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¶ Neither did \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* drive \w out|strong="H3423"\w* the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* that \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w*; but the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* them.<pb/>


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¶ Neither did \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* drive \w out|strong="H3423"\w* the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Kitron|strong="H7003"\w*, nor the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Nahalol|strong="H5096"\w*; but the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* them, and became \w tributaries|strong="H4522"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Neither did \w Asher|strong="H0836"\w* drive \w out|strong="H3423"\w* the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Accho|strong="H5910"\w*, nor the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Zidon|strong="H6721"\w*, nor of \w Ahlab|strong="H0303"\w*, nor of \w Achzib|strong="H0392"\w*, nor of \w Helbah|strong="H2462"\w*, nor of \w Aphik|strong="H0663"\w*, nor of \w Rehob|strong="H7340"\w*:


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But the \w Asherites|strong="H0843"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*, the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: for they did not drive them \w out|strong="H3423"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Neither did \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w* drive \w out|strong="H3423"\w* the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w*, nor the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Beth-anath|strong="H1043"\w*; but he \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*, the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: nevertheless the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w* and of \w Beth-anath|strong="H1043"\w* became \w tributaries|strong="H4522"\w* unto them.


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And the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w* \w forced|strong="H3905"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* into the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*: for they would not \w suffer|strong="H5414"\w* them to come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*:


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But the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w* \w would|strong="H2974"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Heres|strong="H2776"\w* in \w Aijalon|strong="H0357"\w*, and in \w Shaalbim|strong="H8169"\w*: yet the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w prevailed|strong="H3513"\w*, so that they became \w tributaries|strong="H4522"\w*.<n>prevailed: Heb. was heavy</n>


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And the \w coast|strong="H1366"\w* of the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w* <i>was</i> from the going \w up|strong="H4608"\w* to \w Akrabbim|strong="H4610"\w*, from the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w*, and \w upward|strong="H4605"\w*.<n>the going…: or, Maaleh-acrabbim</n><pb/>


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And an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* to \w Bochim|strong="H1066"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I made you to go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and have \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* you unto the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* which I \w sware|strong="H7650"\w* unto your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; and I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w never|strong="H5769"\w* \w break|strong="H6565"\w* my \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with you.<n>angel: or, messenger</n>


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And ye shall \w make|strong="H3772"\w* no \w league|strong="H1285"\w* with the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of this \w land|strong="H0776"\w*; ye shall throw \w down|strong="H5422"\w* their \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*: but ye have not \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*: why have ye \w done|strong="H6213"\w* this?


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Wherefore I also \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will not drive them \w out|strong="H1644"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* you; but they shall be <i>as thorns</i> in your \w sides|strong="H6654"\w*, and their \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* shall be a \w snare|strong="H4170"\w* unto you.


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And it came to pass, when the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* these \w words|strong="H1697"\w* unto all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, that the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*.


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And they \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of that \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w Bochim|strong="H1066"\w*: and they \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* there unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>Bochim: that is, Weepers</n><pb/>


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¶ And when \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* had let the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* unto his \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* to \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, and all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* that \w outlived|strong="H0748"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, who had \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* all the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w works|strong="H4639"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* for \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>outlived: Heb. prolonged days after</n>


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And \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nun|strong="H5126"\w*, the \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, <i>being</i> an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*.


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And they \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him in the \w border|strong="H1366"\w* of his \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* in \w Timnath-heres|strong="H8556"\w*, in the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, on the north \w side|strong="H6828"\w* of the \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w Gaash|strong="H1608"\w*.<n>Timnath-heres: also called, Timnath-serah</n>


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And also all that \w generation|strong="H1755"\w* were \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* unto their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*: and there \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w generation|strong="H1755"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them, which \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, nor yet the \w works|strong="H4639"\w* which he had \w done|strong="H6213"\w* for \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baalim|strong="H1168"\w*:


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And they \w forsook|strong="H5800"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, which brought them \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, of the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* them, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* themselves unto them, and provoked the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*.


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And they \w forsook|strong="H5800"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* and \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was \w hot|strong="H2734"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and he \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of \w spoilers|strong="H8154"\w* that \w spoiled|strong="H8155"\w* them, and he \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* them into the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, so that they \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not any \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*.


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Whithersoever they went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was against them for \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, as the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, and as the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* unto them: and they were \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w distressed|strong="H3334"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Nevertheless the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* raised \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*, which \w delivered|strong="H3467"\w* them out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of those that \w spoiled|strong="H8154"\w* them.<n>delivered: Heb. saved</n>


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And yet they would not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto their \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*, but they went a \w whoring|strong="H2181"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* themselves unto them: they \w turned|strong="H5493"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4118"\w* out of the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* which their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* walked \w in|strong="H1980"\w*, \w obeying|strong="H8085"\w* the \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; <i>but</i> they \w did|strong="H6213"\w* not so.


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And when the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w raised|strong="H6965"\w* them up \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*, then the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was with the \w judge|strong="H8199"\w*, and \w delivered|strong="H3467"\w* them out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w judge|strong="H8199"\w*: for it \w repented|strong="H5162"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of their \w groanings|strong="H5009"\w* by reason of them that \w oppressed|strong="H3905"\w* them and \w vexed|strong="H1766"\w* them.


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And it came to pass, when the \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4194"\w*, <i>that</i> they \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w corrupted|strong="H7843"\w* <i>themselves</i> more than their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, in \w following|strong="H3212"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* to \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* them, and to bow \w down|strong="H7812"\w* unto them; they \w ceased|strong="H5307"\w* not from their own \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*, nor from their \w stubborn|strong="H7186"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.<n>corrupted…: or, were corrupt</n><n>ceased…: Heb. let nothing fall of their</n><pb/>


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¶ And the \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was \w hot|strong="H2734"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Because that this \w people|strong="H1471"\w* hath \w transgressed|strong="H5674"\w* my \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* which I \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and have not \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*;


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I also will not \w henceforth|strong="H3254"\w* drive \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w any|strong="H0376"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* which \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w left|strong="H5800"\w* when he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*:


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That through them I may \w prove|strong="H5254"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, whether they will \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* therein, as their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* did \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* <i>it</i>, or not.


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Therefore the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w left|strong="H3240"\w* those \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \w without|strong="H1115"\w* driving them \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w hastily|strong="H4118"\w*; neither \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* he them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*.<n>left: or, suffered</n><pb/>


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Now these <i>are</i> the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w left|strong="H3240"\w*, to \w prove|strong="H5254"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* by them, <i>even</i> as many <i>of Israel</i> as had not \w known|strong="H3045"\w* all the \w wars|strong="H4421"\w* of \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*;


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Only \w that|strong="H7535"\w* the \w generations|strong="H1755"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* might \w know|strong="H3045"\w*, to \w teach|strong="H3925"\w* them \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, at the least such as \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* nothing thereof;


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<i>Namely</i>, \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and all the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*, and the \w Sidonians|strong="H6722"\w*, and the \w Hivites|strong="H2340"\w* that \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, from \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Baal-hermon|strong="H1179"\w* unto the entering \w in|strong="H0935"\w* of \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*.


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And they were to \w prove|strong="H5254"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* by them, to \w know|strong="H3045"\w* whether they would \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto the \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, which he \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*, \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*, and \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, and \w Perizzites|strong="H6522"\w*, and \w Hivites|strong="H2340"\w*, and \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w*:


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And they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* their \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* to be their \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* their \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* to their \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* their \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*.


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w forgat|strong="H7911"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baalim|strong="H1168"\w* and the \w groves|strong="H0842"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Therefore the \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was \w hot|strong="H2734"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and he \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Chushan-rishathaim|strong="H3573"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Mesopotamia|strong="H0763"\w*: and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Chushan-rishathaim|strong="H3573"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.<n>Mesopotamia: Heb. Aram-naharaim</n>


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And when the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* raised \w up|strong="H6965"\w* a \w deliverer|strong="H3467"\w* to the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, who \w delivered|strong="H3467"\w* them, <i>even</i> \w Othniel|strong="H6274"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kenaz|strong="H7073"\w*, \w Caleb’s|strong="H3612"\w* \w younger|strong="H6996"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.<n>deliverer: Heb. saviour</n>


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And the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came upon him, and he \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w war|strong="H4421"\w*: and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w Chushan-rishathaim|strong="H3573"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Mesopotamia|strong="H0763"\w* into his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; and his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w prevailed|strong="H5810"\w* against \w Chushan-rishathaim|strong="H3573"\w*.<n>came: Heb. was</n><n>Mesopotamia: Heb. Aram</n>


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And the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* had \w rest|strong="H8252"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. And \w Othniel|strong="H6274"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kenaz|strong="H7073"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w* \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, because they had \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And he \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* unto him the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* and \w Amalek|strong="H6002"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w possessed|strong="H3423"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of palm \w trees|strong="H8558"\w*.


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So the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w eighteen|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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But when the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* raised them \w up|strong="H6965"\w* a \w deliverer|strong="H3467"\w*, \w Ehud|strong="H0164"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Gera|strong="H1617"\w*, a \w Benjamite|strong="H1145"\w*, a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w lefthanded|strong="H0334"\w*: and by \w him|strong="H3027"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* a \w present|strong="H4503"\w* unto \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*.<n>a Benjamite: or, the son of Jemini</n><n>lefthanded: Heb. shut of his right hand</n>


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But \w Ehud|strong="H0164"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* him a \w dagger|strong="H2719"\w* which had \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w edges|strong="H6366"\w*, of a \w cubit|strong="H1574"\w* \w length|strong="H0753"\w*; and he did \w gird|strong="H2296"\w* it under his \w raiment|strong="H4055"\w* upon his \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w thigh|strong="H3409"\w*.


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And he \w brought|strong="H7126"\w* the \w present|strong="H4503"\w* unto \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*: and \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w* <i>was</i> a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w fat|strong="H1277"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*.


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And when he had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* to \w offer|strong="H7126"\w* the \w present|strong="H4503"\w*, he sent \w away|strong="H7971"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* the \w present|strong="H4503"\w*.


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But he himself turned \w again|strong="H7725"\w* from the \w quarries|strong="H6456"\w* that <i>were</i> by \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I have a \w secret|strong="H5643"\w* \w errand|strong="H1697"\w* unto thee, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: who \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Keep \w silence|strong="H2013"\w*. And all that \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* by him went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from him.<n>quarries: or, graven images</n>


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And \w Ehud|strong="H0164"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto him; and he was \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* in a \w summer|strong="H4747"\w* \w parlour|strong="H5944"\w*, which he had for himself alone. And \w Ehud|strong="H0164"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I have a \w message|strong="H1697"\w* from \w God|strong="H0430"\w* unto thee. And he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* out of <i>his</i> \w seat|strong="H3678"\w*.<n>a summer…: Heb. a parlour of cooling</n>


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And \w Ehud|strong="H0164"\w* put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* his \w left|strong="H8040"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w dagger|strong="H2719"\w* from his \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w thigh|strong="H3409"\w*, and \w thrust|strong="H8628"\w* it into his \w belly|strong="H0990"\w*:


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And the \w haft|strong="H5325"\w* also went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w blade|strong="H3851"\w*; and the \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* \w closed|strong="H5462"\w* \w upon|strong="H1157"\w* the \w blade|strong="H3851"\w*, so that he could not \w draw|strong="H8025"\w* the \w dagger|strong="H2719"\w* out of his \w belly|strong="H0990"\w*; and the \w dirt|strong="H6574"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w*.<n>the dirt…: or, it came out at the buttocks</n>


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Then \w Ehud|strong="H0164"\w* went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* through the \w porch|strong="H4528"\w*, and \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of the \w parlour|strong="H5944"\w* upon him, and \w locked|strong="H5274"\w* them.


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When he was gone \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*; and when they \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that, behold, the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of the \w parlour|strong="H5944"\w* <i>were</i> \w locked|strong="H5274"\w*, they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Surely he \w covereth|strong="H5526"\w* his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* in his \w summer|strong="H4747"\w* \w chamber|strong="H2315"\w*.<n>covereth…: or, doeth his easement</n>


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And they \w tarried|strong="H2342"\w* till they were \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*: and, behold, he \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* not the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of the \w parlour|strong="H5944"\w*; therefore they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* a \w key|strong="H4668"\w*, and \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* <i>them:</i> and, behold, their \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* <i>was</i> fallen \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* on the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.


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And \w Ehud|strong="H0164"\w* \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* while they \w tarried|strong="H4102"\w*, and passed \w beyond|strong="H5674"\w* the \w quarries|strong="H6456"\w*, and \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* unto \w Seirath|strong="H8167"\w*.


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And it came to pass, when he was \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, that he \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* a \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* in the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* with him from the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w*, and he \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Follow|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* me: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* your \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* the \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w* into your \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*. And they went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him, and \w took|strong="H3920"\w* the \w fords|strong="H4569"\w* of \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* toward \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and \w suffered|strong="H5414"\w* not a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to pass \w over|strong="H5674"\w*.


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And they \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* at that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* about \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, all \w lusty|strong="H8082"\w*, and all \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w valour|strong="H2428"\w*; and there \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* not a \w man|strong="H0376"\w*.<n>lusty: Heb. fat</n>


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So \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* was \w subdued|strong="H3665"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* under the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. And the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* had \w rest|strong="H8252"\w* \w fourscore|strong="H8084"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him was \w Shamgar|strong="H8044"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Anath|strong="H6067"\w*, which \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* with an \w ox|strong="H1241"\w* \w goad|strong="H4451"\w*: and he also \w delivered|strong="H3467"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, when \w Ehud|strong="H0164"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Jabin|strong="H2985"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*, that \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*; the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of whose \w host|strong="H6635"\w* <i>was</i> \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w*, which \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Harosheth|strong="H2800"\w* of the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w*.


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: for he had \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* of \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*; and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* he \w mightily|strong="H2394"\w* \w oppressed|strong="H3905"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Deborah|strong="H1683"\w*, a \w prophetess|strong="H5031"\w*, the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Lapidoth|strong="H3941"\w*, she \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* at that \w time|strong="H6256"\w*.


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And she \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* under the palm \w tree|strong="H8560"\w* of \w Deborah|strong="H1683"\w* between \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w* and \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w* in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*: and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to her for \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*.


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And she \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abinoam|strong="H0042"\w* out of \w Kedesh-naphtali|strong="H6943"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Hath not the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*, <i>saying</i>, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w draw|strong="H4900"\w* toward \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Tabor|strong="H8396"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* with thee \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w* and of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w*?


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And I will \w draw|strong="H4900"\w* unto thee to the \w river|strong="H5158"\w* \w Kishon|strong="H7028"\w* \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w*, the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Jabin’s|strong="H2985"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*, with his \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* and his \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w*; and I will \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* him into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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And \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, If thou wilt \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with me, then I will \w go|strong="H1980"\w*: but if thou wilt not \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with me, <i>then</i> I will not \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.


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And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w surely|strong="H1980"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with thee: \w notwithstanding|strong="H0657"\w* the \w journey|strong="H1870"\w* that thou \w takest|strong="H1980"\w* shall not be for thine \w honour|strong="H8597"\w*; for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*. And \w Deborah|strong="H1683"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* with \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w* to \w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w* \w called|strong="H2199"\w* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* and \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w* to \w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w*; and he went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* with \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* at his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*: and \w Deborah|strong="H1683"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* with him.


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Now \w Heber|strong="H2268"\w* the \w Kenite|strong="H7017"\w*, <i>which was</i> of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hobab|strong="H2246"\w* the father in \w law|strong="H2859"\w* of \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, had \w severed|strong="H6504"\w* himself from the \w Kenites|strong="H7017"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H5186"\w* his \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* unto the \w plain|strong="H0436"\w* of \w Zaanaim|strong="H6815"\w*, which <i>is</i> by \w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w*.


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And they \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w* that \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abinoam|strong="H0042"\w* was gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Tabor|strong="H8396"\w*.


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And \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w* gathered \w together|strong="H2199"\w* all his \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, <i>even</i> \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* of \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> with him, from \w Harosheth|strong="H2800"\w* of the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w* unto the \w river|strong="H5158"\w* of \w Kishon|strong="H7028"\w*.<n>together: Heb. by cry, or, proclamation</n>


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And \w Deborah|strong="H1683"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w*, \w Up|strong="H6965"\w*; for this <i>is</i> the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* in which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w* into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: is not the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* gone \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee? So \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w* went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Tabor|strong="H8396"\w*, and \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w discomfited|strong="H2000"\w* \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w*, and all <i>his</i> \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and all <i>his</i> \w host|strong="H4264"\w*, with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w*; so that \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w* lighted \w down|strong="H3381"\w* off <i>his</i> \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*, and fled \w away|strong="H5127"\w* on his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.


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But \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and after the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*, unto \w Harosheth|strong="H2800"\w* of the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w*: and all the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* upon the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; <i>and</i> there was not a \w man|strong="H0259"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w*.<n>a man: Heb. unto one</n><pb/>


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Howbeit \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w* fled \w away|strong="H5127"\w* on his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* to the \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* of \w Jael|strong="H3278"\w* the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Heber|strong="H2268"\w* the \w Kenite|strong="H7017"\w*: for <i>there was</i> \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* between \w Jabin|strong="H2985"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w* and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Heber|strong="H2268"\w* the \w Kenite|strong="H7017"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Jael|strong="H3278"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Turn \w in|strong="H5493"\w*, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, turn \w in|strong="H5493"\w* to me; \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* not. And when he had turned \w in|strong="H5493"\w* unto her into the \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*, she \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* him with a \w mantle|strong="H8063"\w*.<n>mantle: or, rug, or, blanket</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* to \w drink|strong="H8248"\w*; for I am \w thirsty|strong="H6770"\w*. And she \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* a \w bottle|strong="H4997"\w* of \w milk|strong="H2461"\w*, and gave him \w drink|strong="H8248"\w*, and \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* him.


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Again he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, Stand \w in|strong="H5975"\w* the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*, and it shall be, when any \w man|strong="H0376"\w* doth \w come|strong="H0935"\w* and \w enquire|strong="H7592"\w* of thee, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Is \w there|strong="H3426"\w* any \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w here|strong="H3426"\w*? that thou shalt \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, No.


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Then \w Jael|strong="H3278"\w* \w Heber’s|strong="H2268"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* a \w nail|strong="H3489"\w* of the \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*, and \w took|strong="H7760"\w* an \w hammer|strong="H4718"\w* in her \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w softly|strong="H3814"\w* unto him, and \w smote|strong="H8628"\w* the \w nail|strong="H3489"\w* into his \w temples|strong="H7541"\w*, and \w fastened|strong="H6795"\w* it into the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*: for he was fast \w asleep|strong="H7290"\w* and \w weary|strong="H5774"\w*. So he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.<n>and took: Heb. and put</n>


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And, behold, as \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w*, \w Jael|strong="H3278"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, and I will \w shew|strong="H7200"\w* thee the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* whom thou \w seekest|strong="H1245"\w*. And when he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into her <i>tent</i>, behold, \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w* \w lay|strong="H5307"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, and the \w nail|strong="H3489"\w* <i>was</i> in his \w temples|strong="H7541"\w*.


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So \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w subdued|strong="H3665"\w* on that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jabin|strong="H2985"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w prospered|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w prevailed|strong="H7186"\w* against \w Jabin|strong="H2985"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*, until they had \w destroyed|strong="H3772"\w* \w Jabin|strong="H2985"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*.<n>prospered…: Heb. going went and was hard</n><pb/>


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Then \w sang|strong="H7891"\w* \w Deborah|strong="H1683"\w* and \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abinoam|strong="H0042"\w* on that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Praise|strong="H1288"\w* ye the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* for the \w avenging|strong="H6544"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, when the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* willingly \w offered|strong="H5068"\w* themselves.


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\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w*, O ye \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*; give \w ear|strong="H0238"\w*, O ye \w princes|strong="H7336"\w*; I, <i>even</i> I, will \w sing|strong="H7891"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; I will \w sing|strong="H2167"\w* <i>praise</i> to the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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 \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, when thou wentest \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of \w Seir|strong="H8165"\w*, when thou marchedst \w out|strong="H6805"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w trembled|strong="H7493"\w*, and the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w dropped|strong="H5197"\w*, the \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* also \w dropped|strong="H5197"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.


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The \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w melted|strong="H5140"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>even</i> that \w Sinai|strong="H5514"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>melted: Heb. flowed</n><pb/>


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In the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Shamgar|strong="H8044"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Anath|strong="H6067"\w*, in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Jael|strong="H3278"\w*, the \w highways|strong="H0734"\w* were \w unoccupied|strong="H2308"\w*, and the \w travellers|strong="H1980"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* through \w byways|strong="H6128"\w*.<n>travellers: Heb. walkers of paths</n><n>byways: Heb. crooked ways</n>


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<i>The inhabitants of</i> the \w villages|strong="H6520"\w* \w ceased|strong="H2308"\w*, they \w ceased|strong="H2308"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, until that I \w Deborah|strong="H1683"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, that I \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* a \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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They \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*; then <i>was</i> \w war|strong="H3901"\w* in the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*: was there a \w shield|strong="H4043"\w* or \w spear|strong="H7420"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* among \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?


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My \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* <i>is</i> toward the \w governors|strong="H2710"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, that offered themselves \w willingly|strong="H5068"\w* among the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w Bless|strong="H1288"\w* ye the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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\w Speak|strong="H7878"\w*, ye that \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* on \w white|strong="H6715"\w* \w asses|strong="H0860"\w*, ye that \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* in \w judgment|strong="H4055"\w*, and \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.<n>Speak: or, Meditate</n>


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<i>They that are delivered</i> from the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of \w archers|strong="H2686"\w* in the places of drawing \w water|strong="H4857"\w*, there shall they \w rehearse|strong="H8567"\w* the righteous \w acts|strong="H6666"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>even</i> the righteous \w acts|strong="H6666"\w* <i>toward the inhabitants</i> of his \w villages|strong="H6520"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: then shall the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*.<n>righteous…: Heb. righteousnesses</n><pb/>


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\w Awake|strong="H5782"\w*, \w awake|strong="H5782"\w*, \w Deborah|strong="H1683"\w*: \w awake|strong="H5782"\w*, \w awake|strong="H5782"\w*, \w utter|strong="H1696"\w* a \w song|strong="H7892"\w*: \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w*, and lead thy \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w* \w captive|strong="H7617"\w*, thou \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abinoam|strong="H0042"\w*.


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Then he made him that \w remaineth|strong="H8300"\w* have \w dominion|strong="H7287"\w* over the \w nobles|strong="H0117"\w* among the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* made me have \w dominion|strong="H7287"\w* over the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w*.


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Out of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* <i>was there</i> a \w root|strong="H8328"\w* of them against \w Amalek|strong="H6002"\w*; \w after|strong="H0310"\w* thee, \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, among thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; out of \w Machir|strong="H4353"\w* came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w governors|strong="H2710"\w*, and out of \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* they that \w handle|strong="H4900"\w* the \w pen|strong="H7626"\w* of the \w writer|strong="H5608"\w*.<n>handle: Heb. draw with</n>


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And the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w* <i>were</i> with \w Deborah|strong="H1683"\w*; even \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w*, and also \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w*: he was \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* on \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* into the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*. For the \w divisions|strong="H6390"\w* of \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* <i>there were</i> \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w thoughts|strong="H2711"\w* of \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.<n>foot: Heb. his feet</n><n>thoughts: Heb. impressions</n><n>For: or, In</n>


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Why \w abodest|strong="H3427"\w* thou \w among|strong="H0996"\w* the \w sheepfolds|strong="H4942"\w*, to \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w bleatings|strong="H8292"\w* of the \w flocks|strong="H5739"\w*? For the \w divisions|strong="H6390"\w* of \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* <i>there were</i> \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w searchings|strong="H2714"\w* of \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.<n>For: or, In</n>


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\w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w abode|strong="H7931"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*: and why did \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \w remain|strong="H1481"\w* in \w ships|strong="H0591"\w*? \w Asher|strong="H0836"\w* \w continued|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w shore|strong="H2348"\w*, and \w abode|strong="H7931"\w* in his \w breaches|strong="H4664"\w*.<n>shore: or, port</n><n>breaches: or, creeks</n>


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\w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* and \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w* <i>were</i> a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>that</i> \w jeoparded|strong="H2778"\w* their \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* unto the \w death|strong="H4191"\w* in the high \w places|strong="H4791"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*.<n>jeoparded: Heb. exposed to reproach</n>


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The \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* <i>and</i> \w fought|strong="H3898"\w*, then \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* in \w Taanach|strong="H8590"\w* by the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* of \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*; they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* no \w gain|strong="H1215"\w* of \w money|strong="H3701"\w*.


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They \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*; the \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* in their \w courses|strong="H4546"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w*.<n>courses: Heb. paths</n>


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The \w river|strong="H5158"\w* of \w Kishon|strong="H7028"\w* swept them \w away|strong="H1640"\w*, that \w ancient|strong="H6917"\w* \w river|strong="H5158"\w*, the \w river|strong="H5158"\w* \w Kishon|strong="H7028"\w*. O my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, thou hast trodden \w down|strong="H1869"\w* \w strength|strong="H5797"\w*.


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Then were the \w horsehoofs|strong="H6119"\w* \w broken|strong="H1986"\w* by the means of the \w pransings|strong="H1726"\w*, the \w pransings|strong="H1726"\w* of their mighty \w ones|strong="H0047"\w*.<n>pransings: or, tramplings, or, plungings</n>


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\w Curse|strong="H0779"\w* ye \w Meroz|strong="H4789"\w*, \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w curse|strong="H0779"\w* ye \w bitterly|strong="H0779"\w* the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* thereof; because they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* not to the \w help|strong="H5833"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, to the \w help|strong="H5833"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* against the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* above \w women|strong="H0802"\w* shall \w Jael|strong="H3278"\w* the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Heber|strong="H2268"\w* the \w Kenite|strong="H7017"\w* be, \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* shall she be above \w women|strong="H0802"\w* in the \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*.


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He \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, <i>and</i> she \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* <i>him</i> \w milk|strong="H2461"\w*; she brought \w forth|strong="H7126"\w* \w butter|strong="H2529"\w* in a \w lordly|strong="H0117"\w* \w dish|strong="H5602"\w*.


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She \w put|strong="H7971"\w* her \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* to the \w nail|strong="H3489"\w*, and her right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* to the \w workmen’s|strong="H6001"\w* \w hammer|strong="H1989"\w*; and with the hammer she \w smote|strong="H1986"\w* \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w*, she smote \w off|strong="H4277"\w* his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, when she had \w pierced|strong="H4272"\w* and stricken \w through|strong="H2498"\w* his \w temples|strong="H7541"\w*.<n>with…: Heb. she hammered</n>


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At her \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* he \w bowed|strong="H3766"\w*, he \w fell|strong="H5307"\w*, he lay \w down|strong="H7901"\w*: at her \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* he \w bowed|strong="H3766"\w*, he \w fell|strong="H5307"\w*: \w where|strong="H0834"\w* he \w bowed|strong="H3766"\w*, there he fell \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w dead|strong="H7703"\w*.<n>At: Heb. Between</n><n>dead: Heb. destroyed</n>


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The \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* of \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w* \w looked|strong="H8259"\w* out at a \w window|strong="H2474"\w*, and \w cried|strong="H2980"\w* through the \w lattice|strong="H0822"\w*, Why is his \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* <i>so</i> \w long|strong="H0954"\w* in \w coming|strong="H0935"\w*? why \w tarry|strong="H0309"\w* the \w wheels|strong="H6471"\w* of his \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w*?


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Her \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w ladies|strong="H8282"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* her, yea, she \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w answer|strong="H0561"\w* to herself,<n>answer: Heb. her words</n>


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Have they not \w sped|strong="H4672"\w*? have they <i>not</i> \w divided|strong="H2505"\w* the \w prey|strong="H7998"\w*; to \w every|strong="H7218"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* a \w damsel|strong="H7356"\w* <i>or</i> \w two|strong="H7361"\w*; to \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w* a \w prey|strong="H7998"\w* of divers \w colours|strong="H6648"\w*, a \w prey|strong="H7998"\w* of divers \w colours|strong="H6648"\w* of \w needlework|strong="H7553"\w*, of divers \w colours|strong="H6648"\w* of needlework on both \w sides|strong="H7553"\w*, <i>meet</i> for the \w necks|strong="H6677"\w* of <i>them that take</i> the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w*?<n>every…: Heb. the head of a man</n>


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So let all thine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: but <i>let</i> them that \w love|strong="H0157"\w* him <i>be</i> as the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* when he goeth \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* in his \w might|strong="H1369"\w*. And the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* had \w rest|strong="H8252"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.<pb/>


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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And the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w* \w prevailed|strong="H5810"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: <i>and</i> \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* them the \w dens|strong="H4492"\w* which <i>are</i> in the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and \w caves|strong="H4631"\w*, and strong \w holds|strong="H4679"\w*.<n>prevailed: Heb. was strong</n>


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And <i>so</i> it was, when \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* had \w sown|strong="H2232"\w*, that the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w*, and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w east|strong="H6924"\w*, even they came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against them;


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And they \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* against them, and \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* the \w increase|strong="H2981"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, till thou \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w*, and \w left|strong="H7604"\w* no \w sustenance|strong="H4241"\w* for \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, neither \w sheep|strong="H7716"\w*, nor \w ox|strong="H7794"\w*, nor \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*.<n>sheep: or goat</n>


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For they came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* with their \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w* and their \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*, and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w as|strong="H1767"\w* \w grasshoppers|strong="H0697"\w* for \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w*; <i>for</i> both they and their \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* were without \w number|strong="H4557"\w*: and they \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* it.


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And \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* was \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w impoverished|strong="H1809"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w*; and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass, when the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w because|strong="H0182"\w* of the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w*,


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That the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* a \w prophet|strong="H0376"\w* unto the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, I brought you \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and brought you \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w bondage|strong="H5650"\w*;<n>a prophet: Heb. a man a prophet</n>


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And I \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* you out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w*, and out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of all that \w oppressed|strong="H3905"\w* you, and drave them \w out|strong="H1644"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* you, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* you their \w land|strong="H0776"\w*;


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And I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto you, I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* not the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, in whose \w land|strong="H0776"\w* ye \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w*: but ye have not \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* under an \w oak|strong="H0424"\w* which <i>was</i> in \w Ophrah|strong="H6084"\w*, that <i>pertained</i> unto \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* the \w Abi-ezrite|strong="H0033"\w*: and his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w threshed|strong="H2251"\w* \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w* by the \w winepress|strong="H1660"\w*, to \w hide|strong="H5127"\w* <i>it</i> \w from|strong="H6440"\w* the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w*.<n>Gideon: Gr. Gedeon</n><n>to hide…: Heb. to cause it to flee</n>


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And the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* unto him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> with thee, thou \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* man of \w valour|strong="H2428"\w*.


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And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Oh|strong="H0994"\w* my \w Lord|strong="H0113"\w*, \w if|strong="H3426"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* be with us, why then is all this \w befallen|strong="H4672"\w* us? and where <i>be</i> all his \w miracles|strong="H6381"\w* which our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w told|strong="H5608"\w* us of, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Did not the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* bring us \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*? but now the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w forsaken|strong="H5203"\w* us, and \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* us into the \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* of the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w looked|strong="H6437"\w* upon him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* in this thy \w might|strong="H3581"\w*, and thou shalt \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* from the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w*: have not I \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* thee?


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Oh|strong="H0994"\w* my \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, \w wherewith|strong="H4100"\w* shall I \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? behold, my \w family|strong="H0504"\w* <i>is</i> \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* in \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, and I <i>am</i> the \w least|strong="H6810"\w* in my \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>my family…: Heb. my thousand is the meanest</n>


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w* as \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, If now I have \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w grace|strong="H2580"\w* in thy \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, then \w shew|strong="H6213"\w* me a \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* that thou \w talkest|strong="H1696"\w* with me.


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\w Depart|strong="H4185"\w* not hence, I pray thee, until I \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto thee, and bring \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* my \w present|strong="H4503"\w*, and \w set|strong="H3240"\w* <i>it</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w tarry|strong="H3427"\w* until thou come \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.<n>present: or, meat offering</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* went \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, and made \w ready|strong="H6213"\w* a \w kid|strong="H5795"\w*, and unleavened \w cakes|strong="H4682"\w* of an \w ephah|strong="H0374"\w* of \w flour|strong="H7058"\w*: the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* he \w put|strong="H7760"\w* in a \w basket|strong="H5536"\w*, and he \w put|strong="H7760"\w* the \w broth|strong="H4839"\w* in a \w pot|strong="H6517"\w*, and brought <i>it</i> \w out|strong="H3318"\w* unto him under the \w oak|strong="H0424"\w*, and \w presented|strong="H5066"\w* <i>it</i>.<n>a kid: Heb. a kid of the goats</n>


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And the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* and the unleavened \w cakes|strong="H4682"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H3240"\w* <i>them</i> upon \w this|strong="H1975"\w* \w rock|strong="H5553"\w*, and pour \w out|strong="H8210"\w* the \w broth|strong="H4839"\w*. And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* so.<pb/>


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¶ Then the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* the \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* that <i>was</i> in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* and the unleavened \w cakes|strong="H4682"\w*; and there rose \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* out of the \w rock|strong="H6697"\w*, and \w consumed|strong="H0398"\w* the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* and the unleavened \w cakes|strong="H4682"\w*. Then the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w departed|strong="H1980"\w* out of his \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.


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And when \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w perceived|strong="H7200"\w* that he <i>was</i> an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Alas|strong="H0162"\w*, O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*! for \w because|strong="H3651"\w* I have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* to \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Peace|strong="H7965"\w* <i>be</i> unto thee; \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* not: thou shalt not \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.


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Then \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* there unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* it \w Jehovah-shalom|strong="H3073"\w*: unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* it <i>is</i> yet in \w Ophrah|strong="H6084"\w* of the \w Abi-ezrites|strong="H0033"\w*.<n>Jehovah-shalom: that is, The  [[ LORD]][[* send peace]]</n><pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass the same \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w young|strong="H6499"\w* \w bullock|strong="H7794"\w*, even the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w bullock|strong="H6499"\w* of \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* years \w old|strong="H8141"\w*, and throw \w down|strong="H2040"\w* the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* that thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* hath, and cut \w down|strong="H3772"\w* the \w grove|strong="H0842"\w* that <i>is</i> by it:<n>even: or, and</n>


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And \w build|strong="H1129"\w* an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* upon the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of this \w rock|strong="H4581"\w*, in the ordered \w place|strong="H4634"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w bullock|strong="H6499"\w*, and \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* a burnt \w sacrifice|strong="H5930"\w* with the \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* of the \w grove|strong="H0842"\w* which thou shalt cut \w down|strong="H3772"\w*.<n>rock: Heb. strong place</n><n>in the ordered…: or, in an orderly manner</n>


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Then \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and \w did|strong="H6213"\w* as the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto him: and <i>so</i> it was, because he \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, that he could not \w do|strong="H6213"\w* <i>it</i> by \w day|strong="H3119"\w*, that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>it</i> by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And when the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* arose \w early|strong="H7925"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, behold, the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* was cast \w down|strong="H5422"\w*, and the \w grove|strong="H0842"\w* was cut \w down|strong="H3772"\w* that <i>was</i> by it, and the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w bullock|strong="H6499"\w* was \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* upon the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* <i>that was</i> \w built|strong="H1129"\w*.


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And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, Who hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*? And when they \w enquired|strong="H1875"\w* and \w asked|strong="H1245"\w*, they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.


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Then the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*, Bring \w out|strong="H3318"\w* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, that he may \w die|strong="H4191"\w*: because he hath cast \w down|strong="H5422"\w* the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and because he hath cut \w down|strong="H3772"\w* the \w grove|strong="H0842"\w* that <i>was</i> by it.


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And \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto all that \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* against him, Will ye \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* for \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*? will ye \w save|strong="H3467"\w* him? he that will \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* for him, let him be put to \w death|strong="H4191"\w* whilst <i>it is yet</i> \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*: if he <i>be</i> a \w god|strong="H0430"\w*, let him \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* for himself, because <i>one</i> hath cast \w down|strong="H5422"\w* his \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.


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Therefore on that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* him \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Let \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* against him, because he hath thrown \w down|strong="H5422"\w* his \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.<n>Jerubbaal: that is, Let Baal plead</n><n>Jerubbesheth: that is, Let the shameful thing plead</n><pb/>


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¶ Then all the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w* and the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w* and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w east|strong="H6924"\w* were \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, and went \w over|strong="H5674"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.


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But the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w came|strong="H3847"\w* upon \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*, and he \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* a \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*; and \w Abi-ezer|strong="H0044"\w* was \w gathered|strong="H2199"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him.<n>came…: Heb. clothed</n><n>gathered: Heb. called</n>


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And he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* throughout all \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*; who also was \w gathered|strong="H2199"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him: and he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* unto \w Asher|strong="H0836"\w*, and unto \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w*, and unto \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*; and they came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* them.<n>gathered: Heb. called</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, If thou \w wilt|strong="H3426"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* by mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, as thou hast \w said|strong="H1696"\w*,


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Behold, I will \w put|strong="H3322"\w* a \w fleece|strong="H1492"\w* of \w wool|strong="H6785"\w* in the \w floor|strong="H1637"\w*; <i>and</i> if the \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* be on the \w fleece|strong="H1492"\w* only, and <i>it be</i> \w dry|strong="H2721"\w* upon all the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* <i>beside</i>, then shall I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that thou wilt \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* by mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, as thou hast \w said|strong="H1696"\w*.


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And it was so: for he rose up \w early|strong="H7925"\w* on the \w morrow|strong="H4283"\w*, and \w thrust|strong="H2115"\w* the \w fleece|strong="H1492"\w* \w together|strong="H2115"\w*, and \w wringed|strong="H4680"\w* the \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* out of the \w fleece|strong="H1492"\w*, a \w bowl|strong="H5602"\w* \w full|strong="H4393"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.


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And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, Let not thine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* be \w hot|strong="H2734"\w* against me, and I will \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* but this \w once|strong="H6471"\w*: let me \w prove|strong="H5254"\w*, I pray thee, but this \w once|strong="H6471"\w* with the \w fleece|strong="H1492"\w*; let it now be \w dry|strong="H2721"\w* only upon the \w fleece|strong="H1492"\w*, and upon all the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* let there be \w dew|strong="H2919"\w*.


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And \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* so that \w night|strong="H3915"\w*: for it was \w dry|strong="H2721"\w* upon the \w fleece|strong="H1492"\w* only, and there was \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* on all the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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Then \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w*, who <i>is</i> \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> with him, rose up \w early|strong="H7925"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* beside the well of \w Harod|strong="H5878"\w*: so that the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w* were on the north \w side|strong="H6828"\w* of them, by the \w hill|strong="H1389"\w* of \w Moreh|strong="H4176"\w*, in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*, The \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>are</i> with thee <i>are</i> too \w many|strong="H7227"\w* for me to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w* into their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, lest \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w vaunt|strong="H6286"\w* themselves against me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Mine own \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* hath \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* me.


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Now therefore go \w to|strong="H4994"\w*, \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Whosoever <i>is</i> \w fearful|strong="H3373"\w* and \w afraid|strong="H2730"\w*, let him \w return|strong="H7725"\w* and depart \w early|strong="H6852"\w* from \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*. And there \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*; and there \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*, The \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>are</i> yet <i>too</i> \w many|strong="H7227"\w*; bring them \w down|strong="H3381"\w* unto the \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and I will \w try|strong="H6884"\w* them for thee there: and it shall be, <i>that</i> of whom I \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee, This shall \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with thee, the same shall \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with thee; and of whomsoever I \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee, This shall not \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with thee, the same shall not \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.


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So he brought \w down|strong="H3381"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* unto the \w water|strong="H4325"\w*: and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*, Every one that \w lappeth|strong="H3952"\w* of the \w water|strong="H4325"\w* with his \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*, as a \w dog|strong="H3611"\w* \w lappeth|strong="H3952"\w*, him shalt thou \w set|strong="H3322"\w* by himself; likewise every one that boweth \w down|strong="H3766"\w* upon his \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* to \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*.


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And the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of them that \w lapped|strong="H3952"\w*, <i>putting</i> their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* to their \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, were \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*: but all the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* bowed \w down|strong="H3766"\w* upon their \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* to \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*, By the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* that \w lapped|strong="H3952"\w* will I \w save|strong="H3467"\w* you, and \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w* into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: and let all the <i>other</i> \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* unto his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.


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So the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w victuals|strong="H6720"\w* in their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and their \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*: and he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w all|strong="H0376"\w* <i>the rest of</i> \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* unto his \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*, and \w retained|strong="H2388"\w* those \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*: and the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w* was beneath him in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass the same \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, get thee \w down|strong="H3381"\w* unto the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*; for I have \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* it into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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But if thou \w fear|strong="H3373"\w* to go \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, \w go|strong="H3381"\w* thou with \w Phurah|strong="H6513"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*:


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And thou shalt \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* what they \w say|strong="H1696"\w*; and \w afterward|strong="H0310"\w* shall thine \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* be \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w* to go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* unto the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*. Then went he \w down|strong="H3381"\w* with \w Phurah|strong="H6513"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* unto the \w outside|strong="H7097"\w* of the armed \w men|strong="H2571"\w* that <i>were</i> in the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*.<n>armed men: or, ranks by five</n>


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And the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w* and the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w* and all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w east|strong="H6924"\w* \w lay|strong="H5307"\w* along in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* like \w grasshoppers|strong="H0697"\w* for \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w*; and their \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* <i>were</i> without \w number|strong="H4557"\w*, as the \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* by the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w side|strong="H8193"\w* for \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w*.


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And when \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, behold, <i>there was</i> a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w told|strong="H5608"\w* a \w dream|strong="H2472"\w* unto his \w fellow|strong="H7453"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, I \w dreamed|strong="H2492"\w* a \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*, and, lo, a \w cake|strong="H6742"\w* of \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w tumbled|strong="H2015"\w* into the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto a \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* it that it \w fell|strong="H5307"\w*, and \w overturned|strong="H2015"\w* it, that the \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* lay \w along|strong="H5307"\w*.


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And his \w fellow|strong="H7453"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, This <i>is</i> nothing else save the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* of \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*, a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: <i>for</i> into his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* hath \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*, and all the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it was <i>so</i>, when \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w telling|strong="H4557"\w* of the \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*, and the \w interpretation|strong="H7667"\w* thereof, that he \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w*, and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* into the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*; for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* into your \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*.<n>interpretation: Heb. breaking</n><pb/>


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And he \w divided|strong="H2673"\w* the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* <i>into</i> \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w companies|strong="H7218"\w*, and he \w put|strong="H5414"\w* a \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* in every \w man’s hand|strong="H3027"\w*, with \w empty|strong="H7386"\w* \w pitchers|strong="H3537"\w*, and \w lamps|strong="H3940"\w* \w within|strong="H8432"\w* the \w pitchers|strong="H3537"\w*.<n>a trumpet…: Heb. trumpets in the hand of all of them</n><n>lamps: or, firebrands, or, torches</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Look|strong="H7200"\w* on me, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* likewise: and, behold, when I \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w outside|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*, it shall be <i>that</i>, as I \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, so shall ye \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.


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When I \w blow|strong="H8628"\w* with a \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, I and all that <i>are</i> with me, then \w blow|strong="H8628"\w* ye the \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* also on every \w side|strong="H5439"\w* of all the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>The sword</i> of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and of \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ So \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*, and the \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* that <i>were</i> with him, \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w outside|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* in the \w beginning|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w middle|strong="H8484"\w* \w watch|strong="H0821"\w*; and they had \w but|strong="H0389"\w* \w newly|strong="H6965"\w* \w set|strong="H6965"\w* the \w watch|strong="H8104"\w*: and they \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* the \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*, and \w brake|strong="H5310"\w* the \w pitchers|strong="H3537"\w* that <i>were</i> in their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.


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And the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w companies|strong="H7218"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* the \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*, and \w brake|strong="H7665"\w* the \w pitchers|strong="H3537"\w*, and \w held|strong="H2388"\w* the \w lamps|strong="H3940"\w* in their \w left|strong="H8040"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, and the \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* in their \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* to \w blow|strong="H8628"\w* <i>withal:</i> and they \w cried|strong="H7121"\w*, The \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and of \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*.


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And they \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* in his place round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*: and all the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w*, and \w cried|strong="H7321"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*.


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And the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* the \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* every \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* against his \w fellow|strong="H7453"\w*, even throughout all the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*: and the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* to \w Beth-shittah|strong="H1029"\w* in \w Zererath|strong="H6888"\w*, <i>and</i> to the \w border|strong="H8193"\w* of \w Abel-meholah|strong="H0065"\w*, unto \w Tabbath|strong="H2888"\w*.<n>in: or, toward</n><n>border: Heb. lip</n><pb/>


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And the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H6817"\w* out of \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*, and out of \w Asher|strong="H0836"\w*, and out of all \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, and \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* throughout all \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3920"\w* before them the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* unto \w Beth-barah|strong="H1012"\w* and \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*. Then all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H6817"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3920"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* unto \w Beth-barah|strong="H1012"\w* and \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.


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And they \w took|strong="H3920"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w*, \w Oreb|strong="H6159"\w* and \w Zeeb|strong="H2062"\w*; and they \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* \w Oreb|strong="H6159"\w* upon the \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* \w Oreb|strong="H6159"\w*, and \w Zeeb|strong="H2062"\w* they \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* at the \w winepress|strong="H3342"\w* of \w Zeeb|strong="H2062"\w*, and \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* the \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Oreb|strong="H6159"\w* and \w Zeeb|strong="H2062"\w* to \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* on the other \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.<pb/>


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And the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Why hast \w thou|strong="H4100"\w* \w served|strong="H6213"\w* us \w thus|strong="H1697"\w*, that thou \w calledst|strong="H7121"\w* us not, when thou \w wentest|strong="H1980"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* with the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w*? And they did \w chide|strong="H7378"\w* with him \w sharply|strong="H2394"\w*.<n>Why…: Heb. What thing is this thou hast done unto us</n><n>sharply: Heb. strongly</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, What have I \w done|strong="H6213"\w* now in comparison of you? <i>Is</i> not the \w gleaning|strong="H5955"\w* of the grapes of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than the \w vintage|strong="H1210"\w* of \w Abi-ezer|strong="H0044"\w*?


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\w God|strong="H0430"\w* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* into your \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*, \w Oreb|strong="H6159"\w* and \w Zeeb|strong="H2062"\w*: and what was I \w able|strong="H3201"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* in comparison of you? Then their \w anger|strong="H7307"\w* was \w abated|strong="H7503"\w* toward him, when he had \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1696"\w*.<n>anger: Heb. spirit</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, <i>and</i> passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w*, he, and the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* that <i>were</i> with him, \w faint|strong="H5889"\w*, yet \w pursuing|strong="H7291"\w* <i>them</i>.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Succoth|strong="H5523"\w*, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w*, I pray you, \w loaves|strong="H3603"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w follow|strong="H7272"\w* me; for they <i>be</i> \w faint|strong="H5889"\w*, and I am \w pursuing|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Zebah|strong="H2078"\w* and \w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\w*, \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Succoth|strong="H5523"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Are</i> the \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* of \w Zebah|strong="H2078"\w* and \w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\w* now in thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, that we should \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* unto thine \w army|strong="H6635"\w*?


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And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Therefore when the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w Zebah|strong="H2078"\w* and \w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\w* into mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, then I will \w tear|strong="H1758"\w* your \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* with the \w thorns|strong="H6975"\w* of the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* and with \w briers|strong="H1303"\w*.<n>tear: Heb. thresh</n><pb/>


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¶ And he went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* thence to \w Penuel|strong="H6439"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto them \w likewise|strong="H2063"\w*: and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Penuel|strong="H6439"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* him as the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Succoth|strong="H5523"\w* had \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* <i>him</i>.


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And he \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* also unto the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Penuel|strong="H6439"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, When I come \w again|strong="H7725"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, I will break \w down|strong="H5422"\w* this \w tower|strong="H4026"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now \w Zebah|strong="H2078"\w* and \w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\w* <i>were</i> in \w Karkor|strong="H7174"\w*, and their \w hosts|strong="H4264"\w* with them, about \w fifteen|strong="H2568"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* <i>men</i>, all that were \w left|strong="H3498"\w* of all the \w hosts|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w east|strong="H6924"\w*: for there \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* that \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.<n>men that…: or, every one drawing a sword</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of them that \w dwelt|strong="H7931"\w* in \w tents|strong="H0168"\w* on the \w east|strong="H6924"\w* of \w Nobah|strong="H5025"\w* and \w Jogbehah|strong="H3011"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*: for the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* was \w secure|strong="H0983"\w*.


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And when \w Zebah|strong="H2078"\w* and \w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*, he \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them, and \w took|strong="H3920"\w* the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*, \w Zebah|strong="H2078"\w* and \w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\w*, and \w discomfited|strong="H2729"\w* all the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*.<n>discomfited: Heb. terrified</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w before|strong="H4608"\w* the \w sun|strong="H2775"\w* <i>was up</i>,


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And \w caught|strong="H3920"\w* a young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Succoth|strong="H5523"\w*, and \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* of him: and he \w described|strong="H3789"\w* unto him the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Succoth|strong="H5523"\w*, and the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* thereof, <i>even</i> threescore and \w seventeen|strong="H7657"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.<n>described: Heb. writ</n>


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And he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Succoth|strong="H5523"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold \w Zebah|strong="H2078"\w* and \w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\w*, with whom ye did \w upbraid|strong="H2778"\w* me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Are</i> the \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* of \w Zebah|strong="H2078"\w* and \w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\w* now in thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, that we should \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* unto thy \w men|strong="H0582"\w* <i>that are</i> \w weary|strong="H3287"\w*?


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And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w thorns|strong="H6975"\w* of the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* and \w briers|strong="H1303"\w*, and with them he \w taught|strong="H3045"\w* the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Succoth|strong="H5523"\w*.<n>taught: Heb. made to know</n>


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And he beat \w down|strong="H5422"\w* the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* of \w Penuel|strong="H6439"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* he unto \w Zebah|strong="H2078"\w* and \w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\w*, \w What|strong="H0375"\w* manner of \w men|strong="H0582"\w* <i>were they</i> whom ye \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* at \w Tabor|strong="H8396"\w*? And they \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, As \w thou|strong="H3644"\w* <i>art</i>, so <i>were</i> they; each \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w resembled|strong="H8389"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of a \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<n>resembled…: Heb. according to the form, etc</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, They <i>were</i> my \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, <i>even</i> the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of my \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*: <i>as</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, \w if|strong="H3863"\w* ye had saved them \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*, I would not \w slay|strong="H2026"\w* you.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jether|strong="H3500"\w* his \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w*, \w Up|strong="H6965"\w*, <i>and</i> \w slay|strong="H2026"\w* them. But the \w youth|strong="H5288"\w* \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* not his \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*: for he \w feared|strong="H3372"\w*, because he <i>was</i> yet a \w youth|strong="H5288"\w*.


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Then \w Zebah|strong="H2078"\w* and \w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Rise|strong="H6965"\w* thou, and \w fall|strong="H6293"\w* upon us: for as the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* <i>is, so is</i> his \w strength|strong="H1369"\w*. And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* \w Zebah|strong="H2078"\w* and \w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\w*, and took \w away|strong="H3947"\w* the \w ornaments|strong="H7720"\w* that <i>were</i> on their \w camels’|strong="H1581"\w* \w necks|strong="H6677"\w*.<n>ornaments: or, ornaments like the moon</n><pb/>


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¶ Then the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*, \w Rule|strong="H4910"\w* thou over us, both thou, and thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and thy \w son’s|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* also: for thou hast \w delivered|strong="H3467"\w* us from the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*.


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And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, I will not \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* over you, neither shall my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* over you: the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* over you.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, I would \w desire|strong="H7592"\w* a \w request|strong="H7596"\w* of you, that ye would \w give|strong="H5414"\w* me every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* the \w earrings|strong="H5141"\w* of his \w prey|strong="H7998"\w*. (For they had \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w earrings|strong="H5141"\w*, because they <i>were</i> \w Ishmaelites|strong="H3459"\w*.)


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And they \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, We will \w willingly|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* <i>them</i>. And they \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* a \w garment|strong="H8071"\w*, and did \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* therein every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* the \w earrings|strong="H5141"\w* of his \w prey|strong="H7998"\w*.


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And the \w weight|strong="H4948"\w* of the \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w earrings|strong="H5141"\w* that he \w requested|strong="H7592"\w* was a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* and \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* <i>shekels</i> of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*; beside \w ornaments|strong="H7720"\w*, and \w collars|strong="H5188"\w*, and \w purple|strong="H0713"\w* \w raiment|strong="H0899"\w* that <i>was</i> on the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*, and beside the \w chains|strong="H6060"\w* that <i>were</i> about their \w camels’|strong="H1581"\w* \w necks|strong="H6677"\w*.<n>collars: or, sweet jewels</n>


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And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* an \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w* thereof, and \w put|strong="H3322"\w* it in his \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, <i>even</i> in \w Ophrah|strong="H6084"\w*: and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went thither a \w whoring|strong="H2181"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* it: which thing became a \w snare|strong="H4170"\w* unto \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*, and to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Thus was \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w* \w subdued|strong="H3665"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, so that they lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* no \w more|strong="H3254"\w*. And the \w country|strong="H0776"\w* was in \w quietness|strong="H8252"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* had threescore and \w ten|strong="H7657"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of his \w body|strong="H3409"\w* \w begotten|strong="H3318"\w*: for he had \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*.<n>of his…: Heb. going out of his thigh</n>


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And his \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w* that <i>was</i> in \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, she also \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* him a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* he \w called|strong="H7760"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*.<n>called: Heb. set</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* in a \w good|strong="H2896"\w* old \w age|strong="H7872"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in the \w sepulchre|strong="H6913"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, in \w Ophrah|strong="H6084"\w* of the \w Abi-ezrites|strong="H0033"\w*.


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And it came to pass, as soon as \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, that the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* turned \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and went a \w whoring|strong="H2181"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Baalim|strong="H1168"\w*, and \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w Baal-berith|strong="H1170"\w* their \w god|strong="H0430"\w*.


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w* not the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, who had \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* them out of the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of all their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* on every \w side|strong="H5439"\w*:


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Neither \w shewed|strong="H6213"\w* they \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w*, <i>namely</i>, \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*, according to all the \w goodness|strong="H2896"\w* which he had \w shewed|strong="H6213"\w* unto \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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And \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* unto his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, and \w communed|strong="H1696"\w* with them, and with all the \w family|strong="H4940"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Speak|strong="H1696"\w*, I pray you, in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of all the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, Whether <i>is</i> \w better|strong="H2896"\w* for you, either that all the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w*, <i>which are</i> threescore and \w ten|strong="H7657"\w* \w persons|strong="H0376"\w*, \w reign|strong="H4910"\w* over you, or that \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w reign|strong="H4910"\w* over you? \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* also that I <i>am</i> your \w bone|strong="H6106"\w* and your \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*.<n>Whether…: Heb. What is good? whether, etc</n>


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And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* of him in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of all the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* all these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*: and their \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* \w inclined|strong="H5186"\w* to \w follow|strong="H0310"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*; for they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, He <i>is</i> our \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.<n>to follow: Heb. after</n>


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And they \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him threescore and \w ten|strong="H7657"\w* <i>pieces</i> of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* out of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baal-berith|strong="H1170"\w*, wherewith \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* \w hired|strong="H7936"\w* \w vain|strong="H7386"\w* and \w light|strong="H6348"\w* \w persons|strong="H0582"\w*, which \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w*.


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And he \w went|strong="H0935"\w* unto his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* at \w Ophrah|strong="H6084"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w*, <i>being</i> threescore and \w ten|strong="H7657"\w* \w persons|strong="H0376"\w*, upon \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*: notwithstanding yet \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* the \w youngest|strong="H6996"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w* was \w left|strong="H3498"\w*; for he \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* himself.


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And all the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* gathered \w together|strong="H0622"\w*, and all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Millo|strong="H4407"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w made|strong="H4427"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, by the \w plain|strong="H0436"\w* of the \w pillar|strong="H5324"\w* that <i>was</i> in \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*.<n>plain: or, oak</n><pb/>


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¶ And when they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* <i>it</i> to \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w*, he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Gerizim|strong="H1630"\w*, and lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* his \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and \w cried|strong="H7121"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto me, ye \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, that \w God|strong="H0430"\w* may \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto you.


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The \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* went \w forth|strong="H1980"\w* <i>on a time</i> to \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over them; and they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the olive \w tree|strong="H2132"\w*, \w Reign|strong="H4427"\w* thou over us.


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But the olive \w tree|strong="H2132"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Should I \w leave|strong="H2308"\w* my \w fatness|strong="H1880"\w*, wherewith by me they \w honour|strong="H3513"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* and \w man|strong="H0582"\w*, and \w go|strong="H1980"\w* to be \w promoted|strong="H5128"\w* over the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*?<n>go…: or, go up and down for other trees</n>


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And the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the fig \w tree|strong="H8384"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w* thou, <i>and</i> \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over us.


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But the fig \w tree|strong="H8384"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Should I \w forsake|strong="H2308"\w* my \w sweetness|strong="H4987"\w*, and my \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w fruit|strong="H8570"\w*, and \w go|strong="H1980"\w* to be \w promoted|strong="H5128"\w* over the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*?


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* unto the \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w* thou, <i>and</i> \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over us.


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And the \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Should I \w leave|strong="H2308"\w* my \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, which \w cheereth|strong="H8055"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* and \w man|strong="H0582"\w*, and \w go|strong="H1980"\w* to be \w promoted|strong="H5128"\w* over the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*?


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* all the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* unto the \w bramble|strong="H0329"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w* thou, <i>and</i> \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over us.<n>bramble: or, thistle</n>


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And the \w bramble|strong="H0329"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, If in \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* ye \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* me \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over you, <i>then</i> \w come|strong="H0935"\w* <i>and</i> put your \w trust|strong="H2620"\w* in my \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w*: and if not, let \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w bramble|strong="H0329"\w*, and \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* the \w cedars|strong="H0730"\w* of \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*.


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Now therefore, if ye have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w truly|strong="H0571"\w* and \w sincerely|strong="H8549"\w*, in that ye have made \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, and if ye have \w dealt|strong="H6213"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w* with \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w* and his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* unto him according to the \w deserving|strong="H1576"\w* of his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*;


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(For my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* for you, and \w adventured|strong="H7993"\w* his \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w far|strong="H5048"\w*, and \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* you out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*:<n>adventured…: Heb. cast his life</n>


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And ye are risen \w up|strong="H6965"\w* against my \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and have \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, threescore and \w ten|strong="H7657"\w* \w persons|strong="H0376"\w*, upon \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*, and have made \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of his \w maidservant|strong="H0519"\w*, \w king|strong="H4427"\w* over the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, because he <i>is</i> your \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*;)


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If ye then have \w dealt|strong="H6213"\w* \w truly|strong="H0571"\w* and \w sincerely|strong="H8549"\w* with \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w* and with his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, <i>then</i> \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* ye in \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*, and let him also \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* in you:


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But if not, let \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*, and \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Millo|strong="H4407"\w*; and let \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, and from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Millo|strong="H4407"\w*, and \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*.


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And \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* ran \w away|strong="H1272"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Beer|strong="H0876"\w*, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* there, for \w fear|strong="H6440"\w* of \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ When \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* had \w reigned|strong="H7786"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,


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Then \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* an \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* between \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* and the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*; and the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* dealt \w treacherously|strong="H0898"\w* with \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*:


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That the \w cruelty|strong="H2555"\w* <i>done</i> to the threescore and \w ten|strong="H7657"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w* might \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, and their \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* be \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* upon \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* their \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, which \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* them; and upon the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, which \w aided|strong="H2388"\w* him in the \w killing|strong="H2026"\w* of his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*.<n>aided…: Heb. strengthened his hands to kill</n>


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And the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* liers in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* for him in the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and they \w robbed|strong="H1497"\w* all that \w came|strong="H5674"\w* along that \w way|strong="H1870"\w* by them: and it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*.


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And \w Gaal|strong="H1603"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ebed|strong="H5651"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* with his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, and went \w over|strong="H5674"\w* to \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*: and the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* put their \w confidence|strong="H0982"\w* in him.


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And they went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* into the \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, and \w gathered|strong="H1219"\w* their \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, and \w trode|strong="H1869"\w* <i>the grapes</i>, and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w merry|strong="H1974"\w*, and \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of their \w god|strong="H0430"\w*, and did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, and \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*.<n>merry: or, songs</n>


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And \w Gaal|strong="H1603"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ebed|strong="H5651"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who <i>is</i> \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*, and who <i>is</i> \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, that we should \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* him? <i>is</i> not <i>he</i> the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w*? and \w Zebul|strong="H2083"\w* his \w officer|strong="H6496"\w*? \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Hamor|strong="H2544"\w* the \w father|strong="H0001"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*: for why should we \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* him?


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And would to God this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* were \w under|strong="H5414"\w* my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*! then would I \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*, \w Increase|strong="H7235"\w* thine \w army|strong="H6635"\w*, and come \w out|strong="H3318"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And when \w Zebul|strong="H2083"\w* the \w ruler|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Gaal|strong="H1603"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ebed|strong="H5651"\w*, his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* was \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w*.<n>kindled: or, hot</n>


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And he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* unto \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* \w privily|strong="H8649"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, \w Gaal|strong="H1603"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ebed|strong="H5651"\w* and his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* be \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*; and, behold, they \w fortify|strong="H6696"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* against thee.<n>privily: Heb. craftily or, to Tormah</n>


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Now therefore \w up|strong="H6965"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, thou and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>is</i> with thee, and lie in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*:


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And it shall be, <i>that</i> in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, as soon as the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* is \w up|strong="H2224"\w*, thou shalt rise \w early|strong="H7925"\w*, and \w set|strong="H6584"\w* upon the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: and, behold, <i>when</i> he and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>is</i> with him come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* against thee, then mayest thou \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to them as \w thou|strong="H3027"\w* shalt find \w occasion|strong="H4672"\w*.<n>as thou shalt…: Heb. as thine hand shall find</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> with him, by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, and they laid \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* against \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* in \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w companies|strong="H7218"\w*.


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And \w Gaal|strong="H1603"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ebed|strong="H5651"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w entering|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: and \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> with him, from lying in \w wait|strong="H3993"\w*.


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And when \w Gaal|strong="H1603"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Zebul|strong="H2083"\w*, Behold, there \w come|strong="H3381"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*. And \w Zebul|strong="H2083"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thou \w seest|strong="H7200"\w* the \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* of the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* as <i>if they were</i> \w men|strong="H0582"\w*.


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And \w Gaal|strong="H1603"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, See there \w come|strong="H3381"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* by the \w middle|strong="H2872"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w company|strong="H7218"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* along by the \w plain|strong="H0436"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w Meonenim|strong="H6049"\w*.<n>middle: Heb. navel</n><n>Meonenim: or, the regarders of times</n>


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Zebul|strong="H2083"\w* unto him, Where <i>is</i> \w now|strong="H0645"\w* thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, wherewith thou \w saidst|strong="H0559"\w*, Who <i>is</i> \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*, that we should \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* him? <i>is</i> not this the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that thou hast \w despised|strong="H3988"\w*? go \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, I pray \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, and \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* with them.


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And \w Gaal|strong="H1603"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* with \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*.


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And \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* him, and he \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him, and \w many|strong="H7227"\w* were \w overthrown|strong="H5307"\w* <i>and</i> \w wounded|strong="H2491"\w*, <i>even</i> unto the \w entering|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*.


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And \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Arumah|strong="H0725"\w*: and \w Zebul|strong="H2083"\w* thrust \w out|strong="H1644"\w* \w Gaal|strong="H1603"\w* and his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, that they should not \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*.


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And it came to pass on the \w morrow|strong="H4283"\w*, that the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* into the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*; and they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*.


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And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w divided|strong="H2673"\w* them into \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w companies|strong="H7218"\w*, and laid \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, and, behold, the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>were</i> come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; and he rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* against them, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them.


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And \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*, and the \w company|strong="H7218"\w* that <i>was</i> with him, rushed \w forward|strong="H6584"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w entering|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: and the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* <i>other</i> \w companies|strong="H7218"\w* ran \w upon|strong="H6584"\w* all <i>the people</i> that <i>were</i> in the \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* them.


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And \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* all that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*; and he \w took|strong="H3920"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>was</i> therein, and beat \w down|strong="H5422"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w sowed|strong="H2232"\w* it with \w salt|strong="H4417"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And when all the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* <i>that</i>, they \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* into an \w hold|strong="H6877"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w god|strong="H0410"\w* \w Berith|strong="H1286"\w*.


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And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*, that all the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* were gathered \w together|strong="H6908"\w*.


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And \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* gat him \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zalmon|strong="H6756"\w*, he and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> with him; and \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* an \w axe|strong="H7134"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and cut \w down|strong="H3772"\w* a \w bough|strong="H7754"\w* from the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, and \w took|strong="H5375"\w* it, and \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* <i>it</i> on his \w shoulder|strong="H7926"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> with him, What ye have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* me \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, make \w haste|strong="H4116"\w*, <i>and</i> \w do|strong="H6213"\w* as \w I|strong="H3644"\w* <i>have done</i>.<n>me do: Heb. I have done</n>


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And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* likewise cut \w down|strong="H3772"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w bough|strong="H7754"\w*, and \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* <i>them</i> to the \w hold|strong="H6877"\w*, and \w set|strong="H3341"\w* the \w hold|strong="H6877"\w* on \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* upon them; so that all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* also, about a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* and \w women|strong="H0802"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* to \w Thebez|strong="H8405"\w*, and \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* against \w Thebez|strong="H8405"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3920"\w* it.


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But there was a \w strong|strong="H5797"\w* \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* \w within|strong="H8432"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and thither \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* and \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, and all \w they|strong="H1167"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* <i>it</i> to them, and gat them \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w top|strong="H1406"\w* of the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w*.


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And \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w*, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against it, and went \w hard|strong="H5066"\w* unto the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* to \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* it with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.


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And a \w certain|strong="H0259"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* a \w piece|strong="H6400"\w* of a \w millstone|strong="H7393"\w* upon \w Abimelech’s|strong="H0040"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and all to \w brake|strong="H7533"\w* his \w skull|strong="H1538"\w*.


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Then he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w hastily|strong="H4120"\w* unto the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Draw|strong="H8025"\w* thy \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* me, that men \w say|strong="H0559"\w* not of me, A \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* him. And his young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* thrust him \w through|strong="H1856"\w*, and he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.


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And when the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, they \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* unto his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Thus \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w rendered|strong="H7725"\w* the \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* of \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*, which he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* unto his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, in \w slaying|strong="H2026"\w* his \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*:


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And all the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* did \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w render|strong="H7725"\w* upon their \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*: and upon them \w came|strong="H0935"\w* the \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* of \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w*.<pb/>


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And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* there \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* to \w defend|strong="H3467"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w Tola|strong="H8439"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Puah|strong="H6312"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Dodo|strong="H1734"\w*, a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w*; and he \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Shamir|strong="H8069"\w* in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*.<n>defend: or, deliver: Heb. save</n>


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And he \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, and \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in \w Shamir|strong="H8069"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* \w Jair|strong="H2971"\w*, a \w Gileadite|strong="H1569"\w*, and \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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And he had \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* that \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* on \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* ass \w colts|strong="H5895"\w*, and they had \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, which are \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Havoth-jair|strong="H2334"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, which <i>are</i> in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*.<n>Havoth-jair: or, the villages of Jair</n>


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And \w Jair|strong="H2971"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in \w Camon|strong="H7056"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baalim|strong="H1168"\w*, and \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w*, and the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, and the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Zidon|strong="H6721"\w*, and the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w forsook|strong="H5800"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* not him.


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And the \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was \w hot|strong="H2734"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and he \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* them into the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and into the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*.


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And that \w year|strong="H8141"\w* they \w vexed|strong="H7492"\w* and \w oppressed|strong="H7533"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: \w eighteen|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* that <i>were</i> on the other \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, which <i>is</i> in \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*.<n>oppressed: Heb. crushed</n>


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Moreover the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* also against \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and against \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, and against the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*; so that \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* was \w sore|strong="H3966"\w* \w distressed|strong="H3334"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, We have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against thee, both because we have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and also \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baalim|strong="H1168"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, <i>Did</i> not <i>I deliver you</i> from the \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w*, and from the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, from the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and from the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*?


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The \w Zidonians|strong="H6722"\w* also, and the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w*, and the \w Maonites|strong="H4584"\w*, did \w oppress|strong="H3905"\w* you; and ye \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* to me, and I \w delivered|strong="H3467"\w* you out of their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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Yet ye have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* me, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*: wherefore I will \w deliver|strong="H3467"\w* you no \w more|strong="H3254"\w*.


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\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* unto the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* which ye have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*; let \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w deliver|strong="H3467"\w* you in the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of your \w tribulation|strong="H6869"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, We have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*: \w do|strong="H6213"\w* thou unto us whatsoever \w seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto thee; \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* us only, we pray thee, this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>seemeth…: Heb. is good in thine eyes</n>


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And they put \w away|strong="H5493"\w* the \w strange|strong="H5236"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* from \w among|strong="H7130"\w* them, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* was \w grieved|strong="H7114"\w* for the \w misery|strong="H5999"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>strange…: Heb. gods of strangers</n><n>grieved: Heb. shortened</n>


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Then the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* were gathered \w together|strong="H6817"\w*, and \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* in \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*. And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* assembled themselves \w together|strong="H0622"\w*, and \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* in \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w*.<n>gathered: Heb. cried</n>


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And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>and</i> \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, What \w man|strong="H0376"\w* <i>is he</i> that will \w begin|strong="H2490"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*? he shall be \w head|strong="H7218"\w* over all the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*.<pb/>


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Now \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* the \w Gileadite|strong="H1569"\w* was a mighty \w man|strong="H1368"\w* of \w valour|strong="H2428"\w*, and he <i>was</i> the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of an \w harlot|strong="H0802"\w*: and \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w begat|strong="H3205"\w* \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*.<n>Jephthah: Gr. Jephthae</n><n>an harlot: Heb. a woman an harlot</n>


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And \w Gilead’s|strong="H1568"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* him \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*; and his \w wife’s|strong="H0802"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* grew \w up|strong="H1431"\w*, and they thrust \w out|strong="H1644"\w* \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thou shalt not \w inherit|strong="H5157"\w* in our \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; for thou <i>art</i> the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of a \w strange|strong="H0312"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*.


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Then \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Tob|strong="H2897"\w*: and there were \w gathered|strong="H3950"\w* \w vain|strong="H7386"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* to \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*, and went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* with him.<n>from: Heb. from the face of</n><pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass in process of \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, that the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* made \w war|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>in process…: Heb. after days</n>


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And it was so, that when the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* made \w war|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w fetch|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Tob|strong="H2897"\w*:


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And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, and be our \w captain|strong="H7101"\w*, that we may \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* with the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*.


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And \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, Did not ye \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* me, and \w expel|strong="H1644"\w* me out of my \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*? and why are ye \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto me now when ye are in \w distress|strong="H6887"\w*?


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And the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*, Therefore we turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to thee now, that thou mayest \w go|strong="H1980"\w* with us, and \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and be our \w head|strong="H7218"\w* over all the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*.


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And \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, If ye bring me home \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* them \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me, shall I be your \w head|strong="H7218"\w*?


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And the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* be \w witness|strong="H8085"\w* between us, if we \w do|strong="H6213"\w* not so according to thy \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.<n>witness…: Heb. the hearer between us</n>


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Then \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* with the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* him \w head|strong="H7218"\w* and \w captain|strong="H7101"\w* over them: and \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w uttered|strong="H1696"\w* all his \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* in \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art \w come|strong="H0935"\w* against me to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* in my \w land|strong="H0776"\w*?


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* of \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*, Because \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* took \w away|strong="H3947"\w* my \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, when they came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, from \w Arnon|strong="H0769"\w* even unto \w Jabbok|strong="H2999"\w*, and unto \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*: now therefore restore those <i>lands</i> \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w peaceably|strong="H7965"\w*.


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And \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*:


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And \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* took not \w away|strong="H3947"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, nor the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*:


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But when \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* through the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* unto the \w Red|strong="H5488"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Kadesh|strong="H6946"\w*;


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Then \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Let me, I pray thee, pass \w through|strong="H5674"\w* thy \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: but the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* would not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* <i>thereto</i>. And in like manner they \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*: but he \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not <i>consent:</i> and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Kadesh|strong="H6946"\w*.


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Then they went \w along|strong="H3212"\w* through the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, and \w compassed|strong="H5437"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, and the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* by the east \w side|strong="H4217"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* on the other \w side|strong="H5676"\w* of \w Arnon|strong="H0769"\w*, but \w came|strong="H0935"\w* not within the \w border|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*: for \w Arnon|strong="H0769"\w* <i>was</i> the \w border|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*.


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And \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* unto \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w*; and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Let us \w pass|strong="H5674"\w*, we pray thee, through thy \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w into|strong="H5704"\w* my \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.


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But \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w trusted|strong="H0539"\w* not \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* through his \w coast|strong="H1366"\w*: but \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* all his \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w together|strong="H0622"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in \w Jahaz|strong="H3096"\w*, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* and all his \w people|strong="H5971"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and they \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them: so \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w possessed|strong="H3423"\w* all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of that \w country|strong="H0776"\w*.


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And they \w possessed|strong="H3423"\w* all the \w coasts|strong="H1366"\w* of the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, from \w Arnon|strong="H0769"\w* even unto \w Jabbok|strong="H2999"\w*, and from the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* even unto \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.


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So now the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* hath \w dispossessed|strong="H3423"\w* the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* his \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and shouldest thou \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* it?


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Wilt not thou \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* that which \w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\w* thy \w god|strong="H0430"\w* giveth thee to \w possess|strong="H3423"\w*? So whomsoever the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* shall drive \w out|strong="H3423"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* us, them will we \w possess|strong="H3423"\w*.


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And now <i>art</i> thou any thing \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than \w Balak|strong="H1111"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zippor|strong="H6834"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*? did he \w ever|strong="H7378"\w* \w strive|strong="H7378"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, or did he \w ever|strong="H3898"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against them,


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While \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* and her \w towns|strong="H1323"\w*, and in \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w* and her \w towns|strong="H1323"\w*, and in all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* that <i>be</i> along by the \w coasts|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Arnon|strong="H0769"\w*, \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*? why therefore did ye not \w recover|strong="H5337"\w* <i>them</i> within that \w time|strong="H6256"\w*?


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Wherefore I have not \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against thee, but thou \w doest|strong="H6213"\w* me \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w* to \w war|strong="H3898"\w* against me: the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* the \w Judge|strong="H8199"\w* be \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* between the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*.


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Howbeit the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* not unto the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* which he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* him.<pb/>


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¶ Then the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came upon \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*, and he passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, and \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, and passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Mizpeh|strong="H4708"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, and from \w Mizpeh|strong="H4708"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* he passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* <i>unto</i> the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*.


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And \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w vowed|strong="H5087"\w* a \w vow|strong="H5088"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, If thou shalt without \w fail|strong="H5414"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* into mine \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*,


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Then it shall be, that \w whatsoever|strong="H3318"\w* cometh \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of my \w house|strong="H1004"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* me, when I \w return|strong="H7725"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* from the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, shall surely be the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*, and I will offer it \w up|strong="H5927"\w* for a burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*.<n>whatsoever…: Heb. that which cometh forth, which shall come forth</n><n>and…: or, or I will offer it, etc</n><pb/>


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¶ So \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* unto the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against them; and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them into his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.


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And he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them from \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w*, even till thou \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Minnith|strong="H4511"\w*, <i>even</i> \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, and unto the \w plain|strong="H0058"\w* of the \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, with a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4347"\w*. Thus the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* were \w subdued|strong="H3665"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>the plain: or, Abel</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w* unto his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and, behold, his \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* him with \w timbrels|strong="H8596"\w* and with \w dances|strong="H4246"\w*: and she <i>was his</i> only \w child|strong="H3173"\w*; beside her he had neither \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w nor|strong="H0176"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*.<n>beside…: or, he had not of his own either son or daughter: Heb. of himself</n>


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And it came to pass, when he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* her, that he \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Alas|strong="H0162"\w*, my \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*! thou hast \w brought|strong="H3766"\w* me \w very|strong="H3766"\w* \w low|strong="H3766"\w*, and thou art one of them that \w trouble|strong="H5916"\w* me: for I have \w opened|strong="H6475"\w* my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and I \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* go \w back|strong="H7725"\w*.


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And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, My \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, <i>if</i> thou hast \w opened|strong="H6475"\w* thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to me according to that \w which|strong="H0834"\w* hath \w proceeded|strong="H3318"\w* out of thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*; \w forasmuch|strong="H0310"\w* as the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w taken|strong="H6213"\w* \w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w* for thee of thine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, <i>even</i> of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*.


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And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, Let this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* be \w done|strong="H6213"\w* for me: let me \w alone|strong="H7503"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*, that I may go \w up|strong="H3212"\w* and \w down|strong="H3381"\w* upon the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and \w bewail|strong="H1058"\w* my \w virginity|strong="H1331"\w*, I and my \w fellows|strong="H7464"\w*.<n>go up…: Heb. go and go down</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*. And he sent her \w away|strong="H7971"\w* <i>for</i> \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*: and she \w went|strong="H3212"\w* with her \w companions|strong="H7464"\w*, and \w bewailed|strong="H1058"\w* her \w virginity|strong="H1331"\w* upon the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*.


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And it came to pass at the \w end|strong="H7093"\w* of \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*, that she \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* unto her \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, who \w did|strong="H6213"\w* with her <i>according</i> to his \w vow|strong="H5088"\w* which he had \w vowed|strong="H5087"\w*: and she \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* no \w man|strong="H0376"\w*. And it was a \w custom|strong="H2706"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,<n>custom: or, ordinance</n>


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<i>That</i> the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w yearly|strong="H3117"\w* to \w lament|strong="H8567"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* the \w Gileadite|strong="H1569"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* in a \w year|strong="H8141"\w*.<n>yearly: Heb. from year to year</n><n>to lament: or, to talk with</n><pb/>


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And the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H6817"\w*, and \w went|strong="H5674"\w* \w northward|strong="H6828"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*, Wherefore passedst thou \w over|strong="H5674"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and didst not \w call|strong="H7121"\w* us to \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with thee? we will \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w* upon thee with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.<n>gathered…: Heb. were called</n>


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And \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, I and my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* at \w great|strong="H3966"\w* \w strife|strong="H0376"\w* with the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*; and when I \w called|strong="H2199"\w* you, ye \w delivered|strong="H3467"\w* me not out of their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.


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And when I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that ye \w delivered|strong="H3467"\w* <i>me</i> not, I \w put|strong="H7760"\w* my \w life|strong="H5315"\w* in my \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*, and passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them into my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: wherefore then are ye come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* unto me this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against me?


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Then \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* gathered \w together|strong="H6908"\w* all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* with \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*: and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, because they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Ye \w Gileadites|strong="H1568"\w* <i>are</i> \w fugitives|strong="H6412"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w Ephraimites|strong="H0669"\w*, <i>and</i> \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w Manassites|strong="H4519"\w*.


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And the \w Gileadites|strong="H1568"\w* \w took|strong="H3920"\w* the \w passages|strong="H4569"\w* of \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* before the \w Ephraimites|strong="H0669"\w*: and it was <i>so</i>, that when those \w Ephraimites|strong="H0669"\w* which were \w escaped|strong="H6412"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let me go \w over|strong="H5674"\w*; that the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, <i>Art</i> thou an \w Ephraimite|strong="H0673"\w*? If he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Nay;


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* they unto him, \w Say|strong="H0559"\w* now \w Shibboleth|strong="H7641"\w*: and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Sibboleth|strong="H5451"\w*: for he could not \w frame|strong="H3559"\w* to \w pronounce|strong="H1696"\w* <i>it</i> \w right|strong="H3559"\w*. Then they \w took|strong="H0270"\w* him, and \w slew|strong="H7819"\w* him at the \w passages|strong="H4569"\w* of \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*: and there \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* at that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of the \w Ephraimites|strong="H0669"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*.


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And \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. Then \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* the \w Gileadite|strong="H1569"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in <i>one of</i> the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him \w Ibzan|strong="H0078"\w* of \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w* \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And he had \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, <i>whom</i> he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w abroad|strong="H2351"\w*, and \w took|strong="H0935"\w* in \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* from \w abroad|strong="H2351"\w* for his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*. And he \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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Then \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w Ibzan|strong="H0078"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* at \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him \w Elon|strong="H0356"\w*, a \w Zebulonite|strong="H2075"\w*, \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and he \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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And \w Elon|strong="H0356"\w* the \w Zebulonite|strong="H2075"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in \w Aijalon|strong="H0357"\w* in the \w country|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him \w Abdon|strong="H5658"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hillel|strong="H1985"\w*, a \w Pirathonite|strong="H6553"\w*, \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And he had \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w nephews|strong="H1121"\w*, that \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* on threescore and \w ten|strong="H7657"\w* ass \w colts|strong="H5895"\w*: and he \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.<n>nephews: Heb. sons’ sons</n>


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And \w Abdon|strong="H5658"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hillel|strong="H1985"\w* the \w Pirathonite|strong="H6553"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in \w Pirathon|strong="H6552"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, in the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* of the \w Amalekites|strong="H6003"\w*.<pb/>


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.<n>did evil…: Heb. added to commit, etc</n><pb/>


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¶ And there was a \w certain|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Zorah|strong="H6881"\w*, of the \w family|strong="H4940"\w* of the \w Danites|strong="H1839"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w*; and his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* <i>was</i> \w barren|strong="H6135"\w*, and \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* not.


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And the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* unto the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, Behold now, thou <i>art</i> \w barren|strong="H6135"\w*, and \w bearest|strong="H3205"\w* not: but thou shalt \w conceive|strong="H2029"\w*, and \w bear|strong="H3205"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.


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Now therefore \w beware|strong="H8104"\w*, I pray thee, and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* not \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* nor strong \w drink|strong="H7941"\w*, and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* not any \w unclean|strong="H2931"\w* <i>thing:</i>


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For, lo, thou shalt \w conceive|strong="H2030"\w*, and \w bear|strong="H3205"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*; and no \w razor|strong="H4177"\w* shall \w come|strong="H5927"\w* on his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*: for the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* shall be a \w Nazarite|strong="H5139"\w* unto \w God|strong="H0430"\w* from the \w womb|strong="H0990"\w*: and he shall \w begin|strong="H2490"\w* to \w deliver|strong="H3467"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w told|strong="H0559"\w* her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, A \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto me, and his \w countenance|strong="H4758"\w* <i>was</i> like the \w countenance|strong="H4758"\w* of an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w terrible|strong="H3372"\w*: but I \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* him not whence he <i>was</i>, neither \w told|strong="H5046"\w* he me his \w name|strong="H8034"\w*:


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But he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, Behold, thou shalt \w conceive|strong="H2030"\w*, and \w bear|strong="H3205"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*; and now \w drink|strong="H7941"\w* no \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* nor strong \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, neither \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* any \w unclean|strong="H2932"\w* <i>thing:</i> for the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* shall be a \w Nazarite|strong="H5139"\w* to \w God|strong="H0430"\w* from the \w womb|strong="H0990"\w* to the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* \w intreated|strong="H6279"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w O|strong="H0994"\w* my \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, \w let|strong="H4994"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* which thou didst \w send|strong="H7971"\w* come \w again|strong="H0935"\w* unto us, and \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* us what we shall \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* that shall be \w born|strong="H3205"\w*.


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And \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* to the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w*; and the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* came \w again|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* as she \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*: but \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* <i>was</i> not with her.


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And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* made \w haste|strong="H4116"\w*, and \w ran|strong="H7323"\w*, and \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Behold, the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* hath \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* unto me, that \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto me the <i>other</i> \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, <i>Art</i> thou the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w spakest|strong="H1696"\w* unto the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I <i>am</i>.


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And \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Now let thy \w words|strong="H1697"\w* come to \w pass|strong="H0935"\w*. How shall we \w order|strong="H4941"\w* the \w child|strong="H5288"\w*, and <i>how</i> shall we \w do|strong="H4639"\w* unto him?<n>How shall we order…: Heb. What shall be the manner of the, etc</n><n>how shall we do…: or, what shall he do?: Heb. what shall be his work?</n>


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And the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w*, Of all that I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* let her \w beware|strong="H8104"\w*.


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She may not \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* of any <i>thing</i> that \w cometh|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*, neither let her \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* or strong \w drink|strong="H7941"\w*, nor \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* any \w unclean|strong="H2932"\w* <i>thing:</i> all that I \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* her let her \w observe|strong="H8104"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, I pray thee, let us \w detain|strong="H6113"\w* thee, until we shall have made \w ready|strong="H6213"\w* a \w kid|strong="H1423"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* thee.<n>for thee: Heb. before thee</n>


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And the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w*, Though thou \w detain|strong="H6113"\w* me, I will not \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* of thy \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*: and \w if|strong="H0518"\w* thou wilt \w offer|strong="H6213"\w* a burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*, thou must \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* it unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. For \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not that he <i>was</i> an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, What <i>is</i> thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, that when thy \w sayings|strong="H1697"\w* come to \w pass|strong="H0935"\w* we may do thee \w honour|strong="H3513"\w*?


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And the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Why \w askest|strong="H7592"\w* thou thus after my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, seeing it <i>is</i> \w secret|strong="H6383"\w*?<n>secret: or, wonderful</n>


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So \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* a \w kid|strong="H1423"\w* with a meat \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, and \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* <i>it</i> upon a \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and <i>the angel</i> \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w wondrously|strong="H6381"\w*; and \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* and his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* looked \w on|strong="H7200"\w*.


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For it came to pass, when the \w flame|strong="H3851"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* toward \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* from off the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, that the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w ascended|strong="H5927"\w* in the \w flame|strong="H3851"\w* of the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. And \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* and his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* looked \w on|strong="H7200"\w* <i>it</i>, and fell \w on|strong="H5307"\w* their \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.


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But the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* did no \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w appear|strong="H7200"\w* to \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* and to his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*. Then \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* that he <i>was</i> an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, We shall \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, because we have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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But his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w If|strong="H3863"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* were \w pleased|strong="H2654"\w* to \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* us, he would not have \w received|strong="H3947"\w* a burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* and a meat \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* at our \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, neither would he have \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* us all these <i>things</i>, nor would as at this \w time|strong="H6256"\w* have \w told|strong="H8085"\w* us <i>such things</i> as \w these|strong="H2063"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w*: and the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w grew|strong="H1431"\w*, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* him.


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And the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* to move him at \w times|strong="H6470"\w* in the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* of \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* between \w Zorah|strong="H6881"\w* and \w Eshtaol|strong="H0847"\w*.<n>the camp…: Heb. Mahaneh-dan</n><pb/>


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And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w Timnath|strong="H8553"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* in \w Timnath|strong="H8553"\w* of the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.


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And he came \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* in \w Timnath|strong="H8553"\w* of the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: now therefore \w get|strong="H3947"\w* her for me to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.


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Then his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, <i>Is there</i> \w never|strong="H0369"\w* a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* among the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of thy \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, or among all my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that thou \w goest|strong="H1980"\w* to \w take|strong="H3947"\w* a \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of the \w uncircumcised|strong="H6189"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*? And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w Get|strong="H3947"\w* her for me; for she pleaseth me \w well|strong="H3474"\w*.<n>pleaseth…: Heb. is right in mine eyes</n>


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But his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not that it <i>was</i> of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that he \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* an \w occasion|strong="H8385"\w* against the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: for at that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* had \w dominion|strong="H4910"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, and his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, to \w Timnath|strong="H8553"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* of \w Timnath|strong="H8553"\w*: and, behold, a \w young|strong="H3715"\w* \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w roared|strong="H7580"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* him.<n>against…: Heb. in meeting him</n>


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And the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came \w mightily|strong="H6743"\w* upon him, and he \w rent|strong="H8156"\w* him as he would have \w rent|strong="H8156"\w* a \w kid|strong="H1423"\w*, and <i>he had</i> \w nothing|strong="H3972"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: but he \w told|strong="H5046"\w* not his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* or his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* what he had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.


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And he went \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, and \w talked|strong="H1696"\w* with the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*; and she \w pleased|strong="H3474"\w* \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w well|strong="H3474"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And after a \w time|strong="H3117"\w* he \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to \w take|strong="H3947"\w* her, and he turned \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* the \w carcase|strong="H4658"\w* of the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*: and, behold, <i>there was</i> a \w swarm|strong="H5712"\w* of \w bees|strong="H1682"\w* and \w honey|strong="H1706"\w* in the \w carcase|strong="H1472"\w* of the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*.


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And he \w took|strong="H7287"\w* thereof in his \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*, and went \w on|strong="H3212"\w* \w eating|strong="H0398"\w*, and \w came|strong="H1980"\w* to his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, and he \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* them, and they did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*: but he \w told|strong="H5046"\w* not them that he had \w taken|strong="H7287"\w* the \w honey|strong="H1706"\w* out of the \w carcase|strong="H1472"\w* of the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ So his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* unto the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*: and \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* there a \w feast|strong="H4960"\w*; for so used the young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.


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And it came to pass, when they \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* him, that they \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w companions|strong="H4828"\w* to be with him.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, I will now put \w forth|strong="H2330"\w* a \w riddle|strong="H2420"\w* unto you: if ye can \w certainly|strong="H5046"\w* \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* it me within the \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w feast|strong="H4960"\w*, and find <i>it</i> \w out|strong="H4672"\w*, then I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* you \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w sheets|strong="H5466"\w* and \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w change|strong="H2487"\w* of \w garments|strong="H0899"\w*:<n>sheets: or, shirts</n>


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But if ye \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* <i>it</i> me, then shall ye \w give|strong="H5414"\w* me \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w sheets|strong="H5466"\w* and \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w change|strong="H2487"\w* of \w garments|strong="H0899"\w*. And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Put \w forth|strong="H2330"\w* thy \w riddle|strong="H2420"\w*, that we may \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* it.<n>sheets: or, shirts</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Out of the \w eater|strong="H0398"\w* came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w meat|strong="H3978"\w*, and out of the \w strong|strong="H5794"\w* came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w sweetness|strong="H4966"\w*. And they \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not in \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w expound|strong="H5046"\w* the \w riddle|strong="H2420"\w*.


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And it came to pass on the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Samson’s|strong="H8123"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, \w Entice|strong="H6601"\w* thy \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*, that he may \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* unto us the \w riddle|strong="H2420"\w*, lest we \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* thee and thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*: have ye \w called|strong="H7121"\w* us to take that we \w have|strong="H3423"\w*? <i>is it</i> not <i>so</i>?<n>take…: Heb. possess us, or, impoverish us?</n>


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And \w Samson’s|strong="H8123"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* before him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou dost but \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* me, and \w lovest|strong="H0157"\w* me not: thou hast put \w forth|strong="H2330"\w* a \w riddle|strong="H2420"\w* unto the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and hast not \w told|strong="H5046"\w* <i>it</i> me. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, Behold, I have not \w told|strong="H5046"\w* <i>it</i> my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* nor my \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, and shall I \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* <i>it</i> thee?


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And she \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* before him the \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, while their \w feast|strong="H4960"\w* \w lasted|strong="H1961"\w*: and it came to pass on the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that he \w told|strong="H5046"\w* her, because she lay \w sore|strong="H6693"\w* upon him: and she \w told|strong="H5046"\w* the \w riddle|strong="H2420"\w* to the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of her \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<n>the seven…: or, the rest of the seven days</n>


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And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him on the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* before the \w sun|strong="H2775"\w* went \w down|strong="H0935"\w*, What <i>is</i> \w sweeter|strong="H4966"\w* than \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*? and what <i>is</i> \w stronger|strong="H5794"\w* than a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w If|strong="H3884"\w* ye had not \w plowed|strong="H2790"\w* with my \w heifer|strong="H5697"\w*, ye had not found \w out|strong="H4672"\w* my \w riddle|strong="H2420"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w came|strong="H6743"\w* upon him, and he went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w Ashkelon|strong="H0831"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of them, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* their \w spoil|strong="H2488"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w change|strong="H2487"\w* of garments unto them which \w expounded|strong="H5046"\w* the \w riddle|strong="H2420"\w*. And his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* was \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w*, and he went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>spoil: or, apparel</n>


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But \w Samson’s|strong="H8123"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* was <i>given</i> to his \w companion|strong="H4828"\w*, whom he had used as his \w friend|strong="H7462"\w*.<pb/>


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But it came to pass within a while \w after|strong="H3117"\w*, in the \w time|strong="H3117"\w* of \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*, that \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w visited|strong="H6485"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* with a \w kid|strong="H1423"\w*; and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will go \w in|strong="H0935"\w* to my \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* into the \w chamber|strong="H2315"\w*. But her \w father|strong="H0001"\w* would not \w suffer|strong="H5414"\w* him to go \w in|strong="H0935"\w*.


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And her \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w verily|strong="H0559"\w* \w thought|strong="H0559"\w* that thou hadst \w utterly|strong="H8130"\w* \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* her; therefore I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* her to thy \w companion|strong="H4828"\w*: <i>is</i> not her \w younger|strong="H6996"\w* \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w fairer|strong="H2896"\w* than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.<n>take…: Heb. let her be thine</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* concerning them, \w Now|strong="H6471"\w* shall I be more \w blameless|strong="H5352"\w* than the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, though I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* them a \w displeasure|strong="H7451"\w*.<n>more…: or, blameless from the Philistines though, etc</n>


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And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w caught|strong="H3920"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w foxes|strong="H7776"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w firebrands|strong="H3940"\w*, and \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w tail|strong="H2180"\w* to \w tail|strong="H2180"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w firebrand|strong="H3940"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* between \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w tails|strong="H2180"\w*.<n>firebrands: or, torches</n>


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And when he had \w set|strong="H1197"\w* the \w brands|strong="H3940"\w* on \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, he let <i>them</i> \w go|strong="H7971"\w* into the standing \w corn|strong="H7054"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and burnt \w up|strong="H1197"\w* both the \w shocks|strong="H1430"\w*, and also the standing \w corn|strong="H7054"\w*, with the \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* <i>and</i> \w olives|strong="H2132"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* this? And they \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w*, the son in \w law|strong="H2860"\w* of the \w Timnite|strong="H8554"\w*, because he had \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, and \w given|strong="H5414"\w* her to his \w companion|strong="H4828"\w*. And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w burnt|strong="H8313"\w* her and her \w father|strong="H0001"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Though|strong="H0518"\w* ye have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, yet will I be \w avenged|strong="H5358"\w* of you, and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* that I will \w cease|strong="H2308"\w*.


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And he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them \w hip|strong="H7785"\w* \w and|strong="H5921"\w* \w thigh|strong="H3409"\w* with a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4347"\w*: and he went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w top|strong="H5585"\w* of the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w* \w Etam|strong="H5862"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w spread|strong="H5203"\w* themselves in \w Lehi|strong="H3896"\w*.


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And the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Why are ye come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against us? And they \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, To \w bind|strong="H0631"\w* \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* are we come \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to him as he hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to us.


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Then \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w top|strong="H5585"\w* of the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w* \w Etam|strong="H5862"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w*, \w Knowest|strong="H3045"\w* thou not that the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* <i>are</i> \w rulers|strong="H4910"\w* over us? what <i>is</i> this <i>that</i> thou hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w* unto us? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, As they \w did|strong="H6213"\w* unto me, so have I \w done|strong="H6213"\w* unto them.<n>went: Heb. went down</n>


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And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, We are come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w bind|strong="H0631"\w* thee, that we may \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* thee into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*. And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Swear|strong="H7650"\w* unto me, that ye will not fall \w upon|strong="H6293"\w* me yourselves.


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And they \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, No; but we will \w bind|strong="H0631"\w* thee \w fast|strong="H0631"\w*, and \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* thee into their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: but \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* we will not \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* thee. And they \w bound|strong="H0631"\w* him with \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w cords|strong="H5688"\w*, and brought him \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ <i>And</i> when he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto \w Lehi|strong="H3896"\w*, the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w shouted|strong="H7321"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* him: and the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came \w mightily|strong="H6743"\w* upon him, and the \w cords|strong="H5688"\w* that <i>were</i> upon his \w arms|strong="H2220"\w* became as \w flax|strong="H6593"\w* that was \w burnt|strong="H1197"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and his \w bands|strong="H0612"\w* \w loosed|strong="H4549"\w* from off his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.<n>loosed: Heb. were melted</n>


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And he \w found|strong="H4672"\w* a \w new|strong="H2961"\w* \w jawbone|strong="H3895"\w* of an \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, and put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* it, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* therewith.<n>new: Heb. moist</n>


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And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, With the \w jawbone|strong="H3895"\w* of an \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, \w heaps|strong="H2565"\w* upon \w heaps|strong="H2565"\w*, with the \w jaw|strong="H3895"\w* of an \w ass|strong="H2543"\w* have I \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.<n>heaps upon…: Heb. an heap, two heaps</n>


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And it came to pass, when he had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w*, that he cast \w away|strong="H7993"\w* the \w jawbone|strong="H3895"\w* out of his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* that \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w Ramath-lehi|strong="H7437"\w*.<n>Ramath-lehi: that is, the lifting up of the jawbone, or, casting away of the jawbone</n><pb/>


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¶ And he was \w sore|strong="H3966"\w* \w athirst|strong="H6770"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* on the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou hast \w given|strong="H5414"\w* this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w deliverance|strong="H8668"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*: and now shall I \w die|strong="H4191"\w* for \w thirst|strong="H6772"\w*, and \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w uncircumcised|strong="H6189"\w*?


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But \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w clave|strong="H1234"\w* an hollow \w place|strong="H4388"\w* that <i>was</i> in the \w jaw|strong="H3895"\w*, and there \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* thereout; and when he had \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w*, his \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* came \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and he \w revived|strong="H2421"\w*: wherefore he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* thereof \w En-hakkore|strong="H5875"\w*, which <i>is</i> in \w Lehi|strong="H3896"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>En-hakkore: that is, the well of him that called or, cried</n><n>the jaw: or, Lehi, as called in this chapter</n>


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And he \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.<pb/>


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Then \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* to \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* there an \w harlot|strong="H0802"\w*, and went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto her.<n>harlot: Heb. a woman an harlot</n>


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<i>And it was told</i> the \w Gazites|strong="H5841"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* hither. And they compassed <i>him</i> \w in|strong="H5437"\w*, and laid \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* for him all \w night|strong="H3915"\w* in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and were \w quiet|strong="H2790"\w* all the \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, In the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, when it is \w day|strong="H0216"\w*, we shall \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* him.<n>quiet: Heb. silence</n>


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And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* till \w midnight|strong="H2677"\w*, and \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* at \w midnight|strong="H2677"\w*, and \w took|strong="H0270"\w* the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w posts|strong="H4201"\w*, and went \w away|strong="H5265"\w* with them, \w bar|strong="H1280"\w* and all, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* <i>them</i> upon his \w shoulders|strong="H3802"\w*, and carried them \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of an \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* that <i>is</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*.<n>bar…: Heb. with the bar</n><pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass \w afterward|strong="H0310"\w*, that he \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* in the \w valley|strong="H5158"\w* of \w Sorek|strong="H7796"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Delilah|strong="H1807"\w*.<n>in…: or, by the brook</n>


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And the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* unto her, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, \w Entice|strong="H6601"\w* him, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* wherein his \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* <i>lieth</i>, and by what <i>means</i> we may \w prevail|strong="H3201"\w* against him, that we may \w bind|strong="H0631"\w* him to \w afflict|strong="H6031"\w* him: and we will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* of us eleven \w hundred|strong="H0505"\w* <i>pieces</i> of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.<n>afflict: or, humble</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Delilah|strong="H1807"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w*, \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* me, I pray thee, wherein thy \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* <i>lieth</i>, and wherewith thou mightest be \w bound|strong="H0631"\w* to \w afflict|strong="H6031"\w* thee.


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And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, If they \w bind|strong="H0631"\w* me with \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w green|strong="H3892"\w* \w withs|strong="H3499"\w* that were never \w dried|strong="H2717"\w*, then shall I be \w weak|strong="H2470"\w*, and be as \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w*.<n>green…: or, new cords: Heb. moist</n><n>another: Heb. one</n>


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Then the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to her \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w green|strong="H3892"\w* \w withs|strong="H3499"\w* which had not been \w dried|strong="H2717"\w*, and she \w bound|strong="H0631"\w* him with them.<n>green…: or, new cords: Heb. moist</n>


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Now <i>there were</i> men lying in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w*, \w abiding|strong="H3427"\w* with her in the \w chamber|strong="H2315"\w*. And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, The \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* <i>be</i> upon thee, \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w*. And he \w brake|strong="H5423"\w* the \w withs|strong="H3499"\w*, as a \w thread|strong="H6616"\w* of \w tow|strong="H5296"\w* is \w broken|strong="H5423"\w* when it \w toucheth|strong="H7306"\w* the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*. So his \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* was not \w known|strong="H3045"\w*.<n>toucheth: Heb. smelleth</n>


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And \w Delilah|strong="H1807"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w*, Behold, thou hast \w mocked|strong="H2048"\w* me, and \w told|strong="H1696"\w* me \w lies|strong="H3577"\w*: now \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be \w bound|strong="H0631"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, If they \w bind|strong="H0631"\w* me \w fast|strong="H0631"\w* with \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w ropes|strong="H5688"\w* that never were \w occupied|strong="H4399"\w*, then shall I be \w weak|strong="H2470"\w*, and be as \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w*.<n>that never…: Heb. wherewith work hath not been done</n>


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\w Delilah|strong="H1807"\w* therefore \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w ropes|strong="H5688"\w*, and \w bound|strong="H0631"\w* him therewith, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, The \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* <i>be</i> upon thee, \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w*. And <i>there were</i> liers in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* \w abiding|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w chamber|strong="H2315"\w*. And he \w brake|strong="H5423"\w* them from off his \w arms|strong="H2220"\w* like a \w thread|strong="H2339"\w*.


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And \w Delilah|strong="H1807"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w*, \w Hitherto|strong="H2008"\w* thou hast \w mocked|strong="H2048"\w* me, and \w told|strong="H1696"\w* me \w lies|strong="H3577"\w*: \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* me wherewith thou mightest be \w bound|strong="H0631"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, If thou \w weavest|strong="H0707"\w* the \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w locks|strong="H4253"\w* of my \w head|strong="H7218"\w* with the \w web|strong="H4545"\w*.


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And she \w fastened|strong="H8628"\w* <i>it</i> with the \w pin|strong="H3489"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, The \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* <i>be</i> upon thee, \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w*. And he \w awaked|strong="H3364"\w* out of his \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w*, and went \w away|strong="H5265"\w* with the \w pin|strong="H3489"\w* of the \w beam|strong="H0708"\w*, and with the \w web|strong="H4545"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w How|strong="H0349"\w* canst thou \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w love|strong="H0157"\w* thee, when thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* <i>is</i> not with me? thou hast \w mocked|strong="H2048"\w* me these \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, and hast not \w told|strong="H5046"\w* me wherein thy \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* <i>lieth</i>.


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And it came to pass, when she \w pressed|strong="H6693"\w* him \w daily|strong="H3117"\w* with her \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, and \w urged|strong="H0509"\w* him, <i>so</i> that his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* was \w vexed|strong="H7114"\w* unto \w death|strong="H4191"\w*;<n>vexed: Heb. shortened</n>


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That he \w told|strong="H5046"\w* her all his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, There hath not \w come|strong="H5927"\w* a \w razor|strong="H4177"\w* upon mine \w head|strong="H7218"\w*; for I <i>have been</i> a \w Nazarite|strong="H5139"\w* unto \w God|strong="H0430"\w* from my \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w womb|strong="H0990"\w*: if I be \w shaven|strong="H1548"\w*, then my \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* will \w go|strong="H5493"\w* from me, and I shall become \w weak|strong="H2470"\w*, and be like any <i>other</i> \w man|strong="H0120"\w*.<pb/>


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And when \w Delilah|strong="H1807"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that he had \w told|strong="H5046"\w* her all his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, she \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* for the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* this \w once|strong="H6471"\w*, for he hath \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* me all his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*. Then the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* unto her, and \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* in their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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And she made him \w sleep|strong="H3462"\w* upon her \w knees|strong="H1290"\w*; and she \w called|strong="H7121"\w* for a \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and she caused him to shave \w off|strong="H1548"\w* the \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w locks|strong="H4253"\w* of his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*; and she \w began|strong="H2490"\w* to \w afflict|strong="H6031"\w* him, and his \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w went|strong="H5493"\w* from him.


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And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* <i>be</i> upon thee, \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w*. And he \w awoke|strong="H3364"\w* out of his \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* as at other times \w before|strong="H6471"\w*, and \w shake|strong="H5287"\w* myself. And he \w wist|strong="H3045"\w* not that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* from him.<pb/>


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¶ But the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w took|strong="H0270"\w* him, and put \w out|strong="H5365"\w* his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and brought him \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w*, and \w bound|strong="H0631"\w* him with fetters of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*; and he did \w grind|strong="H2912"\w* in the \w prison|strong="H0631"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>put out: Heb. bored out</n><pb/>


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Howbeit the \w hair|strong="H8181"\w* of his \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* to grow \w again|strong="H6779"\w* \w after|strong="H0834"\w* he was \w shaven|strong="H1548"\w*.<n>after…: or, as when he was shaven</n>


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Then the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* gathered them \w together|strong="H0622"\w* for to \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* unto \w Dagon|strong="H1712"\w* their \w god|strong="H0430"\w*, and to \w rejoice|strong="H8057"\w*: for they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Our \w god|strong="H0430"\w* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* our \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* into our \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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And when the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* him, they \w praised|strong="H1984"\w* their \w god|strong="H0430"\w*: for they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Our \w god|strong="H0430"\w* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* into our \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* our \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, and the \w destroyer|strong="H2717"\w* of our \w country|strong="H0776"\w*, which \w slew|strong="H2491"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* of us.<n>which…: Heb. and who multiplied our slain</n>


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And it came to pass, when their \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* were \w merry|strong="H2896"\w*, that they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Call|strong="H7121"\w* for \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w*, that he may make us \w sport|strong="H7832"\w*. And they \w called|strong="H7121"\w* for \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* out of the \w prison|strong="H0631"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and he made \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w sport|strong="H6711"\w*: and they \w set|strong="H5975"\w* him between the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*.<n>them: Heb. before them</n>


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And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w lad|strong="H5288"\w* that \w held|strong="H2388"\w* him by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w Suffer|strong="H3240"\w* me that I may \w feel|strong="H4184"\w* the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* whereupon the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w standeth|strong="H3559"\w*, that I may \w lean|strong="H8172"\w* upon them.


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Now the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* was \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w men|strong="H0582"\w* and \w women|strong="H0802"\w*; and all the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* <i>were</i> there; and <i>there were</i> upon the \w roof|strong="H1406"\w* about \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* and \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, that \w beheld|strong="H7200"\w* while \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* made \w sport|strong="H7832"\w*.


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And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*, \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* me, I pray thee, and \w strengthen|strong="H2388"\w* me, I pray thee, only this \w once|strong="H6471"\w*, O \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, that I may be at \w once|strong="H0259"\w* \w avenged|strong="H5358"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* for my \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.


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And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* took \w hold|strong="H3943"\w* of the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* upon which the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w stood|strong="H3559"\w*, and on which it was borne \w up|strong="H5564"\w*, of the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* with his right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w*, and of the \w other|strong="H0259"\w* with his \w left|strong="H8040"\w*.<n>on which…: or, he leaned on them</n>


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And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let me \w die|strong="H4191"\w* with the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*. And he \w bowed|strong="H5186"\w* himself with <i>all his</i> \w might|strong="H3581"\w*; and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* upon the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w*, and upon all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> therein. So the \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* which he \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* at his \w death|strong="H4194"\w* were \w more|strong="H7227"\w* than <i>they</i> which he \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* in his \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.<n>me: Heb. my soul</n>


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Then his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* and all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* came \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, and \w took|strong="H5375"\w* him, and brought <i>him</i> \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him between \w Zorah|strong="H6881"\w* and \w Eshtaol|strong="H0847"\w* in the \w buryingplace|strong="H6913"\w* of \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*. And he \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.<pb/>


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And there was a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Micah|strong="H4321"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, The eleven \w hundred|strong="H0505"\w* <i>shekels</i> of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* that were \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* from thee, about which thou \w cursedst|strong="H0422"\w*, and \w spakest|strong="H0559"\w* of also in mine \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*, behold, the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* <i>is</i> with me; I \w took|strong="H3947"\w* it. And his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* <i>be thou</i> of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.


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And when he had \w restored|strong="H7725"\w* the eleven \w hundred|strong="H0505"\w* <i>shekels</i> of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* to his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I had \w wholly|strong="H6942"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H6942"\w* the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* from my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* for my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, to \w make|strong="H6213"\w* a graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w* and a molten \w image|strong="H4541"\w*: now therefore I will \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* it unto thee.


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Yet he \w restored|strong="H7725"\w* the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* unto his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*; and his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* <i>shekels</i> of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* them to the \w founder|strong="H6884"\w*, who \w made|strong="H6213"\w* thereof a graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w* and a molten \w image|strong="H4541"\w*: and they were in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Micah|strong="H4321"\w*.


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And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w* had an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* an \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*, and \w teraphim|strong="H8655"\w*, and \w consecrated|strong="H4390"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, who became his \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*.<n>consecrated: Heb. filled the hand</n>


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In those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* <i>there was</i> no \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, <i>but</i> every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in his own \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And there was a young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* out of \w Beth-lehem-judah|strong="H1035"\w* of the \w family|strong="H4940"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, who <i>was</i> a \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w*, and he \w sojourned|strong="H1481"\w* there.


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And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* from \w Beth-lehem-judah|strong="H1035"\w* to \w sojourn|strong="H1481"\w* where he could \w find|strong="H4672"\w* <i>a place:</i> and he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*, as he \w journeyed|strong="H6213"\w*.<n>as he…: Heb. in making his way</n>


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And \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Whence|strong="H0370"\w* \w comest|strong="H0935"\w* thou? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, I <i>am</i> a \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w* of \w Beth-lehem-judah|strong="H1035"\w*, and I \w go|strong="H1980"\w* to \w sojourn|strong="H1481"\w* where I may \w find|strong="H4672"\w* <i>a place</i>.


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And \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Dwell|strong="H3427"\w* with me, and be unto me a \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and a \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* <i>shekels</i> of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* by the \w year|strong="H3117"\w*, and a \w suit|strong="H6187"\w* of \w apparel|strong="H0899"\w*, and thy \w victuals|strong="H4241"\w*. So the \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w* went \w in|strong="H3212"\w*.<n>a suit…: or, a double suit, etc: Heb. an order of garments</n>


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And the \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w* was \w content|strong="H2974"\w* to \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* with the \w man|strong="H0376"\w*; and the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* was unto him as \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*.


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And \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w* \w consecrated|strong="H4390"\w* the \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w*; and the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* became his \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and was in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*, Now \w know|strong="H3045"\w* I that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will do me \w good|strong="H3190"\w*, seeing I have a \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w* to <i>my</i> \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*.<pb/>


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In those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* <i>there was</i> no \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and in those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* the \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* of the \w Danites|strong="H1839"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* them an \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* to dwell \w in|strong="H3427"\w*; for unto that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* <i>all their</i> \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* had not \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* unto them \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* of their \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* from their \w coasts|strong="H7098"\w*, \w men|strong="H1121"\w* of \w valour|strong="H2428"\w*, from \w Zorah|strong="H6881"\w*, and from \w Eshtaol|strong="H0847"\w*, to \w spy|strong="H7270"\w* out the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and to \w search|strong="H2713"\w* it; and they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w search|strong="H2713"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: who when they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*, they \w lodged|strong="H3885"\w* there.<n>men of: Heb. sons of</n>


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When they <i>were</i> by the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*, they \w knew|strong="H5234"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* the \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w*: and they turned \w in|strong="H5493"\w* thither, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Who \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* thee \w hither|strong="H1988"\w*? and what \w makest|strong="H6213"\w* thou in this <i>place</i>? and what hast thou here?


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Thus|strong="H2090"\w* and \w thus|strong="H2090"\w* \w dealeth|strong="H6213"\w* \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w* with me, and hath \w hired|strong="H7936"\w* me, and I am his \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*.


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And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Ask \w counsel|strong="H7592"\w*, we pray thee, of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, that we may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* whether our \w way|strong="H1870"\w* which we \w go|strong="H1980"\w* shall be \w prosperous|strong="H6743"\w*.


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And the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*: \w before|strong="H5227"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> your \w way|strong="H1870"\w* wherein ye \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then the \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Laish|strong="H3919"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> \w therein|strong="H7130"\w*, how they \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* \w careless|strong="H0983"\w*, after the \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* of the \w Zidonians|strong="H6722"\w*, \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w* and \w secure|strong="H0982"\w*; and <i>there was</i> no \w magistrate|strong="H3423"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, that might put <i>them</i> to \w shame|strong="H3637"\w* in <i>any</i> \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*; and they <i>were</i> \w far|strong="H7350"\w* from the \w Zidonians|strong="H6722"\w*, and had no \w business|strong="H1697"\w* with <i>any</i> \w man|strong="H0120"\w*.<n>Laish: also called, Leshem</n><n>magistrate: Heb. possessor, or, heir of restraints</n>


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And they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* to \w Zorah|strong="H6881"\w* and \w Eshtaol|strong="H0847"\w*: and their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, What <i>say</i> ye?


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And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, that we may go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against them: for we have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and, behold, it <i>is</i> \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*: and <i>are</i> ye \w still|strong="H2814"\w*? be not \w slothful|strong="H6101"\w* to \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, <i>and</i> to \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* to \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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When ye \w go|strong="H0935"\w*, ye shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w secure|strong="H0982"\w*, and to a \w large|strong="H7342"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: for \w God|strong="H0430"\w* hath \w given|strong="H5414"\w* it into your \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*; a \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where <i>there is</i> no \w want|strong="H4270"\w* of any \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* that <i>is</i> in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And there \w went|strong="H5265"\w* from thence of the \w family|strong="H4940"\w* of the \w Danites|strong="H1839"\w*, out of \w Zorah|strong="H6881"\w* and out of \w Eshtaol|strong="H0847"\w*, \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w appointed|strong="H2296"\w* with \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*.<n>appointed: Heb. girded</n>


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And they went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in \w Kirjath-jearim|strong="H7157"\w*, in \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*: wherefore they \w called|strong="H7121"\w* that \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w Mahaneh-dan|strong="H4265"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: behold, <i>it is</i> \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* \w Kirjath-jearim|strong="H7157"\w*.


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And they \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* thence unto \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that \w went|strong="H1980"\w* to spy \w out|strong="H7270"\w* the \w country|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Laish|strong="H3919"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, Do ye \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that there \w is|strong="H3426"\w* in these \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* an \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*, and \w teraphim|strong="H8655"\w*, and a graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w*, and a molten \w image|strong="H4541"\w*? now therefore \w consider|strong="H3045"\w* what ye have to \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.


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And they \w turned|strong="H5493"\w* thitherward, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* the \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w*, <i>even</i> unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*, and \w saluted|strong="H7592"\w* him.<n>saluted…: Heb. asked him of peace</n>


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And the \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w appointed|strong="H2296"\w* with their \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, which <i>were</i> of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*, \w stood|strong="H5324"\w* by the \w entering|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*.


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And the \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that \w went|strong="H1980"\w* to spy \w out|strong="H7270"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, <i>and</i> came \w in|strong="H0935"\w* thither, <i>and</i> \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w*, and the \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*, and the \w teraphim|strong="H8655"\w*, and the molten \w image|strong="H4541"\w*: and the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w stood|strong="H5324"\w* in the \w entering|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* with the \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* <i>that were</i> \w appointed|strong="H2296"\w* with \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*.


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And these \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Micah’s|strong="H4318"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w fetched|strong="H3947"\w* the carved \w image|strong="H6459"\w*, the \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*, and the \w teraphim|strong="H8655"\w*, and the molten \w image|strong="H4541"\w*. Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* unto them, What \w do|strong="H6213"\w* ye?


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And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Hold thy \w peace|strong="H2790"\w*, \w lay|strong="H7760"\w* thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* upon thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with us, and be to \w us|strong="H1961"\w* a \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and a \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*: <i>is it</i> \w better|strong="H2896"\w* for thee to be a \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, or that thou be a \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* unto a \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* and a \w family|strong="H4940"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?


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And the \w priest’s|strong="H3548"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* was \w glad|strong="H3190"\w*, and he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*, and the \w teraphim|strong="H8655"\w*, and the graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w*, and went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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So they \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* and \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* the little \w ones|strong="H2945"\w* and the \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w* and the \w carriage|strong="H3520"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them.<pb/>


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¶ <i>And</i> when they were a good \w way|strong="H7368"\w* from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*, the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that <i>were</i> in the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* near to \w Micah’s|strong="H4318"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* were gathered \w together|strong="H2199"\w*, and \w overtook|strong="H1692"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*.


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And they \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* unto the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*. And they \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* their \w faces|strong="H6440"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a \w company|strong="H2199"\w*?<n>comest…: Heb. art gathered together?</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Ye have taken \w away|strong="H3947"\w* my \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* which I \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, and the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and ye are gone \w away|strong="H3212"\w*: and what have I more? and what <i>is</i> this <i>that</i> ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, What aileth thee?


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Let not thy \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* be \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* among us, lest \w angry|strong="H4751"\w* \w fellows|strong="H0582"\w* \w run|strong="H6293"\w* upon thee, and thou \w lose|strong="H0622"\w* thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, with the \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* of thy \w household|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>angry: Heb. bitter of soul</n>


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* their \w way|strong="H1870"\w*: and when \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that they <i>were</i> too \w strong|strong="H2389"\w* for him, he \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* and went \w back|strong="H7725"\w* unto his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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And they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* <i>the things</i> which \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, and the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* which he had, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto \w Laish|strong="H3919"\w*, unto a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>that were</i> at \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w* and \w secure|strong="H0982"\w*: and they \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and \w burnt|strong="H8313"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.


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And <i>there was</i> no \w deliverer|strong="H5337"\w*, because it <i>was</i> \w far|strong="H7350"\w* from \w Zidon|strong="H6721"\w*, and they had no \w business|strong="H1697"\w* with <i>any</i> \w man|strong="H0120"\w*; and it was in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* that <i>lieth</i> by \w Beth-rehob|strong="H1050"\w*. And they \w built|strong="H1129"\w* a \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* therein.


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And they \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*, after the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* their \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, who was \w born|strong="H3205"\w* unto \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: \w howbeit|strong="H0199"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* <i>was</i> \w Laish|strong="H3919"\w* at the \w first|strong="H7223"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* set \w up|strong="H6965"\w* the graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w*: and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Gershom|strong="H1647"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, he and his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* were \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* to the \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Dan|strong="H1839"\w* until the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w captivity|strong="H1540"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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And they set them \w up|strong="H7760"\w* \w Micah’s|strong="H4318"\w* graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w*, which he \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, all the \w time|strong="H3117"\w* that the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was in \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*.<pb/>


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And it came to pass in those \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, when <i>there was</i> no \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, that there was a \w certain|strong="H0376"\w* \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w* \w sojourning|strong="H1481"\w* on the \w side|strong="H3411"\w* of \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, who \w took|strong="H3947"\w* to him a \w concubine|strong="H0802"\w* out of \w Beth-lehem-judah|strong="H1035"\w*.<n>a concubine: Heb. a woman a concubine, or, a wife a concubine</n>


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And his \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w* played the \w whore|strong="H2181"\w* against him, and went \w away|strong="H3212"\w* from him unto her \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* to \w Beth-lehem-judah|strong="H1035"\w*, and was there \w four|strong="H0702"\w* whole \w months|strong="H2320"\w*.<n>four whole months: or, a year and four month: Heb. days, four months</n>


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And her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* her, to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w friendly|strong="H3820"\w* unto her, <i>and</i> to bring her \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, having his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* with him, and a \w couple|strong="H6776"\w* of \w asses|strong="H2543"\w*: and she \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him into her \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and when the \w father|strong="H0001"\w* of the \w damsel|strong="H5291"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* him, he \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* him.<n>friendly…: Heb. to her heart</n>


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And his father in \w law|strong="H2859"\w*, the \w damsel’s|strong="H5291"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w retained|strong="H2388"\w* him; and he \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* with him \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*: so they did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, and \w lodged|strong="H3885"\w* there.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass on the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, when they arose \w early|strong="H7925"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, that he rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* to \w depart|strong="H3212"\w*: and the \w damsel’s|strong="H5291"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his son in \w law|strong="H2860"\w*, \w Comfort|strong="H5582"\w* thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* with a \w morsel|strong="H6595"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and \w afterward|strong="H0310"\w* go your \w way|strong="H3212"\w*.<n>Comfort: Heb. Strengthen</n>


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And they sat \w down|strong="H3427"\w*, and did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* of them \w together|strong="H3162"\w*: for the \w damsel’s|strong="H5291"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* had \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, Be \w content|strong="H2974"\w*, I pray thee, and tarry all \w night|strong="H3885"\w*, and let thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* be \w merry|strong="H3190"\w*.


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And when the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* to \w depart|strong="H3212"\w*, his father in \w law|strong="H2859"\w* \w urged|strong="H6484"\w* him: therefore he \w lodged|strong="H3885"\w* there \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.


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And he arose \w early|strong="H7925"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* on the \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* to \w depart|strong="H3212"\w*: and the \w damsel’s|strong="H5291"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Comfort|strong="H5582"\w* thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, I pray thee. And they \w tarried|strong="H4102"\w* until \w afternoon|strong="H3117"\w*, and they did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* of them.<n>until afternoon: Heb. till the day declined</n>


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And when the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* to \w depart|strong="H3212"\w*, he, and his \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w*, and his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, his father in \w law|strong="H2859"\w*, the \w damsel’s|strong="H5291"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Behold, now the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w draweth|strong="H7503"\w* toward \w evening|strong="H6150"\w*, I pray you tarry all \w night|strong="H3885"\w*: behold, the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* groweth to an \w end|strong="H2583"\w*, \w lodge|strong="H3885"\w* here, that thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* may be \w merry|strong="H3190"\w*; and to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* get you \w early|strong="H7925"\w* on your \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, that thou mayest \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w home|strong="H0168"\w*.<n>draweth: Heb. is weak</n><n>the day groweth to an end: Heb. it is the pitching time of the day</n><n>home: Heb. to thy tent</n>


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But the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not tarry that \w night|strong="H3885"\w*, but he rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* and \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* over \w against|strong="H5227"\w* \w Jebus|strong="H2982"\w*, which <i>is</i> \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; and <i>there were</i> with him \w two|strong="H6776"\w* \w asses|strong="H2543"\w* \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w*, his \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w* also <i>was</i> with him.<n>over against: Heb. to over against</n>


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<i>And</i> when they <i>were</i> by \w Jebus|strong="H2982"\w*, the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* was \w far|strong="H3966"\w* \w spent|strong="H7286"\w*; and the \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, I pray thee, and let us turn \w in|strong="H5493"\w* into this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w*, and \w lodge|strong="H3885"\w* in it.


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And his \w master|strong="H0113"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, We will not turn \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* hither into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of a \w stranger|strong="H5237"\w*, that <i>is</i> not of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; we will pass \w over|strong="H5674"\w* to \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us draw \w near|strong="H7126"\w* to \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of these \w places|strong="H4725"\w* to lodge all \w night|strong="H3885"\w*, in \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*, or in \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*.


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And they passed \w on|strong="H5674"\w* and went their \w way|strong="H3212"\w*; and the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* went \w down|strong="H0935"\w* upon them <i>when they were</i> \w by|strong="H0681"\w* \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*, which <i>belongeth</i> to \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*.


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And they turned \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* thither, to go \w in|strong="H0935"\w* <i>and</i> to \w lodge|strong="H3885"\w* in \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*: and when he went \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, he sat him \w down|strong="H3427"\w* in a \w street|strong="H7339"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: for <i>there was</i> no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w took|strong="H0622"\w* them into his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* to \w lodging|strong="H3885"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And, behold, there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* an \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* from his \w work|strong="H4639"\w* out of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* at \w even|strong="H6153"\w*, which <i>was</i> \w also|strong="H0376"\w* of \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*; and he \w sojourned|strong="H1481"\w* in \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*: but the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* <i>were</i> \w Benjamites|strong="H1145"\w*.


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And when he had lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* a \w wayfaring|strong="H0732"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* in the \w street|strong="H7339"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: and the \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Whither \w goest|strong="H3212"\w* thou? and \w whence|strong="H0370"\w* \w comest|strong="H0935"\w* thou?


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, We <i>are</i> \w passing|strong="H5674"\w* from \w Beth-lehem-judah|strong="H1035"\w* toward the \w side|strong="H3411"\w* of \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*; from thence <i>am</i> I: and I \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Beth-lehem-judah|strong="H1035"\w*, but I <i>am now</i> \w going|strong="H1980"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; and there <i>is</i> no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w receiveth|strong="H0622"\w* me to \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>receiveth: Heb. gathereth</n>


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Yet there \w is|strong="H3426"\w* both \w straw|strong="H8401"\w* and \w provender|strong="H4554"\w* for our \w asses|strong="H2543"\w*; and there is \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* also for me, and for thy \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w*, and for the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* <i>which is</i> with thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*: <i>there is</i> no \w want|strong="H4270"\w* of any \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.


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And the \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Peace|strong="H7965"\w* <i>be</i> with thee; \w howsoever|strong="H7535"\w* <i>let</i> all thy \w wants|strong="H4270"\w* <i>lie</i> upon me; only \w lodge|strong="H3885"\w* not in the \w street|strong="H7339"\w*.


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So he \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him into his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and gave \w provender|strong="H1101"\w* unto the \w asses|strong="H2543"\w*: and they \w washed|strong="H7364"\w* their \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, and did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ <i>Now</i> as they were making their \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* \w merry|strong="H3190"\w*, behold, the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w certain|strong="H0582"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w*, \w beset|strong="H5437"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* round \w about|strong="H5437"\w*, <i>and</i> \w beat|strong="H1849"\w* at the \w door|strong="H1817"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w master|strong="H1167"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, the \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Bring \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, that we may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* him.


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And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, the \w master|strong="H1167"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* unto them, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Nay|strong="H0408"\w*, my \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, <i>nay</i>, I pray you, do not <i>so</i> \w wickedly|strong="H7489"\w*; \w seeing|strong="H0310"\w* that this \w man|strong="H0376"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into mine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* not this \w folly|strong="H5039"\w*.


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Behold, <i>here is</i> my \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* a \w maiden|strong="H1330"\w*, and his \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w*; them I will bring \w out|strong="H3318"\w* now, and \w humble|strong="H6031"\w* ye them, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* with them what \w seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto you: but unto this \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* not \w so|strong="H2063"\w* \w vile|strong="H5039"\w* a \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.<n>so vile…: Heb. the matter of this folly</n>


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But the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* to him: so the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w took|strong="H2388"\w* his \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* her \w forth|strong="H2351"\w* unto them; and they \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* her, and \w abused|strong="H5953"\w* her all the \w night|strong="H3915"\w* until the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*: and when the \w day|strong="H7837"\w* began to \w spring|strong="H5927"\w*, they let her \w go|strong="H7971"\w*.


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Then \w came|strong="H0935"\w* the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* in the \w dawning|strong="H6437"\w* of the \w day|strong="H1242"\w*, and fell \w down|strong="H5307"\w* at the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* where her \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* <i>was</i>, till it was \w light|strong="H0216"\w*.


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And her \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, and \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w go|strong="H3212"\w* his \w way|strong="H1870"\w*: and, behold, the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* his \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w* was fallen \w down|strong="H5307"\w* <i>at</i> the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and her \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* <i>were</i> upon the \w threshold|strong="H5592"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, \w Up|strong="H6965"\w*, and let us be \w going|strong="H3212"\w*. But none \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*. Then the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* her <i>up</i> upon an \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, and the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w gat|strong="H3212"\w* him unto his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And when he was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* a \w knife|strong="H3979"\w*, and laid \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* on his \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w*, and \w divided|strong="H5408"\w* her, <i>together</i> with her \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*, into \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w pieces|strong="H5409"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* her into all the \w coasts|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And it was \w so|strong="H1961"\w*, that all that \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* it \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, There was no such \w deed|strong="H2063"\w* done nor \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* from the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: \w consider|strong="H7760"\w* of it, take \w advice|strong="H5779"\w*, and \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* <i>your minds</i>.<pb/>


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Then all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and the \w congregation|strong="H5712"\w* was gathered \w together|strong="H6950"\w* as \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, from \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* even to \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w*, with the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* in \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w*.


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And the \w chief|strong="H6438"\w* of all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, <i>even</i> of all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w presented|strong="H3320"\w* themselves in the \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w footmen|strong="H0376"\w* that \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.


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(Now the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w*.) Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Tell|strong="H1696"\w* <i>us</i>, how \w was|strong="H1961"\w* this \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*?


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And the \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w*, the \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* that was \w slain|strong="H7523"\w*, \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* that <i>belongeth</i> to \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, I and my \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w*, to \w lodge|strong="H3885"\w*.<n>the Levite: Heb. the man the Levite</n>


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And the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* \w rose|strong="H6965"\w* against me, and \w beset|strong="H5437"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* round \w about|strong="H5437"\w* upon me by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, <i>and</i> \w thought|strong="H1819"\w* to have \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* me: and my \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w* have they \w forced|strong="H6031"\w*, that she is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.<n>forced: Heb. humbled</n>


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And I \w took|strong="H0270"\w* my \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w*, and cut her in \w pieces|strong="H5408"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* her throughout all the \w country|strong="H7704"\w* of the \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: for they have \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w lewdness|strong="H2154"\w* and \w folly|strong="H5039"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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Behold, ye <i>are</i> all \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w give|strong="H3051"\w* \w here|strong="H1988"\w* your \w advice|strong="H1697"\w* and \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* as \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, We will not \w any|strong="H0376"\w* <i>of us</i> \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to his \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*, neither will we \w any|strong="H0376"\w* <i>of us</i> \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* into his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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But now this <i>shall be</i> the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* which we will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*; <i>we will go up</i> by \w lot|strong="H1486"\w* against it;


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And we will \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* throughout all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* of a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*, and a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* out of ten \w thousand|strong="H7233"\w*, to \w fetch|strong="H3947"\w* \w victual|strong="H6720"\w* for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that they may \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, when they \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Gibeah|strong="H1387"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, according to all the \w folly|strong="H5039"\w* that they have \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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So all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* against the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, knit \w together|strong="H2270"\w* as \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*.<n>knit…: Heb. fellows</n><pb/>


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¶ And the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* through all the \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, What \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* <i>is</i> this that is \w done|strong="H1961"\w* among you?


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Now therefore \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* <i>us</i> the \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w*, which <i>are</i> in \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*, that we may put them to \w death|strong="H4191"\w*, and put \w away|strong="H1197"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* from \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. But the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* to the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*:


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But the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H0622"\w* out of the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* unto \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*, to go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* were \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w* at that \w time|strong="H3117"\w* out of the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* that \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, beside the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*, which were \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.


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Among all this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>there were</i> \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w lefthanded|strong="H0334"\w*; every one could \w sling|strong="H7049"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* at an \w hair|strong="H8185"\w* <i>breadth</i>, and not \w miss|strong="H2398"\w*.


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And the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, beside \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, were \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* that \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*: all these <i>were</i> \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* counsel of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Which|strong="H4310"\w* of us shall go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w first|strong="H8462"\w* to the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*? And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* <i>shall go up</i> \w first|strong="H8462"\w*.


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, and \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* against \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*.


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And the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* against \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*; and the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* put themselves in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* to \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* against them at \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*.


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*, and destroyed \w down|strong="H7843"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.


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And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w encouraged|strong="H2388"\w* themselves, and set their \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* in the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where they put themselves in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* the \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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(And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* until \w even|strong="H6153"\w*, and \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* counsel of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall I go \w up|strong="H5066"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*? And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against him.)


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* came \w near|strong="H7126"\w* against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* them out of \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and destroyed \w down|strong="H7843"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* again \w eighteen|strong="H8083"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*; all these \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*, and \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* there \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w fasted|strong="H6684"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* until \w even|strong="H6153"\w*, and \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* and peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, (for the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* <i>was</i> there in those \w days|strong="H3117"\w*,


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And \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Eleazar|strong="H0499"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Aaron|strong="H0175"\w*, \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* it in those \w days|strong="H3117"\w*,) \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall I yet \w again|strong="H3254"\w* go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, or shall I \w cease|strong="H2308"\w*? And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*; for to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* I will \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* them into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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And \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* liers in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*.


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* on the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and put themselves in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* against \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*, as at other \w times|strong="H6471"\w*.


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, <i>and</i> were drawn \w away|strong="H5423"\w* from the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; and they \w began|strong="H2490"\w* to \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, <i>and</i> \w kill|strong="H2491"\w*, as at other \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, in the \w highways|strong="H4546"\w*, of which \w one|strong="H0259"\w* goeth \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and the \w other|strong="H0259"\w* to \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, about \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>to smite…: Heb. to smite of the people wounded as at, etc</n><n>the house…: or, Beth-el</n>


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, They <i>are</i> smitten \w down|strong="H5062"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* us, as at the \w first|strong="H7223"\w*. But the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let us \w flee|strong="H5127"\w*, and \w draw|strong="H5423"\w* them from the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* unto the \w highways|strong="H4546"\w*.


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And all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* out of their \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and put themselves in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* at \w Baal-tamar|strong="H1193"\w*: and the liers in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* came \w forth|strong="H1518"\w* out of their \w places|strong="H4725"\w*, <i>even</i> out of the \w meadows|strong="H4629"\w* of \w Gibeah|strong="H1387"\w*.


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And there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w against|strong="H5048"\w* \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* out of all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* was \w sore|strong="H3513"\w*: but they \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not that \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* <i>was</i> \w near|strong="H5060"\w* them.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w smote|strong="H5062"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* of the \w Benjamites|strong="H1145"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* and an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*: all these \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.


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So the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that they were \w smitten|strong="H5062"\w*: for the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* to the \w Benjamites|strong="H1145"\w*, because they \w trusted|strong="H0982"\w* unto the liers in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* which they had \w set|strong="H7760"\w* beside \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*.


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And the liers in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* \w hasted|strong="H2363"\w*, and \w rushed|strong="H6584"\w* upon \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*; and the liers in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* drew <i>themselves</i> \w along|strong="H4900"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* all the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.<n>drew…: or, made a long sound with the trumpet</n>


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Now there was an appointed \w sign|strong="H4150"\w* between the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H5973"\w* the liers in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w*, that they should make a \w great|strong="H7235"\w* \w flame|strong="H4864"\w* with \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w* rise \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.<n>sign: or, time</n><n>and: Heb. with</n><n>flame: Heb. elevation</n>


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And when the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w retired|strong="H2015"\w* in the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* to \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* <i>and</i> \w kill|strong="H2491"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* about \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w persons|strong="H0376"\w*: for they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Surely|strong="H5062"\w* they are smitten \w down|strong="H5062"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* us, as <i>in</i> the \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.<n>to smite…: Heb. to smite the wounded</n>


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But when the \w flame|strong="H4864"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* to arise \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* with a \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* of \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w*, the \w Benjamites|strong="H1145"\w* \w looked|strong="H6437"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* them, and, behold, the \w flame|strong="H3632"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* ascended \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.<n>the flame of: Heb. the whole consumption of</n>


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And when the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* turned \w again|strong="H2015"\w*, the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* were \w amazed|strong="H0926"\w*: for they \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* was \w come|strong="H5060"\w* upon them.<n>was come…: Heb. touched them</n>


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Therefore they \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* <i>their backs</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* unto the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*; but the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w overtook|strong="H1692"\w* them; and them which <i>came</i> out of the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* they \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of them.


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<i>Thus</i> they \w inclosed|strong="H3803"\w* the \w Benjamites|strong="H1145"\w* round \w about|strong="H3803"\w*, <i>and</i> \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* them, <i>and</i> trode them \w down|strong="H1869"\w* with \w ease|strong="H4496"\w* over \w against|strong="H5227"\w* \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* toward the \w sunrising|strong="H4217"\w*.<n>with ease…: or, from Menuchah, etc</n><n>over…: Heb. unto over against</n>


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And there \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w eighteen|strong="H8083"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*; all these <i>were</i> \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w valour|strong="H2428"\w*.


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And they \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* toward the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* unto the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w* of \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w*: and they \w gleaned|strong="H5953"\w* of them in the \w highways|strong="H4546"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*; and \w pursued|strong="H1692"\w* hard \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them unto \w Gidom|strong="H1440"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* two \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of them.


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So that all which \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* were \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* that \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; all these <i>were</i> \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w valour|strong="H2428"\w*.


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But \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* to the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* unto the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w* \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w*, and \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w* \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*.


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And the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* turned \w again|strong="H7725"\w* upon the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, as well the \w men|strong="H4974"\w* of <i>every</i> \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* the \w beast|strong="H0929"\w*, and all that came to \w hand|strong="H4672"\w*: also they \w set|strong="H7971"\w* on \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* that they came \w to|strong="H4672"\w*.<n>came to hand: Heb. was found</n><n>they came…: Heb. were found</n><pb/>


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Now the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* had \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* in \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, There shall not \w any|strong="H0376"\w* of us \w give|strong="H5414"\w* his \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* unto \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.


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And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* there till \w even|strong="H6153"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w voices|strong="H6963"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w sore|strong="H1419"\w*;


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And \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, why is this come to pass in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, that there should be to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w lacking|strong="H6485"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?


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And it came to pass on the \w morrow|strong="H4283"\w*, that the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* rose \w early|strong="H7925"\w*, and \w built|strong="H1129"\w* there an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, and \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* and peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*.


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who <i>is there</i> among all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* not up with the \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*? For they had made a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w oath|strong="H7621"\w* concerning him that came not \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* to \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, He shall \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* be put to \w death|strong="H4191"\w*.


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w repented|strong="H5162"\w* them for \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* their \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, There is \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* cut \w off|strong="H1438"\w* from \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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How shall we \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* for them that \w remain|strong="H3498"\w*, seeing we have \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* by the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* that we will not \w give|strong="H5414"\w* them of our \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* to \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*?<pb/>


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¶ And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What \w one|strong="H0259"\w* <i>is there</i> of the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* that came not \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w* to the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*? And, behold, there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w none|strong="H0376"\w* to the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* from \w Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003"\w* to the \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w*.


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For the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* were \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w*, and, behold, <i>there were</i> \w none|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003"\w* there.


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And the \w congregation|strong="H5712"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* thither \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w valiantest|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* them, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003"\w* with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, with the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* and the \w children|strong="H2945"\w*.


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And this <i>is</i> the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* that ye shall \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, Ye shall utterly \w destroy|strong="H2763"\w* every \w male|strong="H2145"\w*, and every \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* that hath \w lain|strong="H4904"\w* by \w man|strong="H3045"\w*.<n>hath lain…: Heb. knoweth the lying with man</n>


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And they \w found|strong="H4672"\w* among the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w young|strong="H5291"\w* \w virgins|strong="H1330"\w*, that had \w known|strong="H3045"\w* no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* by \w lying|strong="H4904"\w* with any \w male|strong="H2145"\w*: and they \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* them unto the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* to \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*, which <i>is</i> in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*.<n>young…: Heb. young women virgins</n>


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And the whole \w congregation|strong="H5712"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* <i>some</i> to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* to the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* that <i>were</i> in the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w* \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w*, and to \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w peaceably|strong="H7965"\w* unto them.<n>to speak…: Heb. and spake and called</n><n>call…: or, proclaim peace</n>


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And \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* came \w again|strong="H7725"\w* at that \w time|strong="H6256"\w*; and they \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* them \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* which they had saved \w alive|strong="H2421"\w* of the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003"\w*: and yet so they \w sufficed|strong="H4672"\w* them not.


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And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w repented|strong="H5162"\w* them for \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, because that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w breach|strong="H6556"\w* in the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of the \w congregation|strong="H5712"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, How shall we \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* for them that \w remain|strong="H3498"\w*, seeing the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* are \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* out of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*?


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And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>There must be</i> an \w inheritance|strong="H3425"\w* for them that be \w escaped|strong="H6413"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, that a \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* be not \w destroyed|strong="H4229"\w* out of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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Howbeit we \w may|strong="H3201"\w* not \w give|strong="H5414"\w* them \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* of our \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*: for the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* have \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Cursed|strong="H0779"\w* <i>be</i> he that \w giveth|strong="H5414"\w* a \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* to \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*.


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Then they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, <i>there is</i> a \w feast|strong="H2282"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* in \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* \w yearly|strong="H3117"\w* <i>in a place</i> which <i>is</i> on the north \w side|strong="H6828"\w* of \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, on the east \w side|strong="H4217"\w* of the \w highway|strong="H4546"\w* that goeth \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w* to \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, and on the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* of \w Lebonah|strong="H3829"\w*.<n>yearly: Heb. from year to year</n><n>on the east…: or, toward the sunrising</n><n>of the highway: or, on the highway</n>


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Therefore they \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* and lie in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* in the \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*;


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And \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, and, behold, if the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w dance|strong="H2342"\w* in \w dances|strong="H4246"\w*, then come ye \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, and \w catch|strong="H2414"\w* you every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*, and \w go|strong="H1980"\w* to the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*.


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And it shall be, when their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* or their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto us to \w complain|strong="H7378"\w*, that we will \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Be \w favourable|strong="H2603"\w* unto them for our sakes: because we \w reserved|strong="H3947"\w* not to each \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* in the \w war|strong="H4421"\w*: for ye did not \w give|strong="H5414"\w* unto them at this \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, <i>that</i> ye should be \w guilty|strong="H0816"\w*.<n>Be favourable…: or, Gratify us in them</n>


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* did \w so|strong="H6213"\w*, and \w took|strong="H5375"\w* <i>them</i> \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, according to their \w number|strong="H4557"\w*, of them that \w danced|strong="H2342"\w*, whom they \w caught|strong="H1497"\w*: and they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* unto their \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*, and \w repaired|strong="H1129"\w* the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in them.


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w departed|strong="H1980"\w* thence at that \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* and to his \w family|strong="H4940"\w*, and they went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from thence every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*.


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In those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* <i>there was</i> no \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in his own \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.


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Now it came to pass in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* when the \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* \w ruled|strong="H8199"\w*, that there was a \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. And a certain \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Beth-lehem-judah|strong="H1035"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w sojourn|strong="H1481"\w* in the \w country|strong="H7704"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, he, and his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, and his \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*.<n>ruled: Heb. judged</n>


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And the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* <i>was</i> \w Elimelech|strong="H0458"\w*, and the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w Naomi|strong="H5281"\w*, and the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of his \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mahlon|strong="H4248"\w* and \w Chilion|strong="H3630"\w*, \w Ephrathites|strong="H0673"\w* of \w Beth-lehem-judah|strong="H1035"\w*. And they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w country|strong="H7704"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and continued there.<n>continued: Heb. were</n>


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And \w Elimelech|strong="H0458"\w* \w Naomi’s|strong="H5281"\w* \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*; and she was \w left|strong="H7604"\w*, and her \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*.


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And they \w took|strong="H5375"\w* them \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* of the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4125"\w*; the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* <i>was</i> \w Orpah|strong="H6204"\w*, and the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w Ruth|strong="H7327"\w*: and they \w dwelled|strong="H3427"\w* there about \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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And \w Mahlon|strong="H4248"\w* and \w Chilion|strong="H3630"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* also \w both|strong="H8147"\w* of them; and the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* was \w left|strong="H7604"\w* of her \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H3206"\w* and her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then she \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* with her daughters in \w law|strong="H3618"\w*, that she might \w return|strong="H7725"\w* from the \w country|strong="H7704"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*: for she had \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* in the \w country|strong="H7704"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* how that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w visited|strong="H6485"\w* his \w people|strong="H5971"\w* in \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* them \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*.


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Wherefore she went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where she was, and her \w two|strong="H8147"\w* daughters in \w law|strong="H3618"\w* with her; and they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* on the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* to \w return|strong="H7725"\w* unto the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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And \w Naomi|strong="H5281"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her \w two|strong="H8147"\w* daughters in \w law|strong="H3618"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w each|strong="H0802"\w* to her \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w deal|strong="H6213"\w* \w kindly|strong="H2617"\w* with you, as ye have \w dealt|strong="H6213"\w* with the \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, and with me.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w grant|strong="H5414"\w* you that ye may \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w rest|strong="H4496"\w*, \w each|strong="H0802"\w* <i>of you</i> in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*. Then she \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* them; and they lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*.


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And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, Surely we will \w return|strong="H7725"\w* with thee unto thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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And \w Naomi|strong="H5281"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, my \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*: why will ye \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with me? <i>are</i> there yet <i>any more</i> \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* in my \w womb|strong="H4578"\w*, that they may be your \w husbands|strong="H0582"\w*?


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Turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, my \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, \w go|strong="H3212"\w* <i>your way;</i> for I am too \w old|strong="H2204"\w* to have an \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*. If I should \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*, <i>if</i> I should have an \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* also to \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, and should also \w bear|strong="H3205"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*;<n>should have…: or were with an husband</n>


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Would ye \w tarry|strong="H7663"\w* for \w them|strong="H3860"\w* till they were \w grown|strong="H1431"\w*? would ye \w stay|strong="H5702"\w* for \w them|strong="H3860"\w* from having \w husbands|strong="H0376"\w*? nay, my \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*; for it \w grieveth|strong="H4843"\w* me \w much|strong="H3966"\w* for your sakes that the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* is gone \w out|strong="H3318"\w* against me.<n>tarry: Heb. hope</n><n>it grieveth…: Heb. I have much bitterness</n>


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And they lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and wept \w again|strong="H1058"\w*: and \w Orpah|strong="H6204"\w* \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* her mother in \w law|strong="H2545"\w*; but \w Ruth|strong="H7327"\w* \w clave|strong="H1692"\w* unto her.


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And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, thy sister in \w law|strong="H2994"\w* is gone \w back|strong="H7725"\w* unto her \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and unto her \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*: \w return|strong="H7725"\w* thou \w after|strong="H0310"\w* thy sister in \w law|strong="H2994"\w*.


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And \w Ruth|strong="H7327"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Intreat|strong="H6293"\w* me not to \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* thee, <i>or</i> to \w return|strong="H7725"\w* from following \w after|strong="H0310"\w* thee: for whither thou \w goest|strong="H3212"\w*, I will \w go|strong="H3212"\w*; and where thou \w lodgest|strong="H3885"\w*, I will \w lodge|strong="H3885"\w*: thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>shall be</i> my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*:<n>Intreat…: or, Be not against me</n>


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Where thou \w diest|strong="H4191"\w*, will I \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, and there will I be \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*: the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* so to me, and \w more|strong="H3254"\w* also, <i>if ought</i> but \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w part|strong="H6504"\w* thee and me.


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When she \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that she was stedfastly \w minded|strong="H0553"\w* to \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with her, then she \w left|strong="H2308"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* unto her.<n>was…: Heb. strengthened herself</n><pb/>


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¶ So they \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* until they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w*. And it came to pass, when they were \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w*, that all the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* was \w moved|strong="H1949"\w* about them, and they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Is</i> this \w Naomi|strong="H5281"\w*?


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And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Call|strong="H7121"\w* me not \w Naomi|strong="H5281"\w*, \w call|strong="H7121"\w* me \w Mara|strong="H4755"\w*: for the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* hath dealt \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w bitterly|strong="H4843"\w* with me.<n>Naomi: that is, Pleasant</n><n>Mara: that is, Bitter</n>


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I went \w out|strong="H1980"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w*, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath brought me home \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w empty|strong="H7387"\w*: why <i>then</i> \w call|strong="H7121"\w* ye me \w Naomi|strong="H5281"\w*, seeing the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w testified|strong="H6030"\w* against me, and the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* hath \w afflicted|strong="H7489"\w* me?


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So \w Naomi|strong="H5281"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w Ruth|strong="H7327"\w* the \w Moabitess|strong="H4125"\w*, her daughter in \w law|strong="H3618"\w*, with her, which \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* out of the \w country|strong="H7704"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*: and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w* in the \w beginning|strong="H8462"\w* of \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*.<pb/>


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And \w Naomi|strong="H5281"\w* had a \w kinsman|strong="H4129"\w* of her \w husband’s|strong="H0376"\w*, a \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w wealth|strong="H2428"\w*, of the \w family|strong="H4940"\w* of \w Elimelech|strong="H0458"\w*; and his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w*.<n>Boaz: Gr. Booz</n>


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And \w Ruth|strong="H7327"\w* the \w Moabitess|strong="H4125"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Naomi|strong="H5281"\w*, Let me now \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and \w glean|strong="H3950"\w* ears of \w corn|strong="H7641"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* <i>him</i> in whose \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* I shall \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w grace|strong="H2580"\w*. And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, my \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*.


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And she \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w gleaned|strong="H3950"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w reapers|strong="H7114"\w*: and her \w hap|strong="H4745"\w* was to \w light|strong="H7136"\w* on a \w part|strong="H2513"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* <i>belonging</i> unto \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w*, who <i>was</i> of the \w kindred|strong="H4940"\w* of \w Elimelech|strong="H0458"\w*.<n>hap…: Heb. hap happened</n><pb/>


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¶ And, behold, \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* from \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w reapers|strong="H7114"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>be</i> with you. And they \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* him, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* thee.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w* unto his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* that was \w set|strong="H5324"\w* over the \w reapers|strong="H7114"\w*, Whose \w damsel|strong="H5291"\w* <i>is</i> this?


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And the \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* that was \w set|strong="H5324"\w* over the \w reapers|strong="H7114"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, It <i>is</i> the \w Moabitish|strong="H4125"\w* \w damsel|strong="H5291"\w* that came \w back|strong="H7725"\w* with \w Naomi|strong="H5281"\w* out of the \w country|strong="H7704"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*:


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And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I pray you, let me \w glean|strong="H3950"\w* and \w gather|strong="H0622"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w reapers|strong="H7114"\w* among the \w sheaves|strong="H6016"\w*: so she \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, and hath \w continued|strong="H5975"\w* \w even|strong="H0227"\w* from the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* until now, that she \w tarried|strong="H3427"\w* a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w* unto \w Ruth|strong="H7327"\w*, \w Hearest|strong="H8085"\w* thou not, my \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*? \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* not to \w glean|strong="H3950"\w* in \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, neither \w go|strong="H5674"\w* from hence, but \w abide|strong="H1692"\w* here fast by my \w maidens|strong="H5291"\w*:


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<i>Let</i> thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* <i>be</i> on the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* that they do \w reap|strong="H7114"\w*, and \w go|strong="H1980"\w* thou \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them: have I not \w charged|strong="H6680"\w* the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* that they shall not \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* thee? and when thou art \w athirst|strong="H6770"\w*, \w go|strong="H1980"\w* unto the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*, and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* of <i>that</i> which the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* have \w drawn|strong="H7579"\w*.


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Then she \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* on her \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* herself to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Why have I \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w grace|strong="H2580"\w* in thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, that thou shouldest take \w knowledge|strong="H5234"\w* of me, seeing I <i>am</i> a \w stranger|strong="H5237"\w*?


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And \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, It hath \w fully|strong="H5046"\w* been \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* me, all that thou hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w* unto thy mother in \w law|strong="H2545"\w* \w since|strong="H0310"\w* the \w death|strong="H4194"\w* of thine \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*: and <i>how</i> thou hast \w left|strong="H5800"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and thy \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, and the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of thy \w nativity|strong="H4138"\w*, and art \w come|strong="H3212"\w* unto a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* which thou \w knewest|strong="H3045"\w* not \w heretofore|strong="H8543"\w*.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w recompense|strong="H7999"\w* thy \w work|strong="H6467"\w*, and a \w full|strong="H8003"\w* \w reward|strong="H4909"\w* be given thee of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, under whose \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* thou art \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w trust|strong="H2620"\w*.


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Then she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let me \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w favour|strong="H2580"\w* in thy \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*; for that thou hast \w comforted|strong="H5162"\w* me, and for that thou hast \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w friendly|strong="H3820"\w* unto thine \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w*, though I be not like unto \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of thine \w handmaidens|strong="H8198"\w*.<n>Let me…: or, I find</n><n>friendly: Heb. to the heart</n>


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And \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, At \w mealtime|strong="H6256"\w* \w come|strong="H5066"\w* thou \w hither|strong="H1988"\w*, and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* of the \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and \w dip|strong="H2881"\w* thy \w morsel|strong="H6595"\w* in the \w vinegar|strong="H2558"\w*. And she \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w beside|strong="H6654"\w* the \w reapers|strong="H7114"\w*: and he \w reached|strong="H6642"\w* her \w parched|strong="H7039"\w* <i>corn</i>, and she did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*, and was \w sufficed|strong="H7646"\w*, and \w left|strong="H3498"\w*.


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And when she was risen \w up|strong="H6965"\w* to \w glean|strong="H3950"\w*, \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* his young \w men|strong="H5288"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Let her \w glean|strong="H3950"\w* even among the \w sheaves|strong="H6016"\w*, and \w reproach|strong="H3637"\w* her not:<n>reproach…: Heb. shame her not</n>


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And let \w fall|strong="H7997"\w* also <i>some</i> of the \w handfuls|strong="H6653"\w* of \w purpose|strong="H7997"\w* for her, and \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* <i>them</i>, that she may \w glean|strong="H3950"\w* <i>them</i>, and \w rebuke|strong="H1605"\w* her not.<pb/>


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So she \w gleaned|strong="H3950"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* until \w even|strong="H6153"\w*, and beat \w out|strong="H2251"\w* that she had \w gleaned|strong="H3950"\w*: and it was about an \w ephah|strong="H0374"\w* of \w barley|strong="H8184"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And she took <i>it</i> \w up|strong="H5375"\w*, and \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: and her mother in \w law|strong="H2545"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* what she had \w gleaned|strong="H3950"\w*: and she brought \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* to her that she had \w reserved|strong="H3498"\w* after she was \w sufficed|strong="H7648"\w*.


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And her mother in \w law|strong="H2545"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, Where hast thou \w gleaned|strong="H3950"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*? and \w where|strong="H0375"\w* \w wroughtest|strong="H6213"\w* thou? \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* be he that did take \w knowledge|strong="H5234"\w* of thee. And she \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* her mother in \w law|strong="H2545"\w* with whom she had \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* with whom I \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* <i>is</i> \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w*.


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And \w Naomi|strong="H5281"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her daughter in \w law|strong="H3618"\w*, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* <i>be</i> he of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, who hath not left \w off|strong="H5800"\w* his \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* to the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* and to the \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*. And \w Naomi|strong="H5281"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, The \w man|strong="H0376"\w* <i>is</i> near of \w kin|strong="H7138"\w* unto us, one of our next \w kinsmen|strong="H1350"\w*.<n>one of…: or, one that hath right to redeem</n>


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And \w Ruth|strong="H7327"\w* the \w Moabitess|strong="H4125"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, He \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me also, Thou shalt keep \w fast|strong="H1692"\w* by my young \w men|strong="H5288"\w*, until they have \w ended|strong="H3615"\w* all my \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*.


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And \w Naomi|strong="H5281"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Ruth|strong="H7327"\w* her daughter in \w law|strong="H3618"\w*, <i>It is</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, my \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, that thou go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* with his \w maidens|strong="H5291"\w*, that they \w meet|strong="H6293"\w* thee not in any \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*.<n>meet…: or, fall upon thee</n>


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So she kept \w fast|strong="H1692"\w* by the \w maidens|strong="H5291"\w* of \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w* to \w glean|strong="H3950"\w* unto the \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* and of \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*; and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* with her mother in \w law|strong="H2545"\w*.<pb/>


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Then \w Naomi|strong="H5281"\w* her mother in \w law|strong="H2545"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, My \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, shall I not \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w rest|strong="H4494"\w* for thee, that it may be \w well|strong="H3190"\w* with thee?


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And now <i>is</i> not \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w* of our \w kindred|strong="H4130"\w*, with whose \w maidens|strong="H5291"\w* thou wast? Behold, he \w winnoweth|strong="H2219"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* to \w night|strong="H3915"\w* in the \w threshingfloor|strong="H1637"\w*.


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\w Wash|strong="H7364"\w* thyself therefore, and \w anoint|strong="H5480"\w* thee, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* thy \w raiment|strong="H8071"\w* upon thee, and get thee \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w floor|strong="H1637"\w*: <i>but</i> make not thyself \w known|strong="H3045"\w* unto the \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, until he shall have \w done|strong="H3615"\w* \w eating|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w*.


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And it shall be, when he lieth \w down|strong="H7901"\w*, that thou shalt \w mark|strong="H3045"\w* the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where he shall \w lie|strong="H7901"\w*, and thou shalt go \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w uncover|strong="H1540"\w* his \w feet|strong="H4772"\w*, and lay thee \w down|strong="H7901"\w*; and he will \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* thee what thou shalt \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.<n>uncover: or, lift up the clothes that are on</n>


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And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, All that thou \w sayest|strong="H0559"\w* unto me I will \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And she went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* unto the \w floor|strong="H1637"\w*, and \w did|strong="H6213"\w* according to all that her mother in \w law|strong="H2545"\w* \w bade|strong="H6680"\w* her.


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And when \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w* had \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w*, and his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* was \w merry|strong="H3190"\w*, he \w went|strong="H0935"\w* to lie \w down|strong="H7901"\w* at the \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of the heap of \w corn|strong="H6194"\w*: and she \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w softly|strong="H3909"\w*, and \w uncovered|strong="H1540"\w* his \w feet|strong="H4772"\w*, and laid her \w down|strong="H7901"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass at \w midnight|strong="H2677"\w*, that the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* was \w afraid|strong="H2729"\w*, and \w turned|strong="H3943"\w* himself: and, behold, a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* at his \w feet|strong="H4772"\w*.<n>turned: or, took hold on</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who <i>art</i> thou? And she \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I <i>am</i> \w Ruth|strong="H7327"\w* thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w*: \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* therefore thy \w skirt|strong="H3671"\w* over thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w*; for thou <i>art</i> a near \w kinsman|strong="H1350"\w*.<n>a near…: or, one that hath right to redeem</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* <i>be</i> thou of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, my \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*: <i>for</i> thou hast \w shewed|strong="H3190"\w* more \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* in the latter \w end|strong="H0314"\w* than at the \w beginning|strong="H7223"\w*, inasmuch as thou \w followedst|strong="H3212"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* young \w men|strong="H0970"\w*, whether \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* or \w rich|strong="H6223"\w*.


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And now, my \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* not; I will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to thee all that thou \w requirest|strong="H0559"\w*: for all the \w city|strong="H8179"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* doth \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that thou <i>art</i> a \w virtuous|strong="H2428"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*.<n>city: Heb. gate</n>


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And now it is \w true|strong="H0551"\w* that I <i>am thy</i> near \w kinsman|strong="H1350"\w*: howbeit there \w is|strong="H3426"\w* a \w kinsman|strong="H1350"\w* \w nearer|strong="H7138"\w* than I.


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\w Tarry|strong="H3885"\w* this \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, and it shall be in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, <i>that</i> if he will perform unto thee the part of a \w kinsman|strong="H1350"\w*, \w well|strong="H2896"\w*; let him do the \w kinsman’s part|strong="H1350"\w*: but if he \w will|strong="H2654"\w* not do the part of a \w kinsman|strong="H1350"\w* to thee, then will I do the part of a \w kinsman|strong="H1350"\w* to thee, <i>as</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*: lie \w down|strong="H7901"\w* until the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And she \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* at his \w feet|strong="H4772"\w* until the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*: and she rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w before|strong="H2958"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* could \w know|strong="H5234"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let it not be \w known|strong="H3045"\w* that a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w floor|strong="H1637"\w*.


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Also he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Bring|strong="H3051"\w* the \w vail|strong="H4304"\w* that <i>thou hast</i> upon thee, and \w hold|strong="H0270"\w* it. And when she \w held|strong="H0270"\w* it, he \w measured|strong="H4058"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* <i>measures</i> of \w barley|strong="H8184"\w*, and \w laid|strong="H7896"\w* <i>it</i> on her: and she \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.<n>vail: or, sheet, or, apron</n>


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And when she \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to her mother in \w law|strong="H2545"\w*, she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who <i>art</i> thou, my \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*? And she \w told|strong="H5046"\w* her all that the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to her.


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And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, These \w six|strong="H8337"\w* <i>measures</i> of \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* he me; for he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to me, \w Go|strong="H0935"\w* not \w empty|strong="H7387"\w* unto thy mother in \w law|strong="H2545"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* she, Sit \w still|strong="H3427"\w*, my \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, until thou \w know|strong="H3045"\w* how the \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* will \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*: for the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* will not be in \w rest|strong="H8252"\w*, \w until|strong="H0518"\w* he have \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<pb/>


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Then \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and sat him \w down|strong="H3427"\w* there: and, behold, the \w kinsman|strong="H1350"\w* of whom \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w came|strong="H5674"\w* by; unto whom he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Ho|strong="H1945"\w*, \w such|strong="H6423"\w* a \w one|strong="H0492"\w*! turn \w aside|strong="H5493"\w*, sit \w down|strong="H3427"\w* here. And he turned \w aside|strong="H5493"\w*, and sat \w down|strong="H3427"\w*.


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And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Sit ye \w down|strong="H3427"\w* here. And they sat \w down|strong="H3427"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w kinsman|strong="H1350"\w*, \w Naomi|strong="H5281"\w*, that is come \w again|strong="H7725"\w* out of the \w country|strong="H7704"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, \w selleth|strong="H4376"\w* a \w parcel|strong="H2513"\w* of \w land|strong="H7704"\w*, which <i>was</i> our \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Elimelech’s|strong="H0458"\w*:


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And I \w thought|strong="H0559"\w* to \w advertise|strong="H1540"\w* thee, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Buy|strong="H7069"\w* <i>it</i> before the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w*, and before the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. If thou wilt \w redeem|strong="H1350"\w* <i>it</i>, \w redeem|strong="H1350"\w* <i>it:</i> but if thou wilt not \w redeem|strong="H1350"\w* <i>it, then</i> \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* me, that I may \w know|strong="H3045"\w*: for <i>there is</i> none to \w redeem|strong="H1350"\w* <i>it</i> \w beside|strong="H2108"\w* thee; and I <i>am</i> \w after|strong="H0310"\w* thee. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w redeem|strong="H1350"\w* <i>it</i>.<n>I thought…: Heb. I said, I will reveal in thine ear</n>


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w*, What \w day|strong="H3117"\w* thou \w buyest|strong="H7069"\w* the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Naomi|strong="H5281"\w*, thou must \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* <i>it</i> also of \w Ruth|strong="H7327"\w* the \w Moabitess|strong="H4125"\w*, the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of the \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, to raise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* upon his \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w kinsman|strong="H1350"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* \w redeem|strong="H1350"\w* <i>it</i> for myself, lest I \w mar|strong="H7843"\w* mine own \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*: \w redeem|strong="H1350"\w* thou my \w right|strong="H1353"\w* to thyself; for I \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* \w redeem|strong="H1350"\w* <i>it</i>.


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Now this <i>was the manner</i> in former \w time|strong="H6440"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* concerning \w redeeming|strong="H1353"\w* and concerning \w changing|strong="H8545"\w*, for to \w confirm|strong="H6965"\w* all \w things|strong="H1697"\w*; a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* plucked \w off|strong="H8025"\w* his \w shoe|strong="H5275"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* <i>it</i> to his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*: and this <i>was</i> a \w testimony|strong="H8584"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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Therefore the \w kinsman|strong="H1350"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w*, \w Buy|strong="H7069"\w* <i>it</i> for thee. So he drew \w off|strong="H8025"\w* his \w shoe|strong="H5275"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, and <i>unto</i> all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, Ye <i>are</i> \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that I have \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* all that <i>was</i> \w Elimelech’s|strong="H0458"\w*, and all that <i>was</i> \w Chilion’s|strong="H3630"\w* and \w Mahlon’s|strong="H4248"\w*, of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Naomi|strong="H5281"\w*.


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Moreover \w Ruth|strong="H7327"\w* the \w Moabitess|strong="H4125"\w*, the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Mahlon|strong="H4248"\w*, have I \w purchased|strong="H7069"\w* to be my \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, to raise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* upon his \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*, that the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* be not cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* from \w among|strong="H5973"\w* his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, and from the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*: ye <i>are</i> \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>We are</i> \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w*. The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* that is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w* like \w Rachel|strong="H7354"\w* and like \w Leah|strong="H3812"\w*, which \w two|strong="H8147"\w* did \w build|strong="H1129"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* thou \w worthily|strong="H2428"\w* in \w Ephratah|strong="H0672"\w*, and be \w famous|strong="H7121"\w* in \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w*:<n>do thou…: or, get thee riches, or, power</n><n>be famous: Heb. proclaim thy name</n>


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And let thy \w house|strong="H1004"\w* be like the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Pharez|strong="H6557"\w*, whom \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w* \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* unto \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, of the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee of this young \w woman|strong="H5291"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ So \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Ruth|strong="H7327"\w*, and she was his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*: and when he went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto her, the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* her \w conception|strong="H2032"\w*, and she \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.


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And the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Naomi|strong="H5281"\w*, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* <i>be</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, which hath not \w left|strong="H7673"\w* thee this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* without a \w kinsman|strong="H1350"\w*, that his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* may be \w famous|strong="H7121"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>left…: Heb. caused to cease unto thee</n><n>kinsman: or, redeemer</n>


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And he shall be unto thee a \w restorer|strong="H7725"\w* of <i>thy</i> \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, and a \w nourisher|strong="H3557"\w* of thine old \w age|strong="H7872"\w*: for thy daughter in \w law|strong="H3618"\w*, which \w loveth|strong="H0157"\w* thee, which is \w better|strong="H2896"\w* to thee than \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, hath \w born|strong="H3205"\w* him.<n>a nourisher of: Heb. to nourish</n><n>thine…: Heb. thy gray hairs</n>


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And \w Naomi|strong="H5281"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w child|strong="H3206"\w*, and \w laid|strong="H7896"\w* it in her \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w*, and became \w nurse|strong="H0539"\w* unto it.


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And the women her \w neighbours|strong="H7934"\w* \w gave|strong="H7121"\w* it a \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, There is a \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* to \w Naomi|strong="H5281"\w*; and they \w called|strong="H7121"\w* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Obed|strong="H5744"\w*: he <i>is</i> the \w father|strong="H0001"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*, the \w father|strong="H0001"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now these <i>are</i> the \w generations|strong="H8435"\w* of \w Pharez|strong="H6557"\w*: \w Pharez|strong="H6557"\w* \w begat|strong="H3205"\w* \w Hezron|strong="H2696"\w*,


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And \w Hezron|strong="H2696"\w* \w begat|strong="H3205"\w* \w Ram|strong="H7410"\w*, and \w Ram|strong="H7410"\w* \w begat|strong="H3205"\w* \w Amminadab|strong="H5992"\w*,


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And \w Amminadab|strong="H5992"\w* \w begat|strong="H3205"\w* \w Nahshon|strong="H5177"\w*, and \w Nahshon|strong="H5177"\w* \w begat|strong="H3205"\w* \w Salmon|strong="H8009"\w*,<n>Salmon: or, Salmah</n>


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And \w Salmon|strong="H8012"\w* \w begat|strong="H3205"\w* \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w*, and \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w* \w begat|strong="H3205"\w* \w Obed|strong="H5744"\w*,


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And \w Obed|strong="H5744"\w* \w begat|strong="H3205"\w* \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*, and \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* \w begat|strong="H3205"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.


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Now there was a \w certain|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Ramathaim-zophim|strong="H7436"\w*, of \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, and his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Elkanah|strong="H0511"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jeroham|strong="H3395"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Elihu|strong="H0453"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Tohu|strong="H8459"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zuph|strong="H6689"\w*, an \w Ephrathite|strong="H0673"\w*:


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And he had \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*; the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* <i>was</i> \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w*, and the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w Peninnah|strong="H6444"\w*: and \w Peninnah|strong="H6444"\w* had \w children|strong="H3206"\w*, but \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w* had no \w children|strong="H3206"\w*.


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And \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of his \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w yearly|strong="H3117"\w* to \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* and to \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* in \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*. And the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*, \w Hophni|strong="H2652"\w* and \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w*, the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>were</i> there.<n>yearly: Heb. from year to year</n><pb/>


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¶ And when the \w time|strong="H3117"\w* was that \w Elkanah|strong="H0511"\w* \w offered|strong="H2076"\w*, he \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* to \w Peninnah|strong="H6444"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, and to all her \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and her \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, \w portions|strong="H4490"\w*:


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But unto \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w* he \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w worthy|strong="H0639"\w* \w portion|strong="H4490"\w*; for he \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w*: but the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had shut \w up|strong="H5462"\w* her \w womb|strong="H7358"\w*.<n>worthy: or, double</n>


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And her \w adversary|strong="H6869"\w* also \w provoked|strong="H3707"\w* her \w sore|strong="H3708"\w*, for to make her \w fret|strong="H7481"\w*, because the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w up|strong="H1157"\w* her \w womb|strong="H7358"\w*.<n>provoked: Heb. angered</n>


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And <i>as</i> he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* so \w year|strong="H8141"\w* by \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w when|strong="H1767"\w* she went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, so she \w provoked|strong="H3707"\w* her; therefore she \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*, and did not \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*.<n>when…: or, from the time that she, etc: Heb. from her going up</n>


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Elkanah|strong="H0511"\w* her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* to her, \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w*, why \w weepest|strong="H1058"\w* thou? and why \w eatest|strong="H0398"\w* thou not? and why is thy \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w grieved|strong="H3415"\w*? <i>am</i> not I \w better|strong="H2896"\w* to thee than \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*?<pb/>


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¶ So \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* they had \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* in \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*, and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* they had \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w*. Now \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* upon a \w seat|strong="H3678"\w* by a \w post|strong="H4201"\w* of the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And she <i>was</i> in \w bitterness|strong="H4751"\w* of \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, and \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w sore|strong="H1058"\w*.<n>in…: Heb. bitter of soul</n>


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And she \w vowed|strong="H5087"\w* a \w vow|strong="H5088"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, if thou wilt \w indeed|strong="H7200"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* on the \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w* of thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w*, and \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* me, and not \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w*, but wilt \w give|strong="H5414"\w* unto thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w* a \w man|strong="H0582"\w* \w child|strong="H2233"\w*, then I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* him unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w life|strong="H2416"\w*, and there shall no \w razor|strong="H4177"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* upon his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.<n>a man…: Heb. seed of men</n>


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And it came to pass, as she \w continued|strong="H7235"\w* \w praying|strong="H6419"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* \w marked|strong="H8104"\w* her \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.<n>continued…: Heb. multiplied to pray</n>


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Now \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w*, she \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* in her \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*; only her \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \w moved|strong="H5128"\w*, but her \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* was not \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*: therefore \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* \w thought|strong="H2803"\w* she had been \w drunken|strong="H7910"\w*.


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And \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, How long wilt thou be \w drunken|strong="H7937"\w*? put \w away|strong="H5493"\w* thy \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* from thee.


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And \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, No, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, I <i>am</i> a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* of a \w sorrowful|strong="H7186"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*: I have \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w* neither \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* nor strong \w drink|strong="H7941"\w*, but have poured \w out|strong="H8210"\w* my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>of a sorrowful…: Heb. hard of spirit</n>


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\w Count|strong="H5414"\w* not thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* a \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w*: for out of the \w abundance|strong="H7230"\w* of my \w complaint|strong="H7879"\w* and \w grief|strong="H3708"\w* have I \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* hitherto.<n>complaint: or, meditation</n>


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Then \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*: and the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w grant|strong="H5414"\w* <i>thee</i> thy \w petition|strong="H7596"\w* that thou hast \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* of him.


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And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let thine \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w grace|strong="H2580"\w* in thy \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*. So the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* her \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*, and her \w countenance|strong="H6440"\w* was no more <i>sad</i>.<pb/>


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¶ And they rose \w up|strong="H7925"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w*, and \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to their \w house|strong="H1004"\w* to \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*: and \w Elkanah|strong="H0511"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*; and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w* her.


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Wherefore it came to pass, when the \w time|strong="H3117"\w* was \w come|strong="H8622"\w* about after \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w* had \w conceived|strong="H2029"\w*, that she \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, <i>saying</i>, Because I have \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* him of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>when…: Heb. in revolution of days</n><n>Samuel: that is, Asked of God</n>


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And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w Elkanah|strong="H0511"\w*, and all his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* the \w yearly|strong="H3117"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*, and his \w vow|strong="H5088"\w*.


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But \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w* went not \w up|strong="H5927"\w*; for she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*, <i>I will not go up</i> until the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* be \w weaned|strong="H1580"\w*, and <i>then</i> I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* him, that he may \w appear|strong="H7200"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and there \w abide|strong="H3427"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.


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And \w Elkanah|strong="H0511"\w* her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* what \w seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* thee \w good|strong="H2896"\w*; \w tarry|strong="H3427"\w* until thou have \w weaned|strong="H1580"\w* him; only the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w establish|strong="H6965"\w* his \w word|strong="H1697"\w*. So the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w abode|strong="H3427"\w*, and gave her \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w suck|strong="H3243"\w* until she \w weaned|strong="H1580"\w* him.<pb/>


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¶ And when she had \w weaned|strong="H1580"\w* him, she took him \w up|strong="H5927"\w* with her, with \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w bullocks|strong="H6499"\w*, and \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w ephah|strong="H0374"\w* of \w flour|strong="H7058"\w*, and a \w bottle|strong="H5035"\w* of \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* in \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*: and the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* <i>was</i> \w young|strong="H5288"\w*.


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And they \w slew|strong="H7819"\w* a \w bullock|strong="H6499"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* to \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*.


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And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Oh|strong="H0994"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, <i>as</i> thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, I <i>am</i> the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* that \w stood|strong="H5324"\w* by thee here, \w praying|strong="H6419"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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For this \w child|strong="H5288"\w* I \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w*; and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w given|strong="H5414"\w* me my \w petition|strong="H7596"\w* which I \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* of him:


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Therefore also I have \w lent|strong="H7592"\w* him to the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; as long as he \w liveth|strong="H3117"\w* he shall be \w lent|strong="H7592"\w* to the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. And he \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* there.<n>lent him: or, returned him, whom I have obtained by petition</n><n>he shall…: or, he whom I have obtained by petition shall be returned</n><pb/>


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And \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w rejoiceth|strong="H5970"\w* in the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, mine \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* is \w exalted|strong="H7311"\w* in the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* is \w enlarged|strong="H7337"\w* over mine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*; because I \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* in thy \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w*.


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<i>There is</i> none \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* as the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: for <i>there is</i> none \w beside|strong="H1115"\w* thee: neither <i>is there</i> any \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* like our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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\w Talk|strong="H1696"\w* no \w more|strong="H7235"\w* so \w exceeding|strong="H1364"\w* \w proudly|strong="H1364"\w*; let <i>not</i> \w arrogancy|strong="H6277"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* out of your \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> a \w God|strong="H0410"\w* of \w knowledge|strong="H1844"\w*, and by him \w actions|strong="H5949"\w* are \w weighed|strong="H8505"\w*.<n>arrogancy: Heb. hard</n>


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The \w bows|strong="H7198"\w* of the mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w* <i>are</i> \w broken|strong="H2844"\w*, and they that \w stumbled|strong="H3782"\w* are \w girded|strong="H0247"\w* with \w strength|strong="H2428"\w*.


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<i>They that were</i> \w full|strong="H7649"\w* have hired \w out|strong="H7936"\w* themselves for \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*; and <i>they that were</i> \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w* \w ceased|strong="H2308"\w*: so that the \w barren|strong="H6135"\w* hath \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w*; and she that hath \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* is waxed \w feeble|strong="H0535"\w*.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w killeth|strong="H4191"\w*, and maketh \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*: he bringeth \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w grave|strong="H7585"\w*, and bringeth \w up|strong="H5927"\w*.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* maketh \w poor|strong="H3423"\w*, and maketh \w rich|strong="H6238"\w*: he bringeth \w low|strong="H8213"\w*, \w and|strong="H0637"\w* lifteth \w up|strong="H7311"\w*.


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He raiseth \w up|strong="H6965"\w* the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* out of the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*, <i>and</i> lifteth \w up|strong="H7311"\w* the \w beggar|strong="H0034"\w* from the \w dunghill|strong="H0830"\w*, to \w set|strong="H3427"\w* <i>them</i> among \w princes|strong="H5081"\w*, and to make them \w inherit|strong="H5157"\w* the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*: for the \w pillars|strong="H4690"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* <i>are</i> the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*, and he hath \w set|strong="H7896"\w* the \w world|strong="H8398"\w* upon them.


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He will \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* the \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* of his \w saints|strong="H2623"\w*, and the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* shall be \w silent|strong="H1826"\w* in \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*; for by \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* shall no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w prevail|strong="H1396"\w*.


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The \w adversaries|strong="H7378"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall be broken to \w pieces|strong="H2865"\w*; out of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* shall he \w thunder|strong="H7481"\w* upon them: the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall \w judge|strong="H1777"\w* the \w ends|strong="H0657"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; and he shall \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w strength|strong="H5797"\w* unto his \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w exalt|strong="H7311"\w* the \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* of his \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*.<pb/>


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And \w Elkanah|strong="H0511"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. And the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w did|strong="H1961"\w* \w minister|strong="H8334"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* <i>were</i> \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w*; they \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And the \w priests’|strong="H3548"\w* \w custom|strong="H4941"\w* with the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>was, that</i>, when any \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*, the \w priest’s|strong="H3548"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, while the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* was in \w seething|strong="H1310"\w*, with a \w fleshhook|strong="H4207"\w* of \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*;


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And he \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* <i>it</i> into the \w pan|strong="H3595"\w*, or \w kettle|strong="H1731"\w*, or \w caldron|strong="H7037"\w*, or \w pot|strong="H6517"\w*; all that the \w fleshhook|strong="H4207"\w* brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* for himself. So they \w did|strong="H6213"\w* in \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* unto all the \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* that \w came|strong="H0935"\w* thither.


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Also before they \w burnt|strong="H6999"\w* the \w fat|strong="H2459"\w*, the \w priest’s|strong="H3548"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w*, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* to \w roast|strong="H6740"\w* for the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*; for he will not \w have|strong="H3947"\w* \w sodden|strong="H1310"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* of thee, but \w raw|strong="H2416"\w*.


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And <i>if</i> any \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Let them not \w fail|strong="H6999"\w* to \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* the \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* \w presently|strong="H3117"\w*, and <i>then</i> \w take|strong="H3947"\w* <i>as much</i> as thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w desireth|strong="H0183"\w*; then he would \w answer|strong="H0559"\w* him, <i>Nay;</i> but thou shalt \w give|strong="H5414"\w* <i>it me</i> now: and if not, I will \w take|strong="H3947"\w* <i>it</i> by \w force|strong="H2394"\w*.<n>presently: Heb. as on the day</n>


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Wherefore the \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* of the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* was \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: for \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w abhorred|strong="H5006"\w* the \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ But \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w ministered|strong="H8334"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>being</i> a \w child|strong="H5288"\w*, \w girded|strong="H2296"\w* with a \w linen|strong="H0906"\w* \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*.


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Moreover his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* him a \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w coat|strong="H4598"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* <i>it</i> to him from \w year|strong="H3117"\w* to \w year|strong="H3117"\w*, when she came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* with her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* to \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* the \w yearly|strong="H3117"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w Elkanah|strong="H0511"\w* and his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w give|strong="H7760"\w* thee \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of this \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* for the \w loan|strong="H7596"\w* which is \w lent|strong="H7592"\w* to the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. And they \w went|strong="H1980"\w* unto their own \w home|strong="H4725"\w*.<n>loan…: or, petition which she asked, etc</n>


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\w And|strong="H3588"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w visited|strong="H6485"\w* \w Hannah|strong="H2584"\w*, so that she \w conceived|strong="H2029"\w*, and \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*. And the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w grew|strong="H1431"\w* \w before|strong="H5973"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* was \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w old|strong="H2204"\w*, and \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* all that his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* unto all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and how they \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* with the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* that \w assembled|strong="H6633"\w* <i>at</i> the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w* of the \w congregation|strong="H4150"\w*.<n>assembled: Heb. assembled by troops</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Why \w do|strong="H6213"\w* ye such \w things|strong="H1697"\w*? for I \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* of your \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w dealings|strong="H1697"\w* by all this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<n>of your…: or, evil words of you</n>


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Nay, my \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*; for <i>it is</i> no \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w report|strong="H8052"\w* that I \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*: ye make the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* to \w transgress|strong="H5674"\w*.<n>transgress: or, cry out</n>


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If one \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* against \w another|strong="H0376"\w*, the \w judge|strong="H0430"\w* shall \w judge|strong="H6419"\w* him: but if a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, who shall \w intreat|strong="H6419"\w* for him? Notwithstanding they \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* not unto the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of their \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, because the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w would|strong="H2654"\w* \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* them.


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And the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w grew|strong="H1432"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w*, and was in \w favour|strong="H2896"\w* both with the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and also with \w men|strong="H0582"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* unto \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Did I \w plainly|strong="H1540"\w* \w appear|strong="H1540"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, when they were in \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* in \w Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*?


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And did I \w choose|strong="H0977"\w* him out of all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* <i>to be</i> my \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, to \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* upon mine \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, to \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H7004"\w*, to \w wear|strong="H5375"\w* an \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me? and did I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* all the offerings made by \w fire|strong="H0801"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?


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Wherefore \w kick|strong="H1163"\w* ye at my \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* and at mine \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, which I have \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* <i>in my</i> \w habitation|strong="H4583"\w*; and \w honourest|strong="H3513"\w* thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* above me, to make yourselves \w fat|strong="H1254"\w* with the \w chiefest|strong="H7225"\w* of all the \w offerings|strong="H4503"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*?


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Wherefore the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w saith|strong="H5002"\w*, I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w indeed|strong="H0559"\w* <i>that</i> thy \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, should \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*: but now the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w saith|strong="H5002"\w*, Be it far from \w me|strong="H2486"\w*; for them that \w honour|strong="H3513"\w* me I will \w honour|strong="H3513"\w*, and they that \w despise|strong="H0959"\w* me shall be lightly \w esteemed|strong="H7043"\w*.


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Behold, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, that I will cut \w off|strong="H1438"\w* thine \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*, and the \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* of thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, that there shall not be an old \w man|strong="H2205"\w* in thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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And thou shalt \w see|strong="H5027"\w* an \w enemy|strong="H6862"\w* <i>in my</i> \w habitation|strong="H4583"\w*, in all <i>the wealth</i> which <i>God</i> shall \w give|strong="H3190"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and there shall not be an old \w man|strong="H2205"\w* in thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w* for \w ever|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>an enemy…: or, the affliction of the tabernacle, for all the wealth which God would have given Israel</n>


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And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of thine, <i>whom</i> I shall not cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* from mine \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, <i>shall be</i> to \w consume|strong="H3615"\w* thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and to \w grieve|strong="H0109"\w* thine \w heart|strong="H5315"\w*: and all the \w increase|strong="H4768"\w* of thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w* shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* in the flower of their \w age|strong="H0582"\w*.<n>in the flower…: Heb. men</n>


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And this <i>shall be</i> a \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* unto thee, that shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon thy \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, on \w Hophni|strong="H2652"\w* and \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w*; in \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* they shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* of them.


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And I will raise me \w up|strong="H6965"\w* a \w faithful|strong="H0539"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, <i>that</i> shall \w do|strong="H6213"\w* according to <i>that</i> which <i>is</i> in mine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* and in my \w mind|strong="H5315"\w*: and I will \w build|strong="H1129"\w* him a \w sure|strong="H0539"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and he shall \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* mine \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w* for \w ever|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> every one that is \w left|strong="H3498"\w* in thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* <i>and</i> \w crouch|strong="H7812"\w* to him for a \w piece|strong="H0095"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and a \w morsel|strong="H3603"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Put|strong="H5596"\w* me, I pray thee, into \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w priests’ offices|strong="H3550"\w*, that I may \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* a \w piece|strong="H6595"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*.<n>Put: Heb. Join</n><n>one of…: or, somewhat about the priesthood</n><pb/>


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And the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w ministered|strong="H8334"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*. And the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* in those \w days|strong="H3117"\w*; <i>there was</i> no \w open|strong="H6555"\w* \w vision|strong="H2377"\w*.


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And it came to pass at that \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, when \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* <i>was</i> laid \w down|strong="H7901"\w* in his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* to wax \w dim|strong="H3544"\w*, <i>that</i> he \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not \w see|strong="H7200"\w*;


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And ere the \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* went \w out|strong="H3518"\w* in the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, where the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* <i>was</i>, and \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* was laid \w down|strong="H7901"\w* <i>to sleep;</i>


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That the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*: and he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Here <i>am</i> I.


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And he \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* unto \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Here <i>am</i> \w I|strong="H2009"\w*; for thou \w calledst|strong="H7121"\w* me. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w called|strong="H7121"\w* not; lie \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*. And he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and lay \w down|strong="H7901"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* yet \w again|strong="H3254"\w*, \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*. And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Here <i>am</i> I; for thou didst \w call|strong="H7121"\w* me. And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w called|strong="H7121"\w* not, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*; lie \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.


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Now \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* did not \w yet|strong="H2962"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, neither was the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* yet \w revealed|strong="H1540"\w* unto him.<n>Now…: or, Thus did Samuel before he knew the  [[ LORD]][[*, and before the word of the ]][[ LORD]][[* was revealed unto him]]</n>


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* the third \w time|strong="H7992"\w*. And he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Here <i>am</i> I; for thou didst \w call|strong="H7121"\w* me. And \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* \w perceived|strong="H0995"\w* that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w child|strong="H5288"\w*.


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Therefore \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, lie \w down|strong="H7901"\w*: and it shall be, if he \w call|strong="H7121"\w* thee, that thou shalt \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Speak|strong="H1696"\w*,  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; for thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w*. So \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and lay \w down|strong="H7901"\w* in his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H3320"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* as at other \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*. Then \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Speak|strong="H1696"\w*; for thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, Behold, I will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* a \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, at which \w both|strong="H8147"\w* the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of every one that \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w* it shall \w tingle|strong="H6750"\w*.


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In that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* I will \w perform|strong="H6965"\w* against \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* all <i>things</i> which I have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w concerning|strong="H0413"\w* his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: when I \w begin|strong="H2490"\w*, I will also make an \w end|strong="H3615"\w*.<n>when…: Heb. beginning and ending</n>


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For I have \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him that I will \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w* for the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* which he \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w*; because his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* made themselves \w vile|strong="H7043"\w*, and he \w restrained|strong="H3543"\w* them not.<n>For I…: or, And I will tell him</n><n>vile: or, accursed</n><n>restrained…: Heb. frowned not upon them</n>


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And therefore I have \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*, that the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of \w Eli’s|strong="H5941"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* shall not be \w purged|strong="H3722"\w* with \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* nor \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* until the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, and \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* to \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* the \w vision|strong="H4759"\w*.


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Then \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Here <i>am</i> I.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What <i>is</i> the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* that <i>the Lord</i> hath \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto thee? I pray thee \w hide|strong="H3582"\w* <i>it</i> not from me: \w God|strong="H0430"\w* do \w so|strong="H6213"\w* to thee, and more \w also|strong="H3254"\w*, if thou \w hide|strong="H3582"\w* <i>any</i> \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* from me of all the \w things|strong="H1697"\w* that he \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto thee.<n>more also: Heb. so add</n><n>thing: or, word</n>


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And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him every \w whit|strong="H1697"\w*, and \w hid|strong="H3582"\w* nothing from him. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, It <i>is</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: let him \w do|strong="H6213"\w* what \w seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* him \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.<n>every…: Heb. all the things, or, words</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w grew|strong="H1431"\w*, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was with him, and did let none of his \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.


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And all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* from \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* even to \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* that \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* <i>was</i> \w established|strong="H0539"\w* <i>to be</i> a \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>established: or, faithful</n>


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* in \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w revealed|strong="H1540"\w* himself to \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* in \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* by the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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And the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* came to all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. Now \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* beside \w Eben-ezer|strong="H0072"\w*: and the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in \w Aphek|strong="H0663"\w*.<n>came: or, came to pass: Heb. was</n>


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And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* put themselves in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and when they \w joined|strong="H5203"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* was \w smitten|strong="H5062"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: and they \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* of the \w army|strong="H4634"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* about \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.<n>they joined…: Heb. the battle was spread</n><n>army: Heb. array</n><pb/>


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¶ And when the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* were \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*, the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Wherefore hath the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w smitten|strong="H5062"\w* us to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*? Let us \w fetch|strong="H3947"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* out of \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* unto us, that, when it \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* us, it may \w save|strong="H3467"\w* us out of the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of our \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*.<n>fetch: Heb. take unto us</n>


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So the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*, that they might \w bring|strong="H5375"\w* from thence the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, which \w dwelleth|strong="H3427"\w* <i>between</i> the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w*: and the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*, \w Hophni|strong="H2652"\w* and \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w*, <i>were</i> there with the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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And when the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*, all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w shouted|strong="H7321"\w* with a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w shout|strong="H8643"\w*, so that the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* rang \w again|strong="H1949"\w*.


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And when the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w shout|strong="H8643"\w*, they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What <i>meaneth</i> the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w shout|strong="H8643"\w* in the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Hebrews|strong="H5680"\w*? And they \w understood|strong="H3045"\w* that the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*.


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And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* were \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, for they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*. And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Woe|strong="H0188"\w* unto us! for there hath not been such a thing \w heretofore|strong="H0865"\w*.<n>heretofore: Heb. yesterday, or, the third day</n>


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\w Woe|strong="H0188"\w* unto us! who shall \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* us out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of these \w mighty|strong="H0117"\w* \w Gods|strong="H0430"\w*? these <i>are</i> the \w Gods|strong="H0430"\w* that \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w* with all the \w plagues|strong="H4347"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.


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Be \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*, and \w quit|strong="H1961"\w* yourselves like \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, O ye \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, that ye be not \w servants|strong="H5647"\w* unto the \w Hebrews|strong="H5680"\w*, as they have \w been|strong="H5647"\w* to you: \w quit|strong="H1961"\w* yourselves like \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, and \w fight|strong="H3898"\w*.<n>quit…: Heb. be men</n><pb/>


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¶ And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w*, and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* was \w smitten|strong="H5062"\w*, and they \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* into his \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*: and there was a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4347"\w*; for there \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w footmen|strong="H7273"\w*.


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And the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was \w taken|strong="H3947"\w*; and the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*, \w Hophni|strong="H2652"\w* and \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w*, were \w slain|strong="H4191"\w*.<n>were slain: Heb. died</n><pb/>


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¶ And there \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* out of the \w army|strong="H4634"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* the same \w day|strong="H3117"\w* with his \w clothes|strong="H4055"\w* \w rent|strong="H7167"\w*, and with \w earth|strong="H0127"\w* upon his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.


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And when he \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, lo, \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* upon a \w seat|strong="H3678"\w* by the \w wayside|strong="H1870"\w* \w watching|strong="H6822"\w*: for his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w trembled|strong="H2730"\w* for the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. And when the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* <i>it</i>, all the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* cried \w out|strong="H2199"\w*.


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And when \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w crying|strong="H6818"\w*, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What <i>meaneth</i> the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of this \w tumult|strong="H1995"\w*? And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* in \w hastily|strong="H4116"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*.


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Now \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* was \w ninety|strong="H8673"\w* and \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*; and his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* were \w dim|strong="H6965"\w*, that he \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not \w see|strong="H7200"\w*.<n>were dim: Heb. stood</n>


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And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w*, I <i>am</i> he that \w came|strong="H0935"\w* out of the \w army|strong="H4634"\w*, and I \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* out of the \w army|strong="H4634"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What is there \w done|strong="H1697"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*?<n>is…: Heb. is the thing</n>


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And the \w messenger|strong="H1319"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* is \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and there hath been also a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4046"\w* among the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and thy \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* also, \w Hophni|strong="H2652"\w* and \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w*, are \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, and the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* is \w taken|strong="H3947"\w*.


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And it came to pass, when he made \w mention|strong="H2142"\w* of the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, that he \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* from off the \w seat|strong="H3678"\w* \w backward|strong="H0322"\w* \w by|strong="H1157"\w* the \w side|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and his \w neck|strong="H4665"\w* \w brake|strong="H7665"\w*, and he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*: for he was an \w old|strong="H2204"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w*. And he had \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And his daughter in \w law|strong="H3618"\w*, \w Phinehas’|strong="H6372"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, was with \w child|strong="H2030"\w*, <i>near</i> to be \w delivered|strong="H3205"\w*: and when she \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w tidings|strong="H8052"\w* \w that|strong="H0413"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was \w taken|strong="H3947"\w*, and that her father in \w law|strong="H2524"\w* and her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* were \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, she \w bowed|strong="H3766"\w* herself and \w travailed|strong="H3205"\w*; for her \w pains|strong="H6735"\w* \w came|strong="H2015"\w* upon her.<n>be delivered: or, cry out</n><n>came: Heb. were turned</n>


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And about the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of her \w death|strong="H4191"\w* the women that \w stood|strong="H5324"\w* by her \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto her, \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* not; for thou hast \w born|strong="H3205"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. But she \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* not, neither did she \w regard|strong="H7896"\w* <i>it</i>.<n>neither…: Heb. set not her heart</n>


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And she \w named|strong="H7121"\w* the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w I-chabod|strong="H0350"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* is \w departed|strong="H1540"\w* from \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: \w because|strong="H0413"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was \w taken|strong="H3947"\w*, and because of her father in \w law|strong="H2524"\w* and her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*.<n>I-chabod: that is, Where is the glory? or, There is no glory</n>


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And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* is \w departed|strong="H1540"\w* from \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: for the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* is \w taken|strong="H3947"\w*.<pb/>


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And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* it from \w Eben-ezer|strong="H0072"\w* unto \w Ashdod|strong="H0795"\w*.


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When the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, they \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* it into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Dagon|strong="H1712"\w*, and \w set|strong="H3322"\w* it \w by|strong="H0681"\w* \w Dagon|strong="H1712"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And when they of \w Ashdod|strong="H0796"\w* arose \w early|strong="H7925"\w* on the \w morrow|strong="H4283"\w*, behold, \w Dagon|strong="H1712"\w* <i>was</i> \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* upon his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. And they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Dagon|strong="H1712"\w*, and \w set|strong="H7725"\w* him in his \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.


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And when they arose \w early|strong="H7925"\w* on the \w morrow|strong="H4283"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, behold, \w Dagon|strong="H1712"\w* <i>was</i> \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* upon his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; and the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Dagon|strong="H1712"\w* and \w both|strong="H8147"\w* the \w palms|strong="H3709"\w* of his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* <i>were</i> cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* upon the \w threshold|strong="H4670"\w*; only <i>the stump of</i> \w Dagon|strong="H1712"\w* was \w left|strong="H7604"\w* to him.<n>the stump…: or, the fishy part</n>


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Therefore neither the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of \w Dagon|strong="H1712"\w*, nor any that \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Dagon’s|strong="H1712"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w tread|strong="H1869"\w* on the \w threshold|strong="H4670"\w* of \w Dagon|strong="H1712"\w* in \w Ashdod|strong="H0795"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<pb/>


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But the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w* upon them of \w Ashdod|strong="H0796"\w*, and he \w destroyed|strong="H8074"\w* them, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them with \w emerods|strong="H2914"\w*, <i>even</i> \w Ashdod|strong="H0795"\w* and the \w coasts|strong="H1366"\w* thereof.


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And when the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Ashdod|strong="H0795"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that <i>it was</i> so, they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall not \w abide|strong="H3427"\w* with us: for his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* is \w sore|strong="H7185"\w* upon us, and upon \w Dagon|strong="H1712"\w* our \w god|strong="H0430"\w*.


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They \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* therefore and \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* all the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* unto them, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What shall we \w do|strong="H6213"\w* with the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? And they \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Let the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* be carried \w about|strong="H5437"\w* unto \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*. And they \w carried|strong="H5437"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w about|strong="H5437"\w* <i>thither</i>.


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And it was <i>so</i>, that, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* they had carried it \w about|strong="H5437"\w*, the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was against the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* with a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w destruction|strong="H4103"\w*: and he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, both \w small|strong="H6996"\w* and \w great|strong="H1419"\w*, and they had \w emerods|strong="H2914"\w* in their secret \w parts|strong="H8368"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Therefore they \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* to \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*. And it came to pass, as the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*, that the \w Ekronites|strong="H6139"\w* cried \w out|strong="H2199"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, They have brought \w about|strong="H5437"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to us, to \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* us and our \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<n>us, to…: Heb. me to slay me and my</n>


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So they \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and gathered \w together|strong="H0622"\w* all the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Send \w away|strong="H7971"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and let it go \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to his own \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, that it \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* us not, and our \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: for there was a \w deadly|strong="H4194"\w* \w destruction|strong="H4103"\w* throughout all the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w* there.<n>us not…: Heb. me not, and my</n>


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And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that \w died|strong="H4191"\w* not were \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* with the \w emerods|strong="H2914"\w*: and the \w cry|strong="H7775"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.<pb/>


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And the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was in the \w country|strong="H7704"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*.


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And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* for the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* and the \w diviners|strong="H7080"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, What shall we \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*? \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* us wherewith we shall \w send|strong="H7971"\w* it to his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.


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And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, If ye send \w away|strong="H7971"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w send|strong="H7971"\w* it not \w empty|strong="H7387"\w*; but in any \w wise|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* him a trespass \w offering|strong="H0817"\w*: then ye shall be \w healed|strong="H7495"\w*, and it shall be \w known|strong="H3045"\w* to you why his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* is not \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* from you.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* they, What <i>shall be</i> the trespass \w offering|strong="H0817"\w* which we shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to him? They \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Five|strong="H2568"\w* \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w emerods|strong="H2914"\w*, and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w mice|strong="H5909"\w*, <i>according to</i> the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: for \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w plague|strong="H4046"\w* <i>was</i> on you all, and on your \w lords|strong="H5633"\w*.<n>you: Heb. them</n>


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Wherefore ye shall \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w images|strong="H6754"\w* of your \w emerods|strong="H2914"\w*, and \w images|strong="H6754"\w* of your \w mice|strong="H5909"\w* that \w mar|strong="H7843"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*; and ye shall \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* unto the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: peradventure he will \w lighten|strong="H7043"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* from off you, and from off your \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, and from off your \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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Wherefore then do ye \w harden|strong="H3513"\w* your \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w*, as the \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w* and \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w hardened|strong="H3513"\w* their \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w*? when he had wrought \w wonderfully|strong="H5953"\w* among them, did they not let the people \w go|strong="H7971"\w*, and they \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*?<n>wonderfully: or, reproachfully</n><n>the people: Heb. them</n>


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Now therefore \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w cart|strong="H5699"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w milch|strong="H5763"\w* \w kine|strong="H6510"\w*, on which there hath \w come|strong="H5927"\w* no \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w*, and \w tie|strong="H0631"\w* the \w kine|strong="H6510"\w* to the \w cart|strong="H5699"\w*, and \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* their \w calves|strong="H1121"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* from \w them|strong="H0310"\w*:


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And \w take|strong="H3947"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w lay|strong="H5414"\w* it upon the \w cart|strong="H5699"\w*; and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* the \w jewels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, which ye \w return|strong="H7725"\w* him <i>for</i> a trespass \w offering|strong="H0817"\w*, in a \w coffer|strong="H0712"\w* by the \w side|strong="H6654"\w* thereof; and send it \w away|strong="H7971"\w*, that it may \w go|strong="H1980"\w*.


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And \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, if it goeth \w up|strong="H5927"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of his own \w coast|strong="H1366"\w* to \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w*, <i>then</i> he hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* us this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*: but if not, then we shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that <i>it is</i> not his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* <i>that</i> \w smote|strong="H5060"\w* us; it <i>was</i> a \w chance|strong="H4745"\w* <i>that</i> happened to \w us|strong="H1961"\w*.<n>he: or, it</n><pb/>


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¶ And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* did \w so|strong="H6213"\w*; and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w milch|strong="H5763"\w* \w kine|strong="H6510"\w*, and \w tied|strong="H0631"\w* them to the \w cart|strong="H5699"\w*, and shut \w up|strong="H3607"\w* their \w calves|strong="H1121"\w* at \w home|strong="H1004"\w*:


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And they \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* upon the \w cart|strong="H5699"\w*, and the \w coffer|strong="H0712"\w* with the \w mice|strong="H5909"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* and the \w images|strong="H6754"\w* of their \w emerods|strong="H2914"\w*.


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And the \w kine|strong="H6510"\w* took the \w straight|strong="H3474"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* to the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w*, <i>and</i> went \w along|strong="H1980"\w* the \w highway|strong="H4546"\w*, \w lowing|strong="H1600"\w* as they \w went|strong="H1980"\w*, and turned not \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* <i>to</i> the right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* or <i>to</i> the \w left|strong="H8040"\w*; and the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them unto the \w border|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w*.


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And <i>they of</i> \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w* <i>were</i> \w reaping|strong="H7114"\w* their \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*: and they lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w*, and \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* <i>it</i>.


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And the \w cart|strong="H5699"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* of \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, a \w Beth-shemite|strong="H1030"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* there, where <i>there was</i> a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*: and they \w clave|strong="H1234"\w* the \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* of the \w cart|strong="H5699"\w*, and \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* the \w kine|strong="H6510"\w* a burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* took \w down|strong="H3381"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and the \w coffer|strong="H0712"\w* that <i>was</i> with it, wherein the \w jewels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* <i>were</i>, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* <i>them</i> on the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*: and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* and \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* the same \w day|strong="H3117"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And when the \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* had \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* <i>it</i>, they \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* the same \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And these <i>are</i> the \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w emerods|strong="H2914"\w* which the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* <i>for</i> a trespass \w offering|strong="H0817"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; for \w Ashdod|strong="H0795"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w*, for \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w*, for \w Askelon|strong="H0831"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w*, for \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w*, for \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w*;


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And the \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w mice|strong="H5909"\w*, <i>according to</i> the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* <i>belonging</i> to the \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w lords|strong="H5633"\w*, <i>both</i> of \w fenced|strong="H4013"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, and of \w country|strong="H6521"\w* \w villages|strong="H3724"\w*, even unto the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* <i>stone of</i> \w Abel|strong="H0059"\w*, whereon they set \w down|strong="H3240"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: <i>which stone remaineth</i> unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* of \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, the \w Beth-shemite|strong="H1030"\w*.<n>great…: or, great stone</n><pb/>


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¶ And he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w*, because they had \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* into the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, even he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* and threescore and \w ten|strong="H7657"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w*: and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w lamented|strong="H0056"\w*, because the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* <i>many</i> of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* with a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4347"\w*.


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And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who is \w able|strong="H3201"\w* to \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* this \w holy|strong="H6918"\w*  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*? and to whom shall he go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from us?<pb/>


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¶ And they \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Kirjath-jearim|strong="H7157"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* have brought \w again|strong="H7725"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; come ye \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, <i>and</i> fetch it \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to you.<pb/>


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And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Kirjath-jearim|strong="H7157"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, and fetched \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* it into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Abinadab|strong="H0041"\w* in the \w hill|strong="H1389"\w*, and \w sanctified|strong="H6942"\w* \w Eleazar|strong="H0499"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* to \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And it came to pass, \w while|strong="H3117"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Kirjath-jearim|strong="H7157"\w*, that the \w time|strong="H3117"\w* was \w long|strong="H7235"\w*; for it was \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*: and all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w lamented|strong="H5091"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* unto all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, If ye do \w return|strong="H7725"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* with all your \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w*, <i>then</i> put \w away|strong="H5493"\w* the \w strange|strong="H5236"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* and \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w* from \w among|strong="H8432"\w* you, and \w prepare|strong="H3559"\w* your \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* him only: and he will \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* you out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.


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Then the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* did put \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w Baalim|strong="H1168"\w* and \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* only.


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And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Gather|strong="H6908"\w* all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w Mizpeh|strong="H4708"\w*, and I will \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* for you unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And they gathered \w together|strong="H6908"\w* to \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w*, and \w drew|strong="H7579"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and poured <i>it</i> \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w fasted|strong="H6684"\w* on that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* there, We have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Mizpeh|strong="H4708"\w*.<pb/>


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And when the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were gathered \w together|strong="H6908"\w* to \w Mizpeh|strong="H4708"\w*, the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. And when the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* <i>it</i>, they were \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, \w Cease|strong="H2790"\w* not to \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* for us, that he will \w save|strong="H3467"\w* us out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.<n>Cease…: Heb. Be not silent from us from crying</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w sucking|strong="H2461"\w* \w lamb|strong="H2924"\w*, and \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* <i>it for</i> a burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* \w wholly|strong="H3632"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* for \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w heard|strong="H6030"\w* him.<n>heard: or, answered</n>


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And as \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* was offering \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*, the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* drew \w near|strong="H5066"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: but the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w thundered|strong="H7481"\w* with a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w thunder|strong="H6963"\w* on that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* upon the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w discomfited|strong="H2000"\w* them; and they were \w smitten|strong="H5062"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w*, and \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them, until <i>they came</i> under \w Beth-car|strong="H1033"\w*.


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Then \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*, and \w set|strong="H7760"\w* <i>it</i> between \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w* and \w Shen|strong="H8129"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of it \w Eben-ezer|strong="H0072"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Hitherto hath the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w helped|strong="H5826"\w* us.<n>Eben-ezer: that is, The stone of help</n><pb/>


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¶ So the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* were \w subdued|strong="H3665"\w*, and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* no \w more|strong="H3254"\w* into the \w coast|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was against the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*.


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And the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* which the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* had \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* from \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were \w restored|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, from \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* even unto \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*; and the \w coasts|strong="H1366"\w* thereof did \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* out of the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*. And there was \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* between \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*.


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And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.


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And he \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H1767"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* to \w year|strong="H8141"\w* in \w circuit|strong="H5437"\w* to \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, and \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, and \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w*, and \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in all those \w places|strong="H4725"\w*.<n>in circuit: Heb. and he circuited</n>


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And his \w return|strong="H8666"\w* <i>was</i> to \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*; for there <i>was</i> his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and there he \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and there he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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And it came to pass, when \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* was \w old|strong="H2204"\w*, that he \w made|strong="H7760"\w* his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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Now the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of his \w firstborn|strong="H1121"\w* was \w Joel|strong="H3100"\w*; and the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of his \w second|strong="H4932"\w*, \w Abiah|strong="H0029"\w*: <i>they were</i> \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* in \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w*.


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And his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* not in his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, but turned \w aside|strong="H5186"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w lucre|strong="H1215"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w bribes|strong="H7810"\w*, and \w perverted|strong="H5186"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*.<pb/>


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Then all the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H6908"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* unto \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*,


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And \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Behold, thou art \w old|strong="H2204"\w*, and thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* not in thy \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*: now \w make|strong="H7760"\w* us a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* to \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* us like all the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ But the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w displeased|strong="H3415"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, when they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* us a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* to \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* us. And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of</n>


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, \w Hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* in all that they \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee: for they have not \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* thee, but they have \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* me, that I should not \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over them.


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According to all the \w works|strong="H4639"\w* which they have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* since the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that I brought them \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* even unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, wherewith they have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* me, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, so \w do|strong="H6213"\w* they also unto thee.


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Now therefore \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*: \w howbeit|strong="H0389"\w* yet \w protest|strong="H5749"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H5749"\w* unto them, and \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* them the \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* that shall \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over them.<n>hearken…: or, obey</n><n>howbeit…: or, notwithstanding when thou hast solemnly protested against them then thou shalt</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* of him a \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, This will be the \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* that shall \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over you: He will \w take|strong="H3947"\w* your \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w appoint|strong="H7760"\w* <i>them</i> for himself, for his \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w*, and <i>to be</i> his \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*; and <i>some</i> shall \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* his \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w*.


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And he will \w appoint|strong="H7760"\w* him \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* over \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w*, and \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* over \w fifties|strong="H2572"\w*; and <i>will set them</i> to \w ear|strong="H2790"\w* his \w ground|strong="H2758"\w*, and to \w reap|strong="H7114"\w* his \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*, and to \w make|strong="H6213"\w* his \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, and \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* of his \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*.


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And he will \w take|strong="H3947"\w* your \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* <i>to be</i> \w confectionaries|strong="H7548"\w*, and <i>to be</i> \w cooks|strong="H2879"\w*, and <i>to be</i> \w bakers|strong="H0644"\w*.


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And he will \w take|strong="H3947"\w* your \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, and your \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, and your \w oliveyards|strong="H2132"\w*, <i>even</i> the \w best|strong="H2896"\w* <i>of them</i>, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* <i>them</i> to his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.


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And he will take the \w tenth|strong="H6237"\w* of your \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*, and of your \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* to his \w officers|strong="H5631"\w*, and to his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.<n>officers: Heb. eunuchs</n>


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And he will \w take|strong="H3947"\w* your \w menservants|strong="H5650"\w*, and your \w maidservants|strong="H8198"\w*, and your \w goodliest|strong="H2896"\w* young \w men|strong="H0970"\w*, and your \w asses|strong="H2543"\w*, and \w put|strong="H6213"\w* <i>them</i> to his \w work|strong="H4399"\w*.


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He will take the \w tenth|strong="H6237"\w* of your \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*: and ye shall be his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.


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And ye shall cry \w out|strong="H2199"\w* in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of your \w king|strong="H4428"\w* which ye shall have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* you; and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will not \w hear|strong="H6030"\w* you in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Nevertheless the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* to \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*; and they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Nay; but we will have a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over us;


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That we also may be like all the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*; and that our \w king|strong="H4428"\w* may \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* us, and go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* us, and \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* our \w battles|strong="H4421"\w*.


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And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and he \w rehearsed|strong="H1696"\w* them in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, \w Hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and \w make|strong="H4427"\w* them a \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* ye every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* unto his \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.<pb/>


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Now there was a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Kish|strong="H7027"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abiel|strong="H0022"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeror|strong="H6872"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bechorath|strong="H1064"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Aphiah|strong="H0647"\w*, a \w Benjamite|strong="H1145"\w*, a \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w power|strong="H2428"\w*.<n>a Benjamite: or, the son of a man of Jemini</n><n>power: or, substance</n>


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And he had a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, a choice young \w man|strong="H0970"\w*, and a \w goodly|strong="H2896"\w*: and <i>there was</i> not among the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* a \w goodlier|strong="H2896"\w* \w person|strong="H0376"\w* than he: from his \w shoulders|strong="H7926"\w* and \w upward|strong="H4605"\w* <i>he was</i> \w higher|strong="H1364"\w* than any of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<pb/>


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And the \w asses|strong="H0860"\w* of \w Kish|strong="H7027"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* were \w lost|strong="H0006"\w*. And \w Kish|strong="H7027"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* now \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* with thee, and \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* the \w asses|strong="H0860"\w*.


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And he passed \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, and passed \w through|strong="H5674"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Shalisha|strong="H8031"\w*, but they \w found|strong="H4672"\w* <i>them</i> not: then they passed \w through|strong="H5674"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Shalim|strong="H8171"\w*, and <i>there they were</i> not: and he passed \w through|strong="H5674"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Benjamites|strong="H1145"\w*, but they \w found|strong="H4672"\w* <i>them</i> not.


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<i>And</i> when they were \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Zuph|strong="H6689"\w*, \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* that <i>was</i> with him, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us \w return|strong="H7725"\w*; lest my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w leave|strong="H2308"\w* <i>caring</i> for the \w asses|strong="H0860"\w*, and take \w thought|strong="H1672"\w* for us.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Behold now, <i>there is</i> in this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and <i>he is</i> an \w honourable|strong="H3513"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*; all that he \w saith|strong="H1696"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* surely to \w pass|strong="H0935"\w*: now let us \w go|strong="H3212"\w* thither; peradventure he can \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* us our \w way|strong="H1870"\w* that we should \w go|strong="H1980"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* to his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, But, behold, <i>if</i> we \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, what shall we \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w*? for the \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* is \w spent|strong="H0235"\w* in our \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*, and <i>there is</i> not a \w present|strong="H8670"\w* to \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: what have we?<n>is spent…: Heb. is gone out of, etc</n><n>have we: Heb. is with us?</n>


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And the \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, I \w have|strong="H4672"\w* here at \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* the fourth \w part|strong="H7253"\w* of a \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*: <i>that</i> will I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, to \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* us our \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.<n>I have…: Heb. there is found in my hand</n>


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(\w Beforetime|strong="H6440"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, when a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, thus he \w spake|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to the \w seer|strong="H7200"\w*: for <i>he that is</i> \w now|strong="H3117"\w* <i>called</i> a \w Prophet|strong="H5030"\w* was \w beforetime|strong="H6440"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* a \w Seer|strong="H7200"\w*.)


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Then \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* to his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, \w Well|strong="H2896"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*; \w come|strong="H3212"\w*, let us \w go|strong="H3212"\w*. So they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* unto the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* where the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* <i>was</i>.<n>Well said: Heb. Thy word is good</n><pb/>


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¶ <i>And</i> as they went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w hill|strong="H4608"\w* to the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, they \w found|strong="H4672"\w* young \w maidens|strong="H5291"\w* going \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w draw|strong="H7579"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Is|strong="H3426"\w* the \w seer|strong="H7200"\w* here?<n>the hill…: Heb. in the ascent of the city</n>


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And they \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* them, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, He \w is|strong="H3426"\w*; behold, <i>he is</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* you: make \w haste|strong="H4116"\w* now, for he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* to the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; for <i>there is</i> a \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* in the high \w place|strong="H1116"\w*:<n>sacrifice: or, feast</n>


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As soon as ye be \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, ye shall \w straightway|strong="H3651"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* him, before he go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the high \w place|strong="H1116"\w* to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*: for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* will not \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* until he \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, because he doth \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* the \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*; <i>and</i> \w afterwards|strong="H0310"\w* they \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* that be \w bidden|strong="H7121"\w*. Now therefore get you \w up|strong="H5927"\w*; for about this \w time|strong="H3117"\w* ye shall \w find|strong="H4672"\w* him.<n>this time: Heb. to day</n>


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And they went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H8432"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: <i>and</i> when they were \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, behold, \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* them, for to go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the high \w place|strong="H1116"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w told|strong="H1540"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* in his \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,<n>told…: Heb. revealed the ear of Samuel</n>


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To \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* about this \w time|strong="H6256"\w* I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* thee a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, and thou shalt \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* him <i>to be</i> \w captain|strong="H5057"\w* over my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, that he may \w save|strong="H3467"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: for I have \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* upon my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, because their \w cry|strong="H6818"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto me.


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And when \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w* unto him, Behold the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* whom I \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* to thee of! this same shall \w reign|strong="H6113"\w* over my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<n>reign over: Heb. restrain in</n><pb/>


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Then \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* drew \w near|strong="H5066"\w* to \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* me, I pray thee, \w where|strong="H0335"\w* the \w seer’s|strong="H7200"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* <i>is</i>.


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And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I <i>am</i> the \w seer|strong="H7200"\w*: go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me unto the high \w place|strong="H1116"\w*; for ye shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* with me to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and to \w morrow|strong="H1242"\w* I will let thee \w go|strong="H7971"\w*, and will \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* thee all that <i>is</i> in thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*.


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And as for thine \w asses|strong="H0860"\w* that were \w lost|strong="H0006"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w ago|strong="H3117"\w*, \w set|strong="H7760"\w* not thy \w mind|strong="H3820"\w* on them; for they are \w found|strong="H4672"\w*. And on whom <i>is</i> all the \w desire|strong="H2532"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? <i>Is it</i> not on thee, and on all thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*?<n>three…: Heb. to day three days</n>


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Am</i> not I a \w Benjamite|strong="H1145"\w*, of the \w smallest|strong="H6996"\w* of the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? and my \w family|strong="H4940"\w* the \w least|strong="H6810"\w* of all the \w families|strong="H4940"\w* of the \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*? wherefore then \w speakest|strong="H1696"\w* thou \w so|strong="H1697"\w* to me?<n>so…: Heb. according to this word</n>


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And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* them into the \w parlour|strong="H3957"\w*, and made them \w sit|strong="H5414"\w* in the \w chiefest|strong="H7218"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* among them that were \w bidden|strong="H7121"\w*, which <i>were</i> about \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w persons|strong="H0376"\w*.


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And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w cook|strong="H2876"\w*, \w Bring|strong="H5414"\w* the \w portion|strong="H4490"\w* which I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* thee, of which I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee, \w Set|strong="H7760"\w* it by thee.


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And the \w cook|strong="H2876"\w* took \w up|strong="H7311"\w* the \w shoulder|strong="H7785"\w*, and <i>that</i> which <i>was</i> upon it, and \w set|strong="H7760"\w* <i>it</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*. And <i>Samuel</i> \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold that which is \w left|strong="H7604"\w*! \w set|strong="H7760"\w* <i>it</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee, <i>and</i> \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*: for unto this \w time|strong="H4150"\w* hath it been \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* for thee since I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I have \w invited|strong="H7121"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. So \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* with \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>left: or, reserved</n><pb/>


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¶ And when they were come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from the high \w place|strong="H1116"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, <i>Samuel</i> \w communed|strong="H1696"\w* with \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* upon the top of the \w house|strong="H1406"\w*.


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And they arose \w early|strong="H7925"\w*: and it came to pass about the \w spring|strong="H5927"\w* of the \w day|strong="H7837"\w*, that \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* to the top of the \w house|strong="H1406"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Up|strong="H6965"\w*, that I may send thee \w away|strong="H7971"\w*. And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and they went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* of them, he and \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, \w abroad|strong="H2351"\w*.


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<i>And</i> as they were going \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \w Bid|strong="H0559"\w* the \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* pass \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* us, (and he passed \w on|strong="H5674"\w*,) but \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* thou still a \w while|strong="H3117"\w*, that I may \w shew|strong="H8085"\w* thee the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.<n>a while: Heb. to day</n><pb/>


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Then \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* a \w vial|strong="H6378"\w* of \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, and \w poured|strong="H3332"\w* <i>it</i> upon his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Is it</i> not because the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* thee <i>to be</i> \w captain|strong="H5057"\w* over his \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*?


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When thou art \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* from \w me|strong="H5978"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, then thou shalt \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* by \w Rachel’s|strong="H7354"\w* \w sepulchre|strong="H6900"\w* in the \w border|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* at \w Zelzah|strong="H6766"\w*; and they will \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee, The \w asses|strong="H0860"\w* which thou \w wentest|strong="H1980"\w* to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* are \w found|strong="H4672"\w*: and, lo, thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* hath \w left|strong="H5203"\w* the \w care|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w asses|strong="H0860"\w*, and \w sorroweth|strong="H1672"\w* for you, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, What shall I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*?<n>care: Heb. business</n>


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Then shalt thou go \w on|strong="H2498"\w* \w forward|strong="H1973"\w* from thence, and thou shalt \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w plain|strong="H0436"\w* of \w Tabor|strong="H8396"\w*, and there shall \w meet|strong="H4672"\w* thee \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* going \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w God|strong="H0430"\w* to \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w kids|strong="H1423"\w*, and \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w loaves|strong="H3603"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* a \w bottle|strong="H5035"\w* of \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*:


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And they \w will|strong="H7592"\w* \w salute|strong="H7965"\w* thee, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee \w two|strong="H8147"\w* <i>loaves</i> of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*; which thou shalt \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* of their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.<n>salute…: Heb. ask thee of peace</n>


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* that thou shalt \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w hill|strong="H1389"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, where <i>is</i> the \w garrison|strong="H5333"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come \w thither|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, that thou shalt \w meet|strong="H6293"\w* a \w company|strong="H2256"\w* of \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* coming \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from the high \w place|strong="H1116"\w* with a \w psaltery|strong="H5035"\w*, and a \w tabret|strong="H8596"\w*, and a \w pipe|strong="H2485"\w*, and a \w harp|strong="H3658"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them; and they shall \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w*:


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And the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will \w come|strong="H6743"\w* upon thee, and thou shalt \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* with them, and shalt be \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* into \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*.


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And let it be, when these \w signs|strong="H0226"\w* are \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto thee, <i>that</i> thou \w do|strong="H6213"\w* as \w occasion|strong="H4672"\w* \w serve|strong="H3027"\w* thee; for \w God|strong="H0430"\w* <i>is</i> with thee.<n>And…: Heb. And it shall come to pass, that when these signs, etc</n><n>that…: Heb. do for thee as thine hand shall find</n>


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And thou shalt go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me to \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*; and, behold, I will come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* unto thee, to \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*, <i>and</i> to \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* of peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*: \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* shalt thou \w tarry|strong="H3176"\w*, till I \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to thee, and \w shew|strong="H3045"\w* thee what thou shalt \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it was <i>so</i>, that when he had \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* his \w back|strong="H7926"\w* to \w go|strong="H3212"\w* from \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w gave|strong="H2015"\w* him \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*: and all those \w signs|strong="H0226"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to pass that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>back: Heb. shoulder</n><n>gave: Heb. turned</n>


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And when they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* thither to the \w hill|strong="H1389"\w*, behold, a \w company|strong="H2256"\w* of \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w met|strong="H7125"\w* him; and the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w came|strong="H6743"\w* upon him, and he \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* them.


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And it came to pass, when all that \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* him \w beforetime|strong="H0865"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that, behold, he \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* among the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, then the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, What <i>is</i> this <i>that</i> is come unto the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kish|strong="H7027"\w*? <i>Is</i> \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* also among the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*?<n>one…: Heb. a man to his neighbour</n>


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And \w one|strong="H0376"\w* of the same place \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, But who <i>is</i> their \w father|strong="H0001"\w*? Therefore it became a \w proverb|strong="H4912"\w*, <i>Is</i> \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* also among the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*?<n>of…: Heb. from thence</n>


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And when he had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w prophesying|strong="H5012"\w*, he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the high \w place|strong="H1116"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w uncle|strong="H1730"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him and to his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, \w Whither|strong="H0575"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* ye? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, To \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* the \w asses|strong="H0860"\w*: and when we \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that <i>they were</i> no \w where|strong="H0369"\w*, we \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*.


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And \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w uncle|strong="H1730"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* me, I pray thee, what \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto you.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w uncle|strong="H1730"\w*, He \w told|strong="H5046"\w* us \w plainly|strong="H5046"\w* that the \w asses|strong="H0860"\w* were \w found|strong="H4672"\w*. But of the \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w*, whereof \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w spake|strong="H0559"\w*, he \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him not.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w called|strong="H6817"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* together unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* to \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w*;


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And \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, I brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* you out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w*, and out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of all \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w*, <i>and</i> of them that \w oppressed|strong="H3905"\w* you:


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And ye have this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, who himself \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* you out of all your \w adversities|strong="H7451"\w* and your \w tribulations|strong="H6869"\w*; and ye have \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, <i>Nay</i>, but \w set|strong="H7760"\w* a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over us. Now therefore \w present|strong="H3320"\w* yourselves \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* by your \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w*, and by your \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w*.


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And when \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* had caused all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to come \w near|strong="H7126"\w*, the \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* was \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*.


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When he had caused the \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* to come \w near|strong="H7126"\w* by their \w families|strong="H4940"\w*, the \w family|strong="H4940"\w* of \w Matri|strong="H4309"\w* was \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*, and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kish|strong="H7027"\w* was \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*: and when they \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* him, he could not be \w found|strong="H4672"\w*.


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Therefore they \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* further, if the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* should yet \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w thither|strong="H1988"\w*. And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, he hath \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* himself among the \w stuff|strong="H3627"\w*.


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And they \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* and \w fetched|strong="H3947"\w* him thence: and when he \w stood|strong="H3320"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, he was \w higher|strong="H1361"\w* than any of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* from his \w shoulders|strong="H7926"\w* and \w upward|strong="H4605"\w*.


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And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w See|strong="H7200"\w* ye him whom the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*, that <i>there is</i> none like him among all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*? And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w shouted|strong="H7321"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, God \w save|strong="H2421"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<n>God…: Heb. Let the king live</n>


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Then \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* the \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* of the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w*, and \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* <i>it</i> in a \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, and laid <i>it</i> \w up|strong="H3240"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w*, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* also \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* to \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*; and there \w went|strong="H3212"\w* with him a band of \w men|strong="H2428"\w*, whose \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* had \w touched|strong="H5060"\w*.


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But the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, How shall this man \w save|strong="H3467"\w* us? And they \w despised|strong="H0959"\w* him, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him no \w presents|strong="H4503"\w*. But he held his \w peace|strong="H2790"\w*.<n>held…: or, was as though he had been deaf</n><pb/>


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Then \w Nahash|strong="H5176"\w* the \w Ammonite|strong="H5984"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* against \w Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003"\w*: and all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Nahash|strong="H5176"\w*, \w Make|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with us, and we will \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* thee.


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And \w Nahash|strong="H5176"\w* the \w Ammonite|strong="H5984"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* them, On \w this|strong="H2063"\w* <i>condition</i> will I \w make|strong="H3772"\w* <i>a covenant</i> with you, that I may thrust \w out|strong="H5365"\w* all your \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H7760"\w* it <i>for</i> a \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* upon all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Give us \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days’|strong="H3117"\w* \w respite|strong="H7503"\w*, that we may \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* unto all the \w coasts|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and then, if <i>there be</i> no man to \w save|strong="H3467"\w* us, we will come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to thee.<n>Give…: Heb. Forbear us</n><pb/>


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¶ Then \w came|strong="H0935"\w* the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and \w told|strong="H1696"\w* the \w tidings|strong="H1697"\w* in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w voices|strong="H6963"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*.<pb/>


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And, behold, \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w herd|strong="H1241"\w* out of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*; and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What <i>aileth</i> the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that they \w weep|strong="H1058"\w*? And they \w told|strong="H5608"\w* him the \w tidings|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w*.


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And the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w came|strong="H6743"\w* upon \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* when he \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* those \w tidings|strong="H1697"\w*, and his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* was \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w*.


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And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* a \w yoke|strong="H6776"\w* of \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and hewed them in \w pieces|strong="H5408"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* <i>them</i> throughout all the \w coasts|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* by the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Whosoever cometh not \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, so shall it be \w done|strong="H6213"\w* unto his \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*. And the \w fear|strong="H6343"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* on the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and they came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* with \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w consent|strong="H0376"\w*.<n>with…: Heb. as one man</n>


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And when he \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w* them in \w Bezek|strong="H0966"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*, and the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*.


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And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* that \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, Thus shall ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003"\w*, To \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w*, by <i>that time</i> the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* be \w hot|strong="H2527"\w*, ye shall have \w help|strong="H8668"\w*. And the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* <i>it</i> to the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w*; and they were \w glad|strong="H8055"\w*.<n>help: or, deliverance</n>


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Therefore the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, To \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* we will come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* unto you, and ye shall \w do|strong="H6213"\w* with us all that \w seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto you.


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And it was <i>so</i> on the \w morrow|strong="H4283"\w*, that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* in \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w companies|strong="H7218"\w*; and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w watch|strong="H0821"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Ammonites|strong="H5983"\w* until the \w heat|strong="H2527"\w* of the \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: and it came to pass, that they which \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* were \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w*, so that \w two|strong="H8147"\w* of them were not \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w*, Who <i>is</i> he that \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over us? \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* the \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, that we may put them to \w death|strong="H4191"\w*.


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And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, There shall not a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* be put to \w death|strong="H4191"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: for to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* \w salvation|strong="H8668"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* to the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, and \w renew|strong="H2318"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w* there.


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And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*; and there they made \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* in \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*; and there they \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* of peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; and there \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w*.<pb/>


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And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Behold, I have \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto your \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* in all that ye \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, and have \w made|strong="H4427"\w* a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over you.


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And now, behold, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w walketh|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* you: and I am \w old|strong="H2204"\w* and \w grayheaded|strong="H7867"\w*; and, behold, my \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* <i>are</i> with you: and I have \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* you from my \w childhood|strong="H5271"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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Behold, here I <i>am:</i> \w witness|strong="H6030"\w* against me before the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and before his \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*: whose \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* have I \w taken|strong="H3947"\w*? or whose \w ass|strong="H2543"\w* have I \w taken|strong="H3947"\w*? or whom have I \w defrauded|strong="H6231"\w*? whom have I \w oppressed|strong="H7533"\w*? or of whose \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* have I received <i>any</i> \w bribe|strong="H3724"\w* to \w blind|strong="H5956"\w* mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* therewith? and I will \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* it you.<n>bribe: Heb. ransom</n><n>to blind…: or, that I should hide mine eyes at him</n>


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And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou hast not \w defrauded|strong="H6231"\w* us, nor \w oppressed|strong="H7533"\w* us, neither hast thou \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w ought|strong="H3972"\w* of any \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* against you, and his \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w* <i>is</i> \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that ye have not \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w ought|strong="H3972"\w* in my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*. And they \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>He is</i> \w witness|strong="H5707"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, <i>It is</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* that \w advanced|strong="H6213"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* and \w Aaron|strong="H0175"\w*, and that \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.<n>advanced: or, made</n>


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Now therefore stand \w still|strong="H3320"\w*, that I may \w reason|strong="H8199"\w* with you \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of all the righteous \w acts|strong="H6666"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, which he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* to you and to your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.<n>righteous…: Heb. righteousnesses, or, benefits</n><n>to: Heb. with</n>


