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CHAPTER 19
Judges 19:1
1 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that
there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to
him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah. Judges 19:2
2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto
her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months. Judges
19:3
3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to
bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she
brought him into her father's house:  and when the father  of the damsel saw 
him, he rejoiced  to meet  him. Judges 19:4
4 And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with
him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there. Judges 19:5
5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning,
that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law,
Comfort thine heart with a morsel  of bread,  and afterward  go your way.
Judges 19:6
6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the
damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all
night, and let thine heart be merry. Judges 19:7
7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he
lodged there again.
Judges 19:8
8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the
damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until
afternoon, and they did eat  both  of them. Judges 19:9
9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant,
his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day
draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night:  behold, the day groweth to
an end,  lodge  here, that thine heart  may be merry;  and to morrow  get you
early  on your way,  that thou mayest go  home. Judges 19:10
10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and
came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses
saddled, his concubine  also was with him. Judges 19:11
11 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said
unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the
Jebusites, and lodge in it.
Judges 19:12
12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of
a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.
Judges 19:13
13 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these
places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah. Judges 19:14
14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when
they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin. Judges 19:15
15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he
went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that
took them into his house to lodging. Judges 19:16
16 And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even,
which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the
place  were Benjamites.
Judges 19:17
17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of
the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
Judges 19:18
18 And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of
mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am now
going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man  that receiveth  me to
house.
Judges 19:19
19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and
wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy
servants: there is no want of any thing. Judges 19:20
20 And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie
upon me; only lodge not in the street. Judges 19:21
21 So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and
they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. Judges 19:22
22 Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city,
certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and
spake  to the master  of the house,  the old  man,  saying,  Bring forth the
man  that came  into thine house,  that we may know  him. Judges 19:23
23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto
them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this
man is come into mine house, do  not this folly. Judges 19:24
24 Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring
out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but
unto this man do not so vile a thing. Judges 19:25
25 But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and
brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night
until the morning: and when the day  began to spring,  they let her go. Judges
19:26
26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of
the man's house where her lord was, till it was light. Judges 19:27
27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and
went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at
the door  of the house,  and her hands  were upon the threshold. Judges 19:28
28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the
man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.
Judges 19:29
29 And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his
concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and
sent her into all the coasts of Israel. Judges 19:30
30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor
seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt
unto this day: consider  of it, take advice,  and speak  your minds. CHAPTER 20
Judges 20:1
1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered
together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto
the LORD in Mizpeh.
Judges 20:2
2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented
themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen
that drew  sword.
Judges 20:3
3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up
to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?
Judges 20:4
4 And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I
came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
Judges 20:5
5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon
me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced,
that she is dead.
Judges 20:6
6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all
the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and
folly in Israel.
Judges 20:7
7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
Judges 20:8
8 And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his
tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house. Judges 20:9
9 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by
lot against it;
Judges 20:10
10 And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel,
and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch
victual for the people,  that they may do,  when they come  to Gibeah of
Benjamin,  according to all the folly  that they have wrought  in Israel.
Judges 20:11
11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as
one man.
Judges 20:12
12 And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying,
What wickedness is this that is done among you? Judges 20:13
13 Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in
Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the
children of Benjamin would not hearken  to the voice  of their brethren the
children  of Israel:
Judges 20:14
14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities
unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel. Judges 20:15
15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities
twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, 
which were numbered  seven  hundred  chosen  men. Judges 20:16
16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every
one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss. Judges 20:17
17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand
men that drew sword: all these were men of war. Judges 20:18
18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked
counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against
the children  of Benjamin?  And the LORD  said,  Judah  shall go up first.
Judges 20:19
19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against
Gibeah.
Judges 20:20
20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of
Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah. Judges 20:21
21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to
the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men. Judges 20:22
22 And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle
again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
Judges 20:23
23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and
asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the
children  of Benjamin  my brother?  And the LORD  said,  Go up against him.)
Judges 20:24
24 And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the
second day.
Judges 20:25
25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and
destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand
men;  all these drew  the sword. Judges 20:26
26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto
the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day 
until even,  and offered  burnt offerings  and peace offerings before  the
LORD.
Judges 20:27
27 And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the
covenant of God was there in those days, Judges 20:28
28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those
days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of
Benjamin  my brother,  or shall I cease?  And the LORD  said,  Go up; for to
morrow  I will deliver  them into thine hand. Judges 20:29
29 And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. Judges 20:30
30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the
third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
Judges 20:31
31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn
away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at
other times, in the highways,  of which one  goeth up  to the house  of God,
and the other  to Gibeah  in the field,  about thirty  men  of Israel. Judges
20:32
32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at
the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the
city unto the highways.
Judges 20:33
33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in
array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their
places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah. Judges 20:34
34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and
the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near  them. Judges 20:35
35 And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel
destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand  and an hundred 
men:  all these drew  the sword. Judges 20:36
36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of
Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in
wait which they had set beside Gibeah. Judges 20:37
37 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait
drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
Judges 20:38
38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in
wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
Judges 20:39
39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite
and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said,  Surely they
are smitten down  before  us, as in the first  battle. Judges 20:40
40 But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke,
the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended
up to heaven.
Judges 20:41
41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed:
for they saw that evil was come upon them. Judges 20:42
42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of
the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the
cities they destroyed in the midst of them. Judges 20:43
43 Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode
them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising. Judges 20:44
44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of
valour.
Judges 20:45
45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and
they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after
them unto Gidom,  and slew  two thousand  men  of them. Judges 20:46
46 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand
men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour. Judges 20:47
47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon,
and abode in the rock Rimmon four months. Judges 20:48
48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote
them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast,
and all that came to hand:  also they set  on fire  all the cities that they
came to.
CHAPTER 21
Judges 21:1
1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us
give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. Judges 21:2
2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before
God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; Judges 21:3
3 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? Judges 21:4
4 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. Judges 21:5
5 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. Judges 21:6
6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and
said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. Judges 21:7
7 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? Judges 21:8
8 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.
Judges 21:9
9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants
of Jabeshgilead there.
Judges 21:10
10 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. Judges 21:11
11 And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male,
and every woman that hath lain by man. Judges 21:12
12 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. Judges 21:13
13 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. Judges 21:14
14 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.
Judges 21:15
15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a
breach in the tribes of Israel.
Judges 21:16
16 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? Judges 21:17
17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of
Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. Judges 21:18
18 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. Judges
21:19
19 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. Judges
21:20
20 Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in
wait in the vineyards;
Judges 21:21
21 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. Judges 21:22
22 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. Judges 21:23
23 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.
Judges 21:24
24 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.
Judges 21:25
25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was
right in his own eyes.
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