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1. And all the sons of Israel go out, and the company is assembled as one man, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, and the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah, at Mizpeh.
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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 H884 -sheba , with the land H776 of Gilead H1568 , unto H413 the LORD H3068 in Mizpeh H4709 .
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2. And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, station themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen drawing sword.
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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 .
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3. And the sons of Benjamin hear that the sons of Israel have gone up to Mizpeh. And the sons of Israel say, `Speak ye, how hath this evil been?`
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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 ?
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4. And the man, the Levite, husband of the woman who hath been murdered, answereth and saith, `Into Gibeah (which is to Benjamin) I have come, I and my concubine, to lodge;
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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 .
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5. and rise against me do the masters of Gibeah -- and they go round the house against me by night -- me they thought to slay, and my concubine they have humbled, and she dieth;
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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 .
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6. and I lay hold on my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and send her into all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have done wickedness and folly in Israel;
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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 .
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7. lo, ye are all sons of Israel; give for you a word and counsel here.`
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7. Behold H2009 , ye are all H3605 children H1121 of Israel H3478 ; give H3051 here H1988 your advice H1697 and counsel H6098 .
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8. And all the people rise as one man, saying, `None of us doth go to his tent, and none of us doth turn aside to his house;
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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 .
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9. and now, this is the thing which we do to Gibeah -- against it by lot!
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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;
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10. and we have taken ten men of a hundred, of all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of a myriad, to receive provision for the people, to do, at their coming to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly which it hath done in Israel.`
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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 .
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11. And every man of Israel is gathered unto the city, as one man -- companions.
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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 .
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12. And the tribes of Israel send men among all the tribes of Benjamin, saying, `What is this evil which hath been among you?
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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?
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13. And now, give up the men -- sons of worthlessness -- which are in Gibeah, and we put them to death, and we put away evil from Israel.` And the sons of Benjamin have not been willing to hearken to the voice of their brethren, the sons of Israel;
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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 :
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14. and the sons of Benjamin are gathered out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle with the sons of Israel.
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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 .
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15. And the sons of Benjamin number themselves on that day; out of the cities are twenty and six thousand men drawing sword, apart from the inhabitants of Gibeah, who numbered themselves, seven hundred chosen men;
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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 .
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16. among all this people are seven hundred chosen men, bound of their right hand, each of these slinging with a stone at the hair, and he doth not err.
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16. Among all H4480 H3605 this H2088 people H5971 there were seven H7651 hundred H3967 chosen H977 men H376 left H334 H3027 H3225 -handed ; every one H3605 H2088 could sling H7049 stones H68 at H413 a hair H8185 breadth , and not H3808 miss H2398 .
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17. And the men of Israel numbered themselves, apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men, drawing sword, each of these a man of war.
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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 .
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18. And they rise and go up to Beth-El, and ask of God, and the sons of Israel say, `Who doth go up for us at the commencement to battle with the sons of Benjamin?` and Jehovah saith, `Judah -- at the commencement.`
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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 .
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19. And the sons of Israel rise in the morning, and encamp against Gibeah,
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19. And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 rose up H6965 in the morning H1242 , and encamped H2583 against H5921 Gibeah H1390 .
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20. and the men of Israel go out to battle with Benjamin, and the men of Israel set themselves in array with them, for battle against Gibeah,
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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 .
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21. and the sons of Benjamin come out from Gibeah, and destroy in Israel on that day two and twenty thousand men -- to the earth.
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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 .
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22. And the people, the men of Israel, strengthen themselves, and add to set the battle in array in the place where they arranged themselves on the first day.
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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 .
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23. And the sons of Israel go up and weep before Jehovah till the evening, and ask of Jehovah, saying, `Do I add to draw nigh to battle with the sons of Benjamin, my brother?` And Jehovah saith, `Go up against him.`
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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.)
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24. And the sons of Israel draw near unto the sons of Benjamin on the second day,
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24. And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 came near H7126 against H413 the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 the second H8145 day H3117 .
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25. and Benjamin cometh out to meet them from Gibeah on the second day, and destroy among the sons of Israel again eighteen thousand men -- to the earth; all these are drawing sword.
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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 .
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26. And all the sons of Israel go up, even all the people, and come in to Beth-El, and weep, and sit there before Jehovah, and fast on that day till the evening, and cause to ascend burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.
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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 .
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27. And the sons of Israel ask of Jehovah, -- and there is the ark of the covenant of God in those days,
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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 ,
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28. and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, is standing before it in those days -- saying, `Do I add again to go out to battle with the sons of Benjamin, my brother, or do I cease?` And Jehovah saith, `Go up, for to-morrow I give him into thy hand.`
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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 .
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29. And Israel setteth liers in wait against Gibeah, round about,
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29. And Israel H3478 set H7760 liers in wait H693 round about H5439 H413 Gibeah H1390 .
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30. and the sons of Israel go up against the sons of Benjamin, on the third day, and arrange themselves against Gibeah, as time by time.
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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 .
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31. And the sons of Benjamin come out to meet the people; they have been drawn away out of the city, and begin to smite some of the people -- wounded as time by time, in the highways (of which one is going up to Beth-El, and the other to Gibeah in the field), are about thirty men of Israel.
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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 .
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32. And the sons of Benjamin say, `They are smitten before us as at the beginning;` but the sons of Israel said, `Let us flee, and draw them away out of the city, unto the highways.`
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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 .
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33. And all the men of Israel have risen from their place, and arrange themselves at Baal-Tamar, and the ambush of Israel is coming forth out of its place, out of the meadow of Gibeah.
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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 H1193 -tamar : 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 .
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34. And they come in over against Gibeah -- ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel -- and the battle is grievous, and they have not known that the evil is striking against them.
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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.
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35. And Jehovah smiteth Benjamin before Israel, and the sons of Israel destroy in Benjamin, on that day, twenty and five thousand, and a hundred men; all these are drawing sword.
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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 .
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36. And the sons of Benjamin see that they have been smitten -- and the men of Israel give place to Benjamin, for they have trusted unto the ambush which they had set against Gibeah,
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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 .
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37. and the ambush have hasted, and push against Gibeah, and the ambush draweth itself out, and smiteth the whole of the city by the mouth of the sword.
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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 .
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38. And there was the appointed sign to the men of Israel with the ambush -- their causing to go up a great volume of smoke from the city.
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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 .
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39. And the men of Israel turn in battle, and Benjamin hath begun to smite the wounded among the men of Israel, about thirty men, for they said, `Surely they are utterly smitten before us, as at the first battle;
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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 .
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40. and the volume hath begun to go up from the city -- a pillar of smoke -- and Benjamin turneth behind, and lo, gone up hath the perfection of the city toward the heavens.
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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 .
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41. And the men of Israel have turned, and the men of Benjamin are troubled, for they have seen that the evil hath stricken against them --
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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.
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42. and they turn before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness, and the battle hath followed them; and those who are from the city are destroying them in their midst;
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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.
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43. they have compassed the Benjamites -- they have pursued them -- with ease they have trodden them down till over-against Gibeah, at the sun-rising.
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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 .
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44. And there fall of Benjamin eighteen thousand men -- the whole of these are men of valour;
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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 .
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45. and they turn and flee toward the wilderness, unto the rock of Rimmon; and they glean of them in the highways five thousand men, and follow after them unto Gidom, and smite of them two thousand men.
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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.
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46. And all those falling of Benjamin are twenty and five thousand men drawing sword, on that day -- the whole of these are men of valour;
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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 .
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47. and there turn and flee into the wilderness, unto the rock of Rimmon six hundred men, and they dwell in the rock Rimmon four months.
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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 .
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48. And the men of Israel have turned back unto the sons of Benjamin, and smite them by the mouth of the sword out of the city, -- men unto cattle, unto all that is found; also all the cities which are found they have sent into fire.
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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 .
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