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Judges 1





1. Now after <0310> the death <4194> of Joshua < 3091> it came
<1961> to pass, that the children <1121> of Israel <3478> asked
<7592> the LORD <3068>, saying <0559>, Who < 4310> shall go
<5927> up for us against the Canaanites <3669> first <8462>, to
fight <3898> against them?



2 And the LORD <3068> said <0559>, Judah <3063> shall go <5927>
up: behold <2009>, I have delivered <5414> the land <0776> into
his hand <3027>.



3 And Judah <3063> said <0559> unto Simeon < 8095> his brother
<0251>, Come <5927> up with me into my lot < 1486>, that we may
fight <3898> against the Canaanites <3669>; and I likewise
<3651> will go <1980> with thee into thy lot < 1486>. So Simeon
<8095> went <3212> with him.



4 And Judah <3063> went <5927> up; and the LORD < 3068>
delivered <5414> the Canaanites <3669> and the Perizzites <6522>
into their hand <3027>: and they slew <5221> of them in Bezek
<0966> ten <6235> thousand <0505> men < 0376>.



5 And they found <4672> Adonibezek <0137> in Bezek <0966>: and
they fought <3898> against him, and they slew <5221> the
Canaanites <3669> and the Perizzites <6522>.



6 But Adonibezek <0137> fled <5127>; and they pursued <7291>
after <0310> him, and caught <0270> him, and cut < 7112> off his
thumbs and his great toes.



7 And Adonibezek <0137> said <0559>, Threescore < 7657> and ten
kings <4428>, having their thumbs and their great toes cut
<7112> off, gathered <3950> [their meat] under < 8478> my table
<7979>: as I have done <6213>, so <3651> God <0430> hath
requited <7999> me. And they brought <0935> him to Jerusalem
<3389>, and there <8033> he died <4191>.



8 Now the children <1121> of Judah <3063> had fought <3898>
against Jerusalem <3389>, and had taken <3920> it, and smitten
<5221> it with the edge <6310> of the sword < 2719>, and set
<7971> the city <5892> on fire <0784>.



9. And afterward <0310> the children <1121> of Judah <3063>
went <3381> down <3381> to fight <3898> against the Canaanites
<3669>, that dwelt <3427> in the mountain <2022> , and in the
south <5045>, and in the valley <8219>.



10 And Judah <3063> went <3212> against <0413> the Canaanites
<3669> that dwelt <3427> in Hebron <2275>: (now the name <8034>
of Hebron <2275> before <6440> [was] Kirjatharba < 7153>:) and
they slew <5221> Sheshai <8344>, and Ahiman < 0289>, and Talmai
<8526>.



11 And from thence <8033> he went <3212> against < 0413> the
inhabitants <3427> of Debir <1688>: and the name < 8034> of Debir
<1688> before <6440> [was] Kirjathsepher <7158>:



12 And Caleb <3612> said <0559>, He that smiteth < 5221>
Kirjathsepher <7158>, and taketh <3920> it, to him will I give
<5414> Achsah <5919> my daughter <1323> to wife <0802>.



13 And Othniel <6274> the son <1121> of Kenaz < 7073>, Caleb's
<3612> younger <6996> brother <0251>, took < 3920> it: and he
gave <5414> him Achsah <5919> his daughter < 1323> to wife <0802>.



14 And it came <1961> to pass, when she came <0935> [to him],
that she moved <5496> him to ask <7592> of her father <1> a
field <7704>: and she lighted <6795> from off < 5921> [her] ass
<2543>; and Caleb <3612> said <0559> unto her, What <4100> wilt
thou?



15 And she said <0559> unto him, Give <3051> me a blessing
<1293>: for thou hast given <5414> me a south < 5045> land <0776>;
give <5414> me also springs <1543> of water < 4325>. And Caleb
<3612> gave <5414> her the upper <5942> springs <1543> and the
nether <8482> springs <1543>.



16 And the children <1121> of the Kenite <7017>, Moses <4872>'
father <2859> in law <2859>, went <5927> up out of the city
<5892> of palm <8558> trees with the children < 1121> of Judah
<3063> into the wilderness <4057> of Judah < 3063>, which <0834>
[lieth] in the south <5045> of Arad <6166>; and they went <3212>
and dwelt <3427> among <0854> the people <5971>.



17 And Judah <3063> went <3212> with Simeon < 8095> his brother
<0251>, and they slew <5221> the Canaanites < 3669> that
inhabited <3427> Zephath, and utterly destroyed <2763> it. And
the name <8034> of the city <5892> was called < 7121> Hormah
<2767>.



18 Also Judah <3063> took <3920> Gaza <5804> with the coast
<1366> thereof, and Askelon <0831> with the coast < 1366> thereof,
and Ekron <6138> with the coast <1366> thereof.



19 And the LORD <3068> was with Judah <3063>; and he drave
<3423> out [the inhabitants of] the mountain <2022>; but could
not drive <3423> out the inhabitants <3427> of the valley <6010>,
because <3588> they had chariots <7393> of iron < 1270>.



20 And they gave <5414> Hebron <2275> unto Caleb < 3612>, as
Moses <4872> said <1696>: and he expelled <3423> thence <8033>
the three <7969> sons <1121> of Anak <6061>.



21. And the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> did not drive
<3423> out the Jebusites <2983> that inhabited < 3427> Jerusalem
<3389>; but the Jebusites <2983> dwell <3427> with the children
<1121> of Benjamin <1144> in Jerusalem <3389> unto this <2088>
day <3117>.



22 And the house <1004> of Joseph <3130>, they also <1571> went
<5927> up against Bethel <1008>: and the LORD < 3068> [was] with
them.



23 And the house <1004> of Joseph <3130> sent to descry <8446>
Bethel <1008>. (Now the name <8034> of the city < 5892> before
<6440> [was] Luz <3870>.)



24 And the spies <8104> saw <7200> a man <0376> come <3318>
forth <3318> out of the city <5892>, and they said <0559> unto
him, Shew <7200> us, we pray <4994> thee, the entrance <3996>
into the city <5892>, and we will shew <6213> thee mercy <2617>.



25 And when he shewed <7200> them the entrance <3996> into the
city <5892>, they smote <5221> the city <5892> with the edge
<6310> of the sword <2719>; but they let go < 7971> the man
<0376> and all <3605> his family <4940>.



26 And the man <0376> went <3212> into the land < 0776> of the
Hittites <2850>, and built <1129> a city <5892>, and called
<7121> the name <8034> thereof Luz <3870>: which <1931> [is] the
name <8034> thereof unto this <2088> day <3117>.



27 Neither <3808> did Manasseh <4519> drive < 3423> out [the
inhabitants of] Bethshean <1052> and her towns <1323>, nor
Taanach <8590> and her towns <1323>, nor the inhabitants <3427>
of Dor <1756> and her towns <1323>, nor the inhabitants <3427>
of Ibleam <2991> and her towns <1323>, nor the inhabitants
<3427> of Megiddo <4023> and her towns <1323>: but the
Canaanites <3669> would <2974> dwell <3427> in that land <0776>.



28 And it came <1961> to pass, when Israel <3478> was strong
<2388>, that they put <7760> the Canaanites < 3669> to tribute
<4522>, and did not utterly drive <3423> them out.



29 Neither <3808> did Ephraim <0669> drive < 3423> out the
Canaanites <3669> that dwelt <3427> in Gezer < 1507>; but the
Canaanites <3669> dwelt <3427> in Gezer <1507> among <7130> them.



30 Neither <3808> did Zebulun <2074> drive < 3423> out the
inhabitants <3427> of Kitron <7003>, nor the inhabitants <3427>
of Nahalol <5096>; but the Canaanites <3669> dwelt <3427> among
<7130> them, and became <1961> tributaries < 4522>.



31 Neither <3808> did Asher <0836> drive <3423> out the
inhabitants <3427> of Accho <5910>, nor the inhabitants <3427>
of Zidon <6721>, nor of Ahlab <0303>, nor of Achzib <0392>, nor
of Helbah <2462>, nor of Aphik <0663>, nor of Rehob <7340>:



32 But the Asherites <0843> dwelt <3427> among < 7130> the
Canaanites <3669>, the inhabitants <3427> of the land <0776>:
for they did not drive <3423> them out.



33 Neither <3808> did Naphtali <5321> drive < 3423> out the
inhabitants <3427> of Bethshemesh <1053>, nor the inhabitants
<3427> of Bethanath <1043>; but he dwelt <3427> among <7130> the
Canaanites <3669>, the inhabitants <3427> of the land <0776>:
nevertheless the inhabitants <3427> of Bethshemesh < 1053> and of
Bethanath <1043> became <1961> tributaries < 4522> unto them.



34 And the Amorites <0567> forced <3905> the children <1121> of
Dan <1835> into the mountain <2022>: for they would not suffer
<5414> them to come <3381> down <3381> to the valley <6010>:



35 But the Amorites <0567> would <2974> dwell < 3427> in mount
<2022> Heres <2776> in Aijalon <0357>, and in Shaalbim <8169>:
yet the hand <3027> of the house <1004> of Joseph < 3130>
prevailed <3513>, so that they became <1961> tributaries <4522>.



36 And the coast <1366> of the Amorites <0567> [was] from the
going <4608> up to Akrabbim <6137>, from the rock < 5553>, and
upward <4605>.



Judges 2



1. And an angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> came < 5927> up from
Gilgal <1537> to Bochim <1066>, and said <0559>, I made you to
go <5927> up out of Egypt <4714>, and have brought <0935> you
unto the land <0776> which <0834> I sware <7650> unto your
fathers <1>; and I said <0559>, I will never break <6565> my
covenant <1285> with you.



2 And ye shall make <3772> no <3808> league < 1285> with the
inhabitants <3427> of this <2063> land <0776>; ye shall throw
<5422> down <5422> their altars <4196>: but ye have not obeyed
<8085> my voice <6963>: why <4100> have ye done <6213> this
<2063>?



3 Wherefore I also <1571> said <0559>, I will not drive <1644>
them out from before <6440> you; but they shall be [as thorns]
in your sides <6654>, and their gods <0430> shall be a snare
<4170> unto you.



4 And it came <1961> to pass, when the angel <4397> of the LORD
<3068> spake <1696> these <0428> words < 1697> unto all <3605>
the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, that the people <5971>
lifted <5375> up their voice <6963>, and wept < 1058>.



5 And they called <7121> the name <8034> of that place <4725>
Bochim <1066>: and they sacrificed <2076> there < 8033> unto the
LORD <3068>.



6. And when Joshua <3091> had let the people <5971> go <7971>,
the children <1121> of Israel <3478> went <3212> every man
<0376> unto his inheritance <5159> to possess < 3423> the land
<0776>.



7 And the people <5971> served <5647> the LORD < 3068> all
<3605> the days <3117> of Joshua <3091>, and all <3605> the days
<3117> of the elders <2205> that outlived Joshua < 3091>, who
<0834> had seen <7200> all <3605> the great < 1419> works <4639>
of the LORD <3068>, that he did <6213> for Israel < 3478>.



8 And Joshua <3091> the son <1121> of Nun < 5126>, the servant
<5650> of the LORD <3068>, died <4191>, [being] an hundred
<3967> and ten <6235> years <8141> old < 1121>.



9 And they buried <6912> him in the border <1366> of his
inheritance <5159> in Timnathheres <8556>, in the mount <2022>
of Ephraim <0669>, on the north <6828> side of the hill <2022>
Gaash <1608>.



10 And also <1571> all <3605> that generation < 1755> were
gathered <0622> unto their fathers <1>: and there arose <6965>
another <0312> generation <1755> after <0310> them, which <0834>
knew <3045> not the LORD <3068>, nor <1571> yet <1571> the works
<4639> which <0834> he had done <6213> for Israel <3478>.



11 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> did < 6213> evil
<7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>, and served <5647>
Baalim <1168>:



12 And they forsook <5800> the LORD <3068> God < 0430> of their
fathers <1>, which brought <3318> them out of the land <0776> of
Egypt <4714>, and followed other <0312> gods < 0430>, of the gods
<0430> of the people <5971> that [were] round < 5439> about them,
and bowed <7812> themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD
<3068> to anger <3707>.



13 And they forsook <5800> the LORD <3068>, and served <5647>
Baal <1168> and Ashtaroth <6252>.



14 And the anger <0639> of the LORD <3068> was hot <2734>
against Israel <3478>, and he delivered <5414> them into the
hands <3027> of spoilers <8154> that spoiled < 8155> them, and he
sold <4376> them into the hands <3027> of their enemies <0341>
round <5439> about, so that they could <3201> not any longer
<5750> stand <5975> before <6440> their enemies <0341>.



15 Whithersoever they went <3318> out, the hand < 3027> of the
LORD <3068> was against them for evil <7451>, as the LORD <3068>
had said <1696>, and as the LORD <3068> had sworn < 7650> unto
them: and they were greatly <3966> distressed <3334>.



16 Nevertheless the LORD <3068> raised <6965> up judges <8199>,
which delivered <3467> them out of the hand <3027> of those that
spoiled <8154> them.



17 And yet <1571> they would not hearken <8085> unto their
judges <8199>, but they went a whoring <2181> after <0310> other
<0312> gods <0430>, and bowed <7812> themselves unto them: they
turned <5493> quickly <4118> out of the way < 1870> which <0834>
their fathers <1> walked <1980> in, obeying < 8085> the
commandments <4687> of the LORD <3068>; [but] they did <6213>
not so <3651>.



18 And when <3588> the LORD <3068> raised < 6965> them up judges
<8199>, then the LORD <3068> was with the judge < 8199>, and
delivered <3467> them out of the hand <3027> of their enemies
<0341> all <3605> the days <3117> of the judge <8199>: for it
repented <5162> the LORD <3068> because <6440> of their
groanings <5009> by reason of them that oppressed < 3905> them
and vexed <1766> them.



19 And it came <1961> to pass, when the judge <8199> was dead
<4191>, [that] they returned <7725>, and corrupted <7843>
[themselves] more than their fathers <1>, in following other
<0312> gods <0430> to serve <5647> them, and to bow <7812> down
<7812> unto them; they ceased <5307> not from their own doings
<4611>, nor from their stubborn <7186> way < 1870>.



20 And the anger <0639> of the LORD <3068> was hot <2734>
against Israel <3478>; and he said <0559>, Because <3282> that
this <2088> people <1471> hath transgressed < 5674> my covenant
<1285> which <0834> I commanded <6680> their fathers <1>, and
have not hearkened <8085> unto my voice <6963>;



21 I also <1571> will not henceforth <3254> drive <3423> out
any from before <6440> them of the nations <1471> which <0834>
Joshua <3091> left <5800> when he died <4191>:



22 That through them I may prove <5254> Israel <3478> , whether
they will keep <8104> the way <1870> of the LORD < 3068> to walk
<3212> therein, as their fathers <1> did keep < 8104> [it], or
not.



23 Therefore the LORD <3068> left <3241> those < 0428> nations
<1471>, without <1115> driving <3423> them out hastily <4118>;
neither <3808> delivered <5414> he them into the hand <3027> of
Joshua <3091>.



Judges 3



1. Now these <0428> [are] the nations <1471> which <0834> the
LORD <3068> left <3241>, to prove <5254> Israel <3478> by them,
[even] as many [of Israel] as had not known <3045> all < 3605>
the wars <4421> of Canaan <3667>;



2 Only <7535> that the generations <1755> of the children
<1121> of Israel <3478> might know <3045>, to teach <3925> them
war <4421>, at <7535> the least <7535> such as before <6440>
knew <3045> nothing <3808> thereof;



3 [Namely], five <2568> lords <5633> of the Philistines <6430>,
and all <3605> the Canaanites <3669>, and the Sidonians <6722>,
and the Hivites <2340> that dwelt <3427> in mount < 2022> Lebanon
<3844>, from mount <2022> Baalhermon <1179> unto the entering
<0935> in of Hamath <2574>.



4 And they were to prove <5254> Israel <3478> by them, to know
<3045> whether they would hearken <8085> unto the commandments
<4687> of the LORD <3068>, which <0834> he commanded <6680>
their fathers <1> by the hand <3027> of Moses < 4872>.



5 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> dwelt < 3427> among
<7130> the Canaanites <3669>, Hittites <2850>, and Amorites
<0567>, and Perizzites <6522>, and Hivites < 2340>, and Jebusites
<2983>:



6 And they took <3947> their daughters <1121> to be their wives
<0802>, and gave <5414> their daughters <1121> to their sons
<1121>, and served <5647> their gods <0430>.



7 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> did < 6213> evil
<7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>, and forgat <7911>
the LORD <3068> their God <0430>, and served < 5647> Baalim
<1168> and the groves <0842>.



8. Therefore the anger <0639> of the LORD <3068> was hot <2734>
against Israel <3478>, and he sold <4376> them into the hand
<3027> of Chushanrishathaim <3573> king <4428> of Mesopotamia
<0763>: and the children <1121> of Israel <3478> served <5647>
Chushanrishathaim <3573> eight <8083> years < 8141>.



9 And when the children <1121> of Israel <3478> cried <2199>
unto the LORD <3068>, the LORD <3068> raised < 6965> up a
deliverer <3467> to the children <1121> of Israel < 3478>, who
delivered <3467> them, [even <0853>] Othniel < 6274> the son
<1121> of Kenaz <7073>, Caleb's <3612> younger <6996> brother
<0251>.



10 And the Spirit <7307> of the LORD <3068> came < 1961> upon
him, and he judged <8199> Israel <3478>, and went < 3318> out to
war <4421>: and the LORD <3068> delivered <5414>
Chushanrishathaim <3573> king <4428> of Mesopotamia <0763> into
his hand <3027>; and his hand <3027> prevailed < 5810> against
<5921> Chushanrishathaim <3573>.



11 And the land <0776> had rest <8252> forty < 0705> years
<8141>. And Othniel <6274> the son <1121> of Kenaz <7073> died
<4191>.



12. And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> did < 6213> evil
<7451> again <3254> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>: and
the LORD <3068> strengthened <2388> Eglon <5700> the king <4428>
of Moab <4124> against <5921> Israel <3478>, because they had
done <6213> evil <7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>.



13 And he gathered <0622> unto him the children < 1121> of Ammon
<5983> and Amalek <6002>, and went <3212> and smote <5221>
Israel <3478>, and possessed <3423> the city < 5892> of palm
<8558> trees.



14 So the children <1121> of Israel <3478> served <5647> Eglon
<5700> the king <4428> of Moab <4124> eighteen years <8141>.



15 But when the children <1121> of Israel <3478> cried <2199>
unto the LORD <3068>, the LORD <3068> raised < 6965> them up a
deliverer <3467>, Ehud <0261> the son <1121> of Gera <1617>, a
Benjamite <1145>, a man <0376> lefthanded: and by him the
children <1121> of Israel <3478> sent <7971> a present <4503>
unto Eglon <5700> the king <4428> of Moab <4124> .



16 But Ehud <0261> made <6213> him a dagger < 2719> which had
two <8147> edges <6366>, of a cubit <1574> length <0753>; and he
did gird <2296> it under <8478> his raiment < 4055> upon his
right <3225> thigh <3409>.



17 And he brought <7126> the present <4503> unto Eglon <5700>
king <4428> of Moab <4124>: and Eglon <5700> [was] a very <3966>
fat <1277> man <0376>.



18 And when <0834> he had made an end <3615> to offer <7126>
the present <4503>, he sent <7971> away the people <5971> that
bare <5375> the present <4503>.



19 But he himself <1931> turned <7725> again < 7725> from the
quarries <6456> that [were] by Gilgal <1537>, and said <0559>, I
have a secret <5643> errand <1697> unto thee, O king <4428>: who
said <0559>, Keep silence <2013>. And all <3605> that stood
<5975> by him went <3318> out from him.



20 And Ehud <0261> came <0935> unto him; and he was sitting
<3427> in a summer <4747> parlour <5944>, which <0834> he had
for himself alone <0905>. And Ehud <0261> said < 0559>, I have a
message <1697> from God <0430> unto thee. And he arose <6965>
out of [his] seat <3678>.



21 And Ehud <0261> put <7971> forth <7971> his left <8040> hand
<3027>, and took <3947> the dagger <2719> from his right <3225>
thigh <3409>, and thrust <8628> it into his belly < 0990>:



22 And the haft <5325> also <1571> went <0935> in after <0310>
the blade <3851>; and the fat <2459> closed < 5462> upon the
blade <3851>, so <3588> that he could not draw < 8025> the dagger
<2719> out of his belly <0990>; and the dirt < 6574> came <3318>
out.



23 Then Ehud <0261> went <3318> forth <3318> through the porch
<4528>, and shut <5462> the doors <1817> of the parlour <5944>
upon him, and locked <5274> them.



24 When he was gone <3318> out, his servants <5650> came <0935>;
and when they saw <7200> that, behold <2009>, the doors <1817>
of the parlour <5944> [were] locked <5274>, they said <0559>,
Surely <0389> he covereth <5526> his feet <7272> in his summer
<4747> chamber <2315>.



25 And they tarried <2342> till <5704> they were ashamed <0954>:
and, behold <2009>, he opened <6605> not the doors <1817> of
the parlour <5944>; therefore they took <3947> a key <4668>, and
opened <6605> [them]: and, behold <2009>, their lord <0113>
[was] fallen <5307> down dead <4191> on the earth < 0776>.



26 And Ehud <0261> escaped <4422> while <5704> they tarried
<4102>, and passed <5674> beyond <5674> the quarries <6456>, and
escaped <4422> unto Seirath <8167>.



27 And it came <1961> to pass, when he was come < 0935>, that he
blew <8628> a trumpet <7782> in the mountain < 2022> of Ephraim
<0669>, and the children <1121> of Israel <3478> went <3381>
down <3381> with him from the mount <2022>, and he before <6440>
them.



28 And he said <0559> unto them, Follow <7291> after <0310> me:
for the LORD <3068> hath delivered <5414> your enemies <0341>
the Moabites <4124> into your hand <3027>. And they went <3381>
down <3381> after <0310> him, and took <3920> the fords <4569>
of Jordan <3383> toward Moab <4124>, and suffered < 5414> not a
man <0376> to pass <5674> over <5674>.



29 And they slew <5221> of Moab <4124> at that time <6256>
about ten <6235> thousand <0505> men <0376>, all <3605> lusty
<8082>, and all <3605> men <0376> of valour < 2428>; and there
escaped <4422> not a man <0376>.



30 So Moab <4124> was subdued <3665> that day < 3117> under
<8478> the hand <3027> of Israel <3478>. And the land <0776> had
rest <8252> fourscore <8084> years <8141>.



31. And after <0310> him was Shamgar <8044> the son <1121> of
Anath <6067>, which slew <5221> of the Philistines <6430> six
<8337> hundred <3967> men <0376> with an ox < 1241> goad <4451>:
and he also <1571> delivered <3467> Israel < 3478>.



Judges 4



1. And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> again <3254> did
<6213> evil <7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>, when
Ehud <0261> was dead <4191>.



2 And the LORD <3068> sold <4376> them into the hand <3027> of
Jabin <2985> king <4428> of Canaan <3667>, that reigned <4427>
in Hazor <2674>; the captain <8269> of whose host < 6635> [was]
Sisera <5516>, which dwelt <3427> in Harosheth < 2800> of the
Gentiles <1471>.



3 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> cried < 6817> unto
the LORD <3068>: for he had nine <8672> hundred < 3967> chariots
<7393> of iron <1270>; and twenty <6242> years <8141> he
mightily <2393> oppressed <3905> the children < 1121> of Israel
<3478>.



4. And Deborah <1683>, a prophetess <5031>, the wife <0802> of
Lapidoth <3941>, she judged <8199> Israel <3478> at that time
<6256>.



5 And she dwelt <3427> under <8478> the palm < 8560> tree of
Deborah <1683> between <0996> Ramah <7414> and Bethel <1008> in
mount <2022> Ephraim <0669>: and the children < 1121> of Israel
<3478> came <5927> up to her for judgment <4941> .



6 And she sent <7971> and called <7121> Barak < 1301> the son
<1121> of Abinoam <42> out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said <0559>
unto him, Hath not the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>
commanded <6680>, [saying], Go <3212> and draw < 4900> toward
mount <2022> Tabor <8396>, and take <3947> with thee ten <6235>
thousand <0505> men <0376> of the children < 1121> of Naphtali
<5321> and of the children <1121> of Zebulun < 2074>?



7 And I will draw <4900> unto thee to the river < 5158> Kishon
<7028> Sisera <5516>, the captain <8269> of Jabin's <2985> army
<6635>, with his chariots <7393> and his multitude <1995>; and I
will deliver <5414> him into thine hand <3027>.



8 And Barak <1301> said <0559> unto her, If < 0518> thou wilt go
<3212> with me, then I will go <1982>: but if < 0518> thou wilt
not go <3212> with me, [then] I will not go <3212>.



9 And she said <0559>, I will surely go <3212> with thee:
notwithstanding <0657> the journey <1870> that thou takest
<1980> shall not be for thine honour <8597>; for the LORD <3068>
shall sell <4376> Sisera <5516> into the hand < 3027> of a woman
<0802>. And Deborah <1683> arose <6965>, and went <3212> with
Barak <1301> to Kedesh <6943>.



10. And Barak <1301> called <2199> Zebulun < 2074> and Naphtali
<5321> to Kedesh <6943>; and he went <5927> up with ten <6235>
thousand <0505> men <0376> at his feet <7272>: and Deborah
<1683> went <5927> up with him.



11 Now Heber <2268> the Kenite <7014>, [which was] of the
children <1121> of Hobab <2246> the father < 2859> in law <2859>
of Moses <4872>, had severed <6504> himself from the Kenites
<7017>, and pitched <5186> his tent <0168> unto the plain <0436>
of Zaanaim, which <0834> [is] by Kedesh <6943>.



12 And they shewed <5046> Sisera <5516> that Barak <1301> the
son <1121> of Abinoam <42> was gone <5927> up to mount <2022>
Tabor <8396>.



13 And Sisera <5516> gathered <2199> together all <3605> his
chariots <7393>, [even] nine <8672> hundred < 3967> chariots
<7393> of iron <1270>, and all <3605> the people <5971> that
[were] with him, from Harosheth <2800> of the Gentiles < 1471>
unto the river <5158> of Kishon <7028>.



14 And Deborah <1683> said <0559> unto Barak < 1301>, Up; for
this <2088> [is] the day <3117> in which <0834> the LORD <3068>
hath delivered <5414> Sisera <5516> into thine hand <3027>: is
not the LORD <3068> gone <3318> out before < 6440> thee? So Barak
<1301> went <3381> down <3381> from mount < 2022> Tabor <8396>,
and ten <6235> thousand <0505> men <0376> after <0310> him.



15 And the LORD <3068> discomfited <2000> Sisera < 5516>, and
all <3605> [his] chariots <7393>, and all <3605> [his] host
<4264>, with the edge <6310> of the sword <2719> before <6440>
Barak <1301>; so that Sisera <5516> lighted < 3381> down <3381>
off <5921> [his] chariot <4818>, and fled <5127> away on his
feet <7272>.



16 But Barak <1301> pursued <7291> after <0310> the chariots
<7393>, and after <0310> the host <4264>, unto Harosheth <2800>
of the Gentiles <1471>: and all <3605> the host < 4264> of Sisera
<5516> fell <5307> upon the edge <6310> of the sword <2719>;
[and] there was not a man left <7604>.



17. Howbeit Sisera <5516> fled <5127> away on his feet <7272>
to the tent <0168> of Jael <3278> the wife < 0802> of Heber
<2268> the Kenite <7017>: for [there was] peace < 7965> between
<0996> Jabin <2985> the king <4428> of Hazor <2674> and the
house <1004> of Heber <2268> the Kenite <7017>.



18 And Jael <3278> went <3318> out to meet < 7125> Sisera <5516>,
and said <0559> unto him, Turn <5493> in, my lord <3068>, turn
<5493> in to me; fear <3372> not. And when he had turned <5493>
in unto her into the tent <0168>, she covered <3680> him with a
mantle <8063>.



19 And he said <0559> unto her, Give me, I pray < 4994> thee, a
little <4592> water <4325> to drink <8248>; for I am thirsty
<6770>. And she opened <6605> a bottle <4997> of milk <2461>,
and gave him drink <8248>, and covered <3680> him.



20 Again he said <0559> unto her, Stand <5975> in the door
<6607> of the tent <0168>, and it shall be, when < 0518> any man
<0376> doth come <0935> and enquire <7592> of thee, and say
<0559>, Is there any man <0376> here <6311>? that thou shalt say
<0559>, No <0369>.



21 Then Jael <3278> Heber's <2268> wife <0802> took <3947> a
nail <3489> of the tent <0168>, and took <7760> an hammer <4718>
in her hand <3027>, and went <0935> softly < 3814> unto him, and
smote <8628> the nail <3489> into his temples < 7451>, and
fastened <6795> it into the ground <0776>: for he was fast
asleep <7290> and weary <5774>. So he died < 4191>.



22 And, behold <2009>, as Barak <1301> pursued < 7291> Sisera
<5516>, Jael <3278> came <3318> out to meet < 7125> him, and said
<0559> unto him, Come <3212>, and I will shew < 7200> thee the
man <0376> whom <0834> thou seekest <1245>. And when he came
<0935> into her [tent], behold <2009>, Sisera < 5516> lay <5307>
dead <4191>, and the nail <3489> [was] in his temples <7451>.



23 So God <0430> subdued <3665> on that day < 3117> Jabin <2985>
the king <4428> of Canaan <3667> before <6440> the children
<1121> of Israel <3478>.



24 And the hand <3027> of the children <1121> of Israel <3478>
prospered <1980>, and prevailed <7186> against < 5921> Jabin
<2985> the king <4428> of Canaan <3667>, until <5704> they had
destroyed <3772> Jabin <2985> king <4428> of Canaan <3667>.



Judges 5



1. Then sang <7891> Deborah <1683> and Barak < 1301> the son
<1121> of Abinoam <42> on that day <3117>, saying <0559>,



2 Praise <1288> ye the LORD <3068> for the avenging of Israel
<3478>, when the people <5971> willingly <5068> offered
themselves.



3 Hear <8085>, O ye kings <4428>; give ear < 0238>, O ye princes
<7336>; I, [even] I, will sing <7891> unto the LORD <3068>; I
will sing <2167> [praise] to the LORD <3068> God < 0430> of
Israel <3478>.



4 LORD <3068>, when thou wentest <3318> out of Seir <8165>,
when thou marchedst <6805> out of the field <7704> of Edom
<0123>, the earth <0776> trembled <7493>, and the heavens <8064>
dropped <5197>, the clouds <5645> also <1571> dropped <5197>
water <4325>.



5 The mountains <2022> melted <5140> from before < 6440> the
LORD <3068>, [even] that Sinai <5514> from before < 6440> the
LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>.



6. In the days <3117> of Shamgar <8044> the son < 1121> of Anath
<6067>, in the days <3117> of Jael <3278>, the highways <0734>
were unoccupied <2308>, and the travellers walked < 3212> through
byways.



7 [The inhabitants of] the villages <6520> ceased < 2308>, they
ceased <2308> in Israel <3478>, until <5704> that I Deborah
<1683> arose <6965>, that I arose <6965> a mother <0517> in
Israel <3478>.



8 They chose <0977> new <2319> gods <0430>; then <0227> [was]
war <3901> in the gates <8179>: was there a shield <4043> or
spear <7420> seen <7200> among forty <0705> thousand <0505> in
Israel <3478>?



9 My heart <3820> [is] toward the governors <2710> of Israel
<3478>, that offered themselves willingly <5068> among the
people <5971>. Bless <1288> ye the LORD <3068>.



10 Speak <7878>, ye that ride <7392> on white < 6715> asses
<0860>, ye that sit <3427> in judgment <4055>, and walk <1980>
by the way <1870>.



11 [They that are delivered] from the noise <6963> of archers
<2686> in the places of drawing <4857> water, there shall they
rehearse <8567> the righteous <6666> acts of the LORD <3068>,
[even] the righteous <6666> acts [toward the inhabitants] of his
villages <6520> in Israel <3478>: then shall the people <5971>
of the LORD <3068> go <3381> down <3381> to the gates <8179>.



12. Awake <5782>, awake <5782>, Deborah <1683>: awake <5782>,
awake <5782>, utter <1696> a song <7892>: arise <6965>, Barak
<1301>, and lead thy captivity <7628> captive < 7617>, thou son
<1121> of Abinoam <42>.



13 Then <0227> he made him that remaineth <8300> have dominion
<7287> over the nobles <0117> among the people < 5971>: the LORD
<3068> made me have dominion <7287> over the mighty <1368>.



14 Out of Ephraim <0669> [was there] a root <8328> of them
against Amalek <6002>; after <0310> thee, Benjamin <1144>, among
thy people <5971>; out of Machir <4353> came < 3381> down <3381>
governors <2710>, and out of Zebulun <2074> they that handle
<4900> the pen <7626> of the writer <5608>.



15 And the princes <8269> of Issachar <3485> [were] with
Deborah <1683>; even Issachar <3485>, and also < 3651> Barak
<1301>: he was sent <7971> on foot <7272> into the valley <6010>.
For the divisions <6391> of Reuben <7205> [there were] great
<1419> thoughts <2711> of heart <3820>.



16 Why <4100> abodest <3427> thou among <0996> the sheepfolds
<4942>, to hear <8085> the bleatings <8292> of the flocks
<5739>? For the divisions <6391> of Reuben < 7205> [there were]
great <1419> searchings <2714> of heart <3820>.



17 Gilead <1568> abode <7931> beyond <5676> Jordan <3383>: and
why <4100> did Dan <1835> remain <1481> in ships <0591>? Asher
<0836> continued <3427> on the sea <3220> shore <2348>, and
abode <7931> in his breaches <4664>.



18 Zebulun <2074> and Naphtali <5321> [were] a people <5971>
[that] jeoparded <2778> their lives <5315> unto the death <4191>
in the high <4791> places of the field <7704>.



19 The kings <4428> came <0935> [and] fought < 3898>, then
<0227> fought <3898> the kings <4428> of Canaan <3667> in
Taanach <8590> by the waters <4325> of Megiddo < 4023>; they took
<3947> no <3808> gain <1214> of money < 3701>.



20 They fought <3898> from heaven <8064>; the stars <3556> in
their courses <4546> fought <3898> against < 5973> Sisera <5516>.



21 The river <5158> of Kishon <7028> swept < 1640> them away,
that ancient <6917> river <5158>, the river < 5158> Kishon <7028>.
O my soul <5315>, thou hast trodden <1869> down strength <5797>.



22 Then <0227> were the horsehoofs broken <1986> by the means
of the pransings <1726>, the pransings <1726> of their mighty
<47> ones.



23 Curse <0779> ye Meroz <4789>, said <0559> the angel <4397>
of the LORD <3068>, curse <0779> ye bitterly < 0779> the
inhabitants <3427> thereof; because <3588> they came <0935> not
to the help <5833> of the LORD <3068>, to the help <5833> of the
LORD <3068> against the mighty <1368>.



24. Blessed <1288> above women <0802> shall Jael < 3278> the
wife <0802> of Heber <2268> the Kenite <7017> be, blessed <1288>
shall she be above women <0802> in the tent <0168>.



25 He asked <7592> water <4325>, [and] she gave < 5414> [him]
milk <2461>; she brought <7126> forth <7126> butter <2529> in a
lordly <0117> dish <5602>.



26 She put <7971> her hand <3027> to the nail < 3489>, and her
right <3225> hand <3225> to the workmen's <6001> hammer <1989>;
and with the hammer she smote <1986> Sisera <5516>, she smote
<4277> off his head <7218>, when she had pierced < 4272> and
stricken <2498> through his temples <7451>.



27 At <0996> her feet <7272> he bowed <3766>, he fell <5307>,
he lay <7901> down <7901>: at <0996> her feet <7272> he bowed
<3766>, he fell <5307>: where <0834> he bowed <3766>, there
<8033> he fell <5307> down dead <7703>.



28 The mother <0517> of Sisera <5516> looked < 8259> out at
<1157> a window <2474>, and cried <2980> through <1157> the
lattice <0822>, Why <4069> is his chariot <7393> [so] long
<0954> in coming <0935>? why <4069> tarry < 0309> the wheels
<6471> of his chariots <4818>?



29 Her wise <2450> ladies <8282> answered < 6030> her, yea
<0637>, she returned <7725> answer <0559> to herself,



30 Have they not sped <4672>? have they [not] divided < 2505>
the prey <7998>; to every <7218> man <1397> a damsel <7356> [or]
two; to Sisera <5516> a prey <7998> of divers < 6648> colours
<6648>, a prey <7998> of divers <6648> colours <6648> of
needlework <7553>, of divers <6648> colours < 6648> of needlework
<7553> on both sides, [meet] for the necks <6677> of [them that
take] the spoil <7998>?



31 So <3651> let all <3605> thine enemies < 0341> perish <6>, O
LORD <3068>: but [let] them that love <0157> him [be] as the sun
<8121> when he goeth <3318> forth <3318> in his might <1369>.
And the land <0776> had rest <8252> forty <0705> years <8141>.



Judges 6



1. And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> did < 6213> evil
<7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>: and the LORD
<3068> delivered <5414> them into the hand < 3027> of Midian
<4080> seven <7651> years <8141>.



2 And the hand <3027> of Midian <4080> prevailed < 5810> against
<5921> Israel <3478>: [and] because <6440> of the Midianites
<4080> the children <1121> of Israel <3478> made <6213> them the
dens <4492> which <0834> [are] in the mountains < 2022>, and
caves <4631>, and strong <4679> holds <4679>.



3 And [so] it was, when <0518> Israel <3478> had sown <2232>,
that the Midianites <4080> came <5927> up, and the Amalekites
<6003>, and the children <1121> of the east < 6924>, even they
came <5927> up against <5921> them;



4 And they encamped <2583> against <5921> them, and destroyed
<7843> the increase <2981> of the earth <0776>, till <5704> thou
come <0935> unto Gaza <5804>, and left <7604> no <3808>
sustenance <4241> for Israel <3478>, neither sheep <7716>, nor
ox <7794>, nor ass <2543>.



5 For they came <5927> up with their cattle <4735> and their
tents <0168>, and they came <0935> as grasshoppers <0697> for
multitude <7230>; [for] both they and their camels < 1581> were
without <0369> number <4557>: and they entered < 0935> into the
land <0776> to destroy <7843> it.



6 And Israel <3478> was greatly <3966> impoverished <1809>
because <6440> of the Midianites <4080>; and the children <1121>
of Israel <3478> cried <2199> unto the LORD < 3068>.



7. And it came <1961> to pass, when <3588> the children <1121>
of Israel <3478> cried <2199> unto the LORD < 3068> because of
the Midianites <4080>,



8 That the LORD <3068> sent <7971> a prophet < 5030> unto the
children <1121> of Israel <3478>, which said < 0559> unto them,
Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel
<3478>, I brought <5927> you up from Egypt < 4714>, and brought
<3318> you forth <3318> out of the house <1004> of bondage
<5650>;



9 And I delivered <5337> you out of the hand <3027> of the
Egyptians <4714>, and out of the hand <3027> of all <3605> that
oppressed <3905> you, and drave <1644> them out from before
<6440> you, and gave <5414> you their land < 0776>;



10 And I said <0559> unto you, I [am] the LORD <3068> your God
<0430>; fear <3372> not the gods <0430> of the Amorites <0567>,
in whose <0834> land <0776> ye dwell <3427>: but ye have not
obeyed <8085> my voice <6963>.



11. And there came <0935> an angel <4397> of the LORD <3068>,
and sat <3427> under <8478> an oak <0424> which <0834> [was] in
Ophrah <6084>, that [pertained] unto Joash <3101> the Abiezrite
<33>: and his son <1121> Gideon <1439> threshed <2251> wheat
<2406> by the winepress <1660>, to hide <5127> [it] from the
Midianites <4080>.



12 And the angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> appeared <7200> unto
him, and said <0559> unto him, The LORD <3068> [is] with thee,
thou mighty <1368> man of valour <2428>.



13 And Gideon <1439> said <0559> unto him, Oh < 0994> my Lord
<0113>, if the LORD <3068> be with us, why < 4100> then is all
<3605> this <2063> befallen <4672> us? and where <0346> [be] all
<3605> his miracles <6381> which <0834> our fathers <1> told
<5608> us of, saying <0559>, Did <6213> not the LORD <3068>
bring <5927> us up from Egypt <4714>? but now < 6258> the LORD
<3068> hath forsaken <5203> us, and delivered < 5414> us into the
hands <3709> of the Midianites <4080>.



14 And the LORD <3068> looked <6437> upon him, and said <0559>,
Go <3212> in this <2088> thy might <3581>, and thou shalt save
<3467> Israel <3478> from the hand <3709> of the Midianites
<4080>: have not I sent <7971> thee?



15 And he said <0559> unto him, Oh <0994> my Lord <0136>,
wherewith <4100> shall I save <3467> Israel < 3478>? behold
<2009>, my family <0504> [is] poor <1800> in Manasseh <4519>,
and I [am] the least <6810> in my father's <1> house <1004>.



16 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto him, Surely <3588> I
will be with thee, and thou shalt smite <5221> the Midianites
<4080> as one <0259> man <0376>.



17 And he said <0559> unto him, If <0518> now < 4994> I have
found <4672> grace <2580> in thy sight <5869>, then shew <6213>
me a sign <0226> that thou talkest <1696> with me.



18 Depart <4185> not hence <2088>, I pray < 4994> thee, until
<5704> I come <0935> unto thee, and bring <3318> forth <3318> my
present <4503>, and set <3240> [it] before < 6440> thee. And he
said <0559>, I will tarry <3427> until <5704> thou come <7725>
again <7725>.



19 And Gideon <1439> went <0935> in, and made < 6213> ready a
kid, and unleavened <4682> cakes <4682> of an ephah <0374> of
flour <7058>: the flesh <1320> he put <7760> in a basket <5536>,
and he put <7760> the broth <4839> in a pot < 6517>, and brought
<3318> [it] out unto him under <8478> the oak < 0424>, and
presented <5066> [it].



20 And the angel <4397> of God <0430> said < 0559> unto him,
Take <3947> the flesh <1320> and the unleavened < 4682> cakes
<4682>, and lay <3241> [them] upon this <1975> rock <5553>, and
pour <8210> out the broth <4839>. And he did < 6213> so <3651>.



21 Then the angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> put < 7971> forth
<7971> the end <7097> of the staff <4938> that [was] in his hand
<3027>, and touched <5060> the flesh <1320> and the unleavened
<4682> cakes <4682>; and there rose <5927> up fire <0784> out of
the rock <6697>, and consumed <0398> the flesh < 1320> and the
unleavened <4682> cakes <2471>. Then the angel < 4397> of the
LORD <3068> departed <1980> out of his sight < 5869>.



22 And when Gideon <1439> perceived <7200> that he [was] an
angel <4397> of the LORD <3068>, Gideon <1439> said <0559>, Alas
<0160>, O Lord <0136> GOD <3069>! for because I have seen <7200>
an angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> face <6440> to face <6440>.



23 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto him, Peace <7965> [be]
unto thee; fear <3372> not: thou shalt not die <4191>.



24 Then Gideon <1439> built <1129> an altar < 4196> there <8033>
unto the LORD <3068>, and called <7121> it Jehovahshalom <3073>:
unto this <2088> day <3117> it [is] yet <5750> in Ophrah <6084>
of the Abiezrites <33>.



25. And it came <1961> to pass the same <1931> night <3915>,
that the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto him, Take < 3947> thy
father's <1> young <6499> bullock <6499>, even the second <8145>
bullock <6499> of seven <7651> years <8141> old, and throw
<2040> down <2040> the altar <4196> of Baal < 1168> that thy
father <1> hath, and cut <3772> down the grove < 0842> that [is]
by it:



26 And build <1129> an altar <4196> unto the LORD <3068> thy
God <0430> upon the top <7218> of this <2088> rock <4581>, in
the ordered <4634> place <4634>, and take <3947> the second
<8145> bullock <6499>, and offer <5927> a burnt <5930> sacrifice
with the wood <6086> of the grove <0842> which < 0834> thou shalt
cut <3772> down.



27 Then Gideon <1439> took <3947> ten <6235> men <0582> of his
servants <5650>, and did <6213> as the LORD < 3068> had said
<1696> unto him: and [so] it was, because <0834> he feared
<3372> his father's <1> household <1004>, and the men <0582> of
the city <5892>, that he could not do <6213> [it] by day <3119>,
that he did <6213> [it] by night <3915>.



28 And when the men <0582> of the city <5892> arose <7925>
early <7925> in the morning <1242>, behold < 2009>, the altar
<4196> of Baal <1168> was cast <5422> down < 5422>, and the grove
<0842> was cut <3772> down that [was] by it, and the second
<8145> bullock <6499> was offered <5927> upon the altar <4196>
[that was] built <1129>.



29 And they said <0559> one <0376> to another < 7453>, Who
<4310> hath done <6213> this <2088> thing < 1697>? And when they
enquired <1875> and asked <1245>, they said < 0559>, Gideon
<1439> the son <1121> of Joash <3101> hath done <6213> this
<2088> thing <1697>.



30 Then the men <0582> of the city <5892> said < 0559> unto
Joash <3101>, Bring <3318> out thy son <1121>, that he may die
<4191>: because <3588> he hath cast <5422> down the altar <4196>
of Baal <1168>, and because <3588> he hath cut < 3772> down the
grove <0842> that [was] by it.



31 And Joash <3101> said <0559> unto all <3605> that stood
<5975> against <5921> him, Will ye plead <7378> for Baal <1168>?
will ye save <3467> him? he that will plead <7378> for him, let
him be put to death <4191> whilst <5704> [it is yet] morning
<1242>: if <0518> he [be] a god <0430>, let him plead <7378> for
himself, because <3588> [one] hath cast <5422> down <5422> his
altar <4196>.



32 Therefore on that day <3117> he called <7121> him Jerubbaal
<3378>, saying <0559>, Let Baal <1168> plead <7378> against him,
because <3588> he hath thrown <5422> down <5422> his altar
<4196>.



33. Then all <3605> the Midianites <4080> and the Amalekites
<6003> and the children <1121> of the east < 6924> were gathered
<0622> together <3162>, and went <5674> over <5674>, and pitched
<2583> in the valley <6010> of Jezreel <3157>.



34 But the Spirit <7307> of the LORD <3068> came < 3847> upon
Gideon <1439>, and he blew <8628> a trumpet < 7782>; and Abiezer
<44> was gathered <2199> after <0310> him.



35 And he sent <7971> messengers <4397> throughout all <3605>
Manasseh <4519>; who also <1571> was gathered < 2199> after
<0310> him: and he sent <7971> messengers <4397> unto Asher
<0836>, and unto Zebulun <2074>, and unto Naphtali <5321>; and
they came <5927> up to meet <7125> them.



36 And Gideon <1439> said <0559> unto God < 0430>, If <0518>
thou wilt save <3467> Israel <3478> by mine hand < 3027>, as thou
hast said <1696>,



37 Behold <2009>, I will put <3322> a fleece < 1492> of wool
<6785> in the floor <1637>; [and] if <0518> the dew <2919> be on
<5921> the fleece <1492> only <0905>, and [it be] dry <2721>
upon all <3605> the earth <0776> [beside], then shall I know
<3045> that thou wilt save <3467> Israel <3478> by mine hand
<3027>, as thou hast said <1696>.



38 And it was so <3651>: for he rose <7925> up early <7925> on
the morrow <4283>, and thrust <2115> the fleece < 1492> together,
and wringed <4680> the dew <2919> out of the fleece <1492>, a
bowl <5602> full <4392> of water <4325>.



39 And Gideon <1439> said <0559> unto God < 0430>, Let not thine
anger <0639> be hot <2734> against me, and I will speak <1696>
but this once <6471>: let me prove <5254>, I pray < 4994> thee,
but this once <6471> with the fleece <1492>; let it now <4994>
be dry <2721> only <0905> upon the fleece <1492> , and upon all
<3605> the ground <0776> let there be dew <2919> .



40 And God <0430> did <6213> so <3651> that night <3915>: for
it was dry <2721> upon the fleece <1492> only < 0905>, and there
was dew <2919> on <5921> all <3605> the ground <0776>.



Judges 7



1. Then Jerubbaal <3378>, who <4310> [is] Gideon < 1439>, and
all <3605> the people <5971> that [were] with him, rose <7925>
up early <7925>, and pitched <2583> beside < 5921> the well
<5878> of Harod <5878>: so that the host <4264> of the
Midianites <4080> were on the north <6828> side of them, by the
hill <1389> of Moreh <4176>, in the valley < 6010>.



2 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto Gideon < 1439>, The
people <5971> that [are] with thee [are] too many < 7227> for me
to give <5414> the Midianites <4080> into their hands <3027>,
lest <6435> Israel <3478> vaunt <6286> themselves against <5921>
me, saying <0559>, Mine own hand <3027> hath saved <3467> me.



3 Now <6288> therefore go <4994> to, proclaim < 7121> in the
ears <0241> of the people <5971>, saying <0559>, Whosoever
<4310> [is] fearful <3373> and afraid <2730>, let him return
<7725> and depart <6852> early <6852> from mount <2022> Gilead
<1568>. And there returned <7725> of the people < 5971> twenty
<6242> and two <8147> thousand <0505>; and there remained <7604>
ten <6235> thousand <0505>.



4 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto Gideon < 1439>, The
people <5971> [are] yet <5750> [too] many <7227> ; bring <0338>
them down <3381> unto the water <4325>, and I will try <6884>
them for thee there <8033>: and it shall be, [that] of whom
<0834> I say <0559> unto thee, This <2088> shall go <3212> with
thee, the same <1931> shall go <3212> with thee; and of
whomsoever <0834> I say <0559> unto thee, This < 2088> shall not
go <3212> with thee, the same <1931> shall not go < 3212>.



5 So he brought <3381> down <3381> the people < 5971> unto the
water <4325>: and the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto Gideon <1439>,
Every <3605> one that lappeth <3952> of the water <4325> with
his tongue <3956>, as a dog <3611> lappeth < 3952>, him shalt
thou set <3322> by himself; likewise every <3605> one that
boweth <3766> down upon his knees <1290> to drink < 8354>.



6 And the number <4557> of them that lapped <3952>, [putting]
their hand <3027> to their mouth <6310>, were three <7969>
hundred <3967> men <0376>: but all <3605> the rest <3499> of the
people <5971> bowed <3766> down upon their knees < 1290> to drink
<8354> water <4325>.



7 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto Gideon < 1439>, By the
three <7969> hundred <3967> men <0376> that lapped <3952> will I
save <3467> you, and deliver <5414> the Midianites <4080> into
thine hand <3027>: and let all <3605> the [other] people <5971>
go <3212> every man <0376> unto his place <4725> .



8 So the people <5971> took <3947> victuals < 6720> in their
hand <3027>, and their trumpets <7782>: and he sent <7971> all
<3605> [the rest of] Israel <3478> every man < 0376> unto his
tent <0168>, and retained <2388> those three < 7969> hundred
<3967> men <0376>: and the host <4264> of Midian <4080> was
beneath <8478> him in the valley <6010>.



9. And it came <1961> to pass the same <1931> night <3915>,
that the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto him, Arise < 6965>, get
<3381> thee down <3381> unto the host <4264>; for I have
delivered <5414> it into thine hand <3027>.



10 But if <0518> thou fear <3373> to go <3381> down <3381>, go
<3381> thou with Phurah <6513> thy servant < 5288> down <3381> to
the host <4264>:



11 And thou shalt hear <8085> what <4100> they say <1696>; and
afterward <0310> shall thine hands <3027> be strengthened <2388>
to go <3381> down <3381> unto the host <4264>. Then went <3381>
he down <3381> with Phurah <6513> his servant < 5288> unto the
outside <7097> of the armed <2571> men that [were] in the host
<4264>.



12 And the Midianites <4080> and the Amalekites < 6003> and all
<3605> the children <1121> of the east <6924> lay <5307> along
in the valley <6010> like grasshoppers <0697> for multitude
<7230>; and their camels <1581> [were] without < 0369> number
<4557>, as the sand <2344> by the sea <3220> side <8193> for
multitude <7230>.



13 And when Gideon <1439> was come <0935>, behold <2009>,
[there was] a man <0376> that told <5608> a dream < 2472> unto
his fellow <7453>, and said <0559>, Behold < 2009>, I dreamed
<2492> a dream <2472>, and, lo <2009>, a cake <6742> of barley
<8184> bread <3899> tumbled <2015> into the host <4264> of
Midian <4080>, and came <0935> unto a tent < 0168>, and smote
<5221> it that it fell <5307>, and overturned < 2015> it, that
the tent <0168> lay <5307> along.



14 And his fellow <7453> answered <6030> and said <0559>, This
<2063> [is] nothing <0369> else save the sword < 2719> of Gideon
<1439> the son <1121> of Joash <3101>, a man <0376> of Israel
<3478>: [for] into his hand <3027> hath God < 0430> delivered
<5414> Midian <4080>, and all <3605> the host <4264>.



15 And it was [so], when Gideon <1439> heard <8085> the telling
<4557> of the dream <2472>, and the interpretation <7667>
thereof, that he worshipped <7812>, and returned < 7725> into
<0413> the host <4264> of Israel <3478>, and said <0559>, Arise
<6965>; for the LORD <3068> hath delivered < 5414> into your hand
<3027> the host <4264> of Midian <4080>.



16. And he divided <2673> the three <7969> hundred <3967> men
<0376> [into] three <7969> companies <7218>, and he put <5414> a
trumpet <7782> in every <3605> man's hand <3027> , with empty
<7385> pitchers <3537>, and lamps <3940> within <8432> the
pitchers <3537>.



17 And he said <0559> unto them, Look <7200> on me, and do
<6213> likewise <3651>: and, behold <2009>, when I come <0935>
to the outside <7097> of the camp <4264>, it shall be [that], as
I do <6213>, so <3651> shall ye do <6213>.



18 When I blow <8628> with a trumpet <7782>, I and all <3605>
that [are] with me, then blow <8628> ye the trumpets < 7782> also
<1571> on every <3605> side <5439> of all < 3605> the camp <4264>,
and say <0559>, [The sword] of the LORD <3068>, and of Gideon
<1439>.



19 So Gideon <1439>, and the hundred <3967> men < 0376> that
[were] with him, came <0935> unto the outside <7097> of the camp
<4264> in the beginning <7218> of the middle < 8484> watch <0821>;
and they had but newly <6965> set <6965> the watch <8104>: and
they blew <8628> the trumpets <7782>, and brake < 5310> the
pitchers <3537> that [were] in their hands <3027>.



20 And the three <7969> companies <7218> blew < 8628> the
trumpets <7782>, and brake <7665> the pitchers < 3537>, and held
<2388> the lamps <3940> in their left <8040> hands <3027>, and
the trumpets <7782> in their right <3225> hands < 3027> to blow
<8628> [withal]: and they cried <7121>, The sword < 2719> of the
LORD <3068>, and of Gideon <1439>.



21 And they stood <5975> every man <0376> in his place <8478>
round <5439> about the camp <4264>: and all < 3605> the host
<4264> ran <7323>, and cried <7321>, and fled <5127>.



22 And the three <7969> hundred <3967> blew < 8628> the trumpets
<7782>, and the LORD <3068> set <7760> every man's <0376> sword
<2719> against his fellow <7453>, even throughout all <3605> the
host <4264>: and the host <4264> fled <5127> to Bethshittah
<1029> in Zererath, [and] to the border <8193> of Abelmeholah
<65>, unto Tabbath <2888>.



23. And the men <0376> of Israel <3478> gathered < 6817>
themselves together out of Naphtali <5321>, and out of Asher
<0836>, and out of all <3605> Manasseh <4519>, and pursued
<7291> after <0310> the Midianites <4080>.



24 And Gideon <1439> sent <7971> messengers < 4397> throughout
all <3605> mount <2022> Ephraim <0669>, saying <0559>, Come
<3381> down <3381> against <7125> the Midianites <4080>, and
take <3920> before them the waters <4325> unto Bethbarah <1012>
and Jordan <3383>. Then all <3605> the men < 0376> of Ephraim
<0669> gathered <6817> themselves together, and took <3920> the
waters <4325> unto Bethbarah <1012> and Jordan < 3383>.



25 And they took <3920> two <8147> princes < 8269> of the
Midianites <4080>, Oreb <6157> and Zeeb <2062>; and they slew
<2026> Oreb <6157> upon the rock <6697> Oreb <6157>, and Zeeb
<2062> they slew <2026> at the winepress <3342> of Zeeb <2062>,
and pursued <7291> Midian <4080>, and brought < 0935> the heads
<7218> of Oreb <6157> and Zeeb <2062> to Gideon <1439> on the
other <5676> side <5676> Jordan <3383>.



Judges 8



1. And the men <0376> of Ephraim <0669> said < 0559> unto him,
Why <4100> hast thou served <6213> us thus, that thou calledst
<7121> us not, when <3588> thou wentest <1980> to fight <3898>
with the Midianites <4080>? And they did chide <7378> with him
sharply <2394>.



2 And he said <0559> unto them, What <4100> have I done <6213>
now <6288> in comparison of you? [Is] not the gleaning < 5955> of
the grapes of Ephraim <0669> better <2896> than the vintage
<1210> of Abiezer <44>?



3 God <0430> hath delivered <5414> into your hands <3027> the
princes <8269> of Midian <4080>, Oreb <6157> and Zeeb <2062>:
and what <4100> was I able <3201> to do <6213> in comparison of
you? Then <0227> their anger <7307> was abated < 7503> toward him,
when he had said <1696> that.



4. And Gideon <1439> came <0935> to Jordan < 3383>, [and] passed
<5674> over <5674>, he, and the three <7969> hundred <3967> men
<0376> that [were] with him, faint <5889>, yet pursuing <7291>
[them].



5 And he said <0559> unto the men <0582> of Succoth <5523>,
Give <5414>, I pray <4994> you, loaves <3603> of bread <3899>
unto the people <5971> that follow <7272> me; for they [be]
faint <5889>, and I am pursuing <7291> after < 0310> Zebah <2078>
and Zalmunna <6759>, kings <4428> of Midian < 4080>.



6 And the princes <8269> of Succoth <5523> said < 0559>, [Are]
the hands <3709> of Zebah <2078> and Zalmunna < 6759> now <6258>
in thine hand <3027>, that we should give <5414> bread <3899>
unto thine army <6635>?



7 And Gideon <1439> said <0559>, Therefore when the LORD <3068>
hath delivered <5414> Zebah <2078> and Zalmunna < 6759> into mine
hand <3027>, then I will tear <1758> your flesh < 1320> with the
thorns <6975> of the wilderness <4057> and with briers <1303>.



8 And he went <5927> up thence <8033> to Penuel < 6439>, and
spake <1696> unto them likewise <2063>: and the men <0582> of
Penuel <6439> answered <6030> him as the men < 0582> of Succoth
<5523> had answered <6030> [him].



9 And he spake <0559> also <1571> unto the men < 0582> of Penuel
<6439>, saying <0559>, When I come <7725> again <7725> in peace
<7965>, I will break <5422> down <5242> this tower <4026>.



10 Now Zebah <2078> and Zalmunna <6759> [were] in Karkor <7174>,
and their hosts <4264> with them, about fifteen < 6240> thousand
<0505> [men], all <3605> that were left <3498> of all <3605> the
hosts <4264> of the children <1121> of the east < 6924>: for
there fell <5307> an hundred <3967> and twenty < 6242> thousand
<0505> men <0376> that drew <8025> sword < 2719>.



11 And Gideon <1439> went <5927> up by the way < 1870> of them
that dwelt <7931> in tents <0168> on the east < 6924> of Nobah
<5025> and Jogbehah <3011>, and smote <5221> the host <4264>:
for the host <4264> was secure <0983>.



12 And when Zebah <2078> and Zalmunna <6759> fled <5127>, he
pursued <7291> after <0310> them, and took < 3920> the two <8147>
kings <4428> of Midian <4080>, Zebah <2078> and Zalmunna <6759>,
and discomfited <2729> all <3605> the host < 4264>.



13 And Gideon <1439> the son <1121> of Joash < 3101> returned
<7725> from battle <4421> before <4608> the sun <2775> [was up],



14 And caught <3920> a young <5288> man of the men <0582> of
Succoth <5523>, and enquired <7592> of him: and he described
<3789> unto him the princes <8269> of Succoth < 5523>, and the
elders <2205> thereof, [even] threescore <7657> and seventeen
<7657> men <0376>.



15 And he came <0935> unto the men <0582> of Succoth <5523>,
and said <0559>, Behold <2009> Zebah <2078> and Zalmunna <6759>,
with whom <0834> ye did upbraid <2778> me, saying < 0559>, [Are]
the hands <3709> of Zebah <2078> and Zalmunna < 6759> now <6258>
in thine hand <3027>, that we should give <5414> bread <3899>
unto thy men <0582> [that are] weary <3286>?



16 And he took <3947> the elders <2205> of the city <5892>, and
thorns <6975> of the wilderness <4057> and briers < 1303>, and
with them he taught <3045> the men <0582> of Succoth <5523>.



17 And he beat <5422> down <5242> the tower < 4026> of Penuel
<6439>, and slew <2026> the men <0582> of the city <5892>.



18. Then said <0559> he unto Zebah <2078> and Zalmunna <6759>,
What <0375> manner of men <0582> [were they] whom < 0834> ye slew
<2026> at Tabor <8396>? And they answered <0559> , As thou [art],
so <1992> [were] they; each one <0259> resembled < 8389> the
children <1121> of a king <4428>.



19 And he said <0559>, They [were] my brethren <0251> , [even]
the sons <1121> of my mother <0517>: [as] the LORD <3068> liveth
<2416>, if <3863> ye had saved <2421> them alive <2421>, I would
not slay <2026> you.



20 And he said <0559> unto Jether <3500> his firstborn <1060>,
Up, [and] slay <2026> them. But the youth <5288> drew <8025> not
his sword <2719>: for he feared <3372>, because < 3588> he [was]
yet <5750> a youth <5288>.



21 Then Zebah <2078> and Zalmunna <6759> said < 0559>, Rise
<6965> thou, and fall <6293> upon us: for as the man <0376> [is,
so is] his strength <1369>. And Gideon <1439> arose <6965>, and
slew <2026> Zebah <2078> and Zalmunna <6759>, and took <3947>
away the ornaments <7720> that [were] on their camels < 1581>'
necks <6677>.



22. Then the men <0376> of Israel <3478> said < 0559> unto
Gideon <1439>, Rule <4910> thou over us, both < 1571> thou, and
thy son <1121>, and thy son's <1121> son <1121> also <1571>: for
thou hast delivered <3467> us from the hand <3027> of Midian
<4080>.



23 And Gideon <1439> said <0559> unto them, I will not rule
<4910> over you, neither <3808> shall my son < 1121> rule <4910>
over you: the LORD <3068> shall rule <4910> over you.



24 And Gideon <1439> said <0559> unto them, I would desire
<7592> a request <7596> of you, that ye would give <5414> me
every man <0376> the earrings <5141> of his prey < 7998>. (For
they had golden <2091> earrings <5141>, because < 3588> they
[were] Ishmaelites <3459>.)



25 And they answered <0559>, We will willingly <5414> give
<5414> [them]. And they spread <6566> a garment < 8071>, and did
cast <7993> therein <8033> every man <0376> the earrings <5141>
of his prey <7998>.



26 And the weight <4948> of the golden <2091> earrings <5141>
that he requested <7592> was a thousand <0505> and seven <7651>
hundred <3967> [shekels] of gold <2091>; beside < 0905> ornaments
<7720>, and collars <5188>, and purple <0713> raiment <0899>
that [was] on <5921> the kings <4428> of Midian < 4080>, and
beside <0905> the chains <6060> that [were] about their camels
<1581>' necks <6677>.



27 And Gideon <1439> made <6213> an ephod < 0646> thereof, and
put <3322> it in his city <5892>, [even] in Ophrah <6084>: and
all <3605> Israel <3478> went thither <8033> a whoring <2181>
after <0310> it: which thing became <1961> a snare <4170> unto
Gideon <1439>, and to his house <1004>.



28 Thus was Midian <4080> subdued <3665> before < 6440> the
children <1121> of Israel <3478>, so that they lifted <5375> up
their heads <7218> no <3808> more <3254>. And the country <0776>
was in quietness <8252> forty <0705> years < 8141> in the days
<3117> of Gideon <1439>.



29. And Jerubbaal <3378> the son <1121> of Joash < 3101> went
<3212> and dwelt <3427> in his own house <1004>.



30 And Gideon <1439> had threescore <7657> and ten sons <1121>
of his body <3409> begotten <3318>: for he had < 1961> many
<7227> wives <0802>.



31 And his concubine <6370> that [was] in Shechem < 7927>, she
also <1571> bare <3205> him a son <1121>, whose <0853> name
<8034> he called <7760> Abimelech <40>.



32 And Gideon <1439> the son <1121> of Joash < 3101> died <4191>
in a good <2896> old <7872> age <7872>, and was buried <6912> in
the sepulchre <6913> of Joash <3101> his father < 1>, in Ophrah
<6084> of the Abiezrites <33>.



33 And it came <1961> to pass, as soon <0834> as Gideon <1439>
was dead <4191>, that the children <1121> of Israel <3478>
turned <7725> again <7725>, and went a whoring < 2181> after
<0310> Baalim <1168>, and made <7760> Baalberith <1170> their
god <0430>.



34 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> remembered <2142>
not the LORD <3068> their God <0430>, who had delivered <5337>
them out of the hands <3027> of all <3605> their enemies <0341>
on every <5437> side <5439>:



35 Neither <3808> shewed <6213> they kindness < 2617> to the
house <1004> of Jerubbaal <3378>, [namely], Gideon <1439>,
according to all <3605> the goodness <2896> which < 0835> he had
shewed <6213> unto Israel <3478>.



Judges 9



1. And Abimelech <40> the son <1121> of Jerubbaal <3378> went
<3212> to Shechem <7927> unto his mother's < 0517> brethren
<0251>, and communed <1696> with them, and with all <3605> the
family <4940> of the house <1004> of his mother's < 0517> father
<1>, saying <0559>,



2 Speak <1696>, I pray <4994> you, in the ears < 0241> of all
<3605> the men <1167> of Shechem <7927>, Whether <4100> [is]
better <2896> for you, either that all <3605> the sons <1121> of
Jerubbaal <3378>, [which are] threescore <7657> and ten persons
<0376>, reign <4910> over you, or that one < 0259> reign <4910>
over you? remember <2142> also that I [am] your bone < 6106> and
your flesh <1320>.



3 And his mother's <0517> brethren <0251> spake < 1696> of him
in the ears <0241> of all <3605> the men <1167> of Shechem
<7927> all <3605> these <0428> words < 1697>: and their hearts
<3820> inclined <5186> to follow Abimelech <40>; for they said
<0559>, He [is] our brother <0251>.



4 And they gave <5414> him threescore <7657> and ten [pieces]
of silver <3701> out of the house <1004> of Baalberith <1170>,
wherewith Abimelech <40> hired <7936> vain < 7386> and light
<6348> persons <0582>, which followed him.



5 And he went <0935> unto his father's <1> house < 1004> at
Ophrah <6084>, and slew <2026> his brethren < 0251> the sons
<1121> of Jerubbaal <3378>, [being] threescore < 7657> and ten
persons <0376>, upon one <0259> stone <68>: notwithstanding yet
Jotham <3147> the youngest <6996> son <1121> of Jerubbaal <3378>
was left <3498>; for he hid <2244> himself.



6 And all <3605> the men <1167> of Shechem < 7927> gathered
<0622> together, and all <3605> the house <1004> of Millo <4407>,
and went <3212>, and made Abimelech <40> king < 4428>, by the
plain <0436> of the pillar <5324> that [was] in Shechem <7927>.



7. And when they told <5046> [it] to Jotham <3147>, he went
<3212> and stood <5975> in the top <7218> of mount <2022>
Gerizim <1630>, and lifted <5375> up his voice < 6963>, and cried
<7121>, and said <0559> unto them, Hearken < 8085> unto me, ye
men <1167> of Shechem <7927>, that God <0430> may hearken <8085>
unto you.



8 The trees <6086> went <1980> forth [on a time] to anoint
<4886> a king <4428> over <5921> them; and they said <0559> unto
the olive <2132> tree, Reign <4427> thou over < 5921> us.



9 But the olive <2132> tree said <0559> unto them, Should I
leave <2308> my fatness <1880>, wherewith <0834> by me they
honour <3513> God <0430> and man <0376>, and go <1980> to be
promoted <5128> over <5921> the trees <6086>?



10 And the trees <6086> said <0559> to the fig < 8384> tree
<6086>, Come <3212> thou, [and] reign <4427> over <5921> us.



11 But the fig <8384> tree <6086> said <0559> unto them, Should
I forsake <2308> my sweetness <4987>, and my good < 2896> fruit
<8270>, and go <1980> to be promoted <5128> over <5921> the
trees <6086>?



12 Then said <0559> the trees <6086> unto the vine <1612>, Come
<3212> thou, [and] reign <4427> over <5921> us.



13 And the vine <1612> said <0559> unto them, Should I leave
<2308> my wine <8492>, which cheereth <8055> God <0430> and man
<0376>, and go <1980> to be promoted <5128> over <5921> the
trees <6086>?



14 Then said <0559> all <3605> the trees <6086> unto the
bramble <0329>, Come <3212> thou, [and] reign < 4427> over <5921>
us.



15 And the bramble <0329> said <0559> unto the trees <6086>, If
<0518> in truth <0571> ye anoint <4886> me king <4428> over
<5921> you, [then] come <0935> [and] put your trust <2620> in my
shadow <6738>: and if <0518> not, let fire < 0784> come <3318>
out of the bramble <0329>, and devour <0398> the cedars <0730>
of Lebanon <3844>.



16 Now <6258> therefore, if <0518> ye have done < 6213> truly
<0571> and sincerely <8549>, in that ye have made Abimelech <40>
king <4427>, and if <0518> ye have dealt <6213> well <2895> with
Jerubbaal <3378> and his house <1004>, and have done <6213> unto
him according to the deserving <1576> of his hands < 3027>;



17 (For my father <1> fought <3898> for you, and adventured
<7993> his life <5315> far <5048>, and delivered <5337> you out
of the hand <3027> of Midian <4080>:



18 And ye are risen <6965> up against <5921> my father's <1>
house <1004> this day <3117>, and have slain < 2026> his sons
<1121>, threescore <7657> and ten persons <0376> , upon one
<0259> stone <68>, and have made Abimelech <40>, the son <1121>
of his maidservant <0519>, king <4427> over < 5921> the men
<1167> of Shechem <7927>, because <3588> he [is] your brother
<0251>;)



19 If <0518> ye then have dealt <6213> truly < 0571> and
sincerely <8549> with Jerubbaal <3378> and with his house <1004>
this <2088> day <3117>, [then] rejoice <8055> ye in Abimelech
<40>, and let him also <1571> rejoice <8055> in you:



20 But if <0518> not, let fire <0784> come < 3318> out from
Abimelech <40>, and devour <0398> the men <1167> of Shechem
<7927>, and the house <1004> of Millo <4407>; and let fire
<0784> come <3318> out from the men <1167> of Shechem <7927>,
and from the house <1004> of Millo <4407>, and devour <0398>
Abimelech <40>.



21 And Jotham <3147> ran <7323> away, and fled < 1272>, and went
<3212> to Beer <0876>, and dwelt <3427> there <8033>, for fear
<6440> of Abimelech <40> his brother <0251>.



22. When Abimelech <40> had reigned <7786> three < 7969> years
<8141> over <5921> Israel <3478>,



23 Then God <0430> sent <7971> an evil <7451> spirit <7307>
between <0996> Abimelech <40> and the men <1167> of Shechem
<7927>; and the men <1167> of Shechem <7927> dealt treacherously
<0898> with Abimelech <40>:



24 That the cruelty <2555> [done] to the threescore < 7657> and
ten sons <1121> of Jerubbaal <3378> might come < 0935>, and their
blood <1818> be laid <7760> upon Abimelech <40> their brother
<0251>, which <0834> slew <2026> them; and upon the men <1167>
of Shechem <7927>, which <0834> aided him in the killing <2026>
of his brethren <0251>.



25 And the men <1167> of Shechem <7927> set < 7760> liers in
wait <0693> for him in the top <7218> of the mountains <2022>,
and they robbed <1497> all <3605> that came < 5674> along that
way <1870> by them: and it was told <5046> Abimelech <40>.



26 And Gaal <1603> the son <1121> of Ebed < 5651> came <0935>
with his brethren <0251>, and went <5674> over < 5674> to Shechem
<7927>: and the men <1167> of Shechem <7927> put their
confidence <0982> in him.



27 And they went <3318> out into the fields <7704>, and
gathered <1219> their vineyards <3754>, and trode < 1869> [the
grapes], and made <6213> merry <1974>, and went < 0935> into the
house <1004> of their god <0430>, and did eat < 0398> and drink
<8354>, and cursed <7043> Abimelech <40>.



28 And Gaal <1603> the son <1121> of Ebed < 5651> said <0559>,
Who <4310> [is] Abimelech <40>, and who <4310> [is] Shechem
<7927>, that we should serve <5647> him? [is] not [he] the son
<1121> of Jerubbaal <3378>? and Zebul <2083> his officer <6496>?
serve <5647> the men <0582> of Hamor <2544> the father <1> of
Shechem <7927>: for why <4100> should we serve < 5647> him?



29 And would to God this <2088> people <5971> were under my
hand <3027>! then would I remove <5493> Abimelech < 40>. And he
said <0559> to Abimelech <40>, Increase <7239> thine army <6635>,
and come <3318> out.



30 And when Zebul <2083> the ruler <8269> of the city <5892>
heard <8085> the words <1697> of Gaal <1603> the son <1121> of
Ebed <5651>, his anger <0639> was kindled <2734> .



31 And he sent <7971> messengers <4397> unto Abimelech <40>
privily <8649>, saying <0559>, Behold <2009>, Gaal <1603> the
son <1121> of Ebed <5651> and his brethren < 0251> be come <0935>
to Shechem <7927>; and, behold <2009>, they fortify <6696> the
city <5892> against <5921> thee.



32 Now <6258> therefore up by night <3915>, thou and the people
<5971> that [is] with thee, and lie in wait <0693> in the field
<7704>:



33 And it shall be, [that] in the morning <1242>, as soon as
the sun <8121> is up, thou shalt rise <7925> early <7925>, and
set <6584> upon the city <5892>: and, behold < 2009>, [when] he
and the people <5971> that [is] with him come <3318> out against
<0413> thee, then mayest thou do <6213> to them as thou shalt
find <4672> occasion <4672>.



34 And Abimelech <40> rose <6965> up, and all < 3605> the people
<5971> that [were] with him, by night <3915>, and they laid wait
<0693> against <5921> Shechem <7927> in four <0702> companies
<7218>.



35 And Gaal <1603> the son <1121> of Ebed < 5651> went <3318>
out, and stood <5975> in the entering <6607> of the gate <8179>
of the city <5892>: and Abimelech <40> rose < 6965> up, and the
people <5971> that [were] with him, from lying in wait < 3993>.



36 And when Gaal <1603> saw <7200> the people < 5971>, he said
<0559> to Zebul <2083>, Behold <2009>, there come <3381> people
<5971> down <3381> from the top <7218> of the mountains <2022>.
And Zebul <2083> said <0559> unto him, Thou seest < 7200> the
shadow <6738> of the mountains <2022> as [if they were] men
<0582>.



37 And Gaal <1603> spake <1696> again and said < 0559>, See
<2009> there come <3381> people <5971> down < 3381> by the middle
<2872> of the land <0776>, and another <0259> company <7218>
come <0935> along by the plain <0436> of Meonenim < 6049>.



38 Then said <0559> Zebul <2083> unto him, Where < 0346> [is]
now <0645> thy mouth <6310>, wherewith <0834> thou saidst <0559>,
Who <4310> [is] Abimelech <40>, that we should serve <5647>
him? [is] not this <2088> the people <5971> that thou hast
despised <3988>? go <3318> out, I pray <4994> now <6258>, and
fight <3898> with them.



39 And Gaal <1603> went <3318> out before < 6440> the men <1167>
of Shechem <7927>, and fought <3898> with Abimelech <40>.



40 And Abimelech <40> chased <7291> him, and he fled <5127>
before <6440> him, and many <7227> were overthrown <5307> [and]
wounded <2491>, [even] unto the entering <6607> of the gate
<8179>.



41 And Abimelech <40> dwelt <3427> at Arumah < 0725>: and Zebul
<2083> thrust <1644> out Gaal <1603> and his brethren <0251>,
that they should not dwell <3427> in Shechem <7927>.



42 And it came <1961> to pass on the morrow <4283>, that the
people <5971> went <3318> out into the field < 7704>; and they
told <5046> Abimelech <40>.



43 And he took <3947> the people <5971>, and divided <2673>
them into three <7969> companies <7218>, and laid wait <0693> in
the field <7704>, and looked <7200>, and, behold < 2009>, the
people <5971> [were] come <3318> forth <3318> out of the city
<5892>; and he rose <6965> up against <5921> them, and smote
<5221> them.



44 And Abimelech <40>, and the company <7218> that [was] with
him, rushed <6584> forward <6584>, and stood < 5975> in the
entering <6607> of the gate <8179> of the city < 5892>: and the
two <8147> [other] companies <7218> ran <6584> upon all <3605>
[the people] that [were] in the fields <7704>, and slew < 5221>
them.



45 And Abimelech <40> fought <3898> against the city <5892> all
<3605> that day <3117>; and he took <3920> the city <5892>, and
slew <2026> the people <5971> that [was] therein, and beat
<5422> down <5422> the city <5892>, and sowed <2232> it with
salt <4417>.



46 And when all <3605> the men <1167> of the tower <4026> of
Shechem <7927> heard <8085> [that], they entered < 0935> into
<0413> an hold <6877> of the house <1004> of the god <0410>
Berith <1286>.



47 And it was told <5046> Abimelech <40>, that all <3605> the
men <1167> of the tower <4026> of Shechem <7927> were gathered
<6908> together.



48 And Abimelech <40> gat <5927> him up to mount < 2022> Zalmon
<6756>, he and all <3605> the people <5971> that [were] with him;
and Abimelech <40> took <3947> an axe <7134> in his hand <3027>,
and cut <3772> down <3381> a bough <7754> from the trees <6086>,
and took <5375> it, and laid <7760> [it] on < 5921> his shoulder
<7926>, and said <0559> unto the people <5971> that [were] with
him, What <4100> ye have seen <7200> me do < 6213>, make haste
<4116>, [and] do <6213> as I [have done].



49 And all <3605> the people <5971> likewise < 1571> cut <3772>
down <3381> every man <0376> his bough <7754>, and followed
Abimelech <40>, and put <7760> [them] to the hold < 6877>, and
set the hold <6877> on fire <0784> upon them; so that all <3605>
the men <0582> of the tower <4026> of Shechem < 7927> died <4191>
also <1571>, about a thousand <0505> men <0376> and women <0802>.



50. Then went <3212> Abimelech <40> to Thebez < 8405>, and
encamped <2583> against <0413> Thebez <8405>, and took <3920> it.



51 But there was a strong <5797> tower <4026> within <8432> the
city <5892>, and thither <8033> fled <5127> all <3605> the men
<0582> and women <0802>, and all <3605> they of the city <5892>,
and shut <5462> [it] to them, and gat <5927> them up to the top
<1406> of the tower <4026>.



52 And Abimelech <40> came <0935> unto the tower < 4026>, and
fought <3898> against it, and went <5066> hard < 5066> unto the
door <6607> of the tower <4026> to burn <8313> it with fire
<0784>.



53 And a certain <0259> woman <0802> cast < 7993> a piece <6400>
of a millstone <7393> upon Abimelech's <40> head < 7218>, and all
to brake <7533> his skull <1538>.



54 Then he called <7121> hastily <4120> unto the young <5288>
man his armourbearer <3627>, and said <0559> unto him, Draw
<8025> thy sword <2719>, and slay <4191> me, that men say <0559>
not of me, A woman <0802> slew <2026> him. And his young <5288>
man thrust <1856> him through, and he died <4191>.



55 And when the men <0376> of Israel <3478> saw < 7200> that
Abimelech <40> was dead <4191>, they departed < 3212> every man
<0376> unto his place <4725>.



56 Thus God <0430> rendered <7725> the wickedness <7451> of
Abimelech <40>, which <0834> he did <6213> unto his father <1>,
in slaying <2026> his seventy <7657> brethren < 0251>:



57 And all <3605> the evil <7451> of the men < 0582> of Shechem
<7927> did God <0430> render <7725> upon their heads <7218>: and
upon them came <0935> the curse <7045> of Jotham < 3147> the son
<1121> of Jerubbaal <3378>.



Judges 10



1. And after <0310> Abimelech <40> there arose < 6965> to defend
<3467> Israel <3478> Tola <8439> the son < 1121> of Puah <6312>,
the son <1121> of Dodo <1734>, a man <0376> of Issachar <3485>;
and he dwelt <3427> in Shamir <8069> in mount < 2022> Ephraim
<0669>.



2 And he judged <8199> Israel <3478> twenty < 6242> and three
<7969> years <8141>, and died <4191>, and was buried <6912> in
Shamir <8069>.



3 And after <0310> him arose <6965> Jair <2971> , a Gileadite
<1569>, and judged <8199> Israel <3478> twenty <6242> and two
<8147> years <8141>.



4 And he had <1961> thirty <7970> sons <1121> that rode <7392>
on <5921> thirty <7970> ass <5895> colts < 5895>, and they had
thirty <7970> cities <5892>, which are called < 7121> Havothjair
<2334> unto this <2088> day <3117>, which < 0834> [are] in the
land <0776> of Gilead <1568>.



5 And Jair <2971> died <4191>, and was buried < 6912> in Camon
<7056>.



6. And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> did < 6213> evil
<7451> again <3254> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>, and
served <5647> Baalim <1168>, and Ashtaroth < 6252>, and the gods
<0430> of Syria <0758>, and the gods <0430> of Zidon <6721>, and
the gods <0430> of Moab <4124>, and the gods < 0430> of the
children <1121> of Ammon <5983>, and the gods < 0430> of the
Philistines <6430>, and forsook <5800> the LORD < 3068>, and
served <5647> not him.



7 And the anger <0639> of the LORD <3068> was hot <2734>
against Israel <3478>, and he sold <4376> them into the hands
<3027> of the Philistines <6430>, and into the hands <3027> of
the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>.



8 And that year <8141> they vexed <7492> and oppressed <7533>
the children <1121> of Israel <3478>: eighteen years <8141>, all
<3605> the children <1121> of Israel <3478> that [were] on the
other <5676> side <5676> Jordan <3383> in the land <0776> of the
Amorites <0567>, which <0834> [is] in Gilead < 1568>.



9 Moreover the children <1121> of Ammon <5983> passed <5674>
over <5674> Jordan <3383> to fight <3898> also <1571> against
Judah <3063>, and against Benjamin <1144>, and against the house
<1004> of Ephraim <0669>; so that Israel <3478> was sore <3966>
distressed <3334>.



10. And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> cried <2199> unto
the LORD <3068>, saying <0559>, We have sinned < 2398> against
thee, both because <3588> we have forsaken <5800> our God <0430>,
and also served <5647> Baalim <1168>.



11 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto the children <1121> of
Israel <3478>, [Did] not [I deliver you] from the Egyptians
<4714>, and from the Amorites <0567>, from the children <1121>
of Ammon <5983>, and from the Philistines <6430>?



12 The Zidonians <6722> also <1571>, and the Amalekites <6003>,
and the Maonites <4584>, did oppress <3905> you; and ye cried
<6817> to me, and I delivered <3467> you out of their hand
<3027>.



13 Yet ye have forsaken <5800> me, and served <5647> other
<0312> gods <0430>: wherefore <3651> I will deliver <3467> you
no <3808> more <3254>.



14 Go <3212> and cry <2199> unto the gods < 0430> which <0834>
ye have chosen <0977>; let them deliver <3467> you in the time
<6256> of your tribulation <6869>.



15 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> said < 0559> unto
the LORD <3068>, We have sinned <2398>: do < 6213> thou unto us
whatsoever <3605> seemeth <5869> good <2896> unto thee; deliver
<5337> us only <0389>, we pray <4994> thee, this <2088> day
<3117>.



16 And they put <5493> away <5493> the strange < 5236> gods
<0430> from among <7130> them, and served <5647> the LORD <3068>:
and his soul <5315> was grieved <7114> for the misery <5999> of
Israel <3478>.



17 Then the children <1121> of Ammon <5983> were gathered
<6817> together, and encamped <2583> in Gilead < 1568>. And the
children <1121> of Israel <3478> assembled < 0622> themselves
together, and encamped <2583> in Mizpeh <4709>.



18 And the people <5971> [and] princes <8269> of Gilead <1568>
said <0559> one <0376> to another <7453>, What <4310> man <0376>
[is he] that will begin <2490> to fight <3898> against the
children <1121> of Ammon <5983>? he shall be head < 7218> over
all <3605> the inhabitants <3427> of Gilead < 1568>.



Judges 11



1. Now Jephthah <3316> the Gileadite <1569> was a mighty <1368>
man of valour <2428>, and he [was] the son <1121> of an harlot
<2181>: and Gilead <1568> begat <3205> Jephthah <3316>.



2 And Gilead's <1568> wife <0802> bare <3205> him sons <1121>;
and his wife's <0802> sons <1121> grew <1431> up, and they
thrust <1644> out Jephthah <3316>, and said < 0559> unto him,
Thou shalt not inherit <5157> in our father's <1> house <1004>;
for thou [art] the son <1121> of a strange <0312> woman <0802>.



3 Then Jephthah <3316> fled <1272> from his brethren <0251>,
and dwelt <3427> in the land <0776> of Tob < 2897>: and there
were gathered <3950> vain <7386> men <0582> to Jephthah <3316>,
and went <3318> out with him.



4. And it came <1961> to pass in process of time < 3117>, that
the children <1121> of Ammon <5983> made war < 3898> against
<5973> Israel <3478>.



5 And it was so, that when <0834> the children <1121> of Ammon
<5983> made war <3898> against <5973> Israel <3478>, the elders
<2205> of Gilead <1568> went <3212> to fetch <3947> Jephthah
<3316> out of the land <0776> of Tob <2897>:



6 And they said <0559> unto Jephthah <3316>, Come <3212>, and
be our captain <7101>, that we may fight <3898> with the
children <1121> of Ammon <5983>.



7 And Jephthah <3316> said <0559> unto the elders <2205> of
Gilead <1568>, Did not ye hate <8130> me, and expel <1644> me
out of my father's <1> house <1004>? and why < 4069> are ye come
<0935> unto me now <6258> when <0834> ye are in distress <6887>?



8 And the elders <2205> of Gilead <1568> said < 0559> unto
Jephthah <3316>, Therefore we turn <7725> again < 7725> to thee
now <6258>, that thou mayest go <1980> with us, and fight <3898>
against the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>, and be our head
<7218> over all <3605> the inhabitants <3427> of Gilead <1568>.



9 And Jephthah <3316> said <0559> unto the elders <2205> of
Gilead <1568>, If <0518> ye bring <7725> me home <7725> again
<7725> to fight <3898> against the children < 1121> of Ammon
<5983>, and the LORD <3068> deliver <5414> them before <6440> me,
shall I be your head <7218>?



10 And the elders <2205> of Gilead <1568> said < 0559> unto
Jephthah <3316>, The LORD <3068> be witness < 8085> between
<0996> us, if <0518> we do <6213> not so < 3651> according to thy
words <1697>.



11 Then Jephthah <3316> went <3212> with the elders <2205> of
Gilead <1568>, and the people <5971> made <7760> him head <7218>
and captain <7101> over <5921> them: and Jephthah < 3316> uttered
<1696> all <3605> his words <1697> before < 6440> the LORD <3068>
in Mizpeh <4709>.



12. And Jephthah <3316> sent <7971> messengers < 4397> unto the
king <4428> of the children <1121> of Ammon < 5983>, saying
<0559>, What <4100> hast thou to do with me, that thou art come
<0935> against <0413> me to fight <3898> in my land <0776>?



13 And the king <4428> of the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>
answered <0559> unto the messengers <4397> of Jephthah <3316>,
Because <3588> Israel <3478> took <3947> away my land <0776>,
when they came <5927> up out of Egypt <4714>, from Arnon <0769>
even unto Jabbok <2999>, and unto Jordan <3383>: now <6258>
therefore restore <7725> those [lands] again <7725> peaceably
<7965>.



14 And Jephthah <3316> sent <7971> messengers < 4397> again unto
the king <4428> of the children <1121> of Ammon < 5983>:



15 And said <0559> unto him, Thus <3541> saith < 0559> Jephthah
<3316>, Israel <3478> took <3947> not away the land <0776> of
Moab <4124>, nor the land <0776> of the children < 1121> of Ammon
<5983>:



16 But when Israel <3478> came <5927> up from Egypt <4714>, and
walked <3212> through the wilderness <4057> unto the Red <5488>
sea <3220>, and came <0935> to Kadesh <6946>;



17 Then Israel <3478> sent <7971> messengers < 4397> unto the
king <4428> of Edom <0123>, saying <0559>, Let me, I pray <4994>
thee, pass <5674> through thy land <0776>: but the king <4428>
of Edom <0123> would not hearken <8085> [thereto]. And in like
<1571> manner they sent <7971> unto the king < 4428> of Moab
<4124>: but he would <14> not [consent <14>]: and Israel <3478>
abode <3427> in Kadesh <6946>.



18 Then they went <3212> along through the wilderness < 4057>,
and compassed <5437> the land <0776> of Edom < 0123>, and the
land <0776> of Moab <4124>, and came <0935> by the east side of
the land <0776> of Moab <4124>, and pitched < 2583> on the other
<5676> side <5676> of Arnon <0769>, but came <0935> not within
the border <1366> of Moab <4124>: for Arnon < 0769> [was] the
border <1366> of Moab <4124>.



19 And Israel <3478> sent <7971> messengers < 4397> unto Sihon
<5511> king <4428> of the Amorites <0567>, the king <4428> of
Heshbon <2809>; and Israel <3478> said <0559> unto him, Let us
pass <5674>, we pray <4994> thee, through thy land <0776> into
<5704> my place <4725>.



20 But Sihon <5511> trusted <0539> not Israel < 3478> to pass
<5674> through his coast <1366>: but Sihon < 5511> gathered
<0622> all <3605> his people <5971> together, and pitched <2583>
in Jahaz <3096>, and fought <3898> against < 5973> Israel <3478>.



21 And the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel < 3478> delivered
<5414> Sihon <5511> and all <3605> his people <5971> into the
hand <3027> of Israel <3478>, and they smote < 5221> them: so
Israel <3478> possessed <3423> all <3605> the land <0776> of the
Amorites <0567>, the inhabitants <3427> of that country <0776>.



22 And they possessed <3423> all <3605> the coasts <1366> of
the Amorites <0567>, from Arnon <0769> even unto Jabbok <2999>,
and from the wilderness <4057> even unto Jordan <3383> .



23 So now <6258> the LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>
hath dispossessed <3423> the Amorites <0567> from before <6440>
his people <5971> Israel <3478>, and shouldest thou possess
<3423> it?



24 Wilt not thou possess <3423> that which <0834> Chemosh
<3645> thy god <0430> giveth thee to possess < 3423>? So
whomsoever the LORD <3068> our God <0430> shall drive <3423> out
from before <6440> us, them will we possess <3423>.



25 And now <6258> [art] thou any thing better <2896> than Balak
<1111> the son <1121> of Zippor <6834>, king <4428> of Moab
<4124>? did he ever strive <7378> against <5973> Israel <3478>,
or did he ever fight <3898> against <5973> them,



26 While Israel <3478> dwelt <3427> in Heshbon < 2809> and her
towns <1323>, and in Aroer <6177> and her towns < 1323>, and in
all <3605> the cities <5892> that [be] along by the coasts
<3027> of Arnon <0769>, three <7969> hundred <3967> years
<8141>? why <4069> therefore did ye not recover < 5337> [them]
within that time <6256>?



27 Wherefore I have not sinned <2398> against thee, but thou
doest <6213> me wrong <7451> to war <3898> against me: the LORD
<3068> the Judge <8199> be judge <8199> this day <3117> between
<0996> the children <1121> of Israel <3478> and the children
<1121> of Ammon <5983>.



28 Howbeit the king <4428> of the children <1121> of Ammon
<5983> hearkened <8085> not unto the words < 1697> of Jephthah
<3316> which <0834> he sent <7971> him.



29. Then the Spirit <7307> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> upon
Jephthah <3316>, and he passed <5674> over < 5674> Gilead <1568>,
and Manasseh <4519>, and passed <5674> over < 5674> Mizpeh <4708>
of Gilead <1568>, and from Mizpeh <4708> of Gilead <1568> he
passed <5674> over <5674> [unto] the children < 1121> of Ammon
<5983>.



30 And Jephthah <3316> vowed <5087> a vow < 5088> unto the LORD
<3068>, and said <0559>, If <0518> thou shalt without fail
deliver <5414> the children <1121> of Ammon < 5983> into mine
hands <3027>,



31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever <0834> cometh < 3318> forth
<3318> of the doors <1817> of my house <1004> to meet <7125> me,
when I return <7725> in peace <7965> from the children <1121> of
Ammon <5983>, shall surely be the LORD'S <3068>, and I will
offer <5927> it up for a burnt <5930> offering.



32 So Jephthah <3316> passed <5674> over <5674> unto the
children <1121> of Ammon <5983> to fight <3898> against them;
and the LORD <3068> delivered <5414> them into his hands <3027>.



33 And he smote <5221> them from Aroer <6177>, even till <5704>
thou come <0935> to Minnith <4511>, [even] twenty < 6242> cities
<5892>, and unto the plain <58> of the vineyards < 3754>, with a
very <3966> great <1419> slaughter <4347>. Thus the children
<1121> of Ammon <5983> were subdued <3665> before <6440> the
children <1121> of Israel <3478>.



34 And Jephthah <3316> came <0935> to Mizpeh < 4709> unto his
house <1004>, and, behold <2009>, his daughter < 1323> came
<3318> out to meet <7125> him with timbrels < 8596> and with
dances <4246>: and she [was his] only <3173> child <3173>;
beside her he had neither <0369> son <1121> nor < 0176> daughter
<1323>.



35 And it came <1961> to pass, when he saw <7200> her, that he
rent <7167> his clothes <0899>, and said <0559>, Alas <0160>, my
daughter <1323>! thou hast brought <3766> me very low <3766>,
and thou art one of them that trouble <5916> me: for I have
opened <6475> my mouth <6310> unto the LORD < 3068>, and I cannot
go <7725> back <7725>.



36 And she said <0559> unto him, My father <1>, [if] thou hast
opened <6475> thy mouth <6310> unto the LORD < 3068>, do <6213>
to me according to that which <0834> hath proceeded < 3318> out
of thy mouth <6310>; forasmuch as the LORD <3068> hath taken
<6213> vengeance <5360> for thee of thine enemies < 0341>, [even]
of the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>.



37 And she said <0559> unto her father <1>, Let this <2088>
thing <1697> be done <6213> for me: let me alone < 7503> two
<8147> months <2320>, that I may go <3212> up and down <3381>
upon the mountains <2022>, and bewail <1058> my virginity <1331>,
I and my fellows <7464>.



38 And he said <0559>, Go <3212>. And he sent < 7971> her away
[for] two <8147> months <2320>: and she went < 3212> with her
companions <7464>, and bewailed <1058> her virginity <1331> upon
the mountains <2022>.



39 And it came <1961> to pass at the end <7093> of two <8147>
months <2320>, that she returned <7725> unto her father <1>, who
did <6213> with her [according] to his vow <5088> which <0834>
he had vowed <5087>: and she knew <3045> no < 3808> man <0376>.
And it was a custom <2706> in Israel <3478>,



40 [That] the daughters <1121> of Israel <3478> went <3212>
yearly <3117> to lament <8567> the daughter < 1323> of Jephthah
<3316> the Gileadite <1569> four <0702> days <3117> in a year
<8141>.



Judges 12



1. And the men <0376> of Ephraim <0669> gathered < 6817>
themselves together, and went <5674> northward <6828>, and said
<0559> unto Jephthah <3316>, Wherefore <4069> passedst <5674>
thou over <5674> to fight <3898> against the children <1121> of
Ammon <5983>, and didst <6213> not call <7121> us to go <3212>
with thee? we will burn <8313> thine house <1004> upon thee with
fire <0784>.



2 And Jephthah <3316> said <0559> unto them, I and my people
<5971> were at great <3699> strife <7379> with the children
<1121> of Ammon <5983>; and when I called <2199> you, ye
delivered <3467> me not out of their hands <3027>.



3 And when I saw <7200> that ye delivered <3467> [me] not, I
put <7760> my life <5315> in my hands <3709>, and passed <5674>
over <5674> against <0413> the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>,
and the LORD <3068> delivered <5414> them into my hand <3027>:
wherefore <4100> then are ye come <5927> up unto me this <2088>
day <3117>, to fight <3898> against me?



4 Then Jephthah <3316> gathered <6908> together all <3605> the
men <0582> of Gilead <1568>, and fought <3898> with Ephraim
<0669>: and the men <0582> of Gilead <1568> smote <5221> Ephraim
<0669>, because <3588> they said <0559>, Ye Gileadites <1569>
[are] fugitives <6412> of Ephraim <0669> among < 8432> the
Ephraimites <0669>, [and] among <8432> the Manassites <4519>.



5 And the Gileadites <1569> took <3920> the passages <4569> of
Jordan <3383> before the Ephraimites <0669>: and it was [so],
that when those Ephraimites <0669> which were escaped < 6412>
said <0559>, Let me go <5674> over <5674>; that the men <0582>
of Gilead <1568> said <0559> unto him, [Art] thou an Ephraimite
<0673>? If he said <0559>, Nay <3808>;



6 Then said <0559> they unto him, Say <0559> now < 4994>
Shibboleth <7641>: and he said <0559> Sibboleth < 5451>: for he
could not frame <3559> to pronounce <1696> [it] right <3651>.
Then they took <0270> him, and slew <7819> him at < 0413> the
passages <4569> of Jordan <3383>: and there fell < 5307> at that
time <6256> of the Ephraimites <0669> forty < 0705> and two
<8147> thousand <0505>.



7 And Jephthah <3316> judged <8199> Israel < 3478> six <8337>
years <8141>. Then died <4191> Jephthah <3316> the Gileadite
<1569>, and was buried <6912> in [one of] the cities <5892> of
Gilead <1568>.



8. And after <0310> him Ibzan <78> of Bethlehem < 1035> judged
<8199> Israel <3478>.



9 And he had <1961> thirty <7970> sons <1121>, and thirty
<7970> daughters <1121>, [whom] he sent <7971> abroad <2351>,
and took <0935> in thirty <7970> daughters < 1121> from abroad
<2351> for his sons <1121>. And he judged <8199> Israel <3478>
seven <7651> years <8141>.



10 Then died <4191> Ibzan <78>, and was buried < 6912> at
Bethlehem <1035>.



11 And after <0310> him Elon <0356>, a Zebulonite <2075>,
judged <8199> Israel <3478>; and he judged < 8199> Israel <3478>
ten <6235> years <8141>.



12 And Elon <0356> the Zebulonite <2075> died < 4191>, and was
buried <6912> in Aijalon <0357> in the country < 0776> of Zebulun
<2074>.



13 And after <0310> him Abdon <5658> the son < 1121> of Hillel
<1985>, a Pirathonite <6553>, judged <8199> Israel <3478>.



14 And he had <1961> forty <0705> sons <1121> and thirty <7970>
nephews <1121>, that rode <7392> on <5921> threescore <7657> and
ten ass <5895> colts <5895>: and he judged < 8199> Israel <3478>
eight <8083> years <8141>.



15 And Abdon <5658> the son <1121> of Hillel < 1985> the
Pirathonite <6553> died <4191>, and was buried < 6912> in
Pirathon <6552> in the land <0776> of Ephraim < 0669>, in the
mount <2022> of the Amalekites <6003>.



Judges 13



1. And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> did < 6213> evil
<7451> again <3254> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>; and
the LORD <3068> delivered <5414> them into the hand <3027> of
the Philistines <6430> forty <0705> years <8141> .



2 And there was a certain <0259> man <0376> of Zorah <6681>, of
the family <4940> of the Danites <1839>, whose name <8034> [was]
Manoah <4495>; and his wife <0802> [was] barren < 6135>, and bare
<3205> not.



3 And the angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> appeared <7200> unto
the woman <0802>, and said <0559> unto her, Behold <2009> now
<4994>, thou [art] barren <6135>, and bearest < 3205> not: but
thou shalt conceive <2030>, and bear <3205> a son < 1121>.



4 Now <6258> therefore beware <8104>, I pray < 4994> thee, and
drink <8354> not wine <3196> nor strong drink < 7941>, and eat
<0398> not any <3605> unclean <2931> [thing]:



5 For, lo <2009>, thou shalt conceive <2030>, and bear <3205> a
son <1121>; and no <3808> razor <4177> shall come <5927> on
<5921> his head <7218>: for the child <5288> shall be a Nazarite
<5139> unto God <0430> from the womb <0990>: and he shall begin
<2490> to deliver <3467> Israel <3478> out of the hand <3027> of
the Philistines <6430>.



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 <4758> [was] like the countenance
<4758> of an angel <4397> of God <0430>, very <3966> terrible
<3372>: but I asked <7592> him not whence he [was], neither
<3808> told <5046> he me his name <8034>:



7 But he said <0559> unto me, Behold <2009>, thou shalt
conceive <2030>, and bear <3205> a son <1121>; and now <6258>
drink <7941> no <0408> wine <3196> nor strong drink <8354>,
neither <0408> eat <0398> any <3605> unclean <2932> [thing]: for
the child <5288> shall be a Nazarite <5139> to God <0430> from
the womb <0990> to the day <3117> of his death < 4194>.



8. Then Manoah <4495> intreated <6279> the LORD < 3068>, and
said <0559>, O my Lord <3068>, let the man < 0376> of God <0430>
which <0834> thou didst <6213> send <7971> come <0935> again
<5750> unto us, and teach <3384> us what <4100> we shall do
<6213> unto the child <5288> that shall be born < 3205>.



9 And God <0430> hearkened <8085> to the voice < 6963> of Manoah
<4495>; and the angel <4397> of God <0430> came <0935> again
<5750> unto the woman <0802> as she sat <3427> in the field
<7704>: but Manoah <4495> her husband <0376> [was] not with her.



10 And the woman <0802> made haste <4116>, and ran <7323>, and
shewed <5046> her husband <0376>, and said < 0559> unto him,
Behold <2009>, the man <0376> hath appeared < 7200> unto me, that
came <0935> unto me the [other] day <3117>.



11 And Manoah <4495> arose <6965>, and went < 3212> after <0310>
his wife <0802>, and came <0935> to the man < 0376>, and said
<0559> unto him, [Art] thou the man <0376> that spakest <1696>
unto the woman <0802>? And he said <0559>, I [am].



12 And Manoah <4495> said <0559>, Now <6258> let thy words
<1697> come <0935> to pass <0935>. How < 4100> shall we order
<4941> the child <5288>, and [how] shall we do < 4640> unto him?



13 And the angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> said < 0559> unto
Manoah <4495>, Of all <3605> that I said <0559> unto the woman
<0802> let her beware <8104>.



14 She may not eat <0398> of any <3605> [thing] that cometh
<3318> of the vine <1612>, neither <0408> let her drink <8354>
wine <3196> or strong drink <7941>, nor <0408> eat <0398> any
<3605> unclean <2932> [thing]: all <3605> that I commanded
<6680> her let her observe <8104>.



15. And Manoah <4495> said <0559> unto the angel < 4397> of the
LORD <3068>, I pray <4994> thee, let us detain < 6113> thee,
until <5704> we shall have made <6213> ready a kid for thee.



16 And the angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> said < 0559> unto
Manoah <4495>, Though <0518> thou detain <6113> me, I will not
eat <0398> of thy bread <3899>: and if <0518> thou wilt offer
<6213> a burnt <5930> offering, thou must offer < 5927> it unto
the LORD <3068>. For Manoah <4495> knew <3045> not that he [was]
an angel <4397> of the LORD <3068>.



17 And Manoah <4495> said <0559> unto the angel < 4397> of the
LORD <3068>, What <4310> [is] thy name <8034>, that when <3588>
thy sayings <1697> come <0935> to pass <0935> we may do thee
honour <3513>?



18 And the angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> said < 0559> unto him,
Why <4100> askest <7592> thou thus <2088> after my name <8034>,
seeing it [is] secret <6383>?



19 So Manoah <4495> took <3947> a kid with a meat offering
<4503>, and offered <5927> [it] upon a rock < 6697> unto the LORD
<3068>: and [the angel] did <6213> wondrously < 6381>; and Manoah
<4495> and his wife <0802> looked <7200> on.



20 For it came <1961> to pass, when the flame <3851> went
<5927> up toward heaven <8064> from off <5921> the altar <4196>,
that the angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> ascended < 5927> in the
flame <3851> of the altar <4196>. And Manoah < 4495> and his wife
<0802> looked <7200> on [it], and fell <5307> on <5921> their
faces <6440> to the ground <0776>.



21 But the angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> did no <3808> more
<3254> appear <7200> to Manoah <4495> and to his wife <0802>.
Then <0227> Manoah <4495> knew <3045> that he [was] an angel
<4397> of the LORD <3068>.



22 And Manoah <4495> said <0559> unto his wife < 0802>, We shall
surely die <4191>, because <3588> we have seen < 7200> God <0430>.



23 But his wife <0802> said <0559> unto him, If < 3863> the LORD
<3068> were pleased <2654> to kill <4191> us, he would not have
received <3947> a burnt <5930> offering and a meat offering
<4503> at our hands <3027>, neither <3808> would he have shewed
<7200> us all <3605> these <0428> [things], nor <3908> would as
at this time <6256> have told <8085> us [such things] as these
<2063>.



24. And the woman <0802> bare <3205> a son < 1121>, and called
<7121> his name <8034> Samson <8123>: and the child <5288> grew
<1431>, and the LORD <3068> blessed <1288> him.



25 And the Spirit <7307> of the LORD <3068> began <2490> to
move <6470> him at times in the camp <4264> of Dan <1835>
between <0996> Zorah <6681> and Eshtaol <0847>.



Judges 14



1. And Samson <8123> went <3381> down <3381> to Timnath <8553>,
and saw <7200> a woman <0802> in Timnath <8553> of the daughters
<1121> of the Philistines <6430>.



2 And he came <5927> up, and told <5046> his father <1> and his
mother <0517>, and said <0559>, I have seen < 7200> a woman
<0802> in Timnath <8553> of the daughters <1121> of the
Philistines <6430>: now <6258> therefore get < 3947> her for me
to wife <0802>.



3 Then his father <1> and his mother <0517> said < 0559> unto
him, [Is there] never <0369> a woman <0802> among the daughters
<1121> of thy brethren <0251>, or among all < 3605> my people
<5971>, that thou goest <1980> to take <3947> a wife <0802> of
the uncircumcised <6189> Philistines <6430>? And Samson <8123>
said <0559> unto his father <1>, Get <3947> her for me; for she
pleaseth me well.



4 But his father <1> and his mother <0517> knew < 3045> not that
it [was] of the LORD <3068>, that he sought <1245> an occasion
<8385> against the Philistines <6430>: for at that time <6256>
the Philistines <6430> had dominion <4910> over Israel <3478>.



5 Then went <3381> Samson <8123> down <3381>, and his father
<1> and his mother <0517>, to Timnath <8553>, and came <0935> to
the vineyards <3754> of Timnath <8553>: and, behold <2009>, a
young <3715> lion <0738> roared <7580> against <7125> him.



6 And the Spirit <7307> of the LORD <3068> came < 6743> mightily
upon him, and he rent <8156> him as he would have rent < 8156> a
kid <1423>, and [he had] nothing in his hand <3027>: but he told
<5046> not his father <1> or his mother <0517> what he had done
<6213>.



7 And he went <3381> down <3381>, and talked < 1696> with the
woman <0802>; and she pleased Samson <8123> well.



8 And after a time <3117> he returned <7725> to take <3947> her,
and he turned <5493> aside to see <7200> the carcase <4658> of
the lion <0738>: and, behold <2009>, [there was] a swarm <5712>
of bees <1682> and honey <1706> in the carcase < 1472> of the
lion <0738>.



9 And he took <7287> thereof in his hands <3709>, and went
<3212> on eating <0398>, and came <1980> to his father <1> and
mother <0517>, and he gave <5414> them, and they did eat <0398>:
but he told <5046> not them that he had taken <7287> the honey
<1706> out of the carcase <1472> of the lion < 0738>.



10. So his father <1> went <3381> down <3381> unto the woman
<0802>: and Samson <8123> made <6213> there < 8033> a feast
<4960>; for so <3651> used the young <0970> men to do <6213>.



11 And it came <1961> to pass, when they saw <7200> him, that
they brought <3947> thirty <7970> companions < 4828> to be with
him.



12 And Samson <8123> said <0559> unto them, I will now <4994>
put <2330> forth <2330> a riddle <2420> unto you: if <0518> ye
can certainly declare <5046> it me within the seven < 7651> days
<3117> of the feast <4960>, and find <4672> [it] out, then I
will give <5414> you thirty <7970> sheets <5466> and thirty
<7970> change <2487> of garments <0899>:



13 But if <0518> ye cannot declare <5046> [it] me, then shall
ye give <5414> me thirty <7970> sheets <5466> and thirty <7970>
change <2487> of garments <0899>. And they said < 0559> unto him,
Put <2330> forth <2330> thy riddle <2420>, that we may hear
<8085> it.



14 And he said <0559> unto them, Out of the eater < 0398> came
<3318> forth <3318> meat <3978>, and out of the strong <5794>
came <3318> forth <3318> sweetness <4966>. And they could <3201>
not in three <7969> days <3117> expound <5046> the riddle <2420>.



15 And it came <1961> to pass on the seventh <7637> day <3117>,
that they said <0559> unto Samson's <8123> wife < 0802>, Entice
<6601> thy husband <0376>, that he may declare < 5046> unto us
the riddle <2420>, lest <6435> we burn <8313> thee and thy
father's <1> house <1004> with fire <0784>: have ye called
<7121> us to take <3423> that we have? [is it] not [so]?



16 And Samson's <8123> wife <0802> wept <1058> before <5921>
him, and said <0559>, Thou dost but hate <8130> me, and lovest
<0157> me not: thou hast put <2330> forth <2330> a riddle <2420>
unto the children <1121> of my people <5971>, and hast not told
<5046> [it] me. And he said <0559> unto her, Behold <2009>, I
have not told <5046> [it] my father <1> nor < 3908> my mother
<0517>, and shall I tell <5046> [it] thee?



17 And she wept <1058> before <5921> him the seven <7651> days
<3117>, while their feast <4960> lasted <1961>: and it came
<1961> to pass on the seventh <7637> day <3117>, that he told
<5046> her, because <3588> she lay sore upon him: and she told
<5046> the riddle <2420> to the children <1121> of her people
<5971>.



18 And the men <0582> of the city <5892> said < 0559> unto him
on the seventh <7637> day <3117> before <2962> the sun <2775>
went <0935> down, What <4100> [is] sweeter < 4966> than honey
<1706>? and what <4100> [is] stronger <5794> than a lion <0738>?
And he said <0559> unto them, If <3883> ye had not plowed <2790>
with my heifer <5697>, ye had not found <4672> out my riddle
<2420>.



19 And the Spirit <7307> of the LORD <3068> came < 6743> upon
him, and he went <3381> down <3381> to Ashkelon < 0831>, and slew
<5221> thirty <7970> men <0376> of them, and took <3947> their
spoil <2488>, and gave <5414> change <2487> of garments unto
them which expounded <5046> the riddle <2420>. And his anger
<0639> was kindled <2734>, and he went <5927> up to his father's
<1> house <1004>.



20 But Samson's <8123> wife <0802> was [given] to his companion
<4828>, whom <0834> he had used as his friend < 7462>.



Judges 15



1. But it came <1961> to pass within a while after, in the time
<3117> of wheat <2406> harvest <7105>, that Samson <8123>
visited <6485> his wife <0802> with a kid; and he said <0559>, I
will go <0935> in to my wife <0802> into the chamber <2315>. But
her father <1> would not suffer <5414> him to go < 0935> in.



2 And her father <1> said <0559>, I verily < 0559> thought
<0559> that thou hadst utterly hated <8130> her; therefore I
gave <5414> her to thy companion <4828>: [is] not her younger
<6996> sister <0269> fairer <2896> than she? take <1961> her, I
pray <4994> thee, instead <8478> of her.



3 And Samson <8123> said <0559> concerning them, Now <6471>
shall I be more blameless <5352> than the Philistines < 6430>,
though <3588> I do <6213> them a displeasure < 7451>.



4 And Samson <8123> went <3212> and caught < 3920> three <7969>
hundred <3967> foxes <7776>, and took <3947> firebrands <3940>,
and turned <6437> tail <2180> to tail <2180>, and put <7760> a
firebrand <3940> in the midst <8432> between < 0996> two <8147>
tails <2180>.



5 And when he had set the brands <3940> on fire < 0784>, he let
[them] go <7971> into the standing <7054> corn < 7054> of the
Philistines <6430>, and burnt <1197> up both the shocks <1430>,
and also <5704> the standing <7054> corn <7054>, with the
vineyards <3754> [and] olives <2132>.



6 Then the Philistines <6430> said <0559>, Who < 4310> hath done
<6213> this <2063>? And they answered <0559>, Samson <8123>, the
son <2860> in law <2859> of the Timnite <8554>, because <3588>
he had taken <3947> his wife <0802>, and given < 5414> her to his
companion <4828>. And the Philistines <6430> came < 5927> up, and
burnt <8313> her and her father <1> with fire < 0784>.



7 And Samson <8123> said <0559> unto them, Though <0518> ye
have done <6213> this <2063>, yet will I be avenged <5358> of
you, and after <0310> that I will cease <2308>.



8 And he smote <5221> them hip <7785> and thigh < 3409> with a
great <1419> slaughter <4347>: and he went < 3381> down <3381>
and dwelt <3427> in the top <5585> of the rock < 5553> Etam
<5862>.



9. Then the Philistines <6430> went <5927> up, and pitched
<2583> in Judah <3063>, and spread <5203> themselves in Lehi
<3896>.



10 And the men <0376> of Judah <3063> said < 0559>, Why <4100>
are ye come <5927> up against <5921> us? And they answered
<0559>, To bind <0631> Samson <8123> are we come <5927> up, to
do <6213> to him as he hath done <6213> to us.



11 Then three <7969> thousand <0505> men <0376> of Judah <3063>
went <3381> to the top <5585> of the rock <5553> Etam <5862>,
and said <0559> to Samson <8123>, Knowest <3045> thou not that
the Philistines <6430> [are] rulers <4910> over us? what <4100>
[is] this <2063> [that] thou hast done <6213> unto us? And he
said <0559> unto them, As they did <6213> unto me, so <3651>
have I done <6213> unto them.



12 And they said <0559> unto him, We are come <3381> down
<3381> to bind <0631> thee, that we may deliver < 5414> thee into
the hand <3027> of the Philistines <6430>. And Samson <8123>
said <0559> unto them, Swear <7650> unto me, that ye will not
fall <6293> upon me yourselves <0859>.



13 And they spake <0559> unto him, saying <0559>, No <3808>;
but we will bind <0631> thee fast, and deliver <5414> thee into
their hand <3027>: but surely we will not kill <4191> thee. And
they bound <0631> him with two <8147> new <2319> cords <5688>,
and brought <5927> him up from the rock <5553>.



14 [And] when he came <0935> unto Lehi <3896>, the Philistines
<6430> shouted <7321> against <7125> him: and the Spirit <7307>
of the LORD <3068> came mightily upon him, and the cords <5688>
that [were] upon his arms <2220> became <1961> as flax <6593>
that was burnt <1197> with fire <0784>, and his bands <0612>
loosed <4549> from off <5921> his hands <3027>.



15 And he found <4672> a new <2961> jawbone < 3895> of an ass
<2543>, and put <7971> forth <7971> his hand <3027>, and took
<3947> it, and slew <5221> a thousand <0505> men <0376>
therewith.



16 And Samson <8123> said <0559>, With the jawbone <3895> of an
ass <2543>, heaps <2565> upon heaps <2565>, with the jaw <3895>
of an ass <2543> have I slain <5221> a thousand < 0505> men
<0376>.



17 And it came <1961> to pass, when he had made an end < 3615>
of speaking <1696>, that he cast <7993> away the jawbone <3895>
out of his hand <3027>, and called <7121> that place <4725>
Ramathlehi <7437>.



18. And he was sore <3966> athirst <6770>, and called <7121> on
<0413> the LORD <3068>, and said <0559>, Thou hast given <5414>
this <2063> great <1419> deliverance <8668> into the hand <3027>
of thy servant <5650>: and now <6258> shall I die < 4191> for
thirst <6772>, and fall <5307> into the hand < 3027> of the
uncircumcised <6189>?



19 But God <0430> clave <1234> an hollow <4388> place that
[was] in the jaw <3895>, and there came <3318> water <4325>
thereout; and when he had drunk <8354>, his spirit < 7307> came
<7725> again <7725>, and he revived <2421>: wherefore <4100> he
called <7121> the name <8034> thereof Enhakkore < 5875>, which
<0834> [is] in Lehi <3896> unto this <2063> day <3117>.



20 And he judged <8199> Israel <3478> in the days <3117> of the
Philistines <6430> twenty <6242> years <8141>.



Judges 16



1. Then went <3212> Samson <8123> to Gaza < 5804>, and saw
<7200> there <8033> an harlot <2181>, and went <0935> in unto
her.



2 [And it was told] the Gazites <5841>, saying <0559> , Samson
<8123> is come <0935> hither. And they compassed < 5437> [him] in,
and laid wait <0693> for him all <3605> night < 3915> in the
gate <8179> of the city <5892>, and were quiet < 2790> all <3605>
the night <3915>, saying <0559>, In the morning < 1242>, when
<5704> it is day <1242>, we shall kill <2026> him.



3 And Samson <8123> lay <7901> till <5704> midnight, and arose
<6965> at midnight, and took <0270> the doors < 1817> of the gate
<8179> of the city <5892>, and the two <8147> posts <4201>, and
went <5265> away <5265> with them, bar <1280> and all <5973>,
and put <7760> [them] upon his shoulders <3802>, and carried
<5927> them up to the top <7218> of an hill < 2022> that [is]
before Hebron <2275>.



4. And it came <1961> to pass afterward, that he loved < 0157> a
woman <0802> in the valley <5158> of Sorek < 7796>, whose name
<8034> [was] Delilah <1807>.



5 And the lords <5633> of the Philistines <6430> came <5927> up
unto her, and said <0559> unto her, Entice <6601> him, and see
<7200> wherein <4100> his great <1419> strength <3581> [lieth],
and by what <4100> [means] we may prevail <3201> against him,
that we may bind <0631> him to afflict <6031> him: and we will
give <5414> thee every <0376> one <0376> of us eleven hundred
<3967> [pieces] of silver <3701>.



6 And Delilah <1807> said <0559> to Samson < 8123>, Tell <5046>
me, I pray <4994> thee, wherein <4100> thy great < 1419> strength
<3581> [lieth], and wherewith <4100> thou mightest be bound
<0631> to afflict <6031> thee.



7 And Samson <8123> said <0559> unto her, If < 0518> they bind
<0631> me with seven <7651> green <3892> withs <3499> that were
never <3808> dried <2717>, then shall I be weak < 2470>, and be
as another <0259> man <0120>.



8 Then the lords <5633> of the Philistines <6430> brought
<5927> up to her seven <7651> green <3892> withs <3499> which
<0834> had not been dried <2717>, and she bound < 0631> him with
them.



9 Now [there were] men lying in wait <0693>, abiding < 3427>
with her in the chamber <2315>. And she said <0559> unto him,
The Philistines <6430> [be] upon thee, Samson <8123>. And he
brake <5423> the withs <3499>, as a thread < 6616> of tow <5296>
is broken <5423> when it toucheth <7306> the fire < 0784>. So his
strength <3581> was not known <3045>.



10 And Delilah <1807> said <0559> unto Samson < 8123>, Behold
<2009>, thou hast mocked <2048> me, and told < 1696> me lies
<3576>: now <6258> tell <5046> me, I pray < 4994> thee, wherewith
<4100> thou mightest be bound <0631>.



11 And he said <0559> unto her, If <0518> they bind <0631> me
fast with new <2319> ropes <5688> that never < 3808> were
occupied, then shall I be weak <2470>, and be as another <0259>
man <0120>.



12 Delilah <1807> therefore took <3947> new < 2319> ropes <5688>,
and bound <0631> him therewith, and said <0559> unto him, The
Philistines <6430> [be] upon thee, Samson <8123>. And [there
were] liers in wait <0693> abiding <3427> in the chamber <2315>.
And he brake <5423> them from off <5921> his arms < 2220> like a
thread <2339>.



13 And Delilah <1807> said <0559> unto Samson < 8123>, Hitherto
thou hast mocked <2048> me, and told <1696> me lies <3576>: tell
<5046> me wherewith <0834> thou mightest be bound < 0631>. And he
said <0559> unto her, If <0518> thou weavest < 0707> the seven
<7651> locks <4253> of my head <7218> with the web <4545>.



14 And she fastened <8628> [it] with the pin <3489>, and said
<0559> unto him, The Philistines <6430> [be] upon thee, Samson
<8123>. And he awaked <3364> out of his sleep < 8142>, and went
<5265> away <5265> with the pin <3489> of the beam <0708>, and
with the web <4545>.



15 And she said <0559> unto him, How <0349> canst thou say
<0559>, I love <0157> thee, when thine heart < 3820> [is] not
with me? thou hast mocked <2048> me these <2088> three <7969>
times <6471>, and hast not told <5046> me wherein < 4100> thy
great <1419> strength <3581> [lieth].



16 And it came <1961> to pass, when <3588> she pressed <6693>
him daily <3117> with her words <1697>, and urged < 0509> him,
[so] that his soul <5315> was vexed <7114> unto death <4191>;



17 That he told <5046> her all <3605> his heart < 3820>, and
said <0559> unto her, There hath not come <5927> a razor <4177>
upon mine head <7218>; for I [have been] a Nazarite < 5139> unto
God <0430> from my mother's <0517> womb <0990>: if <0518> I be
shaven <1548>, then my strength <3581> will go < 5493> from me,
and I shall become <2470> weak <2470>, and be like any <3605>
[other] man <0120>.



18. And when Delilah <1807> saw <7200> that he had told <5046>
her all <3605> his heart <3820>, she sent <7971> and called
<7121> for the lords <5633> of the Philistines < 6430>, saying
<0559>, Come <5927> up this once <6471>, for he hath shewed
<5046> me all <3605> his heart <3820>. Then the lords <5633> of
the Philistines <6430> came <5927> up unto her, and brought
<5927> money <3701> in their hand <3027>.



19 And she made him sleep <3462> upon her knees < 1290>; and she
called <7121> for a man <0376>, and she caused him to shave
<1548> off the seven <7651> locks <4253> of his head <7218>; and
she began <2490> to afflict <6031> him, and his strength <3581>
went <5493> from him.



20 And she said <0559>, The Philistines <6430> [be] upon thee,
Samson <8123>. And he awoke <3364> out of his sleep <8142>, and
said <0559>, I will go <3318> out as at other times <6471>
before <6471>, and shake <5287> myself. And he wist <3045> not
that the LORD <3068> was departed <5493> from him.



21 But the Philistines <6430> took <0270> him, and put <5365>
out his eyes <5869>, and brought <3381> him down < 3381> to Gaza
<5804>, and bound <0631> him with fetters <5178> of brass <5178>;
and he did grind <2912> in the prison <0631> house <1004>.



22. Howbeit the hair <8181> of his head <7218> began <2490> to
grow <6779> again after <0834> he was shaven < 1548>.



23 Then the lords <5633> of the Philistines <6430> gathered
<6908> them together for to offer <2076> a great < 1419>
sacrifice <2077> unto Dagon <1712> their god < 0430>, and to
rejoice <8057>: for they said <0559>, Our god < 0430> hath
delivered <5414> Samson <8123> our enemy <0341> into our hand
<3027>.



24 And when the people <5971> saw <7200> him, they praised
<1984> their god <0430>: for they said <0559>, Our god <0430>
hath delivered <5414> into our hands <3027> our enemy <0341>,
and the destroyer <2717> of our country <0776>, which <0834>
slew <2491> many <7235> of us.



25 And it came <1961> to pass, when <3588> their hearts <3820>
were merry <2896>, that they said <0559>, Call < 7121> for Samson
<8123>, that he may make us sport <7832>. And they called <7121>
for Samson <8123> out of the prison <0631> house < 1004>; and he
made them sport <6711>: and they set <5975> him between <0996>
the pillars <5982>.



26 And Samson <8123> said <0559> unto the lad < 5288> that held
<2388> him by the hand <3027>, Suffer <3240> me that I may feel
<4184> the pillars <5982> whereupon the house < 1004> standeth
<3559>, that I may lean <8172> upon them.



27 Now the house <1004> was full <4390> of men < 0582> and women
<0802>; and all <3605> the lords <5633> of the Philistines
<6430> [were] there <8033>; and [there were] upon the roof
<1406> about three <7969> thousand <0505> men <0376> and women
<0802>, that beheld <7200> while Samson <8123> made sport <7832>.



28 And Samson <8123> called <7121> unto the LORD < 3068>, and
said <0559>, O Lord <0136> GOD <3069>, remember <2142> me, I
pray <4994> thee, and strengthen <2388> me, I pray <4994> thee,
only <0389> this <2088> once <6471>, O God < 0430>, that I may be
at once avenged <5358> of the Philistines <6430> for my two
<8147> eyes <5869>.



29 And Samson <8123> took hold <3943> of the two < 8147> middle
<8432> pillars <5982> upon which <0834> the house <1004> stood
<3559>, and on <5921> which it was borne <5564> up, of the one
<0259> with his right <3225> hand, and of the other <0259> with
his left <8040>.



30 And Samson <8123> said <0559>, Let me die < 4191> with the
Philistines <6430>. And he bowed <5186> himself with [all his]
might <3581>; and the house <1004> fell <5307> upon the lords
<5633>, and upon all <3605> the people <5971> that [were]
therein. So the dead <4191> which <0834> he slew < 4191> at his
death <4194> were more <7227> than [they] which < 0834> he slew
<4191> in his life <2416>.



31 Then his brethren <0251> and all <3605> the house <1004> of
his father <1> came <3381> down <3381>, and took <5375> him, and
brought <5927> [him] up, and buried <6912> him between <0996>
Zorah <6681> and Eshtaol <0847> in the buryingplace <6913> of
Manoah <4495> his father <1>. And he judged < 8199> Israel <3478>
twenty <6242> years <8141>.



Judges 17



1. And there was a man <0376> of mount <2022> Ephraim <0669>,
whose name <8034> [was] Micah <4319>.



2 And he said <0559> unto his mother <0517>, The eleven hundred
<3967> [shekels] of silver <3701> that were taken < 3947> from
thee, about which thou cursedst <0422>, and spakest < 0559> of
also <1571> in mine ears <0241>, behold <2009>, the silver
<3701> [is] with me; I took <3947> it. And his mother <0517>
said <0559>, Blessed <1288> [be thou] of the LORD < 3068>, my son
<1121>.



3 And when he had restored <7725> the eleven hundred < 3967>
[shekels] of silver <3701> to his mother <0517>, his mother
<0517> said <0559>, I had wholly <6942> dedicated <6942> the
silver <3701> unto the LORD <3068> from my hand < 3027> for my
son <1121>, to make <6213> a graven <6459> image and a molten
<4541> image: now <6258> therefore I will restore < 7725> it unto
thee.



4 Yet he restored <7725> the money <3701> unto his mother
<0517>; and his mother <0517> took <3947> two hundred <3967>
[shekels] of silver <3701>, and gave <5414> them to the founder
<6884>, who made <6213> thereof a graven <6459> image and a
molten <4541> image: and they were in the house <1004> of Micah
<4319>.



5 And the man <0376> Micah <4318> had an house < 1004> of gods
<0430>, and made <6213> an ephod <0646>, and teraphim <8655>,
and consecrated one <0259> of his sons <1121>, who became <1961>
his priest <3548>.



6 In those <1992> days <3117> [there was] no < 0369> king <4428>
in Israel <3478>, [but] every man <0376> did < 6213> [that which
was] right <3477> in his own eyes <5869>.



7. And there was a young <5288> man out of Bethlehemjudah
<1035> of the family <4940> of Judah <3063>, who <1931> [was] a
Levite <3881>, and he sojourned <1481> there < 8033>.



8 And the man <0376> departed <3212> out of the city <5892>
from Bethlehemjudah <1035> to sojourn <1481> where <0834> he
could find <4672> [a place]: and he came <0935> to mount <2022>
Ephraim <0669> to the house <1004> of Micah < 4318>, as he
journeyed.



9 And Micah <4319> said <0559> unto him, Whence < 0370> comest
<0935> thou? And he said <0559> unto him, I [am] a Levite <3881>
of Bethlehemjudah <1035>, and I go <1980> to sojourn <1481>
where <0834> I may find <4672> [a place].



10 And Micah <4319> said <0559> unto him, Dwell < 3427> with me,
and be unto me a father <1> and a priest <3548>, and I will give
<5414> thee ten <6235> [shekels] of silver < 3701> by the year
<3117>, and a suit <6187> of apparel <0899>, and thy victuals
<4241>. So the Levite <3881> went <3212> in.



11 And the Levite <3881> was content <2974> to dwell <3427>
with the man <0376>; and the young <5288> man was unto him as
one <0259> of his sons <1121>.



12 And Micah <4318> consecrated the Levite <3881>; and the
young <5288> man became <1961> his priest <3548> , and was in the
house <1004> of Micah <4318>.



13 Then said <0559> Micah <4318>, Now <6258> know <3045> I that
the LORD <3068> will do me good <3190>, seeing < 3588> I have
<1961> a Levite <3881> to [my] priest <3548>.



Judges 18



1. In those <1992> days <3117> [there was] no < 0369> king
<4428> in Israel <3478>: and in those <1992> days <3117> the
tribe <7626> of the Danites <1839> sought <1245> them an
inheritance <5159> to dwell <3427> in; for unto that day <3117>
[all their] inheritance <5159> had not fallen <5307> unto them
among <8432> the tribes <7626> of Israel <3478>.



2 And the children <1121> of Dan <1835> sent < 7971> of their
family <4940> five <2568> men from their coasts < 7098>, men of
valour <2428>, from Zorah <6681>, and from Eshtaol <0847>, to
spy <7270> out the land <0776>, and to search < 2713> it; and
they said <0559> unto them, Go <3212>, search < 2713> the land
<0776>: who when they came <0935> to mount < 2022> Ephraim <0669>,
to the house <1004> of Micah <4318>, they lodged < 3885> there
<8033>.



3 When they [were] by the house <1004> of Micah < 4318>, they
knew <5234> the voice <6963> of the young <5288> man the Levite
<3881>: and they turned <5493> in thither <8033> , and said
<0559> unto him, Who <4310> brought <0935> thee hither <1988>?
and what <4100> makest <6213> thou in this < 6311> [place]? and
what <4100> hast thou here <6311>?



4 And he said <0559> unto them, Thus <2090> and thus <2088>
dealeth <6213> Micah <4318> with me, and hath hired <7936> me,
and I am his priest <3548>.



5 And they said <0559> unto him, Ask <7592> counsel, we pray
<4994> thee, of God <0430>, that we may know < 3045> whether our
way <1870> which <0834> we go <1980> shall be prosperous <6743>.



6 And the priest <3548> said <0559> unto them, Go <3212> in
peace <7965>: before <5227> the LORD <3068> [is] your way <1870>
wherein <0834> ye go <3212>.



7. Then the five <2568> men <0582> departed < 3212>, and came
<0935> to Laish <3919>, and saw <7200> the people <5971> that
[were] therein <7130>, how they dwelt <3427> careless <0983>,
after the manner <4941> of the Zidonians <6722>, quiet <8252>
and secure <0982>; and [there was] no <0369> magistrate in the
land <0776>, that might put <3637> [them] to shame <3637> in
[any] thing <1697>; and they [were] far <7350> from the
Zidonians <6722>, and had no <0369> business < 1697> with [any]
man <0120>.



8 And they came <0935> unto their brethren <0251> to Zorah
<6681> and Eshtaol <0847>: and their brethren < 0251> said <0559>
unto them, What <4100> [say <0559>] ye?



9 And they said <0559>, Arise <6965>, that we may go <5927> up
against <5921> them: for we have seen <7200> the land <0776>,
and, behold <2009>, it [is] very <3966> good < 2896>: and [are]
ye still <2814>? be not slothful <6101> to go < 3212>, [and] to
enter <0935> to possess <3423> the land <0776>.



10 When ye go <0935>, ye shall come <0935> unto a people <5971>
secure <0982>, and to a large land <0776>: for God <0430> hath
given <5414> it into your hands <3027>; a place < 4725> where
<0834> [there is] no <0369> want <4270> of any <3605> thing
<1697> that [is] in the earth <0776>.



11 And there went <5265> from thence <8033> of the family
<4940> of the Danites <1839>, out of Zorah < 6681> and out of
Eshtaol <0847>, six <8337> hundred <3967> men <0376> appointed
<2296> with weapons <3627> of war <4421>.



12 And they went <5927> up, and pitched <2583> in Kirjathjearim
<7157>, in Judah <3063>: wherefore they called < 7121> that place
<4725> Mahanehdan <4265> unto this <2088> day <3117>: behold
<2009>, [it is] behind <0310> Kirjathjearim < 7157>.



13 And they passed <5674> thence <8033> unto mount <2022>
Ephraim <0669>, and came <0935> unto the house < 1004> of Micah
<4318>.



14. Then answered <6030> the five <2568> men < 0582> that went
<1980> to spy <7270> out the country <0776> of Laish <3919>, and
said <0559> unto their brethren <0251>, Do ye know <3045> that
there is in these <0428> houses <1004> an ephod < 0646>, and
teraphim <8655>, and a graven <6459> image, and a molten <4541>
image? now <6258> therefore consider <3045> what < 4100> ye have
to do <6213>.



15 And they turned <5493> thitherward <8033>, and came <0935>
to the house <1004> of the young <5288> man the Levite <3881>,
[even] unto the house <1004> of Micah <4318>, and saluted him.



16 And the six <8337> hundred <3967> men <0376> appointed
<2296> with their weapons <3627> of war <4421>, which <0834>
[were] of the children <1121> of Dan <1835>, stood <5324> by the
entering <6607> of the gate <8179>.



17 And the five <2568> men <0582> that went < 5927> to spy
<7270> out the land <0776> went <5927> up, [and] came <0935> in
thither <8033>, [and] took <3947> the graven < 6459> image, and
the ephod <0646>, and the teraphim <8655>, and the molten <4541>
image: and the priest <3548> stood <5324> in the entering <6607>
of the gate <8179> with the six <8337> hundred < 3967> men <0376>
[that were] appointed <2296> with weapons <3627> of war <4421>.



18 And these <0428> went <0935> into Micah's < 4318> house
<1004>, and fetched <3947> the carved <6459> image, the ephod
<0646>, and the teraphim <8655>, and the molten < 4541> image.
Then said <0559> the priest <3548> unto them, What <4100> do
<6213> ye?



19 And they said <0559> unto him, Hold <2790> thy peace <2790>,
lay <7760> thine hand <3027> upon thy mouth < 6310>, and go
<3212> with us, and be to us a father <1> and a priest <3548>:
[is it] better <2896> for thee to be a priest <3548> unto the
house <1004> of one <0259> man <0376>, or < 0176> that thou be a
priest <3548> unto a tribe <7626> and a family < 4940> in Israel
<3478>?



20 And the priest's <3548> heart <3820> was glad < 8190>, and he
took <3947> the ephod <0646>, and the teraphim < 8655>, and the
graven <6459> image, and went <0935> in the midst < 7130> of the
people <5971>.



21 So they turned <6437> and departed <3212>, and put <7760>
the little <2945> ones and the cattle <4735> and the carriage
<3520> before <6440> them.



22 [And] when they were a good <7368> way from the house <1004>
of Micah <4318>, the men <0582> that [were] in the houses <1004>
near <5973> to Micah's <4318> house <1004> were gathered <2199>
together, and overtook <1692> the children <1121> of Dan <1835>.



23 And they cried <7121> unto the children <1121> of Dan <1835>.
And they turned <5437> their faces <6440>, and said <0559> unto
Micah <4318>, What <4100> aileth thee, that thou comest <2199>
with such a company <2199>?



24 And he said <0559>, Ye have taken <3947> away my gods <0430>
which <0834> I made <6213>, and the priest < 3548>, and ye are
gone <3212> away: and what <4100> have I more < 5750>? and what
<4100> [is] this <2088> [that] ye say <0559> unto me, What
<4100> aileth thee?



25 And the children <1121> of Dan <1835> said < 0559> unto him,
Let not thy voice <6963> be heard <8085> among us, lest <6435>
angry <5315> fellows <0582> run <6293> upon thee, and thou lose
<0622> thy life <5315>, with the lives <5315> of thy household
<1004>.



26 And the children <1121> of Dan <1835> went < 3212> their way
<1870>: and when Micah <4318> saw <7200> that they [were] too
strong <2389> for him, he turned <6437> and went < 7725> back
<7725> unto his house <1004>.



27. And they took <3947> [the things] which <0834> Micah <4318>
had made <6213>, and the priest <3548> which < 0834> he had
<1961>, and came <0935> unto Laish <3919>, unto a people <5971>
[that were] at quiet <8252> and secure <0982>: and they smote
<5221> them with the edge <6310> of the sword < 2719>, and burnt
<8313> the city <5892> with fire <0784>.



28 And [there was] no <0369> deliverer <5337>, because <3588>
it [was] far <7350> from Zidon <6721>, and they had no <0369>
business <1697> with [any] man <0120>; and it was in the valley
<6010> that [lieth] by Bethrehob <1050>. And they built <1129> a
city <5892>, and dwelt <3427> therein.



29 And they called <7121> the name <8034> of the city <5892>
Dan <1835>, after the name <8034> of Dan <1835> their father <1>,
who <0834> was born <3205> unto Israel <3478>: howbeit <0199>
the name <8034> of the city <5892> [was] Laish < 3919> at the
first <7223>.



30 And the children <1121> of Dan <1835> set < 6965> up the
graven <6459> image: and Jonathan <3129>, the son < 1121> of
Gershom <1648>, the son <1121> of Manasseh < 4519>, he and his
sons <1121> were priests <3548> to the tribe < 7626> of Dan
<1835> until <5704> the day <3117> of the captivity <1546> of
the land <0776>.



31 And they set <7760> them up Micah's <4318> graven <6459>
image, which <0834> he made <6213>, all <3605> the time that the
house <1004> of God <0430> was in Shiloh <7887>.



Judges 19



1. And it came <1961> to pass in those <1992> days <3117>, when
[there was] no <0369> king <4428> in Israel < 3478>, that there
was a certain <0376> Levite <3881> sojourning < 1481> on the side
<3411> of mount <2022> Ephraim <0669>, who took <3947> to him a
concubine <6370> out of Bethlehemjudah <1035>.



2 And his concubine <6370> played the whore <2181> against
<5921> him, and went <3212> away from him unto her father's <1>
house <1004> to Bethlehemjudah <1035>, and was there <8033> four
<0702> whole <3117> months <2320>.



3 And her husband <0376> arose <6965>, and went < 3212> after
<0310> her, to speak <1696> friendly <3820> unto her, [and] to
bring <7725> her again <7725>, having his servant < 5288> with
him, and a couple <6776> of asses <2543>: and she brought <0935>
him into her father's <1> house <1004>: and when the father <1>
of the damsel <5291> saw <7200> him, he rejoiced < 8055> to meet
<7125> him.



4 And his father <2859> in law <2859>, the damsel's <5291>
father <1>, retained <2388> him; and he abode < 3427> with him
three <7969> days <3117>: so they did eat <0398> and drink
<8354>, and lodged <3885> there <8033>.



5 And it came <1961> to pass on the fourth <7243> day <3117>,
when they arose <7925> early <7925> in the morning <1242>, that
he rose <6965> up to depart <3212>: and the damsel's <5291>
father <1> said <0559> unto his son <2860> in law <2859>,
Comfort <5582> thine heart <3820> with a morsel < 6595> of bread
<3899>, and afterward <0310> go <3212> your way.



6 And they sat <3427> down, and did eat <0398> and drink <8354>
both <8147> of them together <3162>: for the damsel's <5291>
father <1> had said <0559> unto the man <0376>, Be content
<2974>, I pray <4994> thee, and tarry <3885> all <3885> night,
and let thine heart <3820> be merry <3190>.



7 And when the man <0376> rose <6965> up to depart <3212>, his
father <2859> in law <2859> urged <6484> him: therefore he
lodged <3885> there <8033> again <7725>.



8 And he arose <7925> early <7925> in the morning <1242> on the
fifth <2549> day <3117> to depart <3212>: and the damsel's
<5291> father <1> said <0559>, Comfort < 5582> thine heart <3824>,
I pray <4994> thee. And they tarried <4102> until <5704>
afternoon, and they did eat <0398> both <8147> of them.



9 And when the man <0376> rose <6965> up to depart <3212>, he,
and his concubine <6370>, and his servant <5288>, his father
<2859> in law <2859>, the damsel's <5291> father <1>, said
<0559> unto him, Behold <2009>, now <4994> the day <3117>
draweth <7503> toward evening <6150>, I pray < 4994> you tarry
<3885> all <3885> night: behold <2009>, the day <3117> groweth
<2583> to an end <2583>, lodge <3885> here < 6311>, that thine
heart <3824> may be merry <3190>; and to morrow < 4279> get you
early <7925> on your way <1870>, that thou mayest go <1980> home
<0168>.



10 But the man <0376> would <14> not tarry < 3885> that night,
but he rose <6965> up and departed <3212>, and came <0935> over
<5227> against <5227> Jebus <2982>, which < 1958> [is] Jerusalem
<3389>; and [there were] with him two <6771> asses <2543>
saddled <2280>, his concubine <6370> also [was] with him.



11 [And] when they [were] by Jebus <2982>, the day < 3117> was
far <3966> spent <7286>; and the servant <5288> said <0559> unto
his master <0113>, Come <3212>, I pray <4994> thee, and let us
turn <5493> in into <0413> this <2063> city < 5892> of the
Jebusites <2983>, and lodge <3885> in it.



12 And his master <0113> said <0559> unto him, We will not turn
<5493> aside hither into <0413> the city <5892> of a stranger
<5237>, that [is] not of the children <1121> of Israel <3478>;
we will pass <5674> over <5674> to Gibeah <1390> .



13 And he said <0559> unto his servant <5288>, Come <3212>, and
let us draw near <7126> to one <0259> of these places <4725> to
lodge <3885> all <3885> night, in Gibeah <1390>, or <0176> in
Ramah <7414>.



14 And they passed <5674> on and went <3212> their way <3212>;
and the sun <8121> went <0935> down upon them [when they were]
by Gibeah <1390>, which <0834> [belongeth] to Benjamin <1144>.



15 And they turned <5493> aside thither <8033>, to go <0935> in
[and] to lodge <3885> in Gibeah <1390>: and when he went <0935>
in, he sat <3427> him down in a street <7339> of the city <5892>:
for [there was] no <0369> man <0376> that took < 0622> them into
his house <1004> to lodging <3885>.



16. And, behold <2009>, there came <0935> an old < 2205> man
<0376> from his work <4639> out of the field < 7704> at even
<6153>, which [was] also of mount <2022> Ephraim < 0669>; and he
sojourned <1481> in Gibeah <1390>: but the men < 0582> of the
place <4725> [were] Benjamites <1145>.



17 And when he had lifted <5375> up his eyes <5869>, he saw
<7200> a wayfaring <0732> man <0376> in the street <7339> of the
city <5892>: and the old <2205> man <0376> said <0559>, Whither
<0575> goest <3212> thou? and whence <0370> comest <0935> thou?



18 And he said <0559> unto him, We [are] passing < 5674> from
Bethlehemjudah <1035> toward <5704> the side < 3411> of mount
<2022> Ephraim <0669>; from thence <8033> [am] I: and I went
<3212> to Bethlehemjudah <1035>, but I [am now] going <1980> to
the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>; and there [is] no <0369>
man <0376> that receiveth <0622> me to house < 1004>.



19 Yet <1571> there is both <1571> straw <8401> and provender
<4554> for our asses <2543>; and there is bread < 3899> and wine
<3196> also <1571> for me, and for thy handmaid < 0519>, and for
the young <5288> man [which is] with thy servants < 5650>: [there
is] no <0369> want <4270> of any <3605> thing <1697>.



20 And the old <2205> man <0376> said <0559>, Peace <7965> [be]
with thee; howsoever <7535> [let] all <3605> thy wants <4270>
[lie] upon me; only <7535> lodge <3885> not in the street <7339>.



21 So he brought <0935> him into his house <1004>, and gave
provender <1101> unto the asses <2543>: and they washed <7364>
their feet <7272>, and did eat <0398> and drink < 8354>.



22. [Now] as they were making their hearts <3820> merry <3190>,
behold <2009>, the men <0582> of the city <5892> , certain <0582>
sons <1121> of Belial <1100>, beset <5437> the house <1004>
round <5437> about, [and] beat <1849> at <5921> the door <1817>,
and spake <0559> to the master <1167> of the house <1004>, the
old <2205> man <0376>, saying <0559>, Bring < 3318> forth <3318>
the man <0376> that came <0935> into <0413> thine house <1004>,
that we may know <3045> him.



23 And the man <0376>, the master <1167> of the house <1004>,
went <3318> out unto them, and said <0559> unto them, Nay <0408>,
my brethren <0251>, [nay], I pray <4994> you, do not [so]
wickedly <7489>; seeing <0310> that this <2088> man <0376> is
come <0935> into <0413> mine house <1004>, do <6213> not this
<2063> folly <5039>.



24 Behold <2009>, [here is] my daughter <1323> a maiden <1330>,
and his concubine <6370>; them I will bring <3318> out now
<4994>, and humble <6031> ye them, and do <6213> with them what
seemeth <5869> good <2896> unto you: but unto this <2088> man
<0376> do <6213> not so <2063> vile <5039> a thing <1697>.



25 But the men <0582> would <14> not hearken < 8085> to him: so
the man <0376> took <2388> his concubine <6370>, and brought
<3318> her forth <3318> unto them; and they knew < 3045> her, and
abused <5953> her all <3605> the night <3915> until <5704> the
morning <1242>: and when the day <7837> began < 5927> to spring
<5927>, they let her go <7971>.



26 Then came <0935> the woman <0802> in the dawning <6437> of
the day <1242>, and fell <5307> down at the door < 6607> of the
man's <0376> house <1004> where her lord <0113> [was], till
<5704> it was light <0216>.



27 And her lord <0113> rose <6965> up in the morning <1242>,
and opened <6605> the doors <1817> of the house < 1004>, and went
<3318> out to go <3212> his way <1870>: and, behold <2009>, the
woman <0802> his concubine <6370> was fallen < 5307> down [at]
the door <6607> of the house <1004>, and her hands <3027> [were]
upon the threshold <5592>.



28 And he said <0559> unto her, Up, and let us be going <3212>.
But none <0369> answered <6030>. Then the man < 0376> took <3947>
her [up] upon an ass <2543>, and the man <0376> rose <6965> up,
and gat <3212> him unto his place <4725>.



29 And when he was come <0935> into <0413> his house <1004>, he
took <3947> a knife <3979>, and laid hold <2388> on his
concubine <6370>, and divided <5408> her, [together] with her
bones <6106>, into twelve pieces <5409>, and sent < 7971> her
into all <3605> the coasts <1366> of Israel < 3478>.



30 And it was so, that all <3605> that saw <7200> it said
<0559>, There was no <3808> such <2063> deed done <1961> nor
<3908> seen <7200> from the day <3117> that the children <1121>
of Israel <3478> came <5927> up out of the land < 0776> of Egypt
<4714> unto this <2088> day <3117>: consider <7760> of it, take
advice <5779>, and speak <1696> [your minds].



Judges 20



1. Then all <3605> the children <1121> of Israel < 3478> went
<3318> out, and the congregation <5712> was gathered <6950>
together as one <0259> man <0376>, from Dan < 1835> even to
Beersheba <0884>, with the land <0776> of Gilead < 1568>, unto
the LORD <3068> in Mizpeh <4709>.



2 And the chief <6438> of all <3605> the people < 5971>, [even]
of all <3605> the tribes <7626> of Israel <3478> , presented
<3320> themselves in the assembly <6951> of the people <5971> of
God <0430>, four <0702> hundred <3967> thousand <0505> footmen
that drew <8025> sword <2719>.



3 (Now the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> heard <8085> that
the children <1121> of Israel <3478> were gone < 5927> up to
Mizpeh <4709>.) Then said <0559> the children < 1121> of Israel
<3478>, Tell <1696> [us], how <0349> was this <2063> wickedness
<7451>?



4 And the Levite <3881>, the husband <0376> of the woman <0802>
that was slain <7523>, answered <6030> and said < 0559>, I came
<0935> into Gibeah <1390> that [belongeth] to Benjamin <1144>, I
and my concubine <6370>, to lodge <3885>.



5 And the men <1167> of Gibeah <1390> rose < 6965> against
<5921> me, and beset <5437> the house <1004> round <5437> about
upon me by night <3915>, [and] thought <1819> to have slain
<2026> me: and my concubine <6370> have they forced <6031>, that
she is dead <4191>.



6 And I took <0270> my concubine <6370>, and cut < 5408> her in
pieces, and sent <7971> her throughout all <3605> the country
<7704> of the inheritance <5159> of Israel < 3478>: for they have
committed <6213> lewdness <2154> and folly < 5039> in Israel
<3478>.



7 Behold <2009>, ye [are] all <3605> children < 1121> of Israel
<3478>; give <3051> here <1988> your advice < 1697> and counsel
<6098>.



8 And all <3605> the people <5971> arose <6965> as one <0259>
man <0376>, saying <0559>, We will not any < 0376> [of us] go
<3212> to his tent <0168>, neither <3808> will we any <0376> [of
us] turn <5493> into his house <1004>.



9 But now <6258> this <2063> [shall be] the thing <1697> which
<0834> we will do <6213> to Gibeah <1390>; [we will go <3212>
up] by lot <1486> against <5921> it;



10 And we will take <3947> ten <6235> men < 0582> of an hundred
<3967> throughout all <3605> the tribes <7626> of Israel <3478>,
and an hundred <3967> of a thousand <0505>, and a thousand
<7233> out of ten <7233> thousand <7233>, to fetch <3947>
victual <6720> for the people <5971>, that they may do <6213>,
when they come <0935> to Gibeah <1390> of Benjamin <1144>,
according to all <3605> the folly <5039> that they have wrought
<6213> in Israel <3478>.



11 So all <3605> the men <0376> of Israel < 3478> were gathered
<0622> against <0413> the city <5892>, knit < 2270> together as
one <0259> man <0376>.



12. And the tribes <7626> of Israel <3478> sent < 7971> men
<0582> through all <3605> the tribe <7626> of Benjamin <1144>,
saying <0559>, What <4100> wickedness <7451> [is] this <2063>
that is done <1961> among you?



13 Now <6258> therefore deliver <5414> [us] the men <0582>, the
children <1121> of Belial <1100>, which <0834> [are] in Gibeah
<1390>, that we may put them to death <4191>, and put <1197>
away <1197> evil <7451> from Israel <3478>. But the children
<1121> of Benjamin <1144> would <14> not hearken <8085> to the
voice <6963> of their brethren <0251> the children <1121> of
Israel <3478>:



14 But the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> gathered <0622>
themselves together out of the cities <5892> unto Gibeah <1390>,
to go <3318> out to battle <4421> against <5973> the children
<1121> of Israel <3478>.



15 And the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> were numbered
<6485> at that time out of the cities <5892> twenty <6242> and
six <8337> thousand <0505> men <0376> that drew <8025> sword
<2719>, beside <0905> the inhabitants <3427> of Gibeah <1390>,
which were numbered <6485> seven <7651> hundred < 3967> chosen
<0970> men <0376>.



16 Among all <3605> this <2088> people <5971> [there were]
seven <7651> hundred <3967> chosen <0970> men <0376> lefthanded;
every <3605> one could sling <7049> stones <68> at <0413> an
hair <8185> [breadth], and not miss <2398>.



17 And the men <0376> of Israel <3478>, beside < 0905> Benjamin
<1144>, were numbered <6485> four <0702> hundred <3967> thousand
<0505> men <0376> that drew <8025> sword < 2719>: all <3605>
these <2088> [were] men <0376> of war <4421>.



18. And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> arose <6965>, and
went <5927> up to the house <1008> of God <1008> , and asked
<7592> counsel of God <0430>, and said <0559>, Which <4310> of
us shall go <5927> up first <8462> to the battle < 4421> against
<5973> the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144>? And the LORD
<3068> said <0559>, Judah <3063> [shall go < 3212> up] first
<8462>.



19 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> rose < 6965> up in
the morning <1242>, and encamped <2583> against < 5921> Gibeah
<1390>.



20 And the men <0376> of Israel <3478> went < 3318> out to
battle <4421> against <5973> Benjamin <1144>; and the men <0376>
of Israel <3478> put themselves in array <6186> to fight <4421>
against them at Gibeah <1390>.



21 And the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> came <3318> forth
<3318> out of Gibeah <1390>, and destroyed < 7843> down to the
ground <0776> of the Israelites <3478> that day < 3117> twenty
<6242> and two <8147> thousand <0505> men < 0376>.



22 And the people <5971> the men <0376> of Israel <3478>
encouraged <2388> themselves, and set their battle < 4421> again
<3254> in array <6186> in the place <4725> where they put
themselves in array <6186> the first <7223> day < 3117>.



23 (And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> went <5927> up and
wept <1058> before <6440> the LORD <3068> until <5704> even
<6153>, and asked <7592> counsel of the LORD < 3068>, saying
<0559>, Shall I go <5066> up again <3254> to battle <4421>
against <5973> the children <1121> of Benjamin < 1144> my brother
<0251>? And the LORD <3068> said <0559>, Go < 5927> up against
<0413> him.)



24 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> came < 7126> near
<7126> against <0413> the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> the
second <8145> day <3117>.



25 And Benjamin <1144> went <3318> forth <3318> against <7125>
them out of Gibeah <1390> the second <8145> day < 3117>, and
destroyed <7843> down to the ground <0776> of the children
<1121> of Israel <3478> again <5750> eighteen thousand <0505>
men <0376>; all <3605> these <0428> drew < 8025> the sword <2719>.



26. Then all <3605> the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, and
all <3605> the people <5971>, went <5927> up, and came <0935>
unto the house <1008> of God <1008>, and wept < 1058>, and sat
<3427> there <8033> before <6440> the LORD < 3068>, and fasted
<6684> that day <3117> until <5704> even < 6153>, and offered
<5927> burnt <5930> offerings and peace <8002> offerings before
<6440> the LORD <3068>.



27 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> enquired <7592> of
the LORD <3068>, (for the ark <0727> of the covenant <1285> of
God <0430> [was] there <8033> in those <1992> days <3117>,



28 And Phinehas <6372>, the son <1121> of Eleazar <0499>, the
son <1121> of Aaron <0175>, stood <5975> before it in those
<1992> days <3117>,) saying <0559>, Shall I yet <5750> again
<3254> go <3318> out to battle <4421> against <5973> the
children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> my brother < 0251>, or shall I
cease <2308>? And the LORD <3068> said <0559>, Go <5927> up; for
to morrow <4279> I will deliver <5414> them into thine hand
<3027>.



29 And Israel <3478> set <7760> liers in wait < 0693> round
<5439> about Gibeah <1390>.



30 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> went < 5927> up
against <0413> the children <1121> of Benjamin < 1144> on the
third <7992> day <3117>, and put themselves in array <6186>
against <0413> Gibeah <1390>, as at other times < 6471>.



31 And the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> went <3318> out
against <7125> the people <5971>, [and] were drawn <5423> away
from the city <5892>; and they began <2490> to smite <5221> of
the people <5971>, [and] kill <2491>, as at other times <6471>,
in the highways <4546>, of which <0834> one < 0259> goeth <5927>
up to the house <1008> of God <1008>, and the other <0259> to
Gibeah <1390> in the field <7704>, about thirty < 7970> men
<0376> of Israel <3478>.



32 And the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> said <0559>, They
[are] smitten <5062> down before <6440> us, as at the first
<7223>. But the children <1121> of Israel <3478> said <0559>,
Let us flee <5127>, and draw <5423> them from the city <5892>
unto the highways <4546>.



33 And all <3605> the men <0376> of Israel < 3478> rose <6965>
up out of their place <4725>, and put themselves in array <6186>
at Baaltamar <1193>: and the liers in wait <0693> of Israel
<3478> came <1518> forth <1518> out of their places <4725>,
[even] out of the meadows <4629> of Gibeah <1390>.



34 And there came <0935> against <5048> Gibeah < 1390> ten
<6235> thousand <0505> chosen <0970> men < 0376> out of all
<3605> Israel <3478>, and the battle <4421> was sore <3513>: but
they knew <3045> not that evil <7451> [was] near < 5060> them.



35 And the LORD <3068> smote <5062> Benjamin < 1144> before
<6440> Israel <3478>: and the children <1121> of Israel <3478>
destroyed <7843> of the Benjamites <1145> that day <3117> twenty
<6242> and five <2568> thousand <0505> and an hundred <3967> men
<0376>: all <3605> these <0428> drew < 8025> the sword <2719>.



36 So the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> saw < 7200> that
they were smitten <5062>: for the men <0376> of Israel <3478>
gave <5414> place <4725> to the Benjamites < 1145>, because
<3588> they trusted <0982> unto the liers in wait < 0693> which
<0834> they had set <7760> beside <0413> Gibeah <1390>.



37 And the liers in wait <0693> hasted <2363>, and rushed
<6584> upon Gibeah <1390>; and the liers in wait < 0693> drew
<4900> [themselves] along, and smote <5221> all < 3605> the city
<5892> with the edge <6310> of the sword <2719>.



38 Now there was an appointed <4150> sign between < 5973> the
men <0376> of Israel <3478> and the liers in wait < 0693>, that
they should make a great <7235> flame <4864> with smoke <6227>
rise <5927> up out of the city <5892>.



39 And when the men <0376> of Israel <3478> retired <2015> in
the battle <4421>, Benjamin <1144> began <2490> to smite <5221>
[and] kill <2491> of the men <0376> of Israel < 3478> about
thirty <7970> persons <0376>: for they said < 0559>, Surely
<0389> they are smitten <5062> down before < 6440> us, as [in]
the first <7223> battle <4421>.



40 But when the flame <4864> began <2490> to arise <5927> up
out of the city <5892> with a pillar <5982> of smoke <6227>, the
Benjamites <1145> looked <6437> behind <0310> them, and, behold
<2009>, the flame <3632> of the city <5892> ascended <5927> up
to heaven <8064>.



41 And when the men <0376> of Israel <3478> turned <2015> again,
the men <0376> of Benjamin <1144> were amazed < 0926>: for they
saw <7200> that evil <7451> was come <5060> upon them.



42 Therefore they turned <6437> [their backs] before < 6440> the
men <0376> of Israel <3478> unto the way <1870> of the
wilderness <4057>; but the battle <4421> overtook < 1692> them;
and them which <0834> [came] out of the cities <5892> they
destroyed <7843> in the midst <8432> of them.



43 [Thus] they inclosed <3803> the Benjamites <1145> round
<3803> about <3803>, [and] chased <7291> them, [and] trode
<1869> them down with ease <4496> over <5227> against <5227>
Gibeah <1390> toward the sunrising.



44 And there fell <5307> of Benjamin <1144> eighteen thousand
<0505> men <0376>; all <3605> these <0428> [were] men <0582> of
valour <2428>.



45 And they turned <6437> and fled <5127> toward the wilderness
<4057> unto the rock <5553> of Rimmon <7417>: and they gleaned
<5953> of them in the highways <4546> five < 2568> thousand
<0505> men <0376>; and pursued <1692> hard after <0310> them
unto Gidom <1440>, and slew <5221> two thousand < 0505> men
<0376> of them.



46 So that all <3605> which fell <5307> that day < 3117> of
Benjamin <1144> were twenty <6242> and five < 2568> thousand
<0505> men <0376> that drew <8025> the sword <2719>; all <3605>
these <0428> [were] men <0582> of valour <2428>.



47 But six <8337> hundred <3967> men <0376> turned <6437> and
fled <5127> to the wilderness <4057> unto the rock <5553> Rimmon
<7417>, and abode <3427> in the rock <5553> Rimmon <7417> four
<0702> months <2320>.



48 And the men <0376> of Israel <3478> turned < 7725> again
<7725> upon the children <1121> of Benjamin < 1144>, and smote
<5221> them with the edge <6310> of the sword < 2719>, as well
<3190> the men <4974> of [every] city <5892>, as the beast
<0929>, and all <3605> that came <4672> to hand <4672>: also
they set <7971> on fire <0784> all <3605> the cities <5892> that
they came <4672> to.



Judges 21



1. Now the men <0376> of Israel <3478> had sworn < 7650> in
Mizpeh <4709>, saying <0559>, There shall not any < 0376> of us
give <5414> his daughter <1323> unto Benjamin < 1144> to wife
<0802>.



2 And the people <5971> came <0935> to the house < 1008> of God
<1008>, and abode <3427> there <8033> till < 5704> even <6153>
before <6440> God <0430>, and lifted <5375> up their voices
<6963>, and wept <1058> sore;



3 And said <0559>, O LORD <3068> God <0430> of Israel <3478>,
why <4100> is this <2063> come <1961> to pass in Israel <3478>,
that there should be to day <3117> one <0259> tribe <7626>
lacking <6485> in Israel <3478>?



4 And it came <1961> to pass on the morrow <4279>, that the
people <5971> rose <7925> early <7925>, and built <1129> there
<8033> an altar <4196>, and offered <5927> burnt <5930>
offerings and peace <8002> offerings.



5 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> said < 0559>, Who
<4310> [is there] among all <3605> the tribes < 7626> of Israel
<3478> that came <5927> not up with the congregation <6951> unto
the LORD <3068>? For they had made a great <1419> oath <7621>
concerning him that came <5927> not up to the LORD < 3068> to
Mizpeh <4709>, saying <0559>, He shall surely be put to death
<4191>.



6 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> repented <5162> them
for Benjamin <1144> their brother <0251>, and said <0559>, There
is one <0259> tribe <7626> cut <1438> off from Israel <3478>
this day <3117>.



7 How <4100> shall we do <6213> for wives < 0802> for them that
remain <3498>, seeing <7200> we have sworn < 7650> by the LORD
<3068> that we will not give <5414> them of our daughters <1121>
to wives <0802>?



8 And they said <0559>, What <4310> one <0259> [is there] of
the tribes <7626> of Israel <3478> that came < 5927> not up to
Mizpeh <4709> to the LORD <3068>? And, behold < 2009>, there came
<0935> none to the camp <4264> from Jabeshgilead to the assembly
<6951>.



9 For the people <5971> were numbered <6485>, and, behold
<2009>, [there were] none of the inhabitants <3427> of
Jabeshgilead there <8033>.



10 And the congregation <5712> sent <7971> thither <8033>
twelve thousand <0505> men <0376> of the valiantest, and
commanded <6680> them, saying <0559>, Go <3212> and smite <5221>
the inhabitants <3427> of Jabeshgilead with the edge < 6310> of
the sword <2719>, with the women <0802> and the children <2945>.



11 And this <2063> [is] the thing <1697> that ye shall do
<6213>, Ye shall utterly destroy <2763> every < 3605> male <2145>,
and every <3605> woman <0802> that hath lain by man <2145>.



12 And they found <4672> among the inhabitants <3427> of
Jabeshgilead four <0702> hundred <3967> young < 5291> virgins
<1330>, that had known <3045> no <3808> man < 0376> by lying
<4904> with any male <2145>: and they brought < 0935> them unto
the camp <4264> to Shiloh <7887>, which <0834> [is] in the land
<0776> of Canaan <3667>.



13 And the whole <3605> congregation <5712> sent < 7971> [some]
to speak <1696> to the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> that
[were] in the rock <5553> Rimmon <7417>, and to call <7121>
peaceably <7965> unto them.



14 And Benjamin <1144> came <7725> again <7725> at that time
<6256>; and they gave <5414> them wives <0802> which <0834> they
had saved <2421> alive <2421> of the women < 0802> of
Jabeshgilead: and yet so <3651> they sufficed <4672> them not.



15 And the people <5971> repented <5162> them for Benjamin
<1144>, because <3588> that the LORD <3068> had made <6213> a
breach <6556> in the tribes <7626> of Israel < 3478>.



16. Then the elders <2205> of the congregation <5712> said
<0559>, How <4100> shall we do <6213> for wives <0802> for them
that remain <3498>, seeing <3588> the women < 0802> are destroyed
<8045> out of Benjamin <1144>?



17 And they said <0559>, [There must be] an inheritance <3425>
for them that be escaped <6413> of Benjamin <1144>, that a tribe
<7626> be not destroyed <4229> out of Israel < 3478>.



18 Howbeit we may <3201> not give <5414> them wives <0802> of
our daughters <1121>: for the children <1121> of Israel <3478>
have sworn <7650>, saying <0559>, Cursed <0779> [be] he that
giveth <5414> a wife <0802> to Benjamin <1144>.



19 Then they said <0559>, Behold <2009>, [there is] a feast
<2282> of the LORD <3068> in Shiloh <7887> yearly <3117> [in a
place] which <0834> [is] on the north <6828> side of Bethel
<1008>, on the east side of the highway <4546> that goeth <5927>
up from Bethel <1008> to Shechem <7927>, and on the south <5045>
of Lebonah <3829>.



20 Therefore they commanded <6680> the children < 1121> of
Benjamin <1144>, saying <0559>, Go <3212> and lie in wait <0693>
in the vineyards <3754>;



21 And see <7200>, and, behold <2009>, if < 0518> the daughters
<1121> of Shiloh <7887> come <3318> out to dance <2342> in
dances <4246>, then come <3318> ye out of the vineyards <3754>,
and catch <2414> you every man <0376> his wife < 0802> of the
daughters <1121> of Shiloh <7887>, and go <1980> to the land
<0776> of Benjamin <1144>.



22 And it shall be, when <3588> their fathers <1> or <0176>
their brethren <0251> come <0935> unto us to complain <7378>,
that we will say <0559> unto them, Be favourable < 2603> unto
them for our sakes: because <3588> we reserved <3947> not to
each man <0376> his wife <0802> in the war < 4421>: for ye did
not give <5414> unto them at this time <6256>, [that] ye should
be guilty <0816>.



23 And the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> did <6213> so
<3651>, and took <5375> [them] wives <0802>, according to their
number <4557>, of them that danced <2342>, whom < 0834> they
caught <1497>: and they went <3212> and returned < 7725> unto
their inheritance <5159>, and repaired <1129> the cities <5892>,
and dwelt <3427> in them.



24 And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> departed <1980>
thence <8033> at that time, every man <0376> to his tribe <7626>
and to his family <4940>, and they went <3318> out from thence
<8033> every man <0376> to his inheritance < 5159>.



25 In those <1992> days <3117> [there was] no < 0369> king
<4428> in Israel <3478>: every man <0376> did <6213> [that which
was] right <3477> in his own eyes <5869>.













  
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