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{\MTB THE BOOK OF
\par }{\MT JUDGES

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass
after
the
death
of
Joshua,
that
the
children
of
Israel
asked
of
Jehovah,
saying,
Who
shall
go
up
for
us
first
against
the
Canaanites,
to
fight
against
them?
\VS{2}And
Jehovah
said,
Judah
shall
go
up:
behold,
I
have
delivered
the
land
into
his
hand.
\VS{3}And
Judah
said
unto
Simeon
his
brother,
Come
up
with
me
into
my
lot,
that
we
may
fight
against
the
Canaanites;
and
I
likewise
will
go
with
thee
into
thy
lot.
So
Simeon
went
with
him.
\VS{4}And
Judah
went
up;
and
Jehovah
delivered
the
Canaanites
and
the
Perizzites
into
their
hand:
and
they
smote
of
them
in
Bezek
ten
thousand
men.
\VS{5}And
they
found
Adoni-bezek
in
Bezek;
and
they
fought
against
him,
and
they
smote
the
Canaanites
and
the
Perizzites.
\VS{6}But
Adoni-bezek
fled;
and
they
pursued
after
him,
and
caught
him,
and
cut
off
his
thumbs
and
his
great
toes.
\VS{7}And
Adoni-bezek
said,
Threescore
and
ten
kings,
having
their
thumbs
and
their
great
toes
cut
off,
gathered
{\ADD{
their
food}}
under
my
table:
as
I
have
done,
so
God
hath
requited
me.
And
they
brought
him
to
Jerusalem,
and
he
died
there.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}And
the
children
of
Judah
fought
against
Jerusalem,
and
took
it,
and
smote
it
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
and
set
the
city
on
fire.
\VS{9}And
afterward
the
children
of
Judah
went
down
to
fight
against
the
Canaanites
that
dwelt
in
the hill-country,
and
in
the
South,
and
in
the
lowland.
\VS{10}And
Judah
went
against
the
Canaanites
that
dwelt
in
Hebron (now
the
name
of
Hebron
beforetime
was
Kiriath-arba);
and
they
smote
Sheshai,
and
Ahiman,
and
Talmai.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}And
from
thence
he
went
against
the
inhabitants
of
Debir. (Now
the
name
of
Debir
beforetime
was
Kiriath-sepher.)
\VS{12}And
Caleb
said,
He
that
smiteth
Kiriath-sepher,
and
taketh
it,
to
him
will
I
give
Achsah
my
daughter
to
wife.
\VS{13}And
Othniel
the
son
of
Kenaz,
Caleb’s
younger
brother,
took
it:
and
he
gave
him
Achsah
his
daughter
to
wife.
\VS{14}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
she
came
{\ADD{
unto
him}},
that
she
moved
him
to
ask
of
her
father
a
field:
and
she
alighted
from
off
her
ass;
and
Caleb
said
unto
her,
What
wouldest
thou?
\VS{15}And
she
said
unto
him,
Give
me
a
blessing;
for
that
thou
hast
set
me
in
the
land
of
the
South,
give
me
also
springs
of
water.
And
Caleb
gave
her
the
upper
springs
and
the
nether
springs.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}And
the
children
of
the
Kenite,
Moses’
brother-in-law,
went
up
out
of
the
city
of palm-trees
with
the
children
of
Judah
into
the
wilderness
of
Judah,
which
is
in
the
south
of
Arad;
and
they
went
and
dwelt
with
the
people.
\VS{17}And
Judah
went
with
Simeon
his
brother,
and
they
smote
the
Canaanites
that
inhabited
Zephath,
and
utterly
destroyed
it.
And
the
name
of
the
city
was
called
Hormah.
\VS{18}Also
Judah
took
Gaza
with
the
border
thereof,
and
Ashkelon
with
the
border
thereof,
and
Ekron
with
the
border
thereof.
\VS{19}And
Jehovah
was
with
Judah;
and
drove
out
{\ADD{
the
inhabitants
of}}
the hill-country;
for
he
could
not
drive
out
the
inhabitants
of
the
valley,
because
they
had
chariots
of
iron.
\VS{20}And
they
gave
Hebron
unto
Caleb,
as
Moses
had
spoken:
and
he
drove
out
thence
the
three
sons
of
Anak.
\VS{21}And
the
children
of
Benjamin
did
not
drive
out
the
Jebusites
that
inhabited
Jerusalem;
but
the
Jebusites
dwell
with
the
children
of
Benjamin
in
Jerusalem
unto
this
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}And
the
house
of
Joseph,
they
also
went
up
against
Beth-el;
and
Jehovah
was
with
them.
\VS{23}And
the
house
of
Joseph
sent
to
spy
out
Beth-el. (Now
the
name
of
the
city
beforetime
was
Luz.)
\VS{24}And
the
watchers
saw
a
man
come
forth
out
of
the
city,
and
they
said
unto
him,
Show
us,
we
pray
thee,
the
entrance
into
the
city,
and
we
will
deal
kindly
with
thee.
\VS{25}And
he
showed
them
the
entrance
into
the
city;
and
they
smote
the
city
with
the
edge
of
the
sword;
but
they
let
the
man
go
and
all
his
family.
\VS{26}And
the
man
went
into
the
land
of
the
Hittites,
and
built
a
city,
and
called
the
name
thereof
Luz,
which
is
the
name
thereof
unto
this
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}And
Manasseh
did
not
drive
out
{\ADD{
the
inhabitants
of}}
Beth-shean
and
its
towns,
nor
{\ADD{
of}}
Taanach
and
its
towns,
nor
the
inhabitants
of
Dor
and
its
towns,
nor
the
inhabitants
of
Ibleam
and
its
towns,
nor
the
inhabitants
of
Megiddo
and
its
towns;
but
the
Canaanites
would
dwell
in
that
land.
\VS{28}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
Israel
was
waxed
strong,
that
they
put
the
Canaanites
to taskwork,
and
did
not
utterly
drive
them
out.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}And
Ephraim
drove
not
out
the
Canaanites
that
dwelt
in
Gezer;
but
the
Canaanites
dwelt
in
Gezer
among
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Zebulun
drove
not
out
the
inhabitants
of
Kitron,
nor
the
inhabitants
of
Nahalol;
but
the
Canaanites
dwelt
among
them,
and
became
subject
to taskwork.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}Asher
drove
not
out
the
inhabitants
of
Acco,
nor
the
inhabitants
of
Sidon,
nor
of
Ahlab,
nor
of
Achzib,
nor
of
Helbah,
nor
of
Aphik,
nor
of
Rehob;
\VS{32}but
the
Asherites
dwelt
among
the
Canaanites,
the
inhabitants
of
the
land;
for
they
did
not
drive
them
out.
\par }{\PP \VS{33}Naphtali
drove
not
out
the
inhabitants
of
Beth-shemesh,
nor
the
inhabitants
of
Beth-anath;
but
he
dwelt
among
the
Canaanites,
the
inhabitants
of
the
land:
nevertheless
the
inhabitants
of
Beth-shemesh
and
of
Beth-anath
became
subject
to taskwork.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}And
the
Amorites
forced
the
children
of
Dan
into
the hill-country;
for
they
would
not
suffer
them
to
come
down
to
the
valley;
\VS{35}but
the
Amorites
would
dwell
in
mount
Heres,
in
Aijalon,
and
in
Shaalbim:
yet
the
hand
of
the
house
of
Joseph
prevailed,
so
that
they
became
subject
to taskwork.
\VS{36}And
the
border
of
the
Amorites
was
from
the
ascent
of
Akrabbim,
from
the
rock,
and
upward.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
angel
of
Jehovah
came
up
from
Gilgal
to
Bochim.
And
he
said,
I
made
you
to
go
up
out
of
Egypt,
and
have
brought
you
unto
the
land
which
I
sware
unto
your
fathers;
and
I
said,
I
will
never
break
my
covenant
with
you:
\VS{2}and
ye
shall
make
no
covenant
with
the
inhabitants
of
this
land;
ye
shall
break
down
their
altars.
But
ye
have
not
hearkened
unto
my
voice:
why
have
ye
done
this?
\VS{3}Wherefore
I
also
said,
I
will
not
drive
them
out
from
before
you;
but
they
shall
be
{\ADD{
as
thorns}}
in
your
sides,
and
their
gods
shall
be
a
snare
unto
you.
\VS{4}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
angel
of
Jehovah
spake
these
words
unto
all
the
children
of
Israel,
that
the
people
lifted
up
their
voice,
and
wept.
\VS{5}And
they
called
the
name
of
that
place
Bochim:
and
they
sacrificed
there
unto
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Now
when
Joshua
had
sent
the
people
away,
the
children
of
Israel
went
every
man
unto
his
inheritance
to
possess
the
land.
\VS{7}And
the
people
served
Jehovah
all
the
days
of
Joshua,
and
all
the
days
of
the
elders
that
outlived
Joshua,
who
had
seen
all
the
great
work
of
Jehovah
that
he
had
wrought
for
Israel.
\VS{8}And
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun,
the
servant
of
Jehovah,
died,
being
a
hundred
and
ten
years
old.
\VS{9}And
they
buried
him
in
the
border
of
his
inheritance
in
Timnath-heres,
in
the hill-country
of
Ephraim,
on
the
north
of
the
mountain
of
Gaash.
\VS{10}And
also
all
that
generation
were
gathered
unto
their
fathers:
and
there
arose
another
generation
after
them,
that
knew
not
Jehovah,
nor
yet
the
work
which
he
had
wrought
for
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}And
the
children
of
Israel
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
and
served
the
Baalim;
\VS{12}and
they
forsook
Jehovah,
the
God
of
their
fathers,
who
brought
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
followed
other
gods,
of
the
gods
of
the
peoples
that
were
round
about
them,
and
bowed
themselves
down
unto
them:
and
they
provoked
Jehovah
to
anger.
\VS{13}And
they
forsook
Jehovah,
and
served
Baal
and
the
Ashtaroth.
\VS{14}And
the
anger
of
Jehovah
was
kindled
against
Israel,
and
he
delivered
them
into
the
hands
of
spoilers
that
despoiled
them;
and
he
sold
them
into
the
hands
of
their
enemies
round
about,
so
that
they
could
not
any
longer
stand
before
their
enemies.
\VS{15}Whithersoever
they
went
out,
the
hand
of
Jehovah
was
against
them
for
evil,
as
Jehovah
had
spoken,
and
as
Jehovah
had
sworn
unto
them:
and
they
were
sore
distressed.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}And
Jehovah
raised
up
judges,
who
saved
them
out
of
the
hand
of
those
that
despoiled
them.
\VS{17}And
yet
they
hearkened
not
unto
their
judges;
for
they
played
the
harlot
after
other
gods,
and
bowed
themselves
down
unto
them:
they
turned
aside
quickly
out
of
the
way
wherein
their
fathers
walked,
obeying
the
commandments
of
Jehovah;
{\ADD{
but}}
they
did
not
so.
\VS{18}And
when
Jehovah
raised
them
up
judges,
then
Jehovah
was
with
the
judge,
and
saved
them
out
of
the
hand
of
their
enemies
all
the
days
of
the
judge:
for
it
repented
Jehovah
because
of
their
groaning
by
reason
of
them
that
oppressed
them
and
vexed
them.
\VS{19}But
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
judge
was
dead,
that
they
turned
back,
and
dealt
more
corruptly
than
their
fathers,
in
following
other
gods
to
serve
them,
and
to
bow
down
unto
them;
they
ceased
not
from
their
doings,
nor
from
their
stubborn
way.
\VS{20}And
the
anger
of
Jehovah
was
kindled
against
Israel;
and
he
said,
Because
this
nation
have
transgressed
my
covenant
which
I
commanded
their
fathers,
and
have
not
hearkened
unto
my
voice;
\VS{21}I
also
will
not
henceforth
drive
out
any
from
before
them
of
the
nations
that
Joshua
left
when
he
died;
\VS{22}that
by
them
I
may
prove
Israel,
whether
they
will
keep
the
way
of
Jehovah
to
walk
therein,
as
their
fathers
did
keep
it,
or
not.
\VS{23}So
Jehovah
left
those
nations,
without
driving
them
out
hastily;
neither
delivered
he
them
into
the
hand
of
Joshua.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
these
are
the
nations
which
Jehovah
left,
to
prove
Israel
by
them,
even
as
many
{\ADD{
of
Israel}}
as
had
not
known
all
the
wars
of
Canaan;
\VS{2}only
that
the
generations
of
the
children
of
Israel
might
know,
to
teach
them
war,
at
the
least
such
as
beforetime
knew
nothing
thereof:
\VS{3}{\ADD{
namely}},
the
five
lords
of
the
Philistines,
and
all
the
Canaanites,
and
the
Sidonians,
and
the
Hivites
that
dwelt
in
mount
Lebanon,
from
mount
Baal-hermon
unto
the
entrance
of
Hamath.
\VS{4}And
they
were
{\ADD{
left}},
to
prove
Israel
by
them,
to
know
whether
they
would
hearken
unto
the
commandments
of
Jehovah,
which
he
commanded
their
fathers
by
Moses.
\VS{5}And
the
children
of
Israel
dwelt
among
the
Canaanites,
the
Hittites,
and
the
Amorites,
and
the
Perizzites,
and
the
Hivites,
and
the
Jebusites:
\VS{6}and
they
took
their
daughters
to
be
their
wives,
and
gave
their
own
daughters
to
their
sons
and
served
their
gods.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}And
the
children
of
Israel
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
and
forgat
Jehovah
their
God,
and
served
the
Baalim
and
the
Asheroth.
\VS{8}Therefore
the
anger
of
Jehovah
was
kindled
against
Israel,
and
he
sold
them
into
the
hand
of
Cushan-rishathaim
king
of
Mesopotamia:
and
the
children
of
Israel
served
Cushan-rishathaim
eight
years.
\VS{9}And
when
the
children
of
Israel
cried
unto
Jehovah,
Jehovah
raised
up
a
saviour
to
the
children
of
Israel,
who
saved
them,
even
Othniel
the
son
of
Kenaz,
Caleb’s
younger
brother.
\VS{10}And
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
came
upon
him,
and
he
judged
Israel;
and
he
went
out
to
war,
and
Jehovah
delivered
Cushan-rishathaim
king
of
Mesopotamia
into
his
hand:
and
his
hand
prevailed
against
Cushan-rishathaim.
\VS{11}And
the
land
had
rest
forty
years.
And
Othniel
the
son
of
Kenaz
died.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}And
the
children
of
Israel
again
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah:
and
Jehovah
strengthened
Eglon
the
king
of
Moab
against
Israel,
because
they
had
done
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah.
\VS{13}And
he
gathered
unto
him
the
children
of
Ammon
and
Amalek;
and
he
went
and
smote
Israel,
and
they
possessed
the
city
of palm-trees.
\VS{14}And
the
children
of
Israel
served
Eglon
the
king
of
Moab
eighteen
years.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}But
when
the
children
of
Israel
cried
unto
Jehovah,
Jehovah
raised
them
up
a
saviour,
Ehud
the
son
of
Gera,
the
Benjamite,
a
man
left-handed.
And
the
children
of
Israel
sent
tribute
by
him
unto
Eglon
the
king
of
Moab.
\VS{16}And
Ehud
made
him
a
sword
which
had
two
edges,
a
cubit
in
length;
and
he
girded
it
under
his
raiment
upon
his
right
thigh.
\VS{17}And
he
offered
the
tribute
unto
Eglon
king
of
Moab:
now
Eglon
was
a
very
fat
man.
\VS{18}And
when
he
had
made
an
end
of
offering
the
tribute,
he
sent
away
the
people
that
bare
the
tribute.
\VS{19}But
he
himself
turned
back
from
the
quarries
that
were
by
Gilgal,
and
said,
I
have
a
secret
errand
unto
thee,
O
king.
And
he
said,
Keep
silence.
And
all
that
stood
by
him
went
out
from
him.
\VS{20}And
Ehud
came
unto
him;
and
he
was
sitting
by
himself
alone
in
the
cool
upper
room.
And
Ehud
said,
I
have
a
message
from
God
unto
thee.
And
he
arose
out
of
his
seat.
\VS{21}And
Ehud
put
forth
his
left
hand,
and
took
the
sword
from
his
right
thigh,
and
thrust
it
into
his
body:
\VS{22}and
the
haft
also
went
in
after
the
blade;
and
the
fat
closed
upon
the
blade,
for
he
drew
not
the
sword
out
of
his
body;
and
it
came
out
behind.
\VS{23}Then
Ehud
went
forth
into
the
porch,
and
shut
the
doors
of
the
upper
room
upon
him,
and
locked
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Now
when
he
was
gone
out,
his
servants
came;
and
they
saw,
and,
behold,
the
doors
of
the
upper
room
were
locked;
and
they
said,
Surely
he
is
covering
his
feet
in
the
upper
chamber.
\VS{25}And
they
tarried
till
they
were
ashamed;
and,
behold,
he
opened
not
the
doors
of
the
upper
room:
therefore
they
took
the
key,
and
opened
{\ADD{
them}};
and,
behold,
their
lord
was
fallen
down
dead
on
the
earth.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}And
Ehud
escaped
while
they
tarried,
and
passed
beyond
the
quarries,
and
escaped
unto
Seirah.
\VS{27}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
he
was
come,
that
he
blew
a
trumpet
in
the hill-country
of
Ephraim;
and
the
children
of
Israel
went
down
with
him
from
the hill-country,
and
he
before
them.
\VS{28}And
he
said
unto
them,
Follow
after
me;
for
Jehovah
hath
delivered
your
enemies
the
Moabites
into
your
hand.
And
they
went
down
after
him,
and
took
the
fords
of
the
Jordan
against
the
Moabites,
and
suffered
not
a
man
to
pass
over.
\VS{29}And
they
smote
of
Moab
at
that
time
about
ten
thousand
men,
every
lusty
man,
and
every
man
of
valor;
and
there
escaped
not
a
man.
\VS{30}So
Moab
was
subdued
that
day
under
the
hand
of
Israel.
And
the
land
had
rest
fourscore
years.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}And
after
him
was
Shamgar
the
son
of
Anath,
who
smote
of
the
Philistines
six
hundred
men
with
an ox-goad:
and
he
also
saved
Israel.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
children
of
Israel
again
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
when
Ehud
was
dead.
\VS{2}And
Jehovah
sold
them
into
the
hand
of
Jabin
king
of
Canaan,
that
reigned
in
Hazor;
the
captain
of
whose
host
was
Sisera,
who
dwelt
in
Harosheth
of
the
Gentiles.
\VS{3}And
the
children
of
Israel
cried
unto
Jehovah:
for
he
had
nine
hundred
chariots
of
iron;
and
twenty
years
he
mightily
oppressed
the
children
of
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Now
Deborah,
a
prophetess,
the
wife
of
Lappidoth,
she
judged
Israel
at
that
time.
\VS{5}And
she
dwelt
under
the palm-tree
of
Deborah
between
Ramah
and
Beth-el
in
the hill-country
of
Ephraim:
and
the
children
of
Israel
came
up
to
her
for
judgment.
\VS{6}And
she
sent
and
called
Barak
the
son
of
Abinoam
out
of
Kedesh-naphtali,
and
said
unto
him,
Hath
not
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
commanded,
{\ADD{
saying}},
Go
and
draw
unto
mount
Tabor,
and
take
with
thee
ten
thousand
men
of
the
children
of
Naphtali
and
of
the
children
of
Zebulun?
\VS{7}And
I
will
draw
unto
thee,
to
the
river
Kishon,
Sisera,
the
captain
of
Jabin’s
army,
with
his
chariots
and
his
multitude;
and
I
will
deliver
him
into
thy
hand.
\VS{8}And
Barak
said
unto
her,
If
thou
wilt
go
with
me,
then
I
will
go;
but
if
thou
wilt
not
go
with
me,
I
will
not
go.
\VS{9}And
she
said,
I
will
surely
go
with
thee:
notwithstanding,
the
journey
that
thou
takest
shall
not
be
for
thine
honor;
for
Jehovah
will
sell
Sisera
into
the
hand
of
a
woman.
And
Deborah
arose,
and
went
with
Barak
to
Kedesh.
\VS{10}And
Barak
called
Zebulun
and
Naphtali
together
to
Kedesh;
and
there
went
up
ten
thousand
men
at
his
feet:
and
Deborah
went
up
with
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Now
Heber
the
Kenite
had
separated
himself
from
the
Kenites,
even
from
the
children
of
Hobab
the
brother-in-law
of
Moses,
and
had
pitched
his
tent
as
far
as
the
oak
in
Zaanannim,
which
is
by
Kedesh.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}And
they
told
Sisera
that
Barak
the
son
of
Abinoam
was
gone
up
to
mount
Tabor.
\VS{13}And
Sisera
gathered
together
all
his
chariots,
even
nine
hundred
chariots
of
iron,
and
all
the
people
that
were
with
him,
from
Harosheth
of
the
Gentiles,
unto
the
river
Kishon.
\VS{14}And
Deborah
said
unto
Barak,
Up;
for
this
is
the
day
in
which
Jehovah
hath
delivered
Sisera
into
thy
hand;
is
not
Jehovah
gone
out
before
thee?
So
Barak
went
down
from
mount
Tabor,
and
ten
thousand
men
after
him.
\VS{15}And
Jehovah
discomfited
Sisera,
and
all
his
chariots,
and
all
his
host,
with
the
edge
of
the
sword
before
Barak;
and
Sisera
alighted
from
his
chariot,
and
fled
away
on
his
feet.
\VS{16}But
Barak
pursued
after
the
chariots,
and
after
the
host,
unto
Harosheth
of
the
Gentiles:
and
all
the
host
of
Sisera
fell
by
the
edge
of
the
sword;
there
was
not
a
man
left.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Howbeit
Sisera
fled
away
on
his
feet
to
the
tent
of
Jael
the
wife
of
Heber
the
Kenite;
for
there
was
peace
between
Jabin
the
king
of
Hazor
and
the
house
of
Heber
the
Kenite.
\VS{18}And
Jael
went
out
to
meet
Sisera,
and
said
unto
him,
Turn
in,
my
lord,
turn
in
to
me;
fear
not.
And
he
turned
in
unto
her
into
the
tent,
and
she
covered
him
with
a
rug.
\VS{19}And
he
said
unto
her,
Give
me,
I
pray
thee,
a
little
water
to
drink;
for
I
am
thirsty.
And
she
opened
a
bottle
of
milk,
and
gave
him
drink,
and
covered
him.
\VS{20}And
he
said
unto
her,
Stand
in
the
door
of
the
tent,
and
it
shall
be,
when
any
man
doth
come
and
inquire
of
thee,
and
say,
Is
there
any
man
here?
that
thou shalt
say,
No.
\VS{21}Then
Jael
Heber’s
wife
took
a tent-pin,
and
took
a
hammer
in
her
hand,
and
went
softly
unto
him,
and
smote
the
pin
into
his
temples,
and
it
pierced
through
into
the
ground;
for
he
was
in
a
deep
sleep;
so
he
swooned
and
died.
\VS{22}And,
behold,
as
Barak
pursued
Sisera,
Jael
came
out
to
meet
him,
and
said
unto
him,
Come,
and
I
will
show
thee
the
man
whom
thou
seekest.
And
he
came
unto
her;
and,
behold,
Sisera
lay
dead,
and
the tent-pin
was
in
his
temples.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}So
God
subdued
on
that
day
Jabin
the
king
of
Canaan
before
the
children
of
Israel.
\VS{24}And
the
hand
of
the
children
of
Israel
prevailed
more
and
more
against
Jabin
the
king
of
Canaan,
until
they
had
destroyed
Jabin
king
of
Canaan.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
sang
Deborah
and
Barak
the
son
of
Abinoam
on
that
day,
saying,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}For
that
the
leaders
took
the
lead
in
Israel,
\par }{\Q For
that
the
people
offered
themselves
willingly,
\par }{\Q Bless
ye
Jehovah.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Hear,
O
ye
kings;
give
ear,
O
ye
princes;
\par }{\Q I,
{\ADD{
even}}
I,
will
sing
unto
Jehovah;
\par }{\Q I
will
sing
praise
to
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Jehovah,
when
thou
wentest
forth
out
of
Seir,
\par }{\Q When
thou marchedst
out
of
the
field
of
Edom,
\par }{\Q The
earth
trembled,
the
heavens
also
dropped,
\par }{\Q Yea,
the
clouds
dropped
water.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}The
mountains
quaked
at
the
presence
of
Jehovah,
\par }{\Q Even yon
Sinai
at
the
presence
of
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{6}In
the
days
of
Shamgar
the
son
of
Anath,
\par }{\Q In
the
days
of
Jael,
the
highways
were
unoccupied,
\par }{\Q And
the
travellers
walked
through
byways.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}The
rulers
ceased
in
Israel,
they
ceased,
\par }{\Q Until
that
I
Deborah
arose,
\par }{\Q That
I
arose
a
mother
in
Israel.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}They
chose
new
gods;
\par }{\Q Then
was
war
in
the
gates:
\par }{\Q Was
there
a
shield
or
spear
seen
\par }{\Q Among
forty
thousand
in
Israel?
\par }{\Q \VS{9}My
heart
is
toward
the
governors
of
Israel,
\par }{\Q That
offered
themselves
willingly
among
the
people:
\par }{\Q Bless
ye
Jehovah.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Tell
{\ADD{
of
it}},
ye
that
ride
on
white
asses,
\par }{\Q Ye
that
sit
on
rich
carpets,
\par }{\Q And
ye
that
walk
by
the
way.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Far
from
the
noise
of
archers,
in
the
places
of
drawing
water,
\par }{\Q There
shall
they
rehearse
the
righteous
acts
of
Jehovah,
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Even}}
the
righteous
acts
of
his
rule
in
Israel.
\par }{\Q Then
the
people
of
Jehovah
went
down
to
the
gates.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{12}Awake,
awake,
Deborah;
\par }{\Q Awake,
awake,
utter
a
song:
\par }{\Q Arise,
Barak,
and
lead
away
thy
captives,
thou
son
of
Abinoam.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Then
came
down
a
remnant
of
the
nobles
{\ADD{
and}}
the
people;
\par }{\Q Jehovah
came
down
for
me
against
the
mighty.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Out
of
Ephraim
{\ADD{
came
down}}
they
whose
root
is
in
Amalek;
\par }{\Q After
thee,
Benjamin,
among
thy
peoples;
\par }{\Q Out
of
Machir
came
down
governors,
\par }{\Q And
out
of
Zebulun
they
that
handle
the marshal’s
staff.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}And
the
princes
of
Issachar
were
with
Deborah;
\par }{\Q As
was
Issachar,
so
was
Barak;
\par }{\Q Into
the
valley
they
rushed
forth
at
his
feet.
\par }{\Q By
the watercourses
of
Reuben
\par }{\Q There
were
great
resolves
of
heart.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Why sattest
thou
among
the
sheepfolds,
\par }{\Q To
hear
the pipings
for
the
flocks?
\par }{\Q At
the watercourses
of
Reuben
\par }{\Q There
were
great
searchings
of
heart.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Gilead
abode
beyond
the
Jordan:
\par }{\Q And
Dan,
why
did
he
remain
in
ships?
\par }{\Q Asher
sat
still
at
the
haven
of
the
sea,
\par }{\Q And
abode
by
his creeks.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}Zebulun
was
a
people
that
jeoparded
their
lives
unto
the
death,
\par }{\Q And
Naphtali,
upon
the
high
places
of
the
field.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{19}The
kings
came
and
fought;
\par }{\Q Then
fought
the
kings
of
Canaan,
\par }{\Q In
Taanach
by
the
waters
of
Megiddo:
\par }{\Q They
took
no
gain
of
money.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}From
heaven
fought
the
stars,
\par }{\Q From
their
courses
they
fought
against
Sisera.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}The
river
Kishon
swept
them
away,
\par }{\Q That
ancient
river,
the
river
Kishon.
\par }{\Q O
my
soul,
march
on
with
strength.
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Then
did
the
horsehoofs
stamp
\par }{\Q By
reason
of
the prancings,
the prancings
of
their
strong
ones.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}Curse
ye
Meroz,
said
the
angel
of
Jehovah.
\par }{\Q Curse
ye
bitterly
the
inhabitants
thereof,
\par }{\Q Because
they
came
not
to
the
help
of
Jehovah,
\par }{\Q To
the
help
of
Jehovah
against
the
mighty.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{24}Blessed
above
women
shall
Jael
be,
\par }{\Q The
wife
of
Heber
the
Kenite;
\par }{\Q Blessed
shall
she
be
above
women
in
the
tent.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}He
asked
water,
{\ADD{
and}}
she
gave
him
milk;
\par }{\Q She
brought
him
butter
in
a
lordly
dish.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}She
put
her
hand
to
the tent-pin,
\par }{\Q And
her
right
hand
to
the
workmen’s
hammer;
\par }{\Q And
with
the
hammer
she
smote
Sisera,
she
smote
through
his
head;
\par }{\Q Yea,
she
pierced
and
struck
through
his
temples.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}At
her
feet
he
bowed,
he
fell,
he
lay;
\par }{\Q At
her
feet
he
bowed,
he
fell:
\par }{\Q Where
he
bowed,
there
he
fell
down
dead.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{28}Through
the
window
she
looked
forth,
and
cried,
\par }{\Q The
mother
of
Sisera
{\ADD{
cried}}
through
the
lattice,
\par }{\Q Why
is
his
chariot
so
long
in
coming?
\par }{\Q Why
tarry
the
wheels
of
his
chariots?
\par }{\Q \VS{29}Her
wise
ladies
answered
her,
\par }{\Q Yea,
she
returned
answer
to
herself,
\par }{\Q \VS{30}Have
they
not
found,
have
they
not
divided
the
spoil?
\par }{\Q A
damsel,
two
damsels
to
every
man;
\par }{\Q To
Sisera
a
spoil
of
dyed
garments,
\par }{\Q A
spoil
of
dyed
garments
embroidered,
\par }{\Q Of
dyed
garments
embroidered
on
both
sides,
on
the
necks
of
the
spoil?
\par }{\Q \VS{31}So
let
all
thine
enemies
perish,
O
Jehovah:
\par }{\Q But
let
them
that
love
him
be
as
the
sun
when
he
goeth
forth
in
his
might.
\par }{\MM And
the
land
had
rest
forty
years.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
children
of
Israel
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah:
and
Jehovah
delivered
them
into
the
hand
of
Midian
seven
years.
\VS{2}And
the
hand
of
Midian
prevailed
against
Israel;
and
because
of
Midian
the
children
of
Israel
made
them
the
dens
which
are
in
the
mountains,
and
the
caves,
and
the
strongholds.
\VS{3}And
so
it
was,
when
Israel
had
sown,
that
the
Midianites
came
up,
and
the
Amalekites,
and
the
children
of
the
east;
they
came
up
against
them;
\VS{4}and
they
encamped
against
them,
and
destroyed
the
increase
of
the
earth,
till
thou
come
unto
Gaza,
and
left
no
sustenance
in
Israel,
neither
sheep,
nor
ox,
nor
ass.
\VS{5}For
they
came
up
with
their
cattle
and
their
tents;
they
came
in
as
locusts
for
multitude;
both
they
and
their
camels
were
without
number:
and
they
came
into
the
land
to
destroy
it.
\VS{6}And
Israel
was
brought
very
low
because
of
Midian;
and
the
children
of
Israel
cried
unto
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
children
of
Israel
cried
unto
Jehovah
because
of
Midian,
\VS{8}that
Jehovah
sent
a
prophet
unto
the
children
of
Israel:
and
he
said
unto
them,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
I
brought
you
up
from
Egypt,
and
brought
you
forth
out
of
the
house
of
bondage;
\VS{9}and
I
delivered
you
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Egyptians,
and
out
of
the
hand
of
all
that
oppressed
you,
and
drove
them
out
from
before
you,
and
gave
you
their
land;
\VS{10}and
I
said
unto
you,
I
am
Jehovah
your
God;
ye
shall
not
fear
the
gods
of
the
Amorites,
in
whose
land
ye
dwell.
But
ye
have
not
hearkened
unto
my
voice.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}And
the
angel
of
Jehovah
came,
and
sat
under
the
oak
which
was
in
Ophrah,
that
pertained
unto
Joash
the
Abiezrite:
and
his
son
Gideon
was
beating
out
wheat
in
the
winepress,
to
hide
it
from
the
Midianites.
\VS{12}And
the
angel
of
Jehovah
appeared
unto
him,
and
said
unto
him,
Jehovah
is
with
thee,
thou
mighty
man
of
valor.
\VS{13}And
Gideon
said
unto
him,
Oh,
my
lord,
if
Jehovah
is
with
us,
why
then
is
all
this
befallen
us?
and
where
are
all
his
wondrous
works
which
our
fathers
told
us
of,
saying,
Did
not
Jehovah
bring
us
up
from
Egypt?
but
now
Jehovah
hath
cast
us
off,
and
delivered
us
into
the
hand
of
Midian.
\VS{14}And
Jehovah
looked
upon
him,
and
said,
Go
in
this
thy
might,
and
save
Israel
from
the
hand
of
Midian:
have
not
I
sent
thee?
\VS{15}And
he
said
unto
him,
Oh,
Lord,
wherewith
shall
I
save
Israel?
behold,
my
family
is
the
poorest
in
Manasseh,
and
I
am
the
least
in
my
father’s
house.
\VS{16}And
Jehovah
said
unto
him,
Surely
I
will
be
with
thee,
and
thou shalt
smite
the
Midianites
as
one
man.
\VS{17}And
he
said
unto
him,
If
now
I
have
found
favor
in
thy
sight,
then
show
me
a
sign
that
it
is
thou
that
talkest
with
me.
\VS{18}Depart
not
hence,
I
pray
thee,
until
I
come
unto
thee,
and
bring
forth
my
present,
and
lay
it
before
thee.
And
he
said,
I
will
tarry
until
thou
come
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}And
Gideon
went
in,
and
made
ready
a
kid,
and
unleavened
cakes
of
an
ephah
of
meal:
the
flesh
he
put
in
a
basket,
and
he
put
the
broth
in
a
pot,
and
brought
it
out
unto
him
under
the
oak,
and
presented
it.
\VS{20}And
the
angel
of
God
said
unto
him,
Take
the
flesh
and
the
unleavened
cakes,
and
lay
them
upon
this
rock,
and
pour
out
the
broth.
And
he
did
so.
\VS{21}Then
the
angel
of
Jehovah
put
forth
the
end
of
the
staff
that
was
in
his
hand,
and
touched
the
flesh
and
the
unleavened
cakes;
and
there
went
up
fire
out
of
the
rock,
and
consumed
the
flesh
and
the
unleavened
cakes;
and
the
angel
of
Jehovah
departed
out
of
his
sight.
\VS{22}And
Gideon
saw
that
he
was
the
angel
of
Jehovah;
and
Gideon
said,
Alas,
O
Lord
Jehovah!
forasmuch
as
I
have
seen
the
angel
of
Jehovah
face
to
face.
\VS{23}And
Jehovah
said
unto
him,
Peace
be
unto
thee;
fear
not:
thou shalt
not
die.
\VS{24}Then
Gideon
built
an
altar
there
unto
Jehovah,
and
called
it
Jehovah-shalom:
unto
this
day
it
is
yet
in
Ophrah
of
the
Abiezrites.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}And
it
came
to
pass
the
same
night,
that
Jehovah
said
unto
him,
Take
thy
father’s
bullock,
even
the
second
bullock
seven
years
old,
and
throw
down
the
altar
of
Baal
that
thy
father
hath,
and
cut
down
the
Asherah
that
is
by
it;
\VS{26}and
build
an
altar
unto
Jehovah
thy
God
upon
the
top
of
this
stronghold,
in
the
orderly
manner,
and
take
the
second
bullock,
and
offer
a burnt-offering
with
the
wood
of
the
Asherah
which
thou shalt
cut
down.
\VS{27}Then
Gideon
took
ten
men
of
his
servants,
and
did
as
Jehovah
had
spoken
unto
him:
and
it
came
to
pass,
because
he
feared
his
father’s
household
and
the
men
of
the
city,
so
that
he
could
not
do
it
by
day,
that
he
did
it
by
night.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}And
when
the
men
of
the
city
arose
early
in
the
morning,
behold,
the
altar
of
Baal
was
broken
down,
and
the
Asherah
was
cut
down
that
was
by
it,
and
the
second
bullock
was
offered
upon
the
altar
that
was
built.
\VS{29}And
they
said
one
to
another,
Who
hath
done
this
thing?
And
when
they
inquired
and
asked,
they
said,
Gideon
the
son
of
Joash
hath
done
this
thing.
\VS{30}Then
the
men
of
the
city
said
unto
Joash,
Bring
out
thy
son,
that
he
may
die,
because
he
hath
broken
down
the
altar
of
Baal,
and
because
he
hath
cut
down
the
Asherah
that
was
by
it.
\VS{31}And
Joash
said
unto
all
that
stood
against
him,
Will
ye
contend
for
Baal?
or
will
ye
save
him?
he
that
will
contend
for
him,
let
him
be
put
to
death
whilst
{\ADD{
it
is
yet}}
morning:
if
he
be
a
god,
let
him
contend
for
himself,
because
one
hath
broken
down
his
altar.
\VS{32}Therefore
on
that
day
he
called
him
Jerubbaal,
saying,
Let
Baal
contend
against
him,
because
he
hath
broken
down
his
altar.
\par }{\PP \VS{33}Then
all
the
Midianites
and
the
Amalekites
and
the
children
of
the
east
assembled
themselves
together;
and
they
passed
over,
and
encamped
in
the
valley
of
Jezreel.
\VS{34}But
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
came
upon
Gideon;
and
he
blew
a
trumpet;
and
Abiezer
was
gathered
together
after
him.
\VS{35}And
he
sent
messengers
throughout
all
Manasseh;
and
they
also
were
gathered
together
after
him:
and
he
sent
messengers
unto
Asher,
and
unto
Zebulun,
and
unto
Naphtali;
and
they
came
up
to
meet
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}And
Gideon
said
unto
God,
If
thou
wilt
save
Israel
by
my
hand,
as
thou
hast
spoken,
\VS{37}behold,
I
will
put
a
fleece
of
wool
on
the threshing-floor;
if
there
be
dew
on
the
fleece
only,
and
it
be
dry
upon
all
the
ground,
then
shall
I
know
that
thou
wilt
save
Israel
by
my
hand,
as
thou
hast
spoken.
\VS{38}And
it
was
so;
for
he
rose
up
early
on
the
morrow,
and
pressed
the
fleece
together,
and wrung
the
dew
out
of
the
fleece,
a bowlful
of
water.
\VS{39}And
Gideon
said
unto
God,
Let
not
thine
anger
be
kindled
against
me,
and
I
will
speak
but
this
once:
let
me
make
trial,
I
pray
thee,
but
this
once
with
the
fleece;
let
it
now
be
dry
only
upon
the
fleece,
and
upon
all
the
ground
let
there
be
dew.
\VS{40}And
God
did
so
that
night:
for
it
was
dry
upon
the
fleece
only,
and
there
was
dew
on
all
the
ground.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Jerubbaal,
who
is
Gideon,
and
all
the
people
that
were
with
him,
rose
up
early,
and
encamped
beside
the
spring
of
Harod:
and
the
camp
of
Midian
was
on
the
north
side
of
them,
by
the
hill
of
Moreh,
in
the
valley.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}And
Jehovah
said
unto
Gideon,
The
people
that
are
with
thee
are
too
many
for
me
to
give
the
Midianites
into
their
hand,
lest
Israel
vaunt
themselves
against
me,
saying,
Mine
own
hand
hath
saved
me.
\VS{3}Now
therefore
proclaim
in
the
ears
of
the
people,
saying,
Whosoever
is
fearful
and
trembling,
let
him
return
and
depart
from
mount
Gilead.
And
there
returned
of
the
people
twenty
and
two
thousand;
and
there
remained
ten
thousand.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}And
Jehovah
said
unto
Gideon,
The
people
are
yet
too
many;
bring
them
down
unto
the
water,
and
I
will
try
them
for
thee
there:
and
it
shall
be,
that
of
whom
I
say
unto
thee,
This
shall
go
with
thee,
the
same
shall
go
with
thee;
and
of
whomsoever
I
say
unto
thee,
This
shall
not
go
with
thee,
the
same
shall
not
go.
\VS{5}So
he
brought
down
the
people
unto
the
water:
and
Jehovah
said
unto
Gideon,
Every
one
that
lappeth
of
the
water
with
his
tongue,
as
a
dog
lappeth,
him shalt
thou
set
by
himself;
likewise
every
one
that
boweth
down
upon
his
knees
to
drink.
\VS{6}And
the
number
of
them
that
lapped,
putting
their
hand
to
their
mouth,
was
three
hundred
men:
but
all
the
rest
of
the
people
bowed
down
upon
their
knees
to
drink
water.
\VS{7}And
Jehovah
said
unto
Gideon,
By
the
three
hundred
men
that
lapped
will
I
save
you,
and
deliver
the
Midianites
into
thy
hand;
and
let
all
the
people
go
every
man
unto
his
place.
\VS{8}So
the
people
took
victuals
in
their
hand,
and
their
trumpets;
and
he
sent
all
the
men
of
Israel
every
man
unto
his
tent,
but
retained
the
three
hundred
men:
and
the
camp
of
Midian
was
beneath
him
in
the
valley.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}And
it
came
to
pass
the
same
night,
that
Jehovah
said
unto
him,
Arise,
get
thee
down
into
the
camp;
for
I
have
delivered
it
into
thy
hand.
\VS{10}But
if
thou
fear
to
go
down,
go
thou
with
Purah
thy
servant
down
to
the
camp:
\VS{11}and
thou shalt
hear
what
they
say;
and
afterward
shall
thy
hands
be
strengthened
to
go
down
into
the
camp.
Then
went
he
down
with
Purah
his
servant
unto
the
outermost
part
of
the
armed
men
that
were
in
the
camp.
\VS{12}And
the
Midianites
and
the
Amalekites
and
all
the
children
of
the
east
lay
along
in
the
valley
like
locusts
for
multitude;
and
their
camels
were
without
number,
as
the
sand
which
is
upon
the sea-shore
for
multitude.
\VS{13}And
when
Gideon
was
come,
behold,
there
was
a
man
telling
a
dream
unto
his
fellow;
and
he
said,
Behold,
I
dreamed
a
dream;
and,
lo,
a
cake
of
barley
bread
tumbled
into
the
camp
of
Midian,
and
came
unto
the
tent,
and
smote
it
so
that
it
fell,
and
turned
it
upside
down,
so
that
the
tent
lay
flat.
\VS{14}And
his
fellow
answered
and
said,
This
is
nothing
else
save
the
sword
of
Gideon
the
son
of
Joash,
a
man
of
Israel:
into
his
hand
God
hath
delivered
Midian,
and
all
the
host.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}And
it
was
so,
when
Gideon
heard
the
telling
of
the
dream,
and
the
interpretation
thereof,
that
he
worshipped;
and
he
returned
into
the
camp
of
Israel,
and
said,
Arise;
for
Jehovah
hath
delivered
into
your
hand
the
host
of
Midian.
\VS{16}And
he
divided
the
three
hundred
men
into
three
companies,
and
he
put
into
the
hands
of
all
of
them
trumpets,
and
empty
pitchers,
with
torches
within
the
pitchers.
\VS{17}And
he
said
unto
them,
Look
on
me,
and
do
likewise:
and,
behold,
when
I
come
to
the
outermost
part
of
the
camp,
it
shall
be
that,
as
I
do,
so
shall
ye
do.
\VS{18}When
I
blow
the
trumpet,
I
and
all
that
are
with
me,
then
blow
ye
the
trumpets
also
on
every
side
of
all
the
camp,
and
say,
For
Jehovah
and
for
Gideon.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}So
Gideon,
and
the
hundred
men
that
were
with
him,
came
unto
the
outermost
part
of
the
camp
in
the
beginning
of
the
middle
watch,
when
they
had
but
newly
set
the
watch:
and
they
blew
the
trumpets,
and
brake
in
pieces
the
pitchers
that
were
in
their
hands.
\VS{20}And
the
three
companies
blew
the
trumpets,
and
brake
the
pitchers,
and
held
the
torches
in
their
left
hands,
and
the
trumpets
in
their
right
hands
wherewith
to
blow;
and
they
cried,
The
sword
of
Jehovah
and
of
Gideon.
\VS{21}And
they
stood
every
man
in
his
place
round
about
the
camp;
and
all
the
host
ran;
and
they
shouted,
and
put
{\ADD{
them}}
to
flight.
\VS{22}And
they
blew
the
three
hundred
trumpets,
and
Jehovah
set
every
man’s
sword
against
his
fellow,
and
against
all
the
host;
and
the
host
fled
as
far
as
Beth-shittah
toward
Zererah,
as
far
as
the
border
of
Abel-meholah,
by
Tabbath.
\VS{23}And
the
men
of
Israel
were
gathered
together
out
of
Naphtali,
and
out
of
Asher,
and
out
of
all
Manasseh,
and
pursued
after
Midian.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}And
Gideon
sent
messengers
throughout
all
the hill-country
of
Ephraim,
saying,
Come
down
against
Midian,
and
take
before
them
the
waters,
as
far
as
Beth-barah,
even
the
Jordan.
So
all
the
men
of
Ephraim
were
gathered
together,
and
took
the
waters
as
far
as
Beth-barah,
even
the
Jordan.
\VS{25}And
they
took
the
two
princes
of
Midian,
Oreb
and
Zeeb;
and
they
slew
Oreb
at
the
rock
of
Oreb,
and
Zeeb
they
slew
at
the
winepress
of
Zeeb,
and
pursued
Midian:
and
they
brought
the
heads
of
Oreb
and
Zeeb
to
Gideon
beyond
the
Jordan.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
men
of
Ephraim
said
unto
him,
Why
hast
thou
served
us
thus,
that
thou
calledst
us
not,
when
thou
wentest
to
fight
with
Midian?
And
they
did
chide
with
him
sharply.
\VS{2}And
he
said
unto
them,
What
have
I
now
done
in
comparison
with
you?
Is
not
the
gleaning
of
the
grapes
of
Ephraim
better
than
the
vintage
of
Abiezer?
\VS{3}God
hath
delivered
into
your
hand
the
princes
of
Midian,
Oreb
and
Zeeb:
and
what
was
I
able
to
do
in
comparison
with
you?
Then
their
anger
was
abated
toward
him,
when
he
had
said
that.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}And
Gideon
came
to
the
Jordan,
{\ADD{
and}}
passed
over,
he,
and
the
three
hundred
men
that
were
with
him,
faint,
yet
pursuing.
\VS{5}And
he
said
unto
the
men
of
Succoth,
Give,
I
pray
you,
loaves
of
bread
unto
the
people
that
follow
me;
for
they
are
faint,
and
I
am
pursuing
after
Zebah
and
Zalmunna,
the
kings
of
Midian.
\VS{6}And
the
princes
of
Succoth
said,
Are
the
hands
of
Zebah
and
Zalmunna
now
in
thy
hand,
that
we
should
give
bread
unto
thine
army?
\VS{7}And
Gideon
said,
Therefore
when
Jehovah
hath
delivered
Zebah
and
Zalmunna
into
my
hand,
then
I
will
tear
your
flesh
with
the
thorns
of
the
wilderness
and
with
briers.
\VS{8}And
he
went
up
thence
to
Penuel,
and
spake
unto
them
in
like
manner;
and
the
men
of
Penuel
answered
him
as
the
men
of
Succoth
had
answered.
\VS{9}And
he
spake
also
unto
the
men
of
Penuel,
saying,
When
I
come
again
in
peace,
I
will
break
down
this
tower.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Now
Zebah
and
Zalmunna
were
in
Karkor,
and
their
hosts
with
them,
about
fifteen
thousand
men,
all
that
were
left
of
all
the
host
of
the
children
of
the
east;
for
there
fell
a
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
men
that
drew
sword.
\VS{11}And
Gideon
went
up
by
the
way
of
them
that
dwelt
in
tents
on
the
east
of
Nobah
and
Jogbehah,
and
smote
the
host;
for
the
host
was
secure.
\VS{12}And
Zebah
and
Zalmunna
fled;
and
he
pursued
after
them;
and
he
took
the
two
kings
of
Midian,
Zebah
and
Zalmunna,
and
discomfited
all
the
host.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}And
Gideon
the
son
of
Joash
returned
from
the
battle
from
the
ascent
of
Heres.
\VS{14}And
he
caught
a
young
man
of
the
men
of
Succoth,
and
inquired
of
him:
and
he
described
for
him
the
princes
of
Succoth,
and
the
elders
thereof,
seventy
and
seven
men.
\VS{15}And
he
came
unto
the
men
of
Succoth,
and
said,
Behold
Zebah
and
Zalmunna,
concerning
whom
ye
did
taunt
me,
saying,
Are
the
hands
of
Zebah
and
Zalmunna
now
in
thy
hand,
that
we
should
give
bread
unto
thy
men
that
are
weary?
\VS{16}And
he
took
the
elders
of
the
city,
and
thorns
of
the
wilderness
and
briers,
and
with
them
he
taught
the
men
of
Succoth.
\VS{17}And
he
brake
down
the
tower
of
Penuel,
and
slew
the
men
of
the
city.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
said
he
unto
Zebah
and
Zalmunna,
What
manner
of
men
were
they
whom
ye
slew
at
Tabor?
And
they
answered,
As
thou
art,
so
were
they;
each
one
resembled
the
children
of
a
king.
\VS{19}And
he
said,
They
were
my
brethren,
the
sons
of
my
mother:
as
Jehovah
liveth,
if
ye
had
saved
them
alive,
I
would
not
slay
you.
\VS{20}And
he
said
unto
Jether
his first-born,
Up,
and
slay
them.
But
the
youth
drew
not
his
sword;
for
he
feared,
because
he
was
yet
a
youth.
\VS{21}Then
Zebah
and
Zalmunna
said,
Rise
thou,
and
fall
upon
us;
for
as
the
man
is,
so
is
his
strength.
And
Gideon
arose,
and
slew
Zebah
and
Zalmunna,
and
took
the crescents
that
were
on
their
camels’
necks.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Then
the
men
of
Israel
said
unto
Gideon,
Rule
thou
over
us,
both
thou,
and
thy
son,
and
thy
son’s
son
also;
for
thou
hast
saved
us
out
of
the
hand
of
Midian.
\VS{23}And
Gideon
said
unto
them,
I
will
not
rule
over
you,
neither
shall
my
son
rule
over
you:
Jehovah
shall
rule
over
you.
\VS{24}And
Gideon
said
unto
them,
I
would
make
a
request
of
you,
that
ye
would
give
me
every
man
the ear-rings
of
his
spoil. (For
they
had
golden ear-rings,
because
they
were
Ishmaelites.)
\VS{25}And
they
answered,
We
will
willingly
give
them.
And
they
spread
a
garment,
and
did
cast
therein
every
man
the ear-rings
of
his
spoil.
\VS{26}And
the
weight
of
the
golden ear-rings
that
he
requested
was
a
thousand
and
seven
hundred
{\ADD{
shekels}}
of
gold;
besides
the crescents,
and
the
pendants,
and
the
purple
raiment
that
was
on
the
kings
of
Midian,
and
besides
the
chains
that
were
about
their
camels’
necks.
\VS{27}And
Gideon
made
an
ephod
thereof,
and
put
it
in
his
city,
even
in
Ophrah:
and
all
Israel
played
the
harlot
after
it
there;
and
it
became
a
snare
unto
Gideon,
and
to
his
house.
\VS{28}So
Midian
was
subdued
before
the
children
of
Israel,
and
they
lifted
up
their
heads
no
more.
And
the
land
had
rest
forty
years
in
the
days
of
Gideon.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}And
Jerubbaal
the
son
of
Joash
went
and
dwelt
in
his
own
house.
\VS{30}And
Gideon
had
threescore
and
ten
sons
of
his
body
begotten;
for
he
had
many
wives.
\VS{31}And
his
concubine
that
was
in
Shechem,
she
also
bare
him
a
son,
and
he
called
his
name
Abimelech.
\VS{32}And
Gideon
the
son
of
Joash
died
in
a
good
old
age,
and
was
buried
in
the
sepulchre
of
Joash
his
father,
in
Ophrah
of
the
Abiezrites.
\par }{\PP \VS{33}And
it
came
to
pass,
as
soon
as
Gideon
was
dead,
that
the
children
of
Israel
turned
again,
and
played
the
harlot
after
the
Baalim,
and
made
Baal-berith
their
god.
\VS{34}And
the
children
of
Israel
remembered
not
Jehovah
their
God,
who
had
delivered
them
out
of
the
hand
of
all
their
enemies
on
every
side;
\VS{35}neither
showed
they
kindness
to
the
house
of
Jerubbaal,
{\ADD{
who
is}}
Gideon,
according
to
all
the
goodness
which
he
had
showed
unto
Israel.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Abimelech
the
son
of
Jerubbaal
went
to
Shechem
unto
his
mother’s
brethren,
and
spake
with
them,
and
with
all
the
family
of
the
house
of
his
mother’s
father,
saying,
\VS{2}Speak,
I
pray
you,
in
the
ears
of
all
the
men
of
Shechem,
Whether
is
better
for
you,
that
all
the
sons
of
Jerubbaal,
who
are
threescore
and
ten
persons,
rule
over
you,
or
that
one
rule
over
you?
remember
also
that
I
am
your
bone
and
your
flesh.
\VS{3}And
his
mother’s
brethren
spake
of
him
in
the
ears
of
all
the
men
of
Shechem
all
these
words:
and
their
hearts
inclined
to
follow
Abimelech;
for
they
said,
He
is
our
brother.
\VS{4}And
they
gave
him
threescore
and
ten
{\ADD{
pieces}}
of
silver
out
of
the
house
of
Baal-berith,
wherewith
Abimelech
hired
vain
and
light
fellows,
who
followed
him.
\VS{5}And
he
went
unto
his
father’s
house
at
Ophrah,
and
slew
his
brethren
the
sons
of
Jerubbaal,
being
threescore
and
ten
persons,
upon
one
stone:
but
Jotham
the
youngest
son
of
Jerubbaal
was
left;
for
he
hid
himself.
\VS{6}And
all
the
men
of
Shechem
assembled
themselves
together,
and
all
the
house
of
Millo,
and
went
and
made
Abimelech
king,
by
the
oak
of
the
pillar
that
was
in
Shechem.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}And
when
they
told
it
to
Jotham,
he
went
and
stood
on
the
top
of
mount
Gerizim,
and
lifted
up
his
voice,
and
cried,
and
said
unto
them,
Hearken
unto
me,
ye
men
of
Shechem,
that
God
may
hearken
unto
you.
\VS{8}The
trees
went
forth
on
a
time
to
anoint
a
king
over
them;
and
they
said
unto
the olive-tree,
Reign
thou
over
us.
\VS{9}But
the olive-tree
said
unto
them,
Should
I
leave
my
fatness,
wherewith
by
me
they
honor
God
and
man,
and
go
to
wave
to
and
fro
over
the
trees?
\VS{10}And
the
trees
said
to
the fig-tree,
Come
thou,
and
reign
over
us.
\VS{11}But
the fig-tree
said
unto
them,
Should
I
leave
my
sweetness,
and
my
good
fruit,
and
go
to
wave
to
and
fro
over
the
trees?
\VS{12}And
the
trees
said
unto
the
vine,
Come
thou,
and
reign
over
us.
\VS{13}And
the
vine
said
unto
them,
Should
I
leave
my
new
wine,
which
cheereth
God
and
man,
and
go
to
wave
to
and
fro
over
the
trees?
\VS{14}Then
said
all
the
trees
unto
the
bramble,
Come
thou,
and
reign
over
us.
\VS{15}And
the
bramble
said
unto
the
trees,
If
in
truth
ye
anoint
me
king
over
you,
then
come
and
take
refuge
in
my
shade;
and
if
not,
let
fire
come
out
of
the
bramble,
and
devour
the
cedars
of
Lebanon.
\VS{16}Now
therefore,
if
ye
have
dealt
truly
and
uprightly,
in
that
ye
have
made
Abimelech
king,
and
if
ye
have
dealt
well
with
Jerubbaal
and
his
house,
and
have
done
unto
him
according
to
the
deserving
of
his
hands
\VS{17}(for
my
father
fought
for
you,
and
adventured
his
life,
and
delivered
you
out
of
the
hand
of
Midian:
\VS{18}and
ye
are
risen
up
against
my
father’s
house
this
day,
and
have
slain
his
sons,
threescore
and
ten
persons,
upon
one
stone,
and
have
made
Abimelech,
the
son
of
his maid-servant,
king
over
the
men
of
Shechem,
because
he
is
your
brother);
\VS{19}if
ye
then
have
dealt
truly
and
uprightly
with
Jerubbaal
and
with
his
house
this
day,
then
rejoice
ye
in
Abimelech,
and
let
him
also
rejoice
in
you:
\VS{20}but
if
not,
let
fire
come
out
from
Abimelech,
and
devour
the
men
of
Shechem,
and
the
house
of
Millo;
and
let
fire
come
out
from
the
men
of
Shechem,
and
from
the
house
of
Millo,
and
devour
Abimelech.
\VS{21}And
Jotham
ran
away,
and
fled,
and
went
to
Beer,
and
dwelt
there,
for
fear
of
Abimelech
his
brother.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}And
Abimelech
was
prince
over
Israel
three
years.
\VS{23}And
God
sent
an
evil
spirit
between
Abimelech
and
the
men
of
Shechem;
and
the
men
of
Shechem
dealt
treacherously
with
Abimelech:
\VS{24}that
the
violence
done
to
the
threescore
and
ten
sons
of
Jerubbaal
might
come,
and
that
their
blood
might
be
laid
upon
Abimelech
their
brother,
who
slew
them,
and
upon
the
men
of
Shechem,
who
strengthened
his
hands
to
slay
his
brethren.
\VS{25}And
the
men
of
Shechem
set liers-in-wait
for
him
on
the
tops
of
the
mountains,
and
they
robbed
all
that
came
along
that
way
by
them:
and
it
was
told
Abimelech.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}And
Gaal
the
son
of
Ebed
came
with
his
brethren,
and
went
over
to
Shechem;
and
the
men
of
Shechem
put
their
trust
in
him.
\VS{27}And
they
went
out
into
the
field,
and
gathered
their
vineyards,
and
trod
{\ADD{
the
grapes}},
and
held
festival,
and
went
into
the
house
of
their
god,
and
did
eat
and
drink,
and
cursed
Abimelech.
\VS{28}And
Gaal
the
son
of
Ebed
said,
Who
is
Abimelech,
and
who
is
Shechem,
that
we
should
serve
him?
is
not
he
the
son
of
Jerubbaal?
and
Zebul
his
officer?
serve
ye
the
men
of
Hamor
the
father
of
Shechem:
but
why
should
we
serve
him?
\VS{29}And
would
that
this
people
were
under
my
hand!
then
would
I
remove
Abimelech.
And
he
said
to
Abimelech,
Increase
thine
army,
and
come
out.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}And
when
Zebul
the
ruler
of
the
city
heard
the
words
of
Gaal
the
son
of
Ebed,
his
anger
was
kindled.
\VS{31}And
he
sent
messengers
unto
Abimelech
craftily,
saying,
Behold,
Gaal
the
son
of
Ebed
and
his
brethren
are
come
to
Shechem;
and,
behold,
they constrain
the
city
{\ADD{
to
take
part}}
against
thee.
\VS{32}Now
therefore,
up
by
night,
thou
and
the
people
that
are
with
thee,
and
lie
in
wait
in
the
field:
\VS{33}and
it
shall
be,
that
in
the
morning,
as
soon
as
the
sun
is
up,
thou shalt
rise
early,
and
rush
upon
the
city;
and,
behold,
when
he
and
the
people
that
are
with
him
come
out
against
thee,
then
mayest
thou
do
to
them
as
thou shalt
find
occasion.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}And
Abimelech
rose
up,
and
all
the
people
that
were
with
him,
by
night,
and
they
laid
wait
against
Shechem
in
four
companies.
\VS{35}And
Gaal
the
son
of
Ebed
went
out,
and
stood
in
the
entrance
of
the
gate
of
the
city:
and
Abimelech
rose
up,
and
the
people
that
were
with
him,
from
the
ambushment.
\VS{36}And
when
Gaal
saw
the
people,
he
said
to
Zebul,
Behold,
there
come
people
down
from
the
tops
of
the
mountains.
And
Zebul
said
unto
him,
Thou
seest
the
shadow
of
the
mountains
as
if
they
were
men.
\VS{37}And
Gaal
spake
again
and
said,
See,
there
come
people
down
by
the
middle
of
the
land,
and
one
company
cometh
by
the
way
of
the
oak
of
Meonenim.
\VS{38}Then
said
Zebul
unto
him,
Where
is
now
thy
mouth,
that
thou
saidst,
Who
is
Abimelech,
that
we
should
serve
him?
is
not
this
the
people
that
thou
hast
despised?
go
out
now,
I
pray,
and
fight
with
them.
\VS{39}And
Gaal
went
out
before
the
men
of
Shechem,
and
fought
with
Abimelech.
\VS{40}And
Abimelech
chased
him,
and
he
fled
before
him,
and
there
fell
many
wounded,
even
unto
the
entrance
of
the
gate.
\par }{\PP \VS{41}And
Abimelech
dwelt
at
Arumah:
and
Zebul
drove
out
Gaal
and
his
brethren,
that
they
should
not
dwell
in
Shechem.
\VS{42}And
it
came
to
pass
on
the
morrow,
that
the
people
went
out
into
the
field;
and
they
told
Abimelech.
\VS{43}And
he
took
the
people,
and
divided
them
into
three
companies,
and
laid
wait
in
the
field;
and
he
looked,
and,
behold,
the
people
came
forth
out
of
the
city;
and
he
rose
up
against
them,
and
smote
them.
\VS{44}And
Abimelech,
and
the
companies
that
were
with
him,
rushed
forward,
and
stood
in
the
entrance
of
the
gate
of
the
city:
and
the
two
companies
rushed
upon
all
that
were
in
the
field,
and
smote
them.
\VS{45}And
Abimelech
fought
against
the
city
all
that
day;
and
he
took
the
city,
and
slew
the
people
that
were
therein:
and
he
beat
down
the
city,
and
sowed
it
with
salt.
\par }{\PP \VS{46}And
when
all
the
men
of
the
tower
of
Shechem
heard
thereof,
they
entered
into
the
stronghold
of
the
house
of Elberith.
\VS{47}And
it
was
told
Abimelech
that
all
the
men
of
the
tower
of
Shechem
were
gathered
together.
\VS{48}And
Abimelech
gat
him
up
to
mount
Zalmon,
he
and
all
the
people
that
were
with
him;
and
Abimelech
took
an
axe
in
his
hand,
and
cut
down
a
bough
from
the
trees,
and
took
it
up,
and
laid
it
on
his
shoulder:
and
he
said
unto
the
people
that
were
with
him,
What
ye
have
seen
me
do,
make
haste,
and
do
as
I
have
done.
\VS{49}And
all
the
people
likewise
cut
down
every
man
his
bough,
and
followed
Abimelech,
and
put
them
to
the
stronghold,
and
set
the
stronghold
on
fire
upon
them;
so
that
all
the
men
of
the
tower
of
Shechem
died
also,
about
a
thousand
men
and
women.
\par }{\PP \VS{50}Then
went
Abimelech
to
Thebez,
and
encamped
against
Thebez,
and
took
it.
\VS{51}But
there
was
a
strong
tower
within
the
city,
and
thither
fled
all
the
men
and
women,
and
all
they
of
the
city,
and
shut
themselves
in,
and
gat
them
up
to
the
roof
of
the
tower.
\VS{52}And
Abimelech
came
unto
the
tower,
and
fought
against
it,
and
drew
near
unto
the
door
of
the
tower
to
burn
it
with
fire.
\VS{53}And
a
certain
woman
cast
an
upper
millstone
upon
Abimelech’s
head,
and
brake
his
skull.
\VS{54}Then
he
called
hastily
unto
the
young
man
his armorbearer,
and
said
unto
him,
Draw
thy
sword,
and
kill
me,
that
men
say
not
of
me,
A
woman
slew
him.
And
his
young
man
thrust
him
through,
and
he
died.
\VS{55}And
when
the
men
of
Israel
saw
that
Abimelech
was
dead,
they
departed
every
man
unto
his
place.
\VS{56}Thus
God
requited
the
wickedness
of
Abimelech,
which
he
did
unto
his
father,
in
slaying
his
seventy
brethren;
\VS{57}and
all
the
wickedness
of
the
men
of
Shechem
did
God
requite
upon
their
heads:
and
upon
them
came
the
curse
of
Jotham
the
son
of
Jerubbaal.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
after
Abimelech
there
arose
to
save
Israel
Tola
the
son
of
Puah,
the
son
of
Dodo,
a
man
of
Issachar;
and
he
dwelt
in
Shamir
in
the hill-country
of
Ephraim.
\VS{2}And
he
judged
Israel
twenty
and
three
years,
and
died,
and
was
buried
in
Shamir.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}And
after
him
arose
Jair,
the
Gileadite;
and
he
judged
Israel
twenty
and
two
years.
\VS{4}And
he
had
thirty
sons
that
rode
on
thirty
ass
colts,
and
they
had
thirty
cities,
which
are
called
Havvoth-jair
unto
this
day,
which
are
in
the
land
of
Gilead.
\VS{5}And
Jair
died,
and
was
buried
in
Kamon.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}And
the
children
of
Israel
again
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
and
served
the
Baalim,
and
the
Ashtaroth,
and
the
gods
of
Syria,
and
the
gods
of
Sidon,
and
the
gods
of
Moab,
and
the
gods
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
the
gods
of
the
Philistines;
and
they
forsook
Jehovah,
and
served
him
not.
\VS{7}And
the
anger
of
Jehovah
was
kindled
against
Israel,
and
he
sold
them
into
the
hand
of
the
Philistines,
and
into
the
hand
of
the
children
of
Ammon.
\VS{8}And
they
vexed
and
oppressed
the
children
of
Israel
that
year:
eighteen
years
{\ADD{
oppressed
they}}
all
the
children
of
Israel
that
were
beyond
the
Jordan
in
the
land
of
the
Amorites,
which
is
in
Gilead.
\VS{9}And
the
children
of
Ammon
passed
over
the
Jordan
to
fight
also
against
Judah,
and
against
Benjamin,
and
against
the
house
of
Ephraim;
so
that
Israel
was
sore
distressed.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}And
the
children
of
Israel
cried
unto
Jehovah,
saying,
We
have
sinned
against
thee,
even
because
we
have
forsaken
our
God,
and
have
served
the
Baalim.
\VS{11}And
Jehovah
said
unto
the
children
of
Israel,
{\ADD{
Did}}
not
{\ADD{
I
save
you}}
from
the
Egyptians,
and
from
the
Amorites,
from
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
from
the
Philistines?
\VS{12}The
Sidonians
also,
and
the
Amalekites,
and
the
Maonites,
did
oppress
you;
and
ye
cried
unto
me,
and
I
saved
you
out
of
their
hand.
\VS{13}Yet
ye
have
forsaken
me,
and
served
other
gods:
wherefore
I
will
save
you
no
more.
\VS{14}Go
and
cry
unto
the
gods
which
ye
have
chosen;
let
them
save
you
in
the
time
of
your
distress.
\VS{15}And
the
children
of
Israel
said
unto
Jehovah,
We
have
sinned:
do
thou
unto
us
whatsoever
seemeth
good
unto
thee;
only
deliver
us,
we
pray
thee,
this
day.
\VS{16}And
they
put
away
the
foreign
gods
from
among
them,
and
served
Jehovah;
and
his
soul
was
grieved
for
the
misery
of
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Then
the
children
of
Ammon
were
gathered
together,
and
encamped
in
Gilead.
And
the
children
of
Israel
assembled
themselves
together,
and
encamped
in
Mizpah.
\VS{18}And
the
people,
the
princes
of
Gilead,
said
one
to
another,
What
man
is
he
that
will
begin
to
fight
against
the
children
of
Ammon?
he
shall
be
head
over
all
the
inhabitants
of
Gilead.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
Jephthah
the
Gileadite
was
a
mighty
man
of
valor,
and
he
was
the
son
of
a
harlot:
and
Gilead
begat
Jephthah.
\VS{2}And
Gilead’s
wife
bare
him
sons;
and
when
his
wife’s
sons
grew
up,
they
drove
out
Jephthah,
and
said
unto
him,
Thou shalt
not
inherit
in
our
father’s
house;
for
thou
art
the
son
of
another
woman.
\VS{3}Then
Jephthah
fled
from
his
brethren,
and
dwelt
in
the
land
of
Tob:
and
there
were
gathered
vain
fellows
to
Jephthah,
and
they
went
out
with
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}And
it
came
to
pass
after
a
while,
that
the
children
of
Ammon
made
war
against
Israel.
\VS{5}And
it
was
so,
that,
when
the
children
of
Ammon
made
war
against
Israel,
the
elders
of
Gilead
went
to
fetch
Jephthah
out
of
the
land
of
Tob;
\VS{6}and
they
said
unto
Jephthah,
Come
and
be
our
chief,
that
we
may
fight
with
the
children
of
Ammon.
\VS{7}And
Jephthah
said
unto
the
elders
of
Gilead,
Did
not
ye
hate
me,
and
drive
me
out
of
my
father’s
house?
and
why
are
ye
come
unto
me
now
when
ye
are
in
distress?
\VS{8}And
the
elders
of
Gilead
said
unto
Jephthah,
Therefore
are
we
turned
again
to
thee
now,
that
thou
mayest
go
with
us,
and
fight
with
the
children
of
Ammon;
and
thou shalt
be
our
head
over
all
the
inhabitants
of
Gilead.
\VS{9}And
Jephthah
said
unto
the
elders
of
Gilead,
If
ye
bring
me
home
again
to
fight
with
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
Jehovah
deliver
them
before
me,
shall
I
be
your
head?
\VS{10}And
the
elders
of
Gilead
said
unto
Jephthah,
Jehovah
shall
be
witness
between
us;
surely
according
to
thy
word
so
will
we
do.
\VS{11}Then
Jephthah
went
with
the
elders
of
Gilead,
and
the
people
made
him
head
and
chief
over
them:
and
Jephthah
spake
all
his
words
before
Jehovah
in
Mizpah.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}And
Jephthah
sent
messengers
unto
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
saying,
What
hast
thou
to
do
with
me,
that
thou
art
come
unto
me
to
fight
against
my
land?
\VS{13}And
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon
answered
unto
the
messengers
of
Jephthah,
Because
Israel
took
away
my
land,
when
he
came
up
out
of
Egypt,
from
the
Arnon
even
unto
the
Jabbok,
and
unto
the
Jordan:
now
therefore
restore
those
{\ADD{
lands}}
again
peaceably.
\VS{14}And
Jephthah
sent
messengers
again
unto
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon;
\VS{15}and
he
said
unto
him,
Thus
saith
Jephthah:
Israel
took
not
away
the
land
of
Moab,
nor
the
land
of
the
children
of
Ammon;
\VS{16}but
when
they
came
up
from
Egypt,
and
Israel
went
through
the
wilderness
unto
the
Red
Sea,
and
came
to
Kadesh;
\VS{17}then
Israel
sent
messengers
unto
the
king
of
Edom,
saying,
Let
me,
I
pray
thee,
pass
through
thy
land;
but
the
king
of
Edom
hearkened
not.
And
in
like
manner
he
sent
unto
the
king
of
Moab;
but
he
would
not:
and
Israel
abode
in
Kadesh.
\VS{18}Then
they
went
through
the
wilderness,
and
went
around
the
land
of
Edom,
and
the
land
of
Moab,
and
came
by
the
east
side
of
the
land
of
Moab,
and
they
encamped
on
the
other
side
of
the
Arnon;
but
they
came
not
within
the
border
of
Moab,
for
the
Arnon
was
the
border
of
Moab.
\VS{19}And
Israel
sent
messengers
unto
Sihon
king
of
the
Amorites,
the
king
of
Heshbon;
and
Israel
said
unto
him,
Let
us
pass,
we
pray
thee,
through
thy
land
unto
my
place.
\VS{20}But
Sihon
trusted
not
Israel
to
pass
through
his
border;
but
Sihon
gathered
all
his
people
together,
and
encamped
in
Jahaz,
and
fought
against
Israel.
\VS{21}And
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
delivered
Sihon
and
all
his
people
into
the
hand
of
Israel,
and
they
smote
them:
so
Israel
possessed
all
the
land
of
the
Amorites,
the
inhabitants
of
that
country.
\VS{22}And
they
possessed
all
the
border
of
the
Amorites,
from
the
Arnon
even
unto
the
Jabbok,
and
from
the
wilderness
even
unto
the
Jordan.
\VS{23}So
now
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
hath
dispossessed
the
Amorites
from
before
his
people
Israel,
and shouldest
thou
possess
them?
\VS{24}Wilt
not
thou
possess
that
which
Chemosh
thy
god
giveth
thee
to
possess?
So
whomsoever
Jehovah
our
God
hath
dispossessed
from
before
us,
them
will
we
possess.
\VS{25}And
now
art
thou
anything
better
than
Balak
the
son
of
Zippor,
king
of
Moab?
did
he
ever
strive
against
Israel,
or
did
he
ever
fight
against
them?
\VS{26}While
Israel
dwelt
in
Heshbon
and
its
towns,
and
in
Aroer
and
its
towns,
and
in
all
the
cities
that
are
along
by
the
side
of
the
Arnon,
three
hundred
years;
wherefore
did
ye
not
recover
them
within
that
time?
\VS{27}I
therefore
have
not
sinned
against
thee,
but
thou
doest
me
wrong
to
war
against
me:
Jehovah,
the
Judge,
be
judge
this
day
between
the
children
of
Israel
and
the
children
of
Ammon.
\VS{28}Howbeit
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon
hearkened
not
unto
the
words
of
Jephthah
which
he
sent
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}Then
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
came
upon
Jephthah,
and
he
passed
over
Gilead
and
Manasseh,
and
passed
over
Mizpeh
of
Gilead,
and
from
Mizpeh
of
Gilead
he
passed
over
unto
the
children
of
Ammon.
\VS{30}And
Jephthah
vowed
a
vow
unto
Jehovah,
and
said,
If
thou
wilt
indeed
deliver
the
children
of
Ammon
into
my
hand,
\VS{31}then
it
shall
be,
that
whatsoever
cometh
forth
from
the
doors
of
my
house
to
meet
me,
when
I
return
in
peace
from
the
children
of
Ammon,
it
shall
be Jehovah’s,
and
I
will
offer
it
up
for
a burnt-offering.
\VS{32}So
Jephthah
passed
over
unto
the
children
of
Ammon
to
fight
against
them;
and
Jehovah
delivered
them
into
his
hand.
\VS{33}And
he
smote
them
from
Aroer
until
thou
come
to
Minnith,
even
twenty
cities,
and
unto Abel-cheramim,
with
a
very
great
slaughter.
So
the
children
of
Ammon
were
subdued
before
the
children
of
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}And
Jephthah
came
to
Mizpah
unto
his
house;
and,
behold,
his
daughter
came
out
to
meet
him
with
timbrels
and
with
dances:
and
she
was
his
only
child;
besides
her
he
had
neither
son
nor
daughter.
\VS{35}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
he
saw
her,
that
he
rent
his
clothes,
and
said,
Alas,
my
daughter!
thou
hast
brought
me
very
low,
and
thou
art
one
of
them
that
trouble
me;
for
I
have
opened
my
mouth
unto
Jehovah,
and
I
cannot
go
back.
\VS{36}And
she
said
unto
him,
My
father,
thou
hast
opened
thy
mouth
unto
Jehovah;
do
unto
me
according
to
that
which
hath
proceeded
out
of
thy
mouth,
forasmuch
as
Jehovah
hath
taken
vengeance
for
thee
on
thine
enemies,
even
on
the
children
of
Ammon.
\VS{37}And
she
said
unto
her
father,
Let
this
thing
be
done
for
me:
let
me
alone
two
months,
that
I
may
depart
and
go
down
upon
the
mountains,
and
bewail
my
virginity,
I
and
my
companions.
\VS{38}And
he
said,
Go.
And
he
sent
her
away
for
two
months:
and
she
departed,
she
and
her
companions,
and
bewailed
her
virginity
upon
the
mountains.
\VS{39}And
it
came
to
pass
at
the
end
of
two
months,
that
she
returned
unto
her
father,
who
did
with
her
according
to
his
vow
which
he
had
vowed:
and
she
knew
not
man.
And
it
was
a
custom
in
Israel,
\VS{40}that
the
daughters
of
Israel
went
yearly
to
celebrate
the
daughter
of
Jephthah
the
Gileadite
four
days
in
a
year.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
men
of
Ephraim
were
gathered
together,
and
passed
northward;
and
they
said
unto
Jephthah,
Wherefore passedst
thou
over
to
fight
against
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
didst
not
call
us
to
go
with
thee?
we
will
burn
thy
house
upon
thee
with
fire.
\VS{2}And
Jephthah
said
unto
them,
I
and
my
people
were
at
great
strife
with
the
children
of
Ammon;
and
when
I
called
you,
ye
saved
me
not
out
of
their
hand.
\VS{3}And
when
I
saw
that
ye
saved
me
not,
I
put
my
life
in
my
hand,
and
passed
over
against
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
Jehovah
delivered
them
into
my
hand:
wherefore
then
are
ye
come
up
unto
me
this
day,
to
fight
against
me?
\VS{4}Then
Jephthah
gathered
together
all
the
men
of
Gilead,
and
fought
with
Ephraim;
and
the
men
of
Gilead
smote
Ephraim,
because
they
said,
Ye
are
fugitives
of
Ephraim,
ye
Gileadites,
in
the
midst
of
Ephraim,
{\ADD{
and}}
in
the
midst
of
Manasseh.
\VS{5}And
the
Gileadites
took
the
fords
of
the
Jordan
against
the
Ephraimites.
And
it
was
so,
that,
when
{\ADD{
any
of}}
the
fugitives
of
Ephraim
said,
Let
me
go
over,
the
men
of
Gilead
said
unto
him,
Art
thou
an
Ephraimite?
If
he
said,
Nay;
\VS{6}then
said
they
unto
him,
Say
now
Shibboleth;
and
he
said
Sibboleth;
for
he
could
not
frame
to
pronounce
it
right:
then
they
laid
hold
on
him,
and
slew
him
at
the
fords
of
the
Jordan.
And
there
fell
at
that
time
of
Ephraim
forty
and
two
thousand.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}And
Jephthah
judged
Israel
six
years.
Then
died
Jephthah
the
Gileadite,
and
was
buried
in
{\ADD{
one
of}}
the
cities
of
Gilead.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}And
after
him
Ibzan
of
Beth-lehem
judged
Israel.
\VS{9}And
he
had
thirty
sons;
and
thirty
daughters
he
sent
abroad,
and
thirty
daughters
he
brought
in
from
abroad
for
his
sons.
And
he
judged
Israel
seven
years.
\VS{10}And
Ibzan
died,
and
was
buried
at
Beth-lehem.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}And
after
him
Elon
the
Zebulunite
judged
Israel;
and
he
judged
Israel
ten
years.
\VS{12}And
Elon
the
Zebulunite
died,
and
was
buried
in
Aijalon
in
the
land
of
Zebulun.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}And
after
him
Abdon
the
son
of
Hillel
the
Pirathonite
judged
Israel.
\VS{14}And
he
had
forty
sons
and
thirty
sons’
sons,
that
rode
on
threescore
and
ten
ass
colts:
and
he
judged
Israel
eight
years.
\VS{15}And
Abdon
the
son
of
Hillel
the
Pirathonite
died,
and
was
buried
in
Pirathon
in
the
land
of
Ephraim,
in
the hill-country
of
the
Amalekites.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
children
of
Israel
again
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah;
and
Jehovah
delivered
them
into
the
hand
of
the
Philistines
forty
years.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}And
there
was
a
certain
man
of
Zorah,
of
the
family
of
the
Danites,
whose
name
was
Manoah;
and
his
wife
was
barren,
and
bare
not.
\VS{3}And
the
angel
of
Jehovah
appeared
unto
the
woman,
and
said
unto
her,
Behold
now,
thou
art
barren,
and
bearest
not;
but
thou shalt
conceive,
and
bear
a
son.
\VS{4}Now
therefore
beware,
I
pray
thee,
and
drink
no
wine
nor
strong
drink,
and
eat
not
any
unclean
thing:
\VS{5}for,
lo,
thou shalt
conceive,
and
bear
a
son;
and
no
razor
shall
come
upon
his
head;
for
the
child
shall
be
a
Nazirite
unto
God
from
the
womb:
and
he
shall
begin
to
save
Israel
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{6}Then
the
woman
came
and
told
her
husband,
saying,
A
man
of
God
came
unto
me,
and
his
countenance
was
like
the
countenance
of
the
angel
of
God,
very
terrible;
and
I
asked
him
not
whence
he
was,
neither
told
he
me
his
name:
\VS{7}but
he
said
unto
me,
Behold,
thou shalt
conceive,
and
bear
a
son;
and
now
drink
no
wine
nor
strong
drink,
and
eat
not
any
unclean
thing;
for
the
child
shall
be
a
Nazirite
unto
God
from
the
womb
to
the
day
of
his
death.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Then
Manoah
entreated
Jehovah,
and
said,
Oh,
Lord,
I
pray
thee,
let
the
man
of
God
whom
thou
didst
send
come
again
unto
us,
and
teach
us
what
we
shall
do
unto
the
child
that
shall
be
born.
\VS{9}And
God
hearkened
to
the
voice
of
Manoah;
and
the
angel
of
God
came
again
unto
the
woman
as
she
sat
in
the
field:
but
Manoah
her
husband
was
not
with
her.
\VS{10}And
the
woman
made
haste,
and
ran,
and
told
her
husband,
and
said
unto
him,
Behold,
the
man
hath
appeared
unto
me,
that
came
unto
me
the
{\ADD{
other}}
day.
\VS{11}And
Manoah
arose,
and
went
after
his
wife,
and
came
to
the
man,
and
said
unto
him,
Art
thou
the
man
that
spakest
unto
the
woman?
And
he
said,
I
am.
\VS{12}And
Manoah
said,
Now
let
thy
words
come
to
pass:
what
shall
be
the
ordering
of
the
child,
and
{\ADD{
how}}
shall
we
do
unto
him?
\VS{13}And
the
angel
of
Jehovah
said
unto
Manoah,
Of
all
that
I
said
unto
the
woman
let
her
beware.
\VS{14}She
may
not
eat
of
anything
that
cometh
of
the
vine,
neither
let
her
drink
wine
or
strong
drink,
nor
eat
any
unclean
thing;
all
that
I
commanded
her
let
her
observe.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}And
Manoah
said
unto
the
angel
of
Jehovah,
I
pray
thee,
let
us
detain
thee,
that
we
may
make
ready
a
kid
for
thee.
\VS{16}And
the
angel
of
Jehovah
said
unto
Manoah,
Though
thou
detain
me,
I
will
not
eat
of
thy
bread;
and
if
thou
wilt
make
ready
a burnt-offering,
thou
must
offer
it
unto
Jehovah.
For
Manoah
knew
not
that
he
was
the
angel
of
Jehovah.
\VS{17}And
Manoah
said
unto
the
angel
of
Jehovah,
What
is
thy
name,
that,
when
thy
words
come
to
pass,
we
may
do
thee
honor?
\VS{18}And
the
angel
of
Jehovah
said
unto
him,
Wherefore
askest
thou
after
my
name,
seeing
it
is
wonderful?
\VS{19}So
Manoah
took
the
kid
with
the meal-offering,
and
offered
it
upon
the
rock
unto
Jehovah:
and
{\ADD{
the
angel}}
did
wondrously,
and
Manoah
and
his
wife
looked
on.
\VS{20}For
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
flame
went
up
toward
heaven
from
off
the
altar,
that
the
angel
of
Jehovah
ascended
in
the
flame
of
the
altar:
and
Manoah
and
his
wife
looked
on;
and
they
fell
on
their
faces
to
the
ground.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}But
the
angel
of
Jehovah
did
no
more
appear
to
Manoah
or
to
his
wife.
Then
Manoah
knew
that
he
was
the
angel
of
Jehovah.
\VS{22}And
Manoah
said
unto
his
wife,
We
shall
surely
die,
because
we
have
seen
God.
\VS{23}But
his
wife
said
unto
him,
If
Jehovah
were
pleased
to
kill
us,
he
would
not
have
received
a burnt-offering
and
a meal-offering
at
our
hand,
neither
would
he
have
showed
us
all
these
things,
nor
would
at
this
time
have
told
such
things
as
these.
\VS{24}And
the
woman
bare
a
son,
and
called
his
name
Samson:
and
the
child
grew,
and
Jehovah
blessed
him.
\VS{25}And
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
began
to
move
him
in
Mahaneh-dan,
between
Zorah
and
Eshtaol.

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Samson
went
down
to
Timnah,
and
saw
a
woman
in
Timnah
of
the
daughters
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{2}And
he
came
up,
and
told
his
father
and
his
mother,
and
said,
I
have
seen
a
woman
in
Timnah
of
the
daughters
of
the
Philistines:
now
therefore
get
her
for
me
to
wife.
\VS{3}Then
his
father
and
his
mother
said
unto
him,
Is
there
never
a
woman
among
the
daughters
of
thy
brethren,
or
among
all
my
people,
that
thou
goest
to
take
a
wife
of
the
uncircumcised
Philistines?
And
Samson
said
unto
his
father,
Get
her
for
me;
for
she
pleaseth
me
well.
\VS{4}But
his
father
and
his
mother
knew
not
that
it
was
of
Jehovah;
for
he
sought
an
occasion
against
the
Philistines.
Now
at
that
time
the
Philistines
had
rule
over
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Then
went
Samson
down,
and
his
father
and
his
mother,
to
Timnah,
and
came
to
the
vineyards
of
Timnah:
and,
behold,
a
young
lion
roared
against
him.
\VS{6}And
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
came
mightily
upon
him,
and
he
rent
him
as
he
would
have
rent
a
kid;
and
he
had
nothing
in
his
hand:
but
he
told
not
his
father
or
his
mother
what
he
had
done.
\VS{7}And
he
went
down,
and
talked
with
the
woman,
and
she
pleased
Samson
well.
\VS{8}And
after
a
while
he
returned
to
take
her;
and
he
turned
aside
to
see
the
carcass
of
the
lion:
and,
behold,
there
was
a
swarm
of
bees
in
the
body
of
the
lion,
and
honey.
\VS{9}And
he
took
it
into
his
hands,
and
went
on,
eating
as
he
went;
and
he
came
to
his
father
and
mother,
and
gave
unto
them,
and
they
did
eat:
but
he
told
them
not
that
he
had
taken
the
honey
out
of
the
body
of
the
lion.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}And
his
father
went
down
unto
the
woman:
and
Samson
made
there
a
feast;
for
so
used
the
young
men
to
do.
\VS{11}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
they
saw
him,
that
they
brought
thirty
companions
to
be
with
him.
\VS{12}And
Samson
said
unto
them,
Let
me
now
put
forth
a
riddle
unto
you:
if
ye
can
declare
it
unto
me
within
the
seven
days
of
the
feast,
and
find
it
out,
then
I
will
give
you
thirty
linen
garments
and
thirty
changes
of
raiment;
\VS{13}but
if
ye
cannot
declare
it
unto
me,
then
shall
ye
give
me
thirty
linen
garments
and
thirty
changes
of
raiment.
And
they
said
unto
him,
Put
forth
thy
riddle,
that
we
may
hear
it.
\VS{14}And
he
said
unto
them,
\par }{\Q Out
of
the
eater
came
forth
food,
\par }{\Q And
out
of
the
strong
came
forth
sweetness.
\par }{\MM And
they
could
not
in
three
days
declare
the
riddle.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}And
it
came
to
pass
on
the
seventh
day,
that
they
said
unto
Samson’s
wife,
Entice
thy
husband,
that
he
may
declare
unto
us
the
riddle,
lest
we
burn
thee
and
thy
father’s
house
with
fire:
have
ye
called
us
to
impoverish
us?
is
it
not
{\ADD{
so}}?
\VS{16}And
Samson’s
wife
wept
before
him,
and
said,
Thou
dost
but
hate
me,
and
lovest
me
not:
thou
hast
put
forth
a
riddle
unto
the
children
of
my
people,
and
hast
not
told
it
me.
And
he
said
unto
her,
Behold,
I
have
not
told
it
my
father
nor
my
mother,
and
shall
I
tell
thee?
\VS{17}And
she
wept
before
him
the
seven
days,
while
their
feast
lasted:
and
it
came
to
pass
on
the
seventh
day,
that
he
told
her,
because
she
pressed
him
sore;
and
she
told
the
riddle
to
the
children
of
her
people.
\VS{18}And
the
men
of
the
city
said
unto
him
on
the
seventh
day
before
the
sun
went
down,
What
is
sweeter
than
honey?
and
what
is
stronger
than
a
lion?
And
he
said
unto
them,
\par }{\Q If
ye
had
not
plowed
with
my
heifer,
\par }{\Q Ye
had
not
found
out
my
riddle.
\par }{\MM \VS{19}And
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
came
mightily
upon
him,
and
he
went
down
to
Ashkelon,
and
smote
thirty
men
of
them,
and
took
their
spoil,
and
gave
the
changes
{\ADD{
of
raiment}}
unto
them
that
declared
the
riddle.
And
his
anger
was
kindled,
and
he
went
up
to
his
father’s
house.
\VS{20}But
Samson’s
wife
was
{\ADD{
given}}
to
his
companion,
whom
he
had
used
as
his
friend.

\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
it
came
to
pass
after
a
while,
in
the
time
of
wheat
harvest,
that
Samson
visited
his
wife
with
a
kid;
and
he
said,
I
will
go
in
to
my
wife
into
the
chamber.
But
her
father
would
not
suffer
him
to
go
in.
\VS{2}And
her
father
said,
I
verily
thought
that
thou hadst
utterly
hated
her;
therefore
I
gave
her
to
thy
companion:
is
not
her
younger
sister
fairer
than
she?
take
her,
I
pray
thee,
instead
of
her.
\VS{3}And
Samson
said
unto
them,
This
time
shall
I
be
blameless
in
regard
of
the
Philistines,
when
I
do
them
a
mischief.
\VS{4}And
Samson
went
and
caught
three
hundred
foxes,
and
took
firebrands,
and
turned
tail
to
tail,
and
put
a
firebrand
in
the
midst
between
every
two
tails.
\VS{5}And
when
he
had
set
the
brands
on
fire,
he
let
them
go
into
the
standing
grain
of
the
Philistines,
and
burnt
up
both
the
shocks
and
the
standing
grain,
and
also
the
oliveyards.
\VS{6}Then
the
Philistines
said,
Who
hath
done
this?
And
they
said,
Samson,
the
son-in-law
of
the
Timnite,
because
he
hath
taken
his
wife,
and
given
her
to
his
companion.
And
the
Philistines
came
up,
and
burnt
her
and
her
father
with
fire.
\VS{7}And
Samson
said
unto
them,
If
ye
do
after
this
manner,
surely
I
will
be
avenged
of
you,
and
after
that
I
will
cease.
\VS{8}And
he
smote
them
hip
and
thigh
with
a
great
slaughter:
and
he
went
down
and
dwelt
in
the
cleft
of
the
rock
of
Etam.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Then
the
Philistines
went
up,
and
encamped
in
Judah,
and
spread
themselves
in
Lehi.
\VS{10}And
the
men
of
Judah
said,
Why
are
ye
come
up
against
us?
And
they
said,
To
bind
Samson
are
we
come
up,
to
do
to
him
as
he
hath
done
to
us.
\VS{11}Then
three
thousand
men
of
Judah
went
down
to
the
cleft
of
the
rock
of
Etam,
and
said
to
Samson,
Knowest
thou
not
that
the
Philistines
are
rulers
over
us?
what
then
is
this
that
thou
hast
done
unto
us?
And
he
said
unto
them,
As
they
did
unto
me,
so
have
I
done
unto
them.
\VS{12}And
they
said
unto
him,
We
are
come
down
to
bind
thee,
that
we
may
deliver
thee
into
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
And
Samson
said
unto
them,
Swear
unto
me,
that
ye
will
not
fall
upon
me
yourselves.
\VS{13}And
they
spake
unto
him,
saying,
No;
but
we
will
bind
thee
fast,
and
deliver
thee
into
their
hand:
but
surely
we
will
not
kill
thee.
And
they
bound
him
with
two
new
ropes,
and
brought
him
up
from
the
rock.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}When
he
came
unto
Lehi,
the
Philistines
shouted
as
they
met
him:
and
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
came
mightily
upon
him,
and
the
ropes
that
were
upon
his
arms
became
as
flax
that
was
burnt
with
fire,
and
his
bands
dropped
from
off
his
hands.
\VS{15}And
he
found
a
fresh
jawbone
of
an
ass,
and
put
forth
his
hand,
and
took
it,
and
smote
a
thousand
men
therewith.
\VS{16}And
Samson
said,
\par }{\Q With
the
jawbone
of
an
ass,
heaps
upon
heaps,
\par }{\Q With
the
jawbone
of
an
ass
have
I
smitten
a
thousand
men.
\par }{\MM \VS{17}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
he
had
made
an
end
of
speaking,
that
he
cast
away
the
jawbone
out
of
his
hand;
and
that
place
was
called
Ramath-lehi.
\VS{18}And
he
was
sore
athirst,
and
called
on
Jehovah,
and
said,
Thou
hast
given
this
great
deliverance
by
the
hand
of
thy
servant;
and
now
shall
I
die
for
thirst,
and
fall
into
the
hand
of
the
uncircumcised.
\VS{19}But
God
clave
the
hollow
place
that
is
in
Lehi,
and
there
came
water
thereout;
and
when
he
had
drunk,
his
spirit
came
again,
and
he
revived:
wherefore
the
name
thereof
was
called
En-hakkore,
which
is
in
Lehi,
unto
this
day.
\VS{20}And
he
judged
Israel
in
the
days
of
the
Philistines
twenty
years.

\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Samson
went
to
Gaza,
and
saw
there
a
harlot,
and
went
in
unto
her.
\VS{2}{\ADD{
And
it
was
told}}
the
Gazites,
saying,
Samson
is
come
hither.
And
they
compassed
him
in,
and
laid
wait
for
him
all
night
in
the
gate
of
the
city,
and
were
quiet
all
the
night,
saying,
{\ADD{
Let
be}}
till
morning
light,
then
we
will
kill
him.
\VS{3}And
Samson
lay
till
midnight,
and
arose
at
midnight,
and
laid
hold
of
the
doors
of
the
gate
of
the
city,
and
the
two
posts,
and
plucked
them
up,
bar
and
all,
and
put
them
upon
his
shoulders,
and
carried
them
up
to
the
top
of
the
mountain
that
is
before
Hebron.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}And
it
came
to
pass
afterward,
that
he
loved
a
woman
in
the
valley
of
Sorek,
whose
name
was
Delilah.
\VS{5}And
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
came
up
unto
her,
and
said
unto
her,
Entice
him,
and
see
wherein
his
great
strength
lieth,
and
by
what
means
we
may
prevail
against
him,
that
we
may
bind
him
to
afflict
him:
and
we
will
give
thee
every
one
of
us
eleven
hundred
{\ADD{
pieces}}
of
silver.
\VS{6}And
Delilah
said
to
Samson,
Tell
me,
I
pray
thee,
wherein
thy
great
strength
lieth,
and
wherewith
thou mightest
be
bound
to
afflict
thee.
\VS{7}And
Samson
said
unto
her,
If
they
bind
me
with
seven
green withes
that
were
never
dried,
then
shall
I
become
weak,
and
be
as
another
man.
\VS{8}Then
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
brought
up
to
her
seven
green withes
which
had
not
been
dried,
and
she
bound
him
with
them.
\VS{9}Now
she
had liers-in-wait
abiding
in
the
inner
chamber.
And
she
said
unto
him,
The
Philistines
are
upon
thee,
Samson.
And
he
brake
the withes,
as
a
string
of
tow
is
broken
when
it
toucheth
the
fire.
So
his
strength
was
not
known.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}And
Delilah
said
unto
Samson,
Behold,
thou
hast
mocked
me,
and
told
me
lies:
now
tell
me,
I
pray
thee,
wherewith
thou mightest
be
bound.
\VS{11}And
he
said
unto
her,
If
they
only
bind
me
with
new
ropes
wherewith
no
work
hath
been
done,
then
shall
I
become
weak,
and
be
as
another
man.
\VS{12}So
Delilah
took
new
ropes,
and
bound
him
therewith,
and
said
unto
him,
The
Philistines
are
upon
thee,
Samson.
And
the liers-in-wait
were
abiding
in
the
inner
chamber.
And
he
brake
them
off
his
arms
like
a
thread.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}And
Delilah
said
unto
Samson,
Hitherto
thou
hast
mocked
me,
and
told
me
lies:
tell
me
wherewith
thou mightest
be
bound.
And
he
said
unto
her,
If
thou
weavest
the
seven
locks
of
my
head
with
the
web.
\VS{14}And
she
fastened
it
with
the
pin,
and
said
unto
him,
The
Philistines
are
upon
thee,
Samson.
And
he
awaked
out
of
his
sleep,
and
plucked
away
the
pin
of
the
beam,
and
the
web.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}And
she
said
unto
him,
How
canst
thou
say,
I
love
thee,
when
thy
heart
is
not
with
me?
thou
hast
mocked
me
these
three
times,
and
hast
not
told
me
wherein
thy
great
strength
lieth.
\VS{16}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
she
pressed
him
daily
with
her
words,
and
urged
him,
that
his
soul
was
vexed
unto
death.
\VS{17}And
he
told
her
all
his
heart,
and
said
unto
her,
There
hath
not
come
a
razor
upon
my
head;
for
I
have
been
a
Nazirite
unto
God
from
my
mother’s
womb:
if
I
be
shaven,
then
my
strength
will
go
from
me,
and
I
shall
become
weak,
and
be
like
any
other
man.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}And
when
Delilah
saw
that
he
had
told
her
all
his
heart,
she
sent
and
called
for
the
lords
of
the
Philistines,
saying,
Come
up
this
once,
for
he
hath
told
me
all
his
heart.
Then
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
came
up
unto
her,
and
brought
the
money
in
their
hand.
\VS{19}And
she
made
him
sleep
upon
her
knees;
and
she
called
for
a
man,
and
shaved
off
the
seven
locks
of
his
head;
and
she
began
to
afflict
him,
and
his
strength
went
from
him.
\VS{20}And
she
said,
The
Philistines
are
upon
thee,
Samson.
And
he
awoke
out
of
his
sleep,
and
said,
I
will
go
out
as
at
other
times,
and
shake
myself
free.
But
he
knew
not
that
Jehovah
was
departed
from
him.
\VS{21}And
the
Philistines
laid
hold
on
him,
and
put
out
his
eyes;
and
they
brought
him
down
to
Gaza,
and
bound
him
with
fetters
of
brass;
and
he
did
grind
in
the prison-house.
\VS{22}Howbeit
the
hair
of
his
head
began
to
grow
again
after
he
was
shaven.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}And
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
gathered
them
together
to
offer
a
great
sacrifice
unto
Dagon
their
god,
and
to
rejoice;
for
they
said,
Our
god
hath
delivered
Samson
our
enemy
into
our
hand.
\VS{24}And
when
the
people
saw
him,
they
praised
their
god;
for
they
said,
Our
god
hath
delivered
into
our
hand
our
enemy,
and
the
destroyer
of
our
country,
who
hath
slain
many
of
us.
\VS{25}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
their
hearts
were
merry,
that
they
said,
Call
for
Samson,
that
he
may
make
us
sport.
And
they
called
for
Samson
out
of
the prison-house;
and
he
made
sport
before
them.
And
they
set
him
between
the
pillars:
\VS{26}and
Samson
said
unto
the
lad
that
held
him
by
the
hand,
Suffer
me
that
I
may
feel
the
pillars whereupon
the
house
resteth,
that
I
may
lean
upon
them.
\VS{27}Now
the
house
was
full
of
men
and
women;
and
all
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
were
there;
and
there
were
upon
the
roof
about
three
thousand
men
and
women,
that
beheld
while
Samson
made
sport.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}And
Samson
called
unto
Jehovah,
and
said,
O
Lord
Jehovah,
remember
me,
I
pray
thee,
and
strengthen
me,
I
pray
thee,
only
this
once,
O
God,
that
I
may
be
at
once
avenged
of
the
Philistines
for
my
two
eyes.
\VS{29}And
Samson
took
hold
of
the
two
middle
pillars
upon
which
the
house
rested,
and
leaned
upon
them,
the
one
with
his
right
hand,
and
the
other
with
his
left.
\VS{30}And
Samson
said,
Let
me
die
with
the
Philistines.
And
he
bowed
himself
with
all
his
might;
and
the
house
fell
upon
the
lords,
and
upon
all
the
people
that
were
therein.
So
the
dead
that
he
slew
at
his
death
were
more
than
they
that
he
slew
in
his
life.
\VS{31}Then
his
brethren
and
all
the
house
of
his
father
came
down,
and
took
him,
and
brought
him
up,
and
buried
him
between
Zorah
and
Eshtaol
in
the burying-place
of
Manoah
his
father.
And
he
judged
Israel
twenty
years.

\par }\Chap{17}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
there
was
a
man
of
the hill-country
of
Ephraim,
whose
name
was
Micah.
\VS{2}And
he
said
unto
his
mother,
The
eleven
hundred
{\ADD{
pieces}}
of
silver
that
were
taken
from
thee,
about
which
thou
didst
utter
a
curse,
and
didst
also
speak
it
in
mine
ears,
behold,
the
silver
is
with
me;
I
took
it.
And
his
mother
said,
Blessed
be
my
son
of
Jehovah.
\VS{3}And
he
restored
the
eleven
hundred
{\ADD{
pieces}}
of
silver
to
his
mother;
and
his
mother
said,
I
verily
dedicate
the
silver
unto
Jehovah
from
my
hand
for
my
son,
to
make
a
graven
image
and
a
molten
image:
now
therefore
I
will
restore
it
unto
thee.
\VS{4}And
when
he
restored
the
money
unto
his
mother,
his
mother
took
two
hundred
{\ADD{
pieces}}
of
silver,
and
gave
them
to
the
founder,
who
made
thereof
a
graven
image
and
a
molten
image:
and
it
was
in
the
house
of
Micah.
\VS{5}And
the
man
Micah
had
a
house
of
gods,
and
he
made
an
ephod,
and
teraphim,
and
consecrated
one
of
his
sons,
who
became
his
priest.
\VS{6}In
those
days
there
was
no
king
in
Israel:
every
man
did
that
which
was
right
in
his
own
eyes.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}And
there
was
a
young
man
out
of
Beth-lehem-judah,
of
the
family
of
Judah,
who
was
a
Levite;
and
he
sojourned
there.
\VS{8}And
the
man
departed
out
of
the
city,
out
of
Beth-lehem-judah,
to
sojourn
where
he
could
find
{\ADD{
a
place}},
and
he
came
to
the hill-country
of
Ephraim
to
the
house
of
Micah,
as
he
journeyed.
\VS{9}And
Micah
said
unto
him,
Whence
comest
thou?
And
he
said
unto
him,
I
am
a
Levite
of
Beth-lehem-judah,
and
I
go
to
sojourn
where
I
may
find
{\ADD{
a
place}}.
\VS{10}And
Micah
said
unto
him,
Dwell
with
me,
and
be
unto
me
a
father
and
a
priest,
and
I
will
give
thee
ten
{\ADD{
pieces}}
of
silver
by
the
year,
and
a
suit
of
apparel,
and
thy
victuals.
So
the
Levite
went
in.
\VS{11}And
the
Levite
was
content
to
dwell
with
the
man;
and
the
young
man
was
unto
him
as
one
of
his
sons.
\VS{12}And
Micah
consecrated
the
Levite,
and
the
young
man
became
his
priest,
and
was
in
the
house
of
Micah.
\VS{13}Then
said
Micah,
Now
know
I
that
Jehovah
will
do
me
good,
seeing
I
have
a
Levite
to
my
priest.

\par }\Chap{18}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
those
days
there
was
no
king
in
Israel:
and
in
those
days
the
tribe
of
the
Danites
sought
them
an
inheritance
to
dwell
in;
for
unto
that
day
{\ADD{
their}}
inheritance
had
not
fallen
unto
them
among
the
tribes
of
Israel.
\VS{2}And
the
children
of
Dan
sent
of
their
family
five
men
from
their
whole
number,
men
of
valor,
from
Zorah,
and
from
Eshtaol,
to
spy
out
the
land,
and
to
search
it;
and
they
said
unto
them,
Go,
search
the
land.
And
they
came
to
the hill-country
of
Ephraim,
unto
the
house
of
Micah,
and
lodged
there.
\VS{3}When
they
were
by
the
house
of
Micah,
they
knew
the
voice
of
the
young
man
the
Levite;
and
they
turned
aside
thither,
and
said
unto
him,
Who
brought
thee
hither?
and
what
doest
thou
in
this
place?
and
what
hast
thou
here?
\VS{4}And
he
said
unto
them,
Thus
and
thus
hath
Micah
dealt
with
me,
and
he
hath
hired
me,
and
I
am
become
his
priest.
\VS{5}And
they
said
unto
him,
Ask
counsel,
we
pray
thee,
of
God,
that
we
may
know
whether
our
way
which
we
go
shall
be
prosperous.
\VS{6}And
the
priest
said
unto
them,
Go
in
peace:
before
Jehovah
is
your
way
wherein
ye
go.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Then
the
five
men
departed,
and
came
to
Laish,
and
saw
the
people
that
were
therein,
how
they
dwelt
in
security,
after
the
manner
of
the
Sidonians,
quiet
and
secure;
for
there
was
none
in
the
land, possessing
authority,
that
might
put
{\ADD{
them}}
to
shame
in
anything,
and
they
were
far
from
the
Sidonians,
and
had
no
dealings
with
any
man.
\VS{8}And
they
came
unto
their
brethren
to
Zorah
and
Eshtaol:
and
their
brethren
said
unto
them,
What
{\ADD{
say}}
ye?
\VS{9}And
they
said,
Arise,
and
let
us
go
up
against
them;
for
we
have
seen
the
land,
and,
behold,
it
is
very
good:
and
are
ye
still?
be
not
slothful
to
go
and
to
enter
in
to
possess
the
land.
\VS{10}When
ye
go,
ye
shall
come
unto
a
people
secure,
and
the
land
is
large;
for
God
hath
given
it
into
your
hand,
a
place
where
there
is
no
want
of
anything
that
is
in
the
earth.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}And
there
set
forth
from
thence
of
the
family
of
the
Danites,
out
of
Zorah
and
out
of
Eshtaol,
six
hundred
men
girt
with
weapons
of
war.
\VS{12}And
they
went
up,
and
encamped
in
Kiriath-jearim,
in
Judah:
wherefore
they
called
that
place
Mahaneh-dan,
unto
this
day;
behold,
it
is
behind
Kiriath-jearim.
\VS{13}And
they
passed
thence
unto
the hill-country
of
Ephraim,
and
came
unto
the
house
of
Micah.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
answered
the
five
men
that
went
to
spy
out
the
country
of
Laish,
and
said
unto
their
brethren,
Do
ye
know
that
there
is
in
these
houses
an
ephod,
and
teraphim,
and
a
graven
image,
and
a
molten
image?
now
therefore
consider
what
ye
have
to
do.
\VS{15}And
they
turned
aside
thither,
and
came
to
the
house
of
the
young
man
the
Levite,
even
unto
the
house
of
Micah,
and
asked
him
of
his
welfare.
\VS{16}And
the
six
hundred
men
girt
with
their
weapons
of
war,
who
were
of
the
children
of
Dan,
stood
by
the
entrance
of
the
gate.
\VS{17}And
the
five
men
that
went
to
spy
out
the
land
went
up,
and
came
in
thither,
and
took
the
graven
image,
and
the
ephod,
and
the
teraphim,
and
the
molten
image:
and
the
priest
stood
by
the
entrance
of
the
gate
with
the
six
hundred
men
girt
with
weapons
of
war.
\VS{18}And
when
these
went
into
Micah’s
house,
and
fetched
the
graven
image,
the
ephod,
and
the
teraphim,
and
the
molten
image,
the
priest
said
unto
them,
What
do
ye?
\VS{19}And
they
said
unto
him,
Hold
thy
peace,
lay
thy
hand
upon
thy
mouth,
and
go
with
us,
and
be
to
us
a
father
and
a
priest:
is
it
better
for
thee
to
be
priest
unto
the
house
of
one
man,
or
to
be
priest
unto
a
tribe
and
a
family
in
Israel?
\VS{20}And
the
priest’s
heart
was
glad,
and
he
took
the
ephod,
and
the
teraphim,
and
the
graven
image,
and
went
in
the
midst
of
the
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}So
they
turned
and
departed,
and
put
the
little
ones
and
the
cattle
and
the
goods
before
them.
\VS{22}When
they
were
a
good
way
from
the
house
of
Micah,
the
men
that
were
in
the
houses
near
to
Micah’s
house
were
gathered
together,
and
overtook
the
children
of
Dan.
\VS{23}And
they
cried
unto
the
children
of
Dan.
And
they
turned
their
faces,
and
said
unto
Micah,
What aileth
thee,
that
thou
comest
with
such
a
company?
\VS{24}And
he
said,
ye
have
taken
away
my
gods
which
I
made,
and
the
priest,
and
are
gone
away,
and
what
have
I
more?
and
how
then
say
ye
unto
me,
What aileth
thee?
\VS{25}And
the
children
of
Dan
said
unto
him,
Let
not
thy
voice
be
heard
among
us,
lest
angry
fellows
fall
upon
you,
and
thou
lose
thy
life,
with
the
lives
of
thy
household.
\VS{26}And
the
children
of
Dan
went
their
way:
and
when
Micah
saw
that
they
were
too
strong
for
him,
he
turned
and
went
back
unto
his
house.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}And
they
took
that
which
Micah
had
made,
and
the
priest
whom
he
had,
and
came
unto
Laish,
unto
a
people
quiet
and
secure,
and
smote
them
with
the
edge
of
the
sword;
and
they
burnt
the
city
with
fire.
\VS{28}And
there
was
no
deliverer,
because
it
was
far
from
Sidon,
and
they
had
no
dealings
with
any
man;
and
it
was
in
the
valley
that
lieth
by
Beth-rehob.
And
they
built
the
city,
and
dwelt
therein.
\VS{29}And
they
called
the
name
of
the
city
Dan,
after
the
name
of
Dan
their
father,
who
was
born
unto
Israel:
howbeit
the
name
of
the
city
was
Laish
at
the
first.
\VS{30}And
the
children
of
Dan
set
up
for
themselves
the
graven
image;
and
Jonathan,
the
son
of
Gershom,
the
son
of
Moses,
he
and
his
sons
were
priests
to
the
tribe
of
the
Danites
until
the
day
of
the
captivity
of
the
land.
\VS{31}So
they
set
them
up
Micah’s
graven
image
which
he
made,
all
the
time
that
the
house
of
God
was
in
Shiloh.

\par }\Chap{19}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass
in
those
days,
when
there
was
no
king
in
Israel,
that
there
was
a
certain
Levite
sojourning
on
the
farther
side
of
the hill-country
of
Ephraim,
who
took
to
him
a
concubine
out
of
Beth-lehem-judah.
\VS{2}And
his
concubine
played
the
harlot
against
him,
and
went
away
from
him
unto
her
father’s
house
to
Beth-lehem-judah,
and
was
there
the
space
of
four
months.
\VS{3}And
her
husband
arose,
and
went
after
her,
to
speak
kindly
unto
her,
to
bring
her
again,
having
his
servant
with
him,
and
a
couple
of
asses:
and
she
brought
him
into
her
father’s
house;
and
when
the
father
of
the
damsel
saw
him,
he
rejoiced
to
meet
him.
\VS{4}And
his
father-in-law,
the
damsel’s
father,
retained
him;
and
he
abode
with
him
three
days:
so
they
did
eat
and
drink,
and
lodged
there.
\VS{5}And
it
came
to
pass
on
the
fourth
day,
that
they
arose
early
in
the
morning,
and
he
rose
up
to
depart:
and
the
damsel’s
father
said
unto
his
son-in-law,
Strengthen
thy
heart
with
a
morsel
of
bread,
and
afterward
ye
shall
go
your
way.
\VS{6}So
they
sat
down,
and
did
eat
and
drink,
both
of
them
together:
and
the
damsel’s
father
said
unto
the
man,
Be
pleased,
I
pray
thee,
to
tarry
all
night,
and
let
thy
heart
be
merry.
\VS{7}And
the
man
rose
up
to
depart;
but
his
father-in-law
urged
him,
and
he
lodged
there
again.
\VS{8}And
he
arose
early
in
the
morning
on
the
fifth
day
to
depart;
and
the
damsel’s
father
said,
Strengthen
thy
heart,
I
pray
thee,
and
tarry
ye
until
the
day
declineth;
and
they
did
eat,
both
of
them.
\VS{9}And
when
the
man
rose
up
to
depart,
he,
and
his
concubine,
and
his
servant,
his
father-in-law,
the
damsel’s
father,
said
unto
him,
Behold,
now
the
day
draweth
toward
evening,
I
pray
you
tarry
all
night:
behold,
the
day
groweth
to
an
end,
lodge
here,
that
thy
heart
may
be
merry;
and to-morrow
get
you
early
on
your
way,
that
thou
mayest
go
home.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}But
the
man
would
not
tarry
that
night,
but
he
rose
up
and
departed,
and
came
over
against
Jebus (the
same
is
Jerusalem):
and
there
were
with
him
a
couple
of
asses
saddled;
his
concubine
also
was
with
him.
\VS{11}When
they
were
by
Jebus,
the
day
was
far
spent;
and
the
servant
said
unto
his
master,
Come,
I
pray
thee,
and
let
us
turn
aside
into
this
city
of
the
Jebusites,
and
lodge
in
it.
\VS{12}And
his
master
said
unto
him,
We
will
not
turn
aside
into
the
city
of
a
foreigner,
that
is
not
of
the
children
of
Israel;
but
we
will
pass
over
to
Gibeah.
\VS{13}And
he
said
unto
his
servant,
Come
and
let
us
draw
near
to
one
of
these
places;
and
we
will
lodge
in
Gibeah,
or
in
Ramah.
\VS{14}So
they
passed
on
and
went
their
way;
and
the
sun
went
down
upon
them
near
to
Gibeah,
which belongeth
to
Benjamin.
\VS{15}And
they
turned
aside
thither,
to
go
in
to
lodge
in
Gibeah:
and
he
went
in,
and
sat
him
down
in
the
street
of
the
city;
for
there
was
no
man
that
took
them
into
his
house
to
lodge.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}And,
behold,
there
came
an
old
man
from
his
work
out
of
the
field
at
even:
now
the
man
was
of
the hill-country
of
Ephraim,
and
he
sojourned
in
Gibeah;
but
the
men
of
the
place
were
Benjamites.
\VS{17}And
he
lifted
up
his
eyes,
and
saw
the
wayfaring
man
in
the
street
of
the
city;
and
the
old
man
said,
Whither
goest
thou?
and
whence
comest
thou?
\VS{18}And
he
said
unto
him,
We
are
passing
from
Beth-lehem-judah
unto
the
farther
side
of
the hill-country
of
Ephraim;
from
thence
am
I,
and
I
went
to
Beth-lehem-judah:
and
I
am
{\ADD{
now}}
going
to
the
house
of
Jehovah;
and
there
is
no
man
that
taketh
me
into
his
house.
\VS{19}Yet
there
is
both
straw
and
provender
for
our
asses;
and
there
is
bread
and
wine
also
for
me,
and
for
thy
handmaid,
and
for
the
young
man
that
is
with
thy
servants:
there
is
no
want
of
anything.
\VS{20}And
the
old
man
said,
Peace
be
unto
thee;
howsoever
let
all
thy
wants
lie
upon
me;
only
lodge
not
in
the
street.
\VS{21}So
he
brought
him
into
his
house,
and
gave
the
asses
fodder;
and
they
washed
their
feet,
and
did
eat
and
drink.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}As
they
were
making
their
hearts
merry,
behold,
the
men
of
the
city,
certain
base
fellows,
beset
the
house
round
about,
beating
at
the
door;
and
they
spake
to
the
master
of
the
house,
the
old
man,
saying,
Bring
forth
the
man
that
came
into
thy
house,
that
we
may
know
him.
\VS{23}And
the
man,
the
master
of
the
house,
went
out
unto
them,
and
said
unto
them,
Nay,
my
brethren,
I
pray
you,
do
not
so
wickedly;
seeing
that
this
man
is
come
into
my
house,
do
not
this
folly.
\VS{24}Behold,
here
is
my
daughter
a
virgin,
and
his
concubine;
them
I
will
bring
out
now,
and
humble
ye
them,
and
do
with
them
what
seemeth
good
unto
you:
but
unto
this
man
do
not
any
such
folly.
\VS{25}But
the
men
would
not
hearken
to
him:
so
the
man
laid
hold
on
his
concubine,
and
brought
her
forth
unto
them;
and
they
knew
her,
and
abused
her
all
the
night
until
the
morning:
and
when
the
day
began
to
spring,
they
let
her
go.
\VS{26}Then
came
the
woman
in
the
dawning
of
the
day,
and
fell
down
at
the
door
of
the
man’s
house
where
her
lord
was,
till
it
was
light.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}And
her
lord
rose
up
in
the
morning,
and
opened
the
doors
of
the
house,
and
went
out
to
go
his
way;
and,
behold,
the
woman
his
concubine
was
fallen
down
at
the
door
of
the
house,
with
her
hands
upon
the
threshold.
\VS{28}And
he
said
unto
her,
Up,
and
let
us
be
going;
but
none
answered:
then
he
took
her
up
upon
the
ass;
and
the
man
rose
up,
and
gat
him
unto
his
place.
\VS{29}And
when
he
was
come
into
his
house,
he
took
a
knife,
and
laid
hold
on
his
concubine,
and
divided
her,
limb
by
limb,
into
twelve
pieces,
and
sent
her
throughout
all
the
borders
of
Israel.
\VS{30}And
it
was
so,
that
all
that
saw
it
said,
There
was
no
such
deed
done
nor
seen
from
the
day
that
the
children
of
Israel
came
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
unto
this
day:
consider
it,
take
counsel,
and
speak.

\par }\Chap{20}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
all
the
children
of
Israel
went
out,
and
the
congregation
was
assembled
as
one
man,
from
Dan
even
to
Beer-sheba,
with
the
land
of
Gilead,
unto
Jehovah
at
Mizpah.
\VS{2}And
the
chiefs
of
all
the
people,
even
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
presented
themselves
in
the
assembly
of
the
people
of
God,
four
hundred
thousand
footmen
that
drew
sword.
\VS{3}(Now
the
children
of
Benjamin
heard
that
the
children
of
Israel
were
gone
up
to
Mizpah.)
And
the
children
of
Israel
said,
Tell
us,
how
was
this
wickedness
brought
to
pass?
\VS{4}And
the
Levite,
the
husband
of
the
woman
that
was
murdered,
answered
and
said,
I
came
into
Gibeah
that belongeth
to
Benjamin,
I
and
my
concubine,
to
lodge.
\VS{5}And
the
men
of
Gibeah
rose
against
me,
and
beset
the
house
round
about
me
by
night;
me
they
thought
to
have
slain,
and
my
concubine
they
forced,
and
she
is
dead.
\VS{6}And
I
took
my
concubine,
and
cut
her
in
pieces,
and
sent
her
throughout
all
the
country
of
the
inheritance
of
Israel;
for
they
have
committed
lewdness
and
folly
in
Israel.
\VS{7}Behold,
ye
children
of
Israel,
all
of
you,
give
here
your
advice
and
counsel.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}And
all
the
people
arose
as
one
man,
saying,
We
will
not
any
of
us
go
to
his
tent,
neither
will
we
any
of
us
turn
unto
his
house.
\VS{9}But
now
this
is
the
thing
which
we
will
do
to
Gibeah:
{\ADD{
we
will
go
up}}
against
it
by
lot;
\VS{10}and
we
will
take
ten
men
of
a
hundred
throughout
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
and
a
hundred
of
a
thousand,
and
a
thousand
out
of
ten
thousand,
to
fetch
victuals
for
the
people,
that
they
may
do,
when
they
come
to
Gibeah
of
Benjamin,
according
to
all
the
folly
that
they
have
wrought
in
Israel.
\VS{11}So
all
the
men
of
Israel
were
gathered
against
the
city,
knit
together
as
one
man.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}And
the
tribes
of
Israel
sent
men
through
all
the
tribe
of
Benjamin,
saying,
What
wickedness
is
this
that
is
come
to
pass
among
you?
\VS{13}Now
therefore
deliver
up
the
men,
the
base
fellows,
that
are
in
Gibeah,
that
we
may
put
them
to
death,
and
put
away
evil
from
Israel.
But
Benjamin
would
not
hearken
to
the
voice
of
their
brethren
the
children
of
Israel.
\VS{14}And
the
children
of
Benjamin
gathered
themselves
together
out
of
the
cities
unto
Gibeah,
to
go
out
to
battle
against
the
children
of
Israel.
\VS{15}And
the
children
of
Benjamin
were
numbered
on
that
day
out
of
the
cities
twenty
and
six
thousand
men
that
drew
sword,
besides
the
inhabitants
of
Gibeah,
who
were
numbered
seven
hundred
chosen
men.
\VS{16}Among
all
this
people
there
were
seven
hundred
chosen
men
lefthanded;
every
one
could
sling
stones
at
a hair-breadth,
and
not
miss.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}And
the
men
of
Israel,
besides
Benjamin,
were
numbered
four
hundred
thousand
men
that
drew
sword:
all
these
were
men
of
war.
\VS{18}And
the
children
of
Israel
arose,
and
went
up
to
Beth-el,
and
asked
counsel
of
God;
and
they
said,
Who
shall
go
up
for
us
first
to
battle
against
the
children
of
Benjamin?
And
Jehovah
said,
Judah
{\ADD{
shall
go
up}}
first.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}And
the
children
of
Israel
rose
up
in
the
morning,
and
encamped
against
Gibeah.
\VS{20}And
the
men
of
Israel
went
out
to
battle
against
Benjamin;
and
the
men
of
Israel
set
the
battle
in
array
against
them
at
Gibeah.
\VS{21}And
the
children
of
Benjamin
came
forth
out
of
Gibeah,
and
destroyed
down
to
the
ground
of
the
Israelites
on
that
day
twenty
and
two
thousand
men.
\VS{22}And
the
people,
the
men
of
Israel,
encouraged
themselves,
and
set
the
battle
again
in
array
in
the
place
where
they
set
themselves
in
array
the
first
day.
\VS{23}And
the
children
of
Israel
went
up
and
wept
before
Jehovah
until
even;
and
they
asked
of
Jehovah,
saying,
Shall
I
again
draw
nigh
to
battle
against
the
children
of
Benjamin
my
brother?
And
Jehovah
said,
Go
up
against
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}And
the
children
of
Israel
came
near
against
the
children
of
Benjamin
the
second
day.
\VS{25}And
Benjamin
went
forth
against
them
out
of
Gibeah
the
second
day,
and
destroyed
down
to
the
ground
of
the
children
of
Israel
again
eighteen
thousand
men;
all
these
drew
the
sword.
\VS{26}Then
all
the
children
of
Israel,
and
all
the
people,
went
up,
and
came
unto
Beth-el,
and
wept,
and
sat
there
before
Jehovah,
and
fasted
that
day
until
even;
and
they
offered burnt-offerings
and peace-offerings
before
Jehovah.
\VS{27}And
the
children
of
Israel
asked
of
Jehovah (for
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
God
was
there
in
those
days,
\VS{28}and
Phinehas,
the
son
of
Eleazar,
the
son
of
Aaron,
stood
before
it
in
those
days),
saying,
Shall
I
yet
again
go
out
to
battle
against
the
children
of
Benjamin
my
brother,
or
shall
I
cease?
And
Jehovah
said,
Go
up;
for to-morrow
I
will
deliver
him
into
thy
hand.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}And
Israel
set liers-in-wait
against
Gibeah
round
about.
\VS{30}And
the
children
of
Israel
went
up
against
the
children
of
Benjamin
on
the
third
day,
and
set
themselves
in
array
against
Gibeah,
as
at
other
times.
\VS{31}And
the
children
of
Benjamin
went
out
against
the
people,
and
were
drawn
away
from
the
city;
and
they
began
to
smite
and
kill
of
the
people,
as
at
other
times,
in
the
highways,
of
which
one
goeth
up
to
Beth-el,
and
the
other
to
Gibeah,
in
the
field,
about
thirty
men
of
Israel.
\VS{32}And
the
children
of
Benjamin
said,
They
are
smitten
down
before
us,
as
at
the
first.
But
the
children
of
Israel
said,
Let
us
flee,
and
draw
them
away
from
the
city
unto
the
highways.
\VS{33}And
all
the
men
of
Israel
rose
up
out
of
their
place,
and
set
themselves
in
array
at
Baal-tamar:
and
the liers-in-wait
of
Israel
brake
forth
out
of
their
place,
even
out
of
Maareh-geba.
\VS{34}And
there
came
over
against
Gibeah
ten
thousand
chosen
men
out
of
all
Israel,
and
the
battle
was
sore;
but
they
knew
not
that
evil
was
close
upon
them.
\VS{35}And
Jehovah
smote
Benjamin
before
Israel;
and
the
children
of
Israel
destroyed
of
Benjamin
that
day
twenty
and
five
thousand
and
a
hundred
men:
all
these
drew
the
sword.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}So
the
children
of
Benjamin
saw
that
they
were
smitten;
for
the
men
of
Israel
gave
place
to
Benjamin,
because
they
trusted
unto
the liers-in-wait
whom
they
had
set
against
Gibeah.
\VS{37}And
the liers-in-wait
hasted,
and
rushed
upon
Gibeah;
and
the liers-in-wait
drew
themselves
along,
and
smote
all
the
city
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
\VS{38}Now
the
appointed
sign
between
the
men
of
Israel
and
the liers-in-wait
was,
that
they
should
make
a
great
cloud
of
smoke
rise
up
out
of
the
city.
\VS{39}And
the
men
of
Israel
turned
in
the
battle,
and
Benjamin
began
to
smite
and
kill
of
the
men
of
Israel
about
thirty
persons;
for
they
said,
Surely
they
are
smitten
down
before
us,
as
in
the
first
battle.
\VS{40}But
when
the
cloud
began
to
arise
up
out
of
the
city
in
a
pillar
of
smoke,
the
Benjamites
looked
behind
them;
and,
behold,
the
whole
of
the
city
went
up
{\ADD{
in
smoke}}
to
heaven.
\VS{41}And
the
men
of
Israel
turned,
and
the
men
of
Benjamin
were
dismayed;
for
they
saw
that
evil
was
come
upon
them.
\VS{42}Therefore
they
turned
their
backs
before
the
men
of
Israel
unto
the
way
of
the
wilderness;
but
the
battle
followed
hard
after
them;
and
they
that
came
out
of
the
cities
destroyed
them
in
the
midst
thereof.
\VS{43}They
inclosed
the
Benjamites
round
about,
{\ADD{
and}}
chased
them,
{\ADD{
and}}
trod
them
down
at
{\ADD{
their}} resting-place,
as
far
as
over
against
Gibeah
toward
the
sunrising.
\VS{44}And
there
fell
of
Benjamin
eighteen
thousand
men;
all
these
{\ADD{
were}}
men
of
valor.
\VS{45}And
they
turned
and
fled
toward
the
wilderness
unto
the
rock
of
Rimmon:
and
they
gleaned
of
them
in
the
highways
five
thousand
men,
and
followed
hard
after
them
unto
Gidom,
and
smote
of
them
two
thousand
men.
\VS{46}So
that
all
who
fell
that
day
of
Benjamin
were
twenty
and
five
thousand
men
that
drew
the
sword;
all
these
{\ADD{
were}}
men
of
valor.
\VS{47}But
six
hundred
men
turned
and
fled
toward
the
wilderness
unto
the
rock
of
Rimmon,
and
abode
in
the
rock
of
Rimmon
four
months.
\VS{48}And
the
men
of
Israel
turned
again
upon
the
children
of
Benjamin,
and
smote
them
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
both
the
entire
city,
and
the
cattle,
and
all
that
they
found:
moreover
all
the
cities
which
they
found
they
set
on
fire.

\par }\Chap{21}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
men
of
Israel
had
sworn
in
Mizpah,
saying,
There
shall
not
any
of
us
give
his
daughter
unto
Benjamin
to
wife.
\VS{2}And
the
people
came
to
Beth-el,
and
sat
there
till
even
before
God,
and
lifted
up
their
voices,
and
wept
sore.
\VS{3}And
they
said,
O
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
why
is
this
come
to
pass
in
Israel,
that
there
should
be to-day
one
tribe
lacking
in
Israel?
\VS{4}And
it
came
to
pass
on
the
morrow,
that
the
people
rose
early,
and
built
there
an
altar,
and
offered burnt-offerings
and peace-offerings.
\VS{5}And
the
children
of
Israel
said,
Who
is
there
among
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
that
came
not
up
in
the
assembly
unto
Jehovah?
For
they
had
made
a
great
oath
concerning
him
that
came
not
up
unto
Jehovah
to
Mizpah,
saying,
He
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.
\VS{6}And
the
children
of
Israel
repented
them
for
Benjamin
their
brother,
and
said,
There
is
one
tribe
cut
off
from
Israel
this
day.
\VS{7}How
shall
we
do
for
wives
for
them
that
remain,
seeing
we
have
sworn
by
Jehovah
that
we
will
not
give
them
of
our
daughters
to
wives?
\par }{\PP \VS{8}And
they
said,
What
one
is
there
of
the
tribes
of
Israel
that
came
not
up
unto
Jehovah
to
Mizpah?
And,
behold,
there
came
none
to
the
camp
from
Jabesh-gilead
to
the
assembly.
\VS{9}For
when
the
people
were
numbered,
behold,
there
were
none
of
the
inhabitants
of
Jabesh-gilead
there.
\VS{10}And
the
congregation
sent
thither
twelve
thousand
men
of
the
valiantest,
and
commanded
them,
saying,
Go
and
smite
the
inhabitants
of
Jabesh-gilead
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
with
the
women
and
the
little
ones.
\VS{11}And
this
is
the
thing
that
ye
shall
do:
ye
shall
utterly
destroy
every
male,
and
every
woman
that
hath
lain
by
man.
\VS{12}And
they
found
among
the
inhabitants
of
Jabesh-gilead
four
hundred
young
virgins,
that
had
not
known
man
by
lying
with
him;
and
they
brought
them
unto
the
camp
to
Shiloh,
which
is
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}And
the
whole
congregation
sent
and
spake
to
the
children
of
Benjamin
that
were
in
the
rock
of
Rimmon,
and
proclaimed
peace
unto
them.
\VS{14}And
Benjamin
returned
at
that
time;
and
they
gave
them
the
women
whom
they
had
saved
alive
of
the
women
of
Jabesh-gilead:
and
yet
so
they
sufficed
them
not.
\VS{15}And
the
people
repented
them
for
Benjamin,
because
that
Jehovah
had
made
a
breach
in
the
tribes
of
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Then
the
elders
of
the
congregation
said,
How
shall
we
do
for
wives
for
them
that
remain,
seeing
the
women
are
destroyed
out
of
Benjamin?
\VS{17}And
they
said,
There
must
be
an
inheritance
for
them
that
are
escaped
of
Benjamin,
that
a
tribe
be
not
blotted
out
from
Israel.
\VS{18}Howbeit
we
may
not
give
them
wives
of
our
daughters,
for
the
children
of
Israel
had
sworn,
saying,
Cursed
be
he
that
giveth
a
wife
to
Benjamin.
\VS{19}And
they
said,
Behold,
there
is
a
feast
of
Jehovah
from
year
to
year
in
Shiloh,
which
is
on
the
north
of
Beth-el,
on
the
east
side
of
the
highway
that
goeth
up
from
Beth-el
to
Shechem,
and
on
the
south
of
Lebonah.
\VS{20}And
they
commanded
the
children
of
Benjamin,
saying,
Go
and
lie
in
wait
in
the
vineyards,
\VS{21}and
see,
and,
behold,
if
the
daughters
of
Shiloh
come
out
to
dance
in
the
dances,
then
come
ye
out
of
the
vineyards,
and
catch
you
every
man
his
wife
of
the
daughters
of
Shiloh,
and
go
to
the
land
of
Benjamin.
\VS{22}And
it
shall
be,
when
their
fathers
or
their
brethren
come
to
complain
unto
us,
that
we
will
say
unto
them,
Grant
them
graciously
unto
us,
because
we
took
not
for
each
man
{\ADD{
of
them}}
his
wife
in
battle,
neither
did
ye
give
them
unto
them,
else
would
ye
now
be
guilty.
\VS{23}And
the
children
of
Benjamin
did
so,
and
took
them
wives,
according
to
their
number,
of
them
that
danced,
whom
they
carried
off:
and
they
went
and
returned
unto
their
inheritance,
and
built
the
cities,
and
dwelt
in
them.
\VS{24}And
the
children
of
Israel
departed
thence
at
that
time,
every
man
to
his
tribe
and
to
his
family,
and
they
went
out
from
thence
every
man
to
his
inheritance.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}In
those
days
there
was
no
king
in
Israel:
every
man
did
that
which
was
right
in
his
own
eyes.
\par }