\NormalFont\ShortTitle{Judges}
{\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
Jehovah,
saying,
Which
of
us
shall
go
up
against
the
Canaanites
first,
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
to
Simeon
his
brother,
Come
up
with
me
into
my
lot,
and
let
us
fight
against
the
Canaanites,
and
I
likewise
will
go
with thee
into thy
lot;
and
Simeon
went
with
him.
\VS{4}And
Judah
went
up;
and
Jehovah
delivered
the
Canaanites
and
the
Perizzites
into
their
hand,
and
they
smote
them
in
Bezek,
ten
thousand
men.
\VS{5}And
they
found
Adoni-Bezek
in
Bezek,
and
fought
against
him,
and
they
smote
the
Canaanites
and
the
Perizzites.
\VS{6}And
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,
Seventy
kings,
with
their
thumbs
and
their
great
toes
cut
off,
gleaned
under
my
table:
as
I
have
done,
so
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:7 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
has requited
me.
And
they
brought
him
to
Jerusalem,
and
there
he
died.
\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
afterwards
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 —
the
name
of
Hebron
before
was Kirjath-Arba;
and
they
slew
Sheshai
and
Ahiman
and
Talmai.
\VS{11}And
from
there
he
went
against
the
inhabitants
of
Debir; now
the
name
of
Debir
before
was Kirjath-sepher.
\VS{12}And
Caleb
said,
He
that smites Kirjath-sepher
and
takes
it,
to
him
will
I
give
Achsah
my
daughter
as
wife.
\VS{13}And
Othniel
the
son
of
Kenaz, Caleb's
younger
brother,
took
it;
and
he
gave
him
Achsah
his
daughter
as
wife.
\VS{14}And
it
came
to
pass
as
she
came,
that
she urged
him
to
ask
of
her
father
the
field;
and
she sprang
down
from
the ass.
And
Caleb
said
to
her,
What wouldest thou?
\VS{15}And
she
said
to
him,
Give
me
a
blessing;
for thou hast
given
me
a
southern
land;
give
me
also
springs
of
water.
And
Caleb
gave
her
the
upper
springs
and
the
lower
springs.
\VS{16}And
the
children
of
the
Kenite, Moses'
father-in-law,
had
gone
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
slew
the
Canaanites
that
inhabited
Zephath,
and utterly
destroyed
it;
and
they
called
the
name
of
the
city
Hormah.
\VS{18}And
Judah
took Gazah
and
its
border,
and
Ashkelon
and
its
border,
and
Ekron
and
its
border.
\VS{19}And
Jehovah
was
with
Judah;
and
he
took
possession
of
the hill-country,
for
he
did
not
dispossess
the
inhabitants
of
the
valley,
because
they
had
chariots
of
iron.
\VS{20}And
they
gave
to
Caleb
Hebron,
as
Moses
had
said;
and
he
dispossessed
from thence
the
three
sons
of Anak.
\VS{21}And
the
children
of
Benjamin
did
not
dispossess
the
Jebusites,
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem;
but
the
Jebusites
dwell
with
the
children
of
Benjamin
in
Jerusalem
to
this
day.
\VS{22}And
the
house
of
Joseph,
they
also
went
up
against
Bethel;
and
Jehovah
was
with
them.
\VS{23}And
the
house
of
Joseph sent
to search
out
Bethel; now
the
name
of
the
city
before
was
Luz.
\VS{24}And
the
guards
saw
a
man
come
forth
out
of
the
city,
and
said unto
him, Shew
us,
we
pray thee,
how [we]
may
enter
into
the
city,
and
we
will shew thee
kindness.
\VS{25}And
he shewed
them how
to
enter
into
the
city.
And
they
smote
the
city
with
the
edge
of
the
sword;
but
they
let
go
the
man
and
all
his
family.
\VS{26}And
the
man
went
into
the
land
of
the
Hittites,
and
built
a
city,
and
called
its
name
Luz,
which
is
its
name
to
this
day.
\VS{27}And
Manasseh
did
not
dispossess
Beth-shean
and
its dependent
villages,
nor
Taanach
and
its dependent
villages,
nor
the
inhabitants
of
Dor
and
its dependent
villages,
nor
the
inhabitants
of
Ibleam
and
its dependent
villages,
nor
the
inhabitants
of
Megiddo
and
its dependent
villages;
and
the
Canaanites would
dwell
in
that
land.
\VS{28}And
it
came
to
pass
when
Israel
became
strong,
that
they
made
the
Canaanites tributary;
but
they
did
not utterly
dispossess
them.
\VS{29}And
Ephraim
did
not
dispossess
the
Canaanites
that
dwelt
in
Gezer;
but
the
Canaanites
dwelt
among
them
in
Gezer.
\VS{30}Zebulun
did
not
dispossess
the
inhabitants
of
Kitron,
nor
the
inhabitants
of
Nahalol;
but
the
Canaanites
dwelt
among
them,
and
became tributaries.
\VS{31}Asher
did
not
dispossess
the
inhabitants
of Accho,
nor
the
inhabitants
of Zidon,
nor
Ahlab,
nor
Achzib,
nor
Helbah,
nor
Aphik,
nor
Rehob;
\VS{32}and
the
Asherites
dwelt
among
the
Canaanites,
the
inhabitants
of
the
land;
for
they
did
not
dispossess
them.
\VS{33}Naphtali
did
not
dispossess
the
inhabitants
of
Beth-shemesh,
nor
the
inhabitants
of
Beth-anath;
and
he
dwelt
among
the
Canaanites,
the
inhabitants
of
the
land,
but
the
inhabitants
of
Beth-shemesh
and
of
Beth-anath
became tributaries
to
them.
\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}And
the
Amorites would
dwell
on
mount
Heres,
in Ajalon
and
in
Shaalbim;
but
the
hand
of
the
house
of
Joseph prevailed,
and
they
became tributaries.
\VS{36}And
the
border
of
the
Amorites
was
from
the
ascent
of
Akrabbim,
from
the
rock,
and
upwards.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
Angel
of
Jehovah
came
up
from
Gilgal
to
Bochim,
and
said,
I
made
you
to
go
up
out
of
Egypt,
and
have
brought
you
to
the
land
which
I
swore unto
your
fathers;
and
I
said,
I
will
never
break
my
covenant
with
you;
and
as
for
you,
\VS{2}ye
shall
make
no
covenant
with
the
inhabitants
of
this
land; ye
shall throw
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 [scourges]
in
your
sides,
and
their
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:3 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods
shall
be
a
snare unto
you.
\VS{4}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
Angel
of
Jehovah
spoke
these
words
to
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
to
Jehovah.
\VS{6}And
Joshua
dismissed
the
people,
and
the
children
of
Israel
went
every
man
to
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
whose
days
were
prolonged
after
Joshua,
who
had
seen
all
the
great
works
of
Jehovah,
which
he
had
done
for
Israel.
\VS{8}And
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun,
the
servant
of
Jehovah,
died,
a
hundred
and
ten
years
old.
\VS{9}And they
buried
him
in
the
border
of
his
inheritance
in Timnath-Heres,
in
mount
Ephraim,
on
the
north
side
of
the
mountain
of
Gaash.
\VS{10}And
also
all
that
generation
were
gathered
to
their
fathers;
and
there
arose
another
generation
after
them,
which
knew
not
Jehovah,
nor
yet
the
works
which
he
had
done
for
Israel.
\VS{11}And
the
children
of
Israel
did
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
and
served
the
Baals.
\VS{12}And
they forsook
Jehovah
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:12 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
their
fathers,
who
had
brought
them
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
followed
other
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:12 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods
of
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:12 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods
of
the
peoples
that
were
round
about
them,
and
bowed
themselves
to
them,
and
provoked
Jehovah
to
anger.
\VS{13}And
they forsook
Jehovah,
and
served
Baal
and
the Ashtoreths.
\VS{14}And
the
anger
of
Jehovah
was hot
against
Israel,
and
he
delivered
them
into
the
hands
of spoilers
that spoiled
them,
and
he
sold
them
into
the
hands
of
their
enemies
round
about;
and
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
said,
and
as
Jehovah
had
sworn unto
them;
and
they
were
greatly distressed.
\VS{16}And
Jehovah
raised
up
judges,
and
they
saved
them
out
of
the
hand
of
those
that spoiled
them.
\VS{17}But
they
did
not
even hearken
to
their
judges,
for
they
went
a whoring
after
other
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:17 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods,
and
bowed
themselves
to
them;
they
turned
quickly
out
of
the
way
that
their
fathers
had
walked
in,
obeying
the
commandments
of
Jehovah;
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
groanings
by reason
of
them
that
oppressed
them
and crushed
them.
\VS{19}And
it
came
to
pass
when
the
judge
died,
that
they
turned
back
and
corrupted
themselves
more
than
their
fathers,
in
following
other
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:19 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods
to
serve
them,
and
to
bow
down
to
them:
they ceased
not
from
their
own
doings,
nor
from
their
stubborn
way.
\VS{20}And
the
anger
of
Jehovah
was hot
against
Israel;
and
he
said,
Because
this
nation hath transgressed
my
covenant
which
I
commanded
their
fathers,
and hath
not hearkened unto
my
voice,
\VS{21}I
also
will
not henceforth
dispossess
from
before
them
any
of
the
nations
that
Joshua
left
when
he
died;
\VS{22}that
through
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}Therefore
Jehovah
left
those
nations,
without
dispossessing
them hastily,
neither
delivered
he
them
into
the
hand
of
Joshua.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
these
are
the
nations
that
Jehovah
left,
to
prove
Israel
by
them,
all
that
had
not
known
all
the
wars
of
Canaan;
\VS{2}only
that
the
generations
of
the
children
of
Israel
might
know
war
by learning
it,
at
the least
those
who
before
had
known
nothing thereof:
\VS{3}five lord ships
of
the
Philistines,
and
all
the
Canaanites,
and
the
Sidonians,
and
the
Hivites
that
dwell
on
mount
Lebanon;
from
mount
Baal-Hermon unto
the
entering
into
Hamath.
\VS{4}And
they
were
to
prove
Israel
by
them,
to
know whether
they
would
obey
the
commandments
of
Jehovah,
which
he
commanded
their
fathers
by
the
hand
of
Moses.
\VS{5}And
the
children
of
Israel
dwelt
among
the
Canaanites:
Hittites
and
Amorites
and
Perizzites
and
Hivites
and
Jebusites;
\VS{6}and
they
took
their
daughters
as
wives,
and
gave
their
daughters
to
their
sons,
and
served
their
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:6 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods.
\VS{7}And
the
children
of
Israel
did
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
and
forgot
Jehovah
their
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:7 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
and
served
the
Baals
and
the Asherahs.
\VS{8}And
the
anger
of
Jehovah
was hot
against
Israel,
and
he
sold
them
into
the
hand
of Chushan-rishathaim
king
of
Mesopotamia;
and
the
children
of
Israel
served Chushan-rishathaim
eight
years.
\VS{9}And
the
children
of
Israel
cried
to
Jehovah;
and
Jehovah
raised
up
a saviour
to
the
children
of
Israel,
who
saved
them,
Othniel
the
son
of
Kenaz, Caleb's
younger
brother.
\VS{10}And
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
was
upon
him,
and
he
judged
Israel;
and
he
went
out
to
war,
and
Jehovah
gave Chushan-rishathaim
king
of
Syria
into
his
hand;
and
his
hand
prevailed
against Chushan-rishathaim.
\VS{11}And
the
land
had
rest
forty
years;
and
Othniel
the
son
of
Kenaz
died.
\VS{12}And
the
children
of
Israel
again
did
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah;
and
Jehovah
strengthened
Eglon
the
king
of
Moab
against
Israel,
because
they
did
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah.
\VS{13}And
he
gathered
to
him
the
children
of
Ammon
and
Amalek
and
went
and
smote
Israel,
and
they
took
possession
of
the
city
of palm-trees.
\VS{14}And
the
children
of
Israel
served
Eglon
the
king
of
Moab
eighteen
years.
\VS{15}And
the
children
of
Israel
cried
to
Jehovah,
and
Jehovah
raised
them
up
a saviour,
Ehud
the
son
of
Gera,
the
Benjaminite,
a
man
left-handed.
And
by
him
the
children
of
Israel
sent
a
gift
to
Eglon
king
of
Moab.
\VS{16}And
Ehud
made
him
a
sword having
two
edges,
it
was
of
a
cubit
length;
and
he
girded
it
under
his raiment
upon
his
right
hip.
\VS{17}And
he
brought
the
gift
to
Eglon
king
of
Moab; now
Eglon
was
a
very
fat
man.
\VS{18}And
it
came
to
pass
when
he
had
ended
offering
the
gift,
he
sent
away
the
people
that
had
borne
the
gift.
\VS{19}But
he
turned
from
the
graven
images
that
were
by
Gilgal,
and
said,
I
have
a secret
word unto thee, O
king.
And
he
said,
Be
silent!
And
all
that
stood
by
him
went
out
from
him.
\VS{20}And
Ehud
came
to
him;
now
he
was
sitting
in
the
cool upper-chamber,
which
was
for
him
alone.
And
Ehud
said,
I
have
a
word
from
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:20 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God unto thee.
And
he
arose
from
the
seat.
\VS{21}Then
Ehud
put
forth
his
left
hand,
and
took
the
sword
from
his
right
hip,
and
thrust
it
into
his
belly;
\VS{22}and
the haft
also
went
in
after
the
blade,
and
the
fat
closed
upon
the
blade;
for
he
did
not
draw
the
sword
out
of
his
belly,
and
it
came
out between
the legs.
\VS{23}And
Ehud
went
out
into
the portico,
and
shut
the
doors
of
the upper-chamber upon
him,
and bolted
them.
\VS{24}And
when
he
was
gone
out,
the
servants
of
the [king]
came
and
saw,
and
behold,
the
doors
of
the upper-chamber
were bolted.
And
they
said,
Surely
he
is covering
his
feet
in
the summer
chamber.
\VS{25}And
they waited
till
they
were
ashamed;
and
behold,
he
opened
not
the
doors
of
the upper-chamber,
and
they
took
the
key,
and
opened [them],
and
behold,
their
lord
lay
dead
on
the
earth.
\VS{26}And
Ehud
had
escaped
while
they lingered,
and
passed
beyond
the
graven
images,
and
escaped
to
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
to
them,
Follow
after
me,
for
Jehovah
has
delivered
your
enemies
the
Moabites
into
your
hand.
And
they
went
down
after
him,
and
took
the fords
of
the
Jordan
toward
Moab,
and suffered
no
one
to
pass
over.
\VS{29}And
they
slew
the
Moabites
at
that
time,
about
ten
thousand
men,
all fat,
and
all
men
of valour,
and
not
a
man
escaped.
\VS{30}And
Moab
was
subdued
that
day
under
the
hand
of
Israel.
And
the
land
had
rest
eighty
years.
\VS{31}And
after
him
was
Shamgar
the
son
of
Anath;
and
he
smote
the
Philistines,
six
hundred
men,
with
an ox-goad.
And
he
also
delivered
Israel.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
children
of
Israel
again
did
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah; now
Ehud
was
dead.
\VS{2}And
Jehovah
sold
them
into
the
hand
of
Jabin
king
of
Canaan,
who
reigned
in
Hazor;
and
the
captain
of
his
army
was
Sisera,
who
dwelt
in Harosheth-Goim.
\VS{3}And
the
children
of
Israel
cried
to
Jehovah;
for
he
had
nine
hundred
chariots
of
iron,
and
he mightily
oppressed
the
children
of
Israel
twenty
years.
\VS{4}And
Deborah,
a
prophetess,
the
wife
of Lapidoth,
judged
Israel
at
that
time.
\VS{5}And
she
dwelt
under
the palm-tree
of
Deborah
between
Ramah
and
Bethel
in
mount
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
to
him, Hath
not
Jehovah
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:6 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel
commanded?
Go
and
draw towards
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 torrent
Kishon,
Sisera,
the
captain
of Jabin's
army,
and
his
chariots
and
his
multitude,
and
I
will
give
him
into thy
hand.
\VS{8}And
Barak
said
to
her,
If thou goest
with
me,
then
I
will
go,
but
if thou goest
not
with
me,
I
will
not
go.
\VS{9}And
she
said,
I
will
by all
means
go
with thee,
only
that
it
will
not
be
to thine honour
upon
the
way
which thou goest,
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
together
Zebulun
and
Naphtali
to
Kedesh;
and
there
went
up
at
his
feet
ten
thousand
men;
and
Deborah
went
up
with
him.
\VS{11}(Now
Heber
the
Kenite
had severed
himself
from
the
Kenites,
from
the
children
of
Hobab
the
father-in-law
of
Moses,
and
had
pitched
his
tent
as
far
as
the
oak
of Zaannaim,
which
is
by
Kedesh.)
\VS{12}And
they
told
Sisera
that
Barak
the
son
of
Abinoam
had
gone
up
to
mount
Tabor.
\VS{13}Then
Sisera gathered
together
all
his
chariots,
nine
hundred
chariots
of
iron,
and
all
the
people
that
were
with
him,
from Harosheth-Goim
to
the torrent
Kishon.
\VS{14}And
Deborah
said
to
Barak,
Up;
for
this
is
the
day
in
which
Jehovah hath
given
Sisera
into thy
hand!
Is
not
Jehovah
gone
out
before thee?
And
Barak
went
down
from
mount
Tabor,
and
ten
thousand
men
after
him.
\VS{15}And
Jehovah discomfited
Sisera,
and
all
the
chariots,
and
all
the
army,
with
the
edge
of
the
sword
before
Barak;
and
Sisera got
down
from [his]
chariot,
and
fled
on
foot.
\VS{16}And
Barak
pursued
after
the
chariots,
and
after
the
army,
to Harosheth-Goim;
and
all
the
army
of
Sisera
fell
by
the
edge
of
the
sword;
not
one
was
left.
\VS{17}And
Sisera
fled
on
foot
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
to
him,
Turn
in,
my
lord,
turn
in
to
me;
fear
not.
And
he
turned
in
to
her,
into
the
tent,
and she
covered
him
with
the quilt.
\VS{19}And
he
said
to
her,
Give
me,
I
pray thee,
a
little
water
to
drink,
for
I am
thirsty.
And
she
opened
the flask
of
milk,
and
gave
him
drink,
and
covered
him.
\VS{20}And
he
said
to
her,
Stand
in
the
door
of
the
tent,
and
it
shall
be
if
any
one
come
and
inquire
of thee,
and
say,
Is
there
any
man
here?
that thou shalt
say,
No.
\VS{21}And
Jael Heber's
wife
took
a tent-pin,
and
took
the hammer
in
her
hand,
and
went softly
to
him,
and smote
the
pin
into
his
temples,
and
it penetrated
into
the
ground;
for
he
had
fallen
into
a deep sleep
and
was faint;
and
he
died.
\VS{22}And
behold,
as
Barak
pursued
Sisera,
Jael
went
out
to
meet
him,
and
said
to
him,
Come,
and
I
will shew thee
the
man
whom thou seekest.
And
he
went
into
her [tent],
and
behold,
Sisera
lay
dead,
and
the
pin
was
in
his
temples.
\VS{23}So
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:23 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
subdued
on
that
day
Jabin
king
of
Canaan
before
the
children
of
Israel.
\VS{24}And
the
hand
of
the
children
of
Israel ever
advanced,
and prevailed
against
Jabin
king
of
Canaan,
until
they
had
cut
off
Jabin
king
of
Canaan.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
sang
Deborah
and
Barak,
the
son
of
Abinoam,
on
that
day,
saying,
\VS{2}For
that
leaders led
in
Israel,
For
that
the
people
willingly
offered themselves,
Bless
Jehovah!
\VS{3}Hear, ye
kings;
give
ear, ye princes,
I, [even]
I,
will
sing
to
Jehovah;
I
will hymn
to
Jehovah
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:3 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel.
\VS{4}Jehovah,
when thou wentest
forth
from
Seir,
When thou marchedst
out
of
the
fields
of
Edom,
The
earth trembled,
and
the
heavens
dropped, Yea,
the
clouds
dropped
water.
\VS{5}The
mountains
quaked
before
the
face
of
Jehovah,
That
Sinai,
from
before
Jehovah
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:5 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel.
\VS{6}In
the
days
of
Shamgar
the
son
of
Anath,
in
the
days
of
Jael,
The roads
were unused,
and
the travellers
on
highways
went
by
crooked
paths.
\VS{7}The villages
ceased
in
Israel,
Ceased
until
that
I
Deborah
arose,
That
I
arose
a
mother
in
Israel.
\VS{8}They
chose
new
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:8 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods;
then
was
war
in
the
gates:
Was there
a
shield
or
spear
seen
among
forty
thousand
in
Israel?
\VS{9}My
heart
is toward
the governors
of
Israel,
who
offered themselves
willingly
among
the
people.
Bless
Jehovah!
\VS{10}Ye
that
ride
on
white she-asses, ye
that
sit
on
carpets,
and ye
that
walk
by
the
way, consider.
\VS{11}Because
of
the
voice
of those
who divide [the spoil]
in
the
midst
of
the
places
of drawing water;
There
they rehearse
the
righteous
acts
of
Jehovah,
His
righteous
acts toward
his
villages
in
Israel.
Then
the
people
of
Jehovah
went
down
to
the
gates.
\VS{12}Awake,
awake,
Deborah!
awake,
awake,
utter
a
song!
Arise,
Barak,
and lead
captive thy
captives, thou
son
of
Abinoam!
\VS{13}Then come down, thou,
the
remnant
of
nobles, [as
his]
people;
Jehovah! come down
with me
in
the midst
of
the
mighty
ones.
\VS{14}Out
of
Ephraim [came]
those
whose
root
was
in
Amalek;
After thee
was
Benjamin
among thy
peoples.
Out
of
Machir
came
down governors,
And
out
of
Zebulun
they
that handled
the
staff
of
the ruler.
\VS{15}And
the
princes
in
Issachar
were
with
Deborah;
And
Issachar,
like
Barak;
They
were
sent into
the
valley
at
his
feet.
In
the divisions
of
Reuben there
were
great resolves
of
heart!
\VS{16}Why abodest thou
among
the
sheepfolds,
To
hear
the bleating
of
the
flocks?
In
the divisions
of
Reuben
there
were
great deliberations
of
heart!
\VS{17}Gilead
abode
beyond
Jordan;
And
Dan,
why
did
he
remain
in
ships?
Asher
sat
on
the sea-shore,
And
abode
in
his creeks.
\VS{18}Zebulun
is
a
people [that] jeoparded
their
lives unto
death,
Naphtali also,
on
the
high
places
of
the
field.
\VS{19}Kings
came, —
they
fought;
Then
fought
the
kings
of
Canaan;
At
Taanach,
by
the
waters
of
Megiddo;
They
took
no spoil
of
silver.
\VS{20}From
heaven
was
the
fight;
The
stars
from
their
courses
fought
with
Sisera.
\VS{21}The torrent
of
Kishon
swept
them
away,
That
ancient torrent,
the torrent
Kishon.
My
soul, thou hast
trodden
down
strength!
\VS{22}Then did
the horse-hoofs clatter
with
the coursings,
The coursings
of
their
steeds.
\VS{23}Curse
Meroz, saith
the
Angel
of
Jehovah;
Curse,
curse
the
inhabitants thereof;
For
they
came
not
to
the
help
of
Jehovah,
To
the
help
of
Jehovah
among
the
mighty.
\VS{24}Blessed above
women
shall
Jael
the
wife
of
Heber
the
Kenite
be,
Blessed above
women
in
the
tent!
\VS{25}He
asked
water,
she
gave
milk;
In
the nobles'
bowl
she
brought
forth cream.
\VS{26}She
put
her
hand
to
the tent-pin,
And
her
right
hand
to
the workmen's
hammer;
And she smote
Sisera, she
struck
through
his
head,
Shattered
and
pierced
through
his
temples.
\VS{27}Between
her
feet
he
bowed,
he
fell,
he
lay
down:
Between
her
feet
he
bowed,
he
fell;
Where
he
bowed,
there
he
fell,
overcome.
\VS{28}Them
other
of
Sisera looketh
out
at
the
window,
And crieth
through
the
lattice,
Why
is
his
chariot
so
long
in
coming?
Why
tarry
the trampings
of
his
chariots?
\VS{29}The
wise amongst
her
ladies
answer [her], Yea,
she returneth
answer
to
herself,
\VS{30}Have
they
not
found,
divided
the
booty,
A damsel,
two damsels,
to each?
A
booty
of
dyed stuffs
for
Sisera,
A
booty
of
dyed stuffs
of
embroidery,
Dyed stuff
of double
embroidery
for
the
neck
of
a
spoiler?
\VS{31}So
let
all thine
enemies
perish,
Jehovah!
But
let
them
that
love
him
be
as
the
rising
of
the
sun
in
its
might.
And
the
land
had
rest
forty
years.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
children
of
Israel
did
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.
Because
of
the
Midianites
the
children
of
Israel
made
for
themselves
the
dens
that
are
in
the
mountains,
and
the
caves,
and
the
strongholds.
\VS{3}And
it
came
to
pass
when
Israel
sowed,
that
Midian
came
up,
and
Amalek,
and
the
children
of
the
east,
and
came
up
against
them.
\VS{4}And
they
encamped
against
them,
and
destroyed
the
produce
of
the
land,
until thou
come
to Gazah,
and
they
left
no
sustenance
in
Israel,
neither
sheep,
nor
ox,
nor ass.
\VS{5}For
they
came
up
with
their
cattle
and
their
tents,
and
they
came
as
locusts
for
multitude; both
they
and
their
camels
were
without
number;
and
they
entered
into
the
land
to
destroy
it.
\VS{6}And
Israel
was
greatly impoverished
because
of
Midian.
And
the
children
of
Israel
cried
to
Jehovah.
\VS{7}And
it
came
to
pass
when
the
children
of
Israel
cried
to
Jehovah
because
of
Midian,
\VS{8}that
Jehovah
sent
a
prophet
to
the
children
of
Israel,
who
said
to
them,
Thus saith
Jehovah
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:8 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}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
to
you,
I
am
Jehovah
your
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:10 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God;
fear
not
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:10 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods
of
the
Amorites,
in
whose
land ye
dwell.
But ye
have
not hearkened
to
my
voice.
\VS{11}And
an
angel
of
Jehovah
came
and
sat
under
the
terebinth
that
was
in
Ophrah,
that [belonged]
to
Joash
the Abi-ezrite.
And
his
son
Gideon threshed
wheat
in
the winepress,
to
secure [it]
from
the
Midianites.
\VS{12}And
the
Angel
of
Jehovah
appeared
to
him,
and
said
to
him,
Jehovah
is
with thee, thou
mighty
man
of valour.
\VS{13}And
Gideon
said
to
him, Ah
my
Lord,
if
Jehovah
be
with
us,
why
then
is
all
this
befallen
us?
and
where
are
all
his
miracles
that
our
fathers
told
us
of,
saying,
Did
not
Jehovah
bring
us
up
from
Egypt?
And
now
Jehovah hath
cast
us
off,
and
given
us
into
the
hand
of
Midian.
\VS{14}And
Jehovah
looked
upon
him,
and
said,
Go
in
this thy
might,
and thou shalt
save
Israel
from
the
hand
of
Midian.
Have
not
I
sent thee?
\VS{15}And
he
said
to
him, Ah
Lord, wherewith
shall
I
save
Israel?
behold,
my thousand
is
the poorest
in
Manasseh,
and
I
am
the
least
in
my father's
house.
\VS{16}And
Jehovah
said
to
him,
I
will
certainly
be
with thee;
and thou shalt
smite
Midian
as
one
man.
\VS{17}And
he
said
to
him,
If
now
I
have
found favour
in thine
eyes, shew
me
a
sign
that
it
is thou
who talkest
with
me.
\VS{18}Depart
not hence,
I
pray thee,
until
I
come unto thee,
and
bring
forth
my
present,
and
set
it
before thee.
And
he
said,
I
will tarry
until thou
come
again.
\VS{19}And
Gideon
went
in,
and
made ready
a kid
of
the
goats,
and
an
ephah
of
flour
in
unleavened
cakes:
the
flesh
he
put
in
a
basket,
and
he
put
the
broth
in
a
pot,
and
brought
it
out
to
him
under
the
terebinth,
and
presented
it.
\VS{20}And
the
Angel
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:20 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
said
to
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}And
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
rose
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
perceived
that
he
was
an
angel
of
Jehovah;
and
Gideon
said,
Alas,
Lord
Jehovah!
for
because
I
have
seen
an
angel
of
Jehovah
face
to
face...
\VS{23}And
Jehovah
said
to
him,
Peace
be unto thee:
fear
not; thou shalt
not
die.
\VS{24}And
Gideon
built
there
an
altar
to
Jehovah,
and
called
it Jehovah-shalom.
To
this
day
it
is
yet
in
Ophrah
of
the Abi-ezrites.
\VS{25}And
it
came
to
pass
the
same
night,
that
Jehovah
said
to
him,
Take
the
young bullock,
which thy
father hath,
even
the
second bullock
of
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
to
Jehovah thy
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:26 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
upon
the
top
of
this
strong
place
in
the
ordered
manner,
and
take
the
second bullock,
and
offer
up
a burnt-offering
with
the
wood
of
the
Asherah
that thou shalt
cut
down.
\VS{27}And
Gideon
took
ten
men
of
his
servants,
and
did
as
Jehovah
had
said
to
him.
And
it
came
to
pass,
because
he
feared
his father's
house,
and
the
men
of
the
city,
if
he
did
it
by
day,
that
he
did
it
by
night.
\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
up
upon
the
altar
that
was
built.
\VS{29}And
they
said
one
to
another,
Who
has
done
this
thing?
And
when
they
inquired
and
asked,
they
said,
Gideon
the
son
of
Joash
has
done
this
thing.
\VS{30}And
the
men
of
the
city
said
to
Joash,
Bring
out thy
son,
that
he
may
die,
because
he
has
broken
down
the
altar
of
Baal,
and
because
he
has
cut
down
the
Asherah
that
was
by
it.
\VS{31}And
Joash
said
to
all
that
stood
near
him,
Will
{\BD{ye}}
contend
for
Baal?
or
will
{\BD{ye}}
save
him?
he
that
contends
for
him, let
him
be
put
to
death whilst
it
is
yet
morning.
If
he
be
a
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:31 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}god, let
him
plead
for
himself,
because
they
have
broken
down
his
altar.
\VS{32}And
on
that
day
they
called
him
Jerubbaal,
saying, Let
Baal
plead
with
him,
because
he
has
broken
down
his
altar.
\VS{33}And
all
Midian
and
Amalek
and
the
children
of
the
east
were
gathered
together,
and went
over,
and
encamped
in
the
valley
of
Jezreel.
\VS{34}And
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
came
upon
Gideon,
and
he
blew
the
trumpet,
and
the Abi-ezrites
were gathered
after
him.
\VS{35}And
he
sent
messengers
throughout
Manasseh,
and
they
also
were gathered
after
him;
and
he
sent
messengers
to
Asher,
and
to
Zebulun,
and
to
Naphtali;
and
they
came
up
to
meet
them.
\VS{36}And
Gideon
said
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:36 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
If thou wilt
save
Israel
by
my
hand,
as thou hast
said,
\VS{37}behold,
I
put
a
fleece
of
wool
on
the threshing-floor;
if
dew
shall
be
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
said.
\VS{38}And
it
was
so.
And
when
he
rose
up
early
on
the morrow,
he
pressed
the
fleece together,
and wrung
dew
out
of
the
fleece,
a bowl-full
of
water.
\VS{39}And
Gideon
said
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:39 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
Let
not thine
anger
be hot
against
me,
and
I
will
speak
but
this
once!
Let
me prove,
I
pray thee,
but
this
once
with
the
fleece;
let
it,
I
pray thee,
be
dry
upon
the
fleece
only,
and
upon
all
the
ground
let
there
be
dew.
\VS{40}And
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:40 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
did
so
that
night,
and
it
was
dry
upon
the
fleece
only,
but
on
all
the
ground
there
was
dew.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Jerubbaal,
who
is
Gideon,
arose
early,
and
all
the
people
that
were
with
him,
and
they
encamped
beside
the spring Harod;
and
he
had
the
camp
of
Midian
on
the
north
by
the
hill
of
Moreh
in
the
valley.
\VS{2}And
Jehovah
said
to
Gideon,
The
people
that
are
with thee
are
too
many
for
me
to
give
Midian
into
their
hand,
lest
Israel
vaunt
themselves
against
me,
saying, Mine own
hand hath
saved
me.
\VS{3}And
now
proclaim
in
the
ears
of
the
people,
saying,
Whoever
is timid
and
afraid,
let
him
go
back
and
turn
from
mount
Gilead.
And
there
went
back
of
the
people
twenty-two
thousand;
and
there
remained
ten
thousand.
\VS{4}And
Jehovah
said
to
Gideon,
Still
the
people
are
many;
bring
them
down
to
the
water,
and
I
will try
them
for thee
there,
and
it
shall
be,
that
of
whom
I
shall
say unto thee,
This
shall
go
with thee,
the
same
shall
go
with thee;
and
of whomsoever
I
shall
say unto thee,
This
shall
not
go
with thee,
the
same
shall
not
go.
\VS{5}And
he
brought
down
the
people
to
the
water;
and
Jehovah
said
to
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
on
his
knees
to
drink.
\VS{6}And
the
number
of
them
that
lapped,
with
their
hand
to
their
mouth,
were
three
hundred
men;
and
all
the
rest
of
the
people
bowed
down
on
their
knees
to
drink
water.
\VS{7}And
Jehovah
said
to
Gideon,
By
the
three
hundred
men
that
lapped
will
I
save
you,
and
give
Midian
into thy
hand;
and
let
all
the
people go
every
man
to
his
place.
\VS{8}And
they
took
the victuals
of
the
people
in
their
hand,
and
their
trumpets;
and
all
the
men
of
Israel
he
sent
away,
every
man
to
his
tent,
but
retained
the
three
hundred
men.
Now
the
camp
of
Midian
was
beneath
him
in
the
valley.
\VS{9}And
it
came
to
pass
in
that
night,
that
Jehovah
said
to
him,
Arise,
go
down
to
the
camp;
for
I
have
given
it
into thy
hand.
\VS{10}And
if thou
fear
to
go
down,
go thou
with Phurah thy
servant
down
to
the
camp;
\VS{11}and thou shalt
hear
what
they
say;
and
afterwards
shall thy
hand
be
strengthened,
and thou shalt
go
down unto
the
camp.
And
he
went
down
with Phurah
his
servant
to
the
outside
of
the armed
men
that
were
in
the
camp.
\VS{12}And
Midian
and
Amalek
and
all
the
children
of
the
east
lay
along
in
the
valley
as
locusts
for
multitude;
and
their
camels
were
without
number,
as
the
sand
upon
the sea-shore
for
multitude.
\VS{13}And
Gideon
came,
and
behold,
a
man
was
telling
a
dream
to
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
to
the
tent,
and
smote
it
that
it
fell,
and
overturned
it;
and
the
tent
lay
along.
\VS{14}And
his
fellow
answered
and
said,
This
is
nothing
else save
the
sword
of
Gideon
the
son
of
Joash,
the
man
of
Israel:
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:14 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God hath
given
into
his
hand
Midian
and
all
the
host.
\VS{15}And
it
came
to
pass
when
Gideon
heard
the
telling
of
the
dream
and
its
interpretation,
that
he worshipped.
And
he
returned
into
the
camp
of
Israel,
and
said,
Arise;
for
Jehovah hath
given
into
your
hand
the
camp
of
Midian.
\VS{16}And
he
divided
the
three
hundred
men
into
three
companies,
and
he
put
a
trumpet
in
every man's
hand,
and
empty
pitchers,
and
torches
within
the
pitchers.
\VS{17}And
he
said
to
them,
Look
on
me,
and
do
likewise;
behold,
when
I
come
to
the extremity
of
the
camp,
it
shall
be
that,
as
I
do,
so
shall ye
do.
\VS{18}And
when
I
blow
with
a
trumpet,
I
and
all
that
are
with
me, ye
also
shall
blow
the
trumpets
around
the
whole
camp,
and
shall
say,
For
Jehovah
and
for
Gideon!
\VS{19}And
Gideon,
and
the
hundred
men
that
were
with
him,
came
to
the outside
of
the
camp
in
the
beginning
of
the
middle
watch;
and
they
had
but newly
set
the
watch;
and
they
blew
the
trumpets,
and broke
the
pitchers
that
were
in
their
hands.
\VS{20}And
the
three
companies
blew
the
trumpets,
and
broke
in
pieces
the
pitchers,
and
held
the
torches
in
their
left
hand,
and
the
trumpets
in
their
right
hand
for
blowing,
and
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 cried
out,
and
fled.
\VS{22}And
the
three
hundred
blew
the
trumpets,
and
Jehovah
set
every man's
sword
against
his
fellow,
even
throughout
the
camp.
And
the
host
fled
to
Beth-shittah towards
Zererah,
to
the border
of
Abel-meholah,
by
Tabbath.
\VS{23}And
the
men
of
Israel
were
called
together
out
of
Naphtali,
and
out
of
Asher,
and
out
of
all
Manasseh,
and
pursued
after
Midian.
\VS{24}And
Gideon
sent
messengers
throughout
mount
Ephraim,
saying,
Come
down
against
Midian,
and
take
before
them
the
waters unto
Beth-barah,
and
the
Jordan.
And
all
the
men
of
Ephraim
were
called
together,
and
took
the
waters unto
Beth-barah,
and
the
Jordan.
\VS{25}And
they
took
two
princes
of
Midian,
Oreb
and
Zeeb;
and
they
slew
Oreb
upon
the
rock
Oreb,
and
Zeeb
they
slew
at
the
winepress
of
Zeeb;
and
they
pursued
Midian,
and
brought
the
heads
of
Oreb
and
Zeeb
to
Gideon
beyond
the
Jordan.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
men
of
Ephraim
said
to
him,
What
is
this
thing thou hast
done
to
us,
that thou calledst
us
not,
when thou wentest
to
fight
with
Midian?
And
they disputed
with
him sharply.
\VS{2}And
he
said
to
them,
What
have
I
done
now
in comparison
with
you?
Are
not
the
gleanings
of
Ephraim
better
than
the
vintage
of Abi-ezer?
\VS{3}Into
your
hands hath
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:3 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
delivered
the
princes
of
Midian,
Oreb
and
Zeeb;
and
what
was
I
able
to
do
in comparison
with
you?
Then
their
spirit
was appeased
toward
him,
when
he
said
that
word.
\VS{4}And
Gideon
came
to
the
Jordan, [and]
passed
over,
he
and
the
three
hundred
men
that
were
with
him,
faint,
yet
pursuing.
\VS{5}And
he
said
to
the
men
of
Succoth,
Give,
I
pray
you,
loaves
of
bread
to
the
people
that
follow
me,
for
they
are
faint;
and
I
am
pursuing
after
Zebah
and
Zalmunna,
kings
of
Midian.
\VS{6}And
the
chief
men
of
Succoth
said,
Are
the
hands
of
Zebah
and
Zalmunna
already
in thy
hand,
that
we
should
give
bread
to thine
army?
\VS{7}And
Gideon
said,
Therefore
when
Jehovah
delivers
Zebah
and
Zalmunna
into
my
hand,
I
will
thresh
your
flesh
with
thorns
of
the
wilderness
and
with briars.
\VS{8}And
he
went
up thence
to
Penuel,
and
spoke
to
them
in
like manner.
And
the
men
of
Penuel
answered
him
as
the
men
of
Succoth
had
answered.
\VS{9}And
he
spoke
also
to
the
men
of
Penuel,
saying,
When
I
come
again
in
peace,
I
will
break
down
this
tower.
\VS{10}Now
Zebah
and
Zalmunna
were
in Karkor,
and
their
camp
with
them,
about
fifteen
thousand [men],
all
that
were
left
of
the
whole
camp
of
the
children
of
the
east;
for
there
had
fallen
a
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
men
that
drew
sword.
\VS{11}And
Gideon
went
up
by
the
way
of
them
that
dwell
in
tents
on
the
east
of
Nobah
and
Jogbehah,
and
smote
the
camp;
for
the
camp
was
at
its ease.
\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
camp.
\VS{13}And
Gideon
the
son
of
Joash
returned
from
the
battle,
from
the
ascent
of Heres.
\VS{14}And
he
caught
a
youth
of
the
men
of
Succoth,
and
inquired
of
him;
and
he
wrote
down
for
him
the
chief
men
of
Succoth,
and
the
elders thereof,
seventy-seven
men.
\VS{15}And
he
came
to
the
men
of
Succoth,
and
said,
Behold
Zebah
and
Zalmunna,
with
whom ye
did upbraid
me,
saying,
Are
the
hands
of
Zebah
and
Zalmunna
already
in thy
hand,
that
we
should
give
bread
to thy
men
that
are
weary?
\VS{16}And
he
took
the
elders
of
the
city,
and
thorns
of
the
wilderness
and briars,
and
with
them
he
taught
the
men
of
Succoth.
\VS{17}And
he
broke
down
the
tower
of
Penuel,
and
slew
the
men
of
the
city.
\VS{18}Then
said
he
to
Zebah
and
Zalmunna,
What sort
of
men
were
they
that ye
slew
at
Tabor?
And
they
answered,
As thou art,
so
were
they;
each
one resembled
the
sons
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
to
Jether
his
firstborn,
Arise,
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
on
us;
for
as
is
the
man,
so
is
his
strength.
And
Gideon
arose,
and
slew
Zebah
and
Zalmunna;
and
he
took
the moons
that
were
on
their camels'
necks.
\VS{22}And
the
men
of
Israel
said
to
Gideon,
Rule
over
us,
both thou,
and thy
son,
and thy son's
son
also;
for thou hast
saved
us
from
the
hand
of
Midian.
\VS{23}And
Gideon
said
to
them,
I
will
not
rule
over
you,
neither
shall
my
son
rule
over
you:
Jehovah
will
rule
over
you.
\VS{24}And
Gideon
said
to
them,
I
would desire
a
request
of
you:
give
me
every
man
the
earrings
of
his
booty;
for
they
had
golden
earrings,
because
they
were
Ishmaelites.
\VS{25}And
they
said,
We
will willingly
give [them].
And
they
spread
a
garment,
and
cast therein
every
man
the
earrings
of
his
booty.
\VS{26}And
the
weight
of
the
golden
earrings
that
he
requested
was
a
thousand
seven
hundred [shekels]
of
gold;
besides
the moons,
and eardrops,
and
the
purple
garments
that
were
on
the
kings
of
Midian,
and
besides
the chains
that
were
about
their camels'
necks.
\VS{27}And
Gideon
made
an
ephod
of
them,
and
put
it
in
his
city,
in
Ophrah.
And
all
Israel
went thither
a whoring
after
it;
and
it
became
a
snare
to
Gideon,
and
to
his
house.
\VS{28}And
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.
\VS{29}And
Jerubbaal
the
son
of
Joash
went
and
dwelt
in
his
house.
\VS{30}Now
Gideon
had
seventy
sons
who
had
come
out
of
his
loins,
for
he
had
many
wives.
\VS{31}And
his
concubine
that
was
in
Shechem,
she
also
bore
him
a
son,
and
he
gave
him
the
name
of
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 Abi-ezrites.
\VS{33}And
it
came
to
pass
when
Gideon
was
dead,
that
the
children
of
Israel
turned
again,
and
went
a whoring
after
the
Baals,
and
set
up
Baal-Berith
as
their
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:33 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}god.
\VS{34}And
the
children
of
Israel
remembered
not
Jehovah
their
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 8:34 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
who
had
delivered
them
out
of
the
hand
of
all
their
enemies
on
every
side.
\VS{35}And
they shewed
no
kindness
to
the
house
of Jerubbaal-Gideon, according
to
all
the
good
that
he
had
done
to
Israel.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Abimelech
son
of
Jerubbaal
went
to
Shechem
to
his mother's
brethren,
and
spoke
to
them,
and
to
all
the
family
of
the
house
of
his mother's
father,
saying,
\VS{2}Speak,
I
pray
you,
in
the
ears
of
all
the
citizens
of
Shechem,
Which
is
better
for
you,
that
seventy
persons,
all
sons
of
Jerubbaal,
rule
over
you,
or
that
one
man
rule
over
you?
And
remember
that
I
am
your
bone
and
your
flesh.
\VS{3}And
his mother's
brethren
spoke
of
him
in
the
ears
of
all
the
citizens
of
Shechem
all
these
words.
And
their
heart
inclined
after
Abimelech;
for
they
said,
He
is
our
brother.
\VS{4}And
they
gave
him
seventy pieces
of
silver
out
of
the
house
of
Baal-Berith,
and
Abimelech
hired
with
them vain
and wanton
men,
and
they
followed
him.
\VS{5}And
he
came
to
his father's
house,
to
Ophrah,
and
slew
his
brethren
the
sons
of
Jerubbaal,
seventy
persons
upon
one
stone;
but there
remained
Jotham
the
youngest
son
of
Jerubbaal;
for
he
had
hid
himself.
\VS{6}And
all
the
citizens
of
Shechem
gathered
together,
and
all
the
house
of
Millo,
and
went
and
made
Abimelech
king,
by
the memorial-oak
that
is
in
Shechem.
\VS{7}And
they
told
it
to
Jotham,
and
he
went
and
stood
on
the
top
of
mount
Gerizim,
and
lifted
up
his
voice,
and
cried,
and
said
to
them, Hearken
to
me, ye
citizens
of
Shechem,
that
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:7 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
may hearken
to
you.
\VS{8}The
trees
once
went
forth
to
anoint
a
king
over
them;
and
they
said
to
the olive-tree,
Reign
over
us.
\VS{9}And
the olive-tree
said
to
them,
Should
I
leave
my
fatness, wherewith
by
me
they honour
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:9 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
and
man,
and
go
to
wave
over
the
trees?
\VS{10}And
the
trees
said
to
the fig-tree, Come thou,
reign
over
us.
\VS{11}But
the fig-tree
said
to
them,
Should
I
leave
my
sweetness,
and
my
good
fruit,
and
go
to
wave
over
the
trees?
\VS{12}Then
said
the
trees
to
the
vine, Come thou,
reign
over
us.
\VS{13}And
the
vine
said
to
them,
Should
I
leave
my
new
wine,
which
cheers
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:13 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
and
man,
and
go
to
wave
over
the
trees?
\VS{14}Then
said
all
the
trees
to
the thorn-bush, Come thou,
reign
over
us.
\VS{15}And
the thorn-bush
said
to
the
trees,
If
in
truth ye
anoint
me
king
over
you,
come,
put confidence
in
my
shadow;
but
if
not,
fire
shall
come
out
of
the thorn-bush
and
devour
the
cedars
of
Lebanon.
\VS{16}Now
therefore,
if ye
have dealt
truly
and sincerely
in
that ye
have
made
Abimelech
king,
and
if ye
have dealt
well
with
Jerubbaal
and
his
house,
and
if ye
have
done
to
him
according
to
the deserving
of
his
hands;
\VS{17}—
for
my
father
fought
for
you,
and endangered
his
life,
and
delivered
you
out
of
the
hand
of
Midian;
\VS{18}but ye
are
risen
up
against
my father's
house
this
day,
and
have
slain
his
sons,
seventy
men,
upon
one
stone,
and
have made
Abimelech,
the
son
of
his
handmaid,
king
over
the
citizens
of
Shechem,
because
he
is
your
brother;
\VS{19}—
if ye
then
have dealt
truly
and sincerely
with
Jerubbaal
and
with
his
house
this
day,
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
citizens
of
Shechem
and
the
house
of
Millo;
and let
fire
come
out
from
the
citizens
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,
because
of
Abimelech
his
brother.
\VS{22}And
Abimelech ruled
over
Israel
three
years.
\VS{23}And
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:23 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
sent
an
evil
spirit
between
Abimelech
and
the
citizens
of
Shechem;
and
the
citizens
of
Shechem
dealt
treacherously
with
Abimelech,
\VS{24}that
the
violence [done]
to
the
seventy
sons
of
Jerubbaal
might
come,
and
their
blood
be
laid
upon
Abimelech
their
brother,
who
slew
them,
and
upon
the
citizens
of
Shechem,
who
had
strengthened
his
hands
to
slay
his
brethren.
\VS{25}And
the
citizens
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.
\VS{26}And
Gaal
the
son
of
Ebed
came
with
his
brethren,
and
went
over
to
Shechem;
and
the
citizens
of
Shechem
put
confidence
in
him.
\VS{27}And
they
went
out
into
the
fields,
and
gathered
their
vineyards,
and trode [the grapes],
and
made rejoicings,
and
went
into
the
house
of
their
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:27 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}god,
and
ate
and
drank,
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
he
not
the
son
of
Jerubbaal?
and
Zebul
his
overseer?
Serve
the
men
of
Hamor
the
father
of
Shechem!
and
why
should
{\BD{
we}}
serve
him?
\VS{29}Oh!
would
that
this
people
were
under
my
hand!
then
would
I
remove
Abimelech.
And
he
said
to
Abimelech,
Increase thine
army,
and
come
out.
\VS{30}And
Zebul
the
ruler
of
the
city
heard
the
words
of
Gaal
the
son
of
Ebed,
and
his
anger
was
kindled;
\VS{31}and
he
sent
messengers
to
Abimelech craftily,
saying,
Behold,
Gaal
the
son
of
Ebed
and
his
brethren
are
come
to
Shechem,
and
behold,
they shut
up
the
city
against thee;
\VS{32}and
now,
rise
up
by
night, thou
and
the
people
that
are
with thee,
and
lie
in
ambush
in
the
fields.
\VS{33}And
it
shall
be
in
the
morning
when
the
sun
is
up, thou shalt
rise
early,
and
fall
upon
the
city;
and
behold,
he
and
the
people
that
is
with
him
shall
come
out
against thee,
and thou shalt
do
with
him
as thou shalt
find
occasion.
\VS{34}And
Abimelech
rose
up,
and
all
the
people
that
were
with
him,
by
night,
and
they
lay
in
ambush
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.
Then
Abimelech
rose
up,
and
the
people
that
were
with
him,
out
of
the
ambush.
\VS{36}And
Gaal
saw
the
people,
and
said
to
Zebul,
Behold,
people
are
coming
down
from
the
tops
of
the
mountains.
And
Zebul
said
to
him, Thou seest
the
shadow
of
the
mountains
as
men.
\VS{37}And
Gaal
spoke
again,
and
said,
Behold,
people
are
coming
down
from
the high
part
of
the
land,
and
one
company
is
coming
along
by
the
way
of
the Magician's
oak.
\VS{38}Then
said
Zebul
to
him,
Where
is
now thy
mouth, thou
that 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
against
them.
\VS{39}And
Gaal
went
out
before
the
citizens
of
Shechem,
and
fought
against
Abimelech.
\VS{40}And
Abimelech
pursued
him,
and
he
fled
before
him,
and
there
fell
many
wounded,
as
far
as
the
entrance
of
the
gate.
\VS{41}And
Abimelech
dwelt
at
Arumah.
And
Zebul
drove
out
Gaal
and
his
brethren,
that they might 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
lay
in
ambush
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
two
of
the
companies ran
upon
all
that
were
in
the
fields,
and
slew
them.
\VS{45}And
Abimelech
fought
against
the
city
all
that
day;
and
he
took
the
city,
and
slew
the
people
that
were
in
it,
and
broke
down
the
city,
and
sowed
it
with
salt.
\VS{46}And
all
the
men
of
the
tower
of
Shechem
heard [that],
and
they
entered
into
the stronghold
of
the
house
of
the
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 9:46 }

El|strong="H0410"}god Berith.
\VS{47}And
it
was
told
Abimelech
that
all
the
men
of
the
tower
of
Shechem
had
gathered
together.
\VS{48}Then
Abimelech
went
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
said
to
the
people
that
was
with
him,
What ye
have
seen
me
do,
make
haste,
do
as
I
have
done.
\VS{49}And
all
the
people
likewise
cut
down
every
man
his bough,
and
they
followed
Abimelech,
and
put [them]
to
the hold,
and
burned
the hold
with
fire
upon
them.
And
all
the
men
of
the
tower
of
Shechem
died
also,
about
a
thousand
men
and
women.
\VS{50}And
Abimelech
went
to
Thebez,
and
encamped
against
Thebez,
and
took
it.
\VS{51}But
there
was
a
strong
tower
in
the
midst
of
the
city,
and thither
fled
all
the
men
and
women,
all
the
citizens
of
the
city;
and
they
shut
it
behind
them,
and
went
up
to
the
roof
of
the
tower.
\VS{52}And
Abimelech
came
to
the
tower,
and
fought
against
it,
and
he
drew
near
to
the
entrance
of
the
tower
to
burn
it
with
fire;
\VS{53}and
a
woman
cast
the
upper stone
of
a handmill
on Abimelech's
head,
and
crushed
his
skull.
\VS{54}Then
he
called hastily
to
the
young
man
that
carried
his armour,
and
said
to
him,
Draw thy
sword,
and
slay
me,
that
they
say
not
of
me,
A
woman
killed
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
went
every
man
to
his
place.
\VS{56}And
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:56 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God rendered
back
the
wickedness
of
Abimelech,
which
he
did
to
his
father
in slaying
his
seventy
brethren.
\VS{57}And
all
the
evil
of
the
men
of
Shechem
did
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:57 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
render
back
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
rose
up
to
save
Israel
Tola
the
son
of
Puah,
the
son
of
Dodo,
a
man
of
Issachar;
and
he
dwelt
in Shamir
on
mount
Ephraim.
\VS{2}And
he
judged
Israel twenty-three
years;
and
he
died,
and
was
buried
in Shamir.
\VS{3}And
after
him
rose
up
Jair,
a
Gileadite;
and
he
judged
Israel
twenty-two
years.
\VS{4}And
he
had
thirty
sons
who
rode
on
thirty ass
colts;
and
they
had
thirty
cities,
which
are
called
the villages
of Jair
to
this
day,
which
are
in
the
land
of
Gilead.
\VS{5}And
Jair
died,
and was
buried
in
Kamon.
\VS{6}And
the
children
of
Israel
again
did
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah,
and
served
the
Baals,
and
the Ashtoreths,
and
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:6 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods
of
Syria,
and
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:6 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods
of Zidon,
and
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:6 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods
of
Moab,
and
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:6 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:6 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods
of
the
Philistines;
and
they forsook
Jehovah,
and
served
him
not.
\VS{7}And
the
anger
of
Jehovah
was hot
against
Israel,
and
he
sold
him
into
the
hand
of
the
Philistines,
and
into
the
hand
of
the
children
of
Ammon.
\VS{8}And
they
oppressed
and
crushed
the
children
of
Israel
in
that
year;
eighteen
years [they
oppressed]
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;
and
Israel
was
greatly distressed.
\VS{10}And
the
children
of
Israel
cried
to
Jehovah,
saying,
We
have
sinned
against thee, both
because
we
have forsaken
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:10 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
and
also
served
the
Baals.
\VS{11}And
Jehovah
said
to
the
children
of
Israel,
Did
I
not [save
you]
from
the
Egyptians,
and
from
the
Amorites,
from
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
from
the
Philistines?
\VS{12}The Zidonians
also,
and
Amalek
and
Maon
oppressed
you,
and ye
cried
to
me,
and
I
saved
you
out
of
their
hand.
\VS{13}But ye
have forsaken
me,
and
served
other
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:13 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods;
therefore
I
will
save
you
no
more.
\VS{14}Go
and
cry
to
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:14 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods
that ye
have
chosen:
let
them
save
you
in
the
time
of
your
trouble.
\VS{15}And
the
children
of
Israel
said
to
Jehovah,
We
have
sinned.
Do thou unto
us
according
to
all
that
is
good
in thy
sight;
only
deliver
us,
we
pray thee,
this
day.
\VS{16}And
they
put
away
the
strange
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:16 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods
from
among
them,
and
served
Jehovah;
and
his
soul
was grieved
for
the
misery
of
Israel.
\VS{17}And
the
children
of
Ammon
were
called
together
and
encamped
in
Gilead;
and
the
children
of
Israel
gathered
together
and
encamped
in
Mizpeh.
\VS{18}And
the
people,
the
chief
men
of
Gilead,
said
one
to
another,
Who
is
the
man
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 valour,
and
he
was
the
son
of
a
harlot;
and
Gilead
had
begotten
Jephthah.
\VS{2}And Gilead's
wife
bore
him
sons;
and
when
his wife's
sons
were
grown,
they
expelled
Jephthah,
and
said
to
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 vain
men
were
gathered
to
Jephthah,
and
they made expeditions
with
him.
\VS{4}And
it
came
to
pass
after
some
time,
that
the
children
of
Ammon
fought
with
Israel.
\VS{5}And
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
to
Jephthah,
Come,
and
be
our captain,
that we
may
fight
against
the
children
of
Ammon.
\VS{7}And
Jephthah
said
to
the
elders
of
Gilead,
Did
not ye
hate
me,
and expel
me
out
of
my father's
house?
and
why
are ye
come
to
me
now
when ye
are
in
trouble?
\VS{8}And
the
elders
of
Gilead
said
to
Jephthah,
Therefore
we
have
returned
to thee
now,
that thou mayest
go
with
us,
and
fight
against
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
be
head
over
all
of
us
the
inhabitants
of
Gilead.
\VS{9}And
Jephthah
said
to
the
elders
of
Gilead,
If ye
take
me
back
to
fight
against
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
Jehovah
give
them
up
before
me,
shall
I
be
your
head?
\VS{10}And
the
elders
of
Gilead
said unto
Jephthah,
Jehovah
be
witness
between
us,
if
we
do
not
so
according
to thy
words!
\VS{11}Then
Jephthah
went
with
the
elders
of
Gilead,
and
the
people
made
him
head
and captain
over
them;
and
Jephthah
uttered
all
his
words
before
Jehovah
in
Mizpah.
\VS{12}And
Jephthah
sent
messengers
to
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
saying,
What hast thou
to
do
with
me,
that thou art
come
against
me
to
fight
against
my
land?
\VS{13}And
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon
said
to
the
messengers
of
Jephthah,
Because
Israel
took
away
my
land,
when
they
came
up
out
of
Egypt,
from
the
Arnon
even unto
the
Jabbok
and unto
the
Jordan;
and
now
restore
it
peaceably.
\VS{14}And
Jephthah
sent
messengers
again
to
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
\VS{15}and
said
to
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,
then
Israel walked
through
the
wilderness
as
far
as
the Red
sea,
and
came
to
Kadesh.
\VS{17}And
Israel
sent
messengers
to
the
king
of
Edom,
saying,
Let
me,
I
pray thee,
pass
through thy
land;
but
the
king
of
Edom
would
not hearken.
And
they
also
sent
to
the
king
of
Moab;
and
he
would
not.
And
Israel
abode
in
Kadesh.
\VS{18}And
they walked
through
the
wilderness,
and
went
round
the
land
of
Edom
and
the
land
of
Moab,
and
came
by
the
east
of
the
land
of
Moab,
and
encamped
beyond
the
Arnon,
but
came
not
within
the
border
of
Moab,
for
the
Arnon
is
the
border
of
Moab.
\VS{19}And
Israel
sent
messengers
to
Sihon
king
of
the
Amorites,
the
king
of
Heshbon,
and
Israel
said
to
him,
Let
us
pass,
we
pray thee,
through thy
land unto
my
place.
\VS{20}But
Sihon
trusted
not
Israel,
to
let
him
pass
through
his
border,
and
Sihon
gathered
all
his
people,
and
they
encamped
in
Jahzah;
and
he
fought
with
Israel.
\VS{21}And
Jehovah
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 11:21 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel
gave
Sihon
and
all
his
people
into
the
hand
of
Israel,
and
they
smote
them;
and
Israel
took
possession
of
the
whole
land
of
the
Amorites,
who
dwelt
in
that
country.
\VS{22}And
they
possessed
all
the
borders
of
the
Amorites,
from
the
Arnon unto
the
Jabbok,
and
from
the
wilderness unto
the
Jordan.
\VS{23}And
now
Jehovah
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 11:23 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel
has
dispossessed
the
Amorites
from
before
his
people
Israel,
and shouldest thou
take
possession
of
it?
\VS{24}Dost
not thou
possess
what
Chemosh thy
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 11:24 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}god puts thee
in
possession
of?
and
whatever
Jehovah
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 11:24 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
has
dispossessed
before
us,
that
will
we
possess.
\VS{25}And
now art thou
indeed
better
than
Balak
the
son
of
Zippor,
king
of
Moab? did
he
ever
strive
with
Israel? did
he
ever
fight
against
them?
\VS{26}While
Israel
dwelt
in
Heshbon
and
its dependent
villages,
and
in
Aroer
and
its dependent
villages,
and
in
all
the
cities
that
are
along
the
banks
of
the
Arnon,
three
hundred
years —
why
did ye
not
recover [them]
within
that
time?
\VS{27}So
I
have
not
sinned
against thee,
but
it
is thou
who doest
me
wrong
in
making war
against
me.
Jehovah,
the
Judge,
be
judge
this
day
between
the
children
of
Israel
and
the
children
of
Ammon!
\VS{28}But
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon hearkened
not
to
the
words
of
Jephthah
that
he
had
sent
him.
\VS{29}Then
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
came
upon
Jephthah,
and
he
passed
through
Gilead
and
Manasseh,
and
passed
to
Mizpeh
of
Gilead,
and
from
Mizpeh
of
Gilead
he
passed
over
to
the
children
of
Ammon.
\VS{30}And
Jephthah
vowed
a
vow
to
Jehovah,
and
said,
If thou wilt without fail
give
the
children
of
Ammon
into
my
hand,
\VS{31}then
shall
that
which cometh
forth
from
the
door
of
my
house
to
meet
me,
when
I
return
in
peace
from
the
children
of
Ammon,
be Jehovah's,
and
I
will
offer
it
up
for
a burnt-offering.
\VS{32}And
Jephthah
passed
over
to
the
children
of
Ammon
to
fight
against
them;
and
Jehovah
gave
them
into
his
hand.
\VS{33}And
he
smote
them
from
Aroer
until thou
come
to
Minnith,
twenty
cities,
even unto Abel-Cheramim,
with
a
very
great
slaughter;
and
the
children
of
Ammon
were
subdued
before
the
children
of
Israel.
\VS{34}And
Jephthah
came
to
Mizpah
to
his
house,
and
behold,
his
daughter
came
out
to
meet
him
with tambours
and
with
dances;
and
she
was
an
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
garments,
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
to
Jehovah,
and
I
cannot
go
back.
\VS{36}And
she
said
to
him,
My
father,
if thou hast
opened thy
mouth
to
Jehovah,
do
to
me
according
to
that
which
has
proceeded
out
of thy
mouth; forasmuch
as
Jehovah
has
taken
vengeance
for thee
upon thine
enemies,
upon
the
children
of
Ammon.
\VS{37}And
she
said
to
her
father,
Let
this
thing
be
done
for
me:
leave
me
alone
two
months,
that
I
may
go
and
descend
to
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 went
with
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
to
her
father,
and
he performed
on
her
the
vow
that
he
had
vowed;
and
she
had
known
no
man.
And
it
became
a
fixed
custom
in
Israel,
\VS{40}that
from
year
to
year
the
daughters
of
Israel go
to celebrate
the
daughter
of
Jephthah
the
Gileadite
four
days
in
the
year.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
men
of
Ephraim
were
called
together,
and
passed
over northwards,
and
said
to
Jephthah,
Why didst thou
pass
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
to
them,
I
was
at
great
strife,
I
and
my
people,
with
the
children
of
Ammon;
and
I
called
you,
but ye
saved
me
not
out
of
their
hand.
\VS{3}And
when
I
saw
that ye
would
not
save
me,
I
put
my
life
in
my
hand,
and
passed
over
against
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
Jehovah
gave
them
into
my
hand.
Why
then
are ye
come
up
to
me
this
day,
to
fight
against
me?
\VS{4}And
Jephthah
gathered
together
all
the
men
of
Gilead,
and
fought
with
Ephraim;
and
the
men
of
Gilead
smote
Ephraim,
because
they
said, Ye,
Gilead, ye
are
fugitives
of
Ephraim
in
the
midst
of
Ephraim, [and]
in
the
midst
of
Manasseh.
\VS{5}And
Gilead
took
the fords
of
the
Jordan
before
Ephraim;
and
it
came
to
pass
that
when
the
fugitives
of
Ephraim
said,
Let
me
go
over,
the
men
of
Gilead
said
to
him, Art thou
an
Ephraimite?
and
he
said,
No.
\VS{6}Then
they
said
to
him,
Say
now Shibboleth!
and
he
said,
Sibboleth,
and
did
not manage
to
pronounce [it] rightly.
Then
they
took
him,
and
slaughtered
him
at
the fords
of
the
Jordan.
And there
fell
at
that
time
of
Ephraim
forty-two
thousand.
\VS{7}And
Jephthah
judged
Israel
six
years.
And
Jephthah
the
Gileadite
died,
and
was
buried
in [one
of]
the
cities
of
Gilead.
\VS{8}And
after
him
Ibzan
of
Bethlehem
judged
Israel.
\VS{9}And
he
had
thirty
sons;
and
thirty
daughters
he
sent
out
of
the house,
and
thirty
daughters
he
took
in
from
abroad
for
his
sons.
And
he
judged
Israel
seven
years.
\VS{10}And
Ibzan
died,
and was
buried
at
Bethlehem.
\VS{11}And
after
him
Elon,
the Zebulonite,
judged
Israel;
and
he
judged
Israel
ten
years.
\VS{12}And Elon
the Zebulonite
died,
and
was
buried
in Ajalon
in
the
land
of
Zebulun.
\VS{13}And
after
him
Abdon
the
son
of
Hillel,
the
Pirathonite,
judged
Israel.
\VS{14}And
he
had
forty
sons
and
thirty
grandsons,
who
rode
on
seventy 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
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah;
and
Jehovah
gave
them
into
the
hand
of
the
Philistines
forty
years.
\VS{2}And
there
was
a
certain
man
of Zoreah,
of
the
family
of
the
Danites,
and
his
name
was
Manoah.
And
his
wife
was
barren
and
did
not
bear.
\VS{3}And
the
Angel
of
Jehovah
appeared
to
the
woman,
and
said
to
her,
Behold
now, thou art
barren
and bearest
not;
but thou shalt
conceive
and
bear
a
son.
\VS{4}And
now
beware,
I
pray thee,
and
drink
not
wine
nor
strong
drink,
and
eat
nothing
unclean.
\VS{5}For
lo, thou shalt
conceive,
and
bear
a
son,
and
no razor
shall
come
on
his
head;
for
the
boy
shall
be
a Nazarite
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:5 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
from
the
womb;
and
he
shall
begin
to
save
Israel
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{6}And
the
woman
came
and
told
her
husband,
saying,
A
man
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:6 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
came
to
me,
and
his
appearance
was
like
the
appearance
of
an
angel
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:6 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
very terrible;
but
I
did
not
ask
him whence
he
was,
neither
did
he
tell
me
his
name.
\VS{7}And
he
said
to
me,
Behold, thou shalt
conceive
and
bear
a
son;
and
now
drink
not
wine
nor
strong
drink,
and
eat
not
anything
unclean;
for
the
boy
shall
be
a Nazarite
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:7 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
from
the
womb
to
the
day
of
his
death.
\VS{8}Then
Manoah
prayed
to
Jehovah,
and
said,
Ah
Lord!
let
the
man
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:8 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
which thou didst
send
come
again unto
us,
I
pray thee,
and
teach
us
what
we
shall
do unto
the
child
that
shall
be
born.
\VS{9}And
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:9 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God hearkened
to
the
voice
of
Manoah;
and
the
Angel
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:9 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
came
again
to
the
woman whilst
she
sat
in
the
field;
but
Manoah
her
husband
was
not
with
her.
\VS{10}Then
the
woman hasted
and
ran,
and
informed
her
husband,
and
said
to
him,
Behold,
the
man
has
appeared
to
me,
that
came
to
me
that
day.
\VS{11}And
Manoah
rose
up
and
went
after
his
wife,
and
came
to
the
man,
and
said
to
him, Art thou
the
man
that didst
speak
to
the
woman?
And
he
said,
I
am.
\VS{12}And
Manoah
said,
When thy
words
then
come
to
pass,
what
shall
be
the child's
manner
and
his doing?
\VS{13}And
the
Angel
of
Jehovah
said
to
Manoah,
Of
all
that
I
said unto
the
woman let
her
beware:
\VS{14}she
shall
not
eat
of
anything
that cometh
of
the
vine,
neither
shall
she
drink
wine
or
strong
drink,
nor
eat
anything
unclean:
all
that
I
commanded
her
shall
she
observe.
\VS{15}And
Manoah
said
to
the
Angel
of
Jehovah,
I
pray thee,
let
us
detain thee,
and
we
will
make ready
a kid
of
the
goats
for thee.
\VS{16}And
the
Angel
of
Jehovah
said
to
Manoah,
Though thou shouldest
detain
me,
I
will
not
eat
of thy
bread;
and
if thou wilt
offer
a burnt-offering, thou shalt
offer
it
up
to
Jehovah.
For
Manoah
knew
not
that
he
was
the
Angel
of
Jehovah.
\VS{17}And
Manoah
said
to
the
Angel
of
Jehovah,
What
is thy
name,
that
when thy
word cometh
to
pass
we
may
do thee honour?
\VS{18}And
the
Angel
of
Jehovah
said
to
him,
How
is
it
that thou askest
after
my
name, seeing
it
is
wonderful?
\VS{19}Then
Manoah
took
the kid
and
the oblation,
and
offered
it
up
to
Jehovah
upon
the
rock.
And
he
did
wondrously,
and
Manoah
and
his
wife
looked
on.
\VS{20}And
it
came
to
pass,
as
the
flame
went
up
from
off
the
altar towards
the
heavens,
that
the
Angel
of
Jehovah
ascended
in
the
flame
of
the
altar;
and
Manoah
and
his
wife
looked
on,
and
fell
on
their
faces
to
the
ground.
\VS{21}And
the
Angel
of
Jehovah
appeared
no
more
to
Manoah
and
to
his
wife.
Then
Manoah
knew
that
it
was
the
Angel
of
Jehovah.
\VS{22}And
Manoah
said
to
his
wife,
We
shall
surely
die,
because
we
have
seen
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 13:22 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{23}But
his
wife
said
to
him,
If
Jehovah
were
pleased
to
kill
us,
he
would
not
have
received
a burnt-offering
and
an oblation
at
our
hands,
neither
would
he
have shewed
us
all
these
things,
nor
would
he
at
this
time
have
told
us [such
things]
as
these.
\VS{24}And
the
woman
bore
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
at Mahaneh-Dan,
between Zoreah
and
Eshtaol.

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Samson
went
down
to Timnathah,
and
saw
a
woman
in Timnathah
of
the
daughters
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{2}And
he
went
up,
and
told
his
father
and
his
mother,
and
said,
I
have
seen
a
woman
in Timnathah
of
the
daughters
of
the
Philistines;
and
now
take
her
for
me
as
wife.
\VS{3}And
his
father
and
his
mother
said
to
him,
Is
there
no
woman
among
the
daughters
of thy
brethren,
and
among
all
my
people,
that thou goest
to
take
a
wife
of
the
Philistines,
the
uncircumcised?
And
Samson
said
to
his
father,
Take
her
for
me,
for
she
pleases
me well.
\VS{4}And
his
father
and
his
mother
did
not
know
that
it
was
of
Jehovah,
that
he
was
seeking
an occasion against
the
Philistines.
Now
at
that
time
the
Philistines
were
ruling
over
Israel.
\VS{5}And
Samson
went
down,
and
his
father
and
his
mother,
to Timnathah;
and
they
came
to
the
vineyards
of Timnathah.
And
behold,
a
young
lion
roared
against
him;
\VS{6}and
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
came
upon
him,
and
he rent
it
as
one rends
a kid,
and
nothing
was
in
his
hand.
And
he
did
not
tell
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
he
returned
after
a
time
to
take
her,
and
he
turned
aside
to
see
the carcase
of
the
lion;
and
behold, [there
was]
a
swarm
of
bees
in
the carcase
of
the
lion,
and
honey;
\VS{9}and
he
took
it
out
in
his
hands,
and
went
on,
and
ate
as
he
went.
And
he
came
to
his
father
and
to
his
mother,
and
gave
them,
and
they
ate;
but
he
did
not
tell
them
that
he
had
taken
the
honey
out
of
the carcase
of
the
lion.
\VS{10}And
his
father
went
down
to
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,
and
they
were
with
him.
\VS{12}And
Samson
said
to
them,
Let
me
now
propound
a
riddle
to
you;
if ye clearly
explain
it
to
me within
the
seven
days
of
the
feast,
and
find [it]
out,
then
I
will
give
you
thirty shirts,
and
thirty
changes
of
garments.
\VS{13}But
if ye
cannot
explain [it]
to
me,
then
shall ye
give
me
thirty shirts,
and
thirty
changes
of
garments.
And
they
said
to
him,
Propound thy
riddle,
that
we
may
hear
it.
\VS{14}And
he
said
to
them,
Out
of
the
eater
came
forth
food,
And
out
of
the
strong
came
forth sweetness.
And
they
could
not
in
three
days
explain
the
riddle.
\VS{15}And
it
came
to
pass
on
the
seventh
day,
that
they
said
to Samson's
wife, Persuade thy
husband,
that
he
may
explain
to
us
the
riddle,
lest
we
burn thee
and thy father's
house
with
fire.
Have ye
invited
us
to
impoverish
us, —
is
it
not [so]?
\VS{16}And Samson's
wife
wept
before
him,
and
said, Thou dost
but
hate
me,
and lovest
me
not. Thou hast
propounded
the
riddle
to
the
children
of
my
people,
and hast
not
explained
it
to
me.
And
he
said
to
her,
Behold,
I
have
not
explained
it
to
my
father
nor
my
mother,
and
shall
I
explain
it
to thee?
\VS{17}And
she
wept
before
him
the
seven
days,
while
they
had
the
feast.
And
it
came
to
pass
on
the
seventh
day,
that
he explained
it
to
her,
for
she
pressed
him.
And
she explained
the
riddle
to
the
children
of
her
people.
\VS{18}And
the
men
of
the
city
said
to
him
on
the
seventh
day
before
the sun
went down,
What
is
sweeter
than
honey,
And
what
stronger
than
a
lion?
And
he
said
to
them,
If ye
had
not ploughed
with
my
heifer, Ye
had
not
found
out
my
riddle.
\VS{19}And
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
came
upon
him,
and
he
went
down
to
Ashkelon,
and
slew
of
them
thirty
men,
and
took
their
spoil,
and
gave
the
changes
of garments unto
them
that explained
the
riddle.
And
his
anger
was
kindled,
and
he
went
up
to
his father's
house.
\VS{20}And Samson's
wife
was [given]
to
his
companion,
whom
he
had
made
his friend.

\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass
after
a
time,
in
the
days
of
the wheat-harvest,
that
Samson
visited
his
wife
with
a kid
of
the
goats.
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 didst utterly
hate
her;
therefore
I
gave
her
to thy
companion.
Is
not
her
younger
sister fairer
than
she?
Let
her,
I
pray thee,
be thine
instead
of
her.
\VS{3}And
Samson
said
to
them,
This
time
I
am
blameless
toward
the
Philistines,
though
I
do
them
harm.
\VS{4}And
Samson
went
and
caught
three
hundred
jackals,
and
took
torches,
and
turned
tail
to
tail,
and
put
a
torch
in
the
midst
between
the
two
tails.
\VS{5}And
he
set
the
torches
on
fire,
and
let [them] run into
the
standing corn
of
the
Philistines,
and burnt
up both
the shocks,
and
also
the
standing corn,
and
the
olive gardens.
\VS{6}And
the
Philistines
said,
Who
has
done
this?
And
they
answered,
Samson,
the
son-in-law
of
the
Timnite,
because
he
took
his
wife
and
gave
her
to
his
companion.
And
the
Philistines
came
up,
and
burned
her
and
her
father
with
fire.
\VS{7}And
Samson
said
to
them,
If ye
act thus,
for
a certainty
I
will
avenge myself on
you,
and
then
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
cliff
Etam.
\VS{9}And
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
has
done
to
us.
\VS{11}Then
three
thousand
men
of
Judah
went
down
to
the
cleft
of
the
cliff
Etam,
and
said
to
Samson, Knowest thou
not
that
the
Philistines
rule
over
us?
And
what
is
this
that thou hast
done
to
us?
And
he
said
to
them,
As
they
did
to
me,
so
have
I
done
to
them.
\VS{12}And
they
said
to
him,
We
are
come
down
to
bind thee,
that
we
may
give thee
into
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
And
Samson
said
to
them,
Swear
to
me
that ye
will
not
fall
on
me
yourselves.
\VS{13}And
they
spoke
to
him,
saying,
No;
but
we
will
bind thee
fast,
and
deliver thee
into
their
hand;
but
we
certainly
shall
not
put thee
to
death.
And
they
bound
him
with
two
new
cords,
and
brought
him
up
from
the
cliff.
\VS{14}When
he
came
to
Lehi,
the
Philistines
shouted
against
him.
And
the
Spirit
of
Jehovah
came
upon
him,
and
the
cords
that
were
on
his
arms
became
as threads
of
flax
that
are
burned
with
fire,
and
his bands loosed
from
off
his
hands.
\VS{15}And
he
found
a
fresh
jawbone
of
an ass,
and
put
forth
his
hand
and
took
it,
and
slew
with
it
a
thousand
men.
\VS{16}And
Samson
said,
With
the
jawbone
of
an ass,
a heap,
two
heaps,
With
the
jawbone
of
an ass
have
I
slain
a
thousand
men.
\VS{17}And
it
came
to
pass
when
he
had
ended
speaking,
that
he
cast
away
the
jawbone
out
of
his
hand,
and
called
that
place Ramath-Lehi.
\VS{18}And
he
was
very
thirsty,
and
called
on
Jehovah,
and
said, Thou hast
given
by
the
hand
of thy
servant
this
great
deliverance,
and
now
shall
I
die
for
thirst,
and
fall
into
the
hand
of
the
uncircumcised?
\VS{19}And
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 15:19 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God clave
the hallow rock
which
was
in
Lehi,
and
water
came
out
of
it.
And
he
drank,
and
his
spirit
came
again,
and
he
revived.
Therefore
its
name
was
called
En-hakkore,
which
is
in
Lehi
to
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 Gazah,
and
saw
there
a
harlot,
and
went
in
to
her.
\VS{2}[And
it
was
told]
the Gazathites,
saying,
Samson
is
come hither.
And
they
surrounded [him],
and
laid
wait
for
him
all
night
at
the
gate
of
the
city,
and
were quiet
all
the
night,
saying,
In
the
morning
light
we
will
kill
him.
\VS{3}And
Samson
lay
till midnight;
and
he
arose
at midnight,
and
seized
the
doors
of
the
gate
of
the
city,
and
the
two
posts,
and tore
them
up
with
the
bar,
and
put [them]
upon
his
shoulders,
and
carried
them
up
to
the
top
of
the
mountain
that
is
before
Hebron.
\VS{4}And
it
came
to
pass
afterwards
that
he
loved
a
woman
in
the
valley
of Sorek,
whose
name
was
Delilah.
\VS{5}And
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
came
up
to
her,
and
said
to
her, Persuade
him,
and
see
in
what
his
great
strength
is,
and
with
what
we
may
prevail
against
him,
that
we
may
bind
him
to
overpower
him;
and
we
will
each
give thee eleven
hundred silver-pieces.
\VS{6}Then
Delilah
said
to
Samson,
Tell
me,
I
pray thee,
in
what
is thy
great
strength,
and
with
what thou mightest
be
bound
to overpower thee.
\VS{7}And
Samson
said
to
her,
If
they
should
bind
me
with
seven
fresh cords
which
have
not
been dried,
then
should
I
be
weak,
and
be
as
another
man.
\VS{8}Then
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
brought
up
to her
seven
fresh cords
which
had
not
been dried,
and
she
bound
him
with
them.
\VS{9}Now
she
had liers
in
wait abiding
in
the
chamber;
and
she
said
to
him,
The
Philistines
are
upon thee,
Samson!
And
he
broke
the
cords,
as
a
thread
of
tow
is
broken
when
it touches
the
fire;
and
his
strength
was
not
known.
\VS{10}And
Delilah
said
to
Samson,
Behold, thou hast
mocked
me
and
told
me
lies.
Now
tell
me,
I
pray thee,
with
what thou mightest
be
bound.
\VS{11}And
he
said
to
her,
If
they
should
bind
me
fast
with
new
ropes,
with
which
no
work
has
been
done,
then
should
I
be
weak,
and
be
as
another
man.
\VS{12}And
Delilah
took
new
ropes,
and
bound
him
with
them,
and
said
to
him,
The
Philistines
are
upon thee,
Samson! Now
there
were liers
in
wait abiding
in
the
chamber.
And
he
broke
them
from
off
his
arms
like
a
thread.
\VS{13}And
Delilah
said
to
Samson, Hitherto thou hast
mocked
me
and
told
me
lies.
Tell
me
with
what thou mightest be
bound.
And
he
said
to
her,
If thou shouldest
weave
the
seven
locks
of
my
head
with
the
web.
\VS{14}And she
fastened
it
with
the
pin,
and
said
to
him,
The
Philistines
are
upon thee,
Samson!
And
he
awoke
out
of
his
sleep,
and tore
out
the
pin
of
the beam,
and
the
web.
\VS{15}Then
she
said
to
him,
How canst thou
say,
I
love thee,
when thy
heart
is
not
with
me?
these
three
times hast thou
mocked
me,
and hast
not
told
me
in
what
is thy
great
strength.
\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
to
her,
There
has
not
come
a razor
upon
my
head;
for
I
am
a Nazarite
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 16:17 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
from
my mother's
womb;
if
I
should
be shaven,
then
my
strength
would
go
from
me,
and
I
should
be
weak,
and
be
like
all
mankind.
\VS{18}And
Delilah
saw
that
he
had
told
her
all
his
heart,
and
she
sent
and
called
for
the
lords
of
the
Philistines,
saying,
Come
up
this
time,
for
he
has
told
me
all
his
heart.
And
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
came
up
to
her,
and
brought
the
money
in
their
hand.
\VS{19}And
she
made
him
sleep
upon
her
knees,
and
called
a
man,
and
she caused
him
to
shave
off
the
seven
locks
of
his
head;
and
she
began
to overpower
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
thought,
I
will
go
out
as
at
other
times
before,
and disengage
myself.
And
he
knew
not
that
Jehovah
had
departed
from
him.
\VS{21}And
the
Philistines
seized
him,
and
put
out
his
eyes,
and
brought
him
down
to Gazah,
and
bound
him
with
fetters
of
bronze;
and
he
had
to
grind
in
the prison-house.
\VS{22}But
the
hair
of
his
head
began
to
grow after
he
was
shaved.
\VS{23}Then
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
gathered
together
to
sacrifice
a
great
sacrifice
to
Dagon
their
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 16:23 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}god,
and
to
rejoice;
for
they
said,
Our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 16:23 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}god
has
given
Samson
our
enemy
into
our
hands.
\VS{24}And
when
the
people
saw
him,
they
praised
their
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 16:24 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}god;
for
they
said,
Our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 16:24 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}god
has
given
into
our
hands
our
enemy,
and
the destroyer
of
our
country,
even
him
who
multiplied
our
slain.
\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
played
before
them;
and
they
set
him
between
the
pillars.
\VS{26}And
Samson
said
to
the
lad
that
held
him
by
the
hand, Let
loose
of
me,
and
suffer
me
to
feel
the
pillars
upon
which
the
house
stands,
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
upon
the
roof
there
were
about
three
thousand
men
and
women,
who
looked
on
while
Samson
made
sport.
\VS{28}And
Samson
called
to
Jehovah,
and
said,
Lord
Jehovah,
remember
me,
I
pray thee,
and
strengthen
me,
I
pray thee,
only
this
once,
O
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 16:28 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
that
I
may
take
one
vengeance
upon
the
Philistines
for
my
two
eyes.
\VS{29}And
Samson
took
hold
of
the
two
middle
pillars
upon
which
the
house stood (and
he
supported
himself
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
might;
and
the
house
fell
on
the
lords,
and
on
all
the
people
that
were therein.
So
the
dead
that
he slew
at
his
death
were
more
than
those
whom
he
had slain
in
his
life.
\VS{31}And
his
brethren
came
down,
and
all
the
house
of
his
father,
and
took
him,
and
brought
him
up,
and
buried
him
between Zoreah
and
Eshtaol
in
the sepulchre
of
Manoah
his
father.
And
he
had
judged
Israel
twenty
years.

\par }\Chap{17}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
there
was
a
man
of
mount
Ephraim,
whose
name
was
Micah.
\VS{2}And
he
said
to
his
mother,
The eleven
hundred silver-pieces
that
were
taken
from thee,
and
about
which thou didst
curse
and
speak
of
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 silver-pieces
to
his
mother;
and
his
mother
said,
I
had
dedicated
the
silver
to
Jehovah
from
my
hand
for
my
son,
to
make
a
graven
image
and
a molten
image;
and
now
I
will
restore
it
to thee.
\VS{4}Now
he
restored
the
silver
to
his
mother;
and
his
mother
took
two
hundred silver-pieces
and
gave
them
to
the founder,
and
he
made
of
them
a
graven
image
and
a molten
image;
and
they
were
in
the
house
of
Micah.
\VS{5}And
the
man
Micah
had
a
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 17:5 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods,
and
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
what
was
right
in
his
own
eyes.
\VS{7}And
there
was
a
young
man
out
of Bethlehem-Judah
of
the
family
of
Judah,
who
was
a
Levite,
and
he sojourned
there.
\VS{8}And
the
man
departed
from
the
city,
from Bethlehem-Judah,
to sojourn
where
he
might
find [a
place].
And
as
he journeyed,
he
came
to
mount
Ephraim,
to
the
house
of
Micah.
\VS{9}And
Micah
said
to
him, Whence comest thou?
And
he
said
to
him,
I
am
a
Levite
of Bethlehem-Judah,
and
I
go
to sojourn
where
I
may
find [a
place].
\VS{10}And
Micah
said
to
him,
Dwell
with
me,
and
be
to
me
a
father
and
a
priest,
and
I
will
give thee
yearly
ten silver-pieces,
and
a
suit
of
garments,
and thy victuals.
And
the
Levite
went
in.
\VS{11}And
the
Levite
was content
to
dwell
with
the
man;
and
the
young
man
was
to
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
I
know
that
Jehovah
will
do
me
good,
because
I
have
the
Levite
for
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
for
themselves
an
inheritance
to
dwell
in;
for
to
that
day [their
lot]
had
not
fallen
to
them
for
inheritance
among
the
tribes
of
Israel.
\VS{2}And
the
children
of
Dan
sent
of
their
family
five
men
of
their
whole
number,
men
of valour,
from Zoreah
and
from
Eshtaol,
to
spy
out
the
land,
and
to
examine
it;
and
they
said
to
them,
Go,
examine
the
land.
And
they
came
to
the hill-country
of
Ephraim,
to
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
in thither,
and
said
to
him,
Who
brought thee hither?
and
what doest thou
in
this [place]?
and
what hast thou
here?
\VS{4}And
he
said
to
them,
Thus
and
thus
has
Micah
done
to
me;
and
he
has
hired
me,
and
I
am
his
priest.
\VS{5}And
they
said
to
him,
Inquire,
we
pray thee,
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 18:5 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
that
we
may
know whether
our
way
on
which
we
go
shall
be
prosperous.
\VS{6}And
the
priest
said
to
them, Go
in
peace:
before
Jehovah
is
your
way
on
which ye go.
\VS{7}And
the
five
men
departed,
and
came
to Laish;
and
they
saw
the
people
that
were therein,
dwelling
securely,
after
the
manner
of
the Zidonians,
quiet
and
secure;
and
no
one
was
in
the
land
who
possessed
authority,
that
might
put [them]
to
shame
in
anything;
and
they
were
far
from
the Zidonians,
and
had
nothing
to
do
with [any]
man.
\VS{8}—
And
they
came
to
their
brethren
at Zoreah
and
Eshtaol.
And
their
brethren
said
to
them,
What [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 ye
are
still!
Be
not slothful
to
go,
to
enter
to
take
possession
of
the
land.
\VS{10}When ye
go
in, ye
shall
come
to
a
people
secure,
and
the
land
is
spacious
in
every
direction;
for
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 18:10 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
has
given
it
into
your
hands; [it
is]
a
place
where
there
is
no
want
of
anything
that
is
on
the
earth.
\VS{11}And
there
went
from thence
of
the
family
of
the
Danites,
out
of Zoreah
and
out
of
Eshtaol,
six
hundred
men
girded
with
weapons
of
war.
\VS{12}And
they
went
up
and
encamped
in Kirjath-jearim,
in
Judah;
therefore
they
call
that
place
Mahaneh-Dan
to
this
day:
behold,
it
is
behind Kirjath-jearim.
\VS{13}And
they
passed thence
to
mount
Ephraim,
and
came
to
the
house
of
Micah.
\VS{14}Then
the
five
men
that
had
gone
to
spy
out
the
country
of Laish
spoke
and
said
to
their
brethren,
Do ye
know
that
there
is
in
these
houses
an
ephod,
and
teraphim,
and
a
graven
image,
and
a molten
image?
And
now ye
know
what
to
do.
\VS{15}And
they
turned thither,
and
came
to
the
house
of
the
young
man
the
Levite,
the
house
of
Micah,
and
inquired
after
his
welfare.
\VS{16}And
the
six
hundred
men
of
the
children
of
Dan,
girded
with
their
weapons
of
war,
stood
at
the
entrance
of
the
gate.
\VS{17}And
the
five
men
that
had
gone
to
spy
out
the
land
went
up,
entered
in thither, [and]
took
the
graven image,
and
the
ephod,
and
the
teraphim,
and
the molten image;
and
the
priest
stood
at
the
entrance
of
the
gate
with
the
six
hundred
men
that
were
girded
with
weapons
of
war.
\VS{18}And
these
came
into Micah's
house,
and
took
the
carved
image,
the
ephod,
and
the
teraphim,
and
the molten
image.
And
the
priest
said
to
them,
What
do ye?
\VS{19}And
they
said
to
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
a
priest
for
the
house
of
one
man,
or
to
be
priest
for
a
tribe
and
a
family
in
Israel?
\VS{20}Then
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.
\VS{21}And
they
turned
and departed,
and
put
the
little
ones
and
the
cattle
and
the baggage
before
them.
\VS{22}They
were already
far
from
the
house
of
Micah,
when
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
to
the
children
of
Dan.
And
they
turned
their
faces,
and
said
to
Micah,
What aileth thee,
that thou comest
with such
a company?
\VS{24}And
he
said, Ye
have
taken
away
my
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 18:24 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods
which
I
made,
and
the
priest,
and ye
are gone
away;
and
what
have
I
more?
and
what
is
this
that ye
say
to
me,
What aileth thee?
\VS{25}And
the
children
of
Dan
said
to
him,
Let
not thy
voice
be
heard
among
us,
lest
men
of exasperated
spirit run
upon
you,
and thou
lose thy
life
and
the
lives
of thy
household.
\VS{26}And
the
children
of
Dan
went
their
way;
and
Micah
saw
that
they
were
too
strong
for
him,
and
he
turned
and
went
back
to
his
house.
\VS{27}And
they
took
that
which
Micah
had
made,
and
the
priest
that
he
had
had,
and
came
upon Laish,
upon
a
people
quiet
and
secure;
and
they
smote
them
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
and
burned
the
city
with
fire.
\VS{28}And
there
was
no
deliverer,
for
it
was
far
from Zidon,
and
they
had
nothing
to
do
with [any]
man;
and
it [lay]
in
the
valley
that
is
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
to
Israel; howbeit Laish
was
the
name
of
the
city
at
the
first.
\VS{30}And
the
children
of
Dan
set
up
the
graven
image;
and Jehonathan,
the
son
of
Gershom,
the
son
of Moses;
he
and
his
sons
were
priests
to
the
tribe
of
Dan
until
the
day
of
the
captivity
of
the
land.
\VS{31}And
they
set
up
for
themselves Micah's
graven
image,
which
he
had
made,
all
the
time
that
the
house
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 18:31 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}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
a
certain
Levite, sojourning
on
the further
side
of
mount
Ephraim,
took
him
a
concubine
out
of Bethlehem-Judah.
\VS{2}And
his
concubine
played
the whore
against
him,
and
went away
from
him
to
her father's
house
to Bethlehem-Judah,
and
was
there
some
time, —
four
months.
\VS{3}And
her
husband
rose
up
and
went
after
her,
to
speak
kindly
to
her,
to
bring
her
again;
and
his
servant
was
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;
and
they
ate
and
drank,
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
to
his
son-in-law,
Refresh thy
heart
with
a
morsel
of
bread,
and
afterwards ye
may
go
your way.
\VS{6}And
they
sat
down,
and
ate
and
drank,
both
of
them
together.
And
the damsel's
father
said
to
the
man,
Be content,
I
pray thee,
and pass
the night,
and
let thy
heart
be
glad.
\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;
but
the damsel's
father
said,
Refresh thy
heart,
I
pray thee.
And
they lingered
until
the afternoon,
and
they
did
eat
both
of
them.
\VS{9}And
the
man
rose
up
to
depart,
he,
and
his
concubine,
and
his
servant;
and
his
father-in-law,
the damsel's
father,
said
to
him,
Behold
now,
the
day draws
toward
evening —
I
pray
you
stay
all night;
behold,
the
day
is declining, lodge
here,
and
let thy
heart
be
merry;
and to-morrow
get
you
early
on
your
way,
that thou mayest
go
to thy
tent.
\VS{10}But
the
man
would
not tarry
the night;
and
he
rose
up
and
departed,
and
came
opposite
to
Jebus,
that
is,
Jerusalem;
and
there
were
with
him
two asses
saddled,
and
his
concubine
was
with
him.
\VS{11}They
were
near
Jebus,
and
the
day
was
far
spent;
and
the
servant
said
to
his
master,
Come,
I
pray thee,
and
let
us
turn
aside
into
this
city
of
the
Jebusites,
and lodge
in it.
\VS{12}But
his
master
said
to
him,
We
will
not
turn
aside
into
the
city
of
a
stranger,
which
is
not
of
the
children
of
Israel,
but
we
will
pass
on
to
Gibeah.
\VS{13}And
he
said
to
his
servant,
Come
and let
us
draw
near
to
one
of these
places,
and lodge
in
Gibeah,
or
in
Ramah.
\VS{14}And
they
passed
on
and
went
their way;
and
the
sun
went down
upon
them [when
they
were]
by
Gibeah,
which belongs
to
Benjamin.
\VS{15}And
they
turned
aside thither,
to
go
in,
to lodge
in
Gibeah.
And
he
went
in,
and
sat
down
in
the
open
place
of
the
city;
and
there
was
no
one
that
received
him
into
his
house
to
pass
the night.
\VS{16}And
behold,
there
came
an
old
man
from
his
work
out
of
the
field
at even;
and
the
man
was
of
mount
Ephraim,
and
he sojourned
in
Gibeah;
but
the
men
of
the
place
were Benjaminites.
\VS{17}And
he
lifted
up
his
eyes,
and
saw
the wayfaring
man
in
the
open
place
of
the
city;
and
the
old
man
said, Whither goest thou?
and whence comest thou?
\VS{18}And
he
said
to
him,
We
are travelling
from Bethlehem-Judah towards
the
further side
of
mount
Ephraim;
from thence
am
I;
and
I
went
to Bethlehem-Judah,
and
I
have
to
do
with
the
house
of
Jehovah;
and
there
is
no
man
that receives
me
into
his
house.
\VS{19}And
we
have
both
straw
and provender
for
our asses;
and
I
have
bread
and
wine
also
for
me,
and
for thy
handmaid,
and
for
the
young
man
with thy
servants:
there
is
no
lack
of
anything.
\VS{20}Then
the
old
man
said,
Peace
be
with thee;
only
let
all thy wants lie
on
me;
but lodge
not
in
the
street.
\VS{21}And
he
brought
him
into
his
house,
and
gave
the asses provender;
and
they
washed
their
feet,
and
ate
and
drank.
\VS{22}They
were making
their
hearts
merry,
when
behold,
the
men
of
the
city,
sons
of Belial,
surrounded
the
house, beating
at
the
door;
and
they
spoke
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
to
them,
and
said
to
them,
No,
my
brethren,
I
pray
you,
do
not wickedly; seeing
that
this
man
is
come
into
my
house,
do
not
this villany.
\VS{24}Behold,
my
daughter,
who
is
a
virgin,
and
his
concubine;
let
me
bring
them
out,
and humble ye
them,
and
do
to
them
as
is
good
in
your
sight;
but
to
this
man
do
not
so vile
a
thing.
\VS{25}But
the
men
would
not hearken
to
him;
and
the
man
took
his
concubine,
and
brought
her
forth
to
them;
and
they
knew
her,
and abused
her
all
the
night
until
the
morning;
and
let
her
go
when
the morning-dawn
arose.
\VS{26}And
the
woman
came
at
the dawning
of
the
day,
and
fell
down
at
the
entrance
of
the man's
house
where
her
lord
was,
till
it
was
light.
\VS{27}And
her
lord
rose
up
in
the
morning,
and
opened
the
door
of
the
house,
and
went
out
to
go
his
way,
and
behold,
there
lay
the
woman
his
concubine
at
the
entrance
of
the
house,
and
her
hands
were
upon
the threshold.
\VS{28}And
he
said
to
her,
Up,
and let
us
go;
but
no
one
answered.
And
he
took
her
upon
the ass;
and
the
man
rose
up,
and
went
to
his
place.
\VS{29}And
when
he
was
come
into
his
house,
he
took
the
knife,
and
laid
hold
on
his
concubine,
and divided
her,
according
to
her
bones,
into
twelve
pieces,
and
sent
her
into
all
the
borders
of
Israel.
\VS{30}And
it
came
to
pass
that
every
one
that
saw
it
said,
There
was
no
such deed
done
nor
seen
from
the
day
that
the
children
of
Israel
came
out
of
Egypt
to
this
day.
Think
it
over, advise,
and
speak.

\par }\Chap{20}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
all
the
children
of
Israel
went
forth,
and
the
assembly
gathered
together
as
one
man,
from
Dan
to Beer-sheba,
and
the
land
of
Gilead, unto
Jehovah
at
Mizpah.
\VS{2}And
the heads
of
all
the
people,
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
presented
themselves
in
the
congregation
of
the
people
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 20:2 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
four
hundred
thousand
footmen
that
drew
sword.
\VS{3}And
the
children
of
Benjamin
heard
that
the
children
of
Israel
had
gone
up
to
Mizpah.
And
the
children
of
Israel
said,
Tell [us],
how
was
this
wickedness?
\VS{4}Then
the
Levite,
the
husband
of
the
woman
that
was
murdered,
answered
and
said,
I
came
to
Gibeah
that [belongs]
to
Benjamin,
I
and
my
concubine,
to lodge.
\VS{5}And
the
citizens
of
Gibeah
rose
against
me,
and
surrounded
the
house
because
of
me,
by
night;
they
thought
to
slay
me,
and
my
concubine
have
they humbled
so
that
she
died.
\VS{6}Then
I
took
my
concubine,
and
cut
her
in
pieces,
and
sent
her
throughout
the
country
of
the
inheritance
of
Israel;
for
they
have
committed
lewdness
and villany
in
Israel.
\VS{7}Behold,
all ye,
children
of
Israel, deliberate
and
give
here [your]
counsel.
\VS{8}And
all
the
people
rose
up
as
one
man,
saying,
We
will
not
any
one
go
to
his
tent,
neither
will
we
any
one
turn
into
his
house.
\VS{9}But
now
this
is
the
thing
which
we
will
do
to
Gibeah: [we go]
by
lot
against
it;
\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
of
ten
thousand,
to fetch victuals
for
the
people,
that
they
may
do,
when
they
come
to Gibeah
of
Benjamin,
according
to
all
the villany
that
they
have wrought
in
Israel.
\VS{11}And
all
the
men
of
Israel
were
gathered
against
the
city, knit
together
as
one
man.
\VS{12}And
the
tribes
of
Israel
sent
men
to
all
the families
of
Benjamin,
saying,
What
wickedness
is
this
that
has
been
done
among
you?
\VS{13}And
now
give
up
the
men,
the
sons
of Belial,
who
are
in
Gibeah,
that
we
may
put
them
to
death,
and
put
away
evil
from
Israel.
But [the
children
of]
Benjamin
would
not hearken
to
the
voice
of
their
brethren
the
children
of
Israel.
\VS{14}And
the
children
of
Benjamin
gathered
themselves
together
out
of
the
cities
of
Gibeah,
to
go
out
to
battle
against
the
children
of
Israel.
\VS{15}And
the
children
of
Benjamin
were
numbered
at
that
time
out
of
the
cities,
twenty-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
left-handed;
all
these slang
stones
at
a
hair [breadth],
and missed
not.
\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
Bethel,
and
inquired
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 20:18 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
and
said,
Which
of
us
shall
go
up
first
to
the
battle
against
the
children
of
Benjamin?
And
Jehovah
said,
Judah
first.
\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
put themselves
in
array
to
fight
against
them
at
Gibeah.
\VS{21}And
the
children
of
Benjamin
went
forth
out
of
Gibeah,
and
destroyed
to
the
ground
of
the
Israelites
that
day
twenty-two
thousand
men.
\VS{22}And
the
people,
the
men
of
Israel,
took
courage,
and
set
the
battle
again
in
array
in
the
place
where
they
put themselves
in
array
the
first
day.
\VS{23}And
the
children
of
Israel
went
up
and
wept
before
Jehovah
until
even,
and
inquired
of
Jehovah,
saying,
Shall
I
go
up
again
to
battle
against
the
children
of
Benjamin
my
brother?
And
Jehovah
said,
Go
up
against
him.
\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
again
destroyed
to
the
ground
of
the
children
of
Israel
eighteen
thousand
men:
all
these
drew
the
sword.
\VS{26}Then
all
the
children
of
Israel,
and
all
the
people,
went
up
and
came
to
Bethel,
and
wept,
and
abode
there
before
Jehovah,
and
fasted
that
day
until
even,
and
offered
up burnt-offerings
and peace-offerings
before
Jehovah.
\VS{27}And
the
children
of
Israel
inquired
of
Jehovah (and
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 20:27 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}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
give
them
into thy
hand.
\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
put themselves
in array
against
Gibeah,
as
at
the
other
times.
\VS{31}And
the
children
of
Benjamin
went
out
against
the
people,
and
were
drawn
away
from
the
city,
and
began
to
smite
of
the
people,
slaying
as
at
the former
times,
in
the
highways,
of
which
one
leads
to
Bethel
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.
And
the
children
of
Israel
said, Let
us
flee,
that we
may
draw
them
from
the
city
to
the
highways.
\VS{33}And
all
the
men
of
Israel
rose
up
out
of
their
place,
and put themselves
in array
at
Baal-Tamar;
and
the
ambush
of
Israel rushed
forth
out
of
their
place,
out
of
the meadows
of Geba.
\VS{34}And
there
came
from
opposite
Gibeah
ten
thousand
chosen
men
out
of
all
Israel,
and
the
battle
was severe;
but
they
knew
not
that
disaster
was
coming
upon
them.
\VS{35}And
Jehovah
smote
Benjamin
before
Israel;
and
the
children
of
Israel
destroyed
of
the
Benjaminites
that
day
twenty-five
thousand
one
hundred
men:
all
these
drew
the
sword.
\VS{36}And
the
children
of
Benjamin
saw
that
they
were smitten. —
And
the
men
of
Israel
gave
place
to
Benjamin,
because
they
trusted
to
the
ambush
that
they
had
set
against
Gibeah.
\VS{37}And
the
ambush hasted,
and fell
upon
Gibeah;
and
the
ambush
drew
along,
and
smote
the
whole
city
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
\VS{38}Now
there
was
an
appointed
sign
between
the
men
of
Israel
and
the
ambush,
that
they
should make
a thick column
of
smoke
rise
up
out
of
the
city.
\VS{39}And
when
the
men
of
Israel
turned
back
in
the
battle,
Benjamin
began
to
smite,
slaying
of
the
men
of
Israel
about
thirty
men;
for
they
said,
Surely
they
are quite
routed
before
us
as
in
the
first
battle.
\VS{40}And
when
the burning
began
to
rise
up
out
of
the
city
as
a
pillar
of
smoke,
Benjamin
looked
behind,
and
behold,
the
whole
city
ascended [in
smoke]
to
the
heavens.
\VS{41}Then
the
men
of
Israel
turned
back,
and
the
men
of
Benjamin
were amazed,
for
they
saw
that
disaster
was
come
upon
them.
\VS{42}And
they
turned
before
the
men
of
Israel
to
the
way
of
the
wilderness;
but
the
battle
overtook
them;
and
those
who
came
out
of
the
cities
destroyed
them
in
their
midst.
\VS{43}They encompassed
the
Benjaminites,
chased
them, trode
them
down
at
the resting-place
over
against
Gibeah
toward
the sun-rising.
\VS{44}And
there
fell
of
Benjamin
eighteen
thousand
men:
all
these,
men
of valour.
\VS{45}And
they
turned
and
fled towards
the
wilderness
to
the
cliff
of
Rimmon,
and
they gleaned
of
them
in
the
highways
five
thousand
men;
and
pursued hard
after
them
to
Gidom,
and
slew
two
thousand
men
of
them.
\VS{46}So
that
all
who
fell
that
day
of
Benjamin
were
twenty-five
thousand
men
that
drew
the
sword:
all
these,
men
of valour.
\VS{47}And
six
hundred
men
turned
and
fled
to
the
wilderness
to
the
cliff
of
Rimmon,
and
abode
at
the
cliff
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,
as
well
the
men
of [every]
city
as
the
cattle,
and
all
that
was
found;
even
all
the
cities
that
were
found
did
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
to
the
Benjaminites
as
wife.
\VS{2}And
the
people
came
to
Bethel,
and
abode
there
till
even
before
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 21:2 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
and
lifted
up
their
voices
and
wept
bitterly,
\VS{3}and
said,
Jehovah,
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 21:3 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel,
why
is
it
come
to
pass
in
Israel,
that
there
should
be
this
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
up 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
with
the
congregation
to
Jehovah?
For
they
had [made]
a
great
oath
concerning
him
that
came
not
up
to
Jehovah
to
Mizpah,
saying,
He
shall
certainly
be
put
to
death.
\VS{6}And
the
children
of
Israel
repented
them
for
Benjamin
their
brother,
and
said, To-day
is
one
tribe extirpated
from
Israel.
\VS{7}What
shall
we
do
for
wives
for
them
that
remain? since
we
have
sworn
by
Jehovah
that
we
will
not
give
them
of
our
daughters
for
wives.
\VS{8}And
they
said,
What
one
is
there
of
the
tribes
of
Israel
that
came
not
up
to
Mizpah
to
Jehovah?
And
behold,
there
came
none
to
the
camp
from Jabesh-Gilead,
to
the
congregation;
\VS{9}for
the
people
were
numbered,
and
behold,
there
were
none
of
the
inhabitants
of Jabesh-Gilead
there.
\VS{10}And
the
assembly
sent thither
twelve
thousand
men
of
the most
valiant
and
commanded
them,
saying,
Go
and
smite
the
inhabitants
of Jabesh-Gilead
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
and
the
women
and
the
children.
\VS{11}And
this
is
the
thing
which ye
shall
do: ye
shall utterly
destroy
every
male,
and
every
woman
that hath lain
with
man.
\VS{12}And
they
found
among
the
inhabitants
of Jabesh-Gilead
four
hundred
young
women
that
were
virgins,
who
had
known
no
man
by
lying
with
any
male,
and
they
brought
them
to
the
camp,
to
Shiloh,
which
is
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
\VS{13}And
the
whole
assembly
sent
to
speak
to
the
children
of
Benjamin
that
were
at
the
cliff
of
Rimmon,
and
to
proclaim
peace
to
them.
\VS{14}And
Benjamin
came
again
at
that
time;
and
they
gave
them
the
wives
whom
they
had saved
alive
of
the
women
of Jabesh-Gilead;
but
even
so
they
found
not
enough
for
them.
\VS{15}And
the
people
repented
them
for
Benjamin,
because
Jehovah
had
made
a
breach
in
the
tribes
of
Israel.
\VS{16}And
the
elders
of
the
assembly
said,
What
shall
we
do
for
wives
for
them
that
remain?
for
the
women
have been
destroyed
out
of
Benjamin.
\VS{17}And
they
said, There
must
be
a
possession
for those
of
Benjamin
that
have
escaped,
that
a
tribe
be
not blotted
out
of
Israel.
\VS{18}But
we
cannot
give
them
wives
of
our
daughters,
for
the
children
of
Israel
have
sworn,
saying,
Cursed
be
he
that giveth
a
wife
to
the
Benjaminites!
\VS{19}And
they
said,
Behold,
there
is
a
feast
of
Jehovah
from
year
to
year
in
Shiloh,
which
is
on
the
north
side
of
Bethel,
toward
the sun-rising
of
the
highway
that
goes
up
from
Bethel
to
Shechem,
and
on
the
south
of
Lebonah.
\VS{20}And
they
commanded
the
sons
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
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
to
us,
that
we
will
say
to
them, Gratify
us
with
them,
because
we
did
not
take
each
man
his
wife
in
the
war;
for ye
did
not
give
them
to
them,
that ye
should
now
be
guilty.
\VS{23}And
the
children
of
Benjamin
did
so,
and
took
wives,
according
to
their
number,
of
them
that danced,
whom
they caught;
and
they
went
and
returned
to
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.
\VS{25}In
those
days
there
was
no
king
in
Israel;
every
man
did
what
was
right
in
his
own
eyes.
\par }