Samfons marriage feaft: OT. the rel of the Sevca days, Or, Pparel. Heb. Tet her be shine. now that I be blame lefs from the PhiliAines, though, &c. 1| Or, torches + Heb. went down. Judges. 16 And Samifons wife wept before him, and faid, Thou doeft but hate me, and loveft me not: thou haft put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and haft not told it me. And he laid unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father, nor my mother, and fhall I tell thee? 17 And fhe wept before him the feven dayes, while the feaft lafted: and it came to pafs on the feventh day, that he told her, because the lay fore upon him: aud fhe told the riddle to the children of her people. 18 And the men of the city faid unto him on the feventh day before the fun went down, What sfiveeter then honey, and what is ftronger then a lion? and he faid unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heiter, ye had not found out my riddle. 19 And the fpirit of the LORD came upon hini, and he went down to Afhkelon, and flew thirty men of them, and took their poil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle, and his anger was kindled, and he went up to his fathers houfe. 20 But Samions wite was given to his nion, whom he had ufed as his friend. CHAP. XV. The fountain En-bakkore. over us? what is this that thou haft done unta us. And he faid unto them, As they did unto me, to have I done unto them. 12 And they said unto him,We are come down to binde thee,that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philiftines. And Samfon laid unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me your felves. 13 And they spake unto him faying, No, but we will binde thee faft, and deliver thee into their hand: but furely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock. 14 And when he came unto Lehi,the Philifines fhouted against him, and the spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was + Heb. burnt with fire, and his bands † loofed from off his hands. a 15 And he found af new jaw-bone of an afs, and put forth his hand, and took it, and flew thoufand men therewith: were + Hels. two heaps That is 16 And Samfon faid, With the jaw-bone of compa-an afs, theaps upon heaps, with the jaw-bone of an afs have I flain a thoufand men. 17 And it came to país, when he had made an end of fpeaking, that he caft away the jaw-bone or caiting out of his hand, and called that place i Ramath Lehi. Samfon is denied his wife: 3 He burneth the Philistines corn with foxes and fire-brands: 6 His wife and her father are burnt by the Phili ftines: 7 Samfon miteth them hip and thigh. 9 He is bound by the men of Judah, and delibered to the Philistines: 14 He killeth them with a jaw-bone: 18 God maketh the fountain En-bakkore for bim in Lebi. Ut it came to pals within a while after, in the lifting jaw bone, up of the away of the jaw 18 And he was fore athirft, and called on bone. the LORD, and faid, Thou haft given this great deliverance into the hand of thy fervant: and now fhall I die for thirft, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcifed? Lebi U Or, Bthe time of wheat harvell, that Samfon vi- in the jaw, and there came water thereout, and 19 But God clave an hollow place that was i ted his wife with a kid: and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not fuffer him to go in. 2 And her father faid, I verily thought that thou hadft utterly hated her,therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger fifter fairer then the ? † take her, I pray thee, in ftead of her. 3And Samfon faid concerning them, Now fhall I be more blamelefs then the Philiftines, though I do them a difpleasure. 4 And Samfon went and caught three hundred foxes, and took I fire-brands, and turned tail to tail, and put a fire-brand in the midft between two tails. 5 And when he had fet the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philiftines, and burnt up both the fhocks, and also the flanding corn,with the vineyards and olives. 6 Then the Philiftines faid,Who hath done this? and they answered, Samfon the fon in law of the Timnite, becaufe he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philiftines came up and burnt her and her father with fire. 7 And Samfon faid unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease. 8 And he fmote them hip and thigh with a great flaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. 9. Then the Philiftines went up, and pitched in Judah, and fpread themselves in Lehi. to And the men of Judah faid, Why are ye come up againit us? And they answered, To binde Samion are we come up, to do to him, as he hath done to us. IT Then three thou fand men of Judah † went to the top of the rock Etam,and faid to Samfon, Knowell thou not that the Philiftines are rulers when he had drunk, his fpirit came again, and of hi CHAP. XVI Tan harlot, and went in unto her. 3 And Samfon lay till midnight, and arofe at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two pofts, and went away with them, † bar and all, and put them upon his t Heb. fhoulders, and carried them up to the top of an with the hill that is before Hebron. bar. 4¶And it came to pafs afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whofe or, name was Delilah. by the 5. And the lords of the Philiftines came up un-brock. to her, and faid unto her, Entice him, and fee wherein his great ftrength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may binde him to l afflict him: and we will give thee Or. every one of us eleven hundred pieces of filver. humble. 6 And Delilah faid to Samfon, Tell me, I pray thee,wherein thy great ftrength lie:b, and wherewith thou mighteft be bound,to afflict thee O 7 And Samfon faid unto her, If they binde me+ Heb. with leven green withs, that were never dried, mont then new cordt Samfon and Delilah : Hob. one of men. So Gr. 4 Heb. Fuel/Rk + Heb. where Chap.xvi. xvii. His eyes are put out. before then fhal I be weak, and be as another man.fon out of the prifon-houfe, and he made them 8 Then the lords of the Philiftines brought fport, and they fet him between the pillars. + Heb. up to her feven green withs,which had not been 26 And Samfon faid unto the lad that held dried, and fhe bound him with them. him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the houfe ftandeth, that I may lean upon them. 9 (Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber) and the faid unto him, The Philiftines be uponthee, Samfon.And he brake the withs as a threed of tow is broken, when itt toucheth the fire: fo his ftrength was not known. To And Delilah faid unto Samfon,Behold, thou haft mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mighteft be bound. 11 And he faid unto her, if they binde me faft with new ropest that never were occupied, then fhall I be weak, and be as † another man. with work 12 Delilah therefore took new ropes,and bound him therewith, and faid unto him, ThePhiliftines Heb.one be upon thee, Samfon. (And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber.) And he brake them from off his arms like a threed. bath not been done of men. ver-7. ↑ Heb. Taustened Hab. 13 And Delilah faid unto Samfon, Hitherto thou haft mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mighteft be bound. And he faid unto her, If thou weaveft the feven locks of my head with the web. 14 And the faftened it with the pin, and faid unto him, The Philiftines be upon thee, Samfon. And he awaked out of his fleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. 15 And the faid unto him, How canft thou fay, I love thee,when thine heart is notwith me? thou haft mocked me thefe three times, and haft not told me wherein thy great ftrength lietb. 16 And it came to pafs, when the preffed him daily with her words, and urged him, So that his foul was + vexed unto death, 17 That he told her all his heart, and faid untoher, There hath not come a ra for upon mine head: for I bave been a Nazarite unto God from my mothers womb: If I be fhaven, then my ftrength will go from me, and I fhall become weak,and be like any other man. 18 And when Delilah faw that he had told her all his heart, the fent and called for the lords of the Philiftines, faying, Come up this once, for he hath fewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. 19 And the made him fleep upon her knees,and The called for a man, and fhe caufed him to fhave off the feven locks of his head, and fhe began to afflict him, and his ftrength went from him. 20 And the faid, The Philiftines be upon thee, Samfon. And he awoke out of his fleep,and faid, I will go out as at other times before, and thake my felf. And he wift not that the LORD was departed from him. But the Philiftines took him, and † put bored out out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza,and bound him with fetters of brafs, and he did grinde in the prifon-houfe. 12 Howbeit, the hair of his head began to grow again after he was fhaven. 23 Then the lords of the Philiftines gathered them together, for to offer a great facrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoyce: for they faid, Our god hath delivered Samion our enemy into our hand. 27 Now the houfe was full of men and wo men, and all the lords of the Philiftines were there and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samfon made fport. 28 And Samfon called unto the LORD, and faid,O Lord GOD,remember me, I pray thee, and ftrengthen me, I pray thee, onely this once, God, that I may be at once avenged of the Phi liftines for my two eyes.. 29 And Samfon took hold of the two middle pillars, upon which the house flood, and o07, which it was born up, of the one with his right he leaned hand, and of the other with his left. on theit. 30 And Samfon faid, Lett me die with the Heb. Philiftines: and he bowed himself with all bis my foul. might: and the houfe fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein: fo the dead which he flew at his death, were moe then they which he flew in his life. 31 Then his brethren, and all the houfe of his father came down, and took him, and brought bim up, and buried him between Zorah and Efhtaol, in the burying place of Manoah his father: and he judged Ifrael twenty years. CHAP. XVII 1 Of the money that Micab firft ftole, then restored, bis mother maketh images, 5 and be ornaments for them: 7 He bireth a Levite to be bis priest. Nd there was a man of mount Ephraim, A whofe name was Micah. f Heb. 2 And he faid unto his mother, The eleven Micajak hundred shekels of filver that were taken from thee, about which thou curfedft, and fpakeft of alfo in mine ears, behold, the filver is with me, I took it. And his mother faid, Bleffed be thou of the LORD, my fon. 3 And when he had reftored the eleven hundred fhekels of filver to his mother, his mother faid, Thad wholly + dedicated the filver unto the Heb LORD, from my hand, for my fon to make a grant:4 ven image, and a molten image: now therefore I will reftore it unto thee. 44 Yet he reftored the money unto his mother, and his mother took two hundred shekels of filver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image, and a molten image, and they were in the houfe of Micah. * 5 And the man Micah had an houfe of gods, Chap and made an ephod, and teraphim,and con-8. 17: fecrated one of his fons, who became his prieft. Gen. 6 In thofe days there was no king in Ifrael, 31-19. but every man did that which was right in his 3.4. own eyes. lied the t Heb. 7 And there was a young man out of Beth-handlehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he fojourned there. Chap. 19. 1.and 21.25. A Hebs 8 And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-juda!, to fojourn where he could finde a place, and he came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah † as he journeyed." 9 And Micah faid unto him, Whence comet his way. thon? and he faid unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to fojourn where I may finde a place. in making 24 And when the people faw him,they prailed their god: for they faid, Our god hath delivered into our hand our enemy, and the deftroyer to And Micah faid unto him, Dwell with me, a double four countreyst which flew many of us. and be unto me a father and a prieft, and I will fuit &c. 25 And it came to pafs when their hearts give thee ten bekels of filver by the year, and t Heb. were merry, that they faid, Call for Samfon, thatta fuit of apparel, and thy victuals. So then order he may make us fport. And they called for Sam- Levite went in. tt M ii And of gar The Levite hired. Chap. 21.25. Micah robbed. Judges. And the Levite was content to dwell with the man, and the young man was unto him as one of his fons. 12 And Micah confecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the houfe of Micah. 13 Then faid Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good,feeing I have a Levite to my priest. CHAP. XVIII 1 The Danites fend five men to Seek out an inhe 17h and land in those days the tribe of the bafite Heb. fon. + Heb. poffefour, or, heir of restraint. 1 Sam. 9.17. + Bleb. Sirded. 15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the houfe of the young man the Levite, even uns to the houfe of Micah, and † faluted him. + Heb. 16 And the fix hundred men appointed with asked him their weapons of war,which were of the children of peace. of Dan, food by the entring of the gate. 17 And the five men that went to fpie out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, and the priest flood in the entring of the gate, with the fix hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war. 18 And these went into Micahs houfe: and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the te raphim, and the molten image: then faid the prieft unto them, What do.ye? lay 19 And they laid unto him, Hold thy peace, thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father, and a prieft: Is it better for thee to be a prieft unto the houfe of one man or that thou be a prieit unto a tribe, and a fa 20 And the priests heart was glad,and he took the ephod, and 'the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midft of the people. 2 And the children of Dan fent of their family in Ifrael? 3 When they were by the houfe of Micah, they 4 And he faid unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. 5 And they faid unto him, Ask counfel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go fhall be profperous. 6 And the prieft laid unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go. 7. Then the five men departed, and came to Laith, and faw the people that were therein, how they dwelt carelefs, after the manner of the Zi donians,quiet,and fecure, and there was not ma giftrate in the land that might put them to fhame in any thing, and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no bufinefs with any man. 8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah, and Efhtaol, and their brethren faid unto them, What fay ye? 9 And they faid, Arife, that we may go up against them: for we have feen the land, and behold, it is very good: and are ye ftill? be not flothfull to go, and to enter to poflefs the land. to When ye go, ye fhall come unto a people fecure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hand: a place where there is no want ufany things that is in the earth. 11And there went from thence of the fami ly of the Danite out of Zorah, and out of Eh taol, fix hundred men, tappointed with wea pons of war. 12 And they went up and pitched in Kira jath-jearim in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan, unto this day : behold it is behinde Kirjath-jearim. 13 And they paffed thence unto mount Ephra im, and came unto the houfe of Micah. 14 Then anfwered the five men that went to fpie out the countrey of Laifh, and faid unto their brethren.Do ye know that there is in thefe houfes an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven 21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones, and the cattel, and the carriage be fore them. & 22 And when they were a good way from the houfe of Micah, the men that were in the houfes near to Micahs house, were gathered to gether and overtook the children of Dan 23 And they cried unto the children of Dan and they turned their faces,and laid unto Micah What ails thee, that thou comeft with fuch a † Heb. company? that then thered to 24 And he faid, Ye have taken away my gods art gawhich I made, and the priest, and ye are gone gether? away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye fay unto me, What aileth thee? 25 And the children of Dan faid unto him,Let not thy voice be heard among us: left angry + Heb. fellows run upon thee, and thou lofe thy lite, bitter of with the lives of thy houfhold. 26 And the children of Dan went their way, and when Micah faw that they were too ftrong for him, he turned, and went back unto his houfe. 27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came un to Laifh, unto a people that were at quiet, and fecure,and they fmote them with the edge of the fword, and burnt the city with fire. 28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no bufinefs with any man and it was in the valley that liet by Beth-rehobs and they built a city, and dwelt therein. foul. 29 And they called the name of the city * Joh. Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who 19.47 was born unto Ifrael; howbeit, the name of the city was Laifh at the firft. 30 And the children of Dan fet them up the graven image:and Jonathan the fon of Gerthom, the fon of Manaffen, he,and his fons were priests to the tribe of Dan, until the day of the capti vity of the land. 31 And they fet them up Micahs graven CHAP. XIX. Nd it came to pals in thofe days, when hand Abere pas no king in Ifrael, that there was and certain Levite fojourning on the fide of mount Ephraim, who took to him ta concubine out of oman Beth-lehem-judah. 25. leb. 2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her fathers houfe to Beth-lehem-judah,and was there affour whole moneths. 3 And her husband arose, and went after her to peak † friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his fervant with him, and a couple four of affes; and the brought him into her fathers houfe: and when the father of the damfel faw him, he rejoyced to meet him. Heb. Beths. Heb. her Hab. And his father in law, the damfels father, retained him, and he abode with him three days: fo they did eat and drink, and lodged there. 5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arofe early in the morning, that he rofe up to depart: and the damfels father faid gthen unto his fon in law, † Comfort thine heart with a morfel of bread, and afterward go your way. And they fate down, and did eat and drink, both of them together: for the damfels father had faid unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart f be Heb. good Heb. the ed. Heby teak. Heb. Esthe merry. 7 And when the man rofe up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again. 8 And he arofe early in the morning on the fifth day to depart, and the damfels father faid, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarryed t until afternoon, and they did eat both of them. de- And when the man role up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his fervant, his father in law, the damfels father, faid unto him, Behold, now the day t draweth towards evening, I pray thing you tarry all night: behold, † the day growe h to an end, lodge here that thine heart may be merry, and to morrow get ye early on your way, that thou mayeft got home. e of -day. Heb. by 3. Reb. Over inf 號 TO But the man would not tarry that night, but he rofe up, and departed, and came over againft Jebus (which is Jerufalem) and there Dere with him two affes fadled, his concubine allo was with him. 11 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far pent, and the fervant faid unto his mafter, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in unto this city of the Jebufite, and lodge in it. 12 And his mafter faid unto him, We will not turn afide hither into the city of a stranger that is not of the children of Ifrael: we will pass over to Gibeah. 13 And he laid unto his fervant, Come, and let us draw near to one of thefe places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah. 14 And they paffed on, and went their way, and the fun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongerb to Benjamin. 15 And they turned afide thither to go in,and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he fat him down in a fireet of the city: for there. was no man that took them into his houfe to lodging. 18 And behold, there came an old man fron whence comeft thou? Jemiui 18 And he laid unto him,We are paffing from Beth-lehem-judah, toward the fide of mount Ephraim, from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehem-judah, but I am now going to the houfe of the LORD, and there is no man that f receiv- Heb. eth me to houfe. 19 Yet there is both ftraw and provender for our affes, and there is bread and wine alfo for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy fervants: there is no want of any thing. 20 And the old man faid, Peace be with thee, howfoever, let all thy wants lie upon me, onely lodge not in the ftreet. 21 So he brought him into his houfe,and gave provender unto the affes: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. 22 Now as they were making their hearts merrry, behold, the men of the city, certain fons of Belial, befet the house round about, and beat at the door, and fpake to the mafter of the houfe, the old man, faying, Bring forth the man that came into thine houfe, that we may know him. gathereth 23 And the man,the mafter of the houfe,went Gee. out unto them, and faid unto them, Nay, my 196 brethren, nay, I pray you do not fo wickedly, feeing that this man is come into mine houfe, do not this folly. 24 Behold, bere is my daughter, a maiden, and his concubine, them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what feemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not fo vile a thing. It Heb. 25 But the men would not hearken to him: the matter fo the man took his concubine, and brought her of this forth unto them, and they knew her, and abuted folly. her all the night, until the morning and when the day began to fpring, they let her go. 26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the mans houfe, where her lord was,till it was light. 27 And her lord rofe up in the morning, and opened the doors of the houfe, and went out to go his way: and behold the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the houfe, and her hands were upon the threshold. 28 And he faid unto her,Up, and let us be going. But none answered: then the man took her up upon an afs, aud the man rote up, and gat him unto his place. 29 And when he was come into his houfe, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and fent her into all the coafts of Ifrael. 30 And it was fo, that all that faw it, faid There was no fuch deed done nor feen from the day that the children of Ifrael came up out of the land of Egypt, unto this day; confider of it take advice, and fpeak your mindes. his work out of the field at even, which was all Talen all the children of Ifrael went out, and The Levites complaint. Judges. one man, from Dan even to Beer-fheba, with 3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that 4 And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was flain, anfwered and faid, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. 5 And the men of Gibeah arofe againft me,and befet the houfe round about upon me by night, and thought to have flain me: and my concubine have they forced that fhe is dead. 6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and fent her throughout all the countrey of the inheritance of Ifrael: for they have committed lewdnefs and folly in Ifrael. 7 Behold, ye are all children of Ifrael, give here your advice and counfel. 8 And all the people arofe as one man, fayfng, We will not any of us go to his tent,neither will we any of us turn into his houfe. Ifraels war with Benjamin. twenty and two thoufand men. 22 And the people, the men of Ifrael incoura ged themselves, and let their battel again in aray, in the place where they put themselves in aray the first day. 23 (And the children of Ifrael went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counfel of the LORD, faying,Shall I go up again to battel against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD faid, Go up againft him.) 24 And the children of Ifrael came near against the children ofBenjamin the fecond day. 25 And Benjanin went forth against them out of Gibeah the fecond day,and deftroyed down to the ground, of the children of Ifrael, again eighteen thousand men: all thefe drew the fword. 26 Then all the children of Ifrael, and all the people went up, and came unto the houfe of God, and wept, and fat there before the LORD, and fafted that day until even, and offered burntofferings,and peace-offerings before the LORD. 27 And the children of Ifrael inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days: 28 And Phineas the fon of Eleazar the fon of Aaron ftood before it in thofe days) faying Shall I yet again go out to battel aginft the children of Benjamin my brother, or fhall I ceafe? And the LORD faid, Go up 3 for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand. 9 But now this fhall be the thing which we will 29 And Ifrael fet liers in wait round about 30 And the children of Ifrael went up againft the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in aray against Gibeah, as at other times. So all the men of Ifrael were gathered a gainft the city, † knit together as one man. 31 And the children of Benjamin went out 12 And the tribes of Ifrael fent men through all the f tribe of Benjamin, faying, What wic- against the people, and were drawn away from kedness is this that is done among you? the city, and they began t to fmite of the peo-+ Heb. 13 Now therefore deliver us the men,the chil-ple, and kill as at other times, in the high-ways, to fmite dren of Belial which are in Gibeah, that we may of which one goeth up to the houfe of God, of the put them to death, and put away evil from If- and the other to Gibeah in the field,about thirty people rael: but the children of Benjamin would not men of Ifrael. hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Ifrael. 14 But the children ofBenjamin gatheredthemfelves together out of the cities, unto Gibeah,to go out to battel against the children of Ifrael. Wounded as at &c. 32 And the children of Benjamin faid, They Or, are fmitten down before us, as at the firft: but Beth-cl. the children of Ifrael faid, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the high-ways. 33 And all the men of Ifrael rofe up out of their place, and put themselves in aray at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Ifrael came forth out of their places, even out of the mea 15 And the children of Benjamin were num- 16 Among all this people, there were feven 17 And the men of Ifrael, befide Benjamin, were numbred four hundred thousand men that drew fword, all thefe were men of war. 18 And the children of Ifrael arofe and went up to the houfe of God, and asked counfell of God, and faid, Which of us fhall go up firft to the battel against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD faid, Judah fhall go up first. 19 And the children of Ifrael role up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah." 20 And the men of Ifrael went out to battel against Benjamin, and the men of Ifrael put themfelves in aray to fight against them at Gibeah. 21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and deftroyed down to the ground of the Ifraelites that day, 34And there came againft Gibeah ten thoufand chofen men out of all Ifrael, and the battel was fore,but they knew not that evil was near them. 35 And the LORD fmote Benjamin before If rael, and the children of Ifrael destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all thefe drew the fword. 36 So the children of Benjamin faw that they were fmitten: for the men of Ifrael gave place to the Benjamites, because they trufted unto the hers in wait, which they had fet befide Gibeah. 37 And the liers in wait hafted, and rufhed long upon Gibeah, and the liers in wait drew them-Sound with the Selves along,and fmote all the city with the edge rumpet of the fword. 07 38 Now there was an appointed fign between time. the men of Ifrael + and the liers in wait, that it Heb. with. they fhould make a great + flame with smoke to +Heb. rife up out of the city. elevation. 39 And when the men of Ifrael retired in the Heb. to battel, Benjamin began t to imite and kill of mite the the men of Ifrael about thirty perfons; for they wounded |