shall be, when their fathers
or their brethren
come
unto us to complain,
that we will say
unto them, Be favourable
unto them for our sakes: because we reserved
not to each man
his wife
in the war:
for ye did not give
unto them at this time,
that ye should be guilty.
marshalling
παρατάξει
parataxei
make a false note in music
πλημμελήσατε
plēmmelēsate
And the children
of Benjamin
did so,
and took
them wives,
according to their number,
of them that danced,
whom they caught:
and they went
and returned
unto their inheritance,
and repaired
the cities,
and dwelt
in them.
dance a round
χορευουσῶν
choreuousōn
And the children
of Israel
departed
thence at that time,
every man
to his tribe
and to his family,
and they went out
from thence every man
to his inheritance.
In those days
there was no king
in Israel:
every man
did
that which was right
in his own eyes.
