<vn='1'>Then <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> went <sn="3318">out</s>, and the <sn="5712">congregation</s> was gathered <sn="6950">together</s> as <sn="259">one</s><sn="376">man</s>, from <sn="4480 1835">Dan</s> even <sn="5704">to</s><sn="884">Beer</s> -sheba, with the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="1568">Gilead</s>, <sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> in <sn="4709">Mizpeh</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And the <sn="6438">chief</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, even of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="7626">tribes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, presented <sn="3320">themselves</s> in the <sn="6951">assembly</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="702">four</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376 7273">footmen</s> that <sn="8025">drew</s><sn="2719">sword</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>(Now the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> were gone <sn="5927">up</s> to <sn="4709">Mizpeh</s>.) Then <sn="559">said</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="1696">Tell</s> us, <sn="349">how</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="7451">wickedness</s>? </v>
<vn='4'>And the <sn="376 3881">Levite</s>, the <sn="376">husband</s> of the <sn="802">woman</s> that was <sn="7523">slain</s>, <sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, I <sn="935">came</s> into <sn="1390">Gibeah</s><sn="834">that</s> belongeth to <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>, <sn="589">I</s> and my <sn="6370">concubine</s>, to <sn="3885">lodge</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And the <sn="1167">men</s> of <sn="1390">Gibeah</s><sn="6965">rose</s><sn="5921">against</s> me, and beset the house round <sn="5437 *853 1004">about</s><sn="5921">upon</s> me by <sn="3915">night</s>, and <sn="1819">thought</s> to have <sn="2026">slain</s> me: and my <sn="6370">concubine</s> have they <sn="6031">forced</s>, that she is <sn="4191">dead</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And I <sn="270">took</s> my <sn="6370">concubine</s>, and cut her in <sn="5408">pieces</s>, and <sn="7971">sent</s> her throughout <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="7704">country</s> of the <sn="5159">inheritance</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> they have <sn="6213">committed</s><sn="2154">lewdness</s> and <sn="5039">folly</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, ye are <sn="3605">all</s><sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; <sn="3051">give</s><sn="1988">here</s> your <sn="1697">advice</s> and <sn="6098">counsel</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="6965">arose</s> as <sn="259">one</s><sn="376">man</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, We will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="376">any</s> of us <sn="1980">go</s> to his <sn="168">tent</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> will we <sn="376">any</s> of us <sn="5493">turn</s> into his <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>But <sn="6258">now</s><sn="2088">this</s> shall be the <sn="1697">thing</s><sn="834">which</s> we will <sn="6213">do</s> to <sn="1390">Gibeah</s>; we will go up by <sn="1486">lot</s><sn="5921">against</s> it; </v>
<vn='10'>And we will <sn="3947">take</s><sn="6235">ten</s><sn="376">men</s> of a <sn="3967">hundred</s> throughout <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="7626">tribes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and a <sn="3967">hundred</s> of a <sn="505">thousand</s>, and a <sn="505">thousand</s> out of ten <sn="7233">thousand</s>, to <sn="3947">fetch</s><sn="6720">victual</s> for the <sn="5971">people</s>, that they may <sn="6213">do</s>, when they <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="1387">Gibeah</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>, according to <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5039">folly</s><sn="834">that</s> they have <sn="6213">wrought</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>So <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> were <sn="622">gathered</s><sn="413">against</s> the <sn="5892">city</s>, knit <sn="2270">together</s> as <sn="259">one</s><sn="376">man</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And the <sn="7626">tribes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="376">men</s> through <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="7626">tribe</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="4100">What</s><sn="7451">wickedness</s> is <sn="2063">this</s><sn="834">that</s> is <sn="1961">done</s> among you? </v>
<vn='13'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="5414">deliver</s> us <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="376">men</s>, the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1100">Belial</s>, <sn="834">which</s> are in <sn="1390">Gibeah</s>, that we may put them to <sn="4191">death</s>, and put <sn="1197">away</s><sn="7451">evil</s> from <sn="4480 3478">Israel</s>. But the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s><sn="14">would</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hearken</s> to the <sn="6963">voice</s> of their <sn="251">brethren</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: </v>
<vn='14'>But the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s> gathered themselves <sn="622">together</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> unto <sn="1390">Gibeah</s>, to go <sn="3318">out</s> to <sn="4421">battle</s><sn="5973">against</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s> were <sn="6485">numbered</s> at <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">time</s> out of the <sn="4480 5892">cities</s><sn="6242">twenty</s> and <sn="8337">six</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s> that <sn="8025">drew</s><sn="2719">sword</s>, <sn="905">beside</s> the <sn="4480 3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="1390">Gibeah</s>, which were <sn="6485">numbered</s><sn="7651">seven</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="970">chosen</s><sn="376">men</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Among <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s> there were <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="977">chosen</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="334 3027 3225">left</s> -handed; every <sn="3605 2088">one</s> could <sn="7049">sling</s><sn="68">stones</s><sn="413">at</s> a <sn="8185">hair</s> breadth, and <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2398">miss</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="905">beside</s><sn="4480 1144">Benjamin</s>, were <sn="6485">numbered</s><sn="702">four</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s> that <sn="8025">drew</s><sn="2719">sword</s>: <sn="3605">all</s><sn="2088">these</s> were <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="4421">war</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="6965">arose</s>, and went <sn="5927">up</s> to the house of <sn="1008">God</s>, and asked <sn="7592">counsel</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4310">Which</s> of us shall go <sn="5927">up</s><sn="8462">first</s> to the <sn="4421">battle</s><sn="5973">against</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>? And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3063">Judah</s> shall go up <sn="8462">first</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> rose <sn="6965">up</s> in the <sn="1242">morning</s>, and <sn="2583">encamped</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="1390">Gibeah</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> went <sn="3318">out</s> to <sn="4421">battle</s><sn="5973">against</s><sn="1144">Benjamin</s>; and the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> put themselves in <sn="6186">array</s> to <sn="4421">fight</s><sn="854">against</s> them <sn="413">at</s><sn="1390">Gibeah</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s> came <sn="3318">forth</s> out <sn="4480">of</s><sn="1390">Gibeah</s>, and destroyed <sn="7843">down</s> to the <sn="776">ground</s> of the <sn="3478">Israelites</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s><sn="6242">twenty</s> and <sn="8147">two</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And the <sn="5971">people</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> encouraged <sn="2388">themselves</s>, and <sn="6186">set</s> their <sn="4421">battle</s><sn="3254">again</s> in <sn="6186">array</s> in the <sn="4725">place</s><sn="834 8033">where</s> they put themselves in <sn="6186">array</s> the <sn="7223">first</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>(And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> went <sn="5927">up</s> and <sn="1058">wept</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5704">until</s><sn="6153">even</s>, and asked <sn="7592">counsel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Shall I go <sn="5066">up</s><sn="3254">again</s> to <sn="4421">battle</s><sn="5973">against</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s> my <sn="251">brother</s>? And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s>, Go <sn="5927">up</s><sn="413">against</s> him.) </v>
<vn='24'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> came <sn="7126">near</s><sn="413">against</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s> the <sn="8145">second</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And <sn="1144">Benjamin</s> went <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="7125">against</s> them out <sn="4480">of</s><sn="1390">Gibeah</s> the <sn="8145">second</s><sn="3117">day</s>, and <sn="7843">destroyed</s> down to the <sn="776">ground</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5750">again</s><sn="8083 6240">eighteen</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s>; <sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="8025">drew</s> the <sn="2719">sword</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>Then <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, went <sn="5927">up</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> unto the house of <sn="1008">God</s>, and <sn="1058">wept</s>, and <sn="3427">sat</s><sn="8033">there</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="6684">fasted</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s><sn="5704">until</s><sn="6153">even</s>, and <sn="5927">offered</s> burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s> and peace <sn="8002">offerings</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="7592">inquired</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, (for the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="1285">covenant</s> of <sn="430">God</s> was <sn="8033">there</s> in <sn="1992">those</s><sn="3117">days</s>, </v>
<vn='28'>And <sn="6372">Phinehas</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="499">Eleazar</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="175">Aaron</s>, <sn="5975">stood</s><sn="6440">before</s> it in <sn="1992">those</s><sn="3117">days</s>,) <sn="559">saying</s>, Shall I <sn="5750">yet</s><sn="3254">again</s> go <sn="3318">out</s> to <sn="4421">battle</s><sn="5973">against</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s> my <sn="251">brother</s>, <sn="518">or</s> shall I <sn="2308">cease</s>? And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s>, Go <sn="5927">up</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="4279">tomorrow</s> I will <sn="5414">deliver</s> them into thine <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>And <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="7760">set</s> liers in <sn="693">wait</s> round <sn="5439 413">about</s><sn="1390">Gibeah</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> went <sn="5927">up</s><sn="413">against</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s> on the <sn="7992">third</s><sn="3117">day</s>, and put themselves in <sn="6186">array</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="1390">Gibeah</s>, as at other <sn="6471 6471">times</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s> went <sn="3318">out</s><sn="7125">against</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, and were drawn <sn="5423">away</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="5892">city</s>; and they <sn="2490">began</s> to <sn="5221">smite</s> of the <sn="4480 5971">people</s>, and <sn="2491">kill</s>, as at other <sn="6471 6471">times</s>, in the <sn="4546">highways</s>, of <sn="834">which</s><sn="259">one</s> goeth <sn="5927">up</s> to the house of <sn="1008">God</s>, and the <sn="259">other</s> to <sn="1390">Gibeah</s> in the <sn="7704">field</s>, about <sn="7970">thirty</s><sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1992">They</s> are smitten <sn="5062">down</s><sn="6440">before</s> us, as at the <sn="7223">first</s>. But the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="559">said</s>, Let us <sn="5127">flee</s>, and <sn="5423">draw</s> them <sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="5892">city</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4546">highways</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> rose <sn="6965">up</s> out of their <sn="4480 4725">place</s>, and put themselves in <sn="6186">array</s> at <sn="1193">Baal</s> -tamar: and the liers in <sn="693">wait</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> came <sn="1518">forth</s> out of their <sn="4480 4725">places</s>, even out of the <sn="4480 4629">meadows</s> of <sn="4480 1390">Gibeah</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>And there <sn="935">came</s><sn="4480 5048">against</s><sn="1390">Gibeah</s><sn="6235">ten</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="977">chosen</s><sn="376">men</s> out of <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and the <sn="4421">battle</s> was <sn="3513">sore</s>: but <sn="1992">they</s><sn="3045">knew</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="7451">evil</s> was <sn="5060">near</s> them. </v>
<vn='35'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5062">smote</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1144">Benjamin</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>: and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="7843">destroyed</s> of the <sn="1144">Benjamites</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s><sn="6242">twenty</s> and <sn="2568">five</s><sn="505">thousand</s> and a <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s>: <sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="8025">drew</s> the <sn="2719">sword</s>. </v>
<vn='36'>So the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> they were <sn="5062">smitten</s>: for the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5414">gave</s><sn="4725">place</s> to the <sn="1144">Benjamites</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> they <sn="982">trusted</s><sn="413">unto</s> the liers in <sn="693">wait</s><sn="834">which</s> they had <sn="7760">set</s><sn="413">beside</s><sn="1390">Gibeah</s>. </v>
<vn='37'>And the liers in <sn="693">wait</s><sn="2363">hasted</s>, and <sn="6584">rushed</s><sn="413">upon</s><sn="1390">Gibeah</s>; and the liers in <sn="693">wait</s> drew themselves <sn="4900">along</s>, and <sn="5221">smote</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5892">city</s> with the <sn="6310">edge</s> of the <sn="2719">sword</s>. </v>
<vn='38'>Now there <sn="1961">was</s> an appointed <sn="4150">sign</s> between the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> and the liers in <sn="693">wait</s>, that they should make a <sn="7235">great</s><sn="4864">flame</s> with <sn="6227">smoke</s> rise <sn="5927">up</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="5892">city</s>. </v>
<vn='39'>And when the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="2015">retired</s> in the <sn="4421">battle</s>, <sn="1144">Benjamin</s><sn="2490">began</s> to <sn="5221">smite</s> and <sn="2491">kill</s> of the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> about <sn="7970">thirty</s><sn="376">persons</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> they <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="389">Surely</s><sn="1931">they</s> are smitten <sn="5062 5062">down</s><sn="6440">before</s> us, as in the <sn="7223">first</s><sn="4421">battle</s>. </v>
<vn='40'>But when the <sn="4864">flame</s><sn="2490">began</s> to arise <sn="5927">up</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="5892">city</s> with a <sn="5982">pillar</s> of <sn="6227">smoke</s>, the <sn="1144">Benjamites</s><sn="6437">looked</s><sn="310">behind</s> them, and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="3632">flame</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s> ascended <sn="5927">up</s> to <sn="8064">heaven</s>. </v>
<vn='41'>And when the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> turned <sn="2015">again</s>, the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s> were <sn="926">amazed</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> they <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="7451">evil</s> was <sn="5060">come</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them. </v>
<vn='42'>Therefore they <sn="6437">turned</s> their backs <sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1870">way</s> of the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>; but the <sn="4421">battle</s><sn="1692">overtook</s> them; and them <sn="834">which</s> came out of the <sn="4480 5892">cities</s> they <sn="7843">destroyed</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of them. </v>
<vn='43'> Thus they enclosed the Benjamites round <sn="3803 *853 1144">about</s>, and <sn="7291">chased</s> them, and trod them <sn="1869">down</s> with <sn="4496">ease</s> over <sn="5704 5227">against</s><sn="1390">Gibeah</s> toward the <sn="4480 4217 8121">sunrising</s>. </v>
<vn='44'>And there <sn="5307">fell</s> of <sn="4480 1144">Benjamin</s><sn="8083 6240">eighteen</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s>; <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s> were <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="2428">valor</s>. </v>
<vn='45'>And they <sn="6437">turned</s> and <sn="5127">fled</s> toward the <sn="4057">wilderness</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5553">rock</s> of <sn="7417">Rimmon</s>: and they <sn="5953">gleaned</s> of them in the <sn="4546">highways</s><sn="2568">five</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s>; and pursued <sn="1692">hard</s><sn="310">after</s> them <sn="5704">unto</s><sn="1440">Gidom</s>, and <sn="5221">slew</s> two <sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="4480">of</s> them. </v>
<vn='46'>So that <sn="3605">all</s> which <sn="5307">fell</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="4480 1144">Benjamin</s><sn="1961">were</s><sn="6242">twenty</s> and <sn="2568">five</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s> that <sn="8025">drew</s> the <sn="2719">sword</s>; <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s> were <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="2428">valor</s>. </v>
<vn='47'>But <sn="8337">six</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="6437">turned</s> and <sn="5127">fled</s> to the <sn="4057">wilderness</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5553">rock</s><sn="7417">Rimmon</s>, and <sn="3427">abode</s> in the <sn="5553">rock</s><sn="7417">Rimmon</s><sn="702">four</s><sn="2320">months</s>. </v>
<vn='48'>And the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> turned <sn="7725">again</s><sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>, and <sn="5221">smote</s> them with the <sn="6310">edge</s> of the <sn="2719">sword</s>, as well the <sn="4974">men</s> of every <sn="4480 5892">city</s>, <sn="5704">as</s> the <sn="929">beast</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> that came to <sn="4672">hand</s>: <sn="1571">also</s> they <sn="7971">set</s> on <sn="784">fire</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> that they came <sn="4672">to</s>. </v>