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\BibleBook{The Book of Judges}

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\BibleTitleTwo{The Book of }
\BibleMainTitle{Judges }
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\chapterNumber{1}After|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0559" death|strong="H4194" of|strong="H1121" Josue the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" consulted the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559": Who|strong="H4310" shall|strong="H1121" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" before|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" Chanaanite, and|strong="H1121" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" leader of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" war? 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559": Juda shall|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927": behold|strong="H2009" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H0776" delivered|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" into|strong="H0776" his|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H1980" Juda said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Simeon|strong="H8095" his|strong="H1980" brother|strong="H0251": Come|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H0589" into|strong="H1980" my|strong="H5927" lot|strong="H1486", and|strong="H1980" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0559" Chanaanite, that|strong="H0559" I|strong="H0589" also|strong="H1571" may|strong="H1571" go|strong="H1980" along|strong="H1980" with|strong="H0854" thee into|strong="H1980" thy lot|strong="H1486". And|strong="H1980" Simeon|strong="H8095" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0854". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3068" Juda went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" Chanaanite, and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Pherezite into|strong="H0376" their|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027": and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0376" slew|strong="H5221" of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" Bezec ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H0853" they|strong="H5221" found|strong="H4672" Adonibezec in|strong="H4672" Bezec, and|strong="H0853" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" him|strong="H5221", and|strong="H0853" they|strong="H5221" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Chanaanite, and|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" Pherezite. 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3027" Adonibezec fled|strong="H5127": and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H0310" pursued|strong="H7291" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0853" and|strong="H3027" took|strong="H0853" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H3027" cut|strong="H7112" off|strong="H7112" his|strong="H3027" fingers and|strong="H3027" toes|strong="H0931". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H0935" Adonibezec said|strong="H0559": Seventy|strong="H7657" kings|strong="H4428" having|strong="H1961" their|strong="H0935" fingers and|strong="H0935" toes|strong="H0931" cut|strong="H7112" off|strong="H7112", gathered|strong="H3950" up|strong="H3950" the|strong="H0559" leavings of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" meat under|strong="H8478" my|strong="H1961" table|strong="H7979": as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213", so|strong="H3651" hath God|strong="H0430" requited me|strong="H0935". And|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" died|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Juda besieging Jerusalem|strong="H3389", took|strong="H3920" it|strong="H7971", and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H7971" it|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="H1121" set|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" whole city|strong="H5892" on|strong="H7971" fire|strong="H0784". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H1121" afterwards|strong="H0310" they|strong="H0310" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="H1121" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H0310" Chanaanite, who|strong="H1121" dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0310" mountains|strong="H2022", and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0310" south|strong="H5045", and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0310" plains. 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H3063" Juda going forward|strong="H6440" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Chanaanite, that|strong="H0413" dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Hebron|strong="H2275" (the|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" whereof was|strong="H8034" in|strong="H3427" former|strong="H6440" times|strong="H6440" Cariath-Arbe) slew|strong="H5221" Sesai, and|strong="H3063" Ahiman|strong="H0289", and|strong="H3063" Tholmai: 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H6440" departing from|strong="H6440" thence he|strong="H8033" went|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Dabir, the|strong="H6440" ancient name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3427" which|strong="H8033" was|strong="H8034" Cariath-Sepher, that|strong="H8033" is|strong="H8034", the|strong="H6440" city of|strong="H3427" letters. 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H0802" Caleb|strong="H3612" said|strong="H0559": He|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0802" take|strong="H3920" Cariath-Sepher, and|strong="H0802" lay|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" waste, to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5414" will|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" give|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" Axa to|strong="H0559" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H1121" Othoniel the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Cenez, the|strong="H0853" younger|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251" of|strong="H1121" Caleb|strong="H3612", having taken|strong="H3920" it|strong="H5414", he|strong="H4480" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" Axa his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H0935" as|strong="H1961" she|strong="H4100" was|strong="H1961" going|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" way|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" husband admonished her|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" ask|strong="H7592" a|strong="H1961" field|strong="H7704" of|strong="H0001" her|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001". And|strong="H0935" as|strong="H1961" she|strong="H4100" sighed sitting on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" ass, Caleb|strong="H3612" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H5921": What|strong="H4100" aileth thee? 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" answered|strong="H0559": Give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3588" blessing|strong="H1293", for|strong="H3588" thou hast given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3588" dry land|strong="H0776": give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" also|strong="H0853" a|strong="H3588" watery land|strong="H0776". So|strong="H5414" Caleb|strong="H3612" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" upper|strong="H5942" and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" nether|strong="H8482" watery ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" Cinite, the|strong="H0834" kinsman of|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872", went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" palms|strong="H8558", with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Juda into|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0834" wilderness|strong="H4057" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H0834" lot, which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0834" south|strong="H5045" side|strong="H5045" of|strong="H1121" Arad|strong="H6166", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" dwelt|strong="H3427" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0854". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3063" Juda went with|strong="H0854" Simeon|strong="H8095" his|strong="H7121" brother|strong="H0251", and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H2763" together|strong="H0854" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Chanaanites that|strong="H7121" dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Sephaath, and|strong="H3063" slew|strong="H5221" them|strong="H0853". And|strong="H3063" the|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H8034" called|strong="H7121" Horma, that|strong="H7121" is|strong="H8034", Anathema. 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3063" Juda took|strong="H3920" Gaza|strong="H5804" with|strong="H1366" its|strong="H0853" confines, and|strong="H3063" Ascalon and|strong="H3063" Accaron with|strong="H1366" their confines. 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" with|strong="H0854" Juda, and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" possessed|strong="H3423" the|strong="H0853" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022": but|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" able to|strong="H1961" destroy|strong="H3423" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" valley|strong="H6010", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" many chariots|strong="H7393" armed with|strong="H0854" scythes. 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H5414" Hebron|strong="H2275" to|strong="H1696" Caleb|strong="H3612", as|strong="H0834" Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H0834" said|strong="H1696", who|strong="H0834" destroyed out|strong="H3423" of|strong="H1121" it|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Enac. 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H3423" the|strong="H0853" Jebusites|strong="H2983" that|strong="H3117" inhabited|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389": and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Jebusite|strong="H2983" hath dwelt|strong="H3427" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" until|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" present|strong="H5704" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Joseph|strong="H3130" also|strong="H1571" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5973" Bethel|strong="H1008", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{23}For|strong="H1004" when|strong="H8446" they|strong="H6440" were|strong="H6440" besieging the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892", which|strong="H1004" before|strong="H6440" was|strong="H8034" called|strong="H8034" Luza, 
\verseNumber{24}They|strong="H0376" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" man|strong="H0376" coming|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0376" they|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853": Shew us|strong="H4994" the|strong="H0853" entrance|strong="H3996" into|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0376" we|strong="H4994" will|strong="H0376" shew thee mercy. 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H7971" when|strong="H7200" he|strong="H0853" had|strong="H0376" shewn them|strong="H0853", they|strong="H0376" smote|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" with|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719": but|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" and|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" kindred they|strong="H0376" let|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971": 
\verseNumber{26}Who|strong="H0376" being|strong="H8034" sent away, went|strong="H0376" into|strong="H0376" the|strong="H5704" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Hethim, and|strong="H0776" built|strong="H1129" there|strong="H2088" a|strong="H1129" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0776" called|strong="H7121" it|strong="H1931" Luza: which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" so|strong="H7121" called|strong="H7121" until|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{27}Manasses also|strong="H0853" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H3423" Bethsan, and|strong="H0776" Thanac with|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3423" villages|strong="H1323", nor|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" Dor|strong="H1756", and|strong="H0776" Jeblaam, and|strong="H0776" Mageddo with|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3423" villages|strong="H1323". And|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" Chanaanite began|strong="H2974" to|strong="H0776" dwell|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{28}But|strong="H3588" after|strong="H1961" Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H1961" grown|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H2388" he|strong="H3588" made|strong="H7760" them|strong="H0853" tributaries, and|strong="H3478" would|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H3423" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{29}Ephraim|strong="H0669" also|strong="H0853" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" slay the|strong="H0853" Chanaanite that|strong="H3808" dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Gazer, but|strong="H3808" dwelt|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{30}Zabulon destroyed not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Cetron, and|strong="H3427" Naalol: but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" Chanaanite dwelt|strong="H3427" among|strong="H7130" them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H3427" became|strong="H1961" their|strong="H7130" tributaries. 
\verseNumber{31}Aser also|strong="H0853" destroyed not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Accho, and|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Sidon|strong="H6721", of|strong="H3427" Ahalab, and|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Achazib, and|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Helba, and|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Aphec, and|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Rohob: 
\verseNumber{32}And|strong="H0776" he|strong="H3588" dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3588" midst|strong="H7130" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3588" Chanaanites the|strong="H3588" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0776" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" slay them|strong="H3423". 
\verseNumber{33}Nephtali also|strong="H0853" destroyed not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" Bethsames, and|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Bethanath: and|strong="H0776" he|strong="H3808" dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" midst|strong="H7130" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" Chanaanites the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" Bethsamites and|strong="H0776" Bethanites were|strong="H1961" tributaries to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{34}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Amorrhite straitened the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" mountain|strong="H2022", and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" not|strong="H3808" place|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3381" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H0853" plain: 
\verseNumber{35}And|strong="H3027" he|strong="H1004" dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1961" mountain|strong="H2022" Hares, that|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3027", of|strong="H1004" potsherds, in|strong="H3427" Aialon and|strong="H3027" Salebim. And|strong="H3027" the|strong="H1961" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1961" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Joseph|strong="H3130" was|strong="H1961" heavy|strong="H3513" upon|strong="H1961" him|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H1004" became|strong="H1961" tributary to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{36}And|strong="H4605" the|strong="H4605" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H4605" Amorrhite was|strong="H1366" from|strong="H1366" the|strong="H4605" ascent|strong="H4610" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H4605" scorpion, the|strong="H4605" rock|strong="H5553", and|strong="H4605" the|strong="H4605" higher|strong="H4605" places. 
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\chapterNumber{2}And|strong="H0935" an|strong="H7650" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" went|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" Galgal to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H0935" of|strong="H0776" weepers, and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0834" made|strong="H7650" you|strong="H0834" go|strong="H0935" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H0935" have|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0834" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" for|strong="H0413" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" swore|strong="H7650" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001": and|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0834" promised|strong="H7650" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" make void my|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0834" for|strong="H0413" ever|strong="H5769": 
\verseNumber{2}On|strong="H0776" condition that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H0859" should|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3772" league|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" the|strong="H8085" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776", but|strong="H3808" should|strong="H4100" throw down|strong="H5422" their|strong="H8085" altars|strong="H4196": and|strong="H0776" you|strong="H0859" would|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" hear|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8085" voice|strong="H6963": why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0776" you|strong="H0859" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063"? 
\verseNumber{3}Wherefore I|strong="H1571" would|strong="H0559" not|strong="H3808" destroy them|strong="H0853" from|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" your|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440": that|strong="H0559" you|strong="H6440" may|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" enemies, and|strong="H0430" their|strong="H6440" gods|strong="H0430" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H6440" ruin. 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" these|strong="H0428" words|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", they|strong="H3068" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H3605" voice|strong="H6963", and|strong="H1121" wept|strong="H1058". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" was|strong="H8034" called|strong="H7121", The|strong="H3068" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H3068" weepers, or|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" tears: and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1121" Josue sent|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H0376" every|strong="H0376" one|strong="H0376" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H7971" own|strong="H0376" possession|strong="H3423" to|strong="H3478" hold it|strong="H7971": 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0834" served|strong="H5647" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" ancients, that|strong="H0834" lived|strong="H0310" a|strong="H7200" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H3068" who|strong="H0834" knew all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" works|strong="H4639" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H1121" Josue the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nun|strong="H5126", the|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068", died|strong="H4191", being|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3068" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" ten|strong="H6235" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H2022" they buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0853" in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H0853" borders|strong="H1366" of|strong="H2022" his|strong="H6912" possession|strong="H5159" in|strong="H6912" Thamnathsare in|strong="H6912" mount|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669", on|strong="H2022" the|strong="H0853" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H6828" of|strong="H2022" mount|strong="H2022" Gaas. 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" generation|strong="H1755" was|strong="H0834" gathered|strong="H0622" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001": and|strong="H6965" there|strong="H3068" arose|strong="H6965" others|strong="H0312" that|strong="H0834" knew|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068", and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" works|strong="H4639" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" did|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3068" served|strong="H5647" Baalim. 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0834" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0776" their|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001", who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3318" them|strong="H0853" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714": and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0834" followed|strong="H0310" strange gods|strong="H0430", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" dwelt round|strong="H5439" about|strong="H5439" them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0834" adored them|strong="H0853": and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0834" provoked|strong="H3707" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" anger|strong="H3707". 
\verseNumber{13}Forsaking him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H3068" serving|strong="H5647" Baal|strong="H1168" and|strong="H3068" Astaroth. 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" being angry|strong="H2734" against|strong="H2734" Israel|strong="H3478", delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" plunderers|strong="H8154": who|strong="H3068" took|strong="H0853" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" sold|strong="H4376" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341", that|strong="H3068" dwelt round|strong="H5439" about|strong="H5439": neither|strong="H3808" could|strong="H3201" they|strong="H3808" stand|strong="H5975" against|strong="H2734" their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341": 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H1961" whithersoever they|strong="H0834" meant|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" go|strong="H3318", the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" upon|strong="H1961" them|strong="H3318", as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696", and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" sworn|strong="H7650" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H3318": and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" greatly|strong="H3966" distressed. 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068" raised|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" judges|strong="H8199", to|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H3467" them|strong="H3027" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3467" that|strong="H3068" oppressed them|strong="H3027": but|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3467" hearken to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3027", 
\verseNumber{17}Committing|strong="H6213" fornication with|strong="H1980" strange gods|strong="H0430", and|strong="H1980" adoring them|strong="H0413". They|strong="H0834" quickly|strong="H4118" forsook the|strong="H0834" way|strong="H1870", in|strong="H1980" which|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" walked|strong="H1980": and|strong="H1980" hearing|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0834" commandments|strong="H4687" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0834" Lord|strong="H3068", they|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" all|strong="H4480" things|strong="H4687" contrary. 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H6965" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" raised|strong="H6965" them|strong="H6440" up|strong="H6965" judges|strong="H8199", in|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" moved|strong="H5162" to|strong="H1961" mercy|strong="H3068", and|strong="H6965" heard|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" groanings|strong="H5009" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" afflicted|strong="H1766", and|strong="H6965" delivered|strong="H3467" them|strong="H6440" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" slaughter of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" oppressors|strong="H3905". 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3808" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0310" judge|strong="H8199" was|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4191", they|strong="H3808" returned|strong="H7725", and|strong="H0430" did|strong="H3808" much worse things|strong="H1961" than|strong="H3808" their|strong="H7725" fathers|strong="H0001" had|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961", following|strong="H0310" strange gods|strong="H0430", serving|strong="H5647" them|strong="H7725" and|strong="H0430" adoring them|strong="H7725". They|strong="H3808" left|strong="H7725" not|strong="H3808" their|strong="H7725" own|strong="H1961" inventions, and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0310" stubborn|strong="H7186" way|strong="H1870", by|strong="H1870" which they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H1961" accustomed to|strong="H4191" walk|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" wrath|strong="H0639" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" was|strong="H0834" kindled|strong="H2734" against|strong="H2734" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559": Behold|strong="H3808" this|strong="H2088" nation|strong="H1471" hath made|strong="H8085" void my|strong="H8085" covenant|strong="H1285", which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H8085" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3068" hath despised to|strong="H0559" hearken to|strong="H0559" my|strong="H8085" voice|strong="H6963": 
\verseNumber{21}I|strong="H0589" also|strong="H1571" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H4191" the|strong="H6440" nations|strong="H1471" which|strong="H0834" Josue left|strong="H5800", when|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" died|strong="H4191": 
\verseNumber{22}That|strong="H0834" through|strong="H1870" them|strong="H1992" I|strong="H0834" may|strong="H3068" try|strong="H5254" Israel|strong="H3478", whether|strong="H0518" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" walk|strong="H1870" in|strong="H3068" it|strong="H0518", as|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" kept|strong="H8104" it|strong="H0518", or|strong="H0518" not|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" therefore|strong="H3068" left|strong="H5414" all these|strong="H0428" nations|strong="H1471", and|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" quickly|strong="H4118" destroy|strong="H3423" them|strong="H5414", neither|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" Josue. 
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\chapterNumber{3}These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" left|strong="H3240", that|strong="H0834" by|strong="H3068" them|strong="H0853" he|strong="H0834" might|strong="H3068" instruct|strong="H3045" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" known|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3605" wars|strong="H4421" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Chanaanites: 
\verseNumber{2}That|strong="H0834" afterwards their|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" might|strong="H4616" learn|strong="H3925" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H4421" with|strong="H3045" their|strong="H6440" enemies, and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" trained|strong="H3925" up|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" war|strong="H4421": 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H3605" five|strong="H2568" princes of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Chanaanites, and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Sidonians|strong="H6722", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Hevites that|strong="H3605" dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" mount|strong="H2022" Libanus, from|strong="H0935" mount|strong="H2022" Baal Hermon to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" entering|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" Emath. 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" left|strong="H1961" them|strong="H0853", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" might|strong="H3068" try|strong="H5254" Israel|strong="H3478" by|strong="H3027" them|strong="H0853", whether they|strong="H0834" would|strong="H3478" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" commandments|strong="H4687" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" their|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872", or|strong="H8085" not|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1121" midst|strong="H7130" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Chanaanite, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Hethite, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Amorrhite, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Pherezite, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Hevite, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Jebusite|strong="H2983": 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" took|strong="H3947" their|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" gave|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" own daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" served|strong="H5647" their|strong="H5414" gods|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3068" forgot|strong="H7911" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H1121" served|strong="H5647" Baalim and|strong="H1121" Astaroth. 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" being|strong="H1121" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", delivered|strong="H3027" them|strong="H0853" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Chusan Rasathaim king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Mesopotamia|strong="H0763", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3068" served|strong="H5647" him|strong="H0853" eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3068" cried|strong="H2199" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3068" raised|strong="H6965" them|strong="H0413" up|strong="H6965" a|strong="H4480" saviour, and|strong="H1121" delivered|strong="H3467" them|strong="H0413", to|strong="H0413" wit, Othoniel the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Cenez, the|strong="H0853" younger|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251" of|strong="H1121" Caleb|strong="H3612": 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478". And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1961" fight|strong="H4421", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" into|strong="H8199" his|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3027" Chusan Rasathaim king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" overthrew him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0776" land|strong="H0776" rested forty|strong="H0705" years|strong="H8141", and|strong="H1121" Othoniel the|strong="H0776" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Cenez died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" did|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" again|strong="H3254" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068": who|strong="H3068" strengthened|strong="H2388" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853" Eglon|strong="H5700" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124": because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" sight|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0853" joined to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", and|strong="H1121" Amalec: and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0853" went|strong="H0413" and|strong="H1121" overthrew Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" possessed|strong="H3423" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" palm|strong="H8558" trees|strong="H8558". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" served|strong="H5647" Eglon|strong="H5700" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124" eighteen|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141": 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H1121" afterwards they|strong="H0376" cried|strong="H2199" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", who|strong="H0376" raised|strong="H6965" them|strong="H0413" up|strong="H6965" a|strong="H7971" saviour called|strong="H2199" Aod, the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gera|strong="H1617", the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jemini, who|strong="H0376" used the|strong="H0853" left|strong="H6965" hand|strong="H3027" as|strong="H3068" well as|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" right|strong="H3225". And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" sent|strong="H7971" presents|strong="H4503" to|strong="H0413" Eglon|strong="H5700" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124" by|strong="H3027" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H2719" he|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" himself a|strong="H5921" two-edged sword|strong="H2719", with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" haft in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" midst of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" length|strong="H0753" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" palm of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3225", and|strong="H2719" was|strong="H0753" girded|strong="H2296" therewith under|strong="H8478" his|strong="H5921" garment|strong="H4055" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" right|strong="H3225" thigh|strong="H3409". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H4428" he|strong="H0853" presented|strong="H7126" the|strong="H0853" gifts|strong="H4503" to|strong="H0376" Eglon|strong="H5700" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124". Now Eglon|strong="H5700" was|strong="H0376" exceeding|strong="H3966" fat|strong="H1277". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H7971" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" presented|strong="H7126" the|strong="H0853" gifts|strong="H4503" unto him|strong="H7971", he|strong="H0834" followed his|strong="H5375" companions that|strong="H0834" came|strong="H1961" along|strong="H0853" with|strong="H1961" him|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H3318" returning|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" Galgal, where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H6456" were|strong="H0834", be|strong="H1697" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428": I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" a|strong="H4480" secret message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" thee, O king|strong="H4428". And|strong="H4428" he|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H0559" silence|strong="H2013": and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" being gone|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" about|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413", 
\verseNumber{20}Aod went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3427" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": now|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H0935" summer parlour alone|strong="H0905", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0935" word|strong="H1697" from|strong="H0935" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H0413" thee. And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" forthwith rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" from|strong="H0935" his|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678", 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H3027" Aod put|strong="H7971" forth|strong="H7971" his|strong="H5921" left|strong="H8040" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" dagger from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" thigh|strong="H3409", and|strong="H3027" thrust|strong="H8628" it|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" belly|strong="H0990", 
\verseNumber{22}With|strong="H0935" such|strong="H1571" force that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" haft went|strong="H3318" in|strong="H0935" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3588" blade|strong="H3851" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" wound, and|strong="H0935" was|strong="H1571" closed|strong="H5462" up|strong="H5462" with|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" abundance of|strong="H0935" fat|strong="H2459". So|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" draw|strong="H8025" out|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" dagger, but|strong="H3588" left|strong="H3318" it|strong="H3588" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" body|strong="H0990" as|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" struck it|strong="H3588" in|strong="H0935". And|strong="H0935" forthwith by|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" secret parts|strong="H0990" of|strong="H0935" nature the|strong="H3588" excrements of|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" belly|strong="H0990" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{23}But Aod carefully shutting the|strong="H3318" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H1817" the|strong="H3318" parlour and|strong="H3318" locking them|strong="H3318", 
\verseNumber{24}Went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" by|strong="H0935" a|strong="H7200" postern door|strong="H1817". And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" king’s servants|strong="H5650" going|strong="H3318" in|strong="H0935", saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H5650" the|strong="H0853" parlour shut, and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559": Perhaps he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" easing nature in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" summer parlour. 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H0776" waiting|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3947" long|strong="H5704" time|strong="H5704" till|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" were|strong="H0369" ashamed|strong="H0954", and|strong="H0776" seeing that|strong="H5307" no|strong="H0369" man|strong="H4191" opened|strong="H6605" the|strong="H0853" door|strong="H1817", they|strong="H5704" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" key|strong="H4668": and|strong="H0776" opening|strong="H4668", they|strong="H5704" found|strong="H0369" their|strong="H3947" lord|strong="H0113" lying|strong="H5307" dead|strong="H4191" on|strong="H5307" the|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H1931" Aod, while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" were in|strong="H1931" confusion, escaped|strong="H4422", and|strong="H0853" passed|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" place of|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" idols|strong="H6456", from|strong="H5704" whence he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H0853" returned. And|strong="H0853" he|strong="H1931" came to|strong="H5704" Seirath: 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H1121" forthwith he|strong="H1931" sounded|strong="H8628" the|strong="H6440" trumpet|strong="H7782" in|strong="H0935" mount|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669": and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H0935" down|strong="H3381" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6440", he|strong="H1931" himself|strong="H1931" going|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{28}And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413": Follow|strong="H0310" me|strong="H0413": for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" hath delivered|strong="H5414" our|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" the|strong="H0853" Moabites|strong="H4124" into|strong="H0413" our|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027". And|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3068" seized|strong="H3920" upon|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" fords of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" Jordan|strong="H3383", which are|strong="H0376" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" way to|strong="H0413" Moab|strong="H4124": and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" suffered no|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H5674" over|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{29}But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" slew|strong="H5221" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" Moabites|strong="H4124" at|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256", about|strong="H5221" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505", all|strong="H3605" strong|strong="H2428" and|strong="H0376" Valiant|strong="H2428" men|strong="H0376": none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H0853" could|strong="H0376" escape|strong="H4422". 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="H3478" Moab|strong="H4124" was|strong="H0776" humbled|strong="H3665" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3117" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478": and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3117" land|strong="H0776" rested eighty|strong="H8084" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{31}After|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5221" was|strong="H1961" Samgar the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Anath|strong="H6067", who|strong="H0376" slew|strong="H5221" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" with|strong="H0376" a|strong="H1961" ploughshare: and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" defended Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\chapterNumber{4}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" again|strong="H3254" did|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068" after the|strong="H3068" death|strong="H4191" of|strong="H1121" Aod, 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" Lord|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H3027" them|strong="H3027" up|strong="H4428" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0834" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Jaban king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Chanaan, who|strong="H0834" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H3427" Asor: and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" a|strong="H0834" general|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3068" army|strong="H6635" named Sisara, and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Haroseth of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" Gentiles|strong="H1471". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" cried|strong="H6817" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068": for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" nine|strong="H8672" hundred|strong="H3967" chariots|strong="H7393" set with|strong="H0413" scythes, and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" twenty|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141" had|strong="H3068" grievously oppressed|strong="H3905" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3478" there was|strong="H3478" at|strong="H3478" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256" Debbora a|strong="H3478" prophetess|strong="H5031" the|strong="H0853" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H0802" Lapidoth, who|strong="H1931" judged|strong="H8199" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H1931", 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" sat|strong="H3427" under|strong="H8478" a|strong="H5927" palm|strong="H8560" tree|strong="H8560", which|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3478" called by|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" name, between|strong="H0996" Rama and|strong="H1121" Bethel|strong="H1008" in|strong="H3427" mount|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669": and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0413" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" for|strong="H8478" all|strong="H5927" judgment|strong="H4941". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1121" she|strong="H7121" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H1121" called|strong="H7121" Barac the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abinoem out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H1121" Cedes in|strong="H0413" Nephtali: and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H7121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": The|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" hath commanded|strong="H6680" thee: Go|strong="H7971", and|strong="H1121" lead|strong="H0413" an|strong="H7971" army to|strong="H0413" mount|strong="H2022" Thabor, and|strong="H1121" thou shalt take|strong="H3947" with|strong="H5973" thee ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" fighting men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nephtali, and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zabulon: 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3027" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3027" bring|strong="H5414" unto thee in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" torrent Cison, Sisara the|strong="H0853" general|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3027" Jabin’s|strong="H2985" army|strong="H6635", and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5414" chariots|strong="H7393", and|strong="H3027" all his|strong="H5414" multitude|strong="H1995", and|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3027" deliver|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" thy hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H1980" Barac said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413": If|strong="H0518" thou wilt come|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H0413", I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1980": if|strong="H0518" thou wilt not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H0413", I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{9}She|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921": I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H1980" indeed|strong="H3588" with|strong="H5973" thee, but|strong="H3588" at|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3588" time|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" victory shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" attributed to|strong="H0559" thee, because|strong="H3588" Sisara shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" delivered|strong="H3027" into|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802". Debbora therefore|strong="H3068" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H1980" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" Barac to|strong="H0559" Cedes. 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H0376" he|strong="H0853" called|strong="H2199" unto him|strong="H0853" Zabulon and|strong="H0376" Nepbtali, and|strong="H0376" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" fighting men|strong="H0376", having Debbora in|strong="H0376" his|strong="H0376" company. 
\verseNumber{11}Now Haber the|strong="H0834" Cinite had|strong="H0834" some time|strong="H5704" before|strong="H5704" departed from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" rest of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" Cinites his|strong="H0834" brethren the|strong="H0834" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hobab|strong="H2246", the|strong="H0834" kinsman of|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872": and|strong="H1121" had|strong="H0834" pitched|strong="H5186" his|strong="H0834" tents|strong="H0168" unto the|strong="H0834" valley which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" called Sellnim, and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H0834" near|strong="H0854" Cedes. 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H1121" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1121" told|strong="H5046" Sisara, that|strong="H3588" Barac the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ablinoem was|strong="H1121" gone|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1121" mount|strong="H2022" Thabor: 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H3967" he|strong="H0834" gathered together|strong="H2199" his|strong="H3605" nine|strong="H8672" hundred|strong="H3967" chariots|strong="H7393" armed with|strong="H0854" scythes, and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" from|strong="H0413" Haroseth of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Gentiles|strong="H1471" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" torrent Cison. 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H6965" Debbora said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Barac: Arise|strong="H6965", for|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117" wherein|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" hath delivered|strong="H5414" Sisara into|strong="H0413" thy hands|strong="H3027": behold|strong="H3808" he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" thy leader. And|strong="H6965" Barac went|strong="H3318" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3318" mount|strong="H2022" Thabor, and|strong="H6965" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" fighting men|strong="H0376" with|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" struck a|strong="H5921" terror into|strong="H5921" Sisara, and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" multitude, with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719", at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Barac, insomuch that|strong="H3605" Sisara leaping down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H5921" off|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" chariot|strong="H4818", fled|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" on|strong="H5921" foot|strong="H7272". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H2719" Barac pursued|strong="H7291" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3605" fleeing chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H2719" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264" unto Haroseth of|strong="H6310" the|strong="H3605" Gentiles|strong="H1471", and|strong="H2719" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" multitude of|strong="H6310" the|strong="H3605" enemies was|strong="H0259" utterly destroyed. 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H3588" Sisara fleeing|strong="H5127" came|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" tent|strong="H0168" of|strong="H4428" Jahel the|strong="H3588" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H4428" Haber the|strong="H3588" Cinite, for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H7965" was|strong="H0802" peace|strong="H7965" between|strong="H0996" Jabin|strong="H2985" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Asor, and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Haber the|strong="H3588" Cinite. 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3318" Jahel went|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H7125" Sisara, and|strong="H3318" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Come|strong="H3318" in|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", my|strong="H3318" lord|strong="H0113", come|strong="H3318" in|strong="H0413", fear|strong="H3372" not|strong="H0408". He|strong="H3318" went|strong="H3318" in|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H3318" being covered|strong="H3680" by|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3318" cloak, 
\verseNumber{19}Said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413": Give|strong="H8248" me|strong="H0413", I|strong="H3588" beseech|strong="H4994" thee, a|strong="H3588" little|strong="H4592" water|strong="H4325", for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am very thirsty|strong="H6770". She|strong="H3588" opened|strong="H6605" a|strong="H3588" bottle|strong="H4997" of|strong="H4325" milk|strong="H2461", and|strong="H2461" gave|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" drink|strong="H8248", and|strong="H2461" covered|strong="H3680" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H0935" Sisara said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413": Stand|strong="H5975" before|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" door|strong="H6607" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H0935" when|strong="H1961" any|strong="H0376" shall|strong="H0376" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" inquire|strong="H7592" of|strong="H0376" thee, saying|strong="H0559": Is|strong="H0369" there|strong="H0369" any|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" here|strong="H6311"? thou shalt say|strong="H0559": There|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" none|strong="H0369". 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H3947" Jahel Haber’s wife|strong="H0802" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" nail of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H0935" taking|strong="H3947" also|strong="H0853" a|strong="H3947" hammer: and|strong="H0935" going|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" softly, and|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0413" silence, she|strong="H1931" put|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0853" nail upon|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" temples|strong="H7541" of|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3947" head, and|strong="H0935" striking it|strong="H7760" With|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" hammer, drove|strong="H8628" it|strong="H7760" through|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3947" brain fast into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H0776": and|strong="H0935" so|strong="H3947" passing from|strong="H0935" deep sleep to|strong="H0413" death|strong="H4191", he|strong="H1931" fainted away|strong="H3947" and|strong="H0935" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009" Barac came|strong="H0935" pursuing|strong="H7291" after|strong="H0413" Sisara: and|strong="H0935" Jahel went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Come|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" shew thee, the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" thou seekest. And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" tent|strong="H3489", be|strong="H4191" saw|strong="H7200" Sisara lying|strong="H5307" dead|strong="H4191", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" nail fastened in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0834" temples|strong="H7541". 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" humbled|strong="H3665" Jabin|strong="H2985" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Chanaan before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478": 
\verseNumber{24}Who|strong="H0834" grew|strong="H1980" daily stronger, and|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" a|strong="H3772" mighty hand|strong="H3027" overpowered|strong="H3027" Jabin|strong="H2985" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Chanaan, till|strong="H5704" they|strong="H0834" quite destroyed|strong="H3772" him|strong="H5921". 
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\chapterNumber{5}In|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" Debbora and|strong="H1121" Barac son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abinoem sung|strong="H7891", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559": 
\verseNumber{2}O|strong="H3068" you|strong="H1288" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", that|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" willingly|strong="H5068" offered|strong="H5068" your|strong="H3068" lives to|strong="H3068" danger, bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{3}Hear|strong="H8085", O|strong="H3068" ye kings|strong="H4428", give|strong="H0238" ear|strong="H0238", ye princes: It|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0595", it|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0595", that|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H2167" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" Lord|strong="H3068", I|strong="H0595" will|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H2167" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" Lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{4}O|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068", when|strong="H3318" thou wentest out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0776" Seir|strong="H8165", and|strong="H3068" passedst by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" regions|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Edom|strong="H0123", the|strong="H3068" earth|strong="H0776" trembled, and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" heavens|strong="H8064" dropped|strong="H5197" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H6440" mountains|strong="H2022" melted before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H6440" Lord|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" Sinai|strong="H5514" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H6440" Lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{6}In|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3117" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" Samgar the|strong="H3117" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Anath|strong="H6067", in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3117" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" Jahel the|strong="H3117" paths|strong="H0734" rested: and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" went|strong="H1980" by|strong="H3117" them|strong="H3117", walked|strong="H1980" through|strong="H1980" by-ways. 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H5704" valiant men|strong="H3478" ceased|strong="H2308", and|strong="H6965" rested in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478": until|strong="H5704" Debbora arose|strong="H6965", a|strong="H5704" mother|strong="H0517" arose|strong="H6965" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H7200" Lord chose|strong="H0977" new|strong="H2319" wars, and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H0518" himself overthrew the|strong="H7200" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H7200" enemies: a|strong="H7200" shield|strong="H4043" and|strong="H3478" spear|strong="H7420" was|strong="H3478" not|strong="H0518" seen|strong="H7200" among|strong="H3478" forty|strong="H0705" thousand|strong="H0505" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{9}My|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3820" loveth the|strong="H3068" princes of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478": O|strong="H3068" you|strong="H1288" that|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" own good will|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H5068" yourselves|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" danger, bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{10}Speak|strong="H7878", you|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1980" ride|strong="H7392" upon|strong="H5921" fair asses, and|strong="H1980" you|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1980" sit|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" judgment, and|strong="H1980" walk|strong="H1980" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{11}Where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3068" chariots were|strong="H3478" dashed together|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" army|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" enemies was|strong="H3068" choked, there|strong="H8033" let|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3068" justices of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3478" rehearsed, and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" clemency towards the|strong="H3068" brave men|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478": then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3068" gates|strong="H8179", and|strong="H3068" obtained the|strong="H3068" sovereignty. 
\verseNumber{12}Arise|strong="H6965", arise|strong="H6965", O Debbora, arise|strong="H6965", arise|strong="H6965", and|strong="H1121" utter|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1696" canticle. Arise|strong="H6965", Barac, and|strong="H1121" take|strong="H7617" hold of|strong="H1121" thy captives|strong="H7628", O son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abinoem. 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H3068" remnants of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H3068" saved, the|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068" hath fought among|strong="H1368" the|strong="H3068" valiant|strong="H1368" ones|strong="H1368". 
\verseNumber{14}Out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H7626" Ephraim|strong="H0669" he|strong="H0310" destroyed them|strong="H3381" into|strong="H3381" Amalec, and|strong="H3381" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0310" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H7626" Benjamin|strong="H1144" into|strong="H3381" thy people|strong="H5971", O Amalec: Out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H7626" Machir|strong="H4353" there came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" princes, and|strong="H3381" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H7626" Zabulon they|strong="H0310" that|strong="H4480" led|strong="H4900" the|strong="H4480" army|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3381" fight. 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H7971" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" Issachar|strong="H3485" were|strong="H7272" with|strong="H5973" Debbora, and|strong="H7971" followed|strong="H7272" the|strong="H7971" steps|strong="H7272" of|strong="H8269" Barac, who|strong="H8269" exposed himself|strong="H3820" to|strong="H7971" danger, as|strong="H3651" one|strong="H1419" going headlong, and|strong="H7971" into a|strong="H7971" pit. Ruben being divided against|strong="H5973" himself|strong="H3820", there was|strong="H3820" found a|strong="H7971" strife of|strong="H8269" courageous men|strong="H1419". 
\verseNumber{16}Why|strong="H4100" dwellest thou between|strong="H0996" two|strong="H3427" borders, that|strong="H8085" thou mayest hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" bleatings of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" flocks|strong="H5739"? Ruben being divided against|strong="H3427" himself|strong="H3820", there|strong="H3427" was|strong="H3820" found a|strong="H8085" strife of|strong="H3427" courageous men|strong="H1419". 
\verseNumber{17}Galaad rested|strong="H7931" beyond|strong="H5676" the|strong="H5921" Jordan|strong="H3383", and|strong="H3220" Dan|strong="H1835" applied himself|strong="H3427" to|strong="H5921" ships|strong="H0591": Aser dwelt|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220" shore, and|strong="H3220" abode|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" havens. 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H4191" Zabulon and|strong="H7704" Nephtali offered their|strong="H5921" lives|strong="H5315" to|strong="H4191" death|strong="H4191" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" region of|strong="H5921" Merome. 
\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" fought|strong="H3898", the|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Chanaan fought|strong="H3898" in|strong="H5921" Thanach by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" waters|strong="H4325" of|strong="H4428" Mageddo, and|strong="H0935" yet|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" took|strong="H3947" no|strong="H3808" spoils. 
\verseNumber{20}War from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064" was|strong="H8064" made against|strong="H5973" them|strong="H4480", the|strong="H4480" stars|strong="H3556" remaining in|strong="H8064" their|strong="H4480" order and|strong="H8064" courses|strong="H4546" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" Sisara. 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H1869" torrent of|strong="H5315" Cison dragged their|strong="H1869" carcasses, the|strong="H1869" torrent of|strong="H5315" Cadumim, the|strong="H1869" torrent of|strong="H5315" Cisoii: tread|strong="H1869" thou, my|strong="H5315" soul|strong="H5315", upon the|strong="H1869" strong|strong="H5797" ones|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H0227" hoofs|strong="H6119" of|strong="H0047" the|strong="H0227" horses|strong="H5483" were broken whilst the|strong="H0227" stoutest of|strong="H0047" the|strong="H0227" enemies fled amain, and fell headlong down|strong="H1986". 
\verseNumber{23}Curse|strong="H0779" ye the|strong="H0559" land of|strong="H3068" Meroz|strong="H4789", said|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068": curse|strong="H0779" the|strong="H0559" inhabitants|strong="H3427" thereof, because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0935" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" help|strong="H5833" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068", to|strong="H0559" help|strong="H5833" his|strong="H3068" most valiant|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368". 
\verseNumber{24}Blessed|strong="H1288" among|strong="H0802" women|strong="H0802" be|strong="H1288" Jahel the|strong="H1288" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H0168" Haber the|strong="H1288" Cinite, and|strong="H0802" blessed|strong="H1288" be|strong="H1288" she in|strong="H0802" her|strong="H0802" tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="H5414" asked|strong="H7592" her|strong="H5414" water|strong="H4325" and|strong="H2461" she|strong="H5602" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" milk|strong="H2461", and|strong="H2461" offered|strong="H7126" him|strong="H5414" butter|strong="H2529" in|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" dish fit for|strong="H4325" princes. 
\verseNumber{26}She put|strong="H7971" her|strong="H7971" left hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" nail, and|strong="H3027" her|strong="H7971" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" workman’s hammer|strong="H1989", and|strong="H3027" she struck|strong="H4272" Sisara, seeking in|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7971" head|strong="H7218" a|strong="H7971" place|strong="H3027" for|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7971" wound, and|strong="H3027" strongly piercing through|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7971" temples|strong="H7541". 
\verseNumber{27}At|strong="H8033" her|strong="H0996" feet|strong="H7272" he|strong="H0834" fell|strong="H5307": he|strong="H0834" fainted, and|strong="H8033" he|strong="H0834" died|strong="H5307": he|strong="H0834" rolled before her|strong="H0996" feet|strong="H7272", and|strong="H8033" he|strong="H0834" lay|strong="H7901" lifeless and|strong="H8033" wretched. 
\verseNumber{28}His|strong="H0935" mother|strong="H0517" looked|strong="H8259" out|strong="H8259" at|strong="H0935" a|strong="H0935" window|strong="H2474", and|strong="H0935" howled: and|strong="H0935" she|strong="H0517" spoke from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" dining room: Why|strong="H4069" is|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" chariot|strong="H4818" so|strong="H0935" long|strong="H0309" in|strong="H0935" coming|strong="H0935" back|strong="H0935"? Why|strong="H4069" are|strong="H4069" the|strong="H0935" feet|strong="H6471" of|strong="H7393" his|strong="H0935" horses|strong="H7393" so|strong="H0935" slow? 
\verseNumber{29}One|strong="H1931" that|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" wiser|strong="H2450" than the|strong="H0559" rest of|strong="H0559" his|strong="H7725" wives, returned|strong="H7725" this|strong="H1931" answer|strong="H6030" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H7725" mother in|strong="H7725" law: 
\verseNumber{30}Perhaps he|strong="H3808" is|strong="H7218" now dividing|strong="H2505" the|strong="H4672" spoils|strong="H7998", and|strong="H7218" the|strong="H4672" fairest of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H4672" women is|strong="H7218" chosen out|strong="H4672" for|strong="H3808" him|strong="H4672": garments of|strong="H7218" divers colours are|strong="H7356" given to|strong="H3808" Sisara for|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3808" prey, and|strong="H7218" furniture of|strong="H7218" different kinds is|strong="H7218" heaped together to|strong="H3808" adorn the|strong="H4672" necks|strong="H6677". 
\verseNumber{31}So|strong="H3651" let|strong="H3651" all|strong="H3605" thy enemies|strong="H0341" perish|strong="H0006", O|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068": but|strong="H3651" let|strong="H3651" them|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3605" love|strong="H0157" thee shine, as|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121" shineth in|strong="H8141" his|strong="H3605" rising|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{32}And the land rested for forty years. 
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\chapterNumber{6}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" again did|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5414" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" Lord|strong="H3068": and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H6213" delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Madian seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" grievously oppressed by|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853". And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" themselves|strong="H5921" dens|strong="H4492" and|strong="H1121" eaves in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" mountains|strong="H2022", and|strong="H1121" strong|strong="H5810" holds to|strong="H5921" resist. 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H1961" sown|strong="H2232", Madian and|strong="H1121" Amalec, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" eastern nations came|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5927": 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H0935" pitching their|strong="H5921" tents among|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853", wasted|strong="H7843" all|strong="H5704" things|strong="H3808" as|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" blade even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" entrance|strong="H0935" of|strong="H0776" Gaza|strong="H5804": and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H5921" left|strong="H7604" nothing|strong="H3808" at|strong="H2583" all|strong="H5704" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" sustenance|strong="H4241" of|strong="H0776" life|strong="H4241", nor|strong="H3808" sheep|strong="H7716", nor|strong="H3808" oxen|strong="H7794", nor|strong="H3808" asses. 
\verseNumber{5}For|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H5927" their|strong="H1992" flocks|strong="H4735" came|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0935" their|strong="H1992" tents|strong="H0168", and|strong="H0935" like|strong="H0776" locusts|strong="H0697" filled all|strong="H5927" places, an|strong="H0935" innumerable|strong="H4557" multitude|strong="H7230" of|strong="H0776" men, and|strong="H0935" of|strong="H0776" camels|strong="H1581", wasting whatsoever they|strong="H1992" touched. 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3068" humbled exceedingly|strong="H3966" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" sight|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Madian. 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" cried|strong="H2199" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3068" desiring help against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Madianites. 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0430" sent|strong="H7971" unto them|strong="H0413" a|strong="H7971" prophet|strong="H5030", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0430" spoke|strong="H0559": Thus|strong="H3541" saith the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478": I|strong="H0595" made|strong="H5927" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H3318" you|strong="H7971" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" bondage|strong="H5650", 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H0776" delivered|strong="H5337" you|strong="H5414" out|strong="H1644" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" Egyptians|strong="H4713", and|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" enemies that|strong="H3605" afflicted you|strong="H5414": and|strong="H0776" I|strong="H5414" cast|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" out|strong="H1644" at|strong="H0776" your|strong="H3605" coming in|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0776" gave|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0589" said|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", fear|strong="H3372" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" Amorrhites, in|strong="H3427" whose|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776" you|strong="H0859" dwell|strong="H3427". And|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" hear|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8085" voice|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1121" an|strong="H0935" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Lord|strong="H3068" came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H1121" sat|strong="H3427" under|strong="H8478" an|strong="H0935" oak|strong="H0424", that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3427" Ephra, and|strong="H1121" belonged to|strong="H0935" Joas the|strong="H6440" father of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" family of|strong="H1121" Ezri. And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H0834" Gedeon his|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H0834" threshing|strong="H2251" and|strong="H1121" cleansing wheat|strong="H2406" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" winepress, to|strong="H0935" flee|strong="H5127" from|strong="H0935" Madian, 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H0559" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559": The|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" thee, O|strong="H3068" most valiant|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3068" men|strong="H1368". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H3068" Gedeon said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": I|strong="H0834" beseech thee, my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H3068", if|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5414", why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0834" these|strong="H2063" evils fallen upon|strong="H0413" us|strong="H5414"? Where|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" miracles|strong="H6381", which|strong="H0834" our|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" have|strong="H0834" told|strong="H0559" us|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559": The|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5927" us|strong="H5414" Out|strong="H4100" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714"? but|strong="H3808" now|strong="H6258" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" hath forsaken|strong="H5203" us|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" bands of|strong="H3068" Madian. 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" looked|strong="H6437" upon|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559": Go|strong="H7971" in|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" thy strength|strong="H3581", and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H2088" shalt deliver|strong="H3467" Israel|strong="H3478" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3709" of|strong="H3068" Madian: know that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2088" have|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" thee. 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H0853" answered|strong="H0559" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0595" beseech thee, my|strong="H3467" lord|strong="H0136", wherewith shall|strong="H3478" I|strong="H0595" deliver|strong="H3467" Israel|strong="H3478"? Behold|strong="H2009" my|strong="H3467" family|strong="H1004" is|strong="H4100" the|strong="H0853" meanest in|strong="H0413" Manasses, and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" the|strong="H0853" least|strong="H6810" in|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3467" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" thee: and|strong="H3068" thou shalt cut off|strong="H0853" Madian as|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H5869" he|strong="H0518" said|strong="H0559": If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0518" have|strong="H5869" found|strong="H4672" grace|strong="H2580" before|strong="H5869" thee, give|strong="H4994" me|strong="H0413" a|strong="H0518" sign|strong="H0226" that|strong="H0559" it|strong="H0518" is|strong="H5869" thou that|strong="H0559" speakest to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H0935" depart|strong="H4185" not|strong="H0408" hence, till|strong="H5704" I|strong="H0595" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" thee, and|strong="H0935" bring|strong="H0935" a|strong="H0935" sacrifice|strong="H4503", and|strong="H0935" offer it|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" thee. And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H5704" answered|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0595" will|strong="H5704" wait|strong="H3427" thy coming|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H6213" Gedeon went|strong="H3318" in|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" boiled a|strong="H7760" kid, and|strong="H0935" made|strong="H6213" unleavened|strong="H4682" loaves of|strong="H8478" a|strong="H7760" measure|strong="H0374" of|strong="H8478" flour|strong="H7058": and|strong="H0935" putting|strong="H7760" the|strong="H0413" flesh|strong="H1320" in|strong="H0935" a|strong="H7760" basket|strong="H5536", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" broth|strong="H4839" of|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0413" flesh|strong="H1320" into|strong="H0413" a|strong="H7760" pot|strong="H6517", he|strong="H6213" carried|strong="H0935" all under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0413" oak|strong="H0424", and|strong="H0935" presented|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" Lord said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" flesh|strong="H1320" and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" unleavened|strong="H4682" loaves, and|strong="H0430" lay them|strong="H0413" upon|strong="H0413" that|strong="H3651" rock|strong="H5553", and|strong="H0430" pour|strong="H8210" out|strong="H8210" the|strong="H0853" broth|strong="H4839" thereon. And|strong="H0430" when|strong="H6213" he|strong="H3651" had|strong="H0430" done|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651", 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H0853" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" put|strong="H7971" forth|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" tip|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" rod, which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" held in|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H1980" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="H0853" flesh|strong="H1320" and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" unleavened|strong="H4682" loaves|strong="H3027": and|strong="H1980" there|strong="H5927" arose|strong="H5927" a|strong="H7971" fire|strong="H0784" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" rock|strong="H6697", and|strong="H1980" consumed|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0853" flesh|strong="H1320" and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" unleavened|strong="H4682" loaves|strong="H3027": and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" vanished|strong="H1980" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H3068" Gedeon seeing|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068", said|strong="H0559": Alas|strong="H0162", my|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068": for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0559" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" face|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0413" face|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H4191": Peace|strong="H7965" be|strong="H4191" with|strong="H3068" thee: fear|strong="H3372" not|strong="H3808", thou shalt not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H3068" Gedeon built|strong="H1129" there|strong="H8033" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3068" Lord’s|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H7965", until|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" present|strong="H8033" day|strong="H3117". And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H5704" was|strong="H3068" yet|strong="H5750" in|strong="H3068" Ephra, which|strong="H8033" is|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" family of|strong="H3068" Ezri, 
\verseNumber{25}That|strong="H0834" night|strong="H3915" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921": Take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H1961" bullock of|strong="H3068" thy father’s|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3068" another|strong="H8145" bullock of|strong="H3068" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141", and|strong="H3068" thou shalt destroy|strong="H3772" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196" of|strong="H3068" Baal|strong="H1168", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" thy father’s|strong="H0001": and|strong="H3068" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" the|strong="H0853" grove that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196": 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H3068" thou shalt build|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" thy God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H0430" this|strong="H2088" rock, whereupon thou didst lay the|strong="H0853" sacrifice before|strong="H5921": and|strong="H3068" thou shalt take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" second|strong="H8145" bullock, and|strong="H3068" shalt offer|strong="H5927" a|strong="H3947" holocaust upon|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" pile of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" wood|strong="H6086", which|strong="H0834" thou shalt cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" grove. 
\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H1961" Gedeon taking|strong="H3947" ten|strong="H6235" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3947" servants|strong="H5650", did|strong="H6213" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H1696" him|strong="H0413". But|strong="H1961" fearing his|strong="H3947" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" that|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892", he|strong="H0834" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3119", but|strong="H1961" did|strong="H6213" all|strong="H0376" by|strong="H3068" night|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{28}And|strong="H0376" when|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" town|strong="H5892" were|strong="H0834" risen in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" morning|strong="H1242", they|strong="H0834" saw|strong="H2009" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196" of|strong="H0376" Baal|strong="H1168" destroyed|strong="H3772", and|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" grove cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H5422", and|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" second|strong="H8145" bullock laid upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196", which|strong="H0834" then|strong="H2009" was|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129". 
\verseNumber{29}And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" one|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" another|strong="H7453": Who|strong="H4310" hath done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088"? And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0376" inquired|strong="H1875" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" author of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" fact, it|strong="H6213" was|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559": Gedeon the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joas did|strong="H6213" all|strong="H1697" this|strong="H2088". 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Joas: Bring|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" thy son|strong="H1121" hither, that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0376" die|strong="H4191": because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" hath destroyed|strong="H3772" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196" of|strong="H1121" Baal|strong="H1168", and|strong="H1121" hath cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H5422" his|strong="H5921" grove. 
\verseNumber{31}He|strong="H0834" answered|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853": Are|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" the|strong="H3605" avengers of|strong="H0430" Baal|strong="H1168", that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" fight|strong="H7378" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H5921"? he|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" adversary, let him|strong="H5921" die|strong="H4191" before|strong="H5704" tomorrow|strong="H1242" light appear: if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H0834" be|strong="H4191" a|strong="H3588" god|strong="H0430", let him|strong="H5921" revenge himself|strong="H1931" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" that|strong="H0834" hath cast down|strong="H5422" his|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{32}From|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" Gedeon was|strong="H1931" called|strong="H7121" Jerobaal, because|strong="H3588" Joss had|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559": Let Baal|strong="H1168" revenge himself|strong="H1931" on|strong="H3117" him|strong="H0853" that|strong="H3588" hath cast down|strong="H5422" his|strong="H7121" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{33}Now all|strong="H3605" Madian, and|strong="H1121" Amalec, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" eastern people|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H3162", and|strong="H1121" passing|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan, camped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H2583" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H6010" of|strong="H1121" Jezrael. 
\verseNumber{34}But|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" came|strong="H3847" upon|strong="H3847" Gedeon, and|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" sounded|strong="H8628" the|strong="H0853" trumpet|strong="H7782" and|strong="H3068" called|strong="H2199" together|strong="H2199" the|strong="H0853" house of|strong="H3068" Abiezer|strong="H0044", to|strong="H3068" follow|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{35}And|strong="H7971" he|strong="H1931" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" into|strong="H5927" all|strong="H3605" Manasses, and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H0310" also|strong="H1571" followed|strong="H0310" him|strong="H7971": and|strong="H7971" other|strong="H3605" messengers|strong="H4397" into|strong="H5927" Aser and|strong="H7971" Zabulon and|strong="H7971" Nephtali, and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H0310" came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7971" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{36}And|strong="H3478" Gedeon said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" God|strong="H0430": If|strong="H0518" thou wilt save|strong="H3467" Israel|strong="H3478" by|strong="H3027" my|strong="H0834" hand|strong="H3027", as|strong="H0834" thou hast said|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{37}I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" put|strong="H3322" this|strong="H3588" fleece|strong="H1492" of|strong="H0776" wool|strong="H6785" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" floor|strong="H1637": if|strong="H0518" there|strong="H2009" be|strong="H1961" dew|strong="H2919" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fleece|strong="H1492" only|strong="H0905", and|strong="H3478" it|strong="H0518" be|strong="H1961" dry|strong="H2721" on|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" beside|strong="H5921", I|strong="H0834", shall|strong="H3478" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" by|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027", as|strong="H0834" thou hast said|strong="H1696", thou wilt deliver|strong="H3467" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{38}And|strong="H7925" it|strong="H4393" was|strong="H1961" so|strong="H3651". And|strong="H7925" rising|strong="H7925" before|strong="H4480" day|strong="H4283" wringing the|strong="H0853" fleece|strong="H1492", he|strong="H3651" filled|strong="H4393" a|strong="H1961" vessel with|strong="H3651" the|strong="H0853" dew|strong="H2919". 
\verseNumber{39}And|strong="H0430" he|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" again|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" God|strong="H0430": let|strong="H4994" not|strong="H0408" thy wrath|strong="H0639" be|strong="H1961" kindled|strong="H2734" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413" if|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0776" try|strong="H5254" once|strong="H6471" more|strong="H6471", seeking a|strong="H1961" sign in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fleece|strong="H1492". I|strong="H0776" pray|strong="H4994" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fleece|strong="H1492" only|strong="H0389" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" dry|strong="H2721", and|strong="H0430" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" wet with|strong="H0413" dew|strong="H2919". 
\verseNumber{40}And|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" requested: and|strong="H0430" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" dry|strong="H2721" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fleece|strong="H1492" only|strong="H0905", and|strong="H0430" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" dew|strong="H2919" on|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776". 
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\chapterNumber{7}Then|strong="H1961" Jerobaal, who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" as|strong="H0834" Gedeon, rising|strong="H7925" up|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" and|strong="H7925" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5921", came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" fountain that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" called Harad. Now|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H5921" Madian was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H6010" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H6828" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" high hill|strong="H1389". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Gedeon: The|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" thee are|strong="H0834" many|strong="H7227", and|strong="H3068" Madian shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6435" be|strong="H3478" delivered|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027": lest|strong="H6435" Israel|strong="H3478" should|strong="H3068" glory|strong="H6286" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" delivered|strong="H5414" by|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" own strength|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{3}Speak|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H7725" proclaim|strong="H7121" in|strong="H7604" the|strong="H0559" hearing|strong="H0241" of|strong="H2022" all|strong="H4480", I|strong="H6258" Whosoever is|strong="H4310" fearful and|strong="H7725" timorous, let|strong="H4994" him|strong="H7121" return|strong="H7725". So|strong="H4480" two|strong="H8147" and|strong="H7725" twenty|strong="H6242" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H5971" went|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" mount|strong="H2022" Galaad and|strong="H7725" returned|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725", and|strong="H7725" only ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" remained|strong="H7604". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Gedeon: The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H0834" still|strong="H5750" too|strong="H7227" many|strong="H7227", bring|strong="H3381" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" waters|strong="H4325", and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" try them|strong="H0413": and|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" thee, This|strong="H2088" shall|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3381" with|strong="H5973" thee, let|strong="H3381" him|strong="H0413" go|strong="H3381": whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3068" forbid to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H3381", let|strong="H3381" him|strong="H0413" return. 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H0834" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" waters|strong="H4325", the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Gedeon: They|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3068" lap|strong="H1290" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" with|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" tongues|strong="H3956", as|strong="H0834" dogs|strong="H3611" are|strong="H0834" wont to|strong="H0413" lap|strong="H1290", thou shalt set|strong="H3322" apart|strong="H0905" by|strong="H5921" themselves|strong="H0905": but|strong="H4325" they|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3068" drink|strong="H8354" bowing|strong="H3766" down|strong="H3381" their|strong="H3605" knees|strong="H1290", shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" side. 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H0413" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" lapped|strong="H3952" water|strong="H4325", casting it|strong="H5921" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" mouth|strong="H6310", was|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376": and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" multitude had|strong="H1961" drunk|strong="H8354" kneeling|strong="H3766". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Gedeon: By|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376", that|strong="H3605" lapped|strong="H3952" water, I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" save|strong="H3467" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H3467" Madian into|strong="H0413" thy hand|strong="H3027": but|strong="H0376" let|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" rest of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" return to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H3947" taking|strong="H3947" victuals and|strong="H3478" trumpets|strong="H7782" according|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" number, he|strong="H0853" ordered|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H1961" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" multitude to|strong="H1961" depart to|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168": and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H0853" with|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" gave|strong="H3947" himself|strong="H2388" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" battle. Now|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H0376" Madian was|strong="H1961" beneath|strong="H8478" him|strong="H7971" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H6010". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H0559" same|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Arise|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" camp|strong="H4264": because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" thy hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" thou be afraid|strong="H3373" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H3381" alone, let|strong="H3381" Phara thy servant|strong="H5288" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" with|strong="H0413" thee. 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H3027" when|strong="H0834" thou shalt hear|strong="H8085" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" saying|strong="H1696", then|strong="H1696" shall|strong="H0834" thy hands|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3027" strengthened|strong="H2388", and|strong="H3027" thou shalt go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" more secure|strong="H2388" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" enemies’ camp|strong="H4264". And|strong="H3027" he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" with|strong="H0413" Phara his|strong="H8085" servant|strong="H5288" into|strong="H0413" part|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0834" camp|strong="H4264", where|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" watch of|strong="H3027" men|strong="H5288" in|strong="H0413" arms|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H0369" Madian and|strong="H1121" Amalec, and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" eastern people|strong="H1121" lay|strong="H5307" scattered in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H6010", as|strong="H7230" a|strong="H5921" multitude|strong="H7230" of|strong="H1121" locusts|strong="H0697": their|strong="H3605" camels|strong="H1581" also were|strong="H1121" innumerable|strong="H4557" as|strong="H7230" the|strong="H3605" sand|strong="H2344" that|strong="H3605" lieth on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220" shore|strong="H8193". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0935" Gedeon was|strong="H0376" come|strong="H0935", one|strong="H0376" told|strong="H0559" his|strong="H0376" neighbour a|strong="H0935" dream|strong="H2472": and|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" this|strong="H0935" manner related|strong="H5608" what he|strong="H5704" had|strong="H0376" seen: I|strong="H5704" dreamt a|strong="H0935" dream|strong="H2472", and|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5704" seemed to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H0935" as|strong="H5704" if|strong="H2009" a|strong="H0935" hearth cake of|strong="H0376" barley|strong="H8184" bread|strong="H3899" rolled and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" down|strong="H5221" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H0376" Madian: and|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5704" was|strong="H0376" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" a|strong="H0935" tent|strong="H0168" it|strong="H5704" struck|strong="H5221" it|strong="H5704", and|strong="H0935" beat|strong="H5221" it|strong="H5704" down|strong="H5221" flat|strong="H5307" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" ground. 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H0518" to|strong="H0559" whom he|strong="H0518" spoke|strong="H0559", answered|strong="H0559": This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H0369" nothing|strong="H0369" else|strong="H3027" but|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719" of|strong="H1121" Gedeon the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joas a|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". For|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" Lord hath delivered|strong="H5414" Madian, and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" into|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H6965" when|strong="H3588" Gedeon had|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" dream|strong="H2472", and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0853" interpretation|strong="H7667" thereof, he|strong="H3588" adored: and|strong="H6965" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559": Arise|strong="H6965", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" hath delivered|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3068" Madian into|strong="H0413" our|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H3967" he|strong="H5414" divided|strong="H2673" the|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" into|strong="H8432" three|strong="H7969" parts|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3967" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" trumpets|strong="H7782" in|strong="H8432" their|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3967" empty|strong="H7386" pitchers|strong="H3537", and|strong="H3967" lamps within|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" pitchers|strong="H3537". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413": What|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0834" see|strong="H7200" me|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213", do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" same|strong="H3651": I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" go|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" one|strong="H4480" part|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" camp|strong="H4264", and|strong="H0935" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" trumpet|strong="H7782" shall|strong="H3068" sound|strong="H8628" in|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3605" hand, do|strong="H3605" you|strong="H0859" also|strong="H1571" blow|strong="H8628" the|strong="H3605" trumpets|strong="H7782" on|strong="H3068" every|strong="H3605" side|strong="H5439" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H0935" Gedeon, and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" three hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0853", went|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" part|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" camp|strong="H4264", at|strong="H4264" the|strong="H0853" beginning|strong="H7218" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" midnight watch|strong="H8104", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" watchmen|strong="H8104" being|strong="H8104" alarmed, they|strong="H0834" began|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" sound|strong="H8628" their|strong="H0935" trumpets|strong="H7782", and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" clap|strong="H8628" the|strong="H0853" pitchers|strong="H3537" one|strong="H0376" against|strong="H0854" another|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" sounded|strong="H8628" their|strong="H3068" trumpets|strong="H7782" in|strong="H3068" three|strong="H7969" places round about|strong="H2719" the|strong="H3068" camp, and|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" broken|strong="H7665" their|strong="H3068" pitchers|strong="H3537", they|strong="H3068" held|strong="H2388" their|strong="H3068" lamps in|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" left|strong="H8040" hands|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3225" hands|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3068" trumpets|strong="H7782" which|strong="H2719" they|strong="H3068" blew|strong="H8628", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H2388": The|strong="H3068" sword|strong="H2719" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Gedeon; 
\verseNumber{21}Standing|strong="H5975" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" in|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" place|strong="H8478" round|strong="H5439" about|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" enemies’ camp|strong="H4264". So|strong="H5975" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" was|strong="H0376" troubled, and|strong="H0376" crying|strong="H7321" out|strong="H3605" and|strong="H0376" howling they|strong="H0376" fled|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" nevertheless persisted sounding the|strong="H3605" trumpets|strong="H7782". And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" sent the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719" into|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H5921" killed|strong="H2719" one|strong="H0376" another|strong="H7453", 
\verseNumber{23}Fleeing as|strong="H0376" far|strong="H3605" as|strong="H0376" Bethsetta, and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" border of|strong="H0376" Abelmahula in|strong="H3478" Tebbath. But|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" shouting from|strong="H4480" Nephtali and|strong="H3478" Aser, and|strong="H3478" from|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" Manasses pursued|strong="H7291" after|strong="H0310" Madian. 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H7971" Gedeon sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" into|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" mount|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669", saying|strong="H0559": Come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0559" meet|strong="H7125" Madian, and|strong="H7971" take|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3605" waters|strong="H4325" before|strong="H5704" them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0559" Bethbera and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383". And|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" Ephraim|strong="H0669" shouted|strong="H6817", and|strong="H7971" took|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3605" waters|strong="H4325" before|strong="H5704" them|strong="H0853" and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Bethbera. 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H0935" having taken|strong="H3920" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H7218" of|strong="H8269" Madian, Oreb|strong="H6159" and|strong="H0935" Zeb: Oreb|strong="H6159" they|strong="H0935" slew|strong="H2026" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" rock|strong="H6697" of|strong="H8269" Oreb|strong="H6159", and|strong="H0935" Zeb in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" winepress|strong="H3342" of|strong="H8269" Zeb. And|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0935" pursued|strong="H7291" Madian, carrying the|strong="H0853" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H8269" Oreb|strong="H6159" and|strong="H0935" Zeb to|strong="H0413" Gedeon beyond|strong="H5676" the|strong="H0853" waters of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H0853" Jordan|strong="H3383". 
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\chapterNumber{8}And|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Ephraim|strong="H0669" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3588" thou meanest to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213", that|strong="H3588" thou wouldst not|strong="H1115" call|strong="H7121" us|strong="H0413" when|strong="H3588" thou wentest to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0413" Madian? and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H3588" chid him|strong="H0413" sharply and|strong="H1980" almost offered violence. 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H0669" he|strong="H6213" answered|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0413": What|strong="H4100" could|strong="H4100" I|strong="H6258" have|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" like|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0559" which|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213"? Is|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" bunch of|strong="H0559" grapes of|strong="H0559" Ephraim|strong="H0669" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0559" vintages of|strong="H0559" Abiezer|strong="H0044"? 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H0853" Lord hath delivered|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" bands the|strong="H0853" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H0430" Madian, Oreb|strong="H6159" and|strong="H0430" Zeb: what|strong="H4100" could|strong="H3201" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1697" done|strong="H6213" like|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1697" done|strong="H6213"? And|strong="H0430" when|strong="H1696" he|strong="H0430" had|strong="H0430" said|strong="H1696" this|strong="H2088", their|strong="H5414" spirit|strong="H7307" was|strong="H0430" appeased, with|strong="H5921" which|strong="H2088" they|strong="H5921" swelled against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0834" Gedeon was|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" Jordan|strong="H3383", he|strong="H0834" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674" it|strong="H1931" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0834" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376", that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0935": who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" so|strong="H0834" weary|strong="H5889" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" could|strong="H0376" not pursue|strong="H7291" after|strong="H7291" them|strong="H0935" that|strong="H0834" fled. 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H4428" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Soccoth: Give|strong="H5414", I|strong="H0834" beseech|strong="H4994" you|strong="H0834", bread|strong="H3899" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0376" me|strong="H5414", for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H0834" faint|strong="H5889": that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H3588" may|strong="H4994" pursue|strong="H7291" Zebee, and|strong="H4428" Salmana the|strong="H0559" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Madian. 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H0559" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3027" Soccoth answered|strong="H0559": Peradventure the|strong="H0559" palms|strong="H3709" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0559" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" Zebee and|strong="H3027" Salmana are|strong="H3027" in|strong="H3899" thy hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" therefore|strong="H6258" thou demandest that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" give|strong="H5414" bread|strong="H3899" to|strong="H0559" thy army|strong="H6635". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3651" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H5414": When|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" therefore|strong="H3651" shall|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" Zebee and|strong="H3068" Salmana into|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3027", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" thresh|strong="H1758" your|strong="H3068" flesh|strong="H1320" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0853" thorns|strong="H6975" and|strong="H3068" briers|strong="H1303" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" desert|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H0376" going|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H0376" thence, he|strong="H0834" came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" Phanuel: and|strong="H0376" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" the|strong="H0853" like|strong="H0834" things|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" place|strong="H8033". And|strong="H0376" they|strong="H0834" also|strong="H0853" answered|strong="H6030" him|strong="H0413", as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Soccoth had|strong="H0834" answered|strong="H6030". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H0853" said|strong="H0559" therefore|strong="H1571" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853" also|strong="H1571": When|strong="H7725" I|strong="H2088" shall|strong="H0376" return|strong="H7725" a|strong="H2088" conqueror in|strong="H0376" peace|strong="H7965", I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H0376" destroy|strong="H5422" this|strong="H2088" tower|strong="H4026". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H0376" Zebee and|strong="H1121" Salmana were|strong="H1121" resting with|strong="H5973" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264". For|strong="H3605" fifteen|strong="H6240" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H1121" left|strong="H3498" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" troops|strong="H4264" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" eastern people|strong="H0376", and|strong="H1121" one|strong="H0376" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" twenty|strong="H6242" thousand|strong="H0505" warriors|strong="H0376" that|strong="H3605" drew|strong="H8025" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719", were|strong="H1121" slain. 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1870" Gedeon went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" by|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H0168" them|strong="H0853" that|strong="H1961" dwelt|strong="H7931" in|strong="H7931" tents|strong="H0168", on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0853" east|strong="H6924" of|strong="H0168" Nobe and|strong="H1870" Jegbaa, and|strong="H1870" smote|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H0168" the|strong="H0853" enemies, who|strong="H5221" were|strong="H1961" secure|strong="H0983", and|strong="H1870" suspected no hurt. 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H4428" Zebee and|strong="H4428" Salmana fled|strong="H5127", and|strong="H4428" Gedeon pursued|strong="H7291" and|strong="H4428" took|strong="H3920" them|strong="H0853", all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" host|strong="H4264" being put|strong="H5127" in|strong="H4428" confusion. 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H1121" returning|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" battle|strong="H4421" before|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" sun rising, 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H0853" took|strong="H3920" a|strong="H0376" boy|strong="H5288" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Soccoth: and|strong="H0376" he|strong="H0853" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" names of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" princes|strong="H8269" and|strong="H0376" ancients of|strong="H0376" Soccoth, and|strong="H0376" he|strong="H0853" described|strong="H3789" unto him|strong="H0413" seventy-seven|strong="H7657" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Soccoth and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413": Behold|strong="H2009" Zebee and|strong="H0935" Salmana, concerning|strong="H0413" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" upbraided me|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559": Peradventure the|strong="H0853" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0376" Zebee and|strong="H0935" Salmana, are|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" thy hands|strong="H3027", and|strong="H0935" therefore|strong="H6258" thou demandest that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H3588" should|strong="H0376" give|strong="H5414" bread|strong="H3899" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" weary|strong="H3286" and|strong="H0935" faint. 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H3947" he|strong="H0853" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" ancients of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H0376" thorns|strong="H6975" and|strong="H0376" briers|strong="H1303" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" desert|strong="H4057", and|strong="H0376" tore them|strong="H0853" with|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" same|strong="H0853", and|strong="H0376" cut in|strong="H0376" pieces the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Soccoth. 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H0376" he|strong="H0853" demolished the|strong="H0853" tower|strong="H4026" of|strong="H0376" Phanuel, and|strong="H0376" slew|strong="H2026" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Zebee and|strong="H1121" Salmana: What|strong="H0834" manner of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" slew|strong="H2026" in|strong="H0413" Thabor? They|strong="H0834" answered|strong="H0559": They|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" like|strong="H3644" thee, and|strong="H1121" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H0413" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3644" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H0559" them|strong="H1992": They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3068" brethren|strong="H0251", the|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517". As|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" liveth, if|strong="H3863" you|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3068" saved them|strong="H1992", I|strong="H0559" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Jether|strong="H3500" his|strong="H3588" eldest son: Arise|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" slay|strong="H2026" them|strong="H0853". But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" drew|strong="H8025" not|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3588" sword|strong="H2719": for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H5288" afraid|strong="H3372", being but|strong="H3588" yet|strong="H5750" a|strong="H3588" boy|strong="H5288". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H6965" Zebee and|strong="H6965" Salmana said|strong="H0559": Do thou rise|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" run upon|strong="H6293" us|strong="H3588": because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" strength|strong="H1369" of|strong="H0376" a|strong="H3947" man|strong="H0376" is|strong="H0834" according|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3947" age: Gedeon rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" slew|strong="H2026" Zebee and|strong="H6965" Salmana: and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H0834" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" ornaments|strong="H7720" and|strong="H6965" bosses, with|strong="H0376" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" necks|strong="H6677" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" camels|strong="H1581" of|strong="H0376" kings are|strong="H0834" wont to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H0376" adorned. 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H1121" all|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Gedeon: Rule|strong="H4910" thou over|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413" and|strong="H1121" thy son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" thy son’s|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121": because|strong="H3588" thou hast delivered|strong="H3467" us|strong="H0413" from|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Madian. 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413": I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3808", neither|strong="H3808" shall|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3808", but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" shall|strong="H1121" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H0376" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413": I|strong="H3588" desire one|strong="H0376" request|strong="H7592" of|strong="H0376" you|strong="H3588": Give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" earlets of|strong="H0376" your|strong="H5414" spoils|strong="H7998". For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" Ismaelites were|strong="H0376" accustomed to|strong="H0413" wear golden|strong="H2091" earlets. 
\verseNumber{25}They|strong="H8033" answered|strong="H0559": We|strong="H8033" will|strong="H0376" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" most willingly. And|strong="H0376" spreading|strong="H6566" a|strong="H5414" mantle on|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" ground, they|strong="H8033" cast|strong="H7993" upon it|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" earlets of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" spoils|strong="H7998". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H3967" the|strong="H0834" weight|strong="H4948" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" earlets that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" requested|strong="H7592", was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" thousand|strong="H0505" seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" sicles of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091", besides|strong="H0905" the|strong="H0834" ornaments|strong="H7720", and|strong="H3967" jewels, and|strong="H3967" purple|strong="H0713" raiment which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Madian were|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" use|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3967" besides|strong="H0905" the|strong="H0834" golden|strong="H2091" chains that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" camels’|strong="H1581" necks|strong="H6677". 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H3478" Gedeon made|strong="H6213" an|strong="H1961" ephod|strong="H0646" thereof, and|strong="H3478" put|strong="H3322" it|strong="H8033" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" Ephra. And|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" committed|strong="H6213" fornication with|strong="H1004" it|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3478" it|strong="H8033" became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" ruin to|strong="H1961" Gedeon and|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{28}But|strong="H3808" Madian was|strong="H0776" humbled|strong="H3665" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", neither|strong="H3808" could|strong="H5375" they|strong="H3117" any|strong="H6440" more|strong="H3254" lift|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" beads: but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H0776" rested for|strong="H0776" forty|strong="H0705" years|strong="H8141", while|strong="H3117" Gedeon presided. 
\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H3427" Jerobaal the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joas went|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3427" own house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" seventy|strong="H7657" sons|strong="H1121", who|strong="H1121" came|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" thigh|strong="H3409", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7227" wives|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{31}And|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7760" concubine|strong="H6370", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" in|strong="H1121" Sichem, bore|strong="H3205" him|strong="H3205" a|strong="H7760" son|strong="H1121", whose|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Abimelech|strong="H0040". 
\verseNumber{32}And|strong="H1121" Gedeon the|strong="H4191" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joas died|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" a|strong="H4191" good|strong="H2896" old|strong="H1121" age|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" sepulchre of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H4191" father|strong="H0001" in|strong="H4191" Ephra of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4191" family|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" Ezri. 
\verseNumber{33}But|strong="H1961" after|strong="H0310" Gedeon was|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4191", the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" turned|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725", and|strong="H1121" committed|strong="H1961" fornication with|strong="H0430" Baalim. And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" made|strong="H7760" a|strong="H1961" covenant with|strong="H0430" Baal|strong="H1168", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" should|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H7760" god|strong="H0430": 
\verseNumber{34}And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3808" remembered|strong="H2142" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430", who|strong="H3605" delivered|strong="H5337" them|strong="H0853" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" round|strong="H5439" about|strong="H5439": 
\verseNumber{35}Neither|strong="H3808" did|strong="H6213" they|strong="H0834" shew mercy to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Jerobaal Gedeon, according to|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H3605" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\chapterNumber{9}And|strong="H1121" Abimelech|strong="H0040" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerobaal went|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Sichem to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" mother’s|strong="H0517" brethren|strong="H0251" and|strong="H1121" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kindred of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" mother’s|strong="H0517" father|strong="H0001", saying|strong="H0559": 
\verseNumber{2}Speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Sichem: whether|strong="H0518" is|strong="H4100" better|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" seventy|strong="H7657" men|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerobaal should|strong="H4100" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" you|strong="H3588", or|strong="H0518" that|strong="H3588" one|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0376" should|strong="H4100" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" you|strong="H3588"? And|strong="H1121" withal consider|strong="H2142" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" your|strong="H3605" bone|strong="H6106", and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" flesh|strong="H1320". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H0251" his|strong="H3605" mother’s|strong="H0517" brethren|strong="H0251" spoke|strong="H1696" of|strong="H1697" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1697" Sichem, all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" words|strong="H1697", and|strong="H0251" they|strong="H3588" inclined|strong="H5186" their|strong="H3605" hearts|strong="H3820" after|strong="H0310" Abimelech|strong="H0040", saying|strong="H0559": He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" our|strong="H3605" brother|strong="H0251": 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H1004" they|strong="H0376" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" seventy|strong="H7657" weight of|strong="H1004" silver|strong="H3701" out|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Baalberith: wherewith he|strong="H0310" hired|strong="H7936" to|strong="H5414" himself|strong="H0376" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0310" were|strong="H0376" needy, and|strong="H1004" vagabonds, and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H0376" followed|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" his|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" Ephra, and|strong="H1121" slew|strong="H2026" his|strong="H5921" brethren|strong="H0251" the|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerobaal, seventy|strong="H7657" men|strong="H0376", upon|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" stone|strong="H0068": and|strong="H1121" there remained|strong="H3498" only|strong="H0259" Joatham the|strong="H0853" youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerobaal, who|strong="H0376" was|strong="H0376" hidden|strong="H2244". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H4428" Sichem were|strong="H0834" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622", and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" families|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" city of|strong="H4428" Mello: and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1004" and|strong="H4428" made|strong="H3605" Abimelech|strong="H0040" king|strong="H4428", by|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" oak|strong="H0436" that|strong="H0834" stood|strong="H5324" in|strong="H1004" Sichem. 
\verseNumber{7}This|strong="H5046" being|strong="H0430" told|strong="H5046" to|strong="H0413" Joatham, he|strong="H0430" went|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0430" stood|strong="H5975" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H0430" mount|strong="H2022" Garizim: and|strong="H0430" lifting up|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" voice|strong="H6963", he|strong="H0430" cried|strong="H7121", and|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559": Hear|strong="H8085" me|strong="H0413", ye men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H0430" Sichem, so|strong="H7121" may|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430" hear|strong="H8085" you|strong="H5046". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H0559" trees|strong="H6086" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0559" anoint|strong="H4886" a|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921": and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" olive|strong="H2132" tree|strong="H6086": Reign|strong="H4427" thou over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H1980" it|strong="H5921" answered|strong="H0559": Can|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" leave|strong="H1980" my|strong="H5921" fatness|strong="H1880", which|strong="H0834" both|strong="H5921" gods|strong="H0430" and|strong="H1980" men|strong="H0376" make|strong="H3513" use of|strong="H0376", to|strong="H0559" come|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H0376" promoted among|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" trees|strong="H6086"? 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H6086" the|strong="H0559" trees|strong="H6086" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" fig|strong="H8384" tree|strong="H6086": Come thou and|strong="H6086" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1980" it|strong="H5921" answered|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853": Can|strong="H1980" I|strong="H0559" leave|strong="H1980" my|strong="H5921" sweetness|strong="H4987", and|strong="H1980" my|strong="H5921" delicious fruits|strong="H8570", and|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H6086" promoted among|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" other trees|strong="H6086"? 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H6086" the|strong="H0559" trees|strong="H6086" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" vine|strong="H1612": Come thou and|strong="H6086" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H1980" it|strong="H5921" answered|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853": Can|strong="H1980" I|strong="H0559" forsake my|strong="H5921" wine|strong="H8492", that|strong="H0559" cheereth God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H1980" men|strong="H0376", and|strong="H1980" be|strong="H0376" promoted among|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" other|strong="H0376" trees|strong="H6086"? 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H6086" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" bramble|strong="H0329": Come thou and|strong="H6086" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H0935" it|strong="H0518" answered|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0413": If|strong="H0518" indeed|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" mean to|strong="H0413" make me|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428", come|strong="H0935" ye and|strong="H0935" rest under|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" shadow|strong="H6738": but|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" mean it|strong="H0518" not|strong="H0369", let fire|strong="H0784" come|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" bramble|strong="H0329", and|strong="H0935" devour|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0853" cedars|strong="H0730" of|strong="H4428" Libanus. 
\verseNumber{16}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0518" have|strong="H0518" done|strong="H6213" well|strong="H2895", and|strong="H3027" without|strong="H8549" sin in|strong="H1004" appointing Abimelech|strong="H0040" king|strong="H4427" over|strong="H3027" you|strong="H0518", and|strong="H3027" have|strong="H0518" dealt well|strong="H2895" with|strong="H5973" Jerobaal, and|strong="H3027" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H0518" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3027" have|strong="H0518" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H0518" suitable return for|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" benefits|strong="H1576" of|strong="H1004" him|strong="H0853", who|strong="H8549" fought for|strong="H3027" you|strong="H0518", 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3027" exposed his|strong="H5921" life|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5921" dangers, to|strong="H5921" deliver|strong="H5337" you|strong="H0834" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" Madian, 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3117" now|strong="H3117" risen|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" against|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" have|strong="H0001" killed|strong="H2026" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" seventy|strong="H7657" men|strong="H0376" upon|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" stone|strong="H0068", and|strong="H1121" have|strong="H0001" made Abimelech|strong="H0040" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" handmaid|strong="H0519" king|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants of|strong="H1121" Sichem, because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" your|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251": 
\verseNumber{19}If|strong="H0518" therefore|strong="H1571" you|strong="H0518" have|strong="H1571" dealt well|strong="H1571", and|strong="H1004" without|strong="H8549" fault with|strong="H5973" Jerobaal, and|strong="H1004" his|strong="H0518" house|strong="H1004", rejoice|strong="H8055" ye this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" in|strong="H1004" Abimelech|strong="H0040", and|strong="H1004" may|strong="H1571" he|strong="H1931" rejoice|strong="H8055" in|strong="H1004" you|strong="H0518". 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" unjustly: let fire|strong="H0784" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H1004" consume|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants of|strong="H1004" Sichem, and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" town of|strong="H1004" Mello: and|strong="H1004" let fire|strong="H0784" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1004" Sichem, and|strong="H1004" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" town of|strong="H1004" Mello, and|strong="H1004" devour|strong="H0398" Abimelech|strong="H0040". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H0251" when|strong="H5127" he|strong="H8033" had|strong="H0251" said thus he|strong="H8033" fled|strong="H5127", and|strong="H0251" went|strong="H6440" into Bera: and|strong="H0251" dwelt|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H8033" fear of|strong="H3427" Abimelech|strong="H0040" his|strong="H6440" brother|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H5921" Abimelech|strong="H0040" reigned over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0996" Lord sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" very|strong="H0898" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" between|strong="H0996" Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0996" inhabitants of|strong="H0430" Sichem: who|strong="H0430" began to|strong="H7971" detest him|strong="H7971", 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0935" leave|strong="H7760" the|strong="H0853" crime|strong="H1818" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" murder of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" seventy|strong="H7657" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerobaal, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" shedding|strong="H0935" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" upon|strong="H5921" Abimelech|strong="H0040" their|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251", and|strong="H1121" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" rest of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" princes of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Sichemites, who|strong="H0834" aided him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H7218" they|strong="H0834" set|strong="H7760" an|strong="H7760" ambush|strong="H0693" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022": and|strong="H7218" while|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" waited|strong="H0693" for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" coming, they|strong="H0834" committed|strong="H1497" robberies, taking|strong="H7760" spoils of|strong="H2022" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" passed|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5921": and|strong="H7218" it|strong="H7760" was|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" Abimelech|strong="H0040". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H1121" Gaal|strong="H1603" the|strong="H0935" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Obed came|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" brethren|strong="H0251", and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H0935" over|strong="H5674" to|strong="H0935" Sichem. And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0935" inhabitants of|strong="H1121" Sichem taking|strong="H0935" courage at|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" coming|strong="H0935", 
\verseNumber{27}Went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" fields|strong="H7704", wasting the|strong="H0853" vineyards|strong="H3754", and|strong="H0935" treading|strong="H1869" down|strong="H1869" the|strong="H0853" grapes: and|strong="H0935" singing and|strong="H0935" dancing they|strong="H0935" went|strong="H3318" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" their|strong="H0398" god|strong="H0430", and|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" their|strong="H0398" banquets and|strong="H0935" cups they|strong="H0935" cursed|strong="H7043" Abimelech|strong="H0040". 
\verseNumber{28}And|strong="H1121" Gaal|strong="H1603" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Obed cried: Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" Abimelech|strong="H0040", and|strong="H1121" what|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" Sichem, that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H0587" should|strong="H0376" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H0853"? Is|strong="H4310" he|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerobaal, and|strong="H1121" hath made|strong="H5647" Zebul|strong="H2083" his|strong="H0376" servant|strong="H5647" ruler over|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Emor the|strong="H0853" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" Sichem? Why|strong="H4069" then|strong="H0853" shall|strong="H1121" we|strong="H0587" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H0853"? 
\verseNumber{29}Would|strong="H4310" to|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0559" that|strong="H2088" some|strong="H5971" man would|strong="H4310" put|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" under|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027", that|strong="H2088" I|strong="H5414" might remove|strong="H5493" Abimelech|strong="H0040" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H2088". And|strong="H3027" it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Abimelech|strong="H0040": Gather together|strong="H5971" the|strong="H0853" multitude of|strong="H3027" an|strong="H5414" army|strong="H6635", and|strong="H3027" come|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{30}For|strong="H1697" Zebul|strong="H2083" the|strong="H0853" ruler|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", hearing|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" Gaal|strong="H1603", the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Obed, was|strong="H1697" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734", 
\verseNumber{31}And|strong="H1121" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" privately to|strong="H0413" Abimelech|strong="H0040", saying|strong="H0559": Behold|strong="H2009" Gaal|strong="H1603" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Obed is|strong="H2009" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" Sichem with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" brethren|strong="H0251", and|strong="H1121" endeavoureth to|strong="H0413" set|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" against|strong="H5921" thee. 
\verseNumber{32}Arise|strong="H6965" therefore|strong="H6258" in|strong="H0693" the|strong="H0834" night|strong="H3915" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" thee and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H0834" hid in|strong="H0693" the|strong="H0834" field|strong="H7704": 
\verseNumber{33}And|strong="H3027" betimes in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" morning|strong="H1242" at|strong="H0413" sun|strong="H8121" rising|strong="H7925" set|strong="H3318" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892". And|strong="H3027" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0834" come|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" against|strong="H5921" thee with|strong="H0854" his|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971", do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" what|strong="H0834" thou shalt be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{34}Abimelech|strong="H0040" therefore|strong="H0834" arose|strong="H6965" with|strong="H5973" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" by|strong="H5921" night|strong="H3915", and|strong="H6965" laid ambushes|strong="H0693" near|strong="H5973" Sichem in|strong="H5921" four|strong="H0702" places|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{35}And|strong="H1121" Gaal|strong="H1603" the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Obed went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", and|strong="H1121" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892". And|strong="H1121" Abimelech|strong="H0040" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H4480" his|strong="H0834" army|strong="H5971" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0854" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0834" places|strong="H3993" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" ambushes. 
\verseNumber{36}And|strong="H0376" when|strong="H7200" Gaal|strong="H1603" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971", he|strong="H0853" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Zebul|strong="H2083": Behold|strong="H2009" a|strong="H7200" multitude cometh down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H0853" mountains|strong="H2022". And|strong="H0376" he|strong="H0853" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413": Thou seest the|strong="H0853" shadows|strong="H6738" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" mountains|strong="H2022" as|strong="H0376" if|strong="H2009" they|strong="H0376" were|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H0376" men|strong="H0376", and|strong="H0376" this|strong="H0376" is|strong="H0376" thy mistake. 
\verseNumber{37}Again|strong="H5750" Gaal|strong="H1603" said|strong="H0559": Behold|strong="H2009" there|strong="H2009" cometh people|strong="H5971" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" middle of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0935" one|strong="H0259" troop cometh by|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0559" way|strong="H1870" that|strong="H0559" looketh towards the|strong="H0559" oak|strong="H0436". 
\verseNumber{38}And|strong="H6310" Zebul|strong="H2083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Where|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" now|strong="H6258" thy mouth|strong="H6310" wherewith thou saidst? Who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" Abimelech|strong="H0040" that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H0413"? Is|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" this|strong="H2088" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" which|strong="H0834" thou didst despise|strong="H3988"? Go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", and|strong="H6310" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{39}So|strong="H3318" Gaal|strong="H1603" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" in|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" sight|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people of|strong="H6440" Sichem, and|strong="H6440" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H6440" Abimelech|strong="H0040", 
\verseNumber{40}Who chased|strong="H7291" and|strong="H6440" put|strong="H5127" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5704" flight|strong="H5127", and|strong="H6440" drove him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H8179": and|strong="H6440" many|strong="H7227" were|strong="H6440" slain|strong="H2491" of|strong="H8179" his|strong="H6440" people, even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H8179": 
\verseNumber{41}And|strong="H0251" Abimelech|strong="H0040" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Ruma: but Zebul|strong="H2083" drove|strong="H1644" Gaal|strong="H1603", and|strong="H0251" his|strong="H3427" companions|strong="H0251" out|strong="H1644" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" city, and|strong="H0251" would not suffer them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H3427" abide|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" it|strong="H1644". 
\verseNumber{42}So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" day|strong="H4283" following|strong="H4283" the|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" field|strong="H7704". And|strong="H7704" it|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" told|strong="H5046" Abimelech|strong="H0040". 
\verseNumber{43}And|strong="H6965" he|strong="H4480" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H5921" army|strong="H5971", and|strong="H6965" divided|strong="H2673" it|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" companies|strong="H7218", and|strong="H6965" laid|strong="H3318" ambushes|strong="H0693" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" fields|strong="H7704". And|strong="H6965" seeing|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", he|strong="H4480" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" set|strong="H6965" upon|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853", 
\verseNumber{44}With|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H5973" company|strong="H7218", assaulting and|strong="H7218" besieging|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892": whilst the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" other|strong="H3605" companies|strong="H7218" chased the|strong="H3605" enemies that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" scattered about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{45}And|strong="H3117" Abimelech|strong="H0040" assaulted the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117": and|strong="H3117" took|strong="H3920" it|strong="H1931", and|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H2026" the|strong="H3605" inhabitants thereof, and|strong="H3117" demolished it|strong="H1931", so|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" sowed|strong="H2232" salt|strong="H4417" in|strong="H3117" it|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{46}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H8085" they|strong="H0935" who|strong="H3605" dwelt in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" tower|strong="H4026" of|strong="H1004" Sichem had|strong="H0935" heard|strong="H8085" this|strong="H3605", they|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" god|strong="H0410" Berith where|strong="H0413" they|strong="H0935" had|strong="H0935" made|strong="H3605" a|strong="H8085" covenant with|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" thence the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H1004" had|strong="H0935" taken its|strong="H3605" name, and|strong="H0935" it|strong="H0935" was|strong="H1004" exceeding strong|strong="H0410". 
\verseNumber{47}Abimelech|strong="H0040" also|strong="H3588" hearing that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tower|strong="H4026" of|strong="H3605" Sichem were|strong="H7927" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908", 
\verseNumber{48}Went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" into|strong="H0413" mount|strong="H2022" Selmon he|strong="H0834" and|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413": and|strong="H3027" taking|strong="H3947" an|strong="H7760" axe|strong="H7134", he|strong="H0834" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" the|strong="H3605" bough of|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3947" tree|strong="H6086", and|strong="H3027" laying it|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" shoulder|strong="H7926" and|strong="H3027" carrying|strong="H5375" it|strong="H7760", he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" companions: What|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0834" see|strong="H7200" me|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213", do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0834" out|strong="H4100" of|strong="H3027" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{49}So|strong="H1571" they|strong="H5921" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" boughs from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" trees, every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" as|strong="H1571" fast as|strong="H1571" he|strong="H0310" could|strong="H1571", and|strong="H0376" followed|strong="H0310" their|strong="H3605" leader. And|strong="H0376" surrounding the|strong="H3605" fort they|strong="H5921" set|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" fire|strong="H0784": and|strong="H0376" so|strong="H1571" it|strong="H7760" came|strong="H0376" to|strong="H4191" pass that|strong="H3605" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" smoke and|strong="H0376" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fire|strong="H0784" a|strong="H3772" thousand|strong="H0505" persons|strong="H0376" were|strong="H0376" killed|strong="H4191", men|strong="H0376" and|strong="H0376" women|strong="H0802" together|strong="H5921", of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" inhabitants of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" tower|strong="H4026" of|strong="H0376" Sichem. 
\verseNumber{50}Then|strong="H0040" Abimelech|strong="H0040" departing from|strong="H0413" thence came|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" town of|strong="H0413" Thebes, which he|strong="H0040" surrounded and|strong="H0040" besieged with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0413" army. 
\verseNumber{51}And|strong="H0376" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" midst|strong="H8432" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" a|strong="H1961" high|strong="H8432" tower|strong="H4026", to|strong="H1961" which|strong="H8033" both|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" and|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" were|strong="H1961" fled|strong="H5127" together|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" princes of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0376" having|strong="H1961" shut|strong="H5462" and|strong="H0376" strongly barred the|strong="H3605" gate, they|strong="H8033" stood upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" battlements of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" tower|strong="H4026" to|strong="H1961" defend themselves|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{52}And|strong="H0935" Abimelech|strong="H0040" coming|strong="H0935" near|strong="H5066" the|strong="H0935" tower|strong="H4026", fought|strong="H3898" stoutly: and|strong="H0935" approaching|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" gate|strong="H6607", endeavoured to|strong="H0935" set|strong="H0935" fire|strong="H0784" to|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5704": 
\verseNumber{53}And|strong="H7218" behold a|strong="H5921" certain|strong="H0259" woman|strong="H0802" casting a|strong="H5921" piece|strong="H6400" of|strong="H7218" a|strong="H5921" millstone|strong="H7393" from|strong="H5921" above|strong="H5921", dashed it|strong="H5921" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" Abimelech|strong="H0040", and|strong="H7218" broke|strong="H7533" his|strong="H5921" skull|strong="H1538". 
\verseNumber{54}And|strong="H0802" he|strong="H0802" called|strong="H7121" hastily to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5375" armourbearer, and|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Draw|strong="H8025" thy sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="H0802" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H0413": lest|strong="H6435" it|strong="H7121" should|strong="H0559" be|strong="H4191" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H7121" I|strong="H0559" was|strong="H0802" slain|strong="H2026" by|strong="H0413" a|strong="H5375" woman|strong="H0802". He|strong="H0802" did|strong="H5288" as|strong="H7121" he|strong="H0802" was|strong="H0802" commanded|strong="H0559", and|strong="H0802" slew|strong="H2026" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{55}And|strong="H3478" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3478" dead|strong="H4191", all|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" with|strong="H0376" him|strong="H7200", returned to|strong="H4191" their|strong="H3588" homes. 
\verseNumber{56}And|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430" repaid|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" evil|strong="H7451", that|strong="H0834" Abimelech|strong="H0040" had|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" against his|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001", killing|strong="H2026" his|strong="H7725" seventy|strong="H7657" brethren|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{57}The|strong="H3605" Sichemites also|strong="H0853" were|strong="H1121" rewarded|strong="H7725" for|strong="H0413" what|strong="H7451" they|strong="H0376" had|strong="H0430" done|strong="H7451", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" curse|strong="H7045" of|strong="H1121" Joatham the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerobaal came|strong="H0935" upon|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0413". 
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\chapterNumber{10}After|strong="H0310" Abimelech|strong="H0040" there|strong="H3427" arose|strong="H6965" a|strong="H3478" ruler|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478", Thola son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Phua the|strong="H0853" uncle of|strong="H1121" Abimelech|strong="H0040", a|strong="H3478" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Issachar|strong="H3485", who|strong="H0376" dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Samir of|strong="H1121" mount|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669": 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3478" he|strong="H0853" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" three|strong="H7969" and|strong="H3478" twenty|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H0853" died|strong="H4191" and|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H8141" Samir. 
\verseNumber{3}To|strong="H3478" him|strong="H0853" succeeded|strong="H0310" Jair|strong="H2971" the|strong="H0853" Galaadite, who|strong="H3478" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H8141" two|strong="H8147" and|strong="H6965" twenty|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{4}Having|strong="H1961" thirty|strong="H7970" sons|strong="H1121" that|strong="H0834" rode|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" thirty|strong="H7970" ass colts|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" were|strong="H0834" princes of|strong="H1121" thirty|strong="H7970" cities|strong="H5895", which|strong="H0834" from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" name|strong="H7121" were|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121" Havoth Jair, that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834", the|strong="H0834" towns of|strong="H1121" Jair, until|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" present|strong="H5704" day|strong="H3117" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Galaad. 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H4191" Jair|strong="H2971" died|strong="H4191": and|strong="H4191" was buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" place which was called Camon. 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", adding|strong="H3254" new sins to|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" old|strong="H1121" ones|strong="H1121", did|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" served|strong="H5647" idols|strong="H5869", Baalim and|strong="H1121" Astaroth, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758" and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sidon|strong="H6721" and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124" and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430": and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3808" left|strong="H5800" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068" being|strong="H1121" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3027", delivered|strong="H3027" them|strong="H3027" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" Philistines|strong="H6430" and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" afflicted|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" grievously oppressed|strong="H7533" for|strong="H0776" eighteen|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141", all|strong="H3605" they|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" dwelt beyond|strong="H5676" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Amorrhite, who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H8141" Galaad: 
\verseNumber{9}Insomuch that|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" passing|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674" the|strong="H0853" Jordan|strong="H3383", wasted Juda and|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" and|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669": and|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" distressed exceedingly|strong="H3966". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" cried|strong="H2199" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559": We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H0413" thee, because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" forsaken the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" served|strong="H5647" Baalim. 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413": Did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0559" Egyptians|strong="H4714" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" Amorrhites, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430", 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H0853" Sidonians|strong="H6722" also|strong="H0853" and|strong="H3027" Amalec and|strong="H3027" Chanaan oppress|strong="H3905" you|strong="H0853", and|strong="H3027" you|strong="H0853" cried|strong="H6817" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3027" I|strong="H3027" delivered|strong="H3467" you|strong="H0853" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H3027" their|strong="H0413" hand|strong="H3027"? 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H0430" yet|strong="H3254" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0859" forsaken me|strong="H3254", and|strong="H0430" have|strong="H0859" worshipped strange gods|strong="H0430": therefore|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H0430" deliver|strong="H3467" you|strong="H0859" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3254": 
\verseNumber{14}Go and|strong="H0430" call|strong="H2199" upon|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" gods|strong="H0430" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" chosen|strong="H0977": let|strong="H6256" them|strong="H0413" deliver|strong="H3467" you|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256" of|strong="H0430" distress|strong="H6869". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068": We|strong="H3117" have|strong="H5869" sinned|strong="H2398", do|strong="H6213" thou unto us|strong="H4994" whatsoever|strong="H3605" pleaseth thee: only|strong="H0389" deliver|strong="H5337" us|strong="H4994" this|strong="H2088" time|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H3068" saying these things|strong="H3478", they|strong="H3068" cast away|strong="H5493" out|strong="H0853" of|strong="H0430" their|strong="H3068" coasts all|strong="H5999" the|strong="H0853" idols of|strong="H0430" strange|strong="H5236" gods|strong="H0430" and|strong="H3068" served|strong="H5647" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430": and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0430" was|strong="H3068" touched with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" miseries. 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0622" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" shouting together|strong="H0622", pitched|strong="H2583" their|strong="H0622" tents in|strong="H2583" Galaad: against|strong="H2583" whom the|strong="H0622" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" assembled|strong="H0622" themselves|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" and|strong="H1121" camped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H2583" Maspha. 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" Galaad said|strong="H0559" one|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" another|strong="H7453": Whosoever of|strong="H1121" us|strong="H0413" shall|strong="H1121" first|strong="H7218" begin|strong="H2490" to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", he|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Galaad. 
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\chapterNumber{11}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" at|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H1961" Jephte the|strong="H0853" Galaadite, a|strong="H1961" most valiant|strong="H2428" man|strong="H1368" and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" warrior|strong="H1368", the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" that|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" harlot|strong="H2181", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" father|strong="H3205" was|strong="H1961" Galaad. 
\verseNumber{2}Now|strong="H3588" Galaad had|strong="H0001" a|strong="H3588" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1121" whom he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H0001" sons|strong="H1121": who|strong="H1121" after|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1121" grown|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431", thrust out|strong="H1644" Jephte, saying|strong="H0559": Thou canst not|strong="H3808" inherit|strong="H5157" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3588" father|strong="H0001", because|strong="H3588" thou art born|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" another|strong="H0312" mother. 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H0376" fled|strong="H1272" and|strong="H0776" avoided them|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0776" dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Tob|strong="H2897": and|strong="H0776" there|strong="H3427" were|strong="H0376" gathered|strong="H3950" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" needy men|strong="H0376", and|strong="H0776" robbers, and|strong="H0776" they|strong="H0376" followed him|strong="H0413" as|strong="H0376" their|strong="H6440" prince. 
\verseNumber{4}In|strong="H3478" those|strong="H1121" days|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" made|strong="H1961" war against|strong="H5973" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H1121" as|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" pressed hard upon|strong="H1961" them|strong="H0853", the|strong="H0853" ancients of|strong="H1121" Galaad went|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" fetch Jephte out|strong="H0853" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Tob|strong="H2897" to|strong="H1961" help them|strong="H0853": 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0559": Come|strong="H1961" thou and|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" our|strong="H1961" prince, and|strong="H1121" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" answered|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0413": Are|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0859" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H2205" that|strong="H0834" hated|strong="H8130" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" cast me|strong="H0413" out|strong="H1644" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H0834" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H0935" now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" constrained by|strong="H0413" necessity? 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" princes of|strong="H1121" Galaad said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jephte: For|strong="H0413" this|strong="H3651" cause|strong="H7725" we|strong="H6258" are|strong="H1121" now|strong="H6258" come|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" thee, that|strong="H3605" thou mayst go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1980" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", and|strong="H1980" be|strong="H1961" head|strong="H7218" over|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1121" Galaad. 
\verseNumber{9}Jephte also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413": If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" be|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" sincerely, that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0595" should|strong="H0518" fight|strong="H3898" for|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" shall|strong="H1121" deliver|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" my|strong="H5414" band|strong="H7218", shall|strong="H1121" I|strong="H0595" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" prince? 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H0518" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413": The|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" heareth these things|strong="H1697", he|strong="H0518" himself|strong="H0413" is|strong="H3068" mediator and|strong="H3068" witness|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" we|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" as|strong="H1697" we|strong="H0518" have|strong="H1961" promised|strong="H0559". 
\verseNumber{11}Jephte therefore|strong="H3068" went|strong="H6440" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" princes of|strong="H3068" Galaad, and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" made|strong="H7760" him|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" prince. And|strong="H3068" Jephte spoke|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" Maspha. 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", to|strong="H0413" say|strong="H0559" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H7971" name|strong="H0559", What|strong="H4100" hast thou to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H4100" with|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", that|strong="H3588" thou art come|strong="H0935" against|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", to|strong="H0413" waste my|strong="H7971" land|strong="H0776"? 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" answered|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0413": I|strong="H3588" Because|strong="H3588" Israel|strong="H3478" took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H7725" my|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714", from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" confines of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Arnon|strong="H0769" unto the|strong="H0853" Jaboc and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Jordan|strong="H3383": now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" restore|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" same|strong="H0853" peaceably|strong="H7965" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H1121" Jephte again|strong="H5750" sent|strong="H7971" word by|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" commanded them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" say|strong="H3254" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983": 
\verseNumber{15}Thus|strong="H3541" saith Jephte: Israel|strong="H3478" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124", nor|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983": 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H0935" of|strong="H0935" Egypt|strong="H4714", he|strong="H3588" walked through|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H4057" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" Red Sea|strong="H3220" and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" Cades. 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3808" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Edom|strong="H0123", saying|strong="H0559": Suffer me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" thy land|strong="H0776". But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" condescend to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H8085" request|strong="H7971". He|strong="H3808" sent|strong="H7971" also|strong="H1571" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124", who|strong="H3478" likewise|strong="H1571" refused|strong="H0014" to|strong="H0413" give|strong="H8085" him|strong="H0413" passage. He|strong="H3808" abode|strong="H3427" therefore|strong="H1571" in|strong="H3427" Cades, 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" round|strong="H5437" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Edom|strong="H0123" at|strong="H2583" the|strong="H0853" side|strong="H5676", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Moab|strong="H4124": and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" over|strong="H5437" against|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" east|strong="H4217" coast of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Moab|strong="H4124", and|strong="H0935" camped|strong="H2583" on|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" other|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" Arnon|strong="H0769": and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H4124" not|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" bounds of|strong="H0776" Moab|strong="H4124". 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H7971" Israel|strong="H3478" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" Sehon king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" Amorrhites, who|strong="H3478" dwelt in|strong="H0413" Hesebon, and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Suffer me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" thy land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" river|strong="H5704". 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" also|strong="H0853" despising the|strong="H3605" words of|strong="H1366" Israel|strong="H3478", suffered him|strong="H0853" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" pass|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" his|strong="H3605" borders|strong="H1366": but|strong="H3808" gathering|strong="H0622" an infinite multitude, went out|strong="H3605" against|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0853" to|strong="H3478" Jasa, and|strong="H3478" made|strong="H3605" strong opposition. 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" into|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" slew|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" possessed|strong="H3423" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" Amorrhite the|strong="H3605" inhabitant|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3605" country|strong="H0776", 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" coasts thereof from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" Arnon|strong="H0769" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Jaboc, and|strong="H0853" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" wilderness|strong="H4057" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383". 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H6258" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" destroyed the|strong="H0853" Amorrhite, his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" fighting against|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H3068" wilt thou now|strong="H6258" possess|strong="H3423" this|strong="H6258" land|strong="H6440"? 
\verseNumber{24}Are|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" which|strong="H0834" thy god|strong="H0430" Chamos possesseth, due|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" thee by|strong="H3068" right? But|strong="H3808" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" hath obtained by|strong="H3068" conquest, shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" our|strong="H3068" possession|strong="H3423": 
\verseNumber{25}Unless|strong="H0518" perhaps thou art better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H2896" Balac the|strong="H0518" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sephor king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124": or|strong="H0518" canst shew that|strong="H3478" he|strong="H0518" strove against|strong="H5973" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973", 
\verseNumber{26}Whereas he|strong="H0834" hath dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Hesebon, and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" villages|strong="H1323" thereof, and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3427" Aroer|strong="H6177", and|strong="H3478" its|strong="H3605" villages|strong="H1323", and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3427" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Jordan, for|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" years|strong="H8141". Why|strong="H4069" have|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" for|strong="H5921" so|strong="H3808" long a|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256" attempted nothing|strong="H3808" about|strong="H5921" this|strong="H1931" claim? 
\verseNumber{27}Therefore|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0595" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" trespass against|strong="H2398" thee, but|strong="H3808" thou wrongest me|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3068" declaring an|strong="H3068" unjust war against|strong="H2398" me|strong="H3808". The|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" judge|strong="H8199" and|strong="H1121" decide|strong="H8199" this|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117" between|strong="H0996" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983". 
\verseNumber{28}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" would|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" hearken to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" Jephte, which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" him|strong="H0413" by|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" messengers. 
\verseNumber{29}Therefore|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" came|strong="H1961" upon|strong="H5921" Jephte, and|strong="H1121" going round Galaad, and|strong="H1121" Manasses, and|strong="H1121" Maspha of|strong="H1121" Galaad, and|strong="H1121" passing|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" thence to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", 
\verseNumber{30}He|strong="H0518" made|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" vow|strong="H5088" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559": If|strong="H0518" thou wilt deliver|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" into|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3027", 
\verseNumber{31}Whosoever shall|strong="H1121" first come|strong="H1961" forth|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" shall|strong="H1121" meet|strong="H7125" me|strong="H7725" when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0834" return|strong="H7725" in|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H7965" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", the|strong="H0834" same will|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0834" offer|strong="H5927" a|strong="H1961" holocaust to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0834" Lord|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{32}And|strong="H1121" Jephte passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413": and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0413" Lord|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{33}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5704" smote|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221" from|strong="H0935" Aroer|strong="H6177" till|strong="H5704" you|strong="H6440" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Mennith, twenty|strong="H6242" cities|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1121" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Abel, which is|strong="H1121" set|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0935" vineyards, with|strong="H0935" a|strong="H0935" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419" slaughter|strong="H4347": and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" were|strong="H3478" humbled|strong="H3665" by|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{34}And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H0935" Jephte returned|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" Maspha to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0935" house|strong="H1004", his|strong="H0935" only|strong="H7535" daughter|strong="H1323" met|strong="H7125" him|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" timbrels|strong="H8596" and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H0413" dances|strong="H4246": for|strong="H0413" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" other|strong="H0369" children|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{35}And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" her|strong="H0413", he|strong="H3068" rent his|strong="H3068" garments|strong="H0899", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559": Alas|strong="H0162"! my|strong="H3068" daughter|strong="H1323", thou hast deceived me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3068" thou thyself art deceived: for|strong="H0413" I|strong="H0595" have|strong="H1961" opened|strong="H6475" my|strong="H3068" mouth|strong="H6310" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0595" can|strong="H3201" do|strong="H3201" no|strong="H3808" other|strong="H6310" thing. 
\verseNumber{36}And|strong="H1121" she|strong="H0834" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413": My|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", if|strong="H0834" thou hast opened|strong="H6475" thy mouth|strong="H6310" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", do|strong="H6213" unto me|strong="H0413" whatsoever thou hast promised|strong="H0559", since|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0853" victory hath been|strong="H0834" granted to|strong="H0413" thee, and|strong="H1121" revenge|strong="H5360" of|strong="H1121" thy enemies|strong="H0341". 
\verseNumber{37}And|strong="H0001" she|strong="H2320" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" father|strong="H0001": Grant me|strong="H0413" only this|strong="H2088" which|strong="H2088" I|strong="H0595" desire: Let|strong="H7503" me|strong="H0413" go|strong="H3381", that|strong="H1697" I|strong="H0595" may|strong="H6213" go|strong="H3381" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" mountains|strong="H2022" for|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" months|strong="H2320", and|strong="H0001" may|strong="H6213" bewail|strong="H1058" my|strong="H5921" virginity|strong="H1331" with|strong="H0413" my|strong="H5921" companions. 
\verseNumber{38}And|strong="H7971" he|strong="H1931" answered|strong="H0559" her|strong="H7971": Go|strong="H7971". And|strong="H7971" he|strong="H1931" sent|strong="H7971" her|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971" for|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" months|strong="H2320". And|strong="H7971" when|strong="H7971" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" gone with|strong="H5921" her|strong="H7971" comrades and|strong="H7971" companions|strong="H7464", she|strong="H1931" mourned|strong="H1058" her|strong="H7971" virginity|strong="H1331" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" mountains|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{39}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" months|strong="H2320" being|strong="H1961" expired, she|strong="H1931" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" vowed|strong="H5087", and|strong="H3478" she|strong="H1931" knew|strong="H3045" no|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376". From|strong="H7725" thence came|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" fashion in|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" custom|strong="H2706" has|strong="H0834" been|strong="H1961" kept|strong="H6213": 
\verseNumber{40}That|strong="H3117" from|strong="H3478" year|strong="H8141" to|strong="H3478" year|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3117" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478" assemble together, and|strong="H3478" lament the|strong="H3117" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H3117" Jephte the|strong="H3117" Galaadite for|strong="H3117" four|strong="H0702" days|strong="H3117". 
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\chapterNumber{12}But|strong="H3808" behold|strong="H3808" there arose a|strong="H7121" sedition in|strong="H5921" Ephraim|strong="H0669". And|strong="H1121" passing|strong="H5674" towards the|strong="H0559" north|strong="H6828", they|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Jephte: When|strong="H1121" thou wentest to|strong="H0559" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", why|strong="H4069" wouldst thou not|strong="H3808" call|strong="H7121" us|strong="H5921", that|strong="H7121" we might|strong="H1121" go|strong="H5674" with|strong="H5973" thee? Therefore we will|strong="H0376" burn|strong="H8313" thy house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3808" answered|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0413": I|strong="H0589" and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H1961" at|strong="H0413" great|strong="H3966" strife|strong="H7379" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983": and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H0589" called|strong="H2199" you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0413" assist|strong="H3027" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3808" would|strong="H0559" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H0589" it|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" this|strong="H2088", I|strong="H3588" put|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" life|strong="H5315" in|strong="H0413" my|strong="H5414" own|strong="H5315" hands|strong="H3027", and|strong="H1121" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H0413" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" my|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3027". What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0369" I|strong="H3588" deserved, that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H4100" rise|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413"? 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H0853" calling to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Galaad, he|strong="H3588" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0854" Ephraim|strong="H0669": and|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Galaad defeated|strong="H5221" Ephraim|strong="H0669", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559": Galaad is|strong="H0376" a|strong="H3588" fugitive|strong="H6412" of|strong="H0376" Ephraim|strong="H0669", and|strong="H0376" dwelleth in|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" midst|strong="H8432" of|strong="H0376" Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H0376" Manasses. 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" Galaadites secured the|strong="H0853" fords of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" Jordan|strong="H3383", by|strong="H1961" which Ephraim|strong="H0669" was|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0559" return. And|strong="H0376" when|strong="H3588" any|strong="H0376" one|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" number of|strong="H0376" Ephraim|strong="H0669" came|strong="H1961" thither in|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" flight, and|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559": I|strong="H3588" beseech you|strong="H0859" let|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H5674": the|strong="H0853" Galaadites said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853": Art thou not|strong="H3808" an|strong="H1961" Ephraimite|strong="H0673"? If|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559": I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808": 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H3651" asked|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413": Say|strong="H0559" then|strong="H1696", Scibboleth, which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" interpreted, An|strong="H7819" ear of|strong="H6256" corn. But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1931" answered|strong="H0559", Sibboleth|strong="H5451", not|strong="H3808" being able to|strong="H0413" express an|strong="H7819" ear of|strong="H6256" corn by|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" same|strong="H1931" letter. Then|strong="H1696" presently they|strong="H3651" took|strong="H0853" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0669" killed|strong="H7819" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" very|strong="H3651" passage of|strong="H6256" the|strong="H0853" Jordan|strong="H3383". And|strong="H0669" there fell|strong="H5307" at|strong="H0413" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256" of|strong="H6256" Ephraim|strong="H0669" two|strong="H8147" and|strong="H0669" forty|strong="H0705" thousand|strong="H0505". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3478" Jephte the|strong="H0853" Galaadite judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" six|strong="H8337" years|strong="H8141": and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H0853" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H8141" his|strong="H3478" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H8141" Galaad. 
\verseNumber{8}After|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0853" Abesan of|strong="H8199" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478": 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H4480" had|strong="H1961" thirty|strong="H7970" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" as|strong="H1961" many daughters|strong="H1323", whom he|strong="H4480" sent|strong="H7971" abroad|strong="H2351", and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0935" husbands, and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H0853" wives for|strong="H7971" his|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" same|strong="H4480" number, bringing|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0853" into|strong="H0935" his|strong="H1961" house. And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H4480" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141": 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H4191" he|strong="H6912" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H4191" was buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H4191" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". 
\verseNumber{11}To|strong="H3478" him|strong="H0853" succeeded|strong="H0310" Ahialon a|strong="H3478" Zabulonite: and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H0310" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" ten|strong="H6235" years|strong="H8141": 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H0776" he|strong="H0776" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H0776" was|strong="H0776" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H0776" Zabulon. 
\verseNumber{13}After|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0853" Abdon|strong="H5658", the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Illel, a|strong="H3478" Pharathonite, judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478": 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0853" had|strong="H1961" forty|strong="H0705" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H0853" thirty|strong="H7970" grandsons|strong="H1121", mounted|strong="H7392" upon|strong="H5921" seventy|strong="H7657" ass colts|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0853" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141": 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0776" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H0776" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H0776" Pharathon in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0776" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669", in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0776" mount|strong="H2022" of|strong="H1121" Amalech. 
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\chapterNumber{13}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" did|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" again|strong="H3254" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5414" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" Lord|strong="H3068": and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H6213" delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" Philistines|strong="H6430" forty|strong="H0705" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{2}Now|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" certain|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Saraa, and|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3205" race of|strong="H0376" Dan, whose|strong="H0376" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Manue, and|strong="H0376" his|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802" was|strong="H8034" barren|strong="H6135". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H1121" an|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559": Thou art barren|strong="H6135" and|strong="H1121" without|strong="H3808" children|strong="H1121": but|strong="H3808" thou shalt conceive|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" bear|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{4}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" beware|strong="H8104" and|strong="H0398" drink|strong="H8354" no|strong="H0408" wine|strong="H3196" nor|strong="H0408" strong|strong="H7941" drink|strong="H8354", and|strong="H0398" eat|strong="H0398" not|strong="H0408" any|strong="H3605" unclean|strong="H2931" thing|strong="H4994". 
\verseNumber{5}Because|strong="H3588" thou shalt conceive|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" bear|strong="H3205" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" no|strong="H3808" razor shall|strong="H1121" touch his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218": for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" Nazarite of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430", from|strong="H4480" his|strong="H5921" infancy, and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H4480" his|strong="H5921" mother’s womb|strong="H0990", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" shall|strong="H1121" begin|strong="H2490" to|strong="H1961" deliver|strong="H3467" Israel|strong="H3478" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0935" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" husband|strong="H0376" she|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": A|strong="H0935" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", having|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" countenance of|strong="H0376" an|strong="H0935" angel|strong="H4397", very|strong="H3966" awful. And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0935" I|strong="H2088" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H0413" who|strong="H0376" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034", and|strong="H0935" whence he|strong="H1931" came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" by|strong="H0413" what|strong="H2088" name|strong="H8034" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" called|strong="H0559", he|strong="H1931" would|strong="H0559" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" answered|strong="H0559" thus|strong="H1961": Behold|strong="H2009" thou shalt conceive|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" bear|strong="H3205" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121": beware|strong="H2009" thou drink|strong="H8354" no|strong="H0408" wine|strong="H3196", nor|strong="H0408" strong|strong="H7941" drink|strong="H8354", nor|strong="H0408" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" unclean|strong="H2932" thing|strong="H3588": for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" child|strong="H5288" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" Nazarite of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" from|strong="H4480" his|strong="H3605" infancy, from|strong="H4480" his|strong="H3605" mother’s womb|strong="H0990" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" death|strong="H4194". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H0935" Manue prayed|strong="H6279" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0834" beseech|strong="H4994" thee, O|strong="H4994" Lord|strong="H3068", that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" mail of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430", whom|strong="H0834" thou didst send|strong="H7971", may|strong="H4994" come|strong="H0935" again|strong="H5750", and|strong="H0935" teach|strong="H3384" us|strong="H4994" what|strong="H4100" we|strong="H0834" ought to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213" concerning|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" child|strong="H5288" that|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H5750" born|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" Lord heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0413" prayer of|strong="H0376" Manue, and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0413" Lord appeared|strong="H0935" again|strong="H5750" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H8085" wife|strong="H0802" as|strong="H0935" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H0369" sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0413" field|strong="H7704". But|strong="H0369" Manue her|strong="H0413" husband|strong="H0376" was|strong="H0369" not|strong="H0369" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H0413". And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H8085" she|strong="H1931" saw the|strong="H0413" angel|strong="H4397", 
\verseNumber{10}She|strong="H0834" made|strong="H4116" haste|strong="H4116" and|strong="H0935" ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" husband|strong="H0376": and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0413" saying|strong="H0559": Behold|strong="H2009" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" hath appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" saw|strong="H7200" before|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H0834" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H0935" followed|strong="H0310" his|strong="H0834" wife|strong="H0802": and|strong="H0935" coming|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376", said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Art thou he|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802"? And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" answered|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H0935" Manue said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0935": When|strong="H1961" thy word|strong="H1697" shall|strong="H4100" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" pass|strong="H0935", what|strong="H4100" wilt thou that|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0559" child|strong="H5288" should|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100"? or|strong="H4639" from|strong="H0935" what|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H4100" he|strong="H0935" keep|strong="H0935" himself? 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Manue: From|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" spoken|strong="H0559" of|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" thy wife|strong="H0802", let her|strong="H3605" refrain herself: 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H0398" let|strong="H0408" her|strong="H3605" eat|strong="H0398" nothing|strong="H3808" that|strong="H0834" cometh of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" vine|strong="H1612", neither|strong="H3808" let|strong="H0408" her|strong="H3605" drink|strong="H8354" wine|strong="H3196" or|strong="H3808" strong|strong="H7941" drink|strong="H8354", nor|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" unclean|strong="H2932" thing|strong="H3605": and|strong="H0398" whatsoever|strong="H3605" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" her|strong="H3605", let|strong="H0408" her|strong="H3605" fulfill and|strong="H0398" observe|strong="H8104". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3068" Manue said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068": I|strong="H0559" beseech|strong="H4994" thee to|strong="H0413" consent to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3068" request|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" let|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994" dress a|strong="H3068" kid for|strong="H0413" thee. 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" angel|strong="H4397" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413": If|strong="H0518" thou press me|strong="H0413", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" of|strong="H3068" thy bread|strong="H3899": but|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" thou wilt offer|strong="H5927" a|strong="H3588" holocaust, offer|strong="H5927" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068". And|strong="H3068" Manue knew|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": What|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" thy name|strong="H8034", that|strong="H3588", if|strong="H3588" thy word|strong="H1697" shall|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H0935", we|strong="H3588" may|strong="H3068" honour thee? 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H1931": Why|strong="H4100" askest thou my|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" wonderful|strong="H6383"? 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H3947" Manue took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" kid of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" flocks, and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" libations, and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5927" them|strong="H0853" upon|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" rock|strong="H6697", offering|strong="H4503" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3068" doth wonderful|strong="H6381" things|strong="H6381": and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802" looked|strong="H7200" on|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" flame|strong="H3851" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" towards heaven|strong="H8064", the|strong="H6440" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H6440" lord|strong="H3068" ascended|strong="H5927" also|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" flame|strong="H3851". And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H1961" Manue and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802" saw|strong="H7200" this|strong="H3068", they|strong="H5921" fell|strong="H5307" flat|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H5750". And|strong="H3068" forthwith Manue understood|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" an|strong="H7200" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3068", 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H0430" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7200" wife|strong="H0802": We|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H0802" certainly|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191", because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7200" seen|strong="H7200" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853": If|strong="H3863" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" mind|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0559" kill|strong="H4191" us|strong="H7200", he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" received|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" holocaust and|strong="H3068" libations at|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027", neither|strong="H3808" would|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" shewed us|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H0428", nor|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" told|strong="H0559" us|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H0428" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H0428" to|strong="H0559" come. 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H1121" she|strong="H7121" bore|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" called|strong="H7121" his|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" Samson|strong="H8123". And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" child|strong="H5288" grew|strong="H1431", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" him|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" him|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3068" Dan|strong="H1835", between|strong="H0996" Saraa and|strong="H3068" Esthaol. 
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\chapterNumber{14}Then|strong="H7200" Samson|strong="H8123" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Thamnatlia, and|strong="H0802" seeing|strong="H7200" there a|strong="H7200" woman|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H7200" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H7200" Philistines|strong="H6430", 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H0853" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", and|strong="H0802" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H0802" his|strong="H3947" mother|strong="H0517", saying|strong="H0559": I|strong="H6258" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H0802" in|strong="H0802" Thamnatha of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H0853" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430": I|strong="H6258" beseech you|strong="H5046", take|strong="H3947" her|strong="H5046" for|strong="H0802" me|strong="H5046" to|strong="H0559" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H1980" mother|strong="H0517" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Is|strong="H0369" there|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" woman|strong="H0802" among|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" thy brethren|strong="H0251", or|strong="H0369" among|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", that|strong="H3588" thou wilt take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430", who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5869" uncircumcised|strong="H6189"? And|strong="H1980" Samson|strong="H8123" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001": Take|strong="H3947" this|strong="H1931" woman|strong="H0802" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H0413", for|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" hath pleased|strong="H5869" my|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{4}Now|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3068" parents|strong="H0001" knew|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" thing|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" done by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" sought|strong="H1245" an|strong="H3588" occasion against the|strong="H3588" Philistines|strong="H6430": for|strong="H3588" at|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" the|strong="H3588" Philistines|strong="H6430" had|strong="H3068" dominion|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H2009" Samson|strong="H8123" went|strong="H0935" down|strong="H3381" with|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H0935" mother|strong="H0517" to|strong="H0935" Thamnatha. And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0935" they|strong="H5704" were|strong="H0738" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" vineyards|strong="H3754" of|strong="H0001" the|strong="H0935" town, behold|strong="H2009" a|strong="H0935" young|strong="H3715" lion|strong="H0738" met|strong="H7125" him|strong="H0935" raging and|strong="H0935" roaring|strong="H7580". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" came|strong="H7307" upon|strong="H5921" Samson, and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" tore|strong="H8156" the|strong="H0853" lion as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" would|strong="H3068" have|strong="H0834" torn a|strong="H0834" kid in|strong="H5921" pieces, having|strong="H0369" nothing|strong="H3808" at|strong="H5921" all in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027": and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" this|strong="H0834" to|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H5869" he|strong="H0802" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="H5869" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" woman|strong="H0802" that|strong="H5869" had|strong="H5869" pleased|strong="H5869" his|strong="H3381" eyes|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H7725" after|strong="H3117" some|strong="H2009" days|strong="H3117" returning|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" take|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947", he|strong="H3117" went|strong="H7725" aside|strong="H5493" to|strong="H7725" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" carcass|strong="H1472" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" lion|strong="H0738", and|strong="H7725" behold|strong="H2009" there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3947" swarm|strong="H5712" of|strong="H3117" bees|strong="H1682" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" mouth of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" lion|strong="H0738" and|strong="H7725" a|strong="H3947" honeycomb. 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H1980" when|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3808" had|strong="H0001" taken|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1980" his|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3709", he|strong="H3588" went|strong="H1980" on|strong="H0413" eating|strong="H0398": and|strong="H1980" coming|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H1980" mother|strong="H0517", he|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" of|strong="H0001" it|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H3588" ate|strong="H0398": but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0517" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H0413", that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H0001" taken|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" honey|strong="H1706" from|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" body of|strong="H0001" the|strong="H3588" lion|strong="H0738". 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3651" his|strong="H3588" father|strong="H0001" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H0802", and|strong="H0802" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3588" feast|strong="H4960" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3588" son Samson|strong="H8123": for|strong="H3588" so|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3588" young|strong="H0970" men|strong="H0970" used|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H7200" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" citizens of|strong="H3947" that|strong="H7200" place|strong="H1961" saw|strong="H7200" him|strong="H0853", they|strong="H7200" brought|strong="H3947" him|strong="H0853" thirty|strong="H7970" companions|strong="H4828" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H3117" Samson|strong="H8123" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H5414": I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H5414" propose to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" riddle|strong="H2420", which|strong="H4960" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" declare|strong="H5046" unto me|strong="H5414" within the|strong="H0853" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" feast|strong="H4960", I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" thirty|strong="H7970" shirts, and|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" many coats: 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" shall|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H0559" declare|strong="H5046" it|strong="H5414", you|strong="H0859" shall|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" thirty|strong="H7970" shirts and|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0559" same number of|strong="H0559" coats. They|strong="H0518" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5414": Put|strong="H5414" forth|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0559" riddle|strong="H2420" that|strong="H8085" we|strong="H0518" may|strong="H5414" hear|strong="H8085" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H0398" he|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H3318": Out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" eater|strong="H0398" came|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" meat, and|strong="H0398" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" strong|strong="H5794" came|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" sweetness. And|strong="H0398" they|strong="H3117" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" expound the|strong="H0559" riddle|strong="H2420". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H1004" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117" came|strong="H1961", they|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1004" Samson|strong="H8123": Soothe thy husband|strong="H0376", and|strong="H1004" persuade him|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0559" tell|strong="H5046" thee what the|strong="H0853" riddle|strong="H2420" meaneth. But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0376" thou wilt not|strong="H3808" do it|strong="H7121", we|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" burn|strong="H8313" thee, and|strong="H1004" thy father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004". Have|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3117" called|strong="H7121" us|strong="H5046" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" wedding on|strong="H3117" purpose to|strong="H0559" strip us|strong="H5046"? 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H3808" she|strong="H0517" wept|strong="H1058" before|strong="H5921" Samson|strong="H8123" and|strong="H1121" complained, saying|strong="H0559": Thou hatest me|strong="H5046", and|strong="H1121" dost not|strong="H3808" love|strong="H0157" me|strong="H5046": therefore thou wilt not|strong="H3808" expound to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H5046" the|strong="H0559" riddle|strong="H2420" which|strong="H0802" thou hast proposed to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971". But|strong="H7535" he|strong="H3808" answered|strong="H0559": I|strong="H2009" would|strong="H0559" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H1121" mother|strong="H0517", and|strong="H1121" how|strong="H2009" can|strong="H1121" I|strong="H2009" tell|strong="H5046" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" thee? 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H1961" she|strong="H0834" wept|strong="H1058" before|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" feast|strong="H4960": and|strong="H1121" at|strong="H5921" length|strong="H3117" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117" as|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" troublesome to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5921", he|strong="H0834" expounded it|strong="H5921". And|strong="H1121" she|strong="H0834" immediately told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" countrymen. 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117" before|strong="H2962" the|strong="H0559" sun went|strong="H0935" down said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0935": What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" sweeter|strong="H4966" than|strong="H3808" honey|strong="H1706"? and|strong="H0935" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" stronger|strong="H5794" than|strong="H3808" a|strong="H4672" lion|strong="H0738"? And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0935": If|strong="H3884" you|strong="H3117" had|strong="H0376" not|strong="H3808" ploughed with|strong="H0935" my|strong="H0935" heifer|strong="H5697", you|strong="H3117" had|strong="H0376" not|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H4100" my|strong="H0935" riddle|strong="H2420". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" came|strong="H5927" upon|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Ascalon, and|strong="H3068" slew|strong="H5221" there|strong="H5927" thirty|strong="H7970" men|strong="H0376", whose|strong="H0376" garments he|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" and|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3381" them|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" declared|strong="H5046" the|strong="H0853" riddle|strong="H2420". And|strong="H3068" being exceeding angry|strong="H2734" he|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3381" his|strong="H5414" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004": 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H1961" his|strong="H0834" wife|strong="H0802" took|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0802" of|strong="H0802" his|strong="H0834" friends|strong="H4828" and|strong="H0802" bridal companions|strong="H4828" for|strong="H0802" her|strong="H0802" husband. 
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\chapterNumber{15}And|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" while|strong="H1961" after|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" wheat|strong="H2406" harvest|strong="H7105" were|strong="H1961" at|strong="H0413" hand|strong="H5414", Samson|strong="H8123" came|strong="H0935", meaning to|strong="H0413" visit|strong="H6485" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3117" brought|strong="H0935" her|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1961" kid of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" flock. And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" would|strong="H0559" have|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" chamber|strong="H2315" as|strong="H1961" usual|strong="H3117", her|strong="H0413" father|strong="H0001" would|strong="H0559" not|strong="H3808" suffer|strong="H1961" him|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559": 
\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H0559" thou hadst hated|strong="H8130" her|strong="H5414", and|strong="H0001" therefore|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" thy friend: but|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" hath a|strong="H1961" sister|strong="H0269", who|strong="H0001" is|strong="H1961" younger|strong="H6996" and|strong="H0001" fairer than|strong="H4480" she|strong="H3588", take|strong="H1961" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" wife instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H0001" her|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H6430" Samson|strong="H8123" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5973": From|strong="H5973" this|strong="H3588" day I|strong="H0589" shall|strong="H0589" be|strong="H3588" blameless|strong="H5352" in|strong="H0559" what|strong="H7451" I|strong="H0589" do|strong="H6213" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430": for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0589" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" evils. 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3967" he|strong="H0259" went|strong="H0413" and|strong="H3967" caught|strong="H3920" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" foxes|strong="H7776", and|strong="H3967" coupled them|strong="H0413" tail|strong="H2180" to|strong="H0413" tail|strong="H2180", and|strong="H3967" fastened torches|strong="H3940" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H0413" tails|strong="H2180". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H7971" setting them|strong="H7971" on|strong="H7971" fire|strong="H0784" he|strong="H5704" let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5704" foxes go|strong="H7971", that|strong="H0784" they|strong="H5704" might run about hither and|strong="H7971" thither. And|strong="H7971" they|strong="H5704" presently went into the|strong="H5704" standing|strong="H7054" corn of|strong="H3754" the|strong="H5704" Philistines|strong="H6430". Which|strong="H0784" being set|strong="H7971" on|strong="H7971" fire|strong="H0784", both the|strong="H5704" corn that|strong="H0784" was|strong="H6430" already carried together, and|strong="H7971" that|strong="H0784" which|strong="H0784" was|strong="H6430" yet|strong="H5704" standing|strong="H7054", was|strong="H6430" all|strong="H5704" burnt, insomuch, that|strong="H0784" the|strong="H5704" flame|strong="H0784" consumed|strong="H1197" also|strong="H6430" the|strong="H5704" vineyards|strong="H3754" and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5704" oliveyards. 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" said|strong="H0559": Who|strong="H4310" hath done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" thing|strong="H2063"? And|strong="H0802" it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H0802" answered|strong="H0559": Samson|strong="H8123" the|strong="H0853" son in|strong="H0802" law of|strong="H0001" the|strong="H0853" Thamnathite, because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H0802" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H3947" to|strong="H0559" another|strong="H0802", hath done|strong="H6213" these|strong="H2063" things. And|strong="H0802" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H0802" burnt|strong="H5927" both the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" and|strong="H0802" her|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" Samson|strong="H8123" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0310": Although|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0518" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063", yet|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3588" revenged of|strong="H0559" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H0310" then|strong="H0310" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0518" be|strong="H3588" quiet. 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H1419" he|strong="H0853" made|strong="H5221" a|strong="H5221" great|strong="H1419" slaughter|strong="H4347" of|strong="H3427" them|strong="H0853", so|strong="H3381" that|strong="H1419" in|strong="H3427" astonishment they|strong="H5921" laid the|strong="H0853" calf of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" leg|strong="H7785" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" thigh|strong="H3409". And|strong="H1419" going|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" he|strong="H0853" dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H5221" cavern of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" rock|strong="H5553" Etam|strong="H5862". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" Philistines|strong="H6430" going|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" into|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" land of|strong="H5927" Juda, camped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H2583" the|strong="H5927" place which afterwards was|strong="H3063" called Lechi, that|strong="H5927" is|strong="H3063", the|strong="H5927" Jawbone, where their|strong="H5927" army|strong="H5927" was|strong="H3063" spread|strong="H5203". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H3063" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" tribe of|strong="H0376" Juda said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853": Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921"? They|strong="H0834" answered|strong="H0559": We|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0559" bind|strong="H0631" Samson|strong="H8123", and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H0559" pay him|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H0834" hath done|strong="H6213" against|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{11}Wherefore three|strong="H7969" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Juda, went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" cave of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" rock|strong="H5553" Etam|strong="H5862", and|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samson|strong="H8123": Knowest thou not|strong="H3808" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413"? Why|strong="H4100" wouldst thou do|strong="H6213" thus|strong="H3651"? And|strong="H3063" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413": As|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", so|strong="H3651" have|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H3027" they|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5414", We|strong="H6435" are|strong="H3027" come|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0559" bind|strong="H0631" thee and|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0559" deliver|strong="H5414" thee into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0559" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430". And|strong="H3027" Samson|strong="H8123" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H5414": Swear|strong="H7650" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3027" promise|strong="H7650" me|strong="H5414", that|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3027" not|strong="H6435" kill|strong="H6293" me|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{13}They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559": We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H4191" thee: but|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3027" deliver|strong="H5414" thee up|strong="H5927" bound|strong="H0631". And|strong="H3027" they|strong="H3588" bound|strong="H0631" him|strong="H5414" with|strong="H3027" two|strong="H8147" new|strong="H2319" cords|strong="H5688", and|strong="H3027" brought|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5414" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" rock|strong="H5553" Etam. 
\verseNumber{14}Now|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" place|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" Jawbone, and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" Philistines|strong="H6430" shouting|strong="H7321" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H5921", the|strong="H0834" spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" Lord|strong="H3068" came|strong="H0935" strongly upon|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921": and|strong="H0935" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" flax|strong="H6593" is|strong="H0834" wont to|strong="H0935" be|strong="H1961" consumed|strong="H1197" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" approach|strong="H0935" of|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784", so|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" bands with|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" bound were|strong="H0834" broken and|strong="H0935" loosed. 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3027" finding|strong="H4672" a|strong="H3947" jawbone|strong="H3895", even the|strong="H3947" jawbone|strong="H3895" of|strong="H0376" an|strong="H5221" ass which lay|strong="H7971" there|strong="H4672", catching it|strong="H3947" up, be|strong="H0376" slew|strong="H5221" therewith a|strong="H3947" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H0376" he|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559": With|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" jawbone|strong="H3895" of|strong="H0376" an|strong="H5221" ass, with|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" jaw|strong="H3895" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" colt of|strong="H0376" asses I|strong="H0559" have|strong="H0376" destroyed|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221", and|strong="H0376" have|strong="H0376" slain|strong="H5221" a|strong="H5221" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3027" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" ended|strong="H3615" these|strong="H1931" words singing, he|strong="H1931" threw|strong="H7993" the|strong="H7121" jawbone|strong="H3895" out|strong="H7993" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H1961" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" name|strong="H7121" of|strong="H3027" that|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" Ramathlechi, which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" interpreted the|strong="H7121" lifting up|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7121" jawbone|strong="H3895". 
\verseNumber{18}Arid being very|strong="H3966" thirsty|strong="H6770", he|strong="H3068" cried|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559": Thou hast given|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2063" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419" deliverance|strong="H8668" and|strong="H3068" victory|strong="H8668" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" thy servant|strong="H5650": and|strong="H3068" behold I|strong="H5414" die|strong="H4191" for|strong="H7121" thirst|strong="H6772", and|strong="H3068" shall|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" uncircumcised|strong="H6189". 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" Lord opened a|strong="H7121" great|strong="H0430" tooth in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" jaw|strong="H3895" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" ass, and|strong="H0430" waters|strong="H4325" issued|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0430" it|strong="H5921". And|strong="H0430" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" drank|strong="H8354" them|strong="H0853" he|strong="H0834" refreshed his|strong="H5921" spirit|strong="H7307", and|strong="H0430" recovered|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5921" strength|strong="H7307". Therefore|strong="H3651" the|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H0430" that|strong="H0834" place|strong="H2088" was|strong="H8034" called|strong="H7121", The|strong="H0853" Spring|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0430" him|strong="H5921" that|strong="H0834" invoked from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" jawbone|strong="H3895", until|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" present|strong="H5704" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3117" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0853" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" twenty|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141". 
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\chapterNumber{16}He|strong="H8033" went|strong="H0935" also|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" Gaza|strong="H5804", and|strong="H0935" saw|strong="H7200" there|strong="H8033" a|strong="H7200" woman|strong="H0802" a|strong="H7200" harlot|strong="H2181", and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" unto her|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Philistines had|strong="H0935" beard this|strong="H2008", and|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5704" was|strong="H3605" noised about|strong="H5437" among them|strong="H0935", that|strong="H3605" Samson|strong="H8123" was|strong="H3605" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", they|strong="H5704" surrounded|strong="H5437" him|strong="H0935", setting guards at|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0935" watching there|strong="H2008" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915" in|strong="H0935" silence, that|strong="H3605" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" they|strong="H5704" might kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="H0935" as|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" went|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H0834" Samson|strong="H8123" slept|strong="H7901" till|strong="H5704" midnight, and|strong="H6965" then|strong="H6965" rising|strong="H6965" he|strong="H0834" took|strong="H5927" both|strong="H8147" the|strong="H6440" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H6440" gate|strong="H8179", with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H6440" posts|strong="H4201" thereof, and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6440" bolt|strong="H0270", and|strong="H6965" laying them|strong="H0413" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" shoulders|strong="H3802", carried|strong="H5927" them|strong="H0413" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H6440" hill|strong="H2022", which|strong="H0834" looketh towards Hebron|strong="H2275". 
\verseNumber{4}After|strong="H0310" this|strong="H3651" he|strong="H0310" loved|strong="H0157" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802", who|strong="H0802" dwelt in|strong="H0802" the|strong="H0310" valley|strong="H5158" of|strong="H0802" Sorec, and|strong="H0802" she|strong="H0310" was|strong="H8034" called|strong="H8034" Dalila. 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H3967" the|strong="H0853" princes of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3967" said|strong="H0559": Deceive him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3967" learn of|strong="H0376" him|strong="H0413" wherein his|strong="H5414" great|strong="H1419" strength|strong="H3581" lieth, and|strong="H3967" how|strong="H4100" we|strong="H0587" may|strong="H0376" be|strong="H0376" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H0413" overcome|strong="H3201" him|strong="H0413", to|strong="H0413" bind|strong="H0631" and|strong="H3967" afflict|strong="H6031" him|strong="H0413": which|strong="H4100" if|strong="H0376" thou shalt do|strong="H4100", we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H0376" give|strong="H5414" thee every|strong="H0376" one|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" us|strong="H5414" eleven hundred|strong="H3967" pieces of|strong="H0376" silver|strong="H3701". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1419" Dalila said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samson|strong="H8123": Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413", I|strong="H0559" beseech|strong="H4994" thee, wherein thy greatest|strong="H1419" strength|strong="H3581" lieth, and|strong="H1419" what|strong="H4100" it|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" wherewith if thou wert bound|strong="H0631" thou couldst not break loose. 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H0120" Samson|strong="H8123" answered|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0413": If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" bound|strong="H0631" with|strong="H0413" seven|strong="H7651" cords made|strong="H1961" of|strong="H0259" sinews not|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3808" dry|strong="H2717", but|strong="H0518" still|strong="H0559" moist, I|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" weak|strong="H3808" like|strong="H1961" other|strong="H0259" men|strong="H0120". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H6430" the|strong="H0834" princes of|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0834" Philistines|strong="H6430" brought|strong="H5927" unto her seven|strong="H7651" cords, such|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke of|strong="H3808", with|strong="H5927" which|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" bound|strong="H0631" him|strong="H5927"; 
\verseNumber{9}Men|strong="H0559" lying|strong="H0693" privately in|strong="H3427" wait|strong="H0693" with|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", and|strong="H6430" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" chamber|strong="H2315" expecting the|strong="H0853" event of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" thing, and|strong="H6430" she|strong="H0834" cried out|strong="H3045" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": The|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" are|strong="H0834" upon|strong="H5921" thee, Samson|strong="H8123". And|strong="H6430" he|strong="H0834" broke|strong="H5423" the|strong="H0853" bands, as|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0834" man|strong="H0784" would|strong="H0559" break|strong="H5423" a|strong="H0834" thread|strong="H6616" of|strong="H3427" tow|strong="H5296" twined with|strong="H0413" spittle, when|strong="H0834" it|strong="H5921" smelleth the|strong="H0853" fire|strong="H0784": so|strong="H3808" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" known|strong="H3045" wherein|strong="H0834" his|strong="H5921" strength|strong="H3581" Jay. 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1696" Dalila said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Behold|strong="H2009" thou hast mocked|strong="H2048" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1696" hast told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1696" false|strong="H3576" thing|strong="H4994": but|strong="H1696" now|strong="H6258" at|strong="H0413" least tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413" wherewith thou mayest be|strong="H4994" bound|strong="H0631". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H0120" he|strong="H0834" answered|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0413": If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" bound|strong="H0631" with|strong="H0413" new|strong="H2319" ropes|strong="H5688", that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" never|strong="H3808" in|strong="H0413" work|strong="H4399", I|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" weak|strong="H3808" and|strong="H0120" like|strong="H1961" other|strong="H0259" men|strong="H0120". 
\verseNumber{12}Dalila bound|strong="H0631" him|strong="H0413" again with|strong="H0413" these|strong="H3947", and|strong="H6430" cried out|strong="H5921": The|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" are|strong="H6430" upon|strong="H5921" thee, Samson|strong="H8123", there|strong="H3427" being an|strong="H3947" ambush|strong="H0693" prepared|strong="H0631" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" chamber|strong="H2315". But|strong="H3947" he|strong="H5921" broke|strong="H5423" the|strong="H0559" bands like|strong="H2220" threads of|strong="H3427" webs. 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H7218" Dalila said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" again|strong="H1696": How|strong="H4100" long|strong="H5704" dost thou deceive|strong="H3576" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H7218" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413" lies|strong="H3576"? Shew me|strong="H0413" wherewith thou mayest be bound|strong="H0631". And|strong="H7218" Samson|strong="H8123" answered|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0413": If|strong="H0518" thou plattest the|strong="H0853" seven|strong="H7651" locks|strong="H4253" of|strong="H7218" my|strong="H5046" head|strong="H7218" with|strong="H5973" a|strong="H0518" lace, and|strong="H7218" tying them|strong="H0413" round about|strong="H0413" a|strong="H0518" nail fastenest it|strong="H0518" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" ground, I|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H4100" be weak. 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H6430" when|strong="H5265" Dalila had|strong="H6430" done this, she said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": The|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" are|strong="H6430" upon|strong="H5921" thee, Samson|strong="H8123". And|strong="H6430" awaking out|strong="H5265" of|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" sleep|strong="H8142" he|strong="H5921" drew out|strong="H5265" the|strong="H0559" nail with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0559" hairs and|strong="H6430" the|strong="H0559" lace. 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H1419" Dalila said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": How|strong="H4100" dost thou say|strong="H0559" thou lovest me|strong="H0413", when|strong="H0559" thy mind|strong="H3820" is|strong="H0369" not|strong="H3808" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H0413"? Thou hast told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413" lies these|strong="H2088" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471", and|strong="H1419" wouldst not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413" wherein thy great|strong="H1419" strength|strong="H3581" lieth. 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" pressed|strong="H6693" him|strong="H4191" much|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3117" continually|strong="H3117" hung upon|strong="H1961" him|strong="H4191" for|strong="H3588" many days|strong="H3117", giving him|strong="H4191" no|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" to|strong="H4191" rest|strong="H1961", his|strong="H3605" soul|strong="H5315" fainted away|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" wearied even|strong="H3588" until death|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H1961" opening the|strong="H3605" truth of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H3588", he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H3605": The|strong="H3605" razor hath never|strong="H3808" come|strong="H1961" upon|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218", for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" a|strong="H1961" Nazarite, that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H0430" to|strong="H0559" say|strong="H0559", consecrated|strong="H5139" to|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" from|strong="H4480" my|strong="H3605" mother’s|strong="H0517" womb|strong="H0990": if|strong="H0518" my|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218" be|strong="H1961" shaven, my|strong="H3605" strength|strong="H3581" shall|strong="H3808" depart|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H5046", and|strong="H0430" I|strong="H0589" shall|strong="H3808" become|strong="H1961" weak|strong="H3808", and|strong="H0430" shall|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" other|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0120". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H0853" seeing|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3820" had|strong="H3588" discovered to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" mind|strong="H3820", she|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" princes of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430", saying|strong="H0559": Come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" this|strong="H3588" once|strong="H6471" more|strong="H6471", for|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6471" he|strong="H3588" hath opened|strong="H5927" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". And|strong="H3027" they|strong="H3588" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" taking with|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" which they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H0559". 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H0376" she|strong="H7121" made|strong="H7121" him|strong="H5921" sleep|strong="H3462" upon|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" knees|strong="H1290", and|strong="H0376" lay his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" in|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" bosom. And|strong="H0376" she|strong="H7121" called|strong="H7121" a|strong="H7121" barber, and|strong="H0376" shaved|strong="H1548" his|strong="H5921" seven|strong="H7651" locks|strong="H4253", and|strong="H0376" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5921" drive him|strong="H5921" away|strong="H5493", and|strong="H0376" thrust him|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5493" her|strong="H5921": for|strong="H5921" immediately his|strong="H5921" strength|strong="H3581" departed|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H3068" she|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559": The|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" are|strong="H3068" upon|strong="H5921" thee, Samson|strong="H8123". And|strong="H3068" awaking from|strong="H5493" sleep|strong="H8142", he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" mind|strong="H3045": I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" as|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" before|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" shake|strong="H5287" myself|strong="H3045", not|strong="H3808" knowing|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" departed|strong="H3318" from|strong="H5493" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" seized|strong="H0270" upon|strong="H1961" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H1004" forthwith pulled out|strong="H0853" his|strong="H1961" eyes|strong="H5869", and|strong="H1004" led him|strong="H0853" bound|strong="H0631" in|strong="H1004" chains|strong="H5178" to|strong="H1961" Gaza|strong="H5804", and|strong="H1004" shutting him|strong="H0853" up|strong="H0853" in|strong="H1004" prison|strong="H1004" made|strong="H1961" him|strong="H0853" grind|strong="H2912". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H7218" now his|strong="H0834" hair|strong="H8181" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H0834" grow|strong="H6779" again|strong="H6779". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" princes of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" assembled|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622", to|strong="H0559" offer|strong="H2076" great|strong="H1419" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H0559" Dagon|strong="H1712" their|strong="H5414" god|strong="H0430", and|strong="H0430" to|strong="H0559" make|strong="H5414" merry, saying|strong="H0559": Our|strong="H5414" god|strong="H0430" hath delivered|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" enemy|strong="H0341" Samson|strong="H8123" into|strong="H3027" our|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" also|strong="H0853" seeing|strong="H7200" this|strong="H3588", praised|strong="H1984" their|strong="H5414" god|strong="H0430", and|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" same|strong="H0853": Our|strong="H5414" god|strong="H0430" hath delivered|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" adversary into|strong="H0776" our|strong="H5414" bands, him|strong="H5414" that|strong="H0834" destroyed|strong="H2717" our|strong="H5414" country|strong="H0776" and|strong="H0430" killed|strong="H2491" very many|strong="H7235". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H1004" rejoicing|strong="H7832" in|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3588" feasts, when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3588" good|strong="H2896" cheer, they|strong="H3588" commanded|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" Samson|strong="H8123" should|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1961" called|strong="H7121", and|strong="H1004" should|strong="H3588" play|strong="H7832" before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H0853". And|strong="H1004" being|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H1961" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" prison|strong="H1004" he|strong="H3588" played|strong="H7832" before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H3588" made|strong="H1961" him|strong="H0853" stand|strong="H5975" between|strong="H0996" two|strong="H1004" pillars|strong="H5982". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H3027" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" lad|strong="H5288" that|strong="H0834" guided his|strong="H5921" steps: Suffer|strong="H1004" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" touch the|strong="H0853" pillars|strong="H5982" which|strong="H0834" support|strong="H2388" the|strong="H0853" whole house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3027" let me|strong="H0413" lean|strong="H8172" upon|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3027" rest|strong="H8172" a|strong="H0834" little. 
\verseNumber{27}Now|strong="H0802" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" was|strong="H0376" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H1004" men|strong="H0376" and|strong="H1004" women|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" princes of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" were|strong="H0376" there|strong="H8033". Moreover about|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" thousand|strong="H0505" persons|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" both|strong="H3605" sexes from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" roof|strong="H1406" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" higher part|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", were|strong="H0376" beholding Samson’s|strong="H8123" play|strong="H7832". 
\verseNumber{28}But|strong="H0389" he|strong="H0430" called|strong="H7121" upon|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559": O|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", remember|strong="H2142" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3068" restore to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" now|strong="H4994" my|strong="H3068" former strength|strong="H2388", O|strong="H3069" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2088" may|strong="H4994" revenge|strong="H5358" myself on|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3068" enemies, and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0559" loss of|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" eyes|strong="H5869" I|strong="H2088" may|strong="H4994" take|strong="H2388" one|strong="H0259" revenge|strong="H5358". 
\verseNumber{29}And|strong="H1004" laying hold|strong="H1004" on|strong="H5921" both|strong="H8147" the|strong="H0853" pillars|strong="H5982" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" rested|strong="H3559", and|strong="H1004" holding the|strong="H0853" one|strong="H0259" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225", and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" other|strong="H0259" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5921" left|strong="H8040", 
\verseNumber{30}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559": Let|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5315" die|strong="H4191" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430". And|strong="H1004" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" strongly shook the|strong="H3605" pillars, the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" fell|strong="H5307" upon|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" princes, and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" multitude that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961": and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H0834" killed|strong="H4191" many|strong="H7227" more|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" death|strong="H4191", than|strong="H5921" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" killed|strong="H4191" before|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{31}And|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" brethren|strong="H0251" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" kindred, going|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" took|strong="H5375" his|strong="H3605" body, and|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" it|strong="H1931" between|strong="H0996" Saraa and|strong="H3478" Esthaol in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" buryingplace of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Manue: and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H1931" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" twenty|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141". 
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\chapterNumber{17}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" at|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1961" time|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" mount|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669" whose|strong="H0376" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Michas, 
\verseNumber{2}Who|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3947" mother|strong="H0517": The|strong="H0559" eleven hundred|strong="H3967" pieces of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701", which|strong="H0834" thou hadst put|strong="H0422" aside for|strong="H3068" thyself, and|strong="H1121" concerning|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" thou didst swear in|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" hearing|strong="H0241", behold|strong="H2009" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0834", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H0589". And|strong="H1121" she|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0854": Blessed|strong="H1288" be|strong="H1571" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" restored|strong="H7725" them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517", who|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853": I|strong="H6258" have|strong="H1121" consecrated|strong="H6942" and|strong="H1121" vowed this|strong="H6258" silver|strong="H3701" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", that|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" may|strong="H3068" receive it|strong="H7725" at|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H1121" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3068" graven|strong="H6459" and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3068" molten god|strong="H3068", so|strong="H6213" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H6258" deliver it|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0559" thee. 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3967" he|strong="H6213" restored|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5414" mother|strong="H0517": and|strong="H3967" she|strong="H0517" took|strong="H3947" two|strong="H3947" hundred|strong="H3967" pieces of|strong="H1004" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3967" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" silversmith|strong="H6884", to|strong="H7725" make|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" graven|strong="H6459" and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H1961" molten god|strong="H5414", which|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Michas. 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0430" separated also|strong="H0853" therein a|strong="H1961" little temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" god|strong="H0430", and|strong="H1121" made|strong="H6213" an|strong="H1961" ephod|strong="H0646", and|strong="H1121" theraphim, that|strong="H1961" is|strong="H0430" to|strong="H1961" say, a|strong="H1961" priestly|strong="H3548" garment, and|strong="H1121" idols|strong="H8655": and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0430" filled|strong="H4390" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0430" became|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{6}In|strong="H3478" those|strong="H0376" days|strong="H3117" there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", but|strong="H0369" every|strong="H0376" one|strong="H0376" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117" which|strong="H5869" seemed|strong="H5869" right|strong="H3477" to|strong="H0369" himself|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{7}There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" also|strong="H3063" another young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" of|strong="H4940" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" Juda, of|strong="H4940" the|strong="H1961" kindred thereof: and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" Levite|strong="H3881", and|strong="H3063" dwelt there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{8}Now|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H0935" out|strong="H4672" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1004" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", and|strong="H0935" desired to|strong="H0935" sojourn wheresoever he|strong="H0834" should|strong="H0376" find|strong="H4672" it|strong="H5704" convenient for|strong="H1004" him|strong="H0935". And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" mount|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669", as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" on|strong="H1870" his|strong="H0834" journey|strong="H1870", and|strong="H0935" had|strong="H0834" turned|strong="H1004" aside a|strong="H4672" little into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Michas, 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" asked|strong="H0559" by|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" whence he|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935". And|strong="H1980" he|strong="H0834" answered|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0834" am|strong="H0595" a|strong="H4672" Levite|strong="H3881" of|strong="H0935" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" Juda, and|strong="H1980" I|strong="H0834" am|strong="H0595" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" dwell|strong="H1481" where|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" can|strong="H0834", and|strong="H1980" where|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3881" find|strong="H4672" a|strong="H4672" place|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H0834" advantage. 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H3701" Michas said|strong="H0559": Stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3701" be|strong="H1961" unto me|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3701" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3701" I|strong="H0595" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" thee every|strong="H3117" year|strong="H3117" ten|strong="H6235" pieces of|strong="H3117" silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3701" a|strong="H1961" double suit|strong="H6187" of|strong="H3117" apparel, and|strong="H3701" thy victuals. 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H0376" was|strong="H1961" content, and|strong="H1121" abode|strong="H3427" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376", and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" unto him|strong="H0854" as|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H3027" Michas filled|strong="H4390" his|strong="H1961" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" had|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" with|strong="H4390" him|strong="H0853", for|strong="H3027" his|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548", saying: 
\verseNumber{13}Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3190" me|strong="H1961" good|strong="H3190", since|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" race of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" Levites|strong="H3881". 
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\chapterNumber{18}In|strong="H3427" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117" there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" no|strong="H3808" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4428" Dan sought|strong="H1245" them|strong="H1992" an|strong="H3588" inheritance|strong="H5159" to|strong="H5704" dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427": for|strong="H3588" unto that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" received their|strong="H1992" lot|strong="H5307" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3588" other|strong="H0369" tribes|strong="H7626". 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" sent|strong="H7971" five|strong="H2568" most valiant|strong="H2428" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H7971" stock and|strong="H1121" family|strong="H4940" from|strong="H0935" Saraa and|strong="H1121" Esthaol, to|strong="H0413" spy|strong="H7270" out|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" view it|strong="H8033" diligently: and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8033" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413": Go|strong="H0935", and|strong="H1121" view the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776". They|strong="H8033" went|strong="H0935" on|strong="H0413" their|strong="H7971" way|strong="H7971", and|strong="H1121" when|strong="H0935" they|strong="H8033" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" mount|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669", they|strong="H8033" went|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Michas, and|strong="H1121" rested there|strong="H8033": 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H0935" knowing the|strong="H0853" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" the|strong="H0853" Levite|strong="H3881", and|strong="H0935" lodging with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0853", they|strong="H1992" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853": Who|strong="H4310" brought|strong="H0935" thee hither? what|strong="H4100" dost thou here|strong="H6311"? why|strong="H4100" wouldst thou come|strong="H0935" hither? 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H6213" answered|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0413": Michas hath done|strong="H6213" such|strong="H2088" and|strong="H3548" such|strong="H2088" things|strong="H1961" for|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3548" hath hired|strong="H7936" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H1980" they|strong="H0834" desired|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" consult|strong="H7592" the|strong="H0559" Lord, that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" might|strong="H0834" know|strong="H3045" whether their|strong="H5921" journey|strong="H1870" should|strong="H1980" be|strong="H0430" prosperous|strong="H6743", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0559" thing|strong="H4994" should|strong="H1980" have|strong="H0834" effect. 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H0834" answered|strong="H0559" them|strong="H1870": Go in|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H7965", the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" looketh on|strong="H1870" your|strong="H3068" way|strong="H1870", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" journey|strong="H1870" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" go. 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" five|strong="H2568" men|strong="H0376" going|strong="H0935" on|strong="H0776" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Lais: and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H1992" saw|strong="H7200" how|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" dwelt|strong="H3427" therein without|strong="H0369" any|strong="H0376" fear, according|strong="H4941" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" custom|strong="H4941" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" Sidonians|strong="H6722", secure|strong="H0982" and|strong="H0935" easy, having|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" man|strong="H0376" at|strong="H3427" all|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0935" oppose them|strong="H1992", being very rich, and|strong="H0935" living|strong="H3427" separated, at|strong="H3427" a|strong="H7200" distance|strong="H7350" from|strong="H0935" Sidon and|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" all|strong="H1697" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0559" returned|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H0935" brethren|strong="H0251" in|strong="H0935" Saraa and|strong="H0935" Esthaol, who|strong="H0251" asked|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0413" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H0559" had|strong="H0935" done? to|strong="H0413" whom they|strong="H0559" answered|strong="H0559": 
\verseNumber{9}Arise|strong="H6965", and|strong="H0935" let|strong="H0408" us|strong="H5921" go|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853": for|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0776" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" which is|strong="H0776" exceeding|strong="H3966" rich and|strong="H0935" fruitful: neglect not|strong="H0408", lose no|strong="H0408" time: let|strong="H0408" us|strong="H5921" go|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" possess|strong="H3423" it|strong="H5921", there|strong="H2009" will|strong="H0776" be|strong="H0408" no|strong="H0408" difficulty. 
\verseNumber{10}We|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H0776" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" secure|strong="H0982", into|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3588" spacious|strong="H7342" country|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Lord will|strong="H0430" deliver|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H5414", in|strong="H0935" which|strong="H0834" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" want|strong="H4270" of|strong="H0776" any|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" groweth on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{11}There|strong="H8033" went|strong="H0376" therefore of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H8033" kindred of|strong="H0376" Dan, to|strong="H0376" wit, from|strong="H5265" Saraa and|strong="H3967" Esthaol, six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376", furnished with|strong="H0376" arms for|strong="H8033" war|strong="H4421", 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H3063" going|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" they|strong="H3651" lodged in|strong="H5921" Cariathiarim of|strong="H3117" Juda: which|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" from|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" is|strong="H2088" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" camp|strong="H2583" of|strong="H3117" Dan, and|strong="H3063" is|strong="H2088" behind|strong="H0310" Cariathiarim. 
\verseNumber{13}From|strong="H0935" thence they|strong="H8033" passed|strong="H5674" into|strong="H0935" mount|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669". And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0935" they|strong="H8033" were|strong="H2022" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Michas, 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H0853" five|strong="H2568" men|strong="H0376", that|strong="H3588" before|strong="H0413" had|strong="H3588" been|strong="H6258" sent|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" view the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Lais, said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" rest of|strong="H0776" their|strong="H3588" brethren|strong="H0251": You|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" in|strong="H1980" these|strong="H0428" houses|strong="H1004" there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H4100" an|strong="H3588" ephod|strong="H0646", and|strong="H1980" theraphim, and|strong="H1980" a|strong="H3588" graven|strong="H6459", and|strong="H1980" a|strong="H3588" molten god|strong="H0559": see|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H0428" pleased to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0935" they|strong="H8033" had|strong="H0935" turned|strong="H5493" a|strong="H0935" little aside|strong="H5493", they|strong="H8033" went|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0413" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" the|strong="H0413" Levite|strong="H3881", who|strong="H3881" was|strong="H1004" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Michas: and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H8033" saluted him|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" words of|strong="H1004" peace|strong="H7965". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" stood|strong="H5324" before the|strong="H0834" door|strong="H6607", appointed with|strong="H0376" their|strong="H0834" arms. 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H0376" they|strong="H8033" that|strong="H0776" were|strong="H0376" gone|strong="H1980" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" house of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" young man|strong="H0376", went|strong="H1980" about|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0935" take|strong="H3947" away|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" graven|strong="H6456" god, and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" ephod|strong="H0646", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" theraphim, and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" molten god, and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548" stood|strong="H5324" before the|strong="H0853" door|strong="H6607", the|strong="H0853" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" valiant men|strong="H0376" waiting|strong="H5324" not|strong="H0776" far off|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H0559" that|strong="H0559" were|strong="H0428" gone|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" graven|strong="H6459" thing, the|strong="H0853" ephod|strong="H0646", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" idols|strong="H8655", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" molten god|strong="H0559". And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413": What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H0428" you|strong="H0859" doing|strong="H6213"? 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3478" they|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921": Hold|strong="H1004" thy peace and|strong="H3478" put|strong="H7760" thy finger on|strong="H5921" thy mouth|strong="H6310" and|strong="H3478" come|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5921", that|strong="H0559" we may|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" thee for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548". Whether|strong="H0176" is|strong="H0376" better|strong="H2896" for|strong="H5921" thee, to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" one|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0376", or|strong="H0176" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H7626" and|strong="H3478" family|strong="H4940" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478"? 
\verseNumber{20}When|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0853" had|strong="H0853" heard this|strong="H0935", he|strong="H0853" agreed to|strong="H0935" their|strong="H3947" words, and|strong="H0935" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" ephod|strong="H0646", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" idols|strong="H8655", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" graven|strong="H6459" god|strong="H3190", and|strong="H0935" departed|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H6440" when|strong="H6437" they|strong="H6440" were|strong="H6440" going forward|strong="H6440", and|strong="H6440" had|strong="H0853" put|strong="H7760" before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H2945" and|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" cattle|strong="H4735" and|strong="H6440" all that|strong="H6437" was|strong="H6440" valuable, 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H1121" were|strong="H0834" now at|strong="H1004" a|strong="H0834" distance|strong="H7368" from|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Michas, the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" dwelt in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" houses|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Michas gathering|strong="H1692" together|strong="H2199" followed them|strong="H1992", 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H1121" began to|strong="H0413" shout out|strong="H2199" after|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413". They|strong="H3588" looked back|strong="H5437", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Michas: What|strong="H4100" aileth thee? Why|strong="H4100" dost thou cry|strong="H2199"? 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H0430" he|strong="H0834" answered|strong="H0559": You|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" gods|strong="H0430" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" me|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H0430" all|strong="H5750" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834", and|strong="H0430" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0834" say|strong="H0559": What|strong="H4100" aileth thee? 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": See thou say|strong="H0559" no|strong="H0408" more|strong="H5315" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413", lest|strong="H6435" men|strong="H0376" enraged come upon|strong="H0413" thee, and|strong="H1121" thou perish with|strong="H5973" all|strong="H0622" thy house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H1121" so|strong="H4480" they|strong="H1992" went|strong="H7725" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" journey|strong="H1870" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3588" begun. But|strong="H3588" Michas seeing|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" stronger|strong="H2389" than|strong="H4480" he|strong="H3588", returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7725" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" six hundred men|strong="H5971" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" things|strong="H1961" we|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H6310" of|strong="H5921" before|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Lais to|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" quiet|strong="H8252" and|strong="H0935" secure|strong="H0982", and|strong="H0935" smote|strong="H5221" them|strong="H1992" with|strong="H8313" the|strong="H0853" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719": and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H1961" burnt|strong="H8313" with|strong="H8313" fire|strong="H0784", 
\verseNumber{28}There|strong="H0369" being no|strong="H0369" man|strong="H0120" at|strong="H3427" all|strong="H1697" who|strong="H0834" brought them|strong="H0853" any|strong="H0369" succour, because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" dwelt|strong="H3427" far|strong="H7350" from|strong="H5337" Sidon|strong="H6721", and|strong="H0120" had|strong="H0834" no|strong="H0369" society or|strong="H0369" business|strong="H1697" with|strong="H5973" any|strong="H0369" man|strong="H0120". And|strong="H0120" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H0369" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" land of|strong="H1697" Rohob: and|strong="H0120" they|strong="H0834" rebuilt|strong="H1129" it|strong="H1931" and|strong="H0120" dwelt|strong="H3427" therein. 
\verseNumber{29}Calling|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3205" the|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892" Dan|strong="H1835" after|strong="H8034" the|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3205" their|strong="H0834" father|strong="H0001", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H0834" son of|strong="H3205" Israel|strong="H3478", which|strong="H0834" before|strong="H7223" was|strong="H8034" called|strong="H7121" Lais. 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H5704" themselves the|strong="H0853" graven|strong="H6459" idol|strong="H6459", and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gersam the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Moses, he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" priests|strong="H3548" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835", until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H1961" captivity|strong="H1540". 
\verseNumber{31}And|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" idol|strong="H6459" of|strong="H1004" Michas remained|strong="H1961" with|strong="H1004" them|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0430" Silo. In|strong="H0430" those|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3605" king in|strong="H0430" Israel. 
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\chapterNumber{19}There|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" a|strong="H1961" certain|strong="H0376" Levite|strong="H3881", who|strong="H0376" dwelt on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3947" side|strong="H1992" of|strong="H4428" mount|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669", who|strong="H0376" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H4428" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" Juda: 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3063" she|strong="H2320" left|strong="H1961" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H3063" returned to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", and|strong="H3063" abode with|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" four|strong="H0702" months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H0935" her|strong="H5921" husband|strong="H0376" followed|strong="H0310" her|strong="H5921", willing to|strong="H0935" be|strong="H0376" reconciled with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" speak|strong="H1696" kindly|strong="H3820" to|strong="H0935" her|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" bring|strong="H0935" her|strong="H5921" back|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921", having with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7200" servant|strong="H5288" and|strong="H0935" two|strong="H6776" asses: and|strong="H0935" she|strong="H3820" received|strong="H0935" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H5921" into|strong="H0935" her|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004". And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H7200" his|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" in|strong="H5921" law had|strong="H0001" heard|strong="H7200" this|strong="H7725", and|strong="H0935" had|strong="H0001" seen|strong="H7200" him|strong="H5921", he|strong="H0310" met|strong="H7125" him|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5973" joy|strong="H8055", 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H0398" embraced the|strong="H3117" man. And|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3117" son in|strong="H3427" law tarried in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3117" house of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H2388" father|strong="H0001" in|strong="H3427" law three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117", eating|strong="H0398" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0854" and|strong="H0398" drinking|strong="H8354" familiarly. 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H1961" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" fourth|strong="H7243" day|strong="H3117" arising early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" morning|strong="H1242" he|strong="H0310" desired|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" depart. But|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001" in|strong="H0413" law kept him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Taste first|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" little bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H6965" strengthen|strong="H6965" thy stomach, and|strong="H6965" so|strong="H1961" thou shalt depart. 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H0398" they|strong="H0376" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" together|strong="H3162", and|strong="H0398" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H0398" drank|strong="H8354". And|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0559" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5291" woman|strong="H5291" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0376" son in|strong="H3427" law: I|strong="H0559" beseech|strong="H4994" thee to|strong="H0413" stay|strong="H3427" here today, and|strong="H0398" let|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994" make|strong="H3190" merry|strong="H3190" together|strong="H3162". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H0376" he|strong="H8033" rising|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" began to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H0376" for|strong="H8033" departing. And|strong="H6965" nevertheless his|strong="H7725" father in|strong="H0376" law earnestly pressed|strong="H6484" him|strong="H7725", and|strong="H6965" made|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725" stay|strong="H3885" with|strong="H0376" him|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" morning|strong="H1242" was|strong="H3117" come|strong="H4994", the|strong="H0559" Levite prepared to|strong="H0559" go|strong="H4994" on|strong="H3117" his|strong="H5186" journey. And|strong="H0398" his|strong="H5186" father|strong="H0001" in|strong="H3117" law said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0398" again|strong="H7925": I|strong="H5704" beseech|strong="H4994" thee to|strong="H0559" take a|strong="H5704" little meat, and|strong="H0398" strengthening thyself, till|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0559" day|strong="H3117" be|strong="H4994" farther advanced, afterwards thou mayest depart. And|strong="H0398" they|strong="H3117" ate|strong="H0398" together. 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H0376" arose|strong="H6965" to|strong="H0559" set|strong="H6965" forward|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" his|strong="H0376" wife and|strong="H1980" servant|strong="H5288". And|strong="H1980" his|strong="H0376" father|strong="H0001" in|strong="H1980" law spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H1931" again|strong="H7925": Consider|strong="H2009" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" day|strong="H3117" is|strong="H1931" declining, and|strong="H1980" draweth toward|strong="H1870" evening|strong="H6150": tarry with|strong="H1980" me|strong="H4994" today|strong="H3117" also|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1980" spend|strong="H3885" the|strong="H0559" day|strong="H3117" in|strong="H1980" mirth, and|strong="H1980" tomorrow|strong="H4279" thou shalt depart|strong="H1980", that|strong="H3117" thou mayest go|strong="H1980" into|strong="H1980" thy house. 
\verseNumber{10}His|strong="H0376" son in|strong="H0935" law would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" consent|strong="H0014" to|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0376" words: but|strong="H3808" forthwith went|strong="H0935" forward|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" over|strong="H6965" against|strong="H5973" Jebus|strong="H2982", which|strong="H1931" by|strong="H0935" another|strong="H0376" name is|strong="H1931" called Jerusalem|strong="H3389", leading with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0935" two|strong="H6776" asses laden, and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0376" concubine|strong="H6370". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H3117" now|strong="H4994" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" come|strong="H4994" near|strong="H5973" Jebus|strong="H2982", and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" day|strong="H3117" was|strong="H5288" far|strong="H0413" spent|strong="H3885": and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" servant|strong="H5288" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5493" master|strong="H0113": Come|strong="H4994", I|strong="H3117" beseech|strong="H4994" thee, let|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994" turn|strong="H5493" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" Jebusites|strong="H2983", and|strong="H3117" lodge there|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{12}His|strong="H0834" master|strong="H0113" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413": I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5674" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" town|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" another|strong="H3808" nation, who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" pass|strong="H5674" over|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Gabaa: 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H5288" when|strong="H0176" I|strong="H0259" shall come|strong="H7126" thither, we will|strong="H5288" lodge there, or|strong="H0176" at|strong="H0259" least in|strong="H0176" the|strong="H0559" city of|strong="H4725" Rama. 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" passed|strong="H5674" by|strong="H0935" Jebus, and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" on|strong="H0935" their|strong="H0935" journey|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" sun|strong="H8121" went|strong="H0935" down upon|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" by|strong="H0935" Gabaa, which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" tribe of|strong="H0935" Benjamin|strong="H1144": 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H0935" they|strong="H8033" turned|strong="H5493" into|strong="H0935" it|strong="H8033", to|strong="H0935" lodge there|strong="H8033". And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0935" they|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0376" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3427", they|strong="H8033" sat|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" street|strong="H7339" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", for|strong="H1004" no|strong="H0369" man|strong="H0376" would|strong="H0376" receive them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0935" lodge. 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009" they|strong="H0376" saw|strong="H2009" an|strong="H4480" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H0376", returning out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0935" field|strong="H7704" and|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4480" his|strong="H0376" work|strong="H4639" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" evening|strong="H6153", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1931" also|strong="H0935" was|strong="H1931" of|strong="H0376" mount|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669", and|strong="H0935" dwelt as|strong="H0935" a|strong="H0935" stranger in|strong="H0935" Gabaa; but|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0935" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" that|strong="H1931" country|strong="H2022" were|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0935" children of|strong="H0376" Jemini. 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H0376" lifting up|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" eyes|strong="H5869", saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" sitting with|strong="H0935" his|strong="H5375" bundles in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" street|strong="H7339" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853": Whence comest thou? and|strong="H0935" whither goest thou? 
\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H5704" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413": We|strong="H0587" came|strong="H1980" out|strong="H0413" from|strong="H0376" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" Juda, and|strong="H1980" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H0376" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" our|strong="H3068" home|strong="H1004", which|strong="H8033" is|strong="H0369" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" side of|strong="H1004" mount|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669", from|strong="H0376" whence we|strong="H0587" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" Bethlehem|strong="H1035": and|strong="H1980" now|strong="H0369" we|strong="H0587" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1980" none|strong="H0369" will|strong="H3068" receive us|strong="H0413" under|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3068" roof: 
\verseNumber{19}We|strong="H3605" have|strong="H0369" straw|strong="H8401" and|strong="H5650" hay for|strong="H3605" provender of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" asses, and|strong="H5650" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H5650" wine|strong="H3196" for|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" use of|strong="H1697" myself|strong="H3196" and|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1697" thy handmaid|strong="H0519", and|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H0369" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5973": we|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" nothing|strong="H0369" but|strong="H0369" lodging. 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H0376" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921": Peace|strong="H7965" be|strong="H0408" with|strong="H5921" thee: I|strong="H0559" will|strong="H0376" furnish all|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H0376" necessary: only|strong="H7535" I|strong="H0559" beseech thee, stay|strong="H3885" not|strong="H0408" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" street|strong="H7339". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1004" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H0935" gave|strong="H0935" provender to|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" asses: and|strong="H0935" after|strong="H7272" they|strong="H0935" had|strong="H0935" washed|strong="H7364" their|strong="H0398" feet|strong="H7272", he|strong="H1004" entertained them|strong="H0935" with|strong="H1004" a|strong="H0935" feast|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{22}While|strong="H2009" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" making merry|strong="H3190", and|strong="H1121" refreshing their|strong="H1992" bodies with|strong="H0413" meat and|strong="H1121" drink, after|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" labour of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" journey|strong="H0935", the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892", sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Belial, (that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834", without yoke,) came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H1121" beset the|strong="H0853" old|strong="H1121" man’s|strong="H0376" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" began|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" knock at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" door|strong="H1817", calling to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" master|strong="H0559" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" saying|strong="H0559": Bring|strong="H0935" forth|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" thy house|strong="H1004", that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0376" abuse him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" old man|strong="H0376" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559": Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H0408" so|strong="H6213", my|strong="H0834" brethren|strong="H0251", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H0408" so|strong="H6213" wickedly: because|strong="H0834" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H0376" is|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" my|strong="H0834" lodging, and|strong="H0935" cease I|strong="H0834" pray|strong="H4994" you|strong="H0834" from|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2088" folly|strong="H5039". 
\verseNumber{24}I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H5869" a|strong="H2088" maiden daughter|strong="H1323", and|strong="H5869" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H0376" hath a|strong="H2088" concubine|strong="H6370", I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H0376" bring|strong="H3318" them|strong="H0853" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0376" you|strong="H6213", and|strong="H5869" you|strong="H6213" may|strong="H4994" humble them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H5869" satisfy your|strong="H4994" lust: only, I|strong="H2009" beseech|strong="H4994" you|strong="H6213", commit not|strong="H3808" this|strong="H2088" crime|strong="H1697" against|strong="H0376" nature on|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{25}They|strong="H3808" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" satisfied|strong="H0014" with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" words; which the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" seeing, brought|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" his|strong="H3605" concubine|strong="H6370" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H7971" abandoned her|strong="H3605" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" wickedness: and|strong="H7971" when|strong="H8085" they|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3045" abused her|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915", they|strong="H3808" let|strong="H7971" her|strong="H3605" go|strong="H3318" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242". 
\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0834" woman|strong="H0802", at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" dawning of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" day|strong="H1242", came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" door|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004" where|strong="H0834" her|strong="H0802" lord|strong="H0113" lodged, and|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033" fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307". 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H6965" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242" the|strong="H5921" man arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" opened|strong="H6605" the|strong="H5921" door|strong="H1817" that|strong="H5307" he|strong="H5921" might end|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" journey|strong="H1870" he|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3027" begun: and|strong="H6965" behold|strong="H2009" his|strong="H5921" concubine|strong="H6370" lay|strong="H5307" before|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" door|strong="H1817" with|strong="H1004" her|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" spread|strong="H3318" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" threshold. 
\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H0376" thinking|strong="H0559" she|strong="H6965" was|strong="H0369" taking|strong="H3947" her|strong="H0413" rest, said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413": Arise|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" let us|strong="H0413" be|strong="H0376" going. But|strong="H0369" as|strong="H0376" she|strong="H6965" made|strong="H3947" no|strong="H0369" answer|strong="H6030", perceiving she|strong="H6965" was|strong="H0369" dead, he|strong="H0376" took|strong="H3947" her|strong="H0413" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" laid her|strong="H0413" upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" ass, and|strong="H6965" returned to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" house. 
\verseNumber{29}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0853" was|strong="H3478" come|strong="H0935" home|strong="H1004" he|strong="H0853" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" sword, and|strong="H0935" divided the|strong="H3605" dead body|strong="H6106" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" wife with|strong="H0413" her|strong="H3605" bones|strong="H6106" into|strong="H0413" twelve|strong="H6240" parts|strong="H5409", and|strong="H0935" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" pieces|strong="H5409" into|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" borders|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H2088" had|strong="H1961" seen|strong="H7200" this|strong="H2088", they|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" cried out|strong="H5921": There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" such|strong="H2088" a|strong="H1961" thing|strong="H2088" done|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3605" fathers came|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714", until|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117": give|strong="H7760" sentence|strong="H1696", and|strong="H1121" decree in|strong="H5921" common|strong="H1121" what|strong="H2088" ought to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961". 
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\chapterNumber{20}Then|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H1121" gathered|strong="H6950" together|strong="H0259" as|strong="H5704" one|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3318" Dan|strong="H1835" to|strong="H0413" Bersabee, with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Galaad, to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" in|strong="H0413" Maspha: 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" chiefs|strong="H6438" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" met together|strong="H5971" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430", four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" footmen|strong="H7273" fit for|strong="H3605" war|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{3}(Nor were|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" ignorant that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0559" Maspha.) And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" Levite the|strong="H0559" husband of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" woman that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" killed, being|strong="H1961" asked|strong="H0559", how|strong="H0349" so|strong="H1961" great a|strong="H1961" wickedness|strong="H7451" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" committed|strong="H1961", 
\verseNumber{4}Answered|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0589" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" Gabaa of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144" with|strong="H0935" my|strong="H0834" wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H0935" there|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" lodged: 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H6965" behold the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1004" that|strong="H6965" city in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" night|strong="H3915" beset the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" wherein I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1004", intending to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H6965" abused my|strong="H5921" wife with|strong="H1004" an|strong="H6965" incredible fury of|strong="H1004" lust, so|strong="H6965" that|strong="H6965" at|strong="H5921" last|strong="H6965" she|strong="H6965" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3588" took|strong="H0270" her|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3478" cut|strong="H5408" her|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" pieces|strong="H5408", and|strong="H3478" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605", parts into all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" borders of|strong="H7704" your|strong="H3605" possession|strong="H5159": because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3605" never was|strong="H3478" so|strong="H6213" heinous|strong="H2154" a|strong="H3588" crime|strong="H2154", and|strong="H3478" so|strong="H6213" great an|strong="H3588" abomination committed|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{7}You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" here|strong="H2009", O children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", determine what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605" ought to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" standing, answered|strong="H0559" as|strong="H0376" by|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" voice of|strong="H1004" one|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0376": We|strong="H3605" will|strong="H0376" not|strong="H3808" return|strong="H5493" to|strong="H0559" our|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168", neither|strong="H3808" shall|strong="H1004" any|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1004" us|strong="H0559" go|strong="H6965" into|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H0376" house|strong="H1004": 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H6258" this|strong="H2088" we|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5921" common against|strong="H5921" Gabaa: 
\verseNumber{10}We|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" take|strong="H3947" ten|strong="H6235" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" a|strong="H3947" hundred|strong="H3967" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3947" hundred|strong="H3967" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0376" a|strong="H3947" thousand|strong="H0505", and|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3947" thousand|strong="H0505" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0376" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505", to|strong="H0935" bring|strong="H0935" victuals for|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971", that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0834" might|strong="H3478" fight against|strong="H0376" Gabaa of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H0935" render to|strong="H0935" it|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3605" its|strong="H3605" wickedness, what|strong="H0834" it|strong="H6213" deserveth. 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", as|strong="H0376" one|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0376", with|strong="H0413" one|strong="H0259" mind, and|strong="H3478" one|strong="H0259" counsel: 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H3478" they|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" messengers to|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144" to|strong="H0559" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H7971": Why|strong="H4100" hath so|strong="H7971" great an|strong="H1961" abomination been|strong="H1961" found among|strong="H0376" you|strong="H0834"? 
\verseNumber{13}Deliver|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Gabaa, that|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" committed|strong="H5414" this|strong="H6258" heinous crime, that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0376" die|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" evil|strong="H7451" may|strong="H0376" be|strong="H4191" taken|strong="H5414" away|strong="H7451" out|strong="H7451" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" hearken to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0853" proposition of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5414" brethren|strong="H0251" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478": 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H5973" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H0622" the|strong="H4480" cities|strong="H5892" which were|strong="H3478" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H0622" lot, they|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H0622" themselves|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" into|strong="H3318" Gabaa, to|strong="H3478" aid them|strong="H3318", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H4480" whole people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H1121" there|strong="H3427" were|strong="H1121" found of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" five and|strong="H1121" twenty|strong="H6242" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H3117" drew|strong="H8025" the|strong="H3117" sword|strong="H2719", besides|strong="H0905" the|strong="H3117" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1121" Gabaa, 
\verseNumber{16}Who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H0376" seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" most valiant men|strong="H0376", fighting with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" left hand|strong="H3027" as|strong="H0376" well as|strong="H0376" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225": and|strong="H3967" slinging stones|strong="H0068" so|strong="H3808" sure that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3808" could|strong="H0376" hit even|strong="H3808" a|strong="H2088" hair|strong="H8185", and|strong="H3967" not|strong="H3808" miss|strong="H2398" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" stone’s going on|strong="H0413" either|strong="H2088" side|strong="H2088". 
\verseNumber{17}Of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" also|strong="H2088", beside the|strong="H3605" children of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144", were|strong="H3478" found four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" that|strong="H3605" drew|strong="H8025" swords|strong="H2719", and|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" prepared to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3068" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" house of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430", that|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068", to|strong="H0559" Silo: and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3068" consulted God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559": Who|strong="H4310" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" in|strong="H0430" our|strong="H3068" army|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0559" first|strong="H8462" to|strong="H0559" go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" battle|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144"? And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H0559" them|strong="H5927": Let Juda be|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" leader. 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H1121" forthwith the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" rising|strong="H6965" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242", camped|strong="H2583" by|strong="H5921" Gabaa: 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H3478" going|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" thence to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H0413" Benjamin|strong="H1144", began to|strong="H0413" assault the|strong="H0853" city. 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" coming|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Gabaa, slew of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" two|strong="H8147" and|strong="H1121" twenty|strong="H6242" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{22}Again|strong="H3254" Israel|strong="H3478" trusting in|strong="H3478" their|strong="H0834" strength|strong="H2388" and|strong="H3478" their|strong="H0834" number, set|strong="H0834" their|strong="H0834" army|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3478" array|strong="H4421" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0834" same place|strong="H4725", where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" fought before|strong="H7223": 
\verseNumber{23}Yet|strong="H3254" so|strong="H5927" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" first|strong="H6440" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H1121" wept|strong="H1058" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" until|strong="H5704" night|strong="H6153": and|strong="H1121" consulted him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559": Shall|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5704" go|strong="H5927" out|strong="H6440" any|strong="H6440" more|strong="H3254" to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" my|strong="H3068" brethren|strong="H0251", or|strong="H5704" not|strong="H3254"? And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5704" answered|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0413": Go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" join|strong="H3254" battle|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0413" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H0413" out|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" next|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H0413" fight against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" sallied forth|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" gates of|strong="H1121" Gabaa: and|strong="H1121" meeting them|strong="H3318" made|strong="H3605" so|strong="H4480" great a|strong="H4480" slaughter of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H3318", as|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H7843" eighteen|strong="H6240" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H3605" drew|strong="H8025" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{26}Wherefore all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" house of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" sat|strong="H3427" and|strong="H1121" wept|strong="H1058" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068": and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8033" fasted|strong="H6684" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" till|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153", and|strong="H1121" offered|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0935" him|strong="H6440" holocausts, and|strong="H1121" victims of|strong="H1121" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002", 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H1121" inquired|strong="H7592" of|strong="H1121" him|strong="H0430" concerning|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" state. At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033", 
\verseNumber{28}And|strong="H1121" Phinees the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" was|strong="H3068" over|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0559" house. So|strong="H5414" they|strong="H1992" consulted the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559": Shall|strong="H0175" we|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" any|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750" to|strong="H0559" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" our|strong="H3068" brethren|strong="H0251", or|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H0175" we|strong="H3588" cease|strong="H2308"? And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H5414": Go|strong="H3318" up|strong="H5927", for|strong="H3588" tomorrow|strong="H4279" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{29}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0413" children of|strong="H1390" Israel|strong="H3478" set|strong="H7760" ambushes|strong="H0693" round|strong="H5439" about|strong="H5439" the|strong="H0413" city of|strong="H1390" Gabaa: 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" drew up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3117" army|strong="H5927" against|strong="H0413" Benjamin|strong="H1144" the|strong="H0413" third|strong="H7992" time|strong="H3117", as|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3478" done the|strong="H0413" first|strong="H3117" and|strong="H1121" second. 
\verseNumber{31}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" boldly issued|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1121" seeing their|strong="H0834" enemies flee|strong="H3318", pursued them|strong="H5221" a|strong="H4480" long way, so|strong="H4480" as|strong="H0834" to|strong="H3478" wound|strong="H2490" and|strong="H1121" kill|strong="H5221" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5221", as|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" done the|strong="H0834" first|strong="H0259" and|strong="H1121" second day, whilst they|strong="H0834" fled by|strong="H3478" two|strong="H4480" highways|strong="H4546", whereof one|strong="H0259" goeth up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Bethel|strong="H1008", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" other|strong="H0259" to|strong="H3478" Gabaa, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" slew|strong="H5221" about|strong="H4480" thirty|strong="H7970" men|strong="H0376": 
\verseNumber{32}For|strong="H0413" they|strong="H1992" thought|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" cut them|strong="H0413" off|strong="H5423", as|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" did before|strong="H6440". But|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" artfully feigning a|strong="H4480" flight|strong="H5127", designed to|strong="H0413" draw|strong="H5423" them|strong="H0413" away|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1121" by|strong="H0413" their|strong="H1992" seeming to|strong="H0413" flee|strong="H5127" to|strong="H0413" bring them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" highways|strong="H4546" aforesaid. 
\verseNumber{33}Then|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" rising|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" they|strong="H0376" were|strong="H3478", set|strong="H6965" their|strong="H3605" army in|strong="H3478" battle array, in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" which is|strong="H0376" called Baalthamar. The|strong="H3605" ambushes|strong="H0693" also|strong="H3478" which were|strong="H3478" about|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" city, began by|strong="H3478" little and|strong="H6965" little to|strong="H3478" come|strong="H6965" forth|strong="H1518", 
\verseNumber{34}And|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" march from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" west side|strong="H5048" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" city. And|strong="H0935" other|strong="H3605" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" chosen|strong="H3045" out|strong="H3045" of|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" attacked|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" inhabitants of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" city. And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421" grew|strong="H3513" hot against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" children of|strong="H0376" Benjamin: and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H1992" understood|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" present|strong="H0935" death threatened them|strong="H1992" on|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" side|strong="H5048". 
\verseNumber{35}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" defeated|strong="H5062" them|strong="H0853" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" slew of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H0853" in|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" five|strong="H2568" and|strong="H1121" twenty|strong="H6242" thousand|strong="H0505", and|strong="H1121" one|strong="H0376" hundred|strong="H3967", all|strong="H3605" fighting men|strong="H0376" and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3605" drew|strong="H8025" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{36}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" saw|strong="H7200" themselves|strong="H7760" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H0376" too weak, began to|strong="H0413" flee. Which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" seeing|strong="H7200", gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" place|strong="H4725" to|strong="H0413" flee, that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" might|strong="H4725" come to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" ambushes|strong="H0693" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" prepared, which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" set|strong="H7760" near the|strong="H0834" city. 
\verseNumber{37}And|strong="H2719" they|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H2719" in|strong="H0413" ambush|strong="H0693" arose on|strong="H0413" a|strong="H5221" sudden out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H6310" their|strong="H3605" coverts, and|strong="H2719" whilst Benjamin turned|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" backs to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" slayers|strong="H5221", went|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H2719" smote|strong="H5221" it|strong="H5221" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H6310" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{38}Now|strong="H1961" the|strong="H4480" children of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H1961" given a|strong="H1961" sign|strong="H4150" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961", whom they|strong="H0376" had|strong="H1961" laid in|strong="H3478" ambushes|strong="H0693", that|strong="H4480" after|strong="H4480" they|strong="H0376" had|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H5927" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892", they|strong="H0376" should|strong="H0376" make a|strong="H1961" fire: that|strong="H4480" by|strong="H3478" the|strong="H4480" smoke|strong="H6227" rising|strong="H5927" on|strong="H1961" high|strong="H7235", they|strong="H0376" might|strong="H3478" shew that|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{39}And|strong="H3478" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" children of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" saw this|strong="H1931" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0559" battle|strong="H4421" (for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" children of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144" thought|strong="H0559" they|strong="H3588" fled and|strong="H3478" pursued them|strong="H5221" vigorously, killing|strong="H5221" thirty|strong="H7970" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" their|strong="H3588" army|strong="H4421") 
\verseNumber{40}And|strong="H8064" perceived as|strong="H5927" it|strong="H0310" were|strong="H8064" a|strong="H4480" pillar|strong="H5982" of|strong="H4480" smoke|strong="H6227" rise|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892"; and|strong="H8064" Benjamin|strong="H1144" looking back|strong="H6437", saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5982" taken|strong="H5927", and|strong="H8064" that|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" flames ascended|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5982" high: 
\verseNumber{41}They|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" before|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3478" made as|strong="H0376" if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" fled, turning|strong="H2015" their|strong="H5921" faces stood bravely against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921"; which the|strong="H5921" children of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144" seeing|strong="H7200", turned|strong="H2015" their|strong="H5921" backs, 
\verseNumber{42}And|strong="H3478" began to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H7843" towards the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" desert|strong="H4057", the|strong="H0853" enemy pursuing them|strong="H0413" thither also|strong="H0853". And|strong="H3478" they|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" fired the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" came|strong="H0413" also|strong="H0853" out|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H6440" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{43}And|strong="H0853" so|strong="H5704" it|strong="H5704" was|strong="H8121", that|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" were|strong="H1144" slain on|strong="H1869" both sides by|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" enemies, and|strong="H0853" there|strong="H5704" was|strong="H8121" no rest|strong="H4496" of|strong="H1390" their|strong="H1869" men dying. They|strong="H5704" fell and|strong="H0853" were|strong="H1144" beaten down|strong="H1869" on|strong="H1869" the|strong="H0853" east|strong="H4217" side|strong="H4217" of|strong="H1390" the|strong="H0853" city Gabaa. 
\verseNumber{44}And|strong="H0376" they|strong="H0376" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H0428" slain in|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H0428" place|strong="H3605" were|strong="H0428" eighteen|strong="H6240" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376", all|strong="H3605" most valiant|strong="H2428" soldiers|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{45}And|strong="H0376" when|strong="H5704" they|strong="H0376" that|strong="H4480" remained|strong="H1692" of|strong="H0376" Benjamin saw this|strong="H0376", they|strong="H0376" fled|strong="H5127" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" wilderness|strong="H4057" and|strong="H0376" made|strong="H5221" towards the|strong="H0413" rock|strong="H5553" that|strong="H4480" is|strong="H0376" called Remmon. In|strong="H0413" that|strong="H4480" flight|strong="H5127", also|strong="H0310" as|strong="H5704" they|strong="H0376" were|strong="H0376" straggling and|strong="H0376" going different ways, they|strong="H0376" slew|strong="H5221" of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H0413" five|strong="H2568" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376". And|strong="H0376" as|strong="H5704" they|strong="H0376" went|strong="H0413" farther, they|strong="H0376" still|strong="H5704" pursued|strong="H1692" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0376" slew|strong="H5221" also|strong="H0310" other|strong="H0376" two|strong="H4480" thousand|strong="H0505". 
\verseNumber{46}And|strong="H3117" so|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1931" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961", that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" slain of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144" in|strong="H3117" divers places|strong="H3605", were|strong="H1961" five|strong="H2568" and|strong="H3117" twenty|strong="H6242" thousand|strong="H0505" fighting men|strong="H0376", most valiant|strong="H2428" for|strong="H3117" war|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{47}And|strong="H3967" there|strong="H3427" remained|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0376" all|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0413" number of|strong="H0376" Benjamin only six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0413" were|strong="H0376" able to|strong="H0413" escape|strong="H5127", and|strong="H3967" flee|strong="H5127" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" wilderness|strong="H4057": and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H0376" abode|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0413" rock|strong="H5553" Remmon four|strong="H0702" months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{48}But|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" returning|strong="H7725", put|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" remains of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719", both|strong="H1571" men|strong="H0376" and|strong="H1121" beasts|strong="H0929", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" villages of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" were|strong="H3478" consumed with|strong="H0413" devouring flames. 
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\chapterNumber{21}Now|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0559" children of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3478" sworn|strong="H7650" in|strong="H3478" Maspha, saying|strong="H0559": None|strong="H3808" of|strong="H0376" us|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" children of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144" to|strong="H0559" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H0935" they|strong="H8033" all|strong="H5704" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" house of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H3427" Silo, and|strong="H0935" abiding before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" till|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" evening|strong="H6153", lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" voices|strong="H6963", and|strong="H0935" began|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" lament and|strong="H0935" weep|strong="H1058", saying|strong="H6963": 
\verseNumber{3}O|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", why|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" so|strong="H1961" great|strong="H0430" an|strong="H1961" evil come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0559" pass|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0430" thy people, that|strong="H3117" this|strong="H2063" day|strong="H3117" one|strong="H0259" tribe|strong="H7626" should|strong="H4100" be|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1961" away from|strong="H3478" among|strong="H6485" us|strong="H3117"? 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H4196" rising|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H1129" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283", they|strong="H8033" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196": and|strong="H4196" offered|strong="H5927" there|strong="H8033" holocausts, and|strong="H4196" victims of|strong="H4196" peace|strong="H8002", and|strong="H4196" they|strong="H8033" said: 
\verseNumber{5}Who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" there|strong="H1961" among|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H0834" came|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5927" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068"? for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" bound themselves with|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" oath|strong="H7621", when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" Maspha, that|strong="H0834" whosoever were|strong="H0834" wanting should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" slain. 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" being|strong="H1121" moved|strong="H5162" with|strong="H0413" repentance for|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3117" brother|strong="H0251" Benjamin|strong="H1144", began to|strong="H0413" say|strong="H0559": One|strong="H0259" tribe|strong="H7626" is|strong="H3117" taken away from|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{7}Whence shall|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" take|strong="H7650" wives|strong="H0802"? For|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H3068" all in|strong="H3068" general sworn|strong="H7650", not|strong="H1115" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" our|strong="H3068" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{8}Therefore|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559": Who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" thereof all|strong="H0259" the|strong="H0559" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478", that|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" not|strong="H3808" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" Maspha. And|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009" the|strong="H0559" inhabitants of|strong="H0376" Jabes Galaad were|strong="H0834" found not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0413" have|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" that|strong="H0834" army|strong="H4264". 
\verseNumber{9}(At|strong="H3427" that|strong="H8033" time also when|strong="H0376" they|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0376" in|strong="H3427" Silo, no|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H6485" was|strong="H0369" found|strong="H0369" there|strong="H8033".) 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H7971" they|strong="H8033" sent|strong="H7971" ten thousand|strong="H0505" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" most valiant|strong="H2428" men|strong="H0376", and|strong="H1121" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H0853", saying|strong="H0559": Go|strong="H7971" and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1121" Jabes Galaad to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719", with|strong="H0376" their|strong="H7971" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H7971" children|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H0802" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0802" observe|strong="H6213": Every|strong="H3605" male|strong="H2145", and|strong="H0802" all|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" that|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" known|strong="H3045" men|strong="H2145", you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0802" kill, but|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" virgins you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0802" save. 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H0935" there|strong="H3427" were|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672" of|strong="H0776" Jabes Galaad four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" virgins|strong="H1330", that|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" known|strong="H3045" the|strong="H0853" bed|strong="H4904" of|strong="H0776" a|strong="H4672" man|strong="H0376", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" camp|strong="H4264" Silo, into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Chanaan. 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" rock|strong="H5553" Remmon, and|strong="H1121" commanded|strong="H1696" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" receive them|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" peace|strong="H7965". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0834" children of|strong="H0802" Benjamin|strong="H1144" came|strong="H4672" at|strong="H7725" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256", and|strong="H7725" wives|strong="H0802" were|strong="H0834" given|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" of|strong="H0802" the|strong="H0834" daughters of|strong="H0802" Jabes Galaad: but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672" no|strong="H3808" others, whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" might|strong="H0834" give|strong="H5414" in|strong="H0802" like|strong="H3651" manner|strong="H3651". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3068" all Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3068" very sorry|strong="H5162", and|strong="H3068" repented|strong="H5162" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" destroying of|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H7626" out|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H0802" the|strong="H0559" ancients said|strong="H0559": What|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H5712" we|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H0802" the|strong="H0559" rest|strong="H3498", that|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3588" received|strong="H3498" wives|strong="H0802"? for|strong="H3588" all the|strong="H0559" women|strong="H0802" in|strong="H0802" Benjamin|strong="H1144" are|strong="H4100" dead. 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3478" we must|strong="H3808" use all care, and|strong="H3478" provide with|strong="H3478" great diligence, that|strong="H0559" one|strong="H3808" tribe|strong="H7626" be|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" destroyed|strong="H4229" out|strong="H4229" of|strong="H7626" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{18}For|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0559" our|strong="H5414" own daughters|strong="H1323" we|strong="H0587" cannot|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414", being|strong="H1121" bound with|strong="H0802" an|strong="H5414" oath|strong="H7650" and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3588" curse|strong="H0779", whereby we|strong="H0587" said|strong="H0559": Cursed|strong="H0779" be|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" Benjamin|strong="H1144" any|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H0559" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H5927" they|strong="H0834" took|strong="H5927" counsel, and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559": Behold|strong="H2009" there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0834" yearly|strong="H3117" solemnity of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" Silo, which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" situate on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" north|strong="H6828" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" city of|strong="H3068" Bethel|strong="H1008", and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" east|strong="H4217" side|strong="H6828" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" way, that|strong="H0834" goeth from|strong="H5927" Bethel|strong="H1008" to|strong="H0559" Sichem, and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" town of|strong="H3068" Lebona. 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0559" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559": Go, and|strong="H1121" lie|strong="H0693" hid in|strong="H0693" the|strong="H0853" vineyards|strong="H3754", 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H1980" when|strong="H7200" you|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H0776" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H0776" Silo come|strong="H1980" out|strong="H3318", as|strong="H0376" the|strong="H7200" custom is|strong="H0776", to|strong="H1980" dance|strong="H4246", come|strong="H1980" ye on|strong="H1980" a|strong="H7200" sudden out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H7200" vineyards|strong="H3754", and|strong="H1980" catch|strong="H2414" you|strong="H0518" every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" his|strong="H0376" wife|strong="H0802" among|strong="H4480" them|strong="H3318", and|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" into|strong="H1980" the|strong="H7200" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5414" fathers|strong="H0001" and|strong="H0935" their|strong="H5414" brethren|strong="H0251" shall|strong="H0376" come|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" shall|strong="H0376" begin to|strong="H0413" complain|strong="H7378" against|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859", and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" chide, we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413": Have|strong="H1961" pity|strong="H2603" on|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413" for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" them|strong="H0413" not|strong="H3808" away|strong="H3947" as|strong="H1961" by|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" right of|strong="H0376" war|strong="H4421" or|strong="H0176" conquest, but|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" asked|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" have|strong="H1961" them|strong="H0413", you|strong="H0859" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" not|strong="H3808", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" fault|strong="H7378" was|strong="H1961" committed|strong="H5414" on|strong="H0413" your|strong="H5414" part|strong="H0859". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" did|strong="H6213", as|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" commanded: and|strong="H1121" according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H5375" number|strong="H4557", they|strong="H0834" carried|strong="H5375" off|strong="H5375" for|strong="H0413" themselves|strong="H1129" every|strong="H0802" man|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5375" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" dancing: and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" went|strong="H7725" into|strong="H0413" their|strong="H5375" possession|strong="H5159" and|strong="H1121" built|strong="H1129" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" cities|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1121" dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H8033" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3478" returned|strong="H1980" by|strong="H1980" their|strong="H8033" tribes|strong="H7626", and|strong="H1980" families|strong="H4940", to|strong="H1980" their|strong="H8033" dwellings. In|strong="H1980" those|strong="H0376" days there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3478" no king in|strong="H1980" Israel|strong="H3478": but|strong="H0376" every|strong="H0376" one|strong="H0376" did|strong="H0376" that|strong="H1931" which|strong="H1931" seemed right to|strong="H1980" himself|strong="H1931". 
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