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Judges 1





1. Now after <0310> the death <04194> of Joshua < 03091> it came
<01961> to pass, that the children <01121> of Israel <03478>
asked <07592> the LORD <03068>, saying <0559>, Who <04310> shall
go <05927> up for us against the Canaanites <03669> first
<08462>, to fight <03898> against them?



2 And the LORD <03068> said <0559>, Judah < 03063> shall go
<05927> up: behold <02009>, I have delivered < 05414> the land
<0776> into his hand <03027>.



3 And Judah <03063> said <0559> unto Simeon < 08095> his
brother <0251>, Come <05927> up with me into my lot <01486>,
that we may fight <03898> against the Canaanites < 03669>; and I
likewise <03651> will go <01980> with thee into thy lot <01486>.
So Simeon <08095> went <03212> with him.



4 And Judah <03063> went <05927> up; and the LORD <03068>
delivered <05414> the Canaanites <03669> and the Perizzites
<06522> into their hand <03027>: and they slew < 05221> of them
in Bezek <0966> ten <06235> thousand <0505> men <0376>.



5 And they found <04672> Adonibezek <0137> in Bezek <0966>:
and they fought <03898> against him, and they slew < 05221> the
Canaanites <03669> and the Perizzites <06522>.



6 But Adonibezek <0137> fled <05127>; and they pursued <07291>
after <0310> him, and caught <0270> him, and cut < 07112> off his
thumbs and his great toes.



7 And Adonibezek <0137> said <0559>, Threescore < 07657> and
ten kings <04428>, having their thumbs and their great toes cut
<07112> off, gathered <03950> [their meat] under < 08478> my
table <07979>: as I have done <06213>, so < 03651> God <0430>
hath requited <07999> me. And they brought <0935> him to
Jerusalem <03389>, and there <08033> he died < 04191>.



8 Now the children <01121> of Judah <03063> had fought <03898>
against Jerusalem <03389>, and had taken <03920> it, and smitten
<05221> it with the edge <06310> of the sword < 02719>, and set
<07971> the city <05892> on fire <0784>.



9. And afterward <0310> the children <01121> of Judah <03063>
went <03381> down <03381> to fight <03898> against the
Canaanites <03669>, that dwelt <03427> in the mountain <02022>,
and in the south <05045>, and in the valley <08219>.



10 And Judah <03063> went <03212> against < 0413> the
Canaanites <03669> that dwelt <03427> in Hebron < 02275>: (now
the name <08034> of Hebron <02275> before < 06440> [was]
Kirjatharba <07153>:) and they slew <05221> Sheshai <08344>, and
Ahiman <0289>, and Talmai <08526>.



11 And from thence <08033> he went <03212> against <0413> the
inhabitants <03427> of Debir <01688>: and the name <08034> of
Debir <01688> before <06440> [was] Kirjathsepher < 07158>:



12 And Caleb <03612> said <0559>, He that smiteth <05221>
Kirjathsepher <07158>, and taketh <03920> it, to him will I give
<05414> Achsah <05919> my daughter <01323> to wife <0802>.



13 And Othniel <06274> the son <01121> of Kenaz < 07073>,
Caleb's <03612> younger <06996> brother <0251>, took <03920> it:
and he gave <05414> him Achsah <05919> his daughter <01323> to
wife <0802>.



14 And it came <01961> to pass, when she came <0935> [to him],
that she moved <05496> him to ask <07592> of her father <01> a
field <07704>: and she lighted <06795> from off < 05921> [her]
ass <02543>; and Caleb <03612> said <0559> unto her, What
<04100> wilt thou?



15 And she said <0559> unto him, Give <03051> me a blessing
<01293>: for thou hast given <05414> me a south < 05045> land
<0776>; give <05414> me also springs <01543> of water <04325>.
And Caleb <03612> gave <05414> her the upper < 05942> springs
<01543> and the nether <08482> springs <01543>.



16 And the children <01121> of the Kenite <07017>, Moses
<04872>' father <02859> in law <02859>, went <05927> up out of
the city <05892> of palm <08558> trees with the children <01121>
of Judah <03063> into the wilderness <04057> of Judah <03063>,
which <0834> [lieth] in the south <05045> of Arad < 06166>; and
they went <03212> and dwelt <03427> among <0854> the people
<05971>.



17 And Judah <03063> went <03212> with Simeon < 08095> his
brother <0251>, and they slew <05221> the Canaanites <03669>
that inhabited <03427> Zephath, and utterly destroyed < 02763> it.
And the name <08034> of the city <05892> was called <07121>
Hormah <02767>.



18 Also Judah <03063> took <03920> Gaza < 05804> with the coast
<01366> thereof, and Askelon <0831> with the coast <01366>
thereof, and Ekron <06138> with the coast <01366> thereof.



19 And the LORD <03068> was with Judah <03063>; and he drave
<03423> out [the inhabitants of] the mountain <02022>; but could
not drive <03423> out the inhabitants <03427> of the valley
<06010>, because <03588> they had chariots < 07393> of iron
<01270>.



20 And they gave <05414> Hebron <02275> unto Caleb <03612>, as
Moses <04872> said <01696>: and he expelled < 03423> thence
<08033> the three <07969> sons <01121> of Anak <06061>.



21. And the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> did not drive
<03423> out the Jebusites <02983> that inhabited < 03427>
Jerusalem <03389>; but the Jebusites <02983> dwell <03427> with
the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> in Jerusalem <03389>
unto this <02088> day <03117>.



22 And the house <01004> of Joseph <03130>, they also <01571>
went <05927> up against Bethel <01008>: and the LORD <03068>
[was] with them.



23 And the house <01004> of Joseph <03130> sent to descry
<08446> Bethel <01008>. (Now the name <08034> of the city
<05892> before <06440> [was] Luz <03870>.)



24 And the spies <08104> saw <07200> a man < 0376> come <03318>
forth <03318> out of the city <05892>, and they said <0559> unto
him, Shew <07200> us, we pray <04994> thee, the entrance <03996>
into the city <05892>, and we will shew <06213> thee mercy
<02617>.



25 And when he shewed <07200> them the entrance < 03996> into
the city <05892>, they smote <05221> the city < 05892> with the
edge <06310> of the sword <02719>; but they let go <07971> the
man <0376> and all <03605> his family <04940>.



26 And the man <0376> went <03212> into the land <0776> of the
Hittites <02850>, and built <01129> a city < 05892>, and called
<07121> the name <08034> thereof Luz <03870>: which <01931> [is]
the name <08034> thereof unto this <02088> day < 03117>.



27 Neither <03808> did Manasseh <04519> drive < 03423> out [the
inhabitants of] Bethshean <01052> and her towns < 01323>, nor
Taanach <08590> and her towns <01323>, nor the inhabitants
<03427> of Dor <01756> and her towns <01323>, nor the
inhabitants <03427> of Ibleam <02991> and her towns <01323>, nor
the inhabitants <03427> of Megiddo <04023> and her towns <01323>:
but the Canaanites <03669> would <02974> dwell < 03427> in that
land <0776>.



28 And it came <01961> to pass, when Israel <03478> was strong
<02388>, that they put <07760> the Canaanites < 03669> to tribute
<04522>, and did not utterly drive <03423> them out.



29 Neither <03808> did Ephraim <0669> drive < 03423> out the
Canaanites <03669> that dwelt <03427> in Gezer < 01507>; but the
Canaanites <03669> dwelt <03427> in Gezer < 01507> among <07130>
them.



30 Neither <03808> did Zebulun <02074> drive < 03423> out the
inhabitants <03427> of Kitron <07003>, nor the inhabitants
<03427> of Nahalol <05096>; but the Canaanites < 03669> dwelt
<03427> among <07130> them, and became <01961> tributaries
<04522>.



31 Neither <03808> did Asher <0836> drive < 03423> out the
inhabitants <03427> of Accho <05910>, nor the inhabitants
<03427> of Zidon <06721>, nor of Ahlab <0303>, nor of Achzib
<0392>, nor of Helbah <02462>, nor of Aphik < 0663>, nor of Rehob
<07340>:



32 But the Asherites <0843> dwelt <03427> among < 07130> the
Canaanites <03669>, the inhabitants <03427> of the land <0776>:
for they did not drive <03423> them out.



33 Neither <03808> did Naphtali <05321> drive < 03423> out the
inhabitants <03427> of Bethshemesh <01053>, nor the inhabitants
<03427> of Bethanath <01043>; but he dwelt < 03427> among <07130>
the Canaanites <03669>, the inhabitants <03427> of the land
<0776>: nevertheless the inhabitants <03427> of Bethshemesh
<01053> and of Bethanath <01043> became <01961> tributaries
<04522> unto them.



34 And the Amorites <0567> forced <03905> the children <01121>
of Dan <01835> into the mountain <02022>: for they would not
suffer <05414> them to come <03381> down <03381> to the valley
<06010>:



35 But the Amorites <0567> would <02974> dwell < 03427> in
mount <02022> Heres <02776> in Aijalon <0357>, and in Shaalbim
<08169>: yet the hand <03027> of the house < 01004> of Joseph
<03130> prevailed <03513>, so that they became < 01961>
tributaries <04522>.



36 And the coast <01366> of the Amorites <0567> [was] from the
going <04608> up to Akrabbim <06137>, from the rock <05553>, and
upward <04605>.



Judges 2



1. And an angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> came < 05927> up
from Gilgal <01537> to Bochim <01066>, and said < 0559>, I made
you to go <05927> up out of Egypt <04714>, and have brought
<0935> you unto the land <0776> which <0834> I sware <07650>
unto your fathers <01>; and I said <0559>, I will never break
<06565> my covenant <01285> with you.



2 And ye shall make <03772> no <03808> league < 01285> with the
inhabitants <03427> of this <02063> land <0776>; ye shall throw
<05422> down <05422> their altars <04196>: but ye have not
obeyed <08085> my voice <06963>: why <04100> have ye done
<06213> this <02063>?



3 Wherefore I also <01571> said <0559>, I will not drive
<01644> them out from before <06440> you; but they shall be [as
thorns] in your sides <06654>, and their gods <0430> shall be a
snare <04170> unto you.



4 And it came <01961> to pass, when the angel < 04397> of the
LORD <03068> spake <01696> these <0428> words <01697> unto all
<03605> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, that the people
<05971> lifted <05375> up their voice <06963>, and wept <01058>.



5 And they called <07121> the name <08034> of that place
<04725> Bochim <01066>: and they sacrificed < 02076> there
<08033> unto the LORD <03068>.



6. And when Joshua <03091> had let the people <05971> go
<07971>, the children <01121> of Israel <03478> went <03212>
every man <0376> unto his inheritance <05159> to possess <03423>
the land <0776>.



7 And the people <05971> served <05647> the LORD <03068> all
<03605> the days <03117> of Joshua <03091>, and all <03605> the
days <03117> of the elders <02205> that outlived Joshua <03091>,
who <0834> had seen <07200> all <03605> the great <01419> works
<04639> of the LORD <03068>, that he did <06213> for Israel
<03478>.



8 And Joshua <03091> the son <01121> of Nun < 05126>, the
servant <05650> of the LORD <03068>, died < 04191>, [being] an
hundred <03967> and ten <06235> years <08141> old <01121>.



9 And they buried <06912> him in the border <01366> of his
inheritance <05159> in Timnathheres <08556>, in the mount
<02022> of Ephraim <0669>, on the north <06828> side of the hill
<02022> Gaash <01608>.



10 And also <01571> all <03605> that generation < 01755> were
gathered <0622> unto their fathers <01>: and there arose <06965>
another <0312> generation <01755> after <0310> them, which
<0834> knew <03045> not the LORD <03068>, nor <01571> yet
<01571> the works <04639> which <0834> he had done <06213> for
Israel <03478>.



11 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> did <06213> evil
<07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068> , and served
<05647> Baalim <01168>:



12 And they forsook <05800> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of
their fathers <01>, which brought <03318> them out of the land
<0776> of Egypt <04714>, and followed other < 0312> gods <0430>,
of the gods <0430> of the people <05971> that [were] round
<05439> about them, and bowed <07812> themselves unto them, and
provoked the LORD <03068> to anger <03707>.



13 And they forsook <05800> the LORD <03068>, and served
<05647> Baal <01168> and Ashtaroth <06252>.



14 And the anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> was hot <02734>
against Israel <03478>, and he delivered <05414> them into the
hands <03027> of spoilers <08154> that spoiled < 08155> them, and
he sold <04376> them into the hands <03027> of their enemies
<0341> round <05439> about, so that they could < 03201> not any
longer <05750> stand <05975> before <06440> their enemies <0341>.



15 Whithersoever they went <03318> out, the hand < 03027> of
the LORD <03068> was against them for evil <07451>, as the LORD
<03068> had said <01696>, and as the LORD < 03068> had sworn
<07650> unto them: and they were greatly <03966> distressed
<03334>.



16 Nevertheless the LORD <03068> raised <06965> up judges
<08199>, which delivered <03467> them out of the hand <03027> of
those that spoiled <08154> them.



17 And yet <01571> they would not hearken <08085> unto their
judges <08199>, but they went a whoring <02181> after <0310>
other <0312> gods <0430>, and bowed <07812> themselves unto them:
they turned <05493> quickly <04118> out of the way <01870>
which <0834> their fathers <01> walked <01980> in, obeying
<08085> the commandments <04687> of the LORD < 03068>; [but] they
did <06213> not so <03651>.



18 And when <03588> the LORD <03068> raised < 06965> them up
judges <08199>, then the LORD <03068> was with the judge <08199>,
and delivered <03467> them out of the hand <03027> of their
enemies <0341> all <03605> the days <03117> of the judge <08199>:
for it repented <05162> the LORD <03068> because < 06440> of
their groanings <05009> by reason of them that oppressed <03905>
them and vexed <01766> them.



19 And it came <01961> to pass, when the judge < 08199> was
dead <04191>, [that] they returned <07725>, and corrupted
<07843> [themselves] more than their fathers <01>, in following
other <0312> gods <0430> to serve <05647> them, and to bow
<07812> down <07812> unto them; they ceased < 05307> not from
their own doings <04611>, nor from their stubborn < 07186> way
<01870>.



20 And the anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> was hot <02734>
against Israel <03478>; and he said <0559>, Because <03282> that
this <02088> people <01471> hath transgressed < 05674> my
covenant <01285> which <0834> I commanded < 06680> their fathers
<01>, and have not hearkened <08085> unto my voice <06963>;



21 I also <01571> will not henceforth <03254> drive <03423>
out any from before <06440> them of the nations < 01471> which
<0834> Joshua <03091> left <05800> when he died <04191>:



22 That through them I may prove <05254> Israel < 03478>,
whether they will keep <08104> the way <01870> of the LORD
<03068> to walk <03212> therein, as their fathers < 01> did keep
<08104> [it], or not.



23 Therefore the LORD <03068> left <03241> those <0428>
nations <01471>, without <01115> driving <03423> them out
hastily <04118>; neither <03808> delivered < 05414> he them into
the hand <03027> of Joshua <03091>.



Judges 3



1. Now these <0428> [are] the nations <01471> which <0834> the
LORD <03068> left <03241>, to prove <05254> Israel <03478> by
them, [even] as many [of Israel] as had not known <03045> all
<03605> the wars <04421> of Canaan <03667>;



2 Only <07535> that the generations <01755> of the children
<01121> of Israel <03478> might know <03045>, to teach <03925>
them war <04421>, at <07535> the least <07535> such as before
<06440> knew <03045> nothing <03808> thereof;



3 [Namely], five <02568> lords <05633> of the Philistines
<06430>, and all <03605> the Canaanites <03669>, and the
Sidonians <06722>, and the Hivites <02340> that dwelt <03427> in
mount <02022> Lebanon <03844>, from mount < 02022> Baalhermon
<01179> unto the entering <0935> in of Hamath < 02574>.



4 And they were to prove <05254> Israel <03478> by them, to
know <03045> whether they would hearken <08085> unto the
commandments <04687> of the LORD <03068>, which < 0834> he
commanded <06680> their fathers <01> by the hand < 03027> of
Moses <04872>.



5 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> dwelt <03427>
among <07130> the Canaanites <03669>, Hittites < 02850>, and
Amorites <0567>, and Perizzites <06522>, and Hivites <02340>,
and Jebusites <02983>:



6 And they took <03947> their daughters <01121> to be their
wives <0802>, and gave <05414> their daughters < 01121> to their
sons <01121>, and served <05647> their gods < 0430>.



7 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> did <06213> evil
<07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068> , and forgat
<07911> the LORD <03068> their God <0430>, and served <05647>
Baalim <01168> and the groves <0842>.



8. Therefore the anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> was hot
<02734> against Israel <03478>, and he sold < 04376> them into
the hand <03027> of Chushanrishathaim <03573> king <04428> of
Mesopotamia <0763>: and the children <01121> of Israel <03478>
served <05647> Chushanrishathaim <03573> eight < 08083> years
<08141>.



9 And when the children <01121> of Israel <03478> cried
<02199> unto the LORD <03068>, the LORD <03068> raised <06965>
up a deliverer <03467> to the children <01121> of Israel <03478>,
who delivered <03467> them, [even <0853>] Othniel <06274> the
son <01121> of Kenaz <07073>, Caleb's <03612> younger <06996>
brother <0251>.



10 And the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> came <01961>
upon him, and he judged <08199> Israel <03478>, and went <03318>
out to war <04421>: and the LORD <03068> delivered <05414>
Chushanrishathaim <03573> king <04428> of Mesopotamia <0763>
into his hand <03027>; and his hand <03027> prevailed <05810>
against <05921> Chushanrishathaim <03573>.



11 And the land <0776> had rest <08252> forty < 0705> years
<08141>. And Othniel <06274> the son <01121> of Kenaz <07073>
died <04191>.



12. And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> did <06213> evil
<07451> again <03254> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>:
and the LORD <03068> strengthened <02388> Eglon < 05700> the king
<04428> of Moab <04124> against <05921> Israel <03478>, because
they had done <06213> evil <07451> in the sight < 05869> of the
LORD <03068>.



13 And he gathered <0622> unto him the children < 01121> of
Ammon <05983> and Amalek <06002>, and went < 03212> and smote
<05221> Israel <03478>, and possessed <03423> the city <05892>
of palm <08558> trees.



14 So the children <01121> of Israel <03478> served <05647>
Eglon <05700> the king <04428> of Moab <04124> eighteen years
<08141>.



15 But when the children <01121> of Israel <03478> cried
<02199> unto the LORD <03068>, the LORD <03068> raised <06965>
them up a deliverer <03467>, Ehud <0261> the son < 01121> of Gera
<01617>, a Benjamite <01145>, a man <0376> lefthanded: and by
him the children <01121> of Israel <03478> sent < 07971> a
present <04503> unto Eglon <05700> the king < 04428> of Moab
<04124>.



16 But Ehud <0261> made <06213> him a dagger < 02719> which had
two <08147> edges <06366>, of a cubit <01574> length <0753>; and
he did gird <02296> it under <08478> his raiment < 04055> upon
his right <03225> thigh <03409>.



17 And he brought <07126> the present <04503> unto Eglon
<05700> king <04428> of Moab <04124>: and Eglon <05700> [was] a
very <03966> fat <01277> man <0376>.



18 And when <0834> he had made an end <03615> to offer <07126>
the present <04503>, he sent <07971> away the people <05971>
that bare <05375> the present <04503>.



19 But he himself <01931> turned <07725> again < 07725> from
the quarries <06456> that [were] by Gilgal <01537>, and said
<0559>, I have a secret <05643> errand <01697> unto thee, O king
<04428>: who said <0559>, Keep silence <02013>. And all <03605>
that stood <05975> by him went <03318> out from him.



20 And Ehud <0261> came <0935> unto him; and he was sitting
<03427> in a summer <04747> parlour <05944>, which <0834> he had
for himself alone <0905>. And Ehud <0261> said < 0559>, I have a
message <01697> from God <0430> unto thee. And he arose <06965>
out of [his] seat <03678>.



21 And Ehud <0261> put <07971> forth <07971> his left <08040>
hand <03027>, and took <03947> the dagger < 02719> from his right
<03225> thigh <03409>, and thrust <08628> it into his belly
<0990>:



22 And the haft <05325> also <01571> went < 0935> in after
<0310> the blade <03851>; and the fat <02459> closed <05462>
upon the blade <03851>, so <03588> that he could not draw
<08025> the dagger <02719> out of his belly < 0990>; and the dirt
<06574> came <03318> out.



23 Then Ehud <0261> went <03318> forth <03318> through the
porch <04528>, and shut <05462> the doors < 01817> of the parlour
<05944> upon him, and locked <05274> them.



24 When he was gone <03318> out, his servants < 05650> came
<0935>; and when they saw <07200> that, behold < 02009>, the
doors <01817> of the parlour <05944> [were] locked <05274>, they
said <0559>, Surely <0389> he covereth <05526> his feet <07272>
in his summer <04747> chamber <02315>.



25 And they tarried <02342> till <05704> they were ashamed
<0954>: and, behold <02009>, he opened <06605> not the doors
<01817> of the parlour <05944>; therefore they took <03947> a
key <04668>, and opened <06605> [them]: and, behold <02009>,
their lord <0113> [was] fallen <05307> down dead < 04191> on the
earth <0776>.



26 And Ehud <0261> escaped <04422> while < 05704> they tarried
<04102>, and passed <05674> beyond <05674> the quarries <06456>,
and escaped <04422> unto Seirath <08167>.



27 And it came <01961> to pass, when he was come < 0935>, that
he blew <08628> a trumpet <07782> in the mountain < 02022> of
Ephraim <0669>, and the children <01121> of Israel <03478> went
<03381> down <03381> with him from the mount < 02022>, and he
before <06440> them.



28 And he said <0559> unto them, Follow <07291> after <0310>
me: for the LORD <03068> hath delivered <05414> your enemies
<0341> the Moabites <04124> into your hand < 03027>. And they
went <03381> down <03381> after <0310> him, and took <03920> the
fords <04569> of Jordan <03383> toward Moab < 04124>, and
suffered <05414> not a man <0376> to pass < 05674> over <05674>.



29 And they slew <05221> of Moab <04124> at that time <06256>
about ten <06235> thousand <0505> men <0376>, all <03605> lusty
<08082>, and all <03605> men <0376> of valour <02428>; and there
escaped <04422> not a man <0376>.



30 So Moab <04124> was subdued <03665> that day < 03117> under
<08478> the hand <03027> of Israel <03478>. And the land <0776>
had rest <08252> fourscore <08084> years <08141> .



31. And after <0310> him was Shamgar <08044> the son <01121> of
Anath <06067>, which slew <05221> of the Philistines <06430> six
<08337> hundred <03967> men <0376> with an ox <01241> goad
<04451>: and he also <01571> delivered <03467> Israel <03478>.



Judges 4



1. And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> again <03254> did
<06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>,
when Ehud <0261> was dead <04191>.



2 And the LORD <03068> sold <04376> them into the hand <03027>
of Jabin <02985> king <04428> of Canaan <03667>, that reigned
<04427> in Hazor <02674>; the captain <08269> of whose host
<06635> [was] Sisera <05516>, which dwelt < 03427> in Harosheth
<02800> of the Gentiles <01471>.



3 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> cried <06817>
unto the LORD <03068>: for he had nine <08672> hundred <03967>
chariots <07393> of iron <01270>; and twenty < 06242> years
<08141> he mightily <02393> oppressed <03905> the children
<01121> of Israel <03478>.



4. And Deborah <01683>, a prophetess <05031>, the wife <0802>
of Lapidoth <03941>, she judged <08199> Israel < 03478> at that
time <06256>.



5 And she dwelt <03427> under <08478> the palm < 08560> tree of
Deborah <01683> between <0996> Ramah <07414> and Bethel <01008>
in mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>: and the children < 01121> of
Israel <03478> came <05927> up to her for judgment <04941>.



6 And she sent <07971> and called <07121> Barak < 01301> the
son <01121> of Abinoam <042> out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said
<0559> unto him, Hath not the LORD <03068> God < 0430> of Israel
<03478> commanded <06680>, [saying], Go <03212> and draw <04900>
toward mount <02022> Tabor <08396>, and take < 03947> with thee
ten <06235> thousand <0505> men <0376> of the children <01121>
of Naphtali <05321> and of the children <01121> of Zebulun
<02074>?



7 And I will draw <04900> unto thee to the river < 05158>
Kishon <07028> Sisera <05516>, the captain < 08269> of Jabin's
<02985> army <06635>, with his chariots <07393> and his
multitude <01995>; and I will deliver <05414> him into thine
hand <03027>.



8 And Barak <01301> said <0559> unto her, If < 0518> thou wilt
go <03212> with me, then I will go <01982>: but if <0518> thou
wilt not go <03212> with me, [then] I will not go < 03212>.



9 And she said <0559>, I will surely go <03212> with thee:
notwithstanding <0657> the journey <01870> that thou takest
<01980> shall not be for thine honour <08597>; for the LORD
<03068> shall sell <04376> Sisera <05516> into the hand <03027>
of a woman <0802>. And Deborah <01683> arose < 06965>, and went
<03212> with Barak <01301> to Kedesh <06943>.



10. And Barak <01301> called <02199> Zebulun < 02074> and
Naphtali <05321> to Kedesh <06943>; and he went < 05927> up with
ten <06235> thousand <0505> men <0376> at his feet <07272>: and
Deborah <01683> went <05927> up with him.



11 Now Heber <02268> the Kenite <07014>, [which was] of the
children <01121> of Hobab <02246> the father < 02859> in law
<02859> of Moses <04872>, had severed <06504> himself from the
Kenites <07017>, and pitched <05186> his tent < 0168> unto the
plain <0436> of Zaanaim, which <0834> [is] by Kedesh <06943>.



12 And they shewed <05046> Sisera <05516> that Barak <01301>
the son <01121> of Abinoam <042> was gone < 05927> up to mount
<02022> Tabor <08396>.



13 And Sisera <05516> gathered <02199> together all <03605>
his chariots <07393>, [even] nine <08672> hundred < 03967>
chariots <07393> of iron <01270>, and all < 03605> the people
<05971> that [were] with him, from Harosheth <02800> of the
Gentiles <01471> unto the river <05158> of Kishon < 07028>.



14 And Deborah <01683> said <0559> unto Barak < 01301>, Up; for
this <02088> [is] the day <03117> in which < 0834> the LORD
<03068> hath delivered <05414> Sisera <05516> into thine hand
<03027>: is not the LORD <03068> gone <03318> out before <06440>
thee? So Barak <01301> went <03381> down <03381> from mount
<02022> Tabor <08396>, and ten <06235> thousand <0505> men
<0376> after <0310> him.



15 And the LORD <03068> discomfited <02000> Sisera <05516>,
and all <03605> [his] chariots <07393>, and all < 03605> [his]
host <04264>, with the edge <06310> of the sword < 02719> before
<06440> Barak <01301>; so that Sisera <05516> lighted <03381>
down <03381> off <05921> [his] chariot <04818>, and fled <05127>
away on his feet <07272>.



16 But Barak <01301> pursued <07291> after < 0310> the chariots
<07393>, and after <0310> the host <04264>, unto Harosheth
<02800> of the Gentiles <01471>: and all <03605> the host
<04264> of Sisera <05516> fell <05307> upon the edge <06310> of
the sword <02719>; [and] there was not a man left < 07604>.



17. Howbeit Sisera <05516> fled <05127> away on his feet
<07272> to the tent <0168> of Jael <03278> the wife <0802> of
Heber <02268> the Kenite <07017>: for [there was] peace <07965>
between <0996> Jabin <02985> the king <04428> of Hazor <02674>
and the house <01004> of Heber <02268> the Kenite < 07017>.



18 And Jael <03278> went <03318> out to meet < 07125> Sisera
<05516>, and said <0559> unto him, Turn <05493> in, my lord
<03068>, turn <05493> in to me; fear <03372> not. And when he
had turned <05493> in unto her into the tent <0168>, she covered
<03680> him with a mantle <08063>.



19 And he said <0559> unto her, Give me, I pray < 04994> thee,
a little <04592> water <04325> to drink <08248>; for I am
thirsty <06770>. And she opened <06605> a bottle < 04997> of milk
<02461>, and gave him drink <08248>, and covered < 03680> him.



20 Again he said <0559> unto her, Stand <05975> in the door
<06607> of the tent <0168>, and it shall be, when < 0518> any man
<0376> doth come <0935> and enquire <07592> of thee, and say
<0559>, Is there any man <0376> here <06311>? that thou shalt
say <0559>, No <0369>.



21 Then Jael <03278> Heber's <02268> wife < 0802> took <03947>
a nail <03489> of the tent <0168>, and took < 07760> an hammer
<04718> in her hand <03027>, and went <0935> softly <03814> unto
him, and smote <08628> the nail <03489> into his temples <07451>,
and fastened <06795> it into the ground <0776>: for he was fast
asleep <07290> and weary <05774>. So he died < 04191>.



22 And, behold <02009>, as Barak <01301> pursued <07291>
Sisera <05516>, Jael <03278> came <03318> out to meet <07125>
him, and said <0559> unto him, Come <03212>, and I will shew
<07200> thee the man <0376> whom <0834> thou seekest <01245>.
And when he came <0935> into her [tent], behold < 02009>, Sisera
<05516> lay <05307> dead <04191>, and the nail <03489> [was] in
his temples <07451>.



23 So God <0430> subdued <03665> on that day < 03117> Jabin
<02985> the king <04428> of Canaan <03667> before <06440> the
children <01121> of Israel <03478>.



24 And the hand <03027> of the children <01121> of Israel
<03478> prospered <01980>, and prevailed <07186> against <05921>
Jabin <02985> the king <04428> of Canaan <03667> , until <05704>
they had destroyed <03772> Jabin <02985> king < 04428> of Canaan
<03667>.



Judges 5



1. Then sang <07891> Deborah <01683> and Barak < 01301> the son
<01121> of Abinoam <042> on that day <03117>, saying <0559>,



2 Praise <01288> ye the LORD <03068> for the avenging of
Israel <03478>, when the people <05971> willingly < 05068>
offered themselves.



3 Hear <08085>, O ye kings <04428>; give ear < 0238>, O ye
princes <07336>; I, [even] I, will sing <07891> unto the LORD
<03068>; I will sing <02167> [praise] to the LORD < 03068> God
<0430> of Israel <03478>.



4 LORD <03068>, when thou wentest <03318> out of Seir <08165>,
when thou marchedst <06805> out of the field <07704> of Edom
<0123>, the earth <0776> trembled <07493>, and the heavens
<08064> dropped <05197>, the clouds <05645> also <01571> dropped
<05197> water <04325>.



5 The mountains <02022> melted <05140> from before <06440> the
LORD <03068>, [even] that Sinai <05514> from before <06440> the
LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>.



6. In the days <03117> of Shamgar <08044> the son <01121> of
Anath <06067>, in the days <03117> of Jael < 03278>, the highways
<0734> were unoccupied <02308>, and the travellers walked
<03212> through byways.



7 [The inhabitants of] the villages <06520> ceased < 02308>,
they ceased <02308> in Israel <03478>, until < 05704> that I
Deborah <01683> arose <06965>, that I arose < 06965> a mother
<0517> in Israel <03478>.



8 They chose <0977> new <02319> gods <0430>; then <0227> [was]
war <03901> in the gates <08179>: was there a shield <04043> or
spear <07420> seen <07200> among forty <0705> thousand <0505> in
Israel <03478>?



9 My heart <03820> [is] toward the governors <02710> of Israel
<03478>, that offered themselves willingly <05068> among the
people <05971>. Bless <01288> ye the LORD < 03068>.



10 Speak <07878>, ye that ride <07392> on white < 06715> asses
<0860>, ye that sit <03427> in judgment <04055>, and walk
<01980> by the way <01870>.



11 [They that are delivered] from the noise <06963> of archers
<02686> in the places of drawing <04857> water, there shall they
rehearse <08567> the righteous <06666> acts of the LORD <03068>,
[even] the righteous <06666> acts [toward the inhabitants] of
his villages <06520> in Israel <03478>: then shall the people
<05971> of the LORD <03068> go <03381> down < 03381> to the gates
<08179>.



12. Awake <05782>, awake <05782>, Deborah < 01683>: awake
<05782>, awake <05782>, utter <01696> a song <07892>: arise
<06965>, Barak <01301>, and lead thy captivity < 07628> captive
<07617>, thou son <01121> of Abinoam <042>.



13 Then <0227> he made him that remaineth <08300> have
dominion <07287> over the nobles <0117> among the people <05971>:
the LORD <03068> made me have dominion <07287> over the mighty
<01368>.



14 Out of Ephraim <0669> [was there] a root <08328> of them
against Amalek <06002>; after <0310> thee, Benjamin <01144>,
among thy people <05971>; out of Machir <04353> came <03381>
down <03381> governors <02710>, and out of Zebulun <02074> they
that handle <04900> the pen <07626> of the writer < 05608>.



15 And the princes <08269> of Issachar <03485> [were] with
Deborah <01683>; even Issachar <03485>, and also < 03651> Barak
<01301>: he was sent <07971> on foot <07272> into the valley
<06010>. For the divisions <06391> of Reuben < 07205> [there
were] great <01419> thoughts <02711> of heart < 03820>.



16 Why <04100> abodest <03427> thou among < 0996> the
sheepfolds <04942>, to hear <08085> the bleatings < 08292> of the
flocks <05739>? For the divisions <06391> of Reuben <07205>
[there were] great <01419> searchings <02714> of heart <03820>.



17 Gilead <01568> abode <07931> beyond <05676> Jordan <03383>:
and why <04100> did Dan <01835> remain <01481> in ships <0591>?
Asher <0836> continued <03427> on the sea < 03220> shore <02348>,
and abode <07931> in his breaches <04664>.



18 Zebulun <02074> and Naphtali <05321> [were] a people
<05971> [that] jeoparded <02778> their lives < 05315> unto the
death <04191> in the high <04791> places of the field <07704>.



19 The kings <04428> came <0935> [and] fought < 03898>, then
<0227> fought <03898> the kings <04428> of Canaan <03667> in
Taanach <08590> by the waters <04325> of Megiddo < 04023>; they
took <03947> no <03808> gain <01214> of money <03701>.



20 They fought <03898> from heaven <08064>; the stars <03556>
in their courses <04546> fought <03898> against < 05973> Sisera
<05516>.



21 The river <05158> of Kishon <07028> swept < 01640> them away,
that ancient <06917> river <05158>, the river < 05158> Kishon
<07028>. O my soul <05315>, thou hast trodden < 01869> down
strength <05797>.



22 Then <0227> were the horsehoofs broken <01986> by the means
of the pransings <01726>, the pransings <01726> of their mighty
<047> ones.



23 Curse <0779> ye Meroz <04789>, said <0559> the angel
<04397> of the LORD <03068>, curse <0779> ye bitterly <0779> the
inhabitants <03427> thereof; because <03588> they came <0935>
not to the help <05833> of the LORD <03068>, to the help <05833>
of the LORD <03068> against the mighty <01368>.



24. Blessed <01288> above women <0802> shall Jael <03278> the
wife <0802> of Heber <02268> the Kenite <07017> be, blessed
<01288> shall she be above women <0802> in the tent <0168>.



25 He asked <07592> water <04325>, [and] she gave <05414>
[him] milk <02461>; she brought <07126> forth < 07126> butter
<02529> in a lordly <0117> dish <05602>.



26 She put <07971> her hand <03027> to the nail < 03489>, and
her right <03225> hand <03225> to the workmen's < 06001> hammer
<01989>; and with the hammer she smote <01986> Sisera <05516>,
she smote <04277> off his head <07218>, when she had pierced
<04272> and stricken <02498> through his temples < 07451>.



27 At <0996> her feet <07272> he bowed <03766> , he fell
<05307>, he lay <07901> down <07901>: at < 0996> her feet <07272>
he bowed <03766>, he fell <05307>: where <0834> he bowed <03766>,
there <08033> he fell <05307> down dead <07703> .



28 The mother <0517> of Sisera <05516> looked < 08259> out at
<01157> a window <02474>, and cried <02980> through <01157> the
lattice <0822>, Why <04069> is his chariot < 07393> [so] long
<0954> in coming <0935>? why <04069> tarry < 0309> the wheels
<06471> of his chariots <04818>?



29 Her wise <02450> ladies <08282> answered < 06030> her, yea
<0637>, she returned <07725> answer <0559> to herself,



30 Have they not sped <04672>? have they [not] divided <02505>
the prey <07998>; to every <07218> man <01397> a damsel <07356>
[or] two; to Sisera <05516> a prey <07998> of divers <06648>
colours <06648>, a prey <07998> of divers < 06648> colours
<06648> of needlework <07553>, of divers <06648> colours <06648>
of needlework <07553> on both sides, [meet] for the necks
<06677> of [them that take] the spoil <07998>?



31 So <03651> let all <03605> thine enemies < 0341> perish <06>,
O LORD <03068>: but [let] them that love <0157> him [be] as the
sun <08121> when he goeth <03318> forth <03318> in his might
<01369>. And the land <0776> had rest <08252> forty <0705> years
<08141>.



Judges 6



1. And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> did <06213> evil
<07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068> : and the LORD
<03068> delivered <05414> them into the hand < 03027> of Midian
<04080> seven <07651> years <08141>.



2 And the hand <03027> of Midian <04080> prevailed <05810>
against <05921> Israel <03478>: [and] because < 06440> of the
Midianites <04080> the children <01121> of Israel < 03478> made
<06213> them the dens <04492> which <0834> [are] in the
mountains <02022>, and caves <04631>, and strong < 04679> holds
<04679>.



3 And [so] it was, when <0518> Israel <03478> had sown <02232>,
that the Midianites <04080> came <05927> up, and the Amalekites
<06003>, and the children <01121> of the east < 06924>, even they
came <05927> up against <05921> them;



4 And they encamped <02583> against <05921> them, and
destroyed <07843> the increase <02981> of the earth <0776>, till
<05704> thou come <0935> unto Gaza <05804>, and left <07604> no
<03808> sustenance <04241> for Israel <03478>, neither sheep
<07716>, nor ox <07794>, nor ass <02543>.



5 For they came <05927> up with their cattle <04735> and their
tents <0168>, and they came <0935> as grasshoppers <0697> for
multitude <07230>; [for] both they and their camels < 01581> were
without <0369> number <04557>: and they entered < 0935> into the
land <0776> to destroy <07843> it.



6 And Israel <03478> was greatly <03966> impoverished <01809>
because <06440> of the Midianites <04080>; and the children
<01121> of Israel <03478> cried <02199> unto the LORD <03068>.



7. And it came <01961> to pass, when <03588> the children
<01121> of Israel <03478> cried <02199> unto the LORD <03068>
because of the Midianites <04080>,



8 That the LORD <03068> sent <07971> a prophet < 05030> unto
the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, which said <0559> unto
them, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of
Israel <03478>, I brought <05927> you up from Egypt <04714>, and
brought <03318> you forth <03318> out of the house <01004> of
bondage <05650>;



9 And I delivered <05337> you out of the hand < 03027> of the
Egyptians <04714>, and out of the hand <03027> of all <03605>
that oppressed <03905> you, and drave <01644> them out from
before <06440> you, and gave <05414> you their land <0776>;



10 And I said <0559> unto you, I [am] the LORD < 03068> your
God <0430>; fear <03372> not the gods <0430> of the Amorites
<0567>, in whose <0834> land <0776> ye dwell <03427>: but ye
have not obeyed <08085> my voice <06963>.



11. And there came <0935> an angel <04397> of the LORD <03068>,
and sat <03427> under <08478> an oak <0424> which <0834> [was]
in Ophrah <06084>, that [pertained] unto Joash <03101> the
Abiezrite <033>: and his son <01121> Gideon < 01439> threshed
<02251> wheat <02406> by the winepress <01660>, to hide <05127>
[it] from the Midianites <04080>.



12 And the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> appeared <07200>
unto him, and said <0559> unto him, The LORD <03068> [is] with
thee, thou mighty <01368> man of valour <02428>.



13 And Gideon <01439> said <0559> unto him, Oh < 0994> my Lord
<0113>, if the LORD <03068> be with us, why < 04100> then is all
<03605> this <02063> befallen <04672> us? and where <0346> [be]
all <03605> his miracles <06381> which <0834> our fathers <01>
told <05608> us of, saying <0559>, Did <06213> not the LORD
<03068> bring <05927> us up from Egypt <04714>? but now <06258>
the LORD <03068> hath forsaken <05203> us, and delivered <05414>
us into the hands <03709> of the Midianites <04080>.



14 And the LORD <03068> looked <06437> upon him, and said
<0559>, Go <03212> in this <02088> thy might <03581>, and thou
shalt save <03467> Israel <03478> from the hand < 03709> of the
Midianites <04080>: have not I sent <07971> thee?



15 And he said <0559> unto him, Oh <0994> my Lord <0136>,
wherewith <04100> shall I save <03467> Israel < 03478>? behold
<02009>, my family <0504> [is] poor <01800> in Manasseh <04519>,
and I [am] the least <06810> in my father's <01> house <01004>.



16 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto him, Surely <03588> I
will be with thee, and thou shalt smite <05221> the Midianites
<04080> as one <0259> man <0376>.



17 And he said <0559> unto him, If <0518> now < 04994> I have
found <04672> grace <02580> in thy sight <05869> , then shew
<06213> me a sign <0226> that thou talkest < 01696> with me.



18 Depart <04185> not hence <02088>, I pray < 04994> thee,
until <05704> I come <0935> unto thee, and bring < 03318> forth
<03318> my present <04503>, and set <03240> [it] before <06440>
thee. And he said <0559>, I will tarry <03427> until <05704>
thou come <07725> again <07725>.



19 And Gideon <01439> went <0935> in, and made < 06213> ready a
kid, and unleavened <04682> cakes <04682> of an ephah <0374> of
flour <07058>: the flesh <01320> he put <07760> in a basket
<05536>, and he put <07760> the broth <04839> in a pot <06517>,
and brought <03318> [it] out unto him under <08478> the oak
<0424>, and presented <05066> [it].



20 And the angel <04397> of God <0430> said < 0559> unto him,
Take <03947> the flesh <01320> and the unleavened < 04682> cakes
<04682>, and lay <03241> [them] upon this < 01975> rock <05553>,
and pour <08210> out the broth <04839>. And he did <06213> so
<03651>.



21 Then the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> put <07971>
forth <07971> the end <07097> of the staff < 04938> that [was] in
his hand <03027>, and touched <05060> the flesh < 01320> and the
unleavened <04682> cakes <04682>; and there rose < 05927> up fire
<0784> out of the rock <06697>, and consumed < 0398> the flesh
<01320> and the unleavened <04682> cakes <02471> . Then the angel
<04397> of the LORD <03068> departed <01980> out of his sight
<05869>.



22 And when Gideon <01439> perceived <07200> that he [was] an
angel <04397> of the LORD <03068>, Gideon < 01439> said <0559>,
Alas <0160>, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>! for because I have seen
<07200> an angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> face <06440> to
face <06440>.



23 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto him, Peace <07965>
[be] unto thee; fear <03372> not: thou shalt not die < 04191>.



24 Then Gideon <01439> built <01129> an altar < 04196> there
<08033> unto the LORD <03068>, and called < 07121> it
Jehovahshalom <03073>: unto this <02088> day < 03117> it [is] yet
<05750> in Ophrah <06084> of the Abiezrites < 033>.



25. And it came <01961> to pass the same <01931> night <03915>,
that the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto him, Take < 03947> thy
father's <01> young <06499> bullock <06499>, even the second
<08145> bullock <06499> of seven <07651> years <08141> old, and
throw <02040> down <02040> the altar <04196> of Baal <01168>
that thy father <01> hath, and cut <03772> down the grove <0842>
that [is] by it:



26 And build <01129> an altar <04196> unto the LORD <03068>
thy God <0430> upon the top <07218> of this < 02088> rock <04581>,
in the ordered <04634> place <04634>, and take < 03947> the
second <08145> bullock <06499>, and offer < 05927> a burnt
<05930> sacrifice with the wood <06086> of the grove <0842>
which <0834> thou shalt cut <03772> down.



27 Then Gideon <01439> took <03947> ten < 06235> men <0582> of
his servants <05650>, and did <06213> as the LORD < 03068> had
said <01696> unto him: and [so] it was, because <0834> he feared
<03372> his father's <01> household <01004>, and the men <0582>
of the city <05892>, that he could not do <06213> [it] by day
<03119>, that he did <06213> [it] by night < 03915>.



28 And when the men <0582> of the city <05892> arose <07925>
early <07925> in the morning <01242>, behold < 02009>, the altar
<04196> of Baal <01168> was cast <05422> down <05422>, and the
grove <0842> was cut <03772> down that [was] by it, and the
second <08145> bullock <06499> was offered < 05927> upon the
altar <04196> [that was] built <01129>.



29 And they said <0559> one <0376> to another < 07453>, Who
<04310> hath done <06213> this <02088> thing <01697>? And when
they enquired <01875> and asked <01245>, they said <0559>,
Gideon <01439> the son <01121> of Joash <03101> hath done
<06213> this <02088> thing <01697>.



30 Then the men <0582> of the city <05892> said < 0559> unto
Joash <03101>, Bring <03318> out thy son <01121> , that he may
die <04191>: because <03588> he hath cast < 05422> down the altar
<04196> of Baal <01168>, and because <03588> he hath cut <03772>
down the grove <0842> that [was] by it.



31 And Joash <03101> said <0559> unto all < 03605> that stood
<05975> against <05921> him, Will ye plead < 07378> for Baal
<01168>? will ye save <03467> him? he that will plead <07378>
for him, let him be put to death <04191> whilst < 05704> [it is
yet] morning <01242>: if <0518> he [be] a god < 0430>, let him
plead <07378> for himself, because <03588> [one] hath cast
<05422> down <05422> his altar <04196>.



32 Therefore on that day <03117> he called <07121> him
Jerubbaal <03378>, saying <0559>, Let Baal < 01168> plead <07378>
against him, because <03588> he hath thrown <05422> down <05422>
his altar <04196>.



33. Then all <03605> the Midianites <04080> and the Amalekites
<06003> and the children <01121> of the east < 06924> were
gathered <0622> together <03162>, and went < 05674> over <05674>,
and pitched <02583> in the valley <06010> of Jezreel <03157>.



34 But the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> came <03847>
upon Gideon <01439>, and he blew <08628> a trumpet <07782>; and
Abiezer <044> was gathered <02199> after <0310> him.



35 And he sent <07971> messengers <04397> throughout all
<03605> Manasseh <04519>; who also <01571> was gathered <02199>
after <0310> him: and he sent <07971> messengers < 04397> unto
Asher <0836>, and unto Zebulun <02074>, and unto Naphtali
<05321>; and they came <05927> up to meet < 07125> them.



36 And Gideon <01439> said <0559> unto God < 0430>, If <0518>
thou wilt save <03467> Israel <03478> by mine hand <03027>, as
thou hast said <01696>,



37 Behold <02009>, I will put <03322> a fleece < 01492> of wool
<06785> in the floor <01637>; [and] if <0518> the dew <02919> be
on <05921> the fleece <01492> only <0905>, and [it be] dry
<02721> upon all <03605> the earth <0776> [beside], then shall I
know <03045> that thou wilt save <03467> Israel < 03478> by mine
hand <03027>, as thou hast said <01696>.



38 And it was so <03651>: for he rose <07925> up early <07925>
on the morrow <04283>, and thrust <02115> the fleece <01492>
together, and wringed <04680> the dew <02919> out of the fleece
<01492>, a bowl <05602> full <04392> of water <04325>.



39 And Gideon <01439> said <0559> unto God < 0430>, Let not
thine anger <0639> be hot <02734> against me, and I will speak
<01696> but this once <06471>: let me prove < 05254>, I pray
<04994> thee, but this once <06471> with the fleece <01492>; let
it now <04994> be dry <02721> only <0905> upon the fleece
<01492>, and upon all <03605> the ground <0776> let there be dew
<02919>.



40 And God <0430> did <06213> so <03651> that night <03915>:
for it was dry <02721> upon the fleece <01492> only <0905>, and
there was dew <02919> on <05921> all <03605> the ground <0776>.



Judges 7



1. Then Jerubbaal <03378>, who <04310> [is] Gideon <01439>, and
all <03605> the people <05971> that [were] with him, rose
<07925> up early <07925>, and pitched <02583> beside <05921> the
well <05878> of Harod <05878>: so that the host < 04264> of the
Midianites <04080> were on the north <06828> side of them, by
the hill <01389> of Moreh <04176>, in the valley < 06010>.



2 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto Gideon < 01439>, The
people <05971> that [are] with thee [are] too many < 07227> for
me to give <05414> the Midianites <04080> into their hands
<03027>, lest <06435> Israel <03478> vaunt < 06286> themselves
against <05921> me, saying <0559>, Mine own hand < 03027> hath
saved <03467> me.



3 Now <06288> therefore go <04994> to, proclaim < 07121> in the
ears <0241> of the people <05971>, saying <0559> , Whosoever
<04310> [is] fearful <03373> and afraid <02730>, let him return
<07725> and depart <06852> early <06852> from mount <02022>
Gilead <01568>. And there returned <07725> of the people <05971>
twenty <06242> and two <08147> thousand <0505>; and there
remained <07604> ten <06235> thousand <0505>.



4 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto Gideon < 01439>, The
people <05971> [are] yet <05750> [too] many < 07227>; bring
<0338> them down <03381> unto the water <04325>, and I will try
<06884> them for thee there <08033>: and it shall be, [that] of
whom <0834> I say <0559> unto thee, This <02088> shall go
<03212> with thee, the same <01931> shall go < 03212> with thee;
and of whomsoever <0834> I say <0559> unto thee, This <02088>
shall not go <03212> with thee, the same <01931> shall not go
<03212>.



5 So he brought <03381> down <03381> the people < 05971> unto
the water <04325>: and the LORD <03068> said < 0559> unto Gideon
<01439>, Every <03605> one that lappeth <03952> of the water
<04325> with his tongue <03956>, as a dog < 03611> lappeth
<03952>, him shalt thou set <03322> by himself; likewise every
<03605> one that boweth <03766> down upon his knees <01290> to
drink <08354>.



6 And the number <04557> of them that lapped <03952> ,
[putting] their hand <03027> to their mouth <06310>, were three
<07969> hundred <03967> men <0376>: but all < 03605> the rest
<03499> of the people <05971> bowed <03766> down upon their
knees <01290> to drink <08354> water <04325>.



7 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto Gideon < 01439>, By the
three <07969> hundred <03967> men <0376> that lapped <03952>
will I save <03467> you, and deliver <05414> the Midianites
<04080> into thine hand <03027>: and let all < 03605> the [other]
people <05971> go <03212> every man <0376> unto his place
<04725>.



8 So the people <05971> took <03947> victuals < 06720> in their
hand <03027>, and their trumpets <07782>: and he sent <07971>
all <03605> [the rest of] Israel <03478> every man <0376> unto
his tent <0168>, and retained <02388> those three < 07969>
hundred <03967> men <0376>: and the host <04264> of Midian
<04080> was beneath <08478> him in the valley < 06010>.



9. And it came <01961> to pass the same <01931> night <03915>,
that the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto him, Arise < 06965>, get
<03381> thee down <03381> unto the host <04264>; for I have
delivered <05414> it into thine hand <03027>.



10 But if <0518> thou fear <03373> to go < 03381> down <03381>,
go <03381> thou with Phurah <06513> thy servant < 05288> down
<03381> to the host <04264>:



11 And thou shalt hear <08085> what <04100> they say <01696>;
and afterward <0310> shall thine hands <03027> be strengthened
<02388> to go <03381> down <03381> unto the host <04264>. Then
went <03381> he down <03381> with Phurah <06513> his servant
<05288> unto the outside <07097> of the armed < 02571> men that
[were] in the host <04264>.



12 And the Midianites <04080> and the Amalekites < 06003> and
all <03605> the children <01121> of the east < 06924> lay <05307>
along in the valley <06010> like grasshoppers <0697> for
multitude <07230>; and their camels <01581> [were] without
<0369> number <04557>, as the sand <02344> by the sea <03220>
side <08193> for multitude <07230>.



13 And when Gideon <01439> was come <0935>, behold <02009>,
[there was] a man <0376> that told <05608> a dream <02472> unto
his fellow <07453>, and said <0559>, Behold < 02009>, I dreamed
<02492> a dream <02472>, and, lo <02009>, a cake <06742> of
barley <08184> bread <03899> tumbled <02015> into the host
<04264> of Midian <04080>, and came <0935> unto a tent <0168>,
and smote <05221> it that it fell <05307>, and overturned
<02015> it, that the tent <0168> lay <05307> along.



14 And his fellow <07453> answered <06030> and said <0559>,
This <02063> [is] nothing <0369> else save the sword <02719> of
Gideon <01439> the son <01121> of Joash <03101>, a man <0376> of
Israel <03478>: [for] into his hand <03027> hath God <0430>
delivered <05414> Midian <04080>, and all < 03605> the host
<04264>.



15 And it was [so], when Gideon <01439> heard < 08085> the
telling <04557> of the dream <02472>, and the interpretation
<07667> thereof, that he worshipped <07812>, and returned
<07725> into <0413> the host <04264> of Israel <03478>, and said
<0559>, Arise <06965>; for the LORD <03068> hath delivered
<05414> into your hand <03027> the host <04264> of Midian
<04080>.



16. And he divided <02673> the three <07969> hundred <03967>
men <0376> [into] three <07969> companies < 07218>, and he put
<05414> a trumpet <07782> in every <03605> man's hand <03027>,
with empty <07385> pitchers <03537>, and lamps < 03940> within
<08432> the pitchers <03537>.



17 And he said <0559> unto them, Look <07200> on me, and do
<06213> likewise <03651>: and, behold <02009>, when I come
<0935> to the outside <07097> of the camp < 04264>, it shall be
[that], as I do <06213>, so <03651> shall ye do < 06213>.



18 When I blow <08628> with a trumpet <07782>, I and all
<03605> that [are] with me, then blow <08628> ye the trumpets
<07782> also <01571> on every <03605> side < 05439> of all
<03605> the camp <04264>, and say <0559>, [The sword] of the
LORD <03068>, and of Gideon <01439>.



19 So Gideon <01439>, and the hundred <03967> men <0376> that
[were] with him, came <0935> unto the outside <07097> of the
camp <04264> in the beginning <07218> of the middle <08484>
watch <0821>; and they had but newly <06965> set < 06965> the
watch <08104>: and they blew <08628> the trumpets < 07782>, and
brake <05310> the pitchers <03537> that [were] in their hands
<03027>.



20 And the three <07969> companies <07218> blew < 08628> the
trumpets <07782>, and brake <07665> the pitchers < 03537>, and
held <02388> the lamps <03940> in their left < 08040> hands
<03027>, and the trumpets <07782> in their right < 03225> hands
<03027> to blow <08628> [withal]: and they cried < 07121>, The
sword <02719> of the LORD <03068>, and of Gideon < 01439>.



21 And they stood <05975> every man <0376> in his place
<08478> round <05439> about the camp <04264>: and all <03605>
the host <04264> ran <07323>, and cried <07321>, and fled
<05127>.



22 And the three <07969> hundred <03967> blew < 08628> the
trumpets <07782>, and the LORD <03068> set < 07760> every man's
<0376> sword <02719> against his fellow <07453>, even throughout
all <03605> the host <04264>: and the host < 04264> fled <05127>
to Bethshittah <01029> in Zererath, [and] to the border < 08193>
of Abelmeholah <065>, unto Tabbath <02888>.



23. And the men <0376> of Israel <03478> gathered <06817>
themselves together out of Naphtali <05321>, and out of Asher
<0836>, and out of all <03605> Manasseh <04519>, and pursued
<07291> after <0310> the Midianites <04080>.



24 And Gideon <01439> sent <07971> messengers < 04397>
throughout all <03605> mount <02022> Ephraim < 0669>, saying
<0559>, Come <03381> down <03381> against < 07125> the Midianites
<04080>, and take <03920> before them the waters < 04325> unto
Bethbarah <01012> and Jordan <03383>. Then all < 03605> the men
<0376> of Ephraim <0669> gathered <06817> themselves together,
and took <03920> the waters <04325> unto Bethbarah <01012> and
Jordan <03383>.



25 And they took <03920> two <08147> princes < 08269> of the
Midianites <04080>, Oreb <06157> and Zeeb < 02062>; and they slew
<02026> Oreb <06157> upon the rock <06697> Oreb <06157>, and
Zeeb <02062> they slew <02026> at the winepress < 03342> of Zeeb
<02062>, and pursued <07291> Midian <04080>, and brought <0935>
the heads <07218> of Oreb <06157> and Zeeb < 02062> to Gideon
<01439> on the other <05676> side <05676> Jordan <03383>.



Judges 8



1. And the men <0376> of Ephraim <0669> said < 0559> unto him,
Why <04100> hast thou served <06213> us thus, that thou calledst
<07121> us not, when <03588> thou wentest < 01980> to fight
<03898> with the Midianites <04080>? And they did chide <07378>
with him sharply <02394>.



2 And he said <0559> unto them, What <04100> have I done
<06213> now <06288> in comparison of you? [Is] not the gleaning
<05955> of the grapes of Ephraim <0669> better < 02896> than the
vintage <01210> of Abiezer <044>?



3 God <0430> hath delivered <05414> into your hands <03027>
the princes <08269> of Midian <04080>, Oreb < 06157> and Zeeb
<02062>: and what <04100> was I able <03201> to do <06213> in
comparison of you? Then <0227> their anger <07307> was abated
<07503> toward him, when he had said <01696> that.



4. And Gideon <01439> came <0935> to Jordan < 03383>, [and]
passed <05674> over <05674>, he, and the three < 07969> hundred
<03967> men <0376> that [were] with him, faint < 05889>, yet
pursuing <07291> [them].



5 And he said <0559> unto the men <0582> of Succoth <05523>,
Give <05414>, I pray <04994> you, loaves <03603> of bread
<03899> unto the people <05971> that follow < 07272> me; for they
[be] faint <05889>, and I am pursuing <07291> after <0310> Zebah
<02078> and Zalmunna <06759>, kings <04428> of Midian <04080>.



6 And the princes <08269> of Succoth <05523> said <0559>,
[Are] the hands <03709> of Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759>
now <06258> in thine hand <03027>, that we should give <05414>
bread <03899> unto thine army <06635>?



7 And Gideon <01439> said <0559>, Therefore when the LORD
<03068> hath delivered <05414> Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna
<06759> into mine hand <03027>, then I will tear < 01758> your
flesh <01320> with the thorns <06975> of the wilderness <04057>
and with briers <01303>.



8 And he went <05927> up thence <08033> to Penuel <06439>, and
spake <01696> unto them likewise <02063>: and the men <0582> of
Penuel <06439> answered <06030> him as the men < 0582> of Succoth
<05523> had answered <06030> [him].



9 And he spake <0559> also <01571> unto the men < 0582> of
Penuel <06439>, saying <0559>, When I come < 07725> again <07725>
in peace <07965>, I will break <05422> down < 05242> this tower
<04026>.



10 Now Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759> [were] in Karkor
<07174>, and their hosts <04264> with them, about fifteen
<06240> thousand <0505> [men], all <03605> that were left
<03498> of all <03605> the hosts <04264> of the children <01121>
of the east <06924>: for there fell <05307> an hundred <03967>
and twenty <06242> thousand <0505> men <0376> that drew <08025>
sword <02719>.



11 And Gideon <01439> went <05927> up by the way <01870> of
them that dwelt <07931> in tents <0168> on the east <06924> of
Nobah <05025> and Jogbehah <03011>, and smote < 05221> the host
<04264>: for the host <04264> was secure <0983>.



12 And when Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759> fled <05127>,
he pursued <07291> after <0310> them, and took < 03920> the two
<08147> kings <04428> of Midian <04080>, Zebah <02078> and
Zalmunna <06759>, and discomfited <02729> all < 03605> the host
<04264>.



13 And Gideon <01439> the son <01121> of Joash < 03101>
returned <07725> from battle <04421> before < 04608> the sun
<02775> [was up],



14 And caught <03920> a young <05288> man of the men <0582> of
Succoth <05523>, and enquired <07592> of him: and he described
<03789> unto him the princes <08269> of Succoth < 05523>, and the
elders <02205> thereof, [even] threescore <07657> and seventeen
<07657> men <0376>.



15 And he came <0935> unto the men <0582> of Succoth <05523>,
and said <0559>, Behold <02009> Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna
<06759>, with whom <0834> ye did upbraid <02778> me, saying
<0559>, [Are] the hands <03709> of Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna
<06759> now <06258> in thine hand <03027>, that we should give
<05414> bread <03899> unto thy men <0582> [that are] weary
<03286>?



16 And he took <03947> the elders <02205> of the city <05892>,
and thorns <06975> of the wilderness <04057> and briers <01303>,
and with them he taught <03045> the men <0582> of Succoth
<05523>.



17 And he beat <05422> down <05242> the tower < 04026> of
Penuel <06439>, and slew <02026> the men <0582> of the city
<05892>.



18. Then said <0559> he unto Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759>,
What <0375> manner of men <0582> [were they] whom <0834> ye
slew <02026> at Tabor <08396>? And they answered < 0559>, As thou
[art], so <01992> [were] they; each one <0259> resembled <08389>
the children <01121> of a king <04428>.



19 And he said <0559>, They [were] my brethren < 0251>, [even]
the sons <01121> of my mother <0517>: [as] the LORD <03068>
liveth <02416>, if <03863> ye had saved <02421> them alive
<02421>, I would not slay <02026> you.



20 And he said <0559> unto Jether <03500> his firstborn
<01060>, Up, [and] slay <02026> them. But the youth <05288> drew
<08025> not his sword <02719>: for he feared < 03372>, because
<03588> he [was] yet <05750> a youth <05288>.



21 Then Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759> said < 0559>, Rise
<06965> thou, and fall <06293> upon us: for as the man <0376>
[is, so is] his strength <01369>. And Gideon <01439> arose
<06965>, and slew <02026> Zebah <02078> and Zalmunna <06759>,
and took <03947> away the ornaments <07720> that [were] on their
camels <01581>' necks <06677>.



22. Then the men <0376> of Israel <03478> said < 0559> unto
Gideon <01439>, Rule <04910> thou over us, both < 01571> thou,
and thy son <01121>, and thy son's <01121> son < 01121> also
<01571>: for thou hast delivered <03467> us from the hand
<03027> of Midian <04080>.



23 And Gideon <01439> said <0559> unto them, I will not rule
<04910> over you, neither <03808> shall my son < 01121> rule
<04910> over you: the LORD <03068> shall rule < 04910> over you.



24 And Gideon <01439> said <0559> unto them, I would desire
<07592> a request <07596> of you, that ye would give <05414> me
every man <0376> the earrings <05141> of his prey < 07998>. (For
they had golden <02091> earrings <05141>, because < 03588> they
[were] Ishmaelites <03459>.)



25 And they answered <0559>, We will willingly < 05414> give
<05414> [them]. And they spread <06566> a garment < 08071>, and
did cast <07993> therein <08033> every man < 0376> the earrings
<05141> of his prey <07998>.



26 And the weight <04948> of the golden <02091> earrings
<05141> that he requested <07592> was a thousand < 0505> and
seven <07651> hundred <03967> [shekels] of gold < 02091>; beside
<0905> ornaments <07720>, and collars <05188>, and purple <0713>
raiment <0899> that [was] on <05921> the kings < 04428> of Midian
<04080>, and beside <0905> the chains <06060> that [were] about
their camels <01581>' necks <06677>.



27 And Gideon <01439> made <06213> an ephod < 0646> thereof,
and put <03322> it in his city <05892>, [even] in Ophrah <06084>:
and all <03605> Israel <03478> went thither < 08033> a whoring
<02181> after <0310> it: which thing became < 01961> a snare
<04170> unto Gideon <01439>, and to his house < 01004>.



28 Thus was Midian <04080> subdued <03665> before <06440> the
children <01121> of Israel <03478>, so that they lifted <05375>
up their heads <07218> no <03808> more <03254>. And the country
<0776> was in quietness <08252> forty <0705> years <08141> in
the days <03117> of Gideon <01439>.



29. And Jerubbaal <03378> the son <01121> of Joash <03101> went
<03212> and dwelt <03427> in his own house < 01004>.



30 And Gideon <01439> had threescore <07657> and ten sons
<01121> of his body <03409> begotten <03318>: for he had <01961>
many <07227> wives <0802>.



31 And his concubine <06370> that [was] in Shechem < 07927>,
she also <01571> bare <03205> him a son <01121>, whose <0853>
name <08034> he called <07760> Abimelech <040>.



32 And Gideon <01439> the son <01121> of Joash < 03101> died
<04191> in a good <02896> old <07872> age < 07872>, and was
buried <06912> in the sepulchre <06913> of Joash < 03101> his
father <01>, in Ophrah <06084> of the Abiezrites < 033>.



33 And it came <01961> to pass, as soon <0834> as Gideon
<01439> was dead <04191>, that the children < 01121> of Israel
<03478> turned <07725> again <07725>, and went a whoring <02181>
after <0310> Baalim <01168>, and made <07760> Baalberith <01170>
their god <0430>.



34 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> remembered
<02142> not the LORD <03068> their God <0430>, who had delivered
<05337> them out of the hands <03027> of all < 03605> their
enemies <0341> on every <05437> side <05439>:



35 Neither <03808> shewed <06213> they kindness < 02617> to the
house <01004> of Jerubbaal <03378>, [namely], Gideon <01439>,
according to all <03605> the goodness <02896> which <0835> he
had shewed <06213> unto Israel <03478>.



Judges 9



1. And Abimelech <040> the son <01121> of Jerubbaal <03378>
went <03212> to Shechem <07927> unto his mother's < 0517>
brethren <0251>, and communed <01696> with them, and with all
<03605> the family <04940> of the house <01004> of his mother's
<0517> father <01>, saying <0559>,



2 Speak <01696>, I pray <04994> you, in the ears <0241> of all
<03605> the men <01167> of Shechem <07927>, Whether <04100> [is]
better <02896> for you, either that all <03605> the sons <01121>
of Jerubbaal <03378>, [which are] threescore <07657> and ten
persons <0376>, reign <04910> over you, or that one <0259> reign
<04910> over you? remember <02142> also that I [am] your bone
<06106> and your flesh <01320>.



3 And his mother's <0517> brethren <0251> spake < 01696> of him
in the ears <0241> of all <03605> the men < 01167> of Shechem
<07927> all <03605> these <0428> words < 01697>: and their hearts
<03820> inclined <05186> to follow Abimelech < 040>; for they
said <0559>, He [is] our brother <0251>.



4 And they gave <05414> him threescore <07657> and ten
[pieces] of silver <03701> out of the house <01004> of
Baalberith <01170>, wherewith Abimelech <040> hired <07936> vain
<07386> and light <06348> persons <0582>, which followed him.



5 And he went <0935> unto his father's <01> house <01004> at
Ophrah <06084>, and slew <02026> his brethren < 0251> the sons
<01121> of Jerubbaal <03378>, [being] threescore < 07657> and ten
persons <0376>, upon one <0259> stone <068>: notwithstanding yet
Jotham <03147> the youngest <06996> son <01121> of Jerubbaal
<03378> was left <03498>; for he hid <02244> himself.



6 And all <03605> the men <01167> of Shechem < 07927> gathered
<0622> together, and all <03605> the house < 01004> of Millo
<04407>, and went <03212>, and made Abimelech < 040> king <04428>,
by the plain <0436> of the pillar <05324> that [was] in Shechem
<07927>.



7. And when they told <05046> [it] to Jotham <03147>, he went
<03212> and stood <05975> in the top <07218> of mount <02022>
Gerizim <01630>, and lifted <05375> up his voice < 06963>, and
cried <07121>, and said <0559> unto them, Hearken < 08085> unto
me, ye men <01167> of Shechem <07927>, that God < 0430> may
hearken <08085> unto you.



8 The trees <06086> went <01980> forth [on a time] to anoint
<04886> a king <04428> over <05921> them; and they said <0559>
unto the olive <02132> tree, Reign <04427> thou over <05921> us.



9 But the olive <02132> tree said <0559> unto them, Should I
leave <02308> my fatness <01880>, wherewith < 0834> by me they
honour <03513> God <0430> and man <0376>, and go <01980> to be
promoted <05128> over <05921> the trees <06086>?



10 And the trees <06086> said <0559> to the fig < 08384> tree
<06086>, Come <03212> thou, [and] reign <04427> over <05921> us.



11 But the fig <08384> tree <06086> said < 0559> unto them,
Should I forsake <02308> my sweetness <04987>, and my good
<02896> fruit <08270>, and go <01980> to be promoted <05128>
over <05921> the trees <06086>?



12 Then said <0559> the trees <06086> unto the vine <01612>,
Come <03212> thou, [and] reign <04427> over < 05921> us.



13 And the vine <01612> said <0559> unto them, Should I leave
<02308> my wine <08492>, which cheereth <08055> God <0430> and
man <0376>, and go <01980> to be promoted < 05128> over <05921>
the trees <06086>?



14 Then said <0559> all <03605> the trees < 06086> unto the
bramble <0329>, Come <03212> thou, [and] reign < 04427> over
<05921> us.



15 And the bramble <0329> said <0559> unto the trees <06086>,
If <0518> in truth <0571> ye anoint <04886> me king <04428> over
<05921> you, [then] come <0935> [and] put your trust <02620> in
my shadow <06738>: and if <0518> not, let fire < 0784> come
<03318> out of the bramble <0329>, and devour < 0398> the cedars
<0730> of Lebanon <03844>.



16 Now <06258> therefore, if <0518> ye have done <06213> truly
<0571> and sincerely <08549>, in that ye have made Abimelech
<040> king <04427>, and if <0518> ye have dealt <06213> well
<02895> with Jerubbaal <03378> and his house < 01004>, and have
done <06213> unto him according to the deserving < 01576> of his
hands <03027>;



17 (For my father <01> fought <03898> for you, and adventured
<07993> his life <05315> far <05048>, and delivered <05337> you
out of the hand <03027> of Midian <04080>:



18 And ye are risen <06965> up against <05921> my father's
<01> house <01004> this day <03117>, and have slain <02026> his
sons <01121>, threescore <07657> and ten persons < 0376>, upon
one <0259> stone <068>, and have made Abimelech < 040>, the son
<01121> of his maidservant <0519>, king <04427> over <05921> the
men <01167> of Shechem <07927>, because <03588> he [is] your
brother <0251>;)



19 If <0518> ye then have dealt <06213> truly < 0571> and
sincerely <08549> with Jerubbaal <03378> and with his house
<01004> this <02088> day <03117>, [then] rejoice <08055> ye in
Abimelech <040>, and let him also <01571> rejoice < 08055> in you:



20 But if <0518> not, let fire <0784> come < 03318> out from
Abimelech <040>, and devour <0398> the men < 01167> of Shechem
<07927>, and the house <01004> of Millo <04407>; and let fire
<0784> come <03318> out from the men <01167> of Shechem <07927>,
and from the house <01004> of Millo <04407>, and devour <0398>
Abimelech <040>.



21 And Jotham <03147> ran <07323> away, and fled <01272>, and
went <03212> to Beer <0876>, and dwelt <03427> there <08033>,
for fear <06440> of Abimelech <040> his brother < 0251>.



22. When Abimelech <040> had reigned <07786> three <07969>
years <08141> over <05921> Israel <03478>,



23 Then God <0430> sent <07971> an evil < 07451> spirit <07307>
between <0996> Abimelech <040> and the men < 01167> of Shechem
<07927>; and the men <01167> of Shechem <07927> dealt
treacherously <0898> with Abimelech <040>:



24 That the cruelty <02555> [done] to the threescore < 07657>
and ten sons <01121> of Jerubbaal <03378> might come <0935>, and
their blood <01818> be laid <07760> upon Abimelech <040> their
brother <0251>, which <0834> slew <02026> them; and upon the men
<01167> of Shechem <07927>, which <0834> aided him in the
killing <02026> of his brethren <0251>.



25 And the men <01167> of Shechem <07927> set < 07760> liers in
wait <0693> for him in the top <07218> of the mountains <02022>,
and they robbed <01497> all <03605> that came < 05674> along that
way <01870> by them: and it was told <05046> Abimelech <040>.



26 And Gaal <01603> the son <01121> of Ebed < 05651> came
<0935> with his brethren <0251>, and went < 05674> over <05674>
to Shechem <07927>: and the men <01167> of Shechem <07927> put
their confidence <0982> in him.



27 And they went <03318> out into the fields <07704> , and
gathered <01219> their vineyards <03754>, and trode <01869> [the
grapes], and made <06213> merry <01974>, and went < 0935> into
the house <01004> of their god <0430>, and did eat <0398> and
drink <08354>, and cursed <07043> Abimelech < 040>.



28 And Gaal <01603> the son <01121> of Ebed < 05651> said
<0559>, Who <04310> [is] Abimelech <040>, and who <04310> [is]
Shechem <07927>, that we should serve <05647> him? [is] not [he]
the son <01121> of Jerubbaal <03378>? and Zebul < 02083> his
officer <06496>? serve <05647> the men <0582> of Hamor <02544>
the father <01> of Shechem <07927>: for why < 04100> should we
serve <05647> him?



29 And would to God this <02088> people <05971> were under my
hand <03027>! then would I remove <05493> Abimelech <040>. And
he said <0559> to Abimelech <040>, Increase < 07239> thine army
<06635>, and come <03318> out.



30 And when Zebul <02083> the ruler <08269> of the city
<05892> heard <08085> the words <01697> of Gaal <01603> the son
<01121> of Ebed <05651>, his anger <0639> was kindled <02734>.



31 And he sent <07971> messengers <04397> unto Abimelech <040>
privily <08649>, saying <0559>, Behold <02009>, Gaal <01603> the
son <01121> of Ebed <05651> and his brethren < 0251> be come
<0935> to Shechem <07927>; and, behold <02009>, they fortify
<06696> the city <05892> against <05921> thee.



32 Now <06258> therefore up by night <03915>, thou and the
people <05971> that [is] with thee, and lie in wait < 0693> in
the field <07704>:



33 And it shall be, [that] in the morning <01242>, as soon as
the sun <08121> is up, thou shalt rise <07925> early <07925>,
and set <06584> upon the city <05892>: and, behold <02009>,
[when] he and the people <05971> that [is] with him come <03318>
out against <0413> thee, then mayest thou do <06213> to them as
thou shalt find <04672> occasion <04672>.



34 And Abimelech <040> rose <06965> up, and all < 03605> the
people <05971> that [were] with him, by night <03915>, and they
laid wait <0693> against <05921> Shechem <07927> in four <0702>
companies <07218>.



35 And Gaal <01603> the son <01121> of Ebed < 05651> went
<03318> out, and stood <05975> in the entering < 06607> of the
gate <08179> of the city <05892>: and Abimelech < 040> rose
<06965> up, and the people <05971> that [were] with him, from
lying in wait <03993>.



36 And when Gaal <01603> saw <07200> the people < 05971>, he
said <0559> to Zebul <02083>, Behold <02009>, there come <03381>
people <05971> down <03381> from the top <07218> of the
mountains <02022>. And Zebul <02083> said <0559> unto him, Thou
seest <07200> the shadow <06738> of the mountains < 02022> as [if
they were] men <0582>.



37 And Gaal <01603> spake <01696> again and said <0559>, See
<02009> there come <03381> people <05971> down <03381> by the
middle <02872> of the land <0776>, and another < 0259> company
<07218> come <0935> along by the plain <0436> of Meonenim
<06049>.



38 Then said <0559> Zebul <02083> unto him, Where <0346> [is]
now <0645> thy mouth <06310>, wherewith <0834> thou saidst
<0559>, Who <04310> [is] Abimelech <040>, that we should serve
<05647> him? [is] not this <02088> the people < 05971> that thou
hast despised <03988>? go <03318> out, I pray < 04994> now
<06258>, and fight <03898> with them.



39 And Gaal <01603> went <03318> out before < 06440> the men
<01167> of Shechem <07927>, and fought <03898> with Abimelech
<040>.



40 And Abimelech <040> chased <07291> him, and he fled <05127>
before <06440> him, and many <07227> were overthrown <05307>
[and] wounded <02491>, [even] unto the entering < 06607> of the
gate <08179>.



41 And Abimelech <040> dwelt <03427> at Arumah < 0725>: and
Zebul <02083> thrust <01644> out Gaal <01603> and his brethren
<0251>, that they should not dwell <03427> in Shechem <07927>.



42 And it came <01961> to pass on the morrow <04283> , that the
people <05971> went <03318> out into the field < 07704>; and they
told <05046> Abimelech <040>.



43 And he took <03947> the people <05971>, and divided <02673>
them into three <07969> companies <07218>, and laid wait <0693>
in the field <07704>, and looked <07200>, and, behold <02009>,
the people <05971> [were] come <03318> forth < 03318> out of the
city <05892>; and he rose <06965> up against < 05921> them, and
smote <05221> them.



44 And Abimelech <040>, and the company <07218> that [was]
with him, rushed <06584> forward <06584>, and stood <05975> in
the entering <06607> of the gate <08179> of the city <05892>:
and the two <08147> [other] companies <07218> ran < 06584> upon
all <03605> [the people] that [were] in the fields < 07704>, and
slew <05221> them.



45 And Abimelech <040> fought <03898> against the city <05892>
all <03605> that day <03117>; and he took < 03920> the city
<05892>, and slew <02026> the people <05971> that [was] therein,
and beat <05422> down <05422> the city <05892>, and sowed
<02232> it with salt <04417>.



46 And when all <03605> the men <01167> of the tower <04026>
of Shechem <07927> heard <08085> [that], they entered <0935>
into <0413> an hold <06877> of the house <01004> of the god
<0410> Berith <01286>.



47 And it was told <05046> Abimelech <040>, that all <03605>
the men <01167> of the tower <04026> of Shechem < 07927> were
gathered <06908> together.



48 And Abimelech <040> gat <05927> him up to mount <02022>
Zalmon <06756>, he and all <03605> the people < 05971> that
[were] with him; and Abimelech <040> took <03947> an axe <07134>
in his hand <03027>, and cut <03772> down < 03381> a bough
<07754> from the trees <06086>, and took <05375> it, and laid
<07760> [it] on <05921> his shoulder <07926>, and said <0559>
unto the people <05971> that [were] with him, What < 04100> ye
have seen <07200> me do <06213>, make haste < 04116>, [and] do
<06213> as I [have done].



49 And all <03605> the people <05971> likewise < 01571> cut
<03772> down <03381> every man <0376> his bough <07754>, and
followed Abimelech <040>, and put <07760> [them] to the hold
<06877>, and set the hold <06877> on fire <0784> upon them; so
that all <03605> the men <0582> of the tower < 04026> of Shechem
<07927> died <04191> also <01571>, about a thousand <0505> men
<0376> and women <0802>.



50. Then went <03212> Abimelech <040> to Thebez < 08405>, and
encamped <02583> against <0413> Thebez <08405>, and took <03920>
it.



51 But there was a strong <05797> tower <04026> within <08432>
the city <05892>, and thither <08033> fled < 05127> all <03605>
the men <0582> and women <0802>, and all <03605> they of the
city <05892>, and shut <05462> [it] to them, and gat <05927>
them up to the top <01406> of the tower <04026>.



52 And Abimelech <040> came <0935> unto the tower <04026>, and
fought <03898> against it, and went <05066> hard < 05066> unto
the door <06607> of the tower <04026> to burn < 08313> it with
fire <0784>.



53 And a certain <0259> woman <0802> cast < 07993> a piece
<06400> of a millstone <07393> upon Abimelech's < 040> head
<07218>, and all to brake <07533> his skull < 01538>.



54 Then he called <07121> hastily <04120> unto the young
<05288> man his armourbearer <03627>, and said < 0559> unto him,
Draw <08025> thy sword <02719>, and slay <04191> me, that men
say <0559> not of me, A woman <0802> slew < 02026> him. And his
young <05288> man thrust <01856> him through, and he died
<04191>.



55 And when the men <0376> of Israel <03478> saw <07200> that
Abimelech <040> was dead <04191>, they departed < 03212> every
man <0376> unto his place <04725>.



56 Thus God <0430> rendered <07725> the wickedness <07451> of
Abimelech <040>, which <0834> he did <06213> unto his father
<01>, in slaying <02026> his seventy <07657> brethren <0251>:



57 And all <03605> the evil <07451> of the men < 0582> of
Shechem <07927> did God <0430> render <07725> upon their heads
<07218>: and upon them came <0935> the curse < 07045> of Jotham
<03147> the son <01121> of Jerubbaal <03378>.



Judges 10



1. And after <0310> Abimelech <040> there arose < 06965> to
defend <03467> Israel <03478> Tola <08439> the son <01121> of
Puah <06312>, the son <01121> of Dodo <01734>, a man <0376> of
Issachar <03485>; and he dwelt <03427> in Shamir < 08069> in
mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>.



2 And he judged <08199> Israel <03478> twenty < 06242> and
three <07969> years <08141>, and died <04191>, and was buried
<06912> in Shamir <08069>.



3 And after <0310> him arose <06965> Jair < 02971>, a Gileadite
<01569>, and judged <08199> Israel <03478> twenty <06242> and
two <08147> years <08141>.



4 And he had <01961> thirty <07970> sons < 01121> that rode
<07392> on <05921> thirty <07970> ass < 05895> colts <05895>, and
they had thirty <07970> cities <05892>, which are called <07121>
Havothjair <02334> unto this <02088> day <03117> , which <0834>
[are] in the land <0776> of Gilead <01568>.



5 And Jair <02971> died <04191>, and was buried < 06912> in
Camon <07056>.



6. And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> did <06213> evil
<07451> again <03254> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>,
and served <05647> Baalim <01168>, and Ashtaroth < 06252>, and
the gods <0430> of Syria <0758>, and the gods < 0430> of Zidon
<06721>, and the gods <0430> of Moab <04124>, and the gods
<0430> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, and the gods
<0430> of the Philistines <06430>, and forsook < 05800> the LORD
<03068>, and served <05647> not him.



7 And the anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> was hot <02734>
against Israel <03478>, and he sold <04376> them into the hands
<03027> of the Philistines <06430>, and into the hands <03027>
of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>.



8 And that year <08141> they vexed <07492> and oppressed
<07533> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>: eighteen years
<08141>, all <03605> the children <01121> of Israel <03478> that
[were] on the other <05676> side <05676> Jordan < 03383> in the
land <0776> of the Amorites <0567>, which <0834> [is] in Gilead
<01568>.



9 Moreover the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> passed
<05674> over <05674> Jordan <03383> to fight <03898> also
<01571> against Judah <03063>, and against Benjamin <01144>, and
against the house <01004> of Ephraim <0669>; so that Israel
<03478> was sore <03966> distressed <03334>.



10. And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> cried <02199>
unto the LORD <03068>, saying <0559>, We have sinned <02398>
against thee, both because <03588> we have forsaken < 05800> our
God <0430>, and also served <05647> Baalim < 01168>.



11 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto the children <01121>
of Israel <03478>, [Did] not [I deliver you] from the Egyptians
<04714>, and from the Amorites <0567>, from the children <01121>
of Ammon <05983>, and from the Philistines <06430>?



12 The Zidonians <06722> also <01571>, and the Amalekites
<06003>, and the Maonites <04584>, did oppress < 03905> you; and
ye cried <06817> to me, and I delivered <03467> you out of their
hand <03027>.



13 Yet ye have forsaken <05800> me, and served < 05647> other
<0312> gods <0430>: wherefore <03651> I will deliver <03467> you
no <03808> more <03254>.



14 Go <03212> and cry <02199> unto the gods < 0430> which
<0834> ye have chosen <0977>; let them deliver < 03467> you in
the time <06256> of your tribulation <06869>.



15 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> said <0559> unto
the LORD <03068>, We have sinned <02398>: do < 06213> thou unto
us whatsoever <03605> seemeth <05869> good < 02896> unto thee;
deliver <05337> us only <0389>, we pray <04994> thee, this
<02088> day <03117>.



16 And they put <05493> away <05493> the strange <05236> gods
<0430> from among <07130> them, and served < 05647> the LORD
<03068>: and his soul <05315> was grieved < 07114> for the misery
<05999> of Israel <03478>.



17 Then the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> were gathered
<06817> together, and encamped <02583> in Gilead < 01568>. And
the children <01121> of Israel <03478> assembled < 0622>
themselves together, and encamped <02583> in Mizpeh < 04709>.



18 And the people <05971> [and] princes <08269> of Gilead
<01568> said <0559> one <0376> to another < 07453>, What <04310>
man <0376> [is he] that will begin <02490> to fight <03898>
against the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>? he shall be head
<07218> over all <03605> the inhabitants <03427> of Gilead
<01568>.



Judges 11



1. Now Jephthah <03316> the Gileadite <01569> was a mighty
<01368> man of valour <02428>, and he [was] the son <01121> of
an harlot <02181>: and Gilead <01568> begat < 03205> Jephthah
<03316>.



2 And Gilead's <01568> wife <0802> bare < 03205> him sons
<01121>; and his wife's <0802> sons <01121> grew <01431> up, and
they thrust <01644> out Jephthah <03316>, and said <0559> unto
him, Thou shalt not inherit <05157> in our father's < 01> house
<01004>; for thou [art] the son <01121> of a strange <0312>
woman <0802>.



3 Then Jephthah <03316> fled <01272> from his brethren <0251>,
and dwelt <03427> in the land <0776> of Tob < 02897>: and there
were gathered <03950> vain <07386> men <0582> to Jephthah
<03316>, and went <03318> out with him.



4. And it came <01961> to pass in process of time < 03117>, that
the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> made war < 03898> against
<05973> Israel <03478>.



5 And it was so, that when <0834> the children < 01121> of
Ammon <05983> made war <03898> against <05973> Israel <03478>,
the elders <02205> of Gilead <01568> went < 03212> to fetch
<03947> Jephthah <03316> out of the land <0776> of Tob <02897>:



6 And they said <0559> unto Jephthah <03316>, Come <03212>,
and be our captain <07101>, that we may fight <03898> with the
children <01121> of Ammon <05983>.



7 And Jephthah <03316> said <0559> unto the elders <02205> of
Gilead <01568>, Did not ye hate <08130> me, and expel <01644> me
out of my father's <01> house <01004>? and why < 04069> are ye
come <0935> unto me now <06258> when <0834> ye are in distress
<06887>?



8 And the elders <02205> of Gilead <01568> said < 0559> unto
Jephthah <03316>, Therefore we turn <07725> again < 07725> to
thee now <06258>, that thou mayest go <01980> with us, and fight
<03898> against the children <01121> of Ammon < 05983>, and be
our head <07218> over all <03605> the inhabitants < 03427> of
Gilead <01568>.



9 And Jephthah <03316> said <0559> unto the elders <02205> of
Gilead <01568>, If <0518> ye bring <07725> me home <07725> again
<07725> to fight <03898> against the children < 01121> of Ammon
<05983>, and the LORD <03068> deliver <05414> them before
<06440> me, shall I be your head <07218>?



10 And the elders <02205> of Gilead <01568> said <0559> unto
Jephthah <03316>, The LORD <03068> be witness < 08085> between
<0996> us, if <0518> we do <06213> not so < 03651> according to
thy words <01697>.



11 Then Jephthah <03316> went <03212> with the elders <02205>
of Gilead <01568>, and the people <05971> made < 07760> him head
<07218> and captain <07101> over <05921> them: and Jephthah
<03316> uttered <01696> all <03605> his words <01697> before
<06440> the LORD <03068> in Mizpeh <04709>.



12. And Jephthah <03316> sent <07971> messengers < 04397> unto
the king <04428> of the children <01121> of Ammon < 05983>,
saying <0559>, What <04100> hast thou to do with me, that thou
art come <0935> against <0413> me to fight < 03898> in my land
<0776>?



13 And the king <04428> of the children <01121> of Ammon
<05983> answered <0559> unto the messengers < 04397> of Jephthah
<03316>, Because <03588> Israel <03478> took <03947> away my
land <0776>, when they came <05927> up out of Egypt <04714>,
from Arnon <0769> even unto Jabbok <02999>, and unto Jordan
<03383>: now <06258> therefore restore <07725> those [lands]
again <07725> peaceably <07965>.



14 And Jephthah <03316> sent <07971> messengers < 04397> again
unto the king <04428> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>:



15 And said <0559> unto him, Thus <03541> saith < 0559>
Jephthah <03316>, Israel <03478> took <03947> not away the land
<0776> of Moab <04124>, nor the land <0776> of the children
<01121> of Ammon <05983>:



16 But when Israel <03478> came <05927> up from Egypt <04714>,
and walked <03212> through the wilderness <04057> unto the Red
<05488> sea <03220>, and came <0935> to Kadesh <06946>;



17 Then Israel <03478> sent <07971> messengers < 04397> unto
the king <04428> of Edom <0123>, saying <0559>, Let me, I pray
<04994> thee, pass <05674> through thy land < 0776>: but the king
<04428> of Edom <0123> would not hearken <08085> [thereto]. And
in like <01571> manner they sent <07971> unto the king <04428>
of Moab <04124>: but he would <014> not [consent < 014>]: and
Israel <03478> abode <03427> in Kadesh <06946>.



18 Then they went <03212> along through the wilderness <04057>,
and compassed <05437> the land <0776> of Edom < 0123>, and the
land <0776> of Moab <04124>, and came <0935> by the east side of
the land <0776> of Moab <04124>, and pitched < 02583> on the
other <05676> side <05676> of Arnon <0769>, but came <0935> not
within the border <01366> of Moab <04124>: for Arnon <0769>
[was] the border <01366> of Moab <04124>.



19 And Israel <03478> sent <07971> messengers < 04397> unto
Sihon <05511> king <04428> of the Amorites < 0567>, the king
<04428> of Heshbon <02809>; and Israel <03478> said <0559> unto
him, Let us pass <05674>, we pray <04994> thee, through thy land
<0776> into <05704> my place <04725>.



20 But Sihon <05511> trusted <0539> not Israel < 03478> to pass
<05674> through his coast <01366>: but Sihon < 05511> gathered
<0622> all <03605> his people <05971> together, and pitched
<02583> in Jahaz <03096>, and fought <03898> against <05973>
Israel <03478>.



21 And the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel < 03478> delivered
<05414> Sihon <05511> and all <03605> his people <05971> into
the hand <03027> of Israel <03478>, and they smote <05221> them:
so Israel <03478> possessed <03423> all <03605> the land <0776>
of the Amorites <0567>, the inhabitants <03427> of that country
<0776>.



22 And they possessed <03423> all <03605> the coasts <01366>
of the Amorites <0567>, from Arnon <0769> even unto Jabbok
<02999>, and from the wilderness <04057> even unto Jordan
<03383>.



23 So now <06258> the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel
<03478> hath dispossessed <03423> the Amorites < 0567> from
before <06440> his people <05971> Israel <03478> , and shouldest
thou possess <03423> it?



24 Wilt not thou possess <03423> that which <0834> Chemosh
<03645> thy god <0430> giveth thee to possess < 03423>? So
whomsoever the LORD <03068> our God <0430> shall drive <03423>
out from before <06440> us, them will we possess < 03423>.



25 And now <06258> [art] thou any thing better < 02896> than
Balak <01111> the son <01121> of Zippor <06834>, king <04428> of
Moab <04124>? did he ever strive <07378> against < 05973> Israel
<03478>, or did he ever fight <03898> against < 05973> them,



26 While Israel <03478> dwelt <03427> in Heshbon <02809> and
her towns <01323>, and in Aroer <06177> and her towns <01323>,
and in all <03605> the cities <05892> that [be] along by the
coasts <03027> of Arnon <0769>, three <07969> hundred <03967>
years <08141>? why <04069> therefore did ye not recover <05337>
[them] within that time <06256>?



27 Wherefore I have not sinned <02398> against thee, but thou
doest <06213> me wrong <07451> to war <03898> against me: the
LORD <03068> the Judge <08199> be judge <08199> this day <03117>
between <0996> the children <01121> of Israel < 03478> and the
children <01121> of Ammon <05983>.



28 Howbeit the king <04428> of the children <01121> of Ammon
<05983> hearkened <08085> not unto the words < 01697> of Jephthah
<03316> which <0834> he sent <07971> him.



29. Then the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> came <01961>
upon Jephthah <03316>, and he passed <05674> over < 05674> Gilead
<01568>, and Manasseh <04519>, and passed < 05674> over <05674>
Mizpeh <04708> of Gilead <01568>, and from Mizpeh < 04708> of
Gilead <01568> he passed <05674> over <05674> [unto] the
children <01121> of Ammon <05983>.



30 And Jephthah <03316> vowed <05087> a vow < 05088> unto the
LORD <03068>, and said <0559>, If <0518> thou shalt without fail
deliver <05414> the children <01121> of Ammon < 05983> into mine
hands <03027>,



31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever <0834> cometh < 03318>
forth <03318> of the doors <01817> of my house < 01004> to meet
<07125> me, when I return <07725> in peace < 07965> from the
children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, shall surely be the LORD'S
<03068>, and I will offer <05927> it up for a burnt <05930>
offering.



32 So Jephthah <03316> passed <05674> over < 05674> unto the
children <01121> of Ammon <05983> to fight < 03898> against them;
and the LORD <03068> delivered <05414> them into his hands
<03027>.



33 And he smote <05221> them from Aroer <06177>, even till
<05704> thou come <0935> to Minnith <04511>, [even] twenty
<06242> cities <05892>, and unto the plain <058> of the
vineyards <03754>, with a very <03966> great < 01419> slaughter
<04347>. Thus the children <01121> of Ammon < 05983> were subdued
<03665> before <06440> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>.



34 And Jephthah <03316> came <0935> to Mizpeh < 04709> unto his
house <01004>, and, behold <02009>, his daughter < 01323> came
<03318> out to meet <07125> him with timbrels < 08596> and with
dances <04246>: and she [was his] only <03173> child <03173>;
beside her he had neither <0369> son <01121> nor < 0176> daughter
<01323>.



35 And it came <01961> to pass, when he saw <07200> her, that
he rent <07167> his clothes <0899>, and said < 0559>, Alas <0160>,
my daughter <01323>! thou hast brought <03766> me very low
<03766>, and thou art one of them that trouble <05916> me: for I
have opened <06475> my mouth <06310> unto the LORD <03068>, and
I cannot go <07725> back <07725>.



36 And she said <0559> unto him, My father <01>, [if] thou
hast opened <06475> thy mouth <06310> unto the LORD <03068>, do
<06213> to me according to that which <0834> hath proceeded
<03318> out of thy mouth <06310>; forasmuch as the LORD <03068>
hath taken <06213> vengeance <05360> for thee of thine enemies
<0341>, [even] of the children <01121> of Ammon < 05983>.



37 And she said <0559> unto her father <01>, Let this <02088>
thing <01697> be done <06213> for me: let me alone <07503> two
<08147> months <02320>, that I may go <03212> up and down
<03381> upon the mountains <02022>, and bewail < 01058> my
virginity <01331>, I and my fellows <07464>.



38 And he said <0559>, Go <03212>. And he sent < 07971> her
away [for] two <08147> months <02320>: and she went <03212> with
her companions <07464>, and bewailed <01058> her virginity
<01331> upon the mountains <02022>.



39 And it came <01961> to pass at the end <07093> of two
<08147> months <02320>, that she returned < 07725> unto her
father <01>, who did <06213> with her [according] to his vow
<05088> which <0834> he had vowed <05087>: and she knew <03045>
no <03808> man <0376>. And it was a custom < 02706> in Israel
<03478>,



40 [That] the daughters <01121> of Israel <03478> went <03212>
yearly <03117> to lament <08567> the daughter < 01323> of
Jephthah <03316> the Gileadite <01569> four < 0702> days <03117>
in a year <08141>.



Judges 12



1. And the men <0376> of Ephraim <0669> gathered < 06817>
themselves together, and went <05674> northward < 06828>, and
said <0559> unto Jephthah <03316>, Wherefore < 04069> passedst
<05674> thou over <05674> to fight <03898> against the children
<01121> of Ammon <05983>, and didst <06213> not call <07121> us
to go <03212> with thee? we will burn <08313> thine house
<01004> upon thee with fire <0784>.



2 And Jephthah <03316> said <0559> unto them, I and my people
<05971> were at great <03699> strife <07379> with the children
<01121> of Ammon <05983>; and when I called < 02199> you, ye
delivered <03467> me not out of their hands <03027>.



3 And when I saw <07200> that ye delivered <03467> [me] not, I
put <07760> my life <05315> in my hands <03709>, and passed
<05674> over <05674> against <0413> the children <01121> of
Ammon <05983>, and the LORD <03068> delivered < 05414> them into
my hand <03027>: wherefore <04100> then are ye come <05927> up
unto me this <02088> day <03117>, to fight < 03898> against me?



4 Then Jephthah <03316> gathered <06908> together all <03605>
the men <0582> of Gilead <01568>, and fought < 03898> with
Ephraim <0669>: and the men <0582> of Gilead < 01568> smote
<05221> Ephraim <0669>, because <03588> they said <0559>, Ye
Gileadites <01569> [are] fugitives <06412> of Ephraim <0669>
among <08432> the Ephraimites <0669>, [and] among < 08432> the
Manassites <04519>.



5 And the Gileadites <01569> took <03920> the passages <04569>
of Jordan <03383> before the Ephraimites <0669>: and it was [so],
that when those Ephraimites <0669> which were escaped < 06412>
said <0559>, Let me go <05674> over <05674>; that the men <0582>
of Gilead <01568> said <0559> unto him, [Art] thou an Ephraimite
<0673>? If he said <0559>, Nay <03808>;



6 Then said <0559> they unto him, Say <0559> now <04994>
Shibboleth <07641>: and he said <0559> Sibboleth < 05451>: for he
could not frame <03559> to pronounce <01696> [it] right <03651>.
Then they took <0270> him, and slew <07819> him at <0413> the
passages <04569> of Jordan <03383>: and there fell <05307> at
that time <06256> of the Ephraimites <0669> forty < 0705> and two
<08147> thousand <0505>.



7 And Jephthah <03316> judged <08199> Israel < 03478> six
<08337> years <08141>. Then died <04191> Jephthah <03316> the
Gileadite <01569>, and was buried <06912> in [one of] the cities
<05892> of Gilead <01568>.



8. And after <0310> him Ibzan <078> of Bethlehem < 01035> judged
<08199> Israel <03478>.



9 And he had <01961> thirty <07970> sons < 01121>, and thirty
<07970> daughters <01121>, [whom] he sent < 07971> abroad <02351>,
and took <0935> in thirty <07970> daughters < 01121> from abroad
<02351> for his sons <01121>. And he judged < 08199> Israel
<03478> seven <07651> years <08141>.



10 Then died <04191> Ibzan <078>, and was buried <06912> at
Bethlehem <01035>.



11 And after <0310> him Elon <0356>, a Zebulonite <02075>,
judged <08199> Israel <03478>; and he judged < 08199> Israel
<03478> ten <06235> years <08141>.



12 And Elon <0356> the Zebulonite <02075> died < 04191>, and
was buried <06912> in Aijalon <0357> in the country <0776> of
Zebulun <02074>.



13 And after <0310> him Abdon <05658> the son < 01121> of
Hillel <01985>, a Pirathonite <06553>, judged < 08199> Israel
<03478>.



14 And he had <01961> forty <0705> sons < 01121> and thirty
<07970> nephews <01121>, that rode <07392> on <05921> threescore
<07657> and ten ass <05895> colts <05895>: and he judged <08199>
Israel <03478> eight <08083> years <08141>.



15 And Abdon <05658> the son <01121> of Hillel < 01985> the
Pirathonite <06553> died <04191>, and was buried < 06912> in
Pirathon <06552> in the land <0776> of Ephraim < 0669>, in the
mount <02022> of the Amalekites <06003>.



Judges 13



1. And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> did <06213> evil
<07451> again <03254> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>;
and the LORD <03068> delivered <05414> them into the hand
<03027> of the Philistines <06430> forty <0705> years <08141>.



2 And there was a certain <0259> man <0376> of Zorah <06681>,
of the family <04940> of the Danites <01839>, whose name <08034>
[was] Manoah <04495>; and his wife <0802> [was] barren <06135>,
and bare <03205> not.



3 And the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> appeared <07200>
unto the woman <0802>, and said <0559> unto her, Behold <02009>
now <04994>, thou [art] barren <06135>, and bearest <03205> not:
but thou shalt conceive <02030>, and bear <03205> a son <01121>.



4 Now <06258> therefore beware <08104>, I pray < 04994> thee,
and drink <08354> not wine <03196> nor strong drink <07941>, and
eat <0398> not any <03605> unclean <02931> [thing]:



5 For, lo <02009>, thou shalt conceive <02030>, and bear
<03205> a son <01121>; and no <03808> razor < 04177> shall come
<05927> on <05921> his head <07218>: for the child <05288> shall
be a Nazarite <05139> unto God <0430> from the womb <0990>: and
he shall begin <02490> to deliver <03467> Israel < 03478> out of
the hand <03027> of the Philistines <06430>.



6 Then the woman <0802> came <0935> and told < 0559> her
husband <0376>, saying <0559>, A man <0376> of God <0430> came
<0935> unto me, and his countenance <04758> [was] like the
countenance <04758> of an angel <04397> of God < 0430>, very
<03966> terrible <03372>: but I asked <07592> him not whence he
[was], neither <03808> told <05046> he me his name <08034>:



7 But he said <0559> unto me, Behold <02009>, thou shalt
conceive <02030>, and bear <03205> a son <01121> ; and now
<06258> drink <07941> no <0408> wine < 03196> nor strong drink
<08354>, neither <0408> eat <0398> any < 03605> unclean <02932>
[thing]: for the child <05288> shall be a Nazarite < 05139> to
God <0430> from the womb <0990> to the day < 03117> of his death
<04194>.



8. Then Manoah <04495> intreated <06279> the LORD <03068>, and
said <0559>, O my Lord <03068>, let the man < 0376> of God <0430>
which <0834> thou didst <06213> send <07971> come <0935> again
<05750> unto us, and teach <03384> us what < 04100> we shall do
<06213> unto the child <05288> that shall be born < 03205>.



9 And God <0430> hearkened <08085> to the voice < 06963> of
Manoah <04495>; and the angel <04397> of God < 0430> came <0935>
again <05750> unto the woman <0802> as she sat < 03427> in the
field <07704>: but Manoah <04495> her husband < 0376> [was] not
with her.



10 And the woman <0802> made haste <04116>, and ran <07323>,
and shewed <05046> her husband <0376>, and said < 0559> unto him,
Behold <02009>, the man <0376> hath appeared < 07200> unto me,
that came <0935> unto me the [other] day <03117>.



11 And Manoah <04495> arose <06965>, and went < 03212> after
<0310> his wife <0802>, and came <0935> to the man <0376>, and
said <0559> unto him, [Art] thou the man <0376> that spakest
<01696> unto the woman <0802>? And he said < 0559>, I [am].



12 And Manoah <04495> said <0559>, Now <06258> let thy words
<01697> come <0935> to pass <0935>. How < 04100> shall we order
<04941> the child <05288>, and [how] shall we do < 04640> unto
him?



13 And the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto
Manoah <04495>, Of all <03605> that I said < 0559> unto the woman
<0802> let her beware <08104>.



14 She may not eat <0398> of any <03605> [thing] that cometh
<03318> of the vine <01612>, neither <0408> let her drink
<08354> wine <03196> or strong drink <07941>, nor <0408> eat
<0398> any <03605> unclean <02932> [thing]: all <03605> that I
commanded <06680> her let her observe <08104>.



15. And Manoah <04495> said <0559> unto the angel <04397> of
the LORD <03068>, I pray <04994> thee, let us detain <06113>
thee, until <05704> we shall have made <06213> ready a kid for
thee.



16 And the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto
Manoah <04495>, Though <0518> thou detain < 06113> me, I will not
eat <0398> of thy bread <03899>: and if <0518> thou wilt offer
<06213> a burnt <05930> offering, thou must offer < 05927> it
unto the LORD <03068>. For Manoah <04495> knew < 03045> not that
he [was] an angel <04397> of the LORD <03068>.



17 And Manoah <04495> said <0559> unto the angel <04397> of
the LORD <03068>, What <04310> [is] thy name < 08034>, that when
<03588> thy sayings <01697> come <0935> to pass <0935> we may do
thee honour <03513>?



18 And the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto
him, Why <04100> askest <07592> thou thus < 02088> after my name
<08034>, seeing it [is] secret <06383>?



19 So Manoah <04495> took <03947> a kid with a meat offering
<04503>, and offered <05927> [it] upon a rock < 06697> unto the
LORD <03068>: and [the angel] did <06213> wondrously <06381>;
and Manoah <04495> and his wife <0802> looked < 07200> on.



20 For it came <01961> to pass, when the flame < 03851> went
<05927> up toward heaven <08064> from off < 05921> the altar
<04196>, that the angel <04397> of the LORD < 03068> ascended
<05927> in the flame <03851> of the altar < 04196>. And Manoah
<04495> and his wife <0802> looked <07200> on [it], and fell
<05307> on <05921> their faces <06440> to the ground <0776>.



21 But the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> did no <03808>
more <03254> appear <07200> to Manoah <04495> and to his wife
<0802>. Then <0227> Manoah <04495> knew < 03045> that he [was] an
angel <04397> of the LORD <03068>.



22 And Manoah <04495> said <0559> unto his wife < 0802>, We
shall surely die <04191>, because <03588> we have seen <07200>
God <0430>.



23 But his wife <0802> said <0559> unto him, If < 03863> the
LORD <03068> were pleased <02654> to kill < 04191> us, he would
not have received <03947> a burnt <05930> offering and a meat
offering <04503> at our hands <03027>, neither < 03808> would he
have shewed <07200> us all <03605> these <0428> [things], nor
<03908> would as at this time <06256> have told < 08085> us [such
things] as these <02063>.



24. And the woman <0802> bare <03205> a son < 01121>, and called
<07121> his name <08034> Samson <08123>: and the child <05288>
grew <01431>, and the LORD <03068> blessed < 01288> him.



25 And the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> began <02490> to
move <06470> him at times in the camp <04264> of Dan <01835>
between <0996> Zorah <06681> and Eshtaol <0847>.



Judges 14



1. And Samson <08123> went <03381> down <03381> to Timnath
<08553>, and saw <07200> a woman <0802> in Timnath <08553> of
the daughters <01121> of the Philistines <06430>.



2 And he came <05927> up, and told <05046> his father <01> and
his mother <0517>, and said <0559>, I have seen < 07200> a woman
<0802> in Timnath <08553> of the daughters < 01121> of the
Philistines <06430>: now <06258> therefore get < 03947> her for
me to wife <0802>.



3 Then his father <01> and his mother <0517> said <0559> unto
him, [Is there] never <0369> a woman <0802> among the daughters
<01121> of thy brethren <0251>, or among all < 03605> my people
<05971>, that thou goest <01980> to take <03947> a wife <0802>
of the uncircumcised <06189> Philistines <06430>? And Samson
<08123> said <0559> unto his father <01>, Get <03947> her for me;
for she pleaseth me well.



4 But his father <01> and his mother <0517> knew <03045> not
that it [was] of the LORD <03068>, that he sought < 01245> an
occasion <08385> against the Philistines <06430>: for at that
time <06256> the Philistines <06430> had dominion < 04910> over
Israel <03478>.



5 Then went <03381> Samson <08123> down < 03381>, and his
father <01> and his mother <0517>, to Timnath < 08553>, and came
<0935> to the vineyards <03754> of Timnath < 08553>: and, behold
<02009>, a young <03715> lion <0738> roared < 07580> against
<07125> him.



6 And the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> came <06743>
mightily upon him, and he rent <08156> him as he would have rent
<08156> a kid <01423>, and [he had] nothing in his hand <03027>:
but he told <05046> not his father <01> or his mother <0517>
what he had done <06213>.



7 And he went <03381> down <03381>, and talked < 01696> with
the woman <0802>; and she pleased Samson <08123> well.



8 And after a time <03117> he returned <07725> to take <03947>
her, and he turned <05493> aside to see <07200> the carcase
<04658> of the lion <0738>: and, behold <02009>, [there was] a
swarm <05712> of bees <01682> and honey <01706> in the carcase
<01472> of the lion <0738>.



9 And he took <07287> thereof in his hands <03709>, and went
<03212> on eating <0398>, and came <01980> to his father <01>
and mother <0517>, and he gave <05414> them, and they did eat
<0398>: but he told <05046> not them that he had taken <07287>
the honey <01706> out of the carcase <01472> of the lion <0738>.



10. So his father <01> went <03381> down < 03381> unto the woman
<0802>: and Samson <08123> made <06213> there <08033> a feast
<04960>; for so <03651> used the young <0970> men to do <06213>.



11 And it came <01961> to pass, when they saw < 07200> him,
that they brought <03947> thirty <07970> companions <04828> to
be with him.



12 And Samson <08123> said <0559> unto them, I will now
<04994> put <02330> forth <02330> a riddle < 02420> unto you: if
<0518> ye can certainly declare <05046> it me within the seven
<07651> days <03117> of the feast <04960>, and find <04672> [it]
out, then I will give <05414> you thirty <07970> sheets <05466>
and thirty <07970> change <02487> of garments < 0899>:



13 But if <0518> ye cannot declare <05046> [it] me, then shall
ye give <05414> me thirty <07970> sheets <05466> and thirty
<07970> change <02487> of garments <0899>. And they said <0559>
unto him, Put <02330> forth <02330> thy riddle < 02420>, that we
may hear <08085> it.



14 And he said <0559> unto them, Out of the eater < 0398> came
<03318> forth <03318> meat <03978>, and out of the strong
<05794> came <03318> forth <03318> sweetness <04966>. And they
could <03201> not in three <07969> days <03117> expound <05046>
the riddle <02420>.



15 And it came <01961> to pass on the seventh < 07637> day
<03117>, that they said <0559> unto Samson's < 08123> wife <0802>,
Entice <06601> thy husband <0376>, that he may declare <05046>
unto us the riddle <02420>, lest <06435> we burn < 08313> thee
and thy father's <01> house <01004> with fire < 0784>: have ye
called <07121> us to take <03423> that we have? [is it] not [so]?



16 And Samson's <08123> wife <0802> wept < 01058> before
<05921> him, and said <0559>, Thou dost but hate < 08130> me, and
lovest <0157> me not: thou hast put <02330> forth < 02330> a
riddle <02420> unto the children <01121> of my people <05971>,
and hast not told <05046> [it] me. And he said <0559> unto her,
Behold <02009>, I have not told <05046> [it] my father <01> nor
<03908> my mother <0517>, and shall I tell < 05046> [it] thee?



17 And she wept <01058> before <05921> him the seven <07651>
days <03117>, while their feast <04960> lasted < 01961>: and it
came <01961> to pass on the seventh <07637> day < 03117>, that he
told <05046> her, because <03588> she lay sore upon him: and she
told <05046> the riddle <02420> to the children < 01121> of her
people <05971>.



18 And the men <0582> of the city <05892> said < 0559> unto him
on the seventh <07637> day <03117> before < 02962> the sun
<02775> went <0935> down, What <04100> [is] sweeter <04966> than
honey <01706>? and what <04100> [is] stronger < 05794> than a
lion <0738>? And he said <0559> unto them, If < 03883> ye had not
plowed <02790> with my heifer <05697>, ye had not found <04672>
out my riddle <02420>.



19 And the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> came <06743>
upon him, and he went <03381> down <03381> to Ashkelon <0831>,
and slew <05221> thirty <07970> men <0376> of them, and took
<03947> their spoil <02488>, and gave <05414> change <02487> of
garments unto them which expounded <05046> the riddle < 02420>.
And his anger <0639> was kindled <02734>, and he went <05927> up
to his father's <01> house <01004>.



20 But Samson's <08123> wife <0802> was [given] to his
companion <04828>, whom <0834> he had used as his friend <07462>.



Judges 15



1. But it came <01961> to pass within a while after, in the
time <03117> of wheat <02406> harvest <07105>, that Samson
<08123> visited <06485> his wife <0802> with a kid; and he said
<0559>, I will go <0935> in to my wife <0802> into the chamber
<02315>. But her father <01> would not suffer < 05414> him to go
<0935> in.



2 And her father <01> said <0559>, I verily < 0559> thought
<0559> that thou hadst utterly hated <08130> her; therefore I
gave <05414> her to thy companion <04828>: [is] not her younger
<06996> sister <0269> fairer <02896> than she? take <01961> her,
I pray <04994> thee, instead <08478> of her.



3 And Samson <08123> said <0559> concerning them, Now <06471>
shall I be more blameless <05352> than the Philistines < 06430>,
though <03588> I do <06213> them a displeasure < 07451>.



4 And Samson <08123> went <03212> and caught < 03920> three
<07969> hundred <03967> foxes <07776>, and took <03947>
firebrands <03940>, and turned <06437> tail < 02180> to tail
<02180>, and put <07760> a firebrand <03940> in the midst
<08432> between <0996> two <08147> tails < 02180>.



5 And when he had set the brands <03940> on fire < 0784>, he
let [them] go <07971> into the standing <07054> corn <07054> of
the Philistines <06430>, and burnt <01197> up both the shocks
<01430>, and also <05704> the standing <07054> corn <07054>,
with the vineyards <03754> [and] olives <02132>.



6 Then the Philistines <06430> said <0559>, Who < 04310> hath
done <06213> this <02063>? And they answered < 0559>, Samson
<08123>, the son <02860> in law <02859> of the Timnite <08554>,
because <03588> he had taken <03947> his wife < 0802>, and given
<05414> her to his companion <04828>. And the Philistines
<06430> came <05927> up, and burnt <08313> her and her father
<01> with fire <0784>.



7 And Samson <08123> said <0559> unto them, Though <0518> ye
have done <06213> this <02063>, yet will I be avenged <05358> of
you, and after <0310> that I will cease <02308>.



8 And he smote <05221> them hip <07785> and thigh <03409> with
a great <01419> slaughter <04347>: and he went < 03381> down
<03381> and dwelt <03427> in the top <05585> of the rock <05553>
Etam <05862>.



9. Then the Philistines <06430> went <05927> up, and pitched
<02583> in Judah <03063>, and spread <05203> themselves in Lehi
<03896>.



10 And the men <0376> of Judah <03063> said < 0559>, Why
<04100> are ye come <05927> up against <05921> us? And they
answered <0559>, To bind <0631> Samson <08123> are we come
<05927> up, to do <06213> to him as he hath done < 06213> to us.



11 Then three <07969> thousand <0505> men < 0376> of Judah
<03063> went <03381> to the top <05585> of the rock <05553> Etam
<05862>, and said <0559> to Samson <08123>, Knowest <03045> thou
not that the Philistines <06430> [are] rulers <04910> over us?
what <04100> [is] this <02063> [that] thou hast done <06213>
unto us? And he said <0559> unto them, As they did < 06213> unto
me, so <03651> have I done <06213> unto them.



12 And they said <0559> unto him, We are come < 03381> down
<03381> to bind <0631> thee, that we may deliver < 05414> thee
into the hand <03027> of the Philistines <06430>. And Samson
<08123> said <0559> unto them, Swear <07650> unto me, that ye
will not fall <06293> upon me yourselves <0859>.



13 And they spake <0559> unto him, saying <0559>, No <03808>;
but we will bind <0631> thee fast, and deliver <05414> thee into
their hand <03027>: but surely we will not kill < 04191> thee.
And they bound <0631> him with two <08147> new < 02319> cords
<05688>, and brought <05927> him up from the rock < 05553>.



14 [And] when he came <0935> unto Lehi <03896>, the
Philistines <06430> shouted <07321> against < 07125> him: and the
Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> came mightily upon him, and
the cords <05688> that [were] upon his arms <02220> became
<01961> as flax <06593> that was burnt <01197> with fire <0784>,
and his bands <0612> loosed <04549> from off < 05921> his hands
<03027>.



15 And he found <04672> a new <02961> jawbone < 03895> of an
ass <02543>, and put <07971> forth <07971> his hand <03027>, and
took <03947> it, and slew <05221> a thousand < 0505> men <0376>
therewith.



16 And Samson <08123> said <0559>, With the jawbone <03895> of
an ass <02543>, heaps <02565> upon heaps <02565> , with the jaw
<03895> of an ass <02543> have I slain <05221> a thousand <0505>
men <0376>.



17 And it came <01961> to pass, when he had made an end
<03615> of speaking <01696>, that he cast < 07993> away the
jawbone <03895> out of his hand <03027>, and called <07121> that
place <04725> Ramathlehi <07437>.



18. And he was sore <03966> athirst <06770>, and called <07121>
on <0413> the LORD <03068>, and said <0559>, Thou hast given
<05414> this <02063> great <01419> deliverance <08668> into the
hand <03027> of thy servant <05650>: and now < 06258> shall I die
<04191> for thirst <06772>, and fall <05307> into the hand
<03027> of the uncircumcised <06189>?



19 But God <0430> clave <01234> an hollow < 04388> place that
[was] in the jaw <03895>, and there came <03318> water <04325>
thereout; and when he had drunk <08354>, his spirit < 07307> came
<07725> again <07725>, and he revived <02421>: wherefore <04100>
he called <07121> the name <08034> thereof Enhakkore <05875>,
which <0834> [is] in Lehi <03896> unto this < 02063> day <03117>.



20 And he judged <08199> Israel <03478> in the days <03117> of
the Philistines <06430> twenty <06242> years < 08141>.



Judges 16



1. Then went <03212> Samson <08123> to Gaza < 05804>, and saw
<07200> there <08033> an harlot <02181>, and went <0935> in unto
her.



2 [And it was told] the Gazites <05841>, saying < 0559>, Samson
<08123> is come <0935> hither. And they compassed < 05437> [him]
in, and laid wait <0693> for him all <03605> night <03915> in
the gate <08179> of the city <05892>, and were quiet <02790> all
<03605> the night <03915>, saying <0559>, In the morning <01242>,
when <05704> it is day <01242>, we shall kill < 02026> him.



3 And Samson <08123> lay <07901> till <05704> midnight, and
arose <06965> at midnight, and took <0270> the doors <01817> of
the gate <08179> of the city <05892>, and the two < 08147> posts
<04201>, and went <05265> away <05265> with them, bar <01280>
and all <05973>, and put <07760> [them] upon his shoulders
<03802>, and carried <05927> them up to the top < 07218> of an
hill <02022> that [is] before Hebron <02275>.



4. And it came <01961> to pass afterward, that he loved <0157>
a woman <0802> in the valley <05158> of Sorek < 07796>, whose
name <08034> [was] Delilah <01807>.



5 And the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430> came
<05927> up unto her, and said <0559> unto her, Entice <06601>
him, and see <07200> wherein <04100> his great < 01419> strength
<03581> [lieth], and by what <04100> [means] we may prevail
<03201> against him, that we may bind <0631> him to afflict
<06031> him: and we will give <05414> thee every < 0376> one
<0376> of us eleven hundred <03967> [pieces] of silver <03701>.



6 And Delilah <01807> said <0559> to Samson < 08123>, Tell
<05046> me, I pray <04994> thee, wherein <04100> thy great
<01419> strength <03581> [lieth], and wherewith < 04100> thou
mightest be bound <0631> to afflict <06031> thee.



7 And Samson <08123> said <0559> unto her, If < 0518> they bind
<0631> me with seven <07651> green <03892> withs <03499> that
were never <03808> dried <02717>, then shall I be weak <02470>,
and be as another <0259> man <0120>.



8 Then the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430> brought
<05927> up to her seven <07651> green <03892> withs <03499>
which <0834> had not been dried <02717>, and she bound <0631>
him with them.



9 Now [there were] men lying in wait <0693>, abiding < 03427>
with her in the chamber <02315>. And she said <0559> unto him,
The Philistines <06430> [be] upon thee, Samson <08123> . And he
brake <05423> the withs <03499>, as a thread < 06616> of tow
<05296> is broken <05423> when it toucheth < 07306> the fire
<0784>. So his strength <03581> was not known < 03045>.



10 And Delilah <01807> said <0559> unto Samson < 08123>, Behold
<02009>, thou hast mocked <02048> me, and told < 01696> me lies
<03576>: now <06258> tell <05046> me, I pray <04994> thee,
wherewith <04100> thou mightest be bound <0631>.



11 And he said <0559> unto her, If <0518> they bind <0631> me
fast with new <02319> ropes <05688> that never < 03808> were
occupied, then shall I be weak <02470>, and be as another <0259>
man <0120>.



12 Delilah <01807> therefore took <03947> new < 02319> ropes
<05688>, and bound <0631> him therewith, and said < 0559> unto
him, The Philistines <06430> [be] upon thee, Samson < 08123>. And
[there were] liers in wait <0693> abiding <03427> in the chamber
<02315>. And he brake <05423> them from off < 05921> his arms
<02220> like a thread <02339>.



13 And Delilah <01807> said <0559> unto Samson < 08123>,
Hitherto thou hast mocked <02048> me, and told <01696> me lies
<03576>: tell <05046> me wherewith <0834> thou mightest be bound
<0631>. And he said <0559> unto her, If <0518> thou weavest
<0707> the seven <07651> locks <04253> of my head <07218> with
the web <04545>.



14 And she fastened <08628> [it] with the pin < 03489>, and
said <0559> unto him, The Philistines <06430> [be] upon thee,
Samson <08123>. And he awaked <03364> out of his sleep <08142>,
and went <05265> away <05265> with the pin < 03489> of the beam
<0708>, and with the web <04545>.



15 And she said <0559> unto him, How <0349> canst thou say
<0559>, I love <0157> thee, when thine heart < 03820> [is] not
with me? thou hast mocked <02048> me these <02088> three <07969>
times <06471>, and hast not told <05046> me wherein <04100> thy
great <01419> strength <03581> [lieth].



16 And it came <01961> to pass, when <03588> she pressed
<06693> him daily <03117> with her words <01697> , and urged
<0509> him, [so] that his soul <05315> was vexed < 07114> unto
death <04191>;



17 That he told <05046> her all <03605> his heart <03820>, and
said <0559> unto her, There hath not come <05927> a razor
<04177> upon mine head <07218>; for I [have been] a Nazarite
<05139> unto God <0430> from my mother's <0517> womb <0990>: if
<0518> I be shaven <01548>, then my strength < 03581> will go
<05493> from me, and I shall become <02470> weak < 02470>, and be
like any <03605> [other] man <0120>.



18. And when Delilah <01807> saw <07200> that he had told
<05046> her all <03605> his heart <03820>, she sent <07971> and
called <07121> for the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430>,
saying <0559>, Come <05927> up this once <06471> , for he hath
shewed <05046> me all <03605> his heart <03820>. Then the lords
<05633> of the Philistines <06430> came <05927> up unto her, and
brought <05927> money <03701> in their hand < 03027>.



19 And she made him sleep <03462> upon her knees < 01290>; and
she called <07121> for a man <0376>, and she caused him to shave
<01548> off the seven <07651> locks <04253> of his head <07218>;
and she began <02490> to afflict <06031> him, and his strength
<03581> went <05493> from him.



20 And she said <0559>, The Philistines <06430> [be] upon thee,
Samson <08123>. And he awoke <03364> out of his sleep <08142>,
and said <0559>, I will go <03318> out as at other times <06471>
before <06471>, and shake <05287> myself. And he wist <03045>
not that the LORD <03068> was departed <05493> from him.



21 But the Philistines <06430> took <0270> him, and put
<05365> out his eyes <05869>, and brought < 03381> him down
<03381> to Gaza <05804>, and bound <0631> him with fetters
<05178> of brass <05178>; and he did grind < 02912> in the prison
<0631> house <01004>.



22. Howbeit the hair <08181> of his head <07218> began <02490>
to grow <06779> again after <0834> he was shaven < 01548>.



23 Then the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430> gathered
<06908> them together for to offer <02076> a great <01419>
sacrifice <02077> unto Dagon <01712> their god < 0430>, and to
rejoice <08057>: for they said <0559>, Our god < 0430> hath
delivered <05414> Samson <08123> our enemy < 0341> into our hand
<03027>.



24 And when the people <05971> saw <07200> him, they praised
<01984> their god <0430>: for they said <0559>, Our god <0430>
hath delivered <05414> into our hands <03027> our enemy <0341>,
and the destroyer <02717> of our country <0776>, which <0834>
slew <02491> many <07235> of us.



25 And it came <01961> to pass, when <03588> their hearts
<03820> were merry <02896>, that they said < 0559>, Call <07121>
for Samson <08123>, that he may make us sport <07832>. And they
called <07121> for Samson <08123> out of the prison <0631> house
<01004>; and he made them sport <06711>: and they set <05975>
him between <0996> the pillars <05982>.



26 And Samson <08123> said <0559> unto the lad < 05288> that
held <02388> him by the hand <03027>, Suffer < 03240> me that I
may feel <04184> the pillars <05982> whereupon the house <01004>
standeth <03559>, that I may lean <08172> upon them.



27 Now the house <01004> was full <04390> of men <0582> and
women <0802>; and all <03605> the lords <05633> of the
Philistines <06430> [were] there <08033>; and [there were] upon
the roof <01406> about three <07969> thousand < 0505> men <0376>
and women <0802>, that beheld <07200> while Samson <08123> made
sport <07832>.



28 And Samson <08123> called <07121> unto the LORD <03068>,
and said <0559>, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>, remember <02142> me,
I pray <04994> thee, and strengthen <02388> me, I pray <04994>
thee, only <0389> this <02088> once <06471>, O God <0430>, that
I may be at once avenged <05358> of the Philistines < 06430> for
my two <08147> eyes <05869>.



29 And Samson <08123> took hold <03943> of the two <08147>
middle <08432> pillars <05982> upon which <0834> the house
<01004> stood <03559>, and on <05921> which it was borne <05564>
up, of the one <0259> with his right <03225> hand, and of the
other <0259> with his left <08040>.



30 And Samson <08123> said <0559>, Let me die < 04191> with the
Philistines <06430>. And he bowed <05186> himself with [all his]
might <03581>; and the house <01004> fell < 05307> upon the lords
<05633>, and upon all <03605> the people <05971> that [were]
therein. So the dead <04191> which <0834> he slew < 04191> at his
death <04194> were more <07227> than [they] which < 0834> he slew
<04191> in his life <02416>.



31 Then his brethren <0251> and all <03605> the house <01004>
of his father <01> came <03381> down <03381>, and took <05375>
him, and brought <05927> [him] up, and buried <06912> him
between <0996> Zorah <06681> and Eshtaol <0847> in the
buryingplace <06913> of Manoah <04495> his father < 01>. And he
judged <08199> Israel <03478> twenty <06242> years <08141>.



Judges 17



1. And there was a man <0376> of mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>,
whose name <08034> [was] Micah <04319>.



2 And he said <0559> unto his mother <0517>, The eleven
hundred <03967> [shekels] of silver <03701> that were taken
<03947> from thee, about which thou cursedst <0422>, and spakest
<0559> of also <01571> in mine ears <0241>, behold <02009>, the
silver <03701> [is] with me; I took <03947> it. And his mother
<0517> said <0559>, Blessed <01288> [be thou] of the LORD
<03068>, my son <01121>.



3 And when he had restored <07725> the eleven hundred < 03967>
[shekels] of silver <03701> to his mother <0517>, his mother
<0517> said <0559>, I had wholly <06942> dedicated <06942> the
silver <03701> unto the LORD <03068> from my hand < 03027> for my
son <01121>, to make <06213> a graven <06459> image and a molten
<04541> image: now <06258> therefore I will restore <07725> it
unto thee.



4 Yet he restored <07725> the money <03701> unto his mother
<0517>; and his mother <0517> took <03947> two hundred <03967>
[shekels] of silver <03701>, and gave <05414> them to the
founder <06884>, who made <06213> thereof a graven <06459> image
and a molten <04541> image: and they were in the house < 01004>
of Micah <04319>.



5 And the man <0376> Micah <04318> had an house < 01004> of
gods <0430>, and made <06213> an ephod <0646>, and teraphim
<08655>, and consecrated one <0259> of his sons < 01121>, who
became <01961> his priest <03548>.



6 In those <01992> days <03117> [there was] no < 0369> king
<04428> in Israel <03478>, [but] every man < 0376> did <06213>
[that which was] right <03477> in his own eyes <05869> .



7. And there was a young <05288> man out of Bethlehemjudah
<01035> of the family <04940> of Judah <03063>, who <01931>
[was] a Levite <03881>, and he sojourned <01481> there <08033>.



8 And the man <0376> departed <03212> out of the city <05892>
from Bethlehemjudah <01035> to sojourn <01481> where <0834> he
could find <04672> [a place]: and he came <0935> to mount
<02022> Ephraim <0669> to the house <01004> of Micah <04318>, as
he journeyed.



9 And Micah <04319> said <0559> unto him, Whence <0370> comest
<0935> thou? And he said <0559> unto him, I [am] a Levite
<03881> of Bethlehemjudah <01035>, and I go < 01980> to sojourn
<01481> where <0834> I may find <04672> [a place].



10 And Micah <04319> said <0559> unto him, Dwell <03427> with
me, and be unto me a father <01> and a priest <03548>, and I
will give <05414> thee ten <06235> [shekels] of silver <03701>
by the year <03117>, and a suit <06187> of apparel <0899>, and
thy victuals <04241>. So the Levite <03881> went < 03212> in.



11 And the Levite <03881> was content <02974> to dwell <03427>
with the man <0376>; and the young <05288> man was unto him as
one <0259> of his sons <01121>.



12 And Micah <04318> consecrated the Levite <03881>; and the
young <05288> man became <01961> his priest < 03548>, and was in
the house <01004> of Micah <04318>.



13 Then said <0559> Micah <04318>, Now <06258> know <03045> I
that the LORD <03068> will do me good <03190>, seeing <03588> I
have <01961> a Levite <03881> to [my] priest < 03548>.



Judges 18



1. In those <01992> days <03117> [there was] no < 0369> king
<04428> in Israel <03478>: and in those <01992> days <03117> the
tribe <07626> of the Danites <01839> sought < 01245> them an
inheritance <05159> to dwell <03427> in; for unto that day
<03117> [all their] inheritance <05159> had not fallen <05307>
unto them among <08432> the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>.



2 And the children <01121> of Dan <01835> sent < 07971> of
their family <04940> five <02568> men from their coasts <07098>,
men of valour <02428>, from Zorah <06681>, and from Eshtaol
<0847>, to spy <07270> out the land <0776>, and to search
<02713> it; and they said <0559> unto them, Go < 03212>, search
<02713> the land <0776>: who when they came < 0935> to mount
<02022> Ephraim <0669>, to the house <01004> of Micah <04318>,
they lodged <03885> there <08033>.



3 When they [were] by the house <01004> of Micah < 04318>, they
knew <05234> the voice <06963> of the young < 05288> man the
Levite <03881>: and they turned <05493> in thither <08033>, and
said <0559> unto him, Who <04310> brought <0935> thee hither
<01988>? and what <04100> makest <06213> thou in this <06311>
[place]? and what <04100> hast thou here <06311>?



4 And he said <0559> unto them, Thus <02090> and thus <02088>
dealeth <06213> Micah <04318> with me, and hath hired <07936> me,
and I am his priest <03548>.



5 And they said <0559> unto him, Ask <07592> counsel, we pray
<04994> thee, of God <0430>, that we may know < 03045> whether
our way <01870> which <0834> we go <01980> shall be prosperous
<06743>.



6 And the priest <03548> said <0559> unto them, Go <03212> in
peace <07965>: before <05227> the LORD <03068> [is] your way
<01870> wherein <0834> ye go <03212>.



7. Then the five <02568> men <0582> departed < 03212>, and came
<0935> to Laish <03919>, and saw <07200> the people <05971> that
[were] therein <07130>, how they dwelt <03427> careless <0983>,
after the manner <04941> of the Zidonians <06722>, quiet <08252>
and secure <0982>; and [there was] no <0369> magistrate in the
land <0776>, that might put <03637> [them] to shame <03637> in
[any] thing <01697>; and they [were] far <07350> from the
Zidonians <06722>, and had no <0369> business < 01697> with [any]
man <0120>.



8 And they came <0935> unto their brethren <0251> to Zorah
<06681> and Eshtaol <0847>: and their brethren < 0251> said
<0559> unto them, What <04100> [say <0559>] ye?



9 And they said <0559>, Arise <06965>, that we may go <05927>
up against <05921> them: for we have seen <07200> the land
<0776>, and, behold <02009>, it [is] very < 03966> good <02896>:
and [are] ye still <02814>? be not slothful <06101> to go
<03212>, [and] to enter <0935> to possess < 03423> the land
<0776>.



10 When ye go <0935>, ye shall come <0935> unto a people
<05971> secure <0982>, and to a large land < 0776>: for God
<0430> hath given <05414> it into your hands < 03027>; a place
<04725> where <0834> [there is] no <0369> want <04270> of any
<03605> thing <01697> that [is] in the earth < 0776>.



11 And there went <05265> from thence <08033> of the family
<04940> of the Danites <01839>, out of Zorah < 06681> and out of
Eshtaol <0847>, six <08337> hundred <03967> men <0376> appointed
<02296> with weapons <03627> of war <04421>.



12 And they went <05927> up, and pitched <02583> in
Kirjathjearim <07157>, in Judah <03063>: wherefore they called
<07121> that place <04725> Mahanehdan <04265> unto this <02088>
day <03117>: behold <02009>, [it is] behind < 0310> Kirjathjearim
<07157>.



13 And they passed <05674> thence <08033> unto mount <02022>
Ephraim <0669>, and came <0935> unto the house < 01004> of Micah
<04318>.



14. Then answered <06030> the five <02568> men < 0582> that went
<01980> to spy <07270> out the country <0776> of Laish <03919>,
and said <0559> unto their brethren <0251>, Do ye know <03045>
that there is in these <0428> houses <01004> an ephod <0646>,
and teraphim <08655>, and a graven <06459> image, and a molten
<04541> image? now <06258> therefore consider < 03045> what
<04100> ye have to do <06213>.



15 And they turned <05493> thitherward <08033>, and came
<0935> to the house <01004> of the young <05288> man the Levite
<03881>, [even] unto the house <01004> of Micah < 04318>, and
saluted him.



16 And the six <08337> hundred <03967> men < 0376> appointed
<02296> with their weapons <03627> of war < 04421>, which <0834>
[were] of the children <01121> of Dan <01835>, stood <05324> by
the entering <06607> of the gate <08179>.



17 And the five <02568> men <0582> that went < 05927> to spy
<07270> out the land <0776> went <05927> up, [and] came <0935>
in thither <08033>, [and] took <03947> the graven < 06459> image,
and the ephod <0646>, and the teraphim <08655>, and the molten
<04541> image: and the priest <03548> stood < 05324> in the
entering <06607> of the gate <08179> with the six < 08337>
hundred <03967> men <0376> [that were] appointed < 02296> with
weapons <03627> of war <04421>.



18 And these <0428> went <0935> into Micah's < 04318> house
<01004>, and fetched <03947> the carved <06459> image, the ephod
<0646>, and the teraphim <08655>, and the molten < 04541> image.
Then said <0559> the priest <03548> unto them, What <04100> do
<06213> ye?



19 And they said <0559> unto him, Hold <02790> thy peace
<02790>, lay <07760> thine hand <03027> upon thy mouth <06310>,
and go <03212> with us, and be to us a father <01> and a priest
<03548>: [is it] better <02896> for thee to be a priest <03548>
unto the house <01004> of one <0259> man <0376>, or <0176> that
thou be a priest <03548> unto a tribe <07626> and a family
<04940> in Israel <03478>?



20 And the priest's <03548> heart <03820> was glad <08190>,
and he took <03947> the ephod <0646>, and the teraphim <08655>,
and the graven <06459> image, and went <0935> in the midst
<07130> of the people <05971>.



21 So they turned <06437> and departed <03212>, and put
<07760> the little <02945> ones and the cattle < 04735> and the
carriage <03520> before <06440> them.



22 [And] when they were a good <07368> way from the house
<01004> of Micah <04318>, the men <0582> that [were] in the
houses <01004> near <05973> to Micah's <04318> house <01004>
were gathered <02199> together, and overtook <01692> the
children <01121> of Dan <01835>.



23 And they cried <07121> unto the children <01121> of Dan
<01835>. And they turned <05437> their faces < 06440>, and said
<0559> unto Micah <04318>, What <04100> aileth thee, that thou
comest <02199> with such a company <02199>?



24 And he said <0559>, Ye have taken <03947> away my gods
<0430> which <0834> I made <06213>, and the priest <03548>, and
ye are gone <03212> away: and what <04100> have I more <05750>?
and what <04100> [is] this <02088> [that] ye say < 0559> unto me,
What <04100> aileth thee?



25 And the children <01121> of Dan <01835> said < 0559> unto
him, Let not thy voice <06963> be heard <08085> among us, lest
<06435> angry <05315> fellows <0582> run < 06293> upon thee, and
thou lose <0622> thy life <05315>, with the lives < 05315> of thy
household <01004>.



26 And the children <01121> of Dan <01835> went < 03212> their
way <01870>: and when Micah <04318> saw <07200> that they [were]
too strong <02389> for him, he turned <06437> and went <07725>
back <07725> unto his house <01004>.



27. And they took <03947> [the things] which <0834> Micah
<04318> had made <06213>, and the priest <03548> which <0834> he
had <01961>, and came <0935> unto Laish <03919>, unto a people
<05971> [that were] at quiet <08252> and secure < 0982>: and they
smote <05221> them with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>,
and burnt <08313> the city <05892> with fire < 0784>.



28 And [there was] no <0369> deliverer <05337>, because
<03588> it [was] far <07350> from Zidon <06721>, and they had no
<0369> business <01697> with [any] man <0120>; and it was in the
valley <06010> that [lieth] by Bethrehob <01050>. And they built
<01129> a city <05892>, and dwelt <03427> therein.



29 And they called <07121> the name <08034> of the city
<05892> Dan <01835>, after the name <08034> of Dan <01835> their
father <01>, who <0834> was born <03205> unto Israel <03478>:
howbeit <0199> the name <08034> of the city < 05892> [was] Laish
<03919> at the first <07223>.



30 And the children <01121> of Dan <01835> set < 06965> up the
graven <06459> image: and Jonathan <03129>, the son <01121> of
Gershom <01648>, the son <01121> of Manasseh < 04519>, he and his
sons <01121> were priests <03548> to the tribe < 07626> of Dan
<01835> until <05704> the day <03117> of the captivity <01546>
of the land <0776>.



31 And they set <07760> them up Micah's <04318> graven <06459>
image, which <0834> he made <06213>, all <03605> the time that
the house <01004> of God <0430> was in Shiloh < 07887>.



Judges 19



1. And it came <01961> to pass in those <01992> days <03117>,
when [there was] no <0369> king <04428> in Israel < 03478>, that
there was a certain <0376> Levite <03881> sojourning <01481> on
the side <03411> of mount <02022> Ephraim <0669> , who took
<03947> to him a concubine <06370> out of Bethlehemjudah <01035>.



2 And his concubine <06370> played the whore <02181> against
<05921> him, and went <03212> away from him unto her father's
<01> house <01004> to Bethlehemjudah <01035>, and was there
<08033> four <0702> whole <03117> months < 02320>.



3 And her husband <0376> arose <06965>, and went <03212> after
<0310> her, to speak <01696> friendly <03820> unto her, [and] to
bring <07725> her again <07725>, having his servant <05288> with
him, and a couple <06776> of asses <02543>: and she brought
<0935> him into her father's <01> house <01004>: and when the
father <01> of the damsel <05291> saw <07200> him, he rejoiced
<08055> to meet <07125> him.



4 And his father <02859> in law <02859>, the damsel's <05291>
father <01>, retained <02388> him; and he abode < 03427> with him
three <07969> days <03117>: so they did eat < 0398> and drink
<08354>, and lodged <03885> there <08033>.



5 And it came <01961> to pass on the fourth <07243> day
<03117>, when they arose <07925> early <07925> in the morning
<01242>, that he rose <06965> up to depart < 03212>: and the
damsel's <05291> father <01> said <0559> unto his son <02860> in
law <02859>, Comfort <05582> thine heart <03820> with a morsel
<06595> of bread <03899>, and afterward <0310> go <03212> your
way.



6 And they sat <03427> down, and did eat <0398> and drink
<08354> both <08147> of them together <03162>: for the damsel's
<05291> father <01> had said <0559> unto the man <0376>, Be
content <02974>, I pray <04994> thee, and tarry < 03885> all
<03885> night, and let thine heart <03820> be merry <03190>.



7 And when the man <0376> rose <06965> up to depart <03212>,
his father <02859> in law <02859> urged <06484> him: therefore
he lodged <03885> there <08033> again <07725>.



8 And he arose <07925> early <07925> in the morning <01242> on
the fifth <02549> day <03117> to depart <03212>: and the
damsel's <05291> father <01> said <0559>, Comfort <05582> thine
heart <03824>, I pray <04994> thee. And they tarried <04102>
until <05704> afternoon, and they did eat <0398> both <08147> of
them.



9 And when the man <0376> rose <06965> up to depart <03212>,
he, and his concubine <06370>, and his servant <05288> , his
father <02859> in law <02859>, the damsel's < 05291> father <01>,
said <0559> unto him, Behold <02009>, now < 04994> the day
<03117> draweth <07503> toward evening <06150>, I pray <04994>
you tarry <03885> all <03885> night: behold < 02009>, the day
<03117> groweth <02583> to an end <02583>, lodge <03885> here
<06311>, that thine heart <03824> may be merry < 03190>; and to
morrow <04279> get you early <07925> on your way < 01870>, that
thou mayest go <01980> home <0168>.



10 But the man <0376> would <014> not tarry < 03885> that night,
but he rose <06965> up and departed <03212>, and came <0935>
over <05227> against <05227> Jebus <02982>, which <01958> [is]
Jerusalem <03389>; and [there were] with him two < 06771> asses
<02543> saddled <02280>, his concubine <06370> also [was] with
him.



11 [And] when they [were] by Jebus <02982>, the day < 03117>
was far <03966> spent <07286>; and the servant < 05288> said
<0559> unto his master <0113>, Come <03212>, I pray <04994> thee,
and let us turn <05493> in into <0413> this < 02063> city
<05892> of the Jebusites <02983>, and lodge < 03885> in it.



12 And his master <0113> said <0559> unto him, We will not
turn <05493> aside hither into <0413> the city < 05892> of a
stranger <05237>, that [is] not of the children < 01121> of
Israel <03478>; we will pass <05674> over < 05674> to Gibeah
<01390>.



13 And he said <0559> unto his servant <05288>, Come <03212>,
and let us draw near <07126> to one <0259> of these places
<04725> to lodge <03885> all <03885> night, in Gibeah <01390>,
or <0176> in Ramah <07414>.



14 And they passed <05674> on and went <03212> their way
<03212>; and the sun <08121> went <0935> down upon them [when
they were] by Gibeah <01390>, which <0834> [belongeth] to
Benjamin <01144>.



15 And they turned <05493> aside thither <08033>, to go <0935>
in [and] to lodge <03885> in Gibeah <01390>: and when he went
<0935> in, he sat <03427> him down in a street < 07339> of the
city <05892>: for [there was] no <0369> man < 0376> that took
<0622> them into his house <01004> to lodging < 03885>.



16. And, behold <02009>, there came <0935> an old <02205> man
<0376> from his work <04639> out of the field < 07704> at even
<06153>, which [was] also of mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>; and
he sojourned <01481> in Gibeah <01390>: but the men <0582> of
the place <04725> [were] Benjamites <01145>.



17 And when he had lifted <05375> up his eyes < 05869>, he saw
<07200> a wayfaring <0732> man <0376> in the street <07339> of
the city <05892>: and the old <02205> man <0376> said <0559>,
Whither <0575> goest <03212> thou? and whence < 0370> comest
<0935> thou?



18 And he said <0559> unto him, We [are] passing < 05674> from
Bethlehemjudah <01035> toward <05704> the side < 03411> of mount
<02022> Ephraim <0669>; from thence <08033> [am] I: and I went
<03212> to Bethlehemjudah <01035>, but I [am now] going <01980>
to the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>; and there [is] no
<0369> man <0376> that receiveth <0622> me to house <01004>.



19 Yet <01571> there is both <01571> straw < 08401> and
provender <04554> for our asses <02543>; and there is bread
<03899> and wine <03196> also <01571> for me, and for thy
handmaid <0519>, and for the young <05288> man [which is] with
thy servants <05650>: [there is] no <0369> want < 04270> of any
<03605> thing <01697>.



20 And the old <02205> man <0376> said <0559>, Peace <07965>
[be] with thee; howsoever <07535> [let] all <03605> thy wants
<04270> [lie] upon me; only <07535> lodge < 03885> not in the
street <07339>.



21 So he brought <0935> him into his house <01004>, and gave
provender <01101> unto the asses <02543>: and they washed
<07364> their feet <07272>, and did eat <0398> and drink <08354>.



22. [Now] as they were making their hearts <03820> merry
<03190>, behold <02009>, the men <0582> of the city <05892>,
certain <0582> sons <01121> of Belial <01100>, beset <05437> the
house <01004> round <05437> about, [and] beat < 01849> at <05921>
the door <01817>, and spake <0559> to the master < 01167> of the
house <01004>, the old <02205> man <0376>, saying <0559>, Bring
<03318> forth <03318> the man <0376> that came <0935> into
<0413> thine house <01004>, that we may know < 03045> him.



23 And the man <0376>, the master <01167> of the house <01004>,
went <03318> out unto them, and said <0559> unto them, Nay
<0408>, my brethren <0251>, [nay], I pray < 04994> you, do not
[so] wickedly <07489>; seeing <0310> that this < 02088> man
<0376> is come <0935> into <0413> mine house <01004>, do <06213>
not this <02063> folly <05039>.



24 Behold <02009>, [here is] my daughter <01323> a maiden
<01330>, and his concubine <06370>; them I will bring <03318>
out now <04994>, and humble <06031> ye them, and do <06213> with
them what seemeth <05869> good <02896> unto you: but unto this
<02088> man <0376> do <06213> not so < 02063> vile <05039> a
thing <01697>.



25 But the men <0582> would <014> not hearken < 08085> to him:
so the man <0376> took <02388> his concubine < 06370>, and
brought <03318> her forth <03318> unto them; and they knew
<03045> her, and abused <05953> her all <03605> the night
<03915> until <05704> the morning <01242>: and when the day
<07837> began <05927> to spring <05927>, they let her go <07971>.



26 Then came <0935> the woman <0802> in the dawning <06437> of
the day <01242>, and fell <05307> down at the door <06607> of
the man's <0376> house <01004> where her lord < 0113> [was], till
<05704> it was light <0216>.



27 And her lord <0113> rose <06965> up in the morning <01242>,
and opened <06605> the doors <01817> of the house < 01004>, and
went <03318> out to go <03212> his way <01870>: and, behold
<02009>, the woman <0802> his concubine <06370> was fallen
<05307> down [at] the door <06607> of the house < 01004>, and her
hands <03027> [were] upon the threshold <05592>.



28 And he said <0559> unto her, Up, and let us be going
<03212>. But none <0369> answered <06030>. Then the man <0376>
took <03947> her [up] upon an ass <02543>, and the man <0376>
rose <06965> up, and gat <03212> him unto his place <04725>.



29 And when he was come <0935> into <0413> his house <01004>,
he took <03947> a knife <03979>, and laid hold < 02388> on his
concubine <06370>, and divided <05408> her, [together] with her
bones <06106>, into twelve pieces <05409>, and sent <07971> her
into all <03605> the coasts <01366> of Israel < 03478>.



30 And it was so, that all <03605> that saw <07200> it said
<0559>, There was no <03808> such <02063> deed done <01961> nor
<03908> seen <07200> from the day <03117> that the children
<01121> of Israel <03478> came <05927> up out of the land <0776>
of Egypt <04714> unto this <02088> day <03117>: consider <07760>
of it, take advice <05779>, and speak <01696> [your minds].



Judges 20



1. Then all <03605> the children <01121> of Israel <03478> went
<03318> out, and the congregation <05712> was gathered <06950>
together as one <0259> man <0376>, from Dan < 01835> even to
Beersheba <0884>, with the land <0776> of Gilead < 01568>, unto
the LORD <03068> in Mizpeh <04709>.



2 And the chief <06438> of all <03605> the people <05971>,
[even] of all <03605> the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>,
presented <03320> themselves in the assembly <06951> of the
people <05971> of God <0430>, four <0702> hundred <03967>
thousand <0505> footmen that drew <08025> sword < 02719>.



3 (Now the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> heard <08085>
that the children <01121> of Israel <03478> were gone <05927> up
to Mizpeh <04709>.) Then said <0559> the children < 01121> of
Israel <03478>, Tell <01696> [us], how <0349> was this <02063>
wickedness <07451>?



4 And the Levite <03881>, the husband <0376> of the woman
<0802> that was slain <07523>, answered <06030> and said <0559>,
I came <0935> into Gibeah <01390> that [belongeth] to Benjamin
<01144>, I and my concubine <06370>, to lodge < 03885>.



5 And the men <01167> of Gibeah <01390> rose < 06965> against
<05921> me, and beset <05437> the house <01004> round <05437>
about upon me by night <03915>, [and] thought <01819> to have
slain <02026> me: and my concubine <06370> have they forced
<06031>, that she is dead <04191>.



6 And I took <0270> my concubine <06370>, and cut <05408> her
in pieces, and sent <07971> her throughout all <03605> the
country <07704> of the inheritance <05159> of Israel <03478>:
for they have committed <06213> lewdness <02154> and folly
<05039> in Israel <03478>.



7 Behold <02009>, ye [are] all <03605> children < 01121> of
Israel <03478>; give <03051> here <01988> your advice <01697>
and counsel <06098>.



8 And all <03605> the people <05971> arose < 06965> as one
<0259> man <0376>, saying <0559>, We will not any <0376> [of us]
go <03212> to his tent <0168>, neither <03808> will we any
<0376> [of us] turn <05493> into his house < 01004>.



9 But now <06258> this <02063> [shall be] the thing <01697>
which <0834> we will do <06213> to Gibeah < 01390>; [we will go
<03212> up] by lot <01486> against <05921> it;



10 And we will take <03947> ten <06235> men < 0582> of an
hundred <03967> throughout all <03605> the tribes < 07626> of
Israel <03478>, and an hundred <03967> of a thousand <0505>, and
a thousand <07233> out of ten <07233> thousand < 07233>, to fetch
<03947> victual <06720> for the people <05971>, that they may do
<06213>, when they come <0935> to Gibeah <01390> of Benjamin
<01144>, according to all <03605> the folly < 05039> that they
have wrought <06213> in Israel <03478>.



11 So all <03605> the men <0376> of Israel < 03478> were
gathered <0622> against <0413> the city <05892>, knit <02270>
together as one <0259> man <0376>.



12. And the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> sent <07971> men
<0582> through all <03605> the tribe <07626> of Benjamin <01144>,
saying <0559>, What <04100> wickedness <07451> [is] this
<02063> that is done <01961> among you?



13 Now <06258> therefore deliver <05414> [us] the men <0582>,
the children <01121> of Belial <01100>, which < 0834> [are] in
Gibeah <01390>, that we may put them to death <04191>, and put
<01197> away <01197> evil <07451> from Israel <03478>. But the
children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> would <014> not hearken
<08085> to the voice <06963> of their brethren < 0251> the
children <01121> of Israel <03478>:



14 But the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> gathered
<0622> themselves together out of the cities <05892> unto Gibeah
<01390>, to go <03318> out to battle <04421> against <05973> the
children <01121> of Israel <03478>.



15 And the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> were numbered
<06485> at that time out of the cities <05892> twenty <06242>
and six <08337> thousand <0505> men <0376> that drew <08025>
sword <02719>, beside <0905> the inhabitants < 03427> of Gibeah
<01390>, which were numbered <06485> seven < 07651> hundred
<03967> chosen <0970> men <0376>.



16 Among all <03605> this <02088> people < 05971> [there were]
seven <07651> hundred <03967> chosen <0970> men <0376>
lefthanded; every <03605> one could sling <07049> stones <068>
at <0413> an hair <08185> [breadth], and not miss < 02398>.



17 And the men <0376> of Israel <03478>, beside < 0905>
Benjamin <01144>, were numbered <06485> four < 0702> hundred
<03967> thousand <0505> men <0376> that drew <08025> sword
<02719>: all <03605> these <02088> [were] men <0376> of war
<04421>.



18. And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> arose <06965>,
and went <05927> up to the house <01008> of God < 01008>, and
asked <07592> counsel of God <0430>, and said < 0559>, Which
<04310> of us shall go <05927> up first <08462> to the battle
<04421> against <05973> the children <01121> of Benjamin
<01144>? And the LORD <03068> said <0559>, Judah <03063> [shall
go <03212> up] first <08462>.



19 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> rose <06965> up
in the morning <01242>, and encamped <02583> against <05921>
Gibeah <01390>.



20 And the men <0376> of Israel <03478> went < 03318> out to
battle <04421> against <05973> Benjamin <01144>; and the men
<0376> of Israel <03478> put themselves in array < 06186> to
fight <04421> against them at Gibeah <01390>.



21 And the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> came <03318>
forth <03318> out of Gibeah <01390>, and destroyed <07843> down
to the ground <0776> of the Israelites <03478> that day <03117>
twenty <06242> and two <08147> thousand <0505> men <0376>.



22 And the people <05971> the men <0376> of Israel <03478>
encouraged <02388> themselves, and set their battle < 04421>
again <03254> in array <06186> in the place < 04725> where they
put themselves in array <06186> the first <07223> day <03117>.



23 (And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> went <05927> up
and wept <01058> before <06440> the LORD <03068> until <05704>
even <06153>, and asked <07592> counsel of the LORD <03068>,
saying <0559>, Shall I go <05066> up again < 03254> to battle
<04421> against <05973> the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144>
my brother <0251>? And the LORD <03068> said < 0559>, Go <05927>
up against <0413> him.)



24 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> came <07126>
near <07126> against <0413> the children <01121> of Benjamin
<01144> the second <08145> day <03117>.



25 And Benjamin <01144> went <03318> forth < 03318> against
<07125> them out of Gibeah <01390> the second < 08145> day
<03117>, and destroyed <07843> down to the ground < 0776> of the
children <01121> of Israel <03478> again <05750> eighteen
thousand <0505> men <0376>; all <03605> these <0428> drew
<08025> the sword <02719>.



26. Then all <03605> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>,
and all <03605> the people <05971>, went <05927> up, and came
<0935> unto the house <01008> of God <01008>, and wept <01058>,
and sat <03427> there <08033> before <06440> the LORD <03068>,
and fasted <06684> that day <03117> until < 05704> even <06153>,
and offered <05927> burnt <05930> offerings and peace <08002>
offerings before <06440> the LORD <03068>.



27 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> enquired <07592>
of the LORD <03068>, (for the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285>
of God <0430> [was] there <08033> in those < 01992> days <03117>,



28 And Phinehas <06372>, the son <01121> of Eleazar <0499>,
the son <01121> of Aaron <0175>, stood <05975> before it in
those <01992> days <03117>,) saying <0559>, Shall I yet <05750>
again <03254> go <03318> out to battle <04421> against <05973>
the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> my brother <0251>, or
shall I cease <02308>? And the LORD <03068> said < 0559>, Go
<05927> up; for to morrow <04279> I will deliver < 05414> them
into thine hand <03027>.



29 And Israel <03478> set <07760> liers in wait < 0693> round
<05439> about Gibeah <01390>.



30 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> went <05927> up
against <0413> the children <01121> of Benjamin < 01144> on the
third <07992> day <03117>, and put themselves in array <06186>
against <0413> Gibeah <01390>, as at other times < 06471>.



31 And the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> went <03318>
out against <07125> the people <05971>, [and] were drawn <05423>
away from the city <05892>; and they began <02490> to smite
<05221> of the people <05971>, [and] kill < 02491>, as at other
times <06471>, in the highways <04546>, of which < 0834> one
<0259> goeth <05927> up to the house <01008> of God <01008>, and
the other <0259> to Gibeah <01390> in the field < 07704>, about
thirty <07970> men <0376> of Israel <03478>.



32 And the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> said <0559>,
They [are] smitten <05062> down before <06440> us, as at the
first <07223>. But the children <01121> of Israel < 03478> said
<0559>, Let us flee <05127>, and draw <05423> them from the city
<05892> unto the highways <04546>.



33 And all <03605> the men <0376> of Israel < 03478> rose
<06965> up out of their place <04725>, and put themselves in
array <06186> at Baaltamar <01193>: and the liers in wait <0693>
of Israel <03478> came <01518> forth <01518> out of their places
<04725>, [even] out of the meadows <04629> of Gibeah <01390>.



34 And there came <0935> against <05048> Gibeah < 01390> ten
<06235> thousand <0505> chosen <0970> men < 0376> out of all
<03605> Israel <03478>, and the battle <04421> was sore <03513>:
but they knew <03045> not that evil <07451> [was] near <05060>
them.



35 And the LORD <03068> smote <05062> Benjamin < 01144> before
<06440> Israel <03478>: and the children <01121> of Israel
<03478> destroyed <07843> of the Benjamites < 01145> that day
<03117> twenty <06242> and five <02568> thousand <0505> and an
hundred <03967> men <0376>: all <03605> these <0428> drew
<08025> the sword <02719>.



36 So the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> saw <07200>
that they were smitten <05062>: for the men <0376> of Israel
<03478> gave <05414> place <04725> to the Benjamites <01145>,
because <03588> they trusted <0982> unto the liers in wait
<0693> which <0834> they had set <07760> beside <0413> Gibeah
<01390>.



37 And the liers in wait <0693> hasted <02363>, and rushed
<06584> upon Gibeah <01390>; and the liers in wait <0693> drew
<04900> [themselves] along, and smote <05221> all < 03605> the
city <05892> with the edge <06310> of the sword < 02719>.



38 Now there was an appointed <04150> sign between < 05973> the
men <0376> of Israel <03478> and the liers in wait <0693>, that
they should make a great <07235> flame <04864> with smoke
<06227> rise <05927> up out of the city <05892>.



39 And when the men <0376> of Israel <03478> retired <02015>
in the battle <04421>, Benjamin <01144> began < 02490> to smite
<05221> [and] kill <02491> of the men <0376> of Israel <03478>
about thirty <07970> persons <0376>: for they said <0559>,
Surely <0389> they are smitten <05062> down before <06440> us,
as [in] the first <07223> battle <04421>.



40 But when the flame <04864> began <02490> to arise <05927>
up out of the city <05892> with a pillar <05982> of smoke
<06227>, the Benjamites <01145> looked <06437> behind <0310>
them, and, behold <02009>, the flame <03632> of the city <05892>
ascended <05927> up to heaven <08064>.



41 And when the men <0376> of Israel <03478> turned <02015>
again, the men <0376> of Benjamin <01144> were amazed <0926>:
for they saw <07200> that evil <07451> was come < 05060> upon
them.



42 Therefore they turned <06437> [their backs] before < 06440>
the men <0376> of Israel <03478> unto the way < 01870> of the
wilderness <04057>; but the battle <04421> overtook <01692> them;
and them which <0834> [came] out of the cities < 05892> they
destroyed <07843> in the midst <08432> of them.



43 [Thus] they inclosed <03803> the Benjamites < 01145> round
<03803> about <03803>, [and] chased <07291> them, [and] trode
<01869> them down with ease <04496> over <05227> against <05227>
Gibeah <01390> toward the sunrising.



44 And there fell <05307> of Benjamin <01144> eighteen
thousand <0505> men <0376>; all <03605> these <0428> [were] men
<0582> of valour <02428>.



45 And they turned <06437> and fled <05127> toward the
wilderness <04057> unto the rock <05553> of Rimmon <07417>: and
they gleaned <05953> of them in the highways <04546> five
<02568> thousand <0505> men <0376>; and pursued <01692> hard
after <0310> them unto Gidom <01440>, and slew < 05221> two
thousand <0505> men <0376> of them.



46 So that all <03605> which fell <05307> that day <03117> of
Benjamin <01144> were twenty <06242> and five < 02568> thousand
<0505> men <0376> that drew <08025> the sword <02719>; all
<03605> these <0428> [were] men <0582> of valour <02428>.



47 But six <08337> hundred <03967> men <0376> turned <06437>
and fled <05127> to the wilderness <04057> unto the rock <05553>
Rimmon <07417>, and abode <03427> in the rock < 05553> Rimmon
<07417> four <0702> months <02320>.



48 And the men <0376> of Israel <03478> turned < 07725> again
<07725> upon the children <01121> of Benjamin < 01144>, and smote
<05221> them with the edge <06310> of the sword < 02719>, as well
<03190> the men <04974> of [every] city <05892>, as the beast
<0929>, and all <03605> that came <04672> to hand <04672>: also
they set <07971> on fire <0784> all <03605> the cities <05892>
that they came <04672> to.



Judges 21



1. Now the men <0376> of Israel <03478> had sworn <07650> in
Mizpeh <04709>, saying <0559>, There shall not any <0376> of us
give <05414> his daughter <01323> unto Benjamin < 01144> to wife
<0802>.



2 And the people <05971> came <0935> to the house <01008> of
God <01008>, and abode <03427> there <08033> till <05704> even
<06153> before <06440> God <0430>, and lifted <05375> up their
voices <06963>, and wept <01058> sore;



3 And said <0559>, O LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>,
why <04100> is this <02063> come <01961> to pass in Israel
<03478>, that there should be to day <03117> one < 0259> tribe
<07626> lacking <06485> in Israel <03478>?



4 And it came <01961> to pass on the morrow <04279>, that the
people <05971> rose <07925> early <07925>, and built <01129>
there <08033> an altar <04196>, and offered < 05927> burnt
<05930> offerings and peace <08002> offerings.



5 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> said <0559>, Who
<04310> [is there] among all <03605> the tribes < 07626> of
Israel <03478> that came <05927> not up with the congregation
<06951> unto the LORD <03068>? For they had made a great <01419>
oath <07621> concerning him that came <05927> not up to the LORD
<03068> to Mizpeh <04709>, saying <0559>, He shall surely be put
to death <04191>.



6 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> repented <05162>
them for Benjamin <01144> their brother <0251>, and said <0559>,
There is one <0259> tribe <07626> cut <01438> off from Israel
<03478> this day <03117>.



7 How <04100> shall we do <06213> for wives < 0802> for them
that remain <03498>, seeing <07200> we have sworn < 07650> by the
LORD <03068> that we will not give <05414> them of our daughters
<01121> to wives <0802>?



8 And they said <0559>, What <04310> one < 0259> [is there] of
the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> that came < 05927> not up to
Mizpeh <04709> to the LORD <03068>? And, behold < 02009>, there
came <0935> none to the camp <04264> from Jabeshgilead to the
assembly <06951>.



9 For the people <05971> were numbered <06485>, and, behold
<02009>, [there were] none of the inhabitants <03427> of
Jabeshgilead there <08033>.



10 And the congregation <05712> sent <07971> thither <08033>
twelve thousand <0505> men <0376> of the valiantest, and
commanded <06680> them, saying <0559>, Go < 03212> and smite
<05221> the inhabitants <03427> of Jabeshgilead with the edge
<06310> of the sword <02719>, with the women < 0802> and the
children <02945>.



11 And this <02063> [is] the thing <01697> that ye shall do
<06213>, Ye shall utterly destroy <02763> every < 03605> male
<02145>, and every <03605> woman <0802> that hath lain by man
<02145>.



12 And they found <04672> among the inhabitants < 03427> of
Jabeshgilead four <0702> hundred <03967> young < 05291> virgins
<01330>, that had known <03045> no <03808> man <0376> by lying
<04904> with any male <02145>: and they brought < 0935> them unto
the camp <04264> to Shiloh <07887>, which <0834> [is] in the
land <0776> of Canaan <03667>.



13 And the whole <03605> congregation <05712> sent <07971>
[some] to speak <01696> to the children <01121> of Benjamin
<01144> that [were] in the rock <05553> Rimmon < 07417>, and to
call <07121> peaceably <07965> unto them.



14 And Benjamin <01144> came <07725> again < 07725> at that
time <06256>; and they gave <05414> them wives < 0802> which
<0834> they had saved <02421> alive <02421> of the women <0802>
of Jabeshgilead: and yet so <03651> they sufficed < 04672> them
not.



15 And the people <05971> repented <05162> them for Benjamin
<01144>, because <03588> that the LORD <03068> had made <06213>
a breach <06556> in the tribes <07626> of Israel < 03478>.



16. Then the elders <02205> of the congregation < 05712> said
<0559>, How <04100> shall we do <06213> for wives <0802> for
them that remain <03498>, seeing <03588> the women <0802> are
destroyed <08045> out of Benjamin <01144>?



17 And they said <0559>, [There must be] an inheritance
<03425> for them that be escaped <06413> of Benjamin <01144>,
that a tribe <07626> be not destroyed <04229> out of Israel
<03478>.



18 Howbeit we may <03201> not give <05414> them wives <0802>
of our daughters <01121>: for the children <01121> of Israel
<03478> have sworn <07650>, saying <0559>, Cursed <0779> [be] he
that giveth <05414> a wife <0802> to Benjamin < 01144>.



19 Then they said <0559>, Behold <02009>, [there is] a feast
<02282> of the LORD <03068> in Shiloh <07887> yearly <03117> [in
a place] which <0834> [is] on the north <06828> side of Bethel
<01008>, on the east side of the highway <04546> that goeth
<05927> up from Bethel <01008> to Shechem < 07927>, and on the
south <05045> of Lebonah <03829>.



20 Therefore they commanded <06680> the children < 01121> of
Benjamin <01144>, saying <0559>, Go <03212> and lie in wait
<0693> in the vineyards <03754>;



21 And see <07200>, and, behold <02009>, if < 0518> the
daughters <01121> of Shiloh <07887> come <03318> out to dance
<02342> in dances <04246>, then come <03318> ye out of the
vineyards <03754>, and catch <02414> you every man <0376> his
wife <0802> of the daughters <01121> of Shiloh < 07887>, and go
<01980> to the land <0776> of Benjamin <01144>.



22 And it shall be, when <03588> their fathers <01> or <0176>
their brethren <0251> come <0935> unto us to complain <07378>,
that we will say <0559> unto them, Be favourable < 02603> unto
them for our sakes: because <03588> we reserved < 03947> not to
each man <0376> his wife <0802> in the war < 04421>: for ye did
not give <05414> unto them at this time <06256>, [that] ye
should be guilty <0816>.



23 And the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> did <06213> so
<03651>, and took <05375> [them] wives <0802>, according to
their number <04557>, of them that danced <02342>, whom <0834>
they caught <01497>: and they went <03212> and returned <07725>
unto their inheritance <05159>, and repaired <01129> the cities
<05892>, and dwelt <03427> in them.



24 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> departed <01980>
thence <08033> at that time, every man <0376> to his tribe
<07626> and to his family <04940>, and they went < 03318> out
from thence <08033> every man <0376> to his inheritance <05159>.



25 In those <01992> days <03117> [there was] no < 0369> king
<04428> in Israel <03478>: every man <0376> did <06213> [that
which was] right <03477> in his own eyes <05869>.










  
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