King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. Then all[H3605] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] went out,[H3318] and the congregation[H5712] was gathered together[H6950] as one[H259] man,[H376] from Dan[H4480] [H1835] even to[H5704] Beer-sheba,[H884] with the land[H776] of Gilead,[H1568] unto[H413] the LORD[H3068] in Mizpeh.[H4709]

2. And the chief[H6438] of all[H3605] the people,[H5971] even of all[H3605] the tribes[H7626] of Israel,[H3478] presented themselves[H3320] in the assembly[H6951] of the people[H5971] of God,[H430] four[H702] hundred[H3967] thousand[H505] footmen[H376] [H7273] that drew[H8025] sword.[H2719]

3. (Now the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] heard[H8085] that[H3588] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] were gone up[H5927] to Mizpeh.)[H4709] Then said[H559] the children[H1121] of Israel,[H3478] Tell[H1696] us, how[H349] was[H1961] this[H2063] wickedness?[H7451]

4. And the Levite,[H376] [H3881] the husband[H376] of the woman[H802] that was slain,[H7523] answered[H6030] and said,[H559] I came[H935] into Gibeah[H1390] that[H834] belongeth to Benjamin,[H1144] I[H589] and my concubine,[H6370] to lodge.[H3885]

5. And the men[H1167] of Gibeah[H1390] rose[H6965] against[H5921] me, and beset the house round about[H5437] [H853] [H1004] upon[H5921] 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]

6. And I took[H270] my concubine,[H6370] and cut her in pieces,[H5408] and sent[H7971] her throughout all[H3605] the country[H7704] of the inheritance[H5159] of Israel:[H3478] for[H3588] they have committed[H6213] lewdness[H2154] and folly[H5039] in Israel.[H3478]

7. Behold,[H2009] ye are all[H3605] children[H1121] of Israel;[H3478] give[H3051] here[H1988] your advice[H1697] and counsel.[H6098]

8. And all[H3605] the people[H5971] arose[H6965] as one[H259] man,[H376] saying,[H559] We will not[H3808] any[H376] of us go[H1980] to his tent,[H168] neither[H3808] will we any[H376] of us turn[H5493] into his house.[H1004]

9. But now[H6258] this[H2088] shall be the thing[H1697] which[H834] we will do[H6213] to Gibeah;[H1390] we will go up by lot[H1486] against[H5921] it;

10. And we will take[H3947] ten[H6235] men[H376] of a hundred[H3967] throughout all[H3605] the tribes[H7626] of Israel,[H3478] and a hundred[H3967] of a thousand,[H505] and a thousand[H505] out of ten thousand,[H7233] to fetch[H3947] victual[H6720] for the people,[H5971] that they may do,[H6213] when they come[H935] to Gibeah[H1387] of Benjamin,[H1144] according to all[H3605] the folly[H5039] that[H834] they have wrought[H6213] in Israel.[H3478]

11. So all[H3605] the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] were gathered[H622] against[H413] the city,[H5892] knit together[H2270] as one[H259] man.[H376]

12. And the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478] sent[H7971] men[H376] through all[H3605] the tribe[H7626] of Benjamin,[H1144] saying,[H559] What[H4100] wickedness[H7451] is this[H2063] that[H834] is done[H1961] among you?

13. Now[H6258] therefore deliver[H5414] us[H853] the men,[H376] the children[H1121] of Belial,[H1100] which[H834] are in Gibeah,[H1390] that we may put them to death,[H4191] and put away[H1197] evil[H7451] from Israel.[H4480] [H3478] But the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] would[H14] not[H3808] hearken[H8085] to the voice[H6963] of their brethren[H251] the children[H1121] of Israel: [H3478]

14. But the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] gathered themselves together[H622] out of[H4480] the cities[H5892] unto Gibeah,[H1390] to go out[H3318] to battle[H4421] against[H5973] the children[H1121] of Israel.[H3478]

15. And the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] were numbered[H6485] at that[H1931] time[H3117] out of the cities[H4480] [H5892] twenty[H6242] and six[H8337] thousand[H505] men[H376] that drew[H8025] sword,[H2719] beside[H905] the inhabitants[H4480] [H3427] of Gibeah,[H1390] which were numbered[H6485] seven[H7651] hundred[H3967] chosen[H970] men.[H376]

16. Among all[H4480] [H3605] this[H2088] people[H5971] there were seven[H7651] hundred[H3967] chosen[H977] men[H376] left-handed;[H334] [H3027] [H3225] every one[H3605] [H2088] could sling[H7049] stones[H68] at[H413] a hair[H8185] breadth, and not[H3808] miss.[H2398]

17. And the men[H376] of Israel,[H3478] beside[H905] Benjamin,[H4480] [H1144] were numbered[H6485] four[H702] hundred[H3967] thousand[H505] men[H376] that drew[H8025] sword:[H2719] all[H3605] these[H2088] were men[H376] of war.[H4421]

18. And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] arose,[H6965] and went up[H5927] to the house of God,[H1008] and asked counsel[H7592] of God,[H430] and said,[H559] Which[H4310] of us shall go up[H5927] first[H8462] to the battle[H4421] against[H5973] the children[H1121] of Benjamin?[H1144] And the LORD[H3068] said,[H559] Judah[H3063] shall go up first.[H8462]

19. And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] rose up[H6965] in the morning,[H1242] and encamped[H2583] against[H5921] Gibeah.[H1390]

20. And the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] went out[H3318] to battle[H4421] against[H5973] Benjamin;[H1144] and the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] put themselves in array[H6186] to fight[H4421] against[H854] them at[H413] Gibeah.[H1390]

21. And the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] came forth[H3318] out of[H4480] Gibeah,[H1390] and destroyed down[H7843] to the ground[H776] of the Israelites[H3478] that[H1931] day[H3117] twenty[H6242] and two[H8147] thousand[H505] men.[H376]

22. And the people[H5971] the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] encouraged themselves,[H2388] and set[H6186] their battle[H4421] again[H3254] in array[H6186] in the place[H4725] where[H834] [H8033] they put themselves in array[H6186] the first[H7223] day.[H3117]

23. (And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] went up[H5927] and wept[H1058] before[H6440] the LORD[H3068] until[H5704] even,[H6153] and asked counsel[H7592] of the LORD,[H3068] saying,[H559] Shall I go up[H5066] again[H3254] to battle[H4421] against[H5973] the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] my brother?[H251] And the LORD[H3068] said,[H559] Go up[H5927] against[H413] him.)

24. And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] came near[H7126] against[H413] the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] the second[H8145] day.[H3117]

25. And Benjamin[H1144] went forth[H3318] against[H7125] them out of[H4480] Gibeah[H1390] the second[H8145] day,[H3117] and destroyed[H7843] down to the ground[H776] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] again[H5750] eighteen[H8083] [H6240] thousand[H505] men;[H376] all[H3605] these[H428] drew[H8025] the sword.[H2719]

26. Then all[H3605] the children[H1121] of Israel,[H3478] and all[H3605] the people,[H5971] went up,[H5927] and came[H935] unto the house of God,[H1008] and wept,[H1058] and sat[H3427] there[H8033] before[H6440] the LORD,[H3068] and fasted[H6684] that[H1931] day[H3117] until[H5704] even,[H6153] and offered[H5927] burnt offerings[H5930] and peace offerings[H8002] before[H6440] the LORD.[H3068]

27. And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] inquired[H7592] of the LORD,[H3068] (for the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of God[H430] was there[H8033] in those[H1992] days,[H3117]

28. And Phinehas,[H6372] the son[H1121] of Eleazar,[H499] the son[H1121] of Aaron,[H175] stood[H5975] before[H6440] it in those[H1992] days,)[H3117] saying,[H559] Shall I yet[H5750] again[H3254] go out[H3318] to battle[H4421] against[H5973] the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] my brother,[H251] or[H518] shall I cease?[H2308] And the LORD[H3068] said,[H559] Go up;[H5927] for[H3588] tomorrow[H4279] I will deliver[H5414] them into thine hand.[H3027]

29. And Israel[H3478] set[H7760] liers in wait[H693] round about[H5439] [H413] Gibeah.[H1390]

30. And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] went up[H5927] against[H413] the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] on the third[H7992] day,[H3117] and put themselves in array[H6186] against[H413] Gibeah,[H1390] as at other times.[H6471] [H6471]

31. And the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] went out[H3318] against[H7125] the people,[H5971] and were drawn away[H5423] from[H4480] the city;[H5892] and they began[H2490] to smite[H5221] of the people,[H4480] [H5971] and kill,[H2491] as at other times,[H6471] [H6471] in the highways,[H4546] of which[H834] one[H259] goeth up[H5927] to the house of God,[H1008] and the other[H259] to Gibeah[H1390] in the field,[H7704] about thirty[H7970] men[H376] of Israel.[H3478]

32. And the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] said,[H559] They[H1992] are smitten down[H5062] before[H6440] us, as at the first.[H7223] But the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] said,[H559] Let us flee,[H5127] and draw[H5423] them from[H4480] the city[H5892] unto[H413] the highways.[H4546]

33. And all[H3605] the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] rose up[H6965] out of their place,[H4480] [H4725] and put themselves in array[H6186] at Baal-tamar:[H1193] and the liers in wait[H693] of Israel[H3478] came forth[H1518] out of their places,[H4480] [H4725] even out of the meadows[H4480] [H4629] of Gibeah.[H4480] [H1390]

34. And there came[H935] against[H4480] [H5048] Gibeah[H1390] ten[H6235] thousand[H505] chosen[H977] men[H376] out of all[H4480] [H3605] Israel,[H3478] and the battle[H4421] was sore:[H3513] but they[H1992] knew[H3045] not[H3808] that[H3588] evil[H7451] was near[H5060] them.

35. And the LORD[H3068] smote[H5062] [H853] Benjamin[H1144] before[H6440] Israel:[H3478] and the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] destroyed[H7843] of the Benjamites[H1144] that[H1931] day[H3117] twenty[H6242] and five[H2568] thousand[H505] and a hundred[H3967] men:[H376] all[H3605] these[H428] drew[H8025] the sword.[H2719]

36. So the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] saw[H7200] that[H3588] they were smitten:[H5062] for the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] gave[H5414] place[H4725] to the Benjamites,[H1144] because[H3588] they trusted[H982] unto[H413] the liers in wait[H693] which[H834] they had set[H7760] beside[H413] Gibeah.[H1390]

37. And the liers in wait[H693] hasted,[H2363] and rushed[H6584] upon[H413] Gibeah;[H1390] and the liers in wait[H693] drew themselves along,[H4900] and smote[H5221] [H853] all[H3605] the city[H5892] with the edge[H6310] of the sword.[H2719]

38. Now there was[H1961] an appointed sign[H4150] between the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] and the liers in wait,[H693] that they should make a great[H7235] flame[H4864] with smoke[H6227] rise up[H5927] out of[H4480] the city.[H5892]

39. And when the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] retired[H2015] in the battle,[H4421] Benjamin[H1144] began[H2490] to smite[H5221] and kill[H2491] of the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] about thirty[H7970] persons:[H376] for[H3588] they said,[H559] Surely[H389] they[H1931] are smitten down[H5062] [H5062] before[H6440] us, as in the first[H7223] battle.[H4421]

40. But when the flame[H4864] began[H2490] to arise up[H5927] out of[H4480] the city[H5892] with a pillar[H5982] of smoke,[H6227] the Benjamites[H1144] looked[H6437] behind[H310] them, and, behold,[H2009] the flame[H3632] of the city[H5892] ascended up[H5927] to heaven.[H8064]

41. And when the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] turned again,[H2015] the men[H376] of Benjamin[H1144] were amazed:[H926] for[H3588] they saw[H7200] that[H3588] evil[H7451] was come[H5060] upon[H5921] them.

42. Therefore they turned[H6437] their backs before[H6440] the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] unto[H413] the way[H1870] of the wilderness;[H4057] but the battle[H4421] overtook[H1692] them; and them which[H834] came out of the cities[H4480] [H5892] they destroyed[H7843] in the midst[H8432] of them.

43. Thus they enclosed the Benjamites round about,[H3803] [H853] [H1144] and chased[H7291] them, and trod them down[H1869] with ease[H4496] over against[H5704] [H5227] Gibeah[H1390] toward the sunrising.[H4480] [H4217] [H8121]

44. And there fell[H5307] of Benjamin[H4480] [H1144] eighteen[H8083] [H6240] thousand[H505] men;[H376] [H853] all[H3605] these[H428] were men[H376] of valor.[H2428]

45. And they turned[H6437] and fled[H5127] toward the wilderness[H4057] unto[H413] the rock[H5553] of Rimmon:[H7417] and they gleaned[H5953] of them in the highways[H4546] five[H2568] thousand[H505] men;[H376] and pursued hard[H1692] after[H310] them unto[H5704] Gidom,[H1440] and slew[H5221] two thousand[H505] men[H376] of[H4480] them.

46. So that all[H3605] which fell[H5307] that[H1931] day[H3117] of Benjamin[H4480] [H1144] were[H1961] twenty[H6242] and five[H2568] thousand[H505] men[H376] that drew[H8025] the sword;[H2719] [H853] all[H3605] these[H428] were men[H376] of valor.[H2428]

47. But six[H8337] hundred[H3967] men[H376] turned[H6437] and fled[H5127] to the wilderness[H4057] unto[H413] the rock[H5553] Rimmon,[H7417] and abode[H3427] in the rock[H5553] Rimmon[H7417] four[H702] months.[H2320]

48. And the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] turned again[H7725] upon[H413] 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,[H4480] [H5892] as[H5704] the beast,[H929] and all[H3605] that came to hand:[H4672] also[H1571] they set[H7971] on fire[H784] all[H3605] the cities[H5892] that they came to.[H4672]