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\BibleBook{The Book of Judges}

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\BibleTitleTwo{The Book of }
\BibleMainTitle{Judges }
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\chapterNumber{1}After|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0559" death|strong="H4194" of|strong="H1121" Joshua|strong="H3091", the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" asked|strong="H7592" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:1  }When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.} saying|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H4310" should|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" for|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413" first|strong="H8462" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" Canaanites|strong="H3669", to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413"?” 
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\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Judah|strong="H3063" shall|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927". Behold|strong="H2009",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:2  }“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.} I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H0776" delivered|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" into|strong="H0776" his|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Judah|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Simeon|strong="H8095" his|strong="H1980" brother|strong="H0251", “Come|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H0589" into|strong="H1980" my|strong="H5927" lot|strong="H1486", that|strong="H0559" we|strong="H1980" may|strong="H1571" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0559" Canaanites|strong="H3669"; and|strong="H1980" I|strong="H0589" likewise|strong="H1571" will|strong="H1571" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0854" into|strong="H1980" your|strong="H0559" lot|strong="H1486".” So|strong="H1980" Simeon|strong="H8095" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0854". 
\verseNumber{4}Judah|strong="H3063" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" Canaanites|strong="H3669" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Perizzites|strong="H6522" into|strong="H0376" their|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027". They|strong="H0376" struck|strong="H5221" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H3068" Bezek|strong="H0966". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H5221" found|strong="H4672" Adoni-Bezek|strong="H0137" in|strong="H4672" Bezek|strong="H0966", and|strong="H0853" they|strong="H5221" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" him|strong="H0853". They|strong="H5221" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Canaanites|strong="H3669" and|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" Perizzites|strong="H6522". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H5127" Adoni-Bezek|strong="H0137" fled|strong="H5127". They|strong="H0310" pursued|strong="H7291" him|strong="H0853", caught|strong="H0270" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H3027" cut|strong="H7112" off|strong="H7112" his|strong="H3027" thumbs|strong="H0931" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" big|strong="H0931" toes|strong="H0931". 
\verseNumber{7}Adoni-Bezek|strong="H0137" said|strong="H0559", “Seventy|strong="H7657" kings|strong="H4428", having|strong="H1961" their|strong="H0935" thumbs|strong="H0931" and|strong="H0935" their|strong="H0935" big|strong="H0931" toes|strong="H0931" cut|strong="H7112" off|strong="H7112", scavenged under|strong="H8478" my|strong="H1961" table|strong="H7979". As|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213", so|strong="H3651" God|strong="H0430"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:7  }The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).} has|strong="H0430" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H0935".” They|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" died|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", took|strong="H3920" it|strong="H5221", struck|strong="H5221" it|strong="H5221" with|strong="H3389" the|strong="H0853" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="H1121" set|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" on|strong="H7971" fire|strong="H0784". 
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\verseNumber{9}After|strong="H0310" that|strong="H0310", the|strong="H0310" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H0310" Canaanites|strong="H3669" who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0310" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022", and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0310" South|strong="H5045", and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0310" lowland|strong="H8219". 
\verseNumber{10}Judah|strong="H3063" went|strong="H0413" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Canaanites|strong="H3669" who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Hebron|strong="H2275". (The|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3427" Hebron|strong="H2275" before|strong="H6440" that|strong="H0413" was|strong="H8034" Kiriath Arba.) They|strong="H5221" struck|strong="H5221" Sheshai|strong="H8344", Ahiman|strong="H0289", and|strong="H3063" Talmai|strong="H8526". 
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\verseNumber{11}From|strong="H6440" there|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" went|strong="H0413" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Debir|strong="H1688". (The|strong="H6440" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3427" Debir|strong="H1688" before|strong="H6440" that|strong="H8033" was|strong="H8034" Kiriath Sepher.) 
\verseNumber{12}Caleb|strong="H3612" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" give|strong="H5414" Achsah|strong="H5915" my|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" as|strong="H0834" wife|strong="H0802" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" man who|strong="H0834" strikes|strong="H5221" Kiriath Sepher, and|strong="H0802" takes|strong="H3920" it|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{13}Othniel|strong="H6274" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kenaz|strong="H7073", Caleb’s|strong="H3612" younger|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251", took|strong="H3920" it|strong="H5414", so|strong="H4480" he|strong="H4480" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" Achsah|strong="H5915" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" as|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802". 
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H1961" she|strong="H4100" came|strong="H0935", she|strong="H4100" got him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" ask|strong="H7592" her|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" field|strong="H7704". She|strong="H4100" got off|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" donkey|strong="H2543"; and|strong="H0935" Caleb|strong="H3612" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H5921", “What|strong="H4100" would|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5921" like|strong="H1961"?” 
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\verseNumber{15}She|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5414", “Give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3588" blessing|strong="H1293"; because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0776" set|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" South|strong="H5045", give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" also|strong="H0853" springs|strong="H1543" of|strong="H0776" water|strong="H4325".” Then|strong="H0853" Caleb|strong="H3612" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" upper|strong="H5942" springs|strong="H1543" and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" lower|strong="H8482" springs|strong="H1543". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" Kenite|strong="H7017", Moses’|strong="H4872" brother-in-law, went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" palm|strong="H8558" trees|strong="H8558" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" into|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0834" wilderness|strong="H4057" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0834" south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H1121" Arad|strong="H6166"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" went|strong="H5927" and|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{17}Judah|strong="H3063" went with|strong="H0854" Simeon|strong="H8095" his|strong="H7121" brother|strong="H0251", and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H2763" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Canaanites|strong="H3669" who|strong="H3427" inhabited|strong="H3427" Zephath|strong="H6857", and|strong="H3063" utterly destroyed|strong="H5221" it|strong="H7121". The|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H8034" called|strong="H7121" Hormah|strong="H2767". 
\verseNumber{18}Also|strong="H0853" Judah|strong="H3063" took|strong="H3920" Gaza|strong="H5804" with|strong="H1366" its|strong="H0853" border|strong="H1366", and|strong="H3063" Ashkelon|strong="H0831" with|strong="H1366" its|strong="H0853" border|strong="H1366", and|strong="H3063" Ekron|strong="H6138" with|strong="H1366" its|strong="H0853" border|strong="H1366". 
\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" with|strong="H0854" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3068" drove|strong="H3423" out|strong="H3423" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" could not|strong="H3808" drive|strong="H3423" out|strong="H3423" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" valley|strong="H6010", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" chariots|strong="H7393" of|strong="H3068" iron|strong="H1270". 
\verseNumber{20}They|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H5414" Hebron|strong="H2275" to|strong="H1696" Caleb|strong="H3612", as|strong="H0834" Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H0834" said|strong="H1696", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" drove|strong="H3423" the|strong="H0853" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Anak out|strong="H3423" of|strong="H1121" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" didn’t|strong="H3808" drive|strong="H3423" out|strong="H3423" the|strong="H0853" Jebusites|strong="H2983" who|strong="H1121" inhabited|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" Jebusites|strong="H2983" dwell|strong="H3427" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Joseph|strong="H3130" also|strong="H1571" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5973" Bethel|strong="H1008", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Joseph|strong="H3130" sent to|strong="H6440" spy|strong="H8446" out|strong="H6440" Bethel|strong="H1008". (The|strong="H6440" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" before|strong="H6440" that|strong="H1004" was|strong="H8034" Luz|strong="H3870".) 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H0853" watchers saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" man|strong="H0376" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0376" they|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853", “Please|strong="H4994" show|strong="H7200" us|strong="H4994" the|strong="H0853" entrance|strong="H3996" into|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0376" we|strong="H4994" will|strong="H0376" deal|strong="H6213" kindly with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973".” 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="H0853" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="H0853" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H3996" into|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H0376" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" with|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719"; but|strong="H7200" they|strong="H0376" let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" and|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" go|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H5704" man|strong="H0376" went|strong="H0376" into|strong="H0376" the|strong="H5704" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5704" Hittites|strong="H2850", built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0776" called|strong="H7121" its|strong="H5704" name|strong="H8034" Luz|strong="H3870", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" its|strong="H5704" name|strong="H8034" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{27}Manasseh|strong="H4519" didn’t|strong="H3808" drive|strong="H3423" out|strong="H3423" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" Beth Shean and|strong="H0776" its|strong="H0853" towns|strong="H1323", nor|strong="H3808" Taanach|strong="H8590" and|strong="H0776" its|strong="H0853" towns|strong="H1323", nor|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" Dor|strong="H1756" and|strong="H0776" its|strong="H0853" towns|strong="H1323", nor|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" Ibleam|strong="H2991" and|strong="H0776" its|strong="H0853" towns|strong="H1323", nor|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" Megiddo|strong="H4023" and|strong="H0776" its|strong="H0853" towns|strong="H1323"; but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" Canaanites|strong="H3669" would dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3808" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{28}When|strong="H3588" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H1961" grown|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H2388", they|strong="H3588" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H0853" Canaanites|strong="H3669" to|strong="H1961" forced|strong="H4522" labour, and|strong="H3478" didn’t|strong="H3808" utterly drive|strong="H3423" them|strong="H0853" out|strong="H2388". 
\verseNumber{29}Ephraim|strong="H0669" didn’t|strong="H3808" drive|strong="H3423" out|strong="H3423" the|strong="H0853" Canaanites|strong="H3669" who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Gezer|strong="H1507", but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" Canaanites|strong="H3669" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Gezer|strong="H1507" amongst them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{30}Zebulun|strong="H2074" didn’t|strong="H3808" drive|strong="H3423" out|strong="H3423" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Kitron|strong="H7003", nor|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Nahalol|strong="H5096"; but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" Canaanites|strong="H3669" lived|strong="H3427" amongst them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H3427" became|strong="H1961" subject to|strong="H1961" forced|strong="H4522" labour. 
\verseNumber{31}Asher|strong="H0836" didn’t|strong="H3808" drive|strong="H3423" out|strong="H3423" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Acco|strong="H5910", nor|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Sidon|strong="H6721", nor|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3427" Ahlab|strong="H0303", nor|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3427" Achzib|strong="H0392", nor|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3427" Helbah|strong="H2462", nor|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3427" Aphik|strong="H0663", nor|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3427" Rehob|strong="H7340"; 
\verseNumber{32}but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Asherites|strong="H0843" lived|strong="H3427" amongst the|strong="H3588" Canaanites|strong="H3669", the|strong="H3588" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776", for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" didn’t|strong="H3808" drive|strong="H3423" them|strong="H3423" out|strong="H3423". 
\verseNumber{33}Naphtali|strong="H5321" didn’t|strong="H3808" drive|strong="H3423" out|strong="H3423" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" Beth Shemesh, nor|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" Beth Anath; but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" lived|strong="H3427" amongst the|strong="H0853" Canaanites|strong="H3669", the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776". Nevertheless the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" Beth Shemesh and|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Beth Anath became|strong="H1961" subject to|strong="H1961" forced|strong="H4522" labour. 
\verseNumber{34}The|strong="H0853" Amorites|strong="H0567" forced|strong="H3905" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" into|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022", for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" would not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3381" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H0853" valley|strong="H6010"; 
\verseNumber{35}but|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" Amorites|strong="H0567" would dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Mount|strong="H2022" Heres|strong="H2776", in|strong="H3427" Aijalon|strong="H0357", and|strong="H3027" in|strong="H3427" Shaalbim|strong="H8169". Yet the|strong="H1961" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1961" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Joseph|strong="H3130" prevailed, so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3027" became|strong="H1961" subject to|strong="H1961" forced|strong="H4522" labour. 
\verseNumber{36}The|strong="H4605" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H4605" Amorites|strong="H0567" was|strong="H1366" from|strong="H1366" the|strong="H4605" ascent|strong="H4610" of|strong="H1366" Akrabbim|strong="H4610", from|strong="H1366" the|strong="H4605" rock|strong="H5553", and|strong="H5553" upward|strong="H4605". 
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\chapterNumber{2}The|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" came|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" Gilgal|strong="H1537" to|strong="H0413" Bochim|strong="H1066". He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0834" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H0935" have|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" swore|strong="H7650" to|strong="H0413" give|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001". I|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" break|strong="H6565" my|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{2}You|strong="H0859" shall|strong="H0776" make|strong="H6213" no|strong="H3808" covenant|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" the|strong="H8085" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776". You|strong="H0859" shall|strong="H0776" break|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" their|strong="H8085" altars|strong="H4196".’ But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0776" not|strong="H3808" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8085" voice|strong="H6963". Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0776" you|strong="H0859" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063"? 
\verseNumber{3}Therefore|strong="H1571" I|strong="H1571" also|strong="H1571" said|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H1571" will|strong="H0430" not|strong="H3808" drive|strong="H1644" them|strong="H0853" out|strong="H1644" from|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440"; but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" shall|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0430" your|strong="H6440" sides|strong="H6654", and|strong="H0430" their|strong="H6440" gods|strong="H0430" will|strong="H0430" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" snare|strong="H4170" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H6440".’” 
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\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" spoke|strong="H1696" these|strong="H0428" words|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H3605" voice|strong="H6963" and|strong="H1121" wept|strong="H1058". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H8033" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" Bochim|strong="H1066",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:5  }“Bochim” means “weepers”.} and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H8033" sacrificed|strong="H2076" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{6}Now when|strong="H7971" Joshua|strong="H3091" had|strong="H3478" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" away|strong="H7971", the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" each|strong="H0376" went|strong="H0376" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H7971" inheritance|strong="H5159" to|strong="H3478" possess|strong="H3423" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" served|strong="H5647" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" Joshua|strong="H3091", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" who|strong="H0834" outlived|strong="H0310" Joshua|strong="H3091", who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" work|strong="H4639" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" worked|strong="H5647" for|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{8}Joshua|strong="H3091" the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nun|strong="H5126", the|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068", died|strong="H4191", being|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" ten|strong="H6235" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{9}They buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0853" in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H0853" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H2022" his|strong="H6912" inheritance|strong="H5159" in|strong="H6912" Timnath Heres, in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H0853" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669", on|strong="H2022" the|strong="H0853" north|strong="H6828" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H0853" mountain|strong="H2022" of|strong="H2022" Gaash|strong="H1608". 
\verseNumber{10}After|strong="H0310" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" generation|strong="H1755" were|strong="H0834" gathered|strong="H0622" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001", another|strong="H0312" generation|strong="H1755" arose|strong="H6965" after|strong="H0310" them|strong="H0413" who|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", nor|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4639" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", and|strong="H1121" served|strong="H5647" the|strong="H0853" Baals|strong="H1168". 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H0834" abandoned|strong="H5800" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0776" their|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001", who|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H3318" them|strong="H0853" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H3068" followed|strong="H0310" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430", of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" peoples|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H3068" bowed|strong="H7812" themselves|strong="H0310" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H0853"; and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0834" provoked|strong="H3707" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" anger|strong="H3707". 
\verseNumber{13}They|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" served|strong="H5647" Baal|strong="H1168" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Ashtaroth|strong="H6252". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" anger|strong="H0639" burnt against|strong="H2734" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" raiders who|strong="H3068" plundered|strong="H8155" them|strong="H5414". He|strong="H3068" sold|strong="H4376" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" all|strong="H5439" around|strong="H5439", so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3808" could|strong="H3201" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" stand|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" their|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341". 
\verseNumber{15}Wherever|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" was|strong="H1961" against|strong="H1696" them|strong="H3318" for|strong="H3027" evil|strong="H7451", as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" spoken|strong="H1696", and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" sworn|strong="H7650" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H3318"; and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" very|strong="H3966" distressed. 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" raised|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" judges|strong="H8199", who|strong="H3068" saved|strong="H3467" them|strong="H3027" out|strong="H6965" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3467" who|strong="H3068" plundered|strong="H8154" them|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{17}Yet|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3068" judges|strong="H8199"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" prostituted|strong="H2181" themselves|strong="H0310" to|strong="H0413" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430", and|strong="H1980" bowed|strong="H7812" themselves|strong="H0310" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413". They|strong="H0834" quickly|strong="H4118" turned|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0834" way|strong="H1870" in|strong="H1980" which|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" walked|strong="H1980", obeying|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0834" LORD’s|strong="H3068" commandments|strong="H4687". They|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651". 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" raised|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" judges|strong="H8199" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H6440", then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" judge|strong="H8199", and|strong="H6965" saved|strong="H3467" them|strong="H6440" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" judge|strong="H8199"; for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" grieved the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" groaning|strong="H5009" by|strong="H3027" reason of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" oppressed|strong="H3905" them|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6965" troubled them|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3808" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0310" judge|strong="H8199" was|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4191", they|strong="H3808" turned|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725", and|strong="H0430" dealt more|strong="H3808" corruptly|strong="H7843" than|strong="H3808" their|strong="H7725" fathers|strong="H0001" in|strong="H0430" following|strong="H0310" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430" to|strong="H4191" serve|strong="H5647" them|strong="H7725" and|strong="H0430" to|strong="H4191" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H4191" them|strong="H7725". They|strong="H3808" didn’t|strong="H3808" cease what|strong="H1870" they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H1961" doing|strong="H1870", or|strong="H3808" give|strong="H7725" up|strong="H1961" their|strong="H7725" stubborn|strong="H7186" ways|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" anger|strong="H0639" burnt against|strong="H2734" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “Because|strong="H3282" this|strong="H2088" nation|strong="H1471" transgressed my|strong="H8085" covenant|strong="H1285" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" their|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0559" my|strong="H8085" voice|strong="H6963", 
\verseNumber{21}I|strong="H0589" also|strong="H1571" will|strong="H0834" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3254" drive|strong="H3423" out|strong="H4480" any|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H6440" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H0834" Joshua|strong="H3091" left|strong="H5800" when|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" died|strong="H4191" from|strong="H4480" before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440"; 
\verseNumber{22}that|strong="H0834" by|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1992" I|strong="H0834" may|strong="H3068" test|strong="H5254" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H3068" see|strong="H0834" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3068" walk|strong="H1870" therein, as|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" kept|strong="H8104" it|strong="H0518", or|strong="H0518" not|strong="H3808".” 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" left|strong="H5414" those|strong="H0428" nations|strong="H1471", without|strong="H3808" driving|strong="H3423" them|strong="H5414" out|strong="H3423" hastily. He|strong="H3068" didn’t|strong="H3808" deliver|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" Joshua’s|strong="H3091" hand|strong="H3027". 
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\chapterNumber{3}Now these|strong="H0428" are|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" left|strong="H3240", to|strong="H3068" test|strong="H5254" Israel|strong="H3478" by|strong="H3068" them|strong="H0853", even|strong="H3808" as|strong="H0834" many as|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" known|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wars|strong="H4421" of|strong="H3068" Canaan|strong="H3667"; 
\verseNumber{2}only|strong="H7535" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6440" generations|strong="H1755" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" might|strong="H4616" know|strong="H3045", to|strong="H3478" teach|strong="H3925" them|strong="H6440" war|strong="H4421", at|strong="H3478" least those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" knew|strong="H3045" nothing|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" it|strong="H3045" before|strong="H6440": 
\verseNumber{3}the|strong="H3605" five|strong="H2568" lords|strong="H5633" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Canaanites|strong="H3669", the|strong="H3605" Sidonians|strong="H6722", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Hivites|strong="H2340" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" on|strong="H0935" Mount|strong="H2022" Lebanon|strong="H3844", from|strong="H0935" Mount|strong="H2022" Baal Hermon to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H0935" of|strong="H3427" Hamath|strong="H2574". 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" left|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" test|strong="H5254" Israel|strong="H3478" by|strong="H3027" them|strong="H0853", to|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" whether they|strong="H0834" would|strong="H3478" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" commandments|strong="H4687", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" their|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" by|strong="H3027" Moses|strong="H4872". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" lived|strong="H3427" amongst the|strong="H1121" Canaanites|strong="H3669", the|strong="H1121" Hittites|strong="H2850", the|strong="H1121" Amorites|strong="H0567", the|strong="H1121" Perizzites|strong="H6522", the|strong="H1121" Hivites|strong="H2340", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Jebusites|strong="H2983". 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H1992" took|strong="H3947" their|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" own daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" served|strong="H5647" their|strong="H5414" gods|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", and|strong="H1121" forgot|strong="H7911" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H1121" served|strong="H5647" the|strong="H0853" Baals|strong="H1168" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Asheroth|strong="H0842". 
\verseNumber{8}Therefore|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" anger|strong="H0639" burnt against|strong="H2734" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" sold|strong="H4376" them|strong="H0853" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Cushan Rishathaim king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Mesopotamia|strong="H0763"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" served|strong="H5647" Cushan Rishathaim eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" cried|strong="H2199" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" raised|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" a|strong="H4480" saviour to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", who|strong="H3068" saved|strong="H3467" them|strong="H0413", even|strong="H0853" Othniel|strong="H6274" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kenaz|strong="H7073", Caleb’s|strong="H3612" younger|strong="H6996" brother|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1961" war|strong="H4421", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" Cushan Rishathaim king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Mesopotamia into|strong="H8199" his|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027". His|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" prevailed|strong="H5810" against|strong="H5921" Cushan Rishathaim. 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H0776" land|strong="H0776" had|strong="H8252" rest|strong="H8252" forty|strong="H0705" years|strong="H8141", then|strong="H4191" Othniel|strong="H6274" the|strong="H0776" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kenaz|strong="H7073" died|strong="H4191". 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" again|strong="H3254" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" strengthened|strong="H2388" Eglon|strong="H5700" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124" against|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H0853" gathered|strong="H0622" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" and|strong="H1121" Amalek|strong="H6002" to|strong="H0413" himself|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0853" went|strong="H0413" and|strong="H1121" struck|strong="H5221" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5221" possessed|strong="H3423" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" palm|strong="H8558" trees|strong="H8558". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" served|strong="H5647" Eglon|strong="H5700" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124" eighteen|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H0376" when|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" cried|strong="H2199" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" raised|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" a|strong="H7971" saviour for|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413": Ehud|strong="H0164" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gera|strong="H1617", the|strong="H0853" Benjamite|strong="H1145", a|strong="H7971" left-handed|strong="H3225" man|strong="H0376". The|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" sent|strong="H7971" tribute|strong="H4503" by|strong="H3027" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Eglon|strong="H5700" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124". 
\verseNumber{16}Ehud|strong="H0164" made|strong="H6213" himself a|strong="H5921" sword|strong="H2719" which|strong="H2719" had|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" edges|strong="H6366", a|strong="H5921" cubit|strong="H1574"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3:16  }A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimetres.} in|strong="H5921" length|strong="H0753"; and|strong="H2719" he|strong="H6213" wore|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" under|strong="H8478" his|strong="H5921" clothing on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" thigh|strong="H3409". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H0853" offered|strong="H7126" the|strong="H0853" tribute|strong="H4503" to|strong="H0376" Eglon|strong="H5700" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124". Now Eglon|strong="H5700" was|strong="H0376" a|strong="H7126" very|strong="H3966" fat|strong="H1277" man|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H1961" Ehud|strong="H3615" had|strong="H0834" finished|strong="H3615" offering|strong="H4503" the|strong="H0853" tribute|strong="H4503", he|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" carried|strong="H5375" the|strong="H0853" tribute|strong="H4503". 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H4428" he|strong="H0834" himself|strong="H1931" turned|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" stone|strong="H0834" idols|strong="H6456" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" by|strong="H5921" Gilgal|strong="H1537", and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" a|strong="H4480" secret message|strong="H1697" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834", O king|strong="H4428".” 
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The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Keep|strong="H2013" silence|strong="H2013"!” All|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" stood|strong="H5975" by|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413" left|strong="H3318" him|strong="H0413". 
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\verseNumber{20}Ehud|strong="H0164" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" sitting|strong="H3427" by|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H1931" alone|strong="H0905" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" cool|strong="H4747" upper|strong="H5944" room|strong="H5944". Ehud|strong="H0164" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0935" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H0935" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834".” He|strong="H0834" arose|strong="H6965" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H0430" his|strong="H5921" seat|strong="H3678". 
\verseNumber{21}Ehud|strong="H0164" put|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" his|strong="H5921" left|strong="H8040" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719" from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" thigh|strong="H3409", and|strong="H3027" thrust|strong="H8628" it|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" body|strong="H0990". 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H3588" handle|strong="H5325" also|strong="H1571" went|strong="H3318" in|strong="H0935" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3588" blade|strong="H3851"; and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" fat|strong="H2459" closed|strong="H5462" on|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" blade|strong="H3851", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" didn’t|strong="H3808" draw|strong="H8025" the|strong="H3588" sword|strong="H2719" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" body|strong="H0990"; and|strong="H0935" it|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" behind|strong="H0310". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H3318" Ehud|strong="H0164" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" onto the|strong="H3318" porch, and|strong="H3318" shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H3318" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H1817" the|strong="H3318" upper|strong="H5944" room|strong="H5944" on|strong="H3318" him|strong="H3318", and|strong="H3318" locked|strong="H5462" them|strong="H3318". 
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\verseNumber{24}After|strong="H2009" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H0853" gone|strong="H3318", his|strong="H0935" servants|strong="H5650" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H5650" the|strong="H0853" upper|strong="H5944" room|strong="H2315" were|strong="H5650" locked. They|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", “Surely|strong="H0389" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" covering his|strong="H0935" feet|strong="H7272"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3:24  }or, “relieving himself”.} in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" upper|strong="H5944" room|strong="H2315".” 
\verseNumber{25}They|strong="H5704" waited until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" were|strong="H0369" ashamed|strong="H0954"; and|strong="H0776" behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H5704" didn’t open|strong="H6605" the|strong="H0853" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" upper|strong="H5944" room|strong="H5944". Therefore|strong="H0776" they|strong="H5704" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" key|strong="H4668" and|strong="H0776" opened|strong="H6605" them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H0776" behold|strong="H2009", their|strong="H3947" lord|strong="H0113" had|strong="H0369" fallen|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" dead|strong="H4191" on|strong="H5307" the|strong="H0853" floor|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{26}Ehud|strong="H0164" escaped|strong="H4422" while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" waited, passed|strong="H5674" beyond|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" stone idols|strong="H6456", and|strong="H0853" escaped|strong="H4422" to|strong="H5704" Seirah|strong="H8167". 
\verseNumber{27}When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935", he|strong="H1931" blew|strong="H8628" a|strong="H1961" trumpet|strong="H7782" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H0935" down|strong="H3381" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6440" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" led|strong="H0935" them|strong="H3381". 
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\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Follow|strong="H0310" me|strong="H0413"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" the|strong="H0853" Moabites|strong="H4124" into|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027".” They|strong="H3588" followed|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3920" the|strong="H0853" fords of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" Jordan|strong="H3383" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Moabites|strong="H4124", and|strong="H3068" didn’t|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H5674" over|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{29}They|strong="H3808" struck|strong="H5221" at|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256" about|strong="H5221" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Moab|strong="H4124", every|strong="H3605" strong|strong="H2428" man|strong="H0376" and|strong="H0376" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" valour. No|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376" escaped|strong="H4422". 
\verseNumber{30}So|strong="H1931" Moab|strong="H4124" was|strong="H3478" subdued|strong="H3665" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3117" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478". Then|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3117" land|strong="H0776" had|strong="H3478" rest|strong="H8252" eighty|strong="H8084" years|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{31}After|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5221" was|strong="H1961" Shamgar|strong="H8044" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Anath|strong="H6067", who|strong="H0376" struck|strong="H5221" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" with|strong="H0376" an|strong="H1961" ox|strong="H1241" goad. He|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" saved|strong="H3467" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\chapterNumber{4}The|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" again|strong="H3254" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" LORD’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", when|strong="H6213" Ehud|strong="H0164" was|strong="H3068" dead|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" sold|strong="H4376" them|strong="H3027" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0834" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Jabin|strong="H2985" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Canaan|strong="H3667", who|strong="H0834" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H3427" Hazor|strong="H2674"; the|strong="H0834" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" whose|strong="H0834" army|strong="H6635" was|strong="H0834" Sisera|strong="H5516", who|strong="H0834" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Harosheth of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" Gentiles|strong="H1471". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" cried|strong="H6817" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" nine|strong="H8672" hundred|strong="H3967" chariots|strong="H7393" of|strong="H1121" iron|strong="H1270"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" mightily oppressed|strong="H3905" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H3588" twenty|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{4}Now|strong="H6256" Deborah|strong="H1683", a|strong="H3478" prophetess|strong="H5031", the|strong="H0853" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H0802" Lappidoth|strong="H3941", judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" at|strong="H3478" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256". 
\verseNumber{5}She|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H3427" under|strong="H8478" Deborah’s palm|strong="H8560" tree|strong="H8560" between|strong="H0996" Ramah|strong="H7414" and|strong="H1121" Bethel|strong="H1008" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0413" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0413" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" for|strong="H8478" judgement. 
\verseNumber{6}She|strong="H7121" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H1121" called|strong="H7121" Barak|strong="H1301" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abinoam|strong="H0042" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H1121" Kedesh|strong="H6943" Naphtali|strong="H5321", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Hasn’t|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", commanded|strong="H6680", ‘Go|strong="H7971" and|strong="H1121" lead|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" way|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" Mount|strong="H2022" Tabor|strong="H8396", and|strong="H1121" take|strong="H3947" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H6680" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Naphtali|strong="H5321" and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zebulun|strong="H2074"? 
\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3027" draw|strong="H4900" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H5414", to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" river|strong="H5158" Kishon|strong="H7028", Sisera|strong="H5516", the|strong="H0853" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3027" Jabin’s|strong="H2985" army|strong="H6635", with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5414" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5414" multitude|strong="H1995"; and|strong="H3027" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3027" deliver|strong="H5414" him|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" your|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027".’” 
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\verseNumber{8}Barak|strong="H1301" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H0413", then|strong="H1980" I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1980"; but|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H0413", I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1980".” 
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\verseNumber{9}She|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0859". Nevertheless|strong="H3588", the|strong="H0853" journey|strong="H1870" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" take|strong="H1980" won’t|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" honour; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" sell|strong="H4376" Sisera|strong="H5516" into|strong="H1980" a|strong="H1961" woman’s|strong="H0802" hand|strong="H3027".” Deborah|strong="H1683" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H1980" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" Barak|strong="H1301" to|strong="H0559" Kedesh|strong="H6943". 
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\verseNumber{10}Barak|strong="H1301" called|strong="H2199" Zebulun|strong="H2074" and|strong="H0376" Naphtali|strong="H5321" together|strong="H2199" to|strong="H0376" Kedesh|strong="H6943". Ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" followed|strong="H7272" him|strong="H0853"; and|strong="H0376" Deborah|strong="H1683" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{11}Now Heber|strong="H2268" the|strong="H0834" Kenite|strong="H7017" had|strong="H0834" separated|strong="H6504" himself|strong="H6504" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" Kenites|strong="H7017", even|strong="H5704" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hobab|strong="H2246", Moses’|strong="H4872" brother-in-law, and|strong="H1121" had|strong="H0834" pitched|strong="H5186" his|strong="H0834" tent|strong="H0168" as|strong="H0834" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" oak|strong="H0436" in|strong="H1121" Zaanannim|strong="H6815", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" by|strong="H5704" Kedesh|strong="H6943". 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" Sisera|strong="H5516" that|strong="H3588" Barak|strong="H1301" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abinoam|strong="H0042" had|strong="H3588" gone|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1121" Mount|strong="H2022" Tabor|strong="H8396". 
\verseNumber{13}Sisera|strong="H5516" gathered together|strong="H2199" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393", even|strong="H0853" nine|strong="H8672" hundred|strong="H3967" chariots|strong="H7393" of|strong="H3605" iron|strong="H1270", and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413", from|strong="H0413" Harosheth of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Gentiles|strong="H1471", to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H5158" Kishon|strong="H7028". 
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\verseNumber{14}Deborah|strong="H1683" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Barak|strong="H1301", “Go|strong="H3318"; for|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117" in|strong="H0413" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" Sisera|strong="H5516" into|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027". Hasn’t|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" gone|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H0834"?” So|strong="H5414" Barak|strong="H1301" went|strong="H3318" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3318" Mount|strong="H2022" Tabor|strong="H8396", and|strong="H6965" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" confused|strong="H2000" Sisera|strong="H5516", all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719" before|strong="H6440" Barak|strong="H1301". Sisera|strong="H5516" abandoned his|strong="H3605" chariot|strong="H4818" and|strong="H3068" fled|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" feet|strong="H7272". 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3808" Barak|strong="H1301" pursued|strong="H7291" the|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H2719" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264" to|strong="H5704" Harosheth of|strong="H6310" the|strong="H3605" Gentiles|strong="H1471"; and|strong="H2719" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H6310" Sisera|strong="H5516" fell|strong="H5307" by|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H6310" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719". There|strong="H3605" was|strong="H0259" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H5704" man|strong="H3605" left|strong="H7604". 
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\verseNumber{17}However Sisera|strong="H5516" fled|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" on|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3588" feet|strong="H7272" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" tent|strong="H0168" of|strong="H4428" Jael|strong="H3278" the|strong="H3588" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H4428" Heber|strong="H2268" the|strong="H3588" Kenite|strong="H7017"; for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H7965" was|strong="H0802" peace|strong="H7965" between|strong="H0996" Jabin|strong="H2985" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Hazor|strong="H2674" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Heber|strong="H2268" the|strong="H3588" Kenite|strong="H7017". 
\verseNumber{18}Jael|strong="H3278" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H7125" Sisera|strong="H5516", and|strong="H3318" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Turn|strong="H5493" in|strong="H0413", my|strong="H3318" lord|strong="H0113", turn|strong="H5493" in|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413"; don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H0408" afraid|strong="H3372".” He|strong="H3318" came|strong="H3318" in|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H3318" she covered|strong="H3680" him|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3318" rug|strong="H8063". 
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\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", “Please|strong="H4994" give|strong="H8248" me|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3588" little|strong="H4592" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H0413" drink|strong="H8248"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am thirsty|strong="H6770".” 
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She|strong="H3588" opened|strong="H6605" a|strong="H3588" container of|strong="H4325" milk|strong="H2461", and|strong="H2461" gave|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3588" drink|strong="H8248", and|strong="H2461" covered|strong="H3680" him|strong="H0413". 
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\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H0518" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", “Stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" door|strong="H6607" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H0935" if|strong="H0518" any|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" comes|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" enquires of|strong="H0376" you|strong="H0518", and|strong="H0935" says|strong="H0559", ‘Is|strong="H0369" there|strong="H0369" any|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" here|strong="H6311"?’ you|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H0376" say|strong="H0559", ‘No|strong="H0369".’” 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H3947" Jael|strong="H3278", Heber’s|strong="H2268" wife|strong="H0802", took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" tent|strong="H0168" peg|strong="H3489", and|strong="H0935" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" hammer in|strong="H0935" her|strong="H0413" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" softly to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" struck the|strong="H0853" pin|strong="H3489" into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3947" temples|strong="H7541", and|strong="H0935" it|strong="H7760" pierced through|strong="H3027" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H0776", for|strong="H0413" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H0776" in|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3947" deep sleep; so|strong="H3947" he|strong="H1931" fainted and|strong="H0935" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{22}Behold|strong="H2009", as|strong="H0834" Barak|strong="H1301" pursued|strong="H7291" Sisera|strong="H5516", Jael|strong="H3278" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Come|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" show|strong="H7200" you|strong="H0859" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" seek|strong="H1245".” He|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009", Sisera|strong="H5516" lay|strong="H5307" dead|strong="H4191", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" tent|strong="H3489" peg|strong="H3489" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0834" temples|strong="H7541". 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430" subdued|strong="H3665" Jabin|strong="H2985" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Canaan|strong="H3667" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" prevailed more|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1980" more|strong="H5921" against|strong="H5921" Jabin|strong="H2985" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Canaan|strong="H3667", until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" destroyed|strong="H3772" Jabin|strong="H2985" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Canaan|strong="H3667". 
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\chapterNumber{5}Then|strong="H0559" Deborah|strong="H1683" and|strong="H1121" Barak|strong="H1301" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abinoam|strong="H0042" sang|strong="H7891" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", saying|strong="H0559", 
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\verseNumber{2}“Because|strong="H6544" the|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H5068" took the|strong="H3068" lead in|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", 
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because|strong="H6544" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" offered|strong="H5068" themselves willingly|strong="H5068", 
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be|strong="H1288" blessed|strong="H1288", LORD|strong="H3068"! 
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\verseNumber{3}“Hear|strong="H8085", you|strong="H2167" kings|strong="H4428"! 
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Give|strong="H0238" ear|strong="H0238", you|strong="H2167" princes! 
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I|strong="H0595", even I|strong="H0595", will|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H2167" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" LORD|strong="H3068". 
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I|strong="H0595" will|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H2167" praise|strong="H2167" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{4}“LORD|strong="H3068", when|strong="H3318" you|strong="H0776" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0776" Seir|strong="H8165", 
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when|strong="H3318" you|strong="H0776" marched|strong="H6805" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3068" field|strong="H7704" of|strong="H0776" Edom|strong="H0123", 
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the|strong="H3068" earth|strong="H0776" trembled, the|strong="H3068" sky|strong="H8064" also|strong="H1571" dropped|strong="H5197". 
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Yes|strong="H1571", the|strong="H3068" clouds|strong="H5645" dropped|strong="H5197" water|strong="H4325". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H6440" mountains|strong="H2022" quaked|strong="H5140" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" LORD’s|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440", 
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even Sinai|strong="H5514" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{6}“In|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3117" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" Shamgar|strong="H8044" the|strong="H3117" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Anath|strong="H6067", 
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in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3117" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" Jael|strong="H3278", the|strong="H3117" highways|strong="H0734" were|strong="H1121" unoccupied. 
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The|strong="H3117" travellers walked|strong="H1980" through|strong="H1980" byways. 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H5704" rulers ceased|strong="H2308" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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They|strong="H5704" ceased|strong="H2308" until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704", Deborah|strong="H1683", arose|strong="H6965"; 
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Until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" arose|strong="H6965" a|strong="H5704" mother|strong="H0517" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H0518" chose|strong="H0977" new|strong="H2319" gods|strong="H0430". 
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Then|strong="H0227" war|strong="H3901" was|strong="H3478" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H7200" gates|strong="H8179". 
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Was|strong="H3478" there a|strong="H7200" shield|strong="H4043" or|strong="H0518" spear|strong="H7420" seen|strong="H7200" amongst forty|strong="H0705" thousand|strong="H0505" in|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478"? 
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\verseNumber{9}My|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3820" is|strong="H3068" towards the|strong="H3068" governors of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", 
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who|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H5068" themselves willingly|strong="H5068" amongst the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971". 
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Bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068"! 
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\verseNumber{10}“Speak|strong="H7878", you|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3427" ride|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" white|strong="H6715" donkeys|strong="H0860", 
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you|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3427" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" rich carpets|strong="H4055", 
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and|strong="H1980" you|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3427" walk|strong="H1980" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H1870". 
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\verseNumber{11}Far from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3068" noise|strong="H6963" of|strong="H3068" archers, in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" places|strong="H4857" of|strong="H3068" drawing water, 
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there|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3068" rehearse the|strong="H3068" LORD’s|strong="H3068" righteous|strong="H6666" acts|strong="H6666", 
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the|strong="H3068" righteous|strong="H6666" acts|strong="H6666" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" rule in|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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“Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H3068" LORD’s|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3068" gates|strong="H8179". 
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\verseNumber{12}‘Awake|strong="H5782", awake|strong="H5782", Deborah|strong="H1683"! 
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Awake|strong="H5782", awake|strong="H5782", utter|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1696" song|strong="H7892"! 
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Arise|strong="H6965", Barak|strong="H1301", and|strong="H1121" lead away|strong="H7617" your|strong="H6965" captives|strong="H7628", you|strong="H1696" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abinoam|strong="H0042".’ 
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\verseNumber{13}“Then|strong="H0227" a|strong="H3068" remnant|strong="H8300" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" nobles|strong="H0117" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" came down. 
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The|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" came down for|strong="H3068" me against the|strong="H3068" mighty|strong="H1368". 
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\verseNumber{14}Those|strong="H4480" whose|strong="H0669" root|strong="H8328" is|strong="H0669" in|strong="H1144" Amalek|strong="H6002" came|strong="H3381" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H7626" Ephraim|strong="H0669", 
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after|strong="H0310" you|strong="H4480", Benjamin|strong="H1144", amongst your|strong="H4480" peoples|strong="H5971". 
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Governors come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H7626" Machir|strong="H4353". 
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Those|strong="H4480" who|strong="H1144" handle the|strong="H4480" marshal’s staff|strong="H7626" came|strong="H3381" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H7626" Zebulun|strong="H2074". 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H7971" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" Issachar|strong="H3485" were|strong="H7272" with|strong="H5973" Deborah|strong="H1683". 
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As|strong="H3651" was|strong="H3820" Issachar|strong="H3485", so|strong="H3651" was|strong="H3820" Barak|strong="H1301". 
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They|strong="H3651" rushed|strong="H7971" into the|strong="H7971" valley|strong="H6010" at|strong="H3651" his|strong="H7971" feet|strong="H7272". 
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By|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" watercourses of|strong="H8269" Reuben|strong="H7205", 
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there were|strong="H7272" great|strong="H1419" resolves of|strong="H8269" heart|strong="H3820". 
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\verseNumber{16}Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" sit|strong="H3427" amongst the|strong="H8085" sheepfolds|strong="H4942"? 
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To|strong="H8085" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" whistling for|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" flocks|strong="H5739"? 
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At|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" watercourses of|strong="H3427" Reuben|strong="H7205", 
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there|strong="H3427" were|strong="H3427" great|strong="H1419" searchings|strong="H2714" of|strong="H3427" heart|strong="H3820". 
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\verseNumber{17}Gilead|strong="H1568" lived|strong="H3427" beyond|strong="H5676" the|strong="H5921" Jordan|strong="H3383". 
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Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" Dan|strong="H1835" remain|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" ships|strong="H0591"? 
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Asher|strong="H0836" sat|strong="H3427" still|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" haven|strong="H2348" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220", 
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and|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" by|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" creeks. 
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\verseNumber{18}Zebulun|strong="H2074" was|strong="H5315" a|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5315" jeopardised their|strong="H5921" lives|strong="H5315" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" death|strong="H4191"; 
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Naphtali|strong="H5321" also, on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" high|strong="H4791" places|strong="H4791" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" field|strong="H7704". 
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\verseNumber{19}“The|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" fought|strong="H3898", 
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then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Canaan|strong="H3667" fought|strong="H3898" at|strong="H5921" Taanach|strong="H8590" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" waters|strong="H4325" of|strong="H4428" Megiddo|strong="H4023". 
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They|strong="H5921" took|strong="H3947" no|strong="H3808" plunder|strong="H1215" of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701". 
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\verseNumber{20}From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" sky|strong="H8064" the|strong="H4480" stars|strong="H3556" fought|strong="H3898". 
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From|strong="H4480" their|strong="H4480" courses|strong="H4546", they|strong="H4546" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" Sisera|strong="H5516". 
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H1869" river|strong="H5158" Kishon|strong="H7028" swept|strong="H1640" them|strong="H1640" away|strong="H1640", 
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that|strong="H5315" ancient|strong="H6917" river|strong="H5158", the|strong="H1869" river|strong="H5158" Kishon|strong="H7028". 
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My|strong="H5315" soul|strong="H5315", march|strong="H1869" on|strong="H1869" with|strong="H5315" strength|strong="H5797". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H0227" horse|strong="H5483" hoofs|strong="H6119" stamped because of|strong="H6119" the|strong="H0227" prancing, 
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the|strong="H0227" prancing of|strong="H6119" their|strong="H0227" strong|strong="H0047" ones|strong="H0047". 
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\verseNumber{23}‘Curse|strong="H0779" Meroz|strong="H4789",’ said|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397". 
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‘Curse|strong="H0779" bitterly its|strong="H0935" inhabitants|strong="H3427", 
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because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" didn’t|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" help|strong="H5833" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", 
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to|strong="H0559" help|strong="H5833" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" against|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" mighty|strong="H1368".’ 
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\verseNumber{24}“Jael|strong="H3278" shall|strong="H0802" be|strong="H1288" blessed|strong="H1288" above women|strong="H0802", 
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the|strong="H1288" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H0168" Heber|strong="H2268" the|strong="H1288" Kenite|strong="H7017"; 
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blessed|strong="H1288" shall|strong="H0802" she be|strong="H1288" above women|strong="H0802" in|strong="H0802" the|strong="H1288" tent|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{25}He|strong="H5414" asked|strong="H7592" for|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325". 
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She|strong="H5602" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" milk|strong="H2461". 
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She|strong="H5602" brought|strong="H7126" him|strong="H5414" butter|strong="H2529" in|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" lordly dish. 
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\verseNumber{26}She put|strong="H7971" her|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" tent|strong="H3489" peg|strong="H3489", 
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and|strong="H3027" her|strong="H7971" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" workmen’s hammer|strong="H1989". 
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With|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7971" hammer|strong="H1989" she struck|strong="H4272" Sisera|strong="H5516". 
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She struck|strong="H4272" through|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7971" head|strong="H7218". 
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Yes, she pierced|strong="H2498" and|strong="H3027" struck|strong="H4272" through|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7971" temples|strong="H7541". 
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\verseNumber{27}At|strong="H8033" her|strong="H0996" feet|strong="H7272" he|strong="H0834" bowed|strong="H3766", he|strong="H0834" fell|strong="H5307", he|strong="H0834" lay|strong="H7901". 
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At|strong="H8033" her|strong="H0996" feet|strong="H7272" he|strong="H0834" bowed|strong="H3766", he|strong="H0834" fell|strong="H5307". 
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Where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" bowed|strong="H3766", there|strong="H8033" he|strong="H0834" fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H7901" dead|strong="H7703". 
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\verseNumber{28}“Through|strong="H1157" the|strong="H0935" window|strong="H2474" she|strong="H0517" looked|strong="H8259" out|strong="H8259", and|strong="H0935" cried|strong="H2980": 
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Sisera’s|strong="H5516" mother|strong="H0517" looked|strong="H8259" through|strong="H1157" the|strong="H0935" lattice|strong="H0822". 
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‘Why|strong="H4069" is|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" chariot|strong="H4818" so|strong="H0935" long|strong="H0309" in|strong="H0935" coming|strong="H0935"? 
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Why|strong="H4069" do|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" wheels of|strong="H7393" his|strong="H0935" chariots|strong="H7393" wait|strong="H0309"?’ 
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\verseNumber{29}Her|strong="H7725" wise|strong="H2450" ladies|strong="H8282" answered|strong="H0559" her|strong="H7725", 
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Yes|strong="H0637", she|strong="H1931" returned|strong="H7725" answer|strong="H6030" to|strong="H0559" herself|strong="H1931", 
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\verseNumber{30}‘Have|strong="H4672" they|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672", have|strong="H4672" they|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" divided|strong="H2505" the|strong="H3808" plunder|strong="H7998"? 
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A|strong="H4672" lady, two|strong="H3808" ladies to|strong="H3808" every|strong="H7218" man|strong="H1397"; 
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to|strong="H3808" Sisera|strong="H5516" a|strong="H4672" plunder|strong="H7998" of|strong="H7218" dyed|strong="H6648" garments, 
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a|strong="H4672" plunder|strong="H7998" of|strong="H7218" dyed|strong="H6648" garments embroidered|strong="H7553", 
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of|strong="H7218" dyed|strong="H6648" garments embroidered|strong="H7553" on|strong="H1397" both sides, on|strong="H1397" the|strong="H3808" necks|strong="H6677" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H3808" plunder|strong="H7998"?’ 
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\verseNumber{31}“So|strong="H3651" let|strong="H3651" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" perish|strong="H0006", LORD|strong="H3068", 
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but|strong="H3651" let|strong="H3651" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" love|strong="H0157" him|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121" when|strong="H3318" it|strong="H3651" rises|strong="H3318" in|strong="H8141" its|strong="H3605" strength|strong="H1369".” 
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Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" had|strong="H3068" rest|strong="H8252" forty|strong="H0705" years|strong="H8141". 
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\chapterNumber{6}The|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5414" LORD’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", so|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" LORD|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080" prevailed|strong="H5810" against|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H1121" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" made|strong="H6213" themselves|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" dens|strong="H4492" which|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" mountains|strong="H2022", the|strong="H0853" caves|strong="H4631", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" strongholds|strong="H4679". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H1961" it|strong="H0518" was|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H1961" sown|strong="H2232", that|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" Midianites|strong="H4080", the|strong="H5921" Amalekites|strong="H6002", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" east|strong="H6924" came|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H5921" encamped|strong="H2583" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H0935" destroyed|strong="H7843" the|strong="H0853" increase|strong="H2981" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" earth|strong="H0776", until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5921" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Gaza|strong="H5804". They|strong="H5921" left|strong="H7604" no|strong="H3808" sustenance|strong="H4241" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H0935" no|strong="H3808" sheep|strong="H7716", ox|strong="H7794", or|strong="H3808" donkey|strong="H2543". 
\verseNumber{5}For|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H0935" their|strong="H1992" livestock|strong="H4735" and|strong="H0935" their|strong="H1992" tents|strong="H0168". They|strong="H1992" came|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" as|strong="H0935" locusts|strong="H0697" for|strong="H3588" multitude|strong="H7230". Both they|strong="H1992" and|strong="H0935" their|strong="H1992" camels|strong="H1581" were|strong="H1992" without|strong="H0369" number|strong="H4557"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H0935" destroy|strong="H7843" it|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{6}Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H1809" very|strong="H3966" low|strong="H1809" because|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" cried|strong="H2199" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" cried|strong="H2199" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" LORD|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080", 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" prophet|strong="H5030" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", says|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H0595" brought|strong="H3318" you|strong="H7971" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H3318" you|strong="H7971" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" bondage|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H5414" delivered|strong="H5337" you|strong="H5414" out|strong="H1644" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" Egyptians|strong="H4713" and|strong="H0776" out|strong="H1644" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" oppressed|strong="H3905" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H0776" drove|strong="H1644" them|strong="H5414" out|strong="H1644" from|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H0776" gave|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H0589" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0859", “I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430". You|strong="H0859" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" fear|strong="H3372" the|strong="H0853" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" Amorites|strong="H0567", in|strong="H3427" whose|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776" you|strong="H0859" dwell|strong="H3427".” But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0559" my|strong="H8085" voice|strong="H6963".’” 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H6440" LORD’s|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H1121" sat|strong="H3427" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H6440" oak|strong="H0424" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3427" Ophrah|strong="H6084", that|strong="H0834" belonged to|strong="H0935" Joash|strong="H3101" the|strong="H6440" Abiezrite|strong="H0033". His|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" Gideon|strong="H1439" was|strong="H0834" beating|strong="H2251" out|strong="H6440" wheat|strong="H2406" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" wine|strong="H1660" press|strong="H1660", to|strong="H0935" hide it|strong="H3068" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" Midianites|strong="H4080". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973", you|strong="H5973" mighty|strong="H1368" man|strong="H1368" of|strong="H3068" valour!” 
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\verseNumber{13}Gideon|strong="H1439" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Oh, my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H3068", if|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" is|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5414", why|strong="H4100" then|strong="H6258" has|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063" happened|strong="H4672" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H5414"? Where|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" wondrous|strong="H6381" works|strong="H6381" which|strong="H0834" our|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" told|strong="H0559" us|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Didn’t|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H5927" us|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H0413" Egypt|strong="H4714"?’ But|strong="H3808" now|strong="H6258" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" cast|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" off|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3709" of|strong="H3068" Midian|strong="H4080".” 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" looked|strong="H6437" at|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H7971" in|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" your|strong="H3068" might|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" save|strong="H3467" Israel|strong="H3478" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3709" of|strong="H3068" Midian|strong="H4080". Haven’t|strong="H3808" I|strong="H2088" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971"?” 
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\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H0853" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “O|strong="H0136" Lord|strong="H0136",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6:15  }The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”} how|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H3478" I|strong="H0595" save|strong="H3467" Israel|strong="H3478"? Behold|strong="H2009", my|strong="H3467" family|strong="H1004" is|strong="H4100" the|strong="H0853" poorest in|strong="H0413" Manasseh|strong="H4519", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" the|strong="H0853" least|strong="H6810" in|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3467" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004".” 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Surely|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H3068" strike|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Midianites|strong="H4080" as|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0376".” 
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\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H0518" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “If|strong="H0518" now|strong="H4994" I|strong="H0518" have|strong="H5869" found|strong="H4672" favour in|strong="H0413" your|strong="H0518" sight|strong="H5869", then|strong="H1696" show|strong="H6213" me|strong="H0413" a|strong="H0518" sign|strong="H0226" that|strong="H0559" it|strong="H0518" is|strong="H5869" you|strong="H0859" who|strong="H0559" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{18}Please|strong="H4994" don’t|strong="H0408" go|strong="H3318" away|strong="H7725" until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H0595" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H6440", and|strong="H0935" bring|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" my|strong="H7725" present|strong="H4503", and|strong="H0935" lay|strong="H3318" it|strong="H7725" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440".” 
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He|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0595" will|strong="H5704" wait|strong="H3427" until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H6440" come|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Gideon|strong="H1439" went|strong="H3318" in|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" prepared|strong="H6213" a|strong="H7760" young|strong="H1423" goat|strong="H5795" and|strong="H0935" unleavened|strong="H4682" cakes|strong="H4682" of|strong="H8478" an|strong="H7760" ephah|strong="H0374"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6:19  }1 ephah is about 22 litres or about 2/3 of a bushel} of|strong="H8478" meal|strong="H7058". He|strong="H6213" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H0413" meat|strong="H1320" in|strong="H0935" a|strong="H7760" basket|strong="H5536" and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H6213" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H0413" broth|strong="H4839" in|strong="H0935" a|strong="H7760" pot|strong="H6517", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" it|strong="H7760" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0413" oak|strong="H0424", and|strong="H0935" presented|strong="H0935" it|strong="H7760". 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H0853" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" meat|strong="H1320" and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" unleavened|strong="H4682" cakes|strong="H4682", and|strong="H0430" lay them|strong="H0413" on|strong="H0413" this|strong="H3651" rock|strong="H5553", and|strong="H0430" pour|strong="H8210" out|strong="H8210" the|strong="H0853" broth|strong="H4839".” 
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He|strong="H3651" did|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" stretched|strong="H7971" out|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" staff|strong="H4938" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H1980" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="H0853" meat|strong="H1320" and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" unleavened|strong="H4682" cakes|strong="H4682"; and|strong="H1980" fire|strong="H0784" went|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" rock|strong="H6697" and|strong="H1980" consumed|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0853" meat|strong="H1320" and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" unleavened|strong="H4682" cakes|strong="H4682". Then|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" departed|strong="H1980" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869". 
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\verseNumber{22}Gideon|strong="H1439" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397"; and|strong="H3068" Gideon|strong="H1439" said|strong="H0559", “Alas|strong="H0162", Lord|strong="H3068" GOD|strong="H3068"! Because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" face|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0413" face|strong="H6440"!” 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H4191", “Peace|strong="H7965" be|strong="H4191" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H3808"! Don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H4191" afraid|strong="H3372". You|strong="H3808" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H2088" Gideon|strong="H1439" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" “The|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" Peace|strong="H7965".”\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6:24  }or, Shalom} To|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" it|strong="H7121" is|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" in|strong="H3068" Ophrah|strong="H6084" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Abiezrites|strong="H0033". 
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\verseNumber{25}That|strong="H0834" same|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915", the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921", “Take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3068" father’s|strong="H0001" bull|strong="H6499", even|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" second|strong="H8145" bull|strong="H6499" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H8141", and|strong="H3068" throw down|strong="H3772" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196" of|strong="H3068" Baal|strong="H1168" that|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" has|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" the|strong="H0853" Asherah|strong="H0842" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" by|strong="H5921" it|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H2088" build|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H0430" this|strong="H2088" stronghold|strong="H4581", in|strong="H5921" an|strong="H1129" orderly|strong="H4634" way|strong="H2088", and|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" second|strong="H8145" bull|strong="H6499", and|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H5927" a|strong="H3947" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5927" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" wood|strong="H6086" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" Asherah|strong="H0842" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3068" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772".” 
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\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H1961" Gideon|strong="H1439" took|strong="H3947" ten|strong="H6235" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650", and|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" spoken|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". Because|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" feared|strong="H3372" his|strong="H3068" father’s|strong="H0001" household|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", he|strong="H0834" could|strong="H0376" not|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3119", but|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" it|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3068" night|strong="H3915". 
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\verseNumber{28}When|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" arose|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" morning|strong="H1242", behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196" of|strong="H0376" Baal|strong="H1168" was|strong="H0834" broken|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422", and|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" Asherah|strong="H0842" was|strong="H0834" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H5422" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" by|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" second|strong="H8145" bull|strong="H6499" was|strong="H0834" offered|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129". 
\verseNumber{29}They|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" one|strong="H0376" another|strong="H7453", “Who|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697"?” 
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When|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0376" enquired and|strong="H1121" asked|strong="H0559", they|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559", “Gideon|strong="H1439" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101" has|strong="H4310" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Joash|strong="H3101", “Bring|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" your|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0376" die|strong="H4191", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" broken|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196" of|strong="H1121" Baal|strong="H1168", and|strong="H1121" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H0853" Asherah|strong="H0842" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" by|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921".” 
\verseNumber{31}Joash|strong="H3101" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" stood|strong="H5975" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", “Will|strong="H0430" you|strong="H0859" contend|strong="H7378" for|strong="H3588" Baal|strong="H1168"? Or|strong="H0518" will|strong="H0430" you|strong="H0859" save|strong="H3467" him|strong="H5921"? He|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0430" contend|strong="H7378" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H5921", let him|strong="H5921" be|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H0559" death|strong="H4191" by|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242"! If|strong="H0518" he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" a|strong="H3588" god|strong="H0430", let him|strong="H5921" contend|strong="H7378" for|strong="H3588" himself|strong="H1931", because|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H4191" has|strong="H0430" broken|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" his|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196"!” 
\verseNumber{32}Therefore|strong="H3588" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" named|strong="H7121" him|strong="H0853" Jerub-Baal|strong="H3378",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6:32  }“Jerub-Baal” means “Let Baal contend”.} saying|strong="H0559", “Let Baal|strong="H1168" contend|strong="H7378" against|strong="H7378" him|strong="H0853", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3117" broken|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" his|strong="H7121" altar|strong="H4196".” 
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\verseNumber{33}Then|strong="H5674" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Midianites|strong="H4080" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Amalekites|strong="H6002" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H6924" assembled|strong="H0622" themselves|strong="H0622" together|strong="H3162"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3605" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674", and|strong="H1121" encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H2583" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H6010" of|strong="H1121" Jezreel|strong="H3157". 
\verseNumber{34}But|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H3847" on|strong="H3847" Gideon|strong="H1439", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0310" blew|strong="H8628" a|strong="H3068" trumpet|strong="H7782"; and|strong="H3068" Abiezer|strong="H0044" was|strong="H3068" gathered together|strong="H2199" to|strong="H3068" follow|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{35}He|strong="H1931" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" Manasseh|strong="H4519", and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H0310" also|strong="H1571" were|strong="H1571" gathered together|strong="H2199" to|strong="H7971" follow|strong="H0310" him|strong="H7971". He|strong="H1931" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7971" Asher|strong="H0836", to|strong="H7971" Zebulun|strong="H2074", and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" Naphtali|strong="H5321"; and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H0310" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7971" meet|strong="H7125" them|strong="H7971". 
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\verseNumber{36}Gideon|strong="H1439" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" God|strong="H0430", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0430" save|strong="H3467" Israel|strong="H3478" by|strong="H3027" my|strong="H0834" hand|strong="H3027", as|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" spoken|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{37}behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" put|strong="H3322" a|strong="H1961" fleece|strong="H1492" of|strong="H0776" wool|strong="H6785" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" threshing|strong="H1637" floor|strong="H1637". If|strong="H0518" there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H0834" dew|strong="H2919" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fleece|strong="H1492" only|strong="H0905", and|strong="H3478" it|strong="H0518" is|strong="H0834" dry|strong="H2721" on|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776", then|strong="H1961" I’ll know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" save|strong="H3467" Israel|strong="H3478" by|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027", as|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" spoken|strong="H1696".” 
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\verseNumber{38}It|strong="H4393" was|strong="H1961" so|strong="H3651"; for|strong="H4325" he|strong="H3651" rose|strong="H7925" up|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283", and|strong="H7925" pressed|strong="H2115" the|strong="H0853" fleece|strong="H1492" together, and|strong="H7925" wrung the|strong="H0853" dew|strong="H2919" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" fleece|strong="H1492", a|strong="H1961" bowl|strong="H5602" full|strong="H4393" of|strong="H4480" water|strong="H4325". 
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\verseNumber{39}Gideon|strong="H1439" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" God|strong="H0430", “Don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H4994" your|strong="H3605" anger|strong="H0639" be|strong="H1961" kindled|strong="H2734" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0430" I|strong="H0776" will|strong="H0430" speak|strong="H1696" but|strong="H0389" this|strong="H6471" once|strong="H6471". Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H0413" make|strong="H5254" a|strong="H1961" trial just|strong="H0389" this|strong="H6471" once|strong="H6471" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" fleece|strong="H1492". Let|strong="H4994" it|strong="H5921" now|strong="H4994" be|strong="H1961" dry|strong="H2721" only|strong="H0389" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fleece|strong="H1492", and|strong="H0430" on|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" let|strong="H4994" there|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" dew|strong="H2919".” 
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\verseNumber{40}God|strong="H0430" did|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915"; for|strong="H5921" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" dry|strong="H2721" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fleece|strong="H1492" only|strong="H0905", and|strong="H0430" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" dew|strong="H2919" on|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776". 
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\chapterNumber{7}Then|strong="H1961" Jerubbaal|strong="H3378", who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" Gideon|strong="H1439", and|strong="H7925" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5921", rose|strong="H7925" up|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" and|strong="H7925" encamped|strong="H2583" beside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" spring of|strong="H5921" Harod. Midian’s|strong="H4080" camp|strong="H4264" was|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H6828" of|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" hill|strong="H1389" of|strong="H5921" Moreh|strong="H4176", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H6010". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Gideon|strong="H1439", “The|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" too|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" Midianites|strong="H4080" into|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027", lest|strong="H6435" Israel|strong="H3478" brag|strong="H6286" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", ‘My|strong="H5414" own hand|strong="H3027" has|strong="H3068" saved|strong="H3467" me|strong="H0413".’ 
\verseNumber{3}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" proclaim|strong="H7121" in|strong="H7604" the|strong="H0559" ears|strong="H0241" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Whoever|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" fearful and|strong="H7725" trembling, let|strong="H4994" him|strong="H7121" return|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" depart|strong="H6852" from|strong="H4480" Mount|strong="H2022" Gilead|strong="H1568".’” So|strong="H4480" twenty-two|strong="H8147" thousand|strong="H0505" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" returned|strong="H7725", and|strong="H7725" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" remained|strong="H7604". 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Gideon|strong="H1439", “There|strong="H8033" are|strong="H0834" still|strong="H5750" too|strong="H7227" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971". Bring|strong="H3381" them|strong="H0413" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" test|strong="H6884" them|strong="H0413" for|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834" there|strong="H8033". It|strong="H1931" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961", that|strong="H0834" those|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" tell|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0834", ‘This|strong="H2088" shall|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3381" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0834",’ shall|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3381" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0834"; and|strong="H3068" whoever|strong="H3605" I|strong="H0834" tell|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0834", ‘This|strong="H2088" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3381" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0834",’ shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3381".” 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H4480" he|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325"; and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Gideon|strong="H1439", “Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" laps|strong="H3952" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" tongue|strong="H3956", like|strong="H0834" a|strong="H4480" dog|strong="H3611" laps|strong="H3952", you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3068" set|strong="H3322" him|strong="H0413" by|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H0905"; likewise|strong="H3068" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" bows down|strong="H3381" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" knees|strong="H1290" to|strong="H0413" drink|strong="H8354".” 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3605" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H0376" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" lapped|strong="H3952", putting their|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" mouth|strong="H6310", was|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376"; but|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" bowed|strong="H3766" down|strong="H3766" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" knees|strong="H1290" to|strong="H0413" drink|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Gideon|strong="H1439", “I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" save|strong="H3467" you|strong="H5414" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3605" lapped|strong="H3952", and|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H3467" the|strong="H3605" Midianites|strong="H4080" into|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027". Let|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" go, each|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H0376" place|strong="H4725".” 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" took|strong="H3947" food|strong="H6720" in|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" trumpets|strong="H7782"; and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H0853" sent|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H1961" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" tents|strong="H0168", but|strong="H1961" retained|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376"; and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H0376" Midian|strong="H4080" was|strong="H1961" beneath|strong="H8478" him|strong="H7971" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H6010". 
\verseNumber{9}That|strong="H3588" same|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915", the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Arise|strong="H6965", go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" camp|strong="H4264", for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" delivered|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0859" afraid|strong="H3373" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381", go|strong="H3381" with|strong="H0413" Purah|strong="H6513" your|strong="H0518" servant|strong="H5288" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" camp|strong="H4264". 
\verseNumber{11}You|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" hear|strong="H8085" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H0834" say|strong="H1696"; and|strong="H3027" afterward|strong="H0310" your|strong="H0834" hands|strong="H3027" will|strong="H0834" be|strong="H3027" strengthened|strong="H2388" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" camp|strong="H4264".” Then|strong="H1696" went|strong="H3381" he|strong="H0834" down|strong="H3381" with|strong="H0413" Purah|strong="H6513" his|strong="H8085" servant|strong="H5288" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" outermost part|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0834" armed men|strong="H5288" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" camp|strong="H4264". 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H3605" Midianites|strong="H4080" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Amalekites|strong="H6002" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H6924" lay|strong="H5307" along|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H6010" like|strong="H5307" locusts|strong="H0697" for|strong="H5921" multitude|strong="H7230"; and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" camels|strong="H1581" were|strong="H1121" without|strong="H0369" number|strong="H4557", as|strong="H7230" the|strong="H3605" sand|strong="H2344" which is|strong="H0369" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" seashore|strong="H3220" for|strong="H5921" multitude|strong="H7230". 
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\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H0935" Gideon|strong="H1439" had|strong="H0376" come|strong="H0935", behold|strong="H2009", there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H0376" a|strong="H0935" man|strong="H0376" telling|strong="H0559" a|strong="H0935" dream|strong="H2472" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H0376" fellow|strong="H0376". He|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H5704" dreamt a|strong="H0935" dream|strong="H2472"; and|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009", a|strong="H0935" cake of|strong="H0376" barley|strong="H8184" bread|strong="H3899" tumbled into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H0376" Midian|strong="H4080", came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H0935" struck|strong="H5221" it|strong="H5704" so|strong="H0935" that|strong="H0559" it|strong="H5704" fell|strong="H5307", and|strong="H0935" turned|strong="H2015" it|strong="H5704" upside|strong="H4605" down|strong="H5221", so|strong="H0935" that|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" tent|strong="H0168" lay|strong="H5307" flat|strong="H5307".” 
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\verseNumber{14}His|strong="H3605" fellow|strong="H0376" answered|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H0369" nothing|strong="H0369" other|strong="H7453" than|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719" of|strong="H1121" Gideon|strong="H1439" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101", a|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H0430" delivered|strong="H5414" Midian|strong="H4080" into|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027", with|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264".” 
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\verseNumber{15}It|strong="H5414" was|strong="H1961" so|strong="H1961", when|strong="H3588" Gideon|strong="H1439" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" telling|strong="H0559" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" dream|strong="H2472" and|strong="H6965" its|strong="H5414" interpretation|strong="H7667", that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" worshipped. Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" returned|strong="H7725" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559", “Arise|strong="H6965", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3068" Midian|strong="H4080" into|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027"!” 
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\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H5414" divided|strong="H2673" the|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" into|strong="H8432" three|strong="H7969" companies|strong="H7218", and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H5414" trumpets|strong="H7782" and|strong="H3967" empty|strong="H7386" pitchers|strong="H3537", with|strong="H0376" torches|strong="H3940" within|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" pitchers|strong="H3537". 
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\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Watch|strong="H7200" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" do|strong="H6213" likewise|strong="H3651". Behold|strong="H2009", when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" outermost part|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" camp|strong="H4264", it|strong="H3651" shall|strong="H0834" be|strong="H1961" that|strong="H0834", as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213", so|strong="H3651" you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" blow|strong="H8628" the|strong="H3605" trumpet|strong="H7782", I|strong="H0834" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H0834", then|strong="H0859" blow|strong="H8628" the|strong="H3605" trumpets|strong="H7782" also|strong="H1571" on|strong="H3068" every|strong="H3605" side|strong="H5439" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264", and|strong="H3068" shout, ‘For|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3605" Gideon|strong="H1439"!’” 
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H0834" Gideon|strong="H1439" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0853" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" outermost part|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" camp|strong="H4264" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" beginning|strong="H7218" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" middle|strong="H8484" watch|strong="H8104", when|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" but|strong="H0389" newly set|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0853" watch|strong="H8104". Then|strong="H6965" they|strong="H0834" blew|strong="H8628" the|strong="H0853" trumpets|strong="H7782" and|strong="H0935" broke in|strong="H0935" pieces the|strong="H0853" pitchers|strong="H3537" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" their|strong="H0935" hands|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H3068" three|strong="H7969" companies|strong="H7218" blew|strong="H8628" the|strong="H3068" trumpets|strong="H7782", broke|strong="H7665" the|strong="H3068" pitchers|strong="H3537", and|strong="H3068" held|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3068" torches|strong="H3940" in|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" left|strong="H8040" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" trumpets|strong="H7782" in|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3225" hands|strong="H3027" with|strong="H3068" which|strong="H2719" to|strong="H3068" blow|strong="H8628"; and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" shouted|strong="H7121", “The|strong="H3068" sword|strong="H2719" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Gideon|strong="H1439"!” 
\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H0376" each|strong="H0376" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" place|strong="H8478" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264", and|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264" ran|strong="H7323"; and|strong="H0376" they|strong="H0376" shouted|strong="H7321", and|strong="H0376" put|strong="H5127" them|strong="H5975" to|strong="H0376" flight|strong="H5127". 
\verseNumber{22}They|strong="H5921" blew|strong="H8628" the|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" trumpets|strong="H7782", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" set|strong="H7760" every|strong="H3605" man’s|strong="H0376" sword|strong="H2719" against|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" fellow|strong="H0376" and|strong="H3068" against|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264"; and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264" fled|strong="H5127" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Beth Shittah towards Zererah|strong="H6888", as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" border of|strong="H0376" Abel Meholah, by|strong="H5921" Tabbath|strong="H2888". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" gathered together|strong="H6817" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0376" Naphtali|strong="H5321", out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0376" Asher|strong="H0836", and|strong="H3478" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" Manasseh|strong="H4519", and|strong="H3478" pursued|strong="H7291" Midian|strong="H4080". 
\verseNumber{24}Gideon|strong="H1439" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H0376" Ephraim|strong="H0669", saying|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" against|strong="H7125" Midian|strong="H4080" and|strong="H7971" take|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3605" waters|strong="H4325" before|strong="H5704" them|strong="H0853" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Beth Barah, even|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383"!” So|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Ephraim|strong="H0669" were|strong="H0376" gathered together|strong="H6817" and|strong="H7971" took|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3605" waters|strong="H4325" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Beth Barah, even|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383". 
\verseNumber{25}They|strong="H0935" took|strong="H3920" the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" Midian|strong="H4080", Oreb|strong="H6159" and|strong="H0935" Zeeb|strong="H2062". They|strong="H0935" killed|strong="H2026" Oreb|strong="H6159" at|strong="H0413" Oreb’s rock|strong="H6697", and|strong="H0935" Zeeb|strong="H2062" they|strong="H0935" killed|strong="H2026" at|strong="H0413" Zeeb’s wine|strong="H3342" press|strong="H3342", as|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0935" pursued|strong="H7291" Midian|strong="H4080". Then|strong="H0853" they|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H8269" Oreb|strong="H6159" and|strong="H0935" Zeeb|strong="H2062" to|strong="H0413" Gideon|strong="H1439" beyond|strong="H5676" the|strong="H0853" Jordan|strong="H3383". 
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\chapterNumber{8}The|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Ephraim|strong="H0669" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0376" you|strong="H3588" treated|strong="H0854" us|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" way|strong="H1697", that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" didn’t call|strong="H7121" us|strong="H0413" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H0854" Midian|strong="H4080"?” They|strong="H3588" rebuked him|strong="H0413" sharply. 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H6258" I|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258" done|strong="H6213" in|strong="H0413" comparison with|strong="H0413" you|strong="H6213"? Isn’t|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0559" gleaning|strong="H5955" of|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" grapes of|strong="H0559" Ephraim|strong="H0669" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0559" vintage|strong="H1210" of|strong="H0559" Abiezer|strong="H0044"? 
\verseNumber{3}God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H0430" delivered|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H0430" Midian|strong="H4080", Oreb|strong="H6159" and|strong="H0430" Zeeb|strong="H2062"! What|strong="H4100" was|strong="H0430" I|strong="H5414" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5921" comparison with|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414"?” Then|strong="H0227" their|strong="H5414" anger|strong="H7307" was|strong="H0430" abated towards him|strong="H5414" when|strong="H1696" he|strong="H0430" had|strong="H0430" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{4}Gideon|strong="H1439" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" Jordan|strong="H3383" and|strong="H0935" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674", he|strong="H0834" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0935", faint|strong="H5889", yet|strong="H5889" pursuing|strong="H7291". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Succoth|strong="H5523", “Please|strong="H4994" give|strong="H5414" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H4428" bread|strong="H3899" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" follow|strong="H0310" me|strong="H5414"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H0834" faint|strong="H5889", and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H0834" am|strong="H0595" pursuing|strong="H7291" after|strong="H0310" Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H4428" Zalmunna|strong="H6759", the|strong="H0559" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Midian|strong="H4080".” 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H0559" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3027" Succoth|strong="H5523" said|strong="H0559", “Are|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0559" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H3027" Zalmunna|strong="H6759" now|strong="H6258" in|strong="H3899" your|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027", that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" give|strong="H5414" bread|strong="H3899" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H5414" army|strong="H6635"?” 
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\verseNumber{7}Gideon|strong="H1439" said|strong="H0559", “Therefore|strong="H3651" when|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H3068" Zalmunna|strong="H6759" into|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027", then|strong="H0853" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" tear your|strong="H3068" flesh|strong="H1320" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0853" thorns|strong="H6975" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" wilderness|strong="H4057" and|strong="H3068" with|strong="H0854" briers|strong="H1303".” 
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\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H0834" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H0413" Penuel|strong="H6439", and|strong="H0376" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" same|strong="H0853" way|strong="H2063"; and|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Penuel|strong="H6439" answered|strong="H6030" him|strong="H0413" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Succoth|strong="H5523" had|strong="H0834" answered|strong="H6030". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H0853" spoke|strong="H0559" also|strong="H1571" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Penuel|strong="H6439", saying|strong="H0559", “When|strong="H7725" I|strong="H2088" come|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" in|strong="H0376" peace|strong="H7965", I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H0376" break|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" this|strong="H2088" tower|strong="H4026".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Now Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H1121" Zalmunna|strong="H6759" were|strong="H1121" in|strong="H0376" Karkor, and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H4264" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5307", about|strong="H3605" fifteen|strong="H6240" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376", all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" left|strong="H3498" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H6924"; for|strong="H3605" there|strong="H6924" fell|strong="H5307" one|strong="H0376" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" twenty|strong="H6242" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3605" drew|strong="H8025" sword|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{11}Gideon|strong="H1439" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" by|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H0168" those|strong="H0853" who|strong="H5221" lived|strong="H7931" in|strong="H7931" tents|strong="H0168" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0853" east|strong="H6924" of|strong="H0168" Nobah|strong="H5025" and|strong="H1870" Jogbehah|strong="H3011", and|strong="H1870" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H4264"; for|strong="H4264" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H4264" felt secure|strong="H0983". 
\verseNumber{12}Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H4428" Zalmunna|strong="H6759" fled|strong="H5127" and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H0310" pursued|strong="H7291" them|strong="H0853". He|strong="H0310" took|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Midian|strong="H4080", Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H4428" Zalmunna|strong="H6759", and|strong="H4428" confused all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264". 
\verseNumber{13}Gideon|strong="H1439" the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" battle|strong="H4421" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" ascent|strong="H4608" of|strong="H1121" Heres. 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H0853" caught|strong="H3920" a|strong="H0376" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Succoth|strong="H5523", and|strong="H0376" enquired of|strong="H0376" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H0376" he|strong="H0853" described|strong="H3789" for|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H0376" Succoth|strong="H5523", and|strong="H0376" its|strong="H0853" elders|strong="H2205", seventy-seven|strong="H7657" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Succoth|strong="H5523", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", “See|strong="H2009" Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H0935" Zalmunna|strong="H6759", concerning|strong="H0413" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" taunted|strong="H2778" me|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Are|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0376" Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H0935" Zalmunna|strong="H6759" now|strong="H6258" in|strong="H0935" your|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027", that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H3588" should|strong="H0376" give|strong="H5414" bread|strong="H3899" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" weary|strong="H3286"?’” 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H0853" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0376" thorns|strong="H6975" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" wilderness|strong="H4057" and|strong="H0376" briers|strong="H1303", and|strong="H0376" with|strong="H3045" them|strong="H0853" he|strong="H0853" taught|strong="H3045" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Succoth|strong="H5523". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H0853" broke|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H0853" tower|strong="H4026" of|strong="H0376" Penuel|strong="H6439", and|strong="H0376" killed|strong="H2026" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H0559" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H1121" Zalmunna|strong="H6759", “What|strong="H0834" kind|strong="H0375" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" killed|strong="H2026" at|strong="H0413" Tabor|strong="H8396"?” 
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They|strong="H0834" answered|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H0834". They|strong="H0834" all|strong="H0259" resembled the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3644" king|strong="H4428".” 
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\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3068" brothers|strong="H0251", the|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517". As|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", if|strong="H3863" you|strong="H0853" had|strong="H3068" saved them|strong="H1992" alive|strong="H2416", I|strong="H0559" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H0853".” 
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\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Jether|strong="H3500" his|strong="H3588" firstborn|strong="H1060", “Get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" kill|strong="H2026" them|strong="H0853"!” But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" youth|strong="H5288" didn’t|strong="H3808" draw|strong="H8025" his|strong="H3588" sword|strong="H2719"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H5288" afraid|strong="H3372", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H5288" yet|strong="H5750" a|strong="H3588" youth|strong="H5288". 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H6965" Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H6965" Zalmunna|strong="H6759" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H0859" rise|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" fall|strong="H6293" on|strong="H6965" us|strong="H3588"; for|strong="H3588" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" is|strong="H0834", so|strong="H3947" is|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3947" strength|strong="H1369".” Gideon|strong="H1439" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" killed|strong="H2026" Zebah|strong="H2078" and|strong="H6965" Zalmunna|strong="H6759", and|strong="H6965" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" crescents that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H6965" their|strong="H3947" camels’|strong="H1581" necks|strong="H6677". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H0859" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Gideon|strong="H1439", “Rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413", both|strong="H1571" you|strong="H0859", your|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3588" son’s|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1571"; for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H1571" saved|strong="H3467" us|strong="H0413" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Midian|strong="H4080".” 
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\verseNumber{23}Gideon|strong="H1439" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3808", neither|strong="H3808" shall|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3808". The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" shall|strong="H1121" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3808".” 
\verseNumber{24}Gideon|strong="H1439" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “I|strong="H3588" do have|strong="H0376" a|strong="H3588" request|strong="H7592": that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0559" each|strong="H0376" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" earrings|strong="H5141" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H5414" plunder|strong="H7998".” (For|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3588" golden|strong="H2091" earrings|strong="H5141", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0376" Ishmaelites|strong="H3459".) 
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\verseNumber{25}They|strong="H8033" answered|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H8033" will|strong="H0376" willingly give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414".” They|strong="H8033" spread|strong="H6566" a|strong="H5414" garment|strong="H8071", and|strong="H0376" every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" threw|strong="H7993" the|strong="H0853" earrings|strong="H5141" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H5414" plunder|strong="H7998" into|strong="H0376" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H0834" weight|strong="H4948" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" golden|strong="H2091" earrings|strong="H5141" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" requested|strong="H7592" was|strong="H1961" one|strong="H4480" thousand|strong="H0505" and|strong="H3967" seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" shekels|strong="H4948"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8:26  }A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 1700 shekels is about 17 kilograms or 37.4 pounds.} of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091", in|strong="H5921" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" crescents, and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H0834" pendants|strong="H5188", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H0834" purple|strong="H0713" clothing|strong="H0899" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Midian|strong="H4080", and|strong="H3967" in|strong="H5921" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" chains that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" about|strong="H1961" their|strong="H5921" camels’|strong="H1581" necks|strong="H6677". 
\verseNumber{27}Gideon|strong="H1439" made|strong="H6213" an|strong="H1961" ephod|strong="H0646" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" it|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3478" put|strong="H3322" it|strong="H8033" in|strong="H1004" Ophrah|strong="H6084", his|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". Then|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" played|strong="H2181" the|strong="H3605" prostitute|strong="H2181" with|strong="H1004" it|strong="H8033" there|strong="H8033"; and|strong="H3478" it|strong="H8033" became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" snare|strong="H4170" to|strong="H1961" Gideon|strong="H1439" and|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H3808" Midian|strong="H4080" was|strong="H3478" subdued|strong="H3665" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" heads|strong="H7218" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3254". The|strong="H6440" land|strong="H0776" had|strong="H3478" rest|strong="H8252" forty|strong="H0705" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6440" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" Gideon|strong="H1439". 
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\verseNumber{29}Jerubbaal|strong="H3378" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101" went|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3427" own house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{30}Gideon|strong="H1439" had|strong="H1961" seventy|strong="H7657" sons|strong="H1121" conceived from|strong="H3318" his|strong="H1961" body, for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7227" wives|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{31}His|strong="H7760" concubine|strong="H6370" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H8034" in|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927" also|strong="H1571" bore|strong="H3205" him|strong="H3205" a|strong="H7760" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" named|strong="H8034" him|strong="H3205" Abimelech|strong="H0040". 
\verseNumber{32}Gideon|strong="H1439" the|strong="H4191" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101" died|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" a|strong="H4191" good|strong="H2896" old|strong="H1121" age|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" tomb|strong="H6913" of|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101" his|strong="H4191" father|strong="H0001", in|strong="H4191" Ophrah|strong="H6084" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4191" Abiezrites|strong="H0033". 
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\verseNumber{33}As|strong="H0834" soon as|strong="H0834" Gideon|strong="H1439" was|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4191", the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" turned|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" played|strong="H2181" the|strong="H0834" prostitute|strong="H2181" following|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0834" Baals|strong="H1168", and|strong="H1121" made|strong="H7760" Baal|strong="H1168" Berith their|strong="H7760" god|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{34}The|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" didn’t|strong="H3808" remember|strong="H2142" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430", who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5337" them|strong="H0853" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" on|strong="H3068" every|strong="H3605" side|strong="H5439"; 
\verseNumber{35}neither|strong="H3808" did|strong="H6213" they|strong="H0834" show|strong="H6213" kindness|strong="H2617" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Jerubbaal|strong="H3378", that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834", Gideon|strong="H1439", according to|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" goodness which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" shown|strong="H5973" to|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\chapterNumber{9}Abimelech|strong="H0040" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerubbaal|strong="H3378" went|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Shechem|strong="H7927" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" mother’s|strong="H0517" brothers|strong="H0251", and|strong="H1121" spoke|strong="H1696" with|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413" and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" mother’s|strong="H0517" father|strong="H0001", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{2}“Please|strong="H4994" speak|strong="H1696" in|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" ears|strong="H0241" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927", ‘Is|strong="H4100" it|strong="H0518" better|strong="H2896" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerubbaal|strong="H3378", who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H4100" seventy|strong="H7657" persons|strong="H0376", rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" you|strong="H3588", or|strong="H0518" that|strong="H3588" one|strong="H0259" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" you|strong="H3588"?’ Remember|strong="H2142" also|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" your|strong="H3605" bone|strong="H6106" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" flesh|strong="H1320".” 
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\verseNumber{3}His|strong="H3605" mother’s|strong="H0517" brothers|strong="H0251" spoke|strong="H1696" of|strong="H1697" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ears|strong="H0241" of|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1697" Shechem|strong="H7927" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" words|strong="H1697". Their|strong="H3605" hearts|strong="H3820" inclined|strong="H5186" to|strong="H0559" follow|strong="H0310" Abimelech|strong="H0040"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" our|strong="H3605" brother|strong="H0251".” 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H0376" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" seventy|strong="H7657" pieces of|strong="H1004" silver|strong="H3701" out|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Baal Berith, with|strong="H1004" which|strong="H1004" Abimelech|strong="H0040" hired|strong="H7936" vain and|strong="H1004" reckless|strong="H6348" fellows|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" followed|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3588" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" his|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004" at|strong="H5921" Ophrah|strong="H6084", and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026" his|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251" the|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerubbaal|strong="H3378", being|strong="H1121" seventy|strong="H7657" persons|strong="H0376", on|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" stone|strong="H0068"; but|strong="H3588" Jotham|strong="H3147" the|strong="H0853" youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerubbaal|strong="H3378" was|strong="H0376" left|strong="H3498", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" hid|strong="H2244" himself|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{6}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H4428" Shechem|strong="H7927" assembled|strong="H0622" themselves|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" with|strong="H5973" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Millo|strong="H4407", and|strong="H4428" went|strong="H1004" and|strong="H4428" made|strong="H3605" Abimelech|strong="H0040" king|strong="H4428" by|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" oak|strong="H0436" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" pillar|strong="H5324" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H1004" Shechem|strong="H7927". 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H8085" they|strong="H0559" told|strong="H5046" it|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" Jotham|strong="H3147", he|strong="H0430" went|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0430" stood|strong="H5975" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H0430" Mount|strong="H2022" Gerizim|strong="H1630" and|strong="H0430" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" voice|strong="H6963", cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", you|strong="H5046" men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H0430" Shechem|strong="H7927", that|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430" may|strong="H0430" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H5046". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H0559" trees|strong="H6086" set|strong="H1980" out|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" anoint|strong="H4886" a|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" themselves|strong="H5921". They|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" olive|strong="H2132" tree|strong="H6086", ‘Reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921".’ 
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\verseNumber{9}“But|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" olive|strong="H2132" tree|strong="H6086" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853", ‘Should|strong="H0376" I|strong="H0834" stop|strong="H2308" producing my|strong="H5921" oil, with|strong="H1980" which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" honour God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H1980" man|strong="H0376" by|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0559" wave|strong="H5128" back|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" forth|strong="H1980" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" trees|strong="H6086"?’ 
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\verseNumber{10}“The|strong="H0559" trees|strong="H6086" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" fig|strong="H8384" tree|strong="H6086", ‘Come and|strong="H6086" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921".’ 
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\verseNumber{11}“But|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" fig|strong="H8384" tree|strong="H6086" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853", ‘Should|strong="H1980" I|strong="H0559" leave|strong="H1980" my|strong="H5921" sweetness|strong="H4987", and|strong="H1980" my|strong="H5921" good|strong="H2896" fruit|strong="H8570", and|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0559" wave|strong="H5128" back|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" forth|strong="H1980" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" trees|strong="H6086"?’ 
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\verseNumber{12}“The|strong="H0559" trees|strong="H6086" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" vine|strong="H1612", ‘Come and|strong="H6086" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921".’ 
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\verseNumber{13}“The|strong="H0853" vine|strong="H1612" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853", ‘Should|strong="H0376" I|strong="H0559" leave|strong="H1980" my|strong="H5921" new|strong="H8492" wine|strong="H8492", which|strong="H6086" cheers|strong="H8055" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H1980" man|strong="H0376", and|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0559" wave|strong="H5128" back|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" forth|strong="H1980" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" trees|strong="H6086"?’ 
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\verseNumber{14}“Then|strong="H0859" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" bramble|strong="H0329", ‘Come and|strong="H6086" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H0413".’ 
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\verseNumber{15}“The|strong="H0853" bramble|strong="H0329" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" trees|strong="H6086", ‘If|strong="H0518" in|strong="H5921" truth|strong="H0571" you|strong="H0859" anoint|strong="H4886" me|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0859", then|strong="H3318" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" take|strong="H2620" refuge|strong="H2620" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" shade|strong="H6738"; and|strong="H0935" if|strong="H0518" not|strong="H0369", let fire|strong="H0784" come|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" bramble|strong="H0329", and|strong="H0935" devour|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0853" cedars|strong="H0730" of|strong="H4428" Lebanon|strong="H3844".’ 
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\verseNumber{16}“Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0518" have|strong="H0518" dealt truly|strong="H0571" and|strong="H3027" righteously, in|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3027" you|strong="H0518" have|strong="H0518" made|strong="H6213" Abimelech|strong="H0040" king|strong="H4427", and|strong="H3027" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0518" have|strong="H0518" dealt well|strong="H2895" with|strong="H5973" Jerubbaal|strong="H3378" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H0518" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3027" have|strong="H0518" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3027" him|strong="H0853" according|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" deserving of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H0518" hands|strong="H3027" 
\verseNumber{17}(for|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" fought|strong="H3898" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834", risked his|strong="H5921" life|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3027" delivered|strong="H5337" you|strong="H0834" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" Midian|strong="H4080"; 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0001" risen|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" against|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004" today|strong="H3117" and|strong="H1121" have|strong="H0001" slain|strong="H2026" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121", seventy|strong="H7657" persons|strong="H0376", on|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" stone|strong="H0068", and|strong="H1121" have|strong="H0001" made Abimelech|strong="H0040", the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" female|strong="H0519" servant|strong="H0519", king|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" your|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251"); 
\verseNumber{19}if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0518" then|strong="H2088" have|strong="H1571" dealt truly|strong="H0571" and|strong="H1004" righteously with|strong="H5973" Jerubbaal|strong="H3378" and|strong="H1004" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H0518" house|strong="H1004" today|strong="H3117", then|strong="H2088" rejoice|strong="H8055" in|strong="H1004" Abimelech|strong="H0040", and|strong="H1004" let|strong="H8055" him|strong="H5973" also|strong="H1571" rejoice|strong="H8055" in|strong="H1004" you|strong="H0518"; 
\verseNumber{20}but|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" not|strong="H0369", let fire|strong="H0784" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H1004" devour|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1004" Shechem|strong="H7927" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Millo|strong="H4407"; and|strong="H1004" let fire|strong="H0784" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1004" Shechem|strong="H7927" and|strong="H1004" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Millo|strong="H4407" and|strong="H1004" devour|strong="H0398" Abimelech|strong="H0040".” 
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\verseNumber{21}Jotham|strong="H3147" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H1272" and|strong="H0251" fled|strong="H5127", and|strong="H0251" went|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" Beer|strong="H0876"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:21  }“Beer” is Hebrew for “well”, i.e., a village named for its well.} and|strong="H0251" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033", for|strong="H3427" fear of|strong="H3427" Abimelech|strong="H0040" his|strong="H6440" brother|strong="H0251". 
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\verseNumber{22}Abimelech|strong="H0040" was|strong="H3478" prince over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H7971" God|strong="H0430" sent|strong="H7971" an|strong="H7971" evil|strong="H7451" spirit|strong="H7307" between|strong="H0996" Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0996" men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H0430" Shechem|strong="H7927"; and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0996" men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H0430" Shechem|strong="H7927" dealt|strong="H0898" treacherously|strong="H0898" with|strong="H0430" Abimelech|strong="H0040", 
\verseNumber{24}that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" violence|strong="H2555" done|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" seventy|strong="H7657" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerubbaal|strong="H3378" might|strong="H1121" come|strong="H0935", and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H0834" their|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" might|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" laid|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" Abimelech|strong="H0040" their|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251" who|strong="H0834" killed|strong="H2026" them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927" who|strong="H0834" strengthened|strong="H2388" his|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0935" kill|strong="H2026" his|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H2022" Shechem|strong="H7927" set|strong="H7760" an|strong="H7760" ambush|strong="H0693" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022", and|strong="H7218" they|strong="H0834" robbed|strong="H1497" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" came along|strong="H5921" that|strong="H0834" way|strong="H1870" by|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853"; and|strong="H7218" Abimelech|strong="H0040" was|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H7760". 
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\verseNumber{26}Gaal|strong="H1603" the|strong="H0935" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ebed|strong="H5651" came|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H0935" over|strong="H5674" to|strong="H0935" Shechem|strong="H7927"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0935" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927" put|strong="H0935" their|strong="H0935" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{27}They|strong="H0935" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H7704", harvested|strong="H1219" their|strong="H0398" vineyards|strong="H3754", trod|strong="H1869" the|strong="H0853" grapes, celebrated|strong="H6213", and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H3318" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" their|strong="H0398" god|strong="H0430" and|strong="H0935" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H0935" drank|strong="H8354", and|strong="H0935" cursed|strong="H7043" Abimelech|strong="H0040". 
\verseNumber{28}Gaal|strong="H1603" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ebed|strong="H5651" said|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" Abimelech|strong="H0040", and|strong="H1121" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" Shechem|strong="H7927", that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H0587" should|strong="H0376" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H0853"? Isn’t|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"? Isn’t|strong="H3808" Zebul|strong="H2083" his|strong="H0376" officer|strong="H6496"? Serve|strong="H5647" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Hamor|strong="H2544" the|strong="H0853" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927", but|strong="H3588" why|strong="H4069" should|strong="H0376" we|strong="H0587" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H0853"? 
\verseNumber{29}I|strong="H5414" wish|strong="H4310" that|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3027" under|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027"! Then|strong="H3318" I|strong="H5414" would|strong="H4310" remove|strong="H5493" Abimelech|strong="H0040".” He|strong="H5414" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Abimelech|strong="H0040", “Increase|strong="H7235" your|strong="H5414" army|strong="H6635" and|strong="H3027" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318"!” 
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\verseNumber{30}When|strong="H8085" Zebul|strong="H2083" the|strong="H0853" ruler|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" Gaal|strong="H1603" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ebed|strong="H5651", his|strong="H8085" anger|strong="H0639" burnt. 
\verseNumber{31}He|strong="H0853" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" Abimelech|strong="H0040" craftily, saying|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", Gaal|strong="H1603" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ebed|strong="H5651" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251" have|strong="H1121" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Shechem|strong="H7927"; and|strong="H1121" behold|strong="H2009", they|strong="H5921" incite the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{32}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", go|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" by|strong="H3915" night|strong="H3915", you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0859", and|strong="H6965" lie|strong="H0693" in|strong="H0693" wait|strong="H0693" in|strong="H0693" the|strong="H0834" field|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{33}It|strong="H1931" shall|strong="H0834" be|strong="H1961" that|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" morning|strong="H1242", as|strong="H0834" soon|strong="H7925" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" sun|strong="H8121" is|strong="H0834" up|strong="H7925", you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0834" rise|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" and|strong="H3027" rush|strong="H6584" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892". Behold|strong="H2009", when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413" come|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834", then|strong="H1961" may|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413" as|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0834" find|strong="H4672" occasion|strong="H3027".” 
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\verseNumber{34}Abimelech|strong="H0040" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921", by|strong="H5921" night|strong="H3915", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H0834" laid wait|strong="H0693" against|strong="H5921" Shechem|strong="H7927" in|strong="H5921" four|strong="H0702" companies|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{35}Gaal|strong="H1603" the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ebed|strong="H5651" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", and|strong="H1121" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892". Abimelech|strong="H0040" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0854", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0834" ambush|strong="H3993". 
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\verseNumber{36}When|strong="H7200" Gaal|strong="H1603" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971", he|strong="H0853" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Zebul|strong="H2083", “Behold|strong="H2009", people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H0376" coming|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H0853" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" mountains|strong="H2022".” 
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Zebul|strong="H2083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “You|strong="H0859" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" shadows|strong="H6738" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" mountains|strong="H2022" as|strong="H0376" if|strong="H2009" they|strong="H0376" were|strong="H0376" men|strong="H0376".” 
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\verseNumber{37}Gaal|strong="H1603" spoke|strong="H1696" again|strong="H5750" and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H0776" coming|strong="H0935" down|strong="H3381" by|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0559" middle of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0935" one|strong="H0259" company|strong="H7218" comes|strong="H0935" by|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0559" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" oak|strong="H0436" of|strong="H0776" Meonenim.” 
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\verseNumber{38}Then|strong="H0645" Zebul|strong="H2083" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Now|strong="H6258" where|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" your|strong="H0834" mouth|strong="H6310", that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", ‘Who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" Abimelech|strong="H0040", that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H0413"?’ Isn’t|strong="H3808" this|strong="H2088" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" despised? Please|strong="H4994" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" now|strong="H6258" and|strong="H6310" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{39}Gaal|strong="H1603" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H6440" Shechem|strong="H7927", and|strong="H6440" fought|strong="H3898" with|strong="H3318" Abimelech|strong="H0040". 
\verseNumber{40}Abimelech|strong="H0040" chased|strong="H7291" him|strong="H6440", and|strong="H6440" he|strong="H5704" fled|strong="H5127" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", and|strong="H6440" many|strong="H7227" fell|strong="H5307" wounded|strong="H2491", even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H6440" gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{41}Abimelech|strong="H0040" lived|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" Arumah|strong="H0725"; and|strong="H0251" Zebul|strong="H2083" drove|strong="H1644" out|strong="H1644" Gaal|strong="H1603" and|strong="H0251" his|strong="H3427" brothers|strong="H0251", that|strong="H0040" they should not dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Shechem|strong="H7927". 
\verseNumber{42}On|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283", the|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" field|strong="H7704"; and|strong="H7704" they|strong="H5971" told|strong="H5046" Abimelech|strong="H0040". 
\verseNumber{43}He|strong="H4480" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H6965" divided|strong="H2673" them|strong="H0853" into|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" companies|strong="H7218", and|strong="H6965" laid|strong="H3318" wait|strong="H0693" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H7704"; and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H4480" looked|strong="H7200", and|strong="H6965" behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892". So|strong="H4480", he|strong="H4480" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853" and|strong="H6965" struck|strong="H5221" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{44}Abimelech|strong="H0040" and|strong="H7218" the|strong="H3605" companies|strong="H7218" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921" rushed|strong="H6584" forward and|strong="H7218" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892"; and|strong="H7218" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" companies|strong="H7218" rushed|strong="H6584" on|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704" and|strong="H7218" struck|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{45}Abimelech|strong="H0040" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117"; and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H0834" took|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H2026" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3117" it|strong="H1931". He|strong="H0834" beat down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3117" sowed|strong="H2232" it|strong="H1931" with|strong="H3117" salt|strong="H4417". 
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\verseNumber{46}When|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" tower|strong="H4026" of|strong="H1004" Shechem|strong="H7927" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="H1004" it|strong="H3605", they|strong="H0935" entered|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" stronghold of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Elberith. 
\verseNumber{47}Abimelech|strong="H0040" was|strong="H3605" told|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tower|strong="H4026" of|strong="H3605" Shechem|strong="H7927" were|strong="H7927" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908". 
\verseNumber{48}Abimelech|strong="H0040" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" Mount|strong="H2022" Zalmon|strong="H6756", he|strong="H0834" and|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H3027" Abimelech|strong="H0040" took|strong="H3947" an|strong="H7760" axe|strong="H7134" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3947" bough from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086", and|strong="H3027" took|strong="H3947" it|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5927", and|strong="H3027" laid|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" shoulder|strong="H7926". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413", “What|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" seen|strong="H7200" me|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213", make|strong="H7760" haste|strong="H4116", and|strong="H3027" do|strong="H6213" as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213"!” 
\verseNumber{49}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" likewise|strong="H1571" each|strong="H0376" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" his|strong="H3605" bough, followed|strong="H0310" Abimelech|strong="H0040", and|strong="H0376" put|strong="H4191" them|strong="H0853" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" base of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" stronghold, and|strong="H0376" set|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3605" stronghold on|strong="H5921" fire|strong="H0784" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853", so|strong="H1571" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" tower|strong="H4026" of|strong="H0376" Shechem|strong="H7927" died|strong="H4191" also|strong="H1571", about|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3772" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" and|strong="H0376" women|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{50}Then|strong="H0040" Abimelech|strong="H0040" went|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Thebez|strong="H8405" and|strong="H0040" encamped|strong="H2583" against|strong="H0413" Thebez|strong="H8405", and|strong="H0040" took|strong="H3920" it|strong="H3920". 
\verseNumber{51}But|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H5797" tower|strong="H4026" within|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" and|strong="H0376" women|strong="H0802" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" fled|strong="H5127" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H0376" shut|strong="H5462" themselves|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0376" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" roof|strong="H1406" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" tower|strong="H4026". 
\verseNumber{52}Abimelech|strong="H0040" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" tower|strong="H4026" and|strong="H0935" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" it|strong="H5704", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" door|strong="H6607" of|strong="H4026" the|strong="H0935" tower|strong="H4026" to|strong="H0935" burn|strong="H8313" it|strong="H5704" with|strong="H8313" fire|strong="H0784". 
\verseNumber{53}A|strong="H5921" certain|strong="H0259" woman|strong="H0802" cast|strong="H7993" an|strong="H7993" upper|strong="H7393" millstone|strong="H7393" on|strong="H5921" Abimelech’s|strong="H0040" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H7218" broke|strong="H7533" his|strong="H5921" skull|strong="H1538". 
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\verseNumber{54}Then|strong="H5375" he|strong="H0802" called|strong="H7121" hastily to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288", his|strong="H5375" armour bearer|strong="H5375", and|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Draw|strong="H8025" your|strong="H5375" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H0802" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H0413", that|strong="H7121" men|strong="H5288" not|strong="H6435" say|strong="H0559" of|strong="H3627" me|strong="H0413", ‘A|strong="H5375" woman|strong="H0802" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H0413".’ His|strong="H5375" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" thrust|strong="H1856" him|strong="H0413" through|strong="H1856", and|strong="H0802" he|strong="H0802" died|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{55}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Abimelech|strong="H0040" was|strong="H3478" dead|strong="H4191", they|strong="H3588" each|strong="H0376" departed to|strong="H4191" his|strong="H0376" place|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{56}Thus God|strong="H0430" repaid|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" wickedness|strong="H7451" of|strong="H0430" Abimelech|strong="H0040", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001" in|strong="H0430" killing|strong="H2026" his|strong="H7725" seventy|strong="H7657" brothers|strong="H0251"; 
\verseNumber{57}and|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" repaid|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wickedness|strong="H7451" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Shechem|strong="H7927" on|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" heads|strong="H7218"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" curse|strong="H7045" of|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerubbaal|strong="H3378" came|strong="H0935" on|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413". 
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\chapterNumber{10}After|strong="H0310" Abimelech|strong="H0040", Tola|strong="H8439" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Puah|strong="H6312", the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dodo|strong="H1734", a|strong="H3478" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Issachar|strong="H3485", arose|strong="H6965" to|strong="H3478" save|strong="H3467" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Shamir in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H0853" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" twenty-three years|strong="H8141", and|strong="H3478" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H8141" Shamir. 
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\verseNumber{3}After|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0853" Jair|strong="H2971", the|strong="H0853" Gileadite|strong="H1569", arose|strong="H6965". He|strong="H0310" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" twenty-two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" thirty|strong="H7970" sons|strong="H1121" who|strong="H0834" rode|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" thirty|strong="H7970" donkey colts|strong="H1121". They|strong="H1992" had|strong="H0834" thirty|strong="H7970" cities|strong="H5895", which|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121" Havvoth Jair to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117", which|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Gilead|strong="H1568". 
\verseNumber{5}Jair|strong="H2971" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H4191" was buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H4191" Kamon|strong="H7056". 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" again|strong="H3254" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", and|strong="H1121" served|strong="H5647" the|strong="H0853" Baals|strong="H1168", the|strong="H0853" Ashtaroth|strong="H6252", the|strong="H0853" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758", the|strong="H0853" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Sidon|strong="H6721", the|strong="H0853" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124", the|strong="H0853" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430". They|strong="H3808" abandoned|strong="H5800" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" didn’t|strong="H3808" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3068" LORD’s|strong="H3068" anger|strong="H0639" burnt against|strong="H2734" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" sold|strong="H4376" them|strong="H3027" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" Philistines|strong="H6430" and|strong="H1121" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983". 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H0834" troubled and|strong="H1121" oppressed|strong="H7533" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H0834" year|strong="H8141". For|strong="H0776" eighteen|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141" they|strong="H0834" oppressed|strong="H7533" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" beyond|strong="H5676" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Amorites|strong="H0567", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H8141" Gilead|strong="H1568". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674" the|strong="H0853" Jordan|strong="H3383" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" also|strong="H1571" against|strong="H3898" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1121" against|strong="H3898" Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H1121" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669", so|strong="H1571" that|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3966" distressed. 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" cried|strong="H2199" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588", even|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" forsaken our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" served|strong="H5647" the|strong="H0853" Baals|strong="H1168".” 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", “Didn’t|strong="H3808" I|strong="H4714" save you|strong="H3808" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" Egyptians|strong="H4714", and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" Amorites|strong="H0567", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430"? 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H0853" Sidonians|strong="H6722" also|strong="H0853", and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" Amalekites|strong="H6002", and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" Maonites|strong="H4584", oppressed|strong="H3905" you|strong="H0853"; and|strong="H3027" you|strong="H0853" cried|strong="H6817" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3027" I|strong="H3027" saved|strong="H3467" you|strong="H0853" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H3027" their|strong="H0413" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{13}Yet|strong="H3254" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0859" forsaken me|strong="H3254" and|strong="H0430" served|strong="H5647" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430". Therefore|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H0430" save|strong="H3467" you|strong="H0859" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3254". 
\verseNumber{14}Go and|strong="H0430" cry|strong="H2199" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" gods|strong="H0430" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" chosen|strong="H0977". Let|strong="H6256" them|strong="H0413" save|strong="H3467" you|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256" of|strong="H0430" your|strong="H0834" distress|strong="H6869"!” 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", “We|strong="H3117" have|strong="H5869" sinned|strong="H2398"! Do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H4994" whatever|strong="H3605" seems|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859"; only|strong="H0389" deliver|strong="H5337" us|strong="H4994", please|strong="H4994", today|strong="H3117".” 
\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0853" foreign|strong="H5236" gods|strong="H0430" from|strong="H5493" amongst them|strong="H0853" and|strong="H3068" served|strong="H5647" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068"; and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" soul|strong="H5315" was|strong="H3068" grieved for|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" misery|strong="H5999" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H6817" the|strong="H0622" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" were|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" and|strong="H1121" encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H2583" Gilead|strong="H1568". The|strong="H0622" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" assembled|strong="H0622" themselves|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" and|strong="H1121" encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H2583" Mizpah|strong="H4709". 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" Gilead|strong="H1568", said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" one|strong="H0376" another|strong="H7453", “Who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" will|strong="H4310" begin|strong="H2490" to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983"? He|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" head|strong="H7218" over|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1121" Gilead|strong="H1568".” 
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\chapterNumber{11}Now|strong="H1961" Jephthah|strong="H3316" the|strong="H0853" Gileadite|strong="H1569" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" mighty|strong="H1368" man|strong="H1368" of|strong="H1121" valour. He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" prostitute|strong="H2181". Gilead|strong="H1568" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H0853" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" Jephthah|strong="H3316". 
\verseNumber{2}Gilead’s|strong="H1568" wife|strong="H0802" bore|strong="H3205" him|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121". When|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3588" wife’s|strong="H0802" sons|strong="H1121" grew|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431", they|strong="H3588" drove|strong="H1644" Jephthah|strong="H3316" out|strong="H1644" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H3205", “You|strong="H0859" will|strong="H1004" not|strong="H3808" inherit|strong="H5157" in|strong="H1004" our|strong="H3588" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004", for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" another|strong="H0312" woman|strong="H0802".” 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H3318" Jephthah|strong="H3316" fled|strong="H1272" from|strong="H3318" his|strong="H0376" brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="H0776" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Tob|strong="H2897". Outlaws joined|strong="H3950" up|strong="H3950" with|strong="H5973" Jephthah|strong="H3316", and|strong="H0776" they|strong="H0376" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413". 
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\verseNumber{4}After|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" while|strong="H1961", the|strong="H3117" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" made|strong="H1961" war against|strong="H5973" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" made|strong="H1961" war against|strong="H5973" Israel|strong="H3478", the|strong="H0853" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1121" Gilead|strong="H1568" went|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" get|strong="H3947" Jephthah|strong="H3316" out|strong="H0853" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Tob|strong="H2897". 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Jephthah|strong="H3316", “Come|strong="H1961" and|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" our|strong="H1961" chief|strong="H7101", that|strong="H0559" we may|strong="H1961" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Jephthah|strong="H3316" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1004" Gilead|strong="H1568", “Didn’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0859" hate|strong="H8130" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" drive|strong="H1644" me|strong="H0413" out|strong="H1644" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H0834" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004"? Why|strong="H4069" have|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" now|strong="H6258" when|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" distress|strong="H6862"?” 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1121" Gilead|strong="H1568" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jephthah|strong="H3316", “Therefore|strong="H3651" we|strong="H6258" have|strong="H1961" turned|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3605" now|strong="H6258", that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" may|strong="H1961" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H0413" and|strong="H1980" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983". You|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" our|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218" over|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1121" Gilead|strong="H1568".” 
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\verseNumber{9}Jephthah|strong="H3316" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1121" Gilead|strong="H1568", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" bring|strong="H7725" me|strong="H0413" home|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" delivers|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H0413", will|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0595" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" head|strong="H7218"?” 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H0559" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3068" Gilead|strong="H1568" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jephthah|strong="H3316", “The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" witness|strong="H8085" between|strong="H0996" us|strong="H0413". Surely|strong="H0518" we|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H0518" say|strong="H0559".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1696" Jephthah|strong="H3316" went|strong="H6440" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3068" Gilead|strong="H1568", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" made|strong="H7760" him|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H3068" chief|strong="H7218" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853". Jephthah|strong="H3316" spoke|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" Mizpah|strong="H4709". 
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\verseNumber{12}Jephthah|strong="H3316" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", saying|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H4100" with|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0413" my|strong="H7971" land|strong="H0776"?” 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" answered|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" messengers|strong="H4397" of|strong="H1121" Jephthah|strong="H3316", “Because|strong="H3588" Israel|strong="H3478" took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H7725" my|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714", from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" Arnon|strong="H0769" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Jabbok|strong="H2999", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Jordan|strong="H3383". Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" restore|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3588" territory|strong="H0776" again|strong="H7725" peaceably|strong="H7965".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Jephthah|strong="H3316" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" again|strong="H5750" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0413" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983"; 
\verseNumber{15}and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853", “Jephthah|strong="H3316" says|strong="H0559": Israel|strong="H3478" didn’t|strong="H3808" take|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124", nor|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983"; 
\verseNumber{16}but|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H0935" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H0935" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H0935" through|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" wilderness|strong="H4057" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" Red Sea|strong="H3220", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Kadesh|strong="H6946", 
\verseNumber{17}then|strong="H7971" Israel|strong="H3478" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Edom|strong="H0123", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" your|strong="H8085" land|strong="H0776";’ but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Edom|strong="H0123" didn’t|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085". In|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" same way|strong="H7971", he|strong="H3808" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" refused|strong="H0014"; so|strong="H7971" Israel|strong="H3478" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Kadesh|strong="H6946". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H0853" they|strong="H3588" went|strong="H0935" through|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" wilderness|strong="H4057", and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" around|strong="H5437" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Edom|strong="H0123", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Moab|strong="H4124", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" by|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" east|strong="H4217" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Moab|strong="H4124", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3588" encamped|strong="H2583" on|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" other|strong="H5676" side|strong="H5676" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" Arnon|strong="H0769"; but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" didn’t|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" within|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H0776" Moab|strong="H4124", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" Arnon|strong="H0769" was|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H0776" Moab|strong="H4124". 
\verseNumber{19}Israel|strong="H3478" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" Sihon|strong="H5511" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" Amorites|strong="H0567", the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Heshbon|strong="H2809"; and|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", ‘Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H7971" us|strong="H4994" pass|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" your|strong="H7971" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H7971" place|strong="H4725".’ 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3808" Sihon|strong="H5511" didn’t|strong="H3808" trust|strong="H0539" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" pass|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" his|strong="H3605" border|strong="H1366"; but|strong="H3808" Sihon|strong="H5511" gathered|strong="H0622" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" together|strong="H0622", and|strong="H3478" encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H2583" Jahaz|strong="H3096", and|strong="H3478" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478", delivered|strong="H5414" Sihon|strong="H5511" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" into|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5414". So|strong="H5414" Israel|strong="H3478" possessed|strong="H3423" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" Amorites|strong="H0567", the|strong="H3605" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3605" country|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{22}They|strong="H5704" possessed|strong="H3423" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H3605" Amorites|strong="H0567", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" Arnon|strong="H0769" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Jabbok|strong="H2999", and|strong="H0853" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" wilderness|strong="H4057" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383". 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", has|strong="H3068" dispossessed|strong="H3423" the|strong="H0853" Amorites|strong="H0567" from|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" possess|strong="H3423" them|strong="H0853"? 
\verseNumber{24}Won’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0834" possess|strong="H3423" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" Chemosh|strong="H3645" your|strong="H3068" god|strong="H0430" gives|strong="H3423" you|strong="H0834" to|strong="H3068" possess|strong="H3423"? So|strong="H3808" whoever|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3068" dispossessed|strong="H3423" from|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" us|strong="H6440", them|strong="H0853" will|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0834" possess|strong="H3423". 
\verseNumber{25}Now|strong="H6258" are|strong="H3478" you|strong="H0859" anything better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H2896" Balak|strong="H1111" the|strong="H0518" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zippor|strong="H6834", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124"? Did he|strong="H0518" ever|strong="H7378" strive|strong="H7378" against|strong="H5973" Israel|strong="H3478", or|strong="H0518" did he|strong="H0518" ever|strong="H7378" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" them|strong="H0859"? 
\verseNumber{26}Israel|strong="H3478" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Heshbon|strong="H2809" and|strong="H3478" its|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H1323", and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3427" Aroer|strong="H6177" and|strong="H3478" its|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H1323", and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3427" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" side|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H3605" Arnon|strong="H0769" for|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" years|strong="H8141"! Why|strong="H4069" didn’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0834" recover|strong="H5337" them|strong="H5921" within|strong="H5921" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256"? 
\verseNumber{27}Therefore|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0595" have|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" you|strong="H0859", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0859" do|strong="H6213" me|strong="H3808" wrong|strong="H7451" to|strong="H3068" war against|strong="H2398" me|strong="H3808". May|strong="H3068" The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Judge|strong="H8199" be|strong="H3808" judge|strong="H8199" today|strong="H3117" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983".” 
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\verseNumber{28}However|strong="H8085", the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" didn’t|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" Jephthah|strong="H3316" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" Jephthah|strong="H3316", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5921" Gilead|strong="H1568" and|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519", and|strong="H1121" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5921" Mizpah|strong="H4708" of|strong="H1121" Gilead|strong="H1568", and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" Mizpah|strong="H4708" of|strong="H1121" Gilead|strong="H1568" he|strong="H3068" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983". 
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\verseNumber{30}Jephthah|strong="H3316" vowed|strong="H5087" a|strong="H5414" vow|strong="H5088" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" indeed|strong="H0518" deliver|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" into|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027", 
\verseNumber{31}then|strong="H1961" it|strong="H7725" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961", that|strong="H0834" whatever|strong="H0834" comes|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H7725" meet|strong="H7125" me|strong="H7725" when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0834" return|strong="H7725" in|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H7965" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", it|strong="H7725" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" LORD’s|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H5927" it|strong="H7725" up|strong="H5927" for|strong="H1004" a|strong="H1961" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5927".” 
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\verseNumber{32}So|strong="H5414" Jephthah|strong="H3316" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0413" LORD|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{33}He|strong="H5704" struck|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221" from|strong="H0935" Aroer|strong="H6177" until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H6440" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Minnith|strong="H4511", even|strong="H5704" twenty|strong="H6242" cities|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0935" Abelcheramim, with|strong="H0935" a|strong="H0935" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419" slaughter|strong="H4347". So|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" were|strong="H3478" subdued|strong="H3665" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{34}Jephthah|strong="H3316" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Mizpah|strong="H4709" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0935" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H1121" behold|strong="H2009", his|strong="H0935" daughter|strong="H1323" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" tambourines|strong="H8596" and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H0413" dances|strong="H4246". She|strong="H1931" was|strong="H0369" his|strong="H0935" only|strong="H7535" child|strong="H1121". Besides|strong="H4480" her|strong="H0413" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H0369" neither|strong="H0369" son|strong="H1121" nor|strong="H0369" daughter|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{35}When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" her|strong="H0413", he|strong="H3068" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Alas|strong="H0162", my|strong="H3068" daughter|strong="H1323"! You|strong="H0859" have|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H7725" me|strong="H0413" very|strong="H3766" low|strong="H3766", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H0853" who|strong="H3068" trouble|strong="H5916" me|strong="H0413"; for|strong="H0413" I|strong="H0595" have|strong="H1961" opened|strong="H6475" my|strong="H3068" mouth|strong="H6310" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0595" can’t|strong="H3808" go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{36}She|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “My|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" opened|strong="H6475" your|strong="H3068" mouth|strong="H6310" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068"; do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" according|strong="H6310" to|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" proceeded|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" mouth|strong="H6310", because|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3318" vengeance|strong="H5360" for|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834" on|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341", even|strong="H0853" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983".” 
\verseNumber{37}Then|strong="H2088" she|strong="H2320" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" father|strong="H0001", “Let|strong="H7503" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" be|strong="H1697" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413". Leave|strong="H4480" me|strong="H0413" alone|strong="H7503" two|strong="H8147" months|strong="H2320", that|strong="H1697" I|strong="H0595" may|strong="H6213" depart and|strong="H0001" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" mountains|strong="H2022", and|strong="H0001" bewail|strong="H1058" my|strong="H5921" virginity|strong="H1331", I|strong="H0595" and|strong="H0001" my|strong="H5921" companions.” 
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\verseNumber{38}He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H7971".” He|strong="H1931" sent|strong="H7971" her|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971" for|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" months|strong="H2320"; and|strong="H7971" she|strong="H1931" departed, she|strong="H1931" and|strong="H7971" her|strong="H7971" companions|strong="H7464", and|strong="H7971" mourned|strong="H1058" her|strong="H7971" virginity|strong="H1331" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" mountains|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{39}At|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H0376" two|strong="H8147" months|strong="H2320", she|strong="H1931" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" father|strong="H0001", who|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" with|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7725" vow|strong="H5088" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" vowed|strong="H5087". She|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" virgin. It|strong="H1931" became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" custom|strong="H2706" in|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478" 
\verseNumber{40}that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478" went yearly|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3478" celebrate the|strong="H3117" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H3117" Jephthah|strong="H3316" the|strong="H3117" Gileadite|strong="H1569" four|strong="H0702" days|strong="H3117" in|strong="H8141" a|strong="H3117" year|strong="H8141". 
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\chapterNumber{12}The|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" were|strong="H1121" gathered together|strong="H5973", and|strong="H1121" passed|strong="H5674" northward|strong="H6828"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Jephthah|strong="H3316", “Why|strong="H4069" did|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5921" pass|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", and|strong="H1121" didn’t|strong="H3808" call|strong="H7121" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" go|strong="H5674" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5921"? We will|strong="H0376" burn|strong="H8313" your|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" around|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5973" fire|strong="H0784"!” 
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\verseNumber{2}Jephthah|strong="H3316" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “I|strong="H0589" and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H1961" at|strong="H0413" great|strong="H3966" strife|strong="H7379" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983"; and|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0589" called|strong="H2199" you|strong="H0853", you|strong="H0853" didn’t|strong="H3808" save|strong="H3467" me|strong="H0413" out|strong="H2199" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H1961" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" didn’t save|strong="H3467" me|strong="H0413", I|strong="H3588" put|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" life|strong="H5315" in|strong="H0413" my|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H1121" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H0413" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" my|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027". Why|strong="H4100" then|strong="H2088" have|strong="H0369" you|strong="H3588" come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" today|strong="H3117", to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413"?” 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H0853" Jephthah|strong="H3316" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Gilead|strong="H1568", and|strong="H0376" fought|strong="H3898" with|strong="H0854" Ephraim|strong="H0669". The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Gilead|strong="H1568" struck|strong="H5221" Ephraim|strong="H0669", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0376" fugitives|strong="H6412" of|strong="H0376" Ephraim|strong="H0669", you|strong="H0859" Gileadites|strong="H1568", in|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H0376" Ephraim|strong="H0669", and|strong="H0376" in|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H0376" Manasseh|strong="H4519".” 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H0853" Gileadites|strong="H1568" took|strong="H3920" the|strong="H0853" fords of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" Jordan|strong="H3383" against|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" Ephraimites|strong="H0669". Whenever|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" fugitive|strong="H6412" of|strong="H0376" Ephraim|strong="H0669" said|strong="H0559", “Let|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961" go|strong="H1961" over|strong="H5674",” the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Gilead|strong="H1568" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853", “Are|strong="H0376" you|strong="H0859" an|strong="H1961" Ephraimite|strong="H0673"?” If|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808";” 
\verseNumber{6}then|strong="H1696" they|strong="H3651" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Now|strong="H4994" say|strong="H0559" ‘Shibboleth;’” and|strong="H0669" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" “Sibboleth|strong="H5451"”; for|strong="H0413" he|strong="H1931" couldn’t|strong="H3808" manage to|strong="H0413" pronounce|strong="H1696" it|strong="H1931" correctly|strong="H3651", then|strong="H1696" they|strong="H3651" seized|strong="H0270" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0669" killed|strong="H7819" him|strong="H0413" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" fords of|strong="H6256" the|strong="H0853" Jordan|strong="H3383". At|strong="H0413" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256", forty-two|strong="H8147" thousand|strong="H0505" of|strong="H6256" Ephraim|strong="H0669" fell|strong="H5307". 
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\verseNumber{7}Jephthah|strong="H3316" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" six|strong="H8337" years|strong="H8141". Then|strong="H0853" Jephthah|strong="H3316" the|strong="H0853" Gileadite|strong="H1569" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0853" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H8141" Gilead|strong="H1568". 
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\verseNumber{8}After|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0853" Ibzan|strong="H0078" of|strong="H8199" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H4480" had|strong="H1961" thirty|strong="H7970" sons|strong="H1121". He|strong="H4480" sent|strong="H7971" his|strong="H1961" thirty|strong="H7970" daughters|strong="H1323" outside|strong="H2351" his|strong="H1961" clan, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H4480" brought|strong="H0935" in|strong="H8141" thirty|strong="H7970" daughters|strong="H1323" from|strong="H4480" outside|strong="H2351" his|strong="H1961" clan for|strong="H7971" his|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121". He|strong="H4480" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{10}Ibzan|strong="H0078" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H4191" was buried|strong="H6912" at|strong="H4191" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". 
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\verseNumber{11}After|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0853", Elon|strong="H0356" the|strong="H0853" Zebulunite|strong="H2075" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H0310" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" ten|strong="H6235" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{12}Elon the|strong="H0776" Zebulunite|strong="H2075" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H0776" was|strong="H0776" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H0776" Aijalon|strong="H0357" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0776" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Zebulun|strong="H2074". 
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\verseNumber{13}After|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0853", Abdon|strong="H5658" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hillel|strong="H1985" the|strong="H0853" Pirathonite|strong="H6553" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H0853" had|strong="H1961" forty|strong="H0705" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" thirty|strong="H7970" sons’|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" rode|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" seventy|strong="H7657" donkey colts|strong="H1121". He|strong="H0853" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{15}Abdon|strong="H5658" the|strong="H0776" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hillel|strong="H1985" the|strong="H0776" Pirathonite|strong="H6553" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H0776" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H0776" Pirathon|strong="H6552" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0776" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669", in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0776" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0776" Amalekites|strong="H6003". 
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\chapterNumber{13}The|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" again|strong="H3254" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5414" LORD’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" LORD|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" Philistines|strong="H6430" forty|strong="H0705" years|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{2}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" certain|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Zorah|strong="H6881", of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3205" family|strong="H4940" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3205" Danites|strong="H1839", whose|strong="H0376" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Manoah|strong="H4495"; and|strong="H0376" his|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802" was|strong="H8034" barren|strong="H6135", and|strong="H0376" childless|strong="H6135". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", “See|strong="H7200" now|strong="H4994", you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H1121" barren|strong="H6135" and|strong="H1121" childless|strong="H6135"; but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0859" shall|strong="H1121" conceive|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" bear|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{4}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" please|strong="H4994" beware|strong="H8104" and|strong="H0398" drink|strong="H8354" no|strong="H0408" wine|strong="H3196" nor|strong="H0408" strong|strong="H7941" drink|strong="H8354", and|strong="H0398" don’t|strong="H0408" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" unclean|strong="H2931" thing|strong="H4994"; 
\verseNumber{5}for|strong="H3588", behold|strong="H2009", you|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H1121" conceive|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121". No|strong="H3808" razor shall|strong="H1121" come|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" child|strong="H5288" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" Nazirite|strong="H5139" to|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" womb|strong="H0990". He|strong="H1931" shall|strong="H1121" begin|strong="H2490" to|strong="H1961" save|strong="H3467" Israel|strong="H3478" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430".” 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H2088" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H0413" husband|strong="H0376", saying|strong="H0559", “A|strong="H0935" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0376" face|strong="H4758" was|strong="H8034" like|strong="H4758" the|strong="H0853" face|strong="H4758" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430", very|strong="H3966" awesome|strong="H3372". I|strong="H2088" didn’t|strong="H3808" ask|strong="H7592" him|strong="H0413" where|strong="H0335" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" from|strong="H0935", neither|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1931" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0376" name|strong="H8034"; 
\verseNumber{7}but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H4480", ‘Behold|strong="H2009", you|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H1121" conceive|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" bear|strong="H3205" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121"; and|strong="H1121" now|strong="H6258" drink|strong="H8354" no|strong="H0408" wine|strong="H3196" nor|strong="H0408" strong|strong="H7941" drink|strong="H8354". Don’t|strong="H0408" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" unclean|strong="H2932" thing|strong="H3588", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" child|strong="H5288" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" Nazirite|strong="H5139" to|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" womb|strong="H0990" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" death|strong="H4194".’” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H0935" Manoah|strong="H4495" entreated|strong="H6279" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", “Oh|strong="H4994", Lord|strong="H3068", please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" come|strong="H0935" again|strong="H5750" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H4994", and|strong="H0935" teach|strong="H3384" us|strong="H4994" what|strong="H4100" we|strong="H0834" should|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" child|strong="H5288" who|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H5750" born|strong="H3205".” 
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\verseNumber{9}God|strong="H0430" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H0376" Manoah|strong="H4495", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" came|strong="H0935" again|strong="H5750" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" woman|strong="H0802" as|strong="H0935" she|strong="H1931" sat|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0413" field|strong="H7704"; but|strong="H0369" Manoah|strong="H4495", her|strong="H0413" husband|strong="H0376", wasn’t with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802" hurried|strong="H4116" and|strong="H0935" ran|strong="H7323", and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H0413" husband|strong="H0376", saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" has|strong="H0834" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Manoah|strong="H4495" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H0935" followed|strong="H0310" his|strong="H0834" wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Are|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H0834" wife|strong="H0802"?” 
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He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Manoah|strong="H4495" said|strong="H0559", “Now|strong="H6258" let|strong="H6258" your|strong="H0935" words|strong="H1697" happen|strong="H1961". What|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H4100" the|strong="H0559" child’s|strong="H5288" way|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" life|strong="H4941" and|strong="H0935" mission be|strong="H1961"?” 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Manoah|strong="H4495", “Of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" woman|strong="H0802" let her|strong="H3605" beware|strong="H8104". 
\verseNumber{14}She|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" of|strong="H3605" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" comes|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" vine|strong="H1612", neither|strong="H3808" let|strong="H0408" her|strong="H3605" drink|strong="H8354" wine|strong="H3196" or|strong="H3808" strong|strong="H7941" drink|strong="H8354", nor|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" unclean|strong="H2932" thing|strong="H3605". Let|strong="H0408" her|strong="H3605" observe|strong="H8104" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" her|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Manoah|strong="H4495" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397", “Please|strong="H4994" stay with|strong="H0413" us|strong="H4994", that|strong="H3068" we|strong="H4994" may|strong="H4994" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3068" young|strong="H1423" goat|strong="H5795" ready for|strong="H0413" you|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Manoah|strong="H4495", “Though|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" detain|strong="H6113" me|strong="H0413", I|strong="H3588" won’t|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" your|strong="H3068" bread|strong="H3899". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" prepare|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3588" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5927", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H0518" offer|strong="H5927" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068".” For|strong="H3588" Manoah|strong="H4495" didn’t|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397". 
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\verseNumber{17}Manoah|strong="H4495" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397", “What|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034", that|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" words|strong="H1697" happen|strong="H1697", we|strong="H3588" may|strong="H3068" honour you|strong="H3588"?” 
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\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H1931", “Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" ask|strong="H7592" about|strong="H8034" my|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034", since it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" incomprehensible\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{13:18  }or, wonderful}?” 
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H6213" Manoah|strong="H4495" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H1423" goat|strong="H5795" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" meal|strong="H4503" offering|strong="H4503", and|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" rock|strong="H6697" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" angel did|strong="H6213" an|strong="H7200" amazing|strong="H6381" thing as|strong="H3068" Manoah|strong="H4495" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802" watched|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{20}For|strong="H5921" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" flame|strong="H3851" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" towards the|strong="H6440" sky|strong="H8064" from|strong="H5921" off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196", the|strong="H6440" LORD’s|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" ascended|strong="H5927" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" flame|strong="H3851" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196". Manoah|strong="H4495" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802" watched|strong="H7200"; and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H5921" fell|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" faces|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" LORD’s|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" didn’t|strong="H3808" appear|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0413" Manoah|strong="H4495" or|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" any|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750". Then|strong="H0227" Manoah|strong="H4495" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" LORD’s|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397". 
\verseNumber{22}Manoah|strong="H4495" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7200" wife|strong="H0802", “We|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H0802" surely|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191", because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7200" seen|strong="H7200" God|strong="H0430".” 
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\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853", “If|strong="H3863" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" were|strong="H0428" pleased|strong="H2654" to|strong="H0559" kill|strong="H4191" us|strong="H7200", he|strong="H3068" wouldn’t have|strong="H3068" received|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H4503" and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" meal|strong="H4503" offering|strong="H4503" at|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" wouldn’t have|strong="H3068" shown|strong="H7200" us|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H0428", nor|strong="H3808" would|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" told|strong="H0559" us|strong="H7200" such|strong="H0428" things|strong="H0428" as|strong="H3068" these|strong="H0428" at|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063" time|strong="H6256".” 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" bore|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" named|strong="H8034" him|strong="H3205" Samson|strong="H8123". The|strong="H0853" child|strong="H5288" grew|strong="H1431", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" him|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H3068" LORD’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" move him|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" Mahaneh Dan|strong="H1835", between|strong="H0996" Zorah|strong="H6881" and|strong="H3068" Eshtaol|strong="H0847". 
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\chapterNumber{14}Samson|strong="H8123" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Timnah|strong="H8553", and|strong="H0802" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" woman|strong="H0802" in|strong="H0802" Timnah|strong="H8553" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H7200" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H7200" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H0853" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", and|strong="H0802" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H0802" his|strong="H3947" mother|strong="H0517", saying|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H6258" have|strong="H0001" seen|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H0802" in|strong="H0802" Timnah|strong="H8553" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H0853" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430". Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" get|strong="H3947" her|strong="H5046" for|strong="H0802" me|strong="H5046" as|strong="H5927" my|strong="H7200" wife|strong="H0802".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3605" mother|strong="H0517" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Isn’t there|strong="H0369" a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H0802" amongst your|strong="H3605" brothers’|strong="H0251" daughters|strong="H1323", or|strong="H0369" amongst all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H3605" uncircumcised|strong="H6189" Philistines|strong="H6430"?” 
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Samson|strong="H8123" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001", “Get|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H0413", for|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" pleases|strong="H5869" me|strong="H0413" well.” 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517" didn’t|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" sought|strong="H1245" an|strong="H3588" occasion against the|strong="H3588" Philistines|strong="H6430". Now|strong="H3588" at|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" the|strong="H3588" Philistines|strong="H6430" ruled|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H2009" Samson|strong="H8123" went|strong="H0935" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0935" Timnah|strong="H8553" with|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" mother|strong="H0517", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" vineyards|strong="H3754" of|strong="H0001" Timnah|strong="H8553"; and|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009", a|strong="H0935" young|strong="H3715" lion|strong="H0738" roared|strong="H7580" at|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H7307" mightily on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" tore|strong="H8156" him|strong="H5921" as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" would|strong="H3068" have|strong="H0834" torn a|strong="H0834" young|strong="H1423" goat|strong="H1423" with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5921" bare hands|strong="H3027", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" his|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" or|strong="H3808" his|strong="H5921" mother|strong="H0517" what|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H1696" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="H5869" talked|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" woman|strong="H0802", and|strong="H5869" she pleased|strong="H5869" Samson|strong="H8123" well. 
\verseNumber{8}After|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3947" while|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" take|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947", and|strong="H7725" he|strong="H3117" went|strong="H7725" over|strong="H0853" to|strong="H7725" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" carcass|strong="H1472" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" lion|strong="H0738"; and|strong="H7725" behold|strong="H2009", there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3947" swarm|strong="H5712" of|strong="H3117" bees|strong="H1682" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" body of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" lion|strong="H0738", and|strong="H7725" honey|strong="H1706". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H3588" took|strong="H1980" it|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3709", and|strong="H1980" went|strong="H1980" on|strong="H0413", eating|strong="H0398" as|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" went|strong="H1980". He|strong="H3588" came|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H1980" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H1980" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H3588" ate|strong="H0398", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" didn’t|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H0413" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H0001" taken|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" honey|strong="H1706" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H0001" the|strong="H3588" lion’s|strong="H0738" body. 
\verseNumber{10}His|strong="H3588" father|strong="H0001" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H0802"; and|strong="H0802" Samson|strong="H8123" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3588" feast|strong="H4960" there|strong="H8033", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" young|strong="H0970" men|strong="H0970" used|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651". 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H7200" saw|strong="H7200" him|strong="H0853", they|strong="H7200" brought|strong="H3947" thirty|strong="H7970" companions|strong="H4828" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0853". 
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\verseNumber{12}Samson|strong="H8123" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H5414", “Let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H5414" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" riddle|strong="H2420" now|strong="H4994". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" can|strong="H0518" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" answer|strong="H0559" within the|strong="H0853" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" feast|strong="H4960", and|strong="H3117" find|strong="H4672" it|strong="H5414" out|strong="H4672", then|strong="H0853" I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" thirty|strong="H7970" linen|strong="H5466" garments|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3117" thirty|strong="H7970" changes|strong="H2487" of|strong="H3117" clothing|strong="H0899"; 
\verseNumber{13}but|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" can’t|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0559" answer|strong="H0559", then|strong="H0859" you|strong="H0859" shall|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" thirty|strong="H7970" linen|strong="H5466" garments|strong="H0899" and|strong="H8085" thirty|strong="H7970" changes|strong="H2487" of|strong="H0559" clothing|strong="H0899".” 
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They|strong="H0518" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5414", “Tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" riddle|strong="H2420", that|strong="H8085" we|strong="H0518" may|strong="H5414" hear|strong="H8085" it|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0398", 
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“Out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" eater|strong="H0398" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" food|strong="H3978". 
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Out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" strong|strong="H5794" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" sweetness.” 
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They|strong="H3117" couldn’t|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" declare|strong="H5046" the|strong="H0559" riddle|strong="H2420". 
\verseNumber{15}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", they|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Samson’s|strong="H8123" wife|strong="H0802", “Entice your|strong="H1961" husband|strong="H0376", that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" may|strong="H1961" declare|strong="H5046" to|strong="H0559" us|strong="H5046" the|strong="H0853" riddle|strong="H2420", lest|strong="H6435" we|strong="H3117" burn|strong="H8313" you|strong="H3117" and|strong="H1004" your|strong="H1961" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" fire|strong="H0784". Have|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3117" called|strong="H7121" us|strong="H5046" to|strong="H0559" impoverish|strong="H3423" us|strong="H5046"? Isn’t|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3117" so|strong="H6435"?” 
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\verseNumber{16}Samson’s|strong="H8123" wife|strong="H0802" wept|strong="H1058" before|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H5921" just hate|strong="H8130" me|strong="H5046", and|strong="H1121" don’t|strong="H3808" love|strong="H0157" me|strong="H5046". You’ve told|strong="H5046" a|strong="H5921" riddle|strong="H2420" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H1121" haven’t|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H5046".” 
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He|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H5046", “Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H2009" haven’t|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" or|strong="H3808" my|strong="H5921" mother|strong="H0517", so|strong="H3808" why|strong="H3808" should|strong="H0001" I|strong="H2009" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5921"?” 
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\verseNumber{17}She|strong="H0834" wept|strong="H1058" before|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", while|strong="H1961" their|strong="H5921" feast|strong="H4960" lasted|strong="H1961"; and|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", he|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046", because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H0834" pressed|strong="H6693" him|strong="H5921" severely; and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H0834" riddle|strong="H2420" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" her|strong="H5046" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0935" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117" before|strong="H2962" the|strong="H0559" sun went|strong="H0935" down, “What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" sweeter|strong="H4966" than|strong="H3808" honey|strong="H1706"? What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" stronger|strong="H5794" than|strong="H3808" a|strong="H4672" lion|strong="H0738"?” 
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He|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0935", 
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“If|strong="H3884" you|strong="H3117" hadn’t ploughed with|strong="H0935" my|strong="H0935" heifer|strong="H5697", 
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you|strong="H3117" wouldn’t have|strong="H0376" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H4100" my|strong="H0935" riddle|strong="H2420".” 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H5927" mightily on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Ashkelon|strong="H0831" and|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5221" thirty|strong="H7970" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5414". He|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" their|strong="H3068" plunder, then|strong="H3947" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" changes|strong="H2487" of|strong="H1004" clothing to|strong="H3381" those|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" declared|strong="H5046" the|strong="H0853" riddle|strong="H2420". His|strong="H5414" anger|strong="H0639" burnt|strong="H5927", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3381" his|strong="H5414" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H1961" Samson’s|strong="H8123" wife|strong="H0802" was|strong="H1961" given to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" companion|strong="H4828", who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" been|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" friend. 
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\chapterNumber{15}But|strong="H3808" after|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" while|strong="H1961", in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" time|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" wheat|strong="H2406" harvest|strong="H7105", Samson|strong="H8123" visited|strong="H0935" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802" with|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H1423" goat|strong="H5795". He|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H5414" wife’s|strong="H0802" room|strong="H2315".” 
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But|strong="H3808" her|strong="H0413" father|strong="H0001" wouldn’t allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{2}Her|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" most|strong="H4480" certainly|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" utterly hated|strong="H8130" her|strong="H5414"; therefore|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H5414" companion|strong="H4828". Isn’t|strong="H3808" her|strong="H5414" younger|strong="H6996" sister|strong="H0269" more|strong="H4480" beautiful than|strong="H4480" she|strong="H3588"? Please|strong="H4994", take|strong="H1961" her|strong="H5414" instead|strong="H8478".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Samson|strong="H8123" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H6213", “This|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6471" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0589" be|strong="H3588" blameless|strong="H5352" in|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" case|strong="H3588" of|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" harm|strong="H7451" them|strong="H6213".” 
\verseNumber{4}Samson|strong="H8123" went|strong="H0413" and|strong="H3967" caught|strong="H3920" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" foxes|strong="H7776", and|strong="H3967" took|strong="H3947" torches|strong="H3940", and|strong="H3967" turned|strong="H6437" tail|strong="H2180" to|strong="H0413" tail|strong="H2180", and|strong="H3967" put|strong="H7760" a|strong="H3947" torch|strong="H3940" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" middle|strong="H8432" between|strong="H0996" every|strong="H0259" two|strong="H8147" tails|strong="H2180". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" had|strong="H6430" set|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5704" torches|strong="H3940" on|strong="H7971" fire|strong="H0784", he|strong="H5704" let|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971" into the|strong="H5704" standing|strong="H7054" grain|strong="H7054" of|strong="H3754" the|strong="H5704" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H7971" burnt up|strong="H5704" both the|strong="H5704" shocks and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5704" standing|strong="H7054" grain|strong="H7054", and|strong="H7971" also|strong="H6430" the|strong="H5704" olive|strong="H2132" groves|strong="H2132". 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" said|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H4310" has|strong="H4310" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063"?” 
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They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Samson|strong="H8123", the|strong="H0853" son-in-law|strong="H2860" of|strong="H0001" the|strong="H0853" Timnite|strong="H8554", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H4310" taken|strong="H3947" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H0802" given|strong="H5414" her|strong="H3947" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H5414" companion|strong="H4828".” The|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", and|strong="H0802" burnt|strong="H5927" her|strong="H3947" and|strong="H0802" her|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001" with|strong="H8313" fire|strong="H0784". 
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\verseNumber{7}Samson|strong="H8123" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0310", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3588" behave|strong="H6213" like this|strong="H2063", surely|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0518" take|strong="H5358" revenge|strong="H5358" on you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H0310" after|strong="H0310" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0518" cease|strong="H2308".” 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H0853" struck|strong="H5221" them|strong="H0853" hip|strong="H3409" and|strong="H1419" thigh|strong="H3409" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5221" great|strong="H1419" slaughter|strong="H4347"; and|strong="H1419" he|strong="H0853" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="H1419" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" cave in|strong="H3427" Etam’s rock|strong="H5553". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" Philistines|strong="H6430" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H2583" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" spread|strong="H5203" themselves in|strong="H2583" Lehi|strong="H3896". 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Judah|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921"?” 
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They|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0559" bind|strong="H0631" Samson|strong="H8123", to|strong="H0559" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921" as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0559" us|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H3651" three|strong="H7969" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Judah|strong="H3063" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" cave in|strong="H0413" Etam’s rock|strong="H5553", and|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samson|strong="H8123", “Don’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0834" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" are|strong="H0834" rulers|strong="H4910" over|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413"? What|strong="H4100" then|strong="H3651" is|strong="H0834" this|strong="H2063" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413"?” 
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He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “As|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", so|strong="H3651" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5414", “We|strong="H6435" have|strong="H0859" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0559" bind|strong="H0631" you|strong="H0859", that|strong="H0559" we|strong="H6435" may|strong="H5414" deliver|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0859" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0559" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430".” 
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Samson|strong="H8123" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H5414", “Swear|strong="H7650" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H5414" that|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3027" not|strong="H6435" attack|strong="H6293" me|strong="H5414" yourselves|strong="H0859".” 
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\verseNumber{13}They|strong="H3588" spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5414", saying|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", but|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3027" bind|strong="H0631" you|strong="H3588" securely and|strong="H3027" deliver|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" into|strong="H3027" their|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3027"; but|strong="H3588" surely|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3588".” They|strong="H3588" bound|strong="H0631" him|strong="H5414" with|strong="H3027" two|strong="H8147" new|strong="H2319" ropes|strong="H5688", and|strong="H3027" brought|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" rock|strong="H5553". 
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Lehi|strong="H3896", the|strong="H0834" Philistines|strong="H6430" shouted|strong="H7321" as|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" met|strong="H7125" him|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" LORD’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H0935" mightily on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" ropes|strong="H5688" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" arms|strong="H2220" became|strong="H1961" as|strong="H0834" flax|strong="H6593" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" burnt with|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784"; and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H5921" bands dropped|strong="H4549" from|strong="H0935" off|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H7971" found|strong="H4672" a|strong="H3947" fresh|strong="H2961" jawbone|strong="H3895" of|strong="H0376" a|strong="H3947" donkey|strong="H2543", put|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3947" hand|strong="H3027", took|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3947", and|strong="H3027" struck|strong="H5221" a|strong="H3947" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" with|strong="H0376" it|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{16}Samson|strong="H8123" said|strong="H0559", “With|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" jawbone|strong="H3895" of|strong="H0376" a|strong="H5221" donkey|strong="H2543", heaps|strong="H2565" on|strong="H5221" heaps|strong="H2565"; with|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" jawbone|strong="H3895" of|strong="H0376" a|strong="H5221" donkey|strong="H2543" I|strong="H0559" have|strong="H0376" struck|strong="H5221" a|strong="H5221" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376".” 
\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" finished|strong="H3615" speaking|strong="H1696", he|strong="H1931" threw|strong="H7993" the|strong="H7121" jawbone|strong="H3895" out|strong="H7993" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H1961" hand|strong="H3027"; and|strong="H3027" that|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" was|strong="H1961" called|strong="H7121" Ramath|strong="H7437" Lehi.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{15:17  }“Ramath” means “hill” and “Lehi” means “jawbone”.} 
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\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" thirsty|strong="H6770", and|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H0859" have|strong="H5650" given|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2063" great|strong="H1419" deliverance|strong="H8668" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650"; and|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" shall|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" die|strong="H4191" of|strong="H3068" thirst|strong="H6772", and|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" uncircumcised|strong="H6189"?” 
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3651" God|strong="H0430" split|strong="H1234" the|strong="H0853" hollow|strong="H4388" place|strong="H2088" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" Lehi|strong="H3896", and|strong="H0430" water|strong="H4325" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0430" it|strong="H5921". When|strong="H3117" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" drunk|strong="H8354", his|strong="H5921" spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H3318" again|strong="H7725", and|strong="H0430" he|strong="H0834" revived|strong="H7725". Therefore|strong="H3651" its|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" called|strong="H7121" En Hakkore, which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" Lehi|strong="H3896", to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H3117" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" twenty|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0853" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
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\chapterNumber{16}Samson|strong="H8123" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Gaza|strong="H5804", and|strong="H0935" saw|strong="H7200" there|strong="H8033" a|strong="H7200" prostitute|strong="H2181", and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H3605" Gazites|strong="H5841" were|strong="H8179" told|strong="H0559", “Samson|strong="H8123" is|strong="H3605" here|strong="H2008"!” They|strong="H5704" surrounded|strong="H5437" him|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" laid|strong="H0935" wait|strong="H0693" for|strong="H3605" him|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0935" were|strong="H8179" quiet all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915", saying|strong="H0559", “Wait|strong="H0693" until|strong="H5704" morning|strong="H1242" light|strong="H0216"; then|strong="H0935" we|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5704" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="H0935".” 
\verseNumber{3}Samson|strong="H8123" lay|strong="H7901" until|strong="H5704" midnight, then|strong="H6965" arose|strong="H6965" at|strong="H0413" midnight and|strong="H6965" took|strong="H5927" hold|strong="H0270" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H6440" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H6440" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892", with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H6440" two|strong="H8147" posts|strong="H4201", and|strong="H6965" plucked|strong="H5265" them|strong="H0413" up|strong="H5927", bar|strong="H1280" and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H5704", and|strong="H6965" put|strong="H7760" them|strong="H0413" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" shoulders|strong="H3802" and|strong="H6965" carried|strong="H5927" them|strong="H0413" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H6440" mountain|strong="H2022" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" Hebron|strong="H2275". 
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\verseNumber{4}It|strong="H3651" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961" afterward|strong="H0310" that|strong="H3651" he|strong="H0310" loved|strong="H0157" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" in|strong="H0802" the|strong="H0310" valley|strong="H5158" of|strong="H0802" Sorek, whose|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Delilah|strong="H1807". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H0853" lords|strong="H5633" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" and|strong="H3967" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", “Entice him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3967" see|strong="H7200" in|strong="H0413" which|strong="H4100" his|strong="H5414" great|strong="H1419" strength|strong="H3581" lies, and|strong="H3967" by|strong="H0413" what|strong="H4100" means|strong="H5927" we|strong="H0587" may|strong="H0376" prevail|strong="H3201" against|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", that|strong="H7200" we|strong="H0587" may|strong="H0376" bind|strong="H0631" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" afflict|strong="H6031" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H3967" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H0376" each|strong="H0376" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" eleven hundred|strong="H3967" pieces of|strong="H0376" silver|strong="H3701".” 
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\verseNumber{6}Delilah|strong="H1807" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samson|strong="H8123", “Please|strong="H4994" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413" where|strong="H4100" your|strong="H4994" great|strong="H1419" strength|strong="H3581" lies, and|strong="H1419" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5046" might|strong="H3581" be|strong="H4994" bound|strong="H0631" to|strong="H0413" afflict|strong="H6031" you|strong="H5046".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Samson|strong="H8123" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", “If|strong="H0518" they|strong="H0834" bind|strong="H0631" me|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" seven|strong="H7651" green|strong="H3892" cords that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" never|strong="H3808" dried, then|strong="H1961" shall|strong="H3808" I|strong="H0834" become|strong="H1961" weak|strong="H3808", and|strong="H0120" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H0834" another|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0120".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0834" lords|strong="H5633" of|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0834" Philistines|strong="H6430" brought|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" her seven|strong="H7651" green|strong="H3892" cords which|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H0834" dried, and|strong="H6430" she|strong="H0834" bound|strong="H0631" him|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5927" them|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{9}Now she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" an|strong="H0693" ambush|strong="H0693" waiting in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" inner|strong="H2315" room|strong="H2315". She|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “The|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" are|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834", Samson|strong="H8123"!” He|strong="H0834" broke|strong="H5423" the|strong="H0853" cords|strong="H6616" as|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0834" flax thread|strong="H6616" is|strong="H0834" broken|strong="H5423" when|strong="H0834" it|strong="H5921" touches the|strong="H0853" fire|strong="H0784". So|strong="H3808" his|strong="H5921" strength|strong="H3581" was|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" known|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{10}Delilah|strong="H1807" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samson|strong="H8123", “Behold|strong="H2009", you|strong="H5046" have|strong="H6258" mocked|strong="H2048" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1696" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413" lies|strong="H3576". Now|strong="H6258" please|strong="H4994" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413" how|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5046" might be|strong="H4994" bound|strong="H0631".” 
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\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", “If|strong="H0518" they|strong="H0834" only|strong="H0518" bind|strong="H0631" me|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" new|strong="H2319" ropes|strong="H5688" with|strong="H0413" which|strong="H0834" no|strong="H3808" work|strong="H4399" has|strong="H0834" been|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213", then|strong="H1961" shall|strong="H3808" I|strong="H0834" become|strong="H1961" weak|strong="H3808", and|strong="H0120" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H0834" another|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0120".” 
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H3947" Delilah|strong="H1807" took|strong="H3947" new|strong="H2319" ropes|strong="H5688" and|strong="H6430" bound|strong="H0631" him|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", then|strong="H3947" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “The|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" are|strong="H6430" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921", Samson|strong="H8123"!” The|strong="H0559" ambush|strong="H0693" was|strong="H6430" waiting in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" inner|strong="H2315" room|strong="H2315". He|strong="H5921" broke|strong="H5423" them|strong="H0413" off|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" arms|strong="H2220" like|strong="H2220" a|strong="H3947" thread|strong="H2339". 
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\verseNumber{13}Delilah|strong="H1807" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Samson|strong="H8123", “Until|strong="H5704" now|strong="H2008", you|strong="H0518" have|strong="H0518" mocked|strong="H2048" me|strong="H0413" and|strong="H7218" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413" lies|strong="H3576". Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413" with|strong="H5973" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0518" might be bound|strong="H0631".” 
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He|strong="H0518" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0518" weave|strong="H0707" the|strong="H0853" seven|strong="H7651" locks|strong="H4253" of|strong="H7218" my|strong="H5046" head|strong="H7218" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0853" fabric|strong="H4545" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" loom.” 
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\verseNumber{14}She fastened|strong="H8628" it|strong="H5921" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0559" pin|strong="H3489", and|strong="H6430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “The|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" are|strong="H6430" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921", Samson|strong="H8123"!” He|strong="H5921" awakened|strong="H3364" out|strong="H5265" of|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" sleep|strong="H8142", and|strong="H6430" plucked|strong="H5265" away the|strong="H0559" pin|strong="H3489" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" beam and|strong="H6430" the|strong="H0559" fabric|strong="H4545". 
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\verseNumber{15}She|strong="H3820" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “How|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5046" say|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H2088" love|strong="H0157" you|strong="H5046",’ when|strong="H0559" your|strong="H0157" heart|strong="H3820" is|strong="H0369" not|strong="H3808" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H0413"? You|strong="H5046" have|strong="H0369" mocked|strong="H2048" me|strong="H0413" these|strong="H2088" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471", and|strong="H1419" have|strong="H0369" not|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413" where|strong="H4100" your|strong="H0157" great|strong="H1419" strength|strong="H3581" lies.” 
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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" pressed|strong="H6693" him|strong="H3605" daily|strong="H3117" with|strong="H3117" her|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" and|strong="H3117" urged|strong="H0509" him|strong="H3605", his|strong="H3605" soul|strong="H5315" was|strong="H1961" troubled to|strong="H4191" death|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820" and|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H3605", “No|strong="H3808" razor has|strong="H0430" ever|strong="H0120" come|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" Nazirite|strong="H5139" to|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" from|strong="H4480" my|strong="H3605" mother’s|strong="H0517" womb|strong="H0990". If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" shaved|strong="H1548", then|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3605" strength|strong="H3581" will|strong="H0430" go|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H5046" and|strong="H0430" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0430" become|strong="H1961" weak|strong="H3808", and|strong="H0430" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0120".” 
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3588" Delilah|strong="H1807" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820", she|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3027" called|strong="H7121" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" lords|strong="H5633" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430", saying|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" this|strong="H3588" once|strong="H6471", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3820" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820".” Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H3605" lords|strong="H5633" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3027" brought|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" in|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{19}She|strong="H7121" made|strong="H7121" him|strong="H5921" sleep|strong="H3462" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" knees|strong="H1290"; and|strong="H0376" she|strong="H7121" called|strong="H7121" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7121" man|strong="H0376" and|strong="H0376" shaved|strong="H1548" off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" seven|strong="H7651" locks|strong="H4253" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218"; and|strong="H0376" she|strong="H7121" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5921" afflict|strong="H6031" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0376" his|strong="H5921" strength|strong="H3581" went|strong="H0376" from|strong="H5493" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{20}She|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" are|strong="H3068" upon|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588", Samson|strong="H8123"!” 
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He|strong="H1931" awoke|strong="H3364" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5921" sleep|strong="H8142", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" as|strong="H3068" at|strong="H5921" other|strong="H6471" times|strong="H6471", and|strong="H3068" shake|strong="H5287" myself|strong="H3045" free|strong="H3318".” But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" didn’t|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" departed|strong="H3318" from|strong="H5493" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" laid hold|strong="H0270" on|strong="H1961" him|strong="H0853" and|strong="H1004" put|strong="H3381" out|strong="H0853" his|strong="H1961" eyes|strong="H5869"; and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H6430" brought|strong="H3381" him|strong="H0853" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H1961" Gaza|strong="H5804" and|strong="H1004" bound|strong="H0631" him|strong="H0853" with|strong="H1004" fetters|strong="H5178" of|strong="H1004" bronze|strong="H5178"; and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H2912" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" mill in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" prison|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{22}However, the|strong="H0834" hair|strong="H8181" of|strong="H7218" his|strong="H0834" head|strong="H7218" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H0834" grow|strong="H6779" again|strong="H6779" after he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" shaved|strong="H1548". 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H0853" lords|strong="H5633" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" to|strong="H0559" offer|strong="H2076" a|strong="H5414" great|strong="H1419" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H0559" Dagon|strong="H1712" their|strong="H5414" god|strong="H0430", and|strong="H0430" to|strong="H0559" rejoice|strong="H8057"; for|strong="H3027" they|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", “Our|strong="H5414" god|strong="H0430" has|strong="H0430" delivered|strong="H5414" Samson|strong="H8123" our|strong="H5414" enemy|strong="H0341" into|strong="H3027" our|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027".” 
\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" saw|strong="H7200" him|strong="H5414", they|strong="H0834" praised|strong="H1984" their|strong="H5414" god|strong="H0430"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “Our|strong="H5414" god|strong="H0430" has|strong="H0430" delivered|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" enemy|strong="H0341" and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" destroyer of|strong="H0776" our|strong="H5414" country|strong="H0776", who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0430" slain|strong="H2491" many|strong="H7235" of|strong="H0776" us|strong="H5414", into|strong="H0776" our|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027".” 
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\verseNumber{25}When|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3588" hearts|strong="H3820" were|strong="H1961" merry, they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Call|strong="H7121" for|strong="H3588" Samson|strong="H8123", that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" may|strong="H1961" entertain|strong="H7832" us|strong="H3588".” They|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" for|strong="H3588" Samson|strong="H8123" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" prison|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H3588" performed before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H0853". They|strong="H3588" set|strong="H5975" him|strong="H0853" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H0853" pillars|strong="H5982"; 
\verseNumber{26}and|strong="H3027" Samson|strong="H8123" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" boy|strong="H5288" who|strong="H0834" held|strong="H2388" him|strong="H0413" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027", “Allow|strong="H3240" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" feel|strong="H3559" the|strong="H0853" pillars|strong="H5982" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" rests|strong="H3559", that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0834" lean|strong="H8172" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0413".” 
\verseNumber{27}Now|strong="H0802" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" was|strong="H0376" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H1004" men|strong="H0376" and|strong="H1004" women|strong="H0802"; and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" lords|strong="H5633" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" were|strong="H0376" there|strong="H8033"; and|strong="H1004" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0376" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" roof|strong="H1406" about|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" and|strong="H1004" women|strong="H0802", who|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H7200" while|strong="H5921" Samson|strong="H8123" performed. 
\verseNumber{28}Samson|strong="H8123" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Lord|strong="H3068" GOD|strong="H0430", remember|strong="H2142" me|strong="H0413", please|strong="H4994", and|strong="H3068" strengthen|strong="H2388" me|strong="H0413", please|strong="H4994", only|strong="H0389" this|strong="H2088" once|strong="H0259", God|strong="H0430", that|strong="H2088" I|strong="H2088" may|strong="H4994" be|strong="H3068" at|strong="H0413" once|strong="H0259" avenged|strong="H5358" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" Philistines|strong="H6430" for|strong="H7121" my|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" eyes|strong="H5869".” 
\verseNumber{29}Samson|strong="H8123" took|strong="H0853" hold|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" middle|strong="H8432" pillars|strong="H5982" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" rested|strong="H3559" and|strong="H1004" leaned|strong="H5564" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853", the|strong="H0853" one|strong="H0259" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" other|strong="H0259" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5921" left|strong="H8040". 
\verseNumber{30}Samson|strong="H8123" said|strong="H0559", “Let|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5315" die|strong="H4191" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430"!” He|strong="H0834" bowed|strong="H5186" himself|strong="H5315" with|strong="H5973" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" might|strong="H3581"; and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" fell|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" lords|strong="H5633", and|strong="H1004" on|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" dead|strong="H4191" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" killed|strong="H4191" at|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" death|strong="H4191" were|strong="H0834" more|strong="H5921" than|strong="H5921" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" killed|strong="H4191" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H0853" his|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" came|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="H3478" took|strong="H5375" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H3478" brought|strong="H5927" him|strong="H0853" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0853" between|strong="H0996" Zorah|strong="H6881" and|strong="H3478" Eshtaol|strong="H0847" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" burial|strong="H6913" site of|strong="H1004" Manoah|strong="H4495" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001". He|strong="H1931" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478" twenty|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141". 
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\chapterNumber{17}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H1961" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H0376" Ephraim|strong="H0669", whose|strong="H0376" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Micah|strong="H4319". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517", “The|strong="H0559" eleven hundred|strong="H3967" pieces of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0859", about|strong="H3947" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" uttered|strong="H0422" a|strong="H3947" curse|strong="H1288", and|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1571" spoke|strong="H0559" it|strong="H3947" in|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" ears|strong="H0241"—behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0559" silver|strong="H3701" is|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H0589". I|strong="H0589" took|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3947".” 
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His|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517" said|strong="H0559", “May|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121"!” 
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\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H6213" restored|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" eleven hundred|strong="H3967" pieces of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517", then|strong="H6258" his|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H6258" most certainly|strong="H7725" dedicate|strong="H6942" the|strong="H0853" silver|strong="H3701" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" from|strong="H7725" my|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" for|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121", to|strong="H0559" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3068" carved|strong="H6459" image|strong="H6459" and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3068" molten image|strong="H6459". Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H3068" restore|strong="H7725" it|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H6213" restored|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5414" mother|strong="H0517", his|strong="H5414" mother|strong="H0517" took|strong="H3947" two|strong="H3947" hundred|strong="H3967" pieces of|strong="H1004" silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3967" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" a|strong="H1961" silversmith|strong="H6884", who|strong="H0517" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" carved|strong="H6459" image|strong="H6459" and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H1961" molten image|strong="H6459" out|strong="H0853" of|strong="H1004" it|strong="H5414". It|strong="H5414" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Micah|strong="H4319". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" Micah|strong="H4318" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" gods|strong="H0430", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0430" made|strong="H6213" an|strong="H1961" ephod|strong="H0646", and|strong="H1121" teraphim|strong="H8655",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{17:5  }teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.} and|strong="H1121" consecrated one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121", who|strong="H0376" became|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{6}In|strong="H3478" those|strong="H0376" days|strong="H3117" there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". Everyone|strong="H0376" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H0369" right|strong="H3477" in|strong="H3478" his|strong="H0376" own|strong="H0376" eyes|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{7}There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" out|strong="H8033" of|strong="H4940" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" Judah|strong="H3063", of|strong="H4940" the|strong="H1961" family|strong="H4940" of|strong="H4940" Judah|strong="H3063", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" Levite|strong="H3881"; and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H1481" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H0834" man|strong="H0376" departed|strong="H0935" out|strong="H4672" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892", out|strong="H4672" of|strong="H1004" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" Judah|strong="H3063", to|strong="H0935" live|strong="H1481" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" could|strong="H0376" find|strong="H4672" a|strong="H4672" place|strong="H1004", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H1004" Ephraim|strong="H0669", to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Micah|strong="H4318", as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" travelled. 
\verseNumber{9}Micah|strong="H4318" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Where|strong="H0834" did|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935"?” 
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He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “I|strong="H0834" am|strong="H0595" a|strong="H4672" Levite|strong="H3881" of|strong="H0935" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1980" I|strong="H0834" am|strong="H0595" looking|strong="H4672" for|strong="H0413" a|strong="H4672" place|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" live|strong="H1980".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Micah|strong="H4318" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5414", “Dwell|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3701" be|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3701" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3701" I|strong="H0595" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" ten|strong="H6235" pieces of|strong="H3117" silver|strong="H3701" per year|strong="H3117", a|strong="H1961" suit|strong="H6187" of|strong="H3117" clothing|strong="H0899", and|strong="H3701" your|strong="H5414" food.” So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" Levite|strong="H3881" went|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H1961" Levite|strong="H3881" was|strong="H1961" content to|strong="H1961" dwell|strong="H3427" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H0854" as|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{12}Micah|strong="H4318" consecrated the|strong="H0853" Levite|strong="H3881", and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" became|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3027" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Micah|strong="H4318". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1961" Micah|strong="H4318" said|strong="H0559", “Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3190" good|strong="H3190" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H1961", since|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" Levite|strong="H3881" as|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3068" priest|strong="H3548".” 
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\chapterNumber{18}In|strong="H3427" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117" there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" no|strong="H3808" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478". In|strong="H3427" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" Danites|strong="H1839" sought|strong="H1245" an|strong="H3588" inheritance|strong="H5159" to|strong="H5704" dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427"; for|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117", their|strong="H1992" inheritance|strong="H5159" had|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" fallen|strong="H5307" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H1992" amongst the|strong="H3588" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" sent|strong="H7971" five|strong="H2568" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H7971" family|strong="H4940" from|strong="H0935" their|strong="H7971" whole|strong="H7098" number|strong="H7098", men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" valour, from|strong="H0935" Zorah|strong="H6881" and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H0935" Eshtaol|strong="H0847", to|strong="H0413" spy|strong="H7270" out|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" search|strong="H2713" it|strong="H8033". They|strong="H8033" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Go|strong="H0935", explore|strong="H2713" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776"!” 
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They|strong="H8033" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669", to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Micah|strong="H4318", and|strong="H1121" lodged there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H0935" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" by|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Micah|strong="H4318", they|strong="H1992" knew the|strong="H0853" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" the|strong="H0853" Levite|strong="H3881"; so|strong="H6213" they|strong="H1992" went|strong="H0935" over|strong="H0853" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853", “Who|strong="H4310" brought|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0859" here|strong="H6311"? What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0859" do|strong="H6213" in|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H1004"? What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0859" here|strong="H6311"?” 
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\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Thus|strong="H2088" and|strong="H3548" thus|strong="H2088" has|strong="H1961" Micah|strong="H4318" dealt with|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3548" he|strong="H6213" has|strong="H1961" hired|strong="H7936" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3548" I|strong="H2088" have|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548".” 
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\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921", “Please|strong="H4994" ask|strong="H7592" counsel of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430", that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" may|strong="H4994" know|strong="H3045" whether our|strong="H5921" way|strong="H1870" which|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" go|strong="H1980" shall|strong="H0834" be|strong="H4994" prosperous|strong="H6743".” 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H0559" priest|strong="H3548" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H1870", “Go in|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H7965". Your|strong="H3068" way|strong="H1870" in|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" go is|strong="H0834" before|strong="H5227" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" five|strong="H2568" men|strong="H0376" departed|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Laish and|strong="H0935" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" there|strong="H0369", how|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" safety|strong="H0983", in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1697" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" Sidonians|strong="H6722", quiet|strong="H8252" and|strong="H0935" secure|strong="H0982"; for|strong="H0776" there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0376" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" possessing authority|strong="H1697", that|strong="H0834" might|strong="H0834" put|strong="H0935" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H0935" shame|strong="H3637" in|strong="H3427" anything|strong="H1697", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" far|strong="H7350" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" Sidonians|strong="H6722", and|strong="H0935" had|strong="H0834" no|strong="H0369" dealings|strong="H1697" with|strong="H5973" anyone|strong="H0376" else. 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H0559" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H0935" brothers|strong="H0251" at|strong="H0413" Zorah|strong="H6881" and|strong="H0935" Eshtaol|strong="H0847"; and|strong="H0935" their|strong="H0935" brothers|strong="H0251" asked|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0413", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0859" say|strong="H0559"?” 
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\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Arise|strong="H6965", and|strong="H0935" let’s go|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853"; for|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0776" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009", it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H0776" very|strong="H3966" good|strong="H2896". Do|strong="H0408" you|strong="H0859" stand|strong="H6965" still|strong="H2814"? Don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H0408" slothful to|strong="H0559" go|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" enter|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" possess|strong="H3423" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0834" go|strong="H0935", you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0430" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" an|strong="H5414" unsuspecting|strong="H0982" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" is|strong="H0369" large; for|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H0430" given|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027", a|strong="H3588" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" lack|strong="H4270" of|strong="H0776" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H8033" family|strong="H4940" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H8033" Danites|strong="H1839" set|strong="H5265" out|strong="H5265" from|strong="H5265" Zorah|strong="H6881" and|strong="H3967" Eshtaol|strong="H0847" with|strong="H0376" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" armed|strong="H2296" with|strong="H0376" weapons|strong="H3627" of|strong="H0376" war|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H3651" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3063" encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H5921" Kiriath|strong="H7157" Jearim in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063". Therefore|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" call|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3117" place|strong="H4725" Mahaneh Dan to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". Behold|strong="H2009", it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" behind|strong="H0310" Kiriath|strong="H7157" Jearim. 
\verseNumber{13}They|strong="H8033" passed|strong="H5674" from|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H1004" Ephraim|strong="H0669", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Micah|strong="H4318". 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H6030" the|strong="H0853" five|strong="H2568" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" spy|strong="H7270" out|strong="H3045" the|strong="H0853" country|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1004" Laish answered|strong="H0559" and|strong="H1980" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3588" brothers|strong="H0251", “Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H4100" in|strong="H1980" these|strong="H0428" houses|strong="H1004" an|strong="H3588" ephod|strong="H0646", and|strong="H1980" teraphim|strong="H8655",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{18:14  }teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.} and|strong="H1980" a|strong="H3588" carved|strong="H6459" image|strong="H6459", and|strong="H1980" a|strong="H3588" molten image|strong="H6459"? Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" consider|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3426" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213".” 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H8033" went|strong="H0935" over|strong="H0413" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0413" young|strong="H5288" Levite|strong="H3881" man|strong="H5288", even to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Micah|strong="H4318", and|strong="H0935" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H0413" how|strong="H7965" he|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1004" doing. 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H0834" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" armed|strong="H2296" with|strong="H0376" their|strong="H0834" weapons|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1121" war|strong="H4421", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835", stood|strong="H5324" by|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0834" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H0853" five|strong="H2568" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0935" spy|strong="H7270" out|strong="H7270" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" went|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5927", and|strong="H1980" came|strong="H0935" in|strong="H1980" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H1980" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" engraved|strong="H6456" image, the|strong="H0853" ephod|strong="H0646", the|strong="H0853" teraphim|strong="H8655", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" molten image; and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548" stood|strong="H5324" by|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" gate|strong="H8179" with|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" armed|strong="H2296" with|strong="H1980" weapons|strong="H3627" of|strong="H0776" war|strong="H4421". 
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H0935" these|strong="H0428" went|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" Micah’s|strong="H4318" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H0935" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" engraved image|strong="H6459", the|strong="H0853" ephod|strong="H0646", the|strong="H0853" teraphim|strong="H8655", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" molten image|strong="H6459", the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H0428" you|strong="H0859" doing|strong="H6213"?” 
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\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921", “Hold|strong="H1004" your|strong="H5921" peace, put|strong="H7760" your|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" mouth|strong="H6310", and|strong="H3478" go|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5921". Be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" to|strong="H0559" us|strong="H5921". Is|strong="H0376" it|strong="H7760" better|strong="H2896" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" one|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0376", or|strong="H0176" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" to|strong="H0559" a|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H7626" and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" family|strong="H4940" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478"?” 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H0853" priest’s|strong="H3548" heart|strong="H3820" was|strong="H3820" glad|strong="H3190", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0853" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" ephod|strong="H0646", the|strong="H0853" teraphim|strong="H8655", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" engraved image|strong="H6459", and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H7760" they|strong="H7760" turned|strong="H6437" and|strong="H6440" departed, and|strong="H6440" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H0853" little|strong="H2945" ones|strong="H2945", the|strong="H0853" livestock|strong="H4735", and|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" goods before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{22}When|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0834" good|strong="H7368" way from|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Micah|strong="H4318", the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" houses|strong="H1004" near|strong="H5973" Micah’s|strong="H4318" house|strong="H1004" gathered together|strong="H2199" and|strong="H1121" overtook|strong="H1692" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835". 
\verseNumber{23}As|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835", they|strong="H3588" turned|strong="H5437" their|strong="H3588" faces|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Micah|strong="H4318", “What|strong="H4100" ails you|strong="H3588", that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" come|strong="H5437" with|strong="H0413" such a|strong="H3588" company?” 
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\verseNumber{24}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" gods|strong="H0430" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213", and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H0430" have|strong="H0834" gone away|strong="H3947"! What|strong="H4100" more|strong="H5750" do|strong="H6213" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834"? How|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0834" ask|strong="H0559" me|strong="H0413", ‘What|strong="H4100" ails you|strong="H0834"?’” 
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\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H0408" your|strong="H8085" voice|strong="H6963" be|strong="H0408" heard|strong="H8085" amongst us|strong="H0413", lest|strong="H6435" angry fellows|strong="H0376" fall|strong="H6293" on|strong="H0413" you|strong="H5973", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5973" lose|strong="H0622" your|strong="H8085" life|strong="H5315", with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0559" lives|strong="H5315" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H8085" household|strong="H1004".” 
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\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H3588" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" went|strong="H7725" their|strong="H1992" way|strong="H1870"; and|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3588" Micah|strong="H4318" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1121" too|strong="H4480" strong|strong="H2389" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H0413", he|strong="H3588" turned|strong="H6437" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7725" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{27}They|strong="H1992" took|strong="H3947" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" Micah|strong="H4318" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Laish, to|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" quiet|strong="H8252" and|strong="H0935" unsuspecting|strong="H0982", and|strong="H0935" struck|strong="H5221" them|strong="H1992" with|strong="H8313" the|strong="H0853" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719"; then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" burnt|strong="H8313" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" with|strong="H8313" fire|strong="H0784". 
\verseNumber{28}There|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" deliverer|strong="H5337", because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H0369" far|strong="H7350" from|strong="H5337" Sidon|strong="H6721", and|strong="H0120" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" no|strong="H0369" dealings|strong="H1697" with|strong="H5973" anyone|strong="H0120" else; and|strong="H0120" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H0369" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" valley|strong="H6010" that|strong="H0834" lies|strong="H0834" by|strong="H3427" Beth Rehob. They|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H0120" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" it|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{29}They|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3205" the|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892" Dan|strong="H1835", after|strong="H8034" the|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3205" Dan|strong="H1835" their|strong="H0834" father|strong="H0001", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H8034" born|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478"; however|strong="H0199" the|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3205" the|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892" used to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H8034" Laish. 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" for|strong="H0776" themselves the|strong="H0853" engraved image|strong="H6459"; and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129", the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gershom|strong="H1647", the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Moses, and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" priests|strong="H3548" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Danites|strong="H1839" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" captivity|strong="H1540" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{31}So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H0834" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H7760" for|strong="H1004" themselves|strong="H7760" Micah’s|strong="H4318" engraved image|strong="H6459" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213", and|strong="H0430" it|strong="H7760" remained|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0430" Shiloh|strong="H7887". 
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\chapterNumber{19}In|strong="H3478" those|strong="H0376" days|strong="H3117", when|strong="H1961" there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" a|strong="H1961" certain|strong="H0376" Levite|strong="H3881" living|strong="H1481" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3947" farther side|strong="H1992" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3947" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H4428" Ephraim|strong="H0669", who|strong="H0376" took|strong="H3947" for|strong="H3117" himself|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" concubine|strong="H6370" out|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{2}His|strong="H5921" concubine|strong="H6370" played|strong="H2181" the|strong="H0853" prostitute|strong="H2181" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3063" went|strong="H0413" away from|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0413" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" was|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H5921" four|strong="H0702" months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{3}Her|strong="H5921" husband|strong="H0376" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" after|strong="H0310" her|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0935" speak|strong="H1696" kindly|strong="H3820" to|strong="H0935" her|strong="H5921", to|strong="H0935" bring|strong="H0935" her|strong="H5921" again|strong="H7725", having his|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5288" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H0935" a|strong="H7200" couple|strong="H6776" of|strong="H1004" donkeys|strong="H2543". She|strong="H3820" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H5921" into|strong="H0935" her|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H0935" when|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" young|strong="H5288" lady|strong="H5291" saw|strong="H7200" him|strong="H5921", he|strong="H0310" rejoiced|strong="H8055" to|strong="H0935" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{4}His|strong="H2388" father-in-law|strong="H2859", the|strong="H3117" young|strong="H5291" lady’s father|strong="H0001", kept|strong="H0398" him|strong="H0854" there|strong="H8033"; and|strong="H0398" he|strong="H3117" stayed|strong="H3427" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0854" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117". So|strong="H3427" they|strong="H8033" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H0398" drank|strong="H8354", and|strong="H0398" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{5}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" fourth|strong="H7243" day|strong="H3117", they|strong="H3117" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" morning|strong="H1242", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H0310" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H0413" depart. The|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5291" lady’s father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1961" son-in-law|strong="H2860", “Strengthen|strong="H6965" your|strong="H1961" heart|strong="H3820" with|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1961" morsel|strong="H6595" of|strong="H3117" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H6965" afterward|strong="H0310" you|strong="H3117" shall|strong="H3117" go|strong="H6965" your|strong="H1961" way.” 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H3427" they|strong="H0376" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427", ate|strong="H0398", and|strong="H0398" drank|strong="H8354", both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H0413" together|strong="H3162". Then|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5291" lady’s father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376", “Please|strong="H4994" be|strong="H0376" pleased|strong="H2974" to|strong="H0413" stay|strong="H3427" all|strong="H3162" night, and|strong="H0398" let|strong="H4994" your|strong="H0398" heart|strong="H3820" be|strong="H0376" merry|strong="H3190".” 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H7725" man|strong="H0376" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H7725" depart; but|strong="H0376" his|strong="H7725" father-in-law|strong="H2859" urged|strong="H6484" him|strong="H7725", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H8033" stayed|strong="H3885" there|strong="H8033" again|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H5704" arose|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" morning|strong="H1242" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" fifth|strong="H2549" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H0559" depart; and|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5291" lady’s father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" strengthen your|strong="H5186" heart|strong="H3824" and|strong="H0398" stay until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0559" day|strong="H3117" declines;” and|strong="H0398" they|strong="H3117" both|strong="H8147" ate|strong="H0398". 
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H0559" depart|strong="H1980", he|strong="H1931", and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H0376" concubine|strong="H6370", and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H0376" servant|strong="H5288", his|strong="H0376" father-in-law|strong="H2859", the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" lady’s father|strong="H0001", said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H1931", “Behold|strong="H2009", now|strong="H4994" the|strong="H0559" day|strong="H3117" draws towards evening|strong="H6150", please|strong="H4994" stay|strong="H3885" all|strong="H3117" night. Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0559" day|strong="H3117" is|strong="H1931" ending. Stay|strong="H3885" here|strong="H6311", that|strong="H3117" your|strong="H4994" heart|strong="H3824" may|strong="H4994" be|strong="H0376" merry|strong="H3190"; and|strong="H1980" tomorrow|strong="H4279" go|strong="H1980" on|strong="H3117" your|strong="H4994" way|strong="H1870" early|strong="H7925", that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" may|strong="H4994" go|strong="H1980" home|strong="H0168".” 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0935" man|strong="H0376" wouldn’t stay|strong="H3885" that|strong="H1931" night, but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1931" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" near|strong="H5973" Jebus|strong="H2982" (also|strong="H0935" called Jerusalem|strong="H3389"). With|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" were|strong="H0376" a|strong="H0935" couple|strong="H6776" of|strong="H0376" saddled|strong="H2280" donkeys|strong="H2543". His|strong="H0376" concubine|strong="H6370" also|strong="H0935" was|strong="H1931" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973". 
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\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H3117" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" by|strong="H0413" Jebus|strong="H2982", the|strong="H0559" day|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" far|strong="H0413" spent|strong="H3885"; and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" servant|strong="H5288" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5493" master|strong="H0113", “Please|strong="H4994" come|strong="H4994" and|strong="H3117" let’s|strong="H4994" enter into|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" Jebusites|strong="H2983", and|strong="H3117" stay|strong="H3885" in|strong="H0413" it.” 
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\verseNumber{12}His|strong="H0834" master|strong="H0113" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “We|strong="H0834" won’t|strong="H3808" enter into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H0834" foreigner|strong="H5237" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478"; but|strong="H3808" we|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" pass|strong="H5674" over|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Gibeah|strong="H1390".” 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H7126" servant|strong="H5288", “Come|strong="H7126" and|strong="H5288" let’s draw|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" to|strong="H0559" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4725" these places|strong="H4725"; and|strong="H5288" we will|strong="H5288" lodge in|strong="H0176" Gibeah|strong="H1390", or|strong="H0176" in|strong="H0176" Ramah|strong="H7414".” 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" passed|strong="H5674" on|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" their|strong="H0935" way; and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" sun|strong="H8121" went|strong="H0935" down on|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0935" near|strong="H0681" Gibeah|strong="H1390", which|strong="H0834" belongs to|strong="H0935" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H8033" went|strong="H0935" over|strong="H0853" there|strong="H8033", to|strong="H0935" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3427" to|strong="H0935" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Gibeah|strong="H1390". He|strong="H8033" went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3427", and|strong="H0935" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" street|strong="H7339" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892"; for|strong="H1004" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" took|strong="H5493" them|strong="H0853" into|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0376" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0935" stay|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{16}Behold|strong="H2009", an|strong="H4480" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H0376" came|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4480" his|strong="H0376" work|strong="H4639" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0935" field|strong="H7704" at|strong="H0935" evening|strong="H6153". Now|strong="H2009" the|strong="H0935" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="H1931" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0935" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H0376" Ephraim|strong="H0669", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H1481" in|strong="H0935" Gibeah|strong="H1390"; but|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0935" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0935" place|strong="H4725" were|strong="H0376" Benjamites|strong="H1145". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H0853" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" eyes|strong="H5869", and|strong="H0935" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" wayfaring man|strong="H0376" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" street|strong="H7339" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892"; and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559", “Where|strong="H0575" are|strong="H0376" you|strong="H0935" going|strong="H0935"? Where|strong="H0575" did|strong="H0376" you|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935"?” 
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\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H0376" passing|strong="H1980" from|strong="H0376" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" farther side of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H1004" Ephraim|strong="H0669". I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" from|strong="H0376" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H1980" I|strong="H0589" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" Judah|strong="H3063". I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H1980" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" has|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H0622" me|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{19}Yet|strong="H1571" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" both|strong="H1571" straw|strong="H8401" and|strong="H5650" feed|strong="H4554" for|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3605" donkeys|strong="H2543"; and|strong="H5650" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H5650" wine|strong="H3196" also|strong="H1571" for|strong="H3605" me|strong="H5973", and|strong="H5650" for|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650", and|strong="H5650" for|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H0369" with|strong="H5973" your|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650". There|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" lack|strong="H4270" of|strong="H1697" anything|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H3605" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559", “Peace|strong="H7965" be|strong="H0408" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H3605"! Just|strong="H3605" let|strong="H0408" me|strong="H5921" supply all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" needs|strong="H4270", but|strong="H7535" don’t|strong="H0408" sleep in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" street|strong="H7339".” 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1004" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H0935" gave|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" donkeys|strong="H2543" fodder. Then|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0935" washed|strong="H7364" their|strong="H0398" feet|strong="H7272", and|strong="H0935" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H0935" drank|strong="H8354". 
\verseNumber{22}As|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" making their|strong="H1992" hearts|strong="H3820" merry|strong="H3190", behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", certain|strong="H0376" wicked|strong="H1100" fellows|strong="H0376", surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004", beating at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" door|strong="H1817"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" master|strong="H0559" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004", the|strong="H0853" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H0376", saying|strong="H0559", “Bring|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" your|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004", that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0834" can|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" sex with|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413"!” 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376", the|strong="H0853" master|strong="H0559" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004", went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “No|strong="H0408", my|strong="H0834" brothers|strong="H0251", please|strong="H4994" don’t|strong="H0408" act|strong="H5039" so|strong="H6213" wickedly; since|strong="H0310" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H0376" has|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" my|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004", don’t|strong="H0408" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" folly|strong="H5039". 
\verseNumber{24}Behold|strong="H2009", here|strong="H2009" is|strong="H2088" my|strong="H3318" virgin|strong="H1330" daughter|strong="H1323" and|strong="H0376" his|strong="H0376" concubine|strong="H6370". I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H0376" bring|strong="H3318" them|strong="H0853" out|strong="H3318" now|strong="H4994". Humble them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H0376" do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H0376" them|strong="H0853" what|strong="H1697" seems|strong="H5869" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0376" you|strong="H6213"; but|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0376" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H0376" don’t|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" any|strong="H0376" such|strong="H2088" folly|strong="H5039".” 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" wouldn’t listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413"; so|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" grabbed|strong="H2388" his|strong="H3605" concubine|strong="H6370", and|strong="H7971" brought|strong="H3318" her|strong="H3605" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3808" had|strong="H3045" sex with|strong="H0413" her|strong="H3605", and|strong="H7971" abused her|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242". When|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H1242" began to|strong="H0413" dawn|strong="H7837", they|strong="H3808" let|strong="H7971" her|strong="H3605" go|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" woman|strong="H0802" came|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" dawning of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" day|strong="H1242", and|strong="H0935" fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" door|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" man’s|strong="H0376" house|strong="H1004" where|strong="H0834" her|strong="H0802" lord|strong="H0113" was|strong="H0834", until|strong="H5704" it|strong="H5704" was|strong="H0834" light|strong="H0216". 
\verseNumber{27}Her|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H6965" opened|strong="H6605" the|strong="H5921" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5921" go|strong="H3318" his|strong="H5921" way|strong="H1870"; and|strong="H6965" behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H0802" his|strong="H5921" concubine|strong="H6370" had|strong="H3027" fallen|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" door|strong="H1817" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004", with|strong="H1004" her|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" threshold. 
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\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", “Get|strong="H3947" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" let’s get|strong="H3947" going!” but|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0376" answered|strong="H0559". Then|strong="H6030" he|strong="H0376" took|strong="H3947" her|strong="H0413" up|strong="H6965" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" donkey|strong="H2543"; and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H6965" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725". 
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\verseNumber{29}When|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0853" had|strong="H3478" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", he|strong="H0853" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" knife|strong="H3979" and|strong="H0935" cut|strong="H5408" up|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3605" concubine|strong="H6370", and|strong="H0935" divided her|strong="H3605", limb|strong="H6106" by|strong="H0413" limb|strong="H6106", into|strong="H0413" twelve|strong="H6240" pieces|strong="H5409", and|strong="H0935" sent|strong="H7971" her|strong="H3605" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" borders|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{30}It|strong="H7760" was|strong="H1961" so|strong="H1961", that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7760" said|strong="H0559", “Such|strong="H2088" a|strong="H1961" deed has|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" or|strong="H3808" seen|strong="H7200" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" came|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117"! Consider|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7760", take|strong="H7760" counsel|strong="H5779", and|strong="H1121" speak|strong="H1696".” 
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\chapterNumber{20}Then|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" congregation|strong="H5712" was|strong="H3068" assembled|strong="H6950" as|strong="H5704" one|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0376", from|strong="H3318" Dan|strong="H1835" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0413" Beersheba|strong="H0884", with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Gilead|strong="H1568", to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" at|strong="H0413" Mizpah|strong="H4709". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H3605" chiefs|strong="H6438" of|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", even of|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478", presented|strong="H3320" themselves|strong="H3320" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430", four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" footmen|strong="H7273" who|strong="H3605" drew|strong="H8025" sword|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{3}(Now|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0559" Mizpah|strong="H4709".) The|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", “Tell|strong="H0559" us|strong="H3588", how|strong="H0349" did this|strong="H2063" wickedness|strong="H7451" happen|strong="H1961"?” 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H0559" Levite|strong="H3881", the|strong="H0559" husband|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" murdered|strong="H7523", answered|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0589" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" Gibeah|strong="H1390" that|strong="H0834" belongs to|strong="H0559" Benjamin|strong="H1144", I|strong="H0589" and|strong="H0935" my|strong="H0834" concubine|strong="H6370", to|strong="H0559" spend|strong="H3885" the|strong="H0559" night. 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H0853" men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1004" Gibeah|strong="H1390" rose|strong="H6965" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H6965" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" by|strong="H5921" night|strong="H3915". They|strong="H5921" intended|strong="H1819" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H5921" raped my|strong="H5921" concubine|strong="H6370", and|strong="H6965" she|strong="H6965" is|strong="H1004" dead|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3588" took|strong="H0270" my|strong="H3605" concubine|strong="H6370" and|strong="H3478" cut|strong="H5408" her|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" pieces|strong="H5408", and|strong="H3478" sent|strong="H7971" her|strong="H3605" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H7704" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H3605" inheritance|strong="H5159" of|strong="H7704" Israel|strong="H3478"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3478" committed|strong="H6213" lewdness|strong="H2154" and|strong="H3478" folly|strong="H5039" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{7}Behold|strong="H2009", you|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3605", give|strong="H3051" here|strong="H2009" your|strong="H3605" advice|strong="H6098" and|strong="H1121" counsel|strong="H6098".” 
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\verseNumber{8}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" arose|strong="H6965" as|strong="H0376" one|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0376", saying|strong="H0559", “None|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1004" us|strong="H0559" will|strong="H0376" go|strong="H6965" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168", neither|strong="H3808" will|strong="H0376" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" us|strong="H0559" turn|strong="H5493" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" thing|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" Gibeah|strong="H1390": we|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" go up|strong="H5921" against|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" lot|strong="H1486"; 
\verseNumber{10}and|strong="H0935" we|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" take|strong="H3947" ten|strong="H6235" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" one|strong="H0376" hundred|strong="H3967" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H0935" one|strong="H0376" hundred|strong="H3967" of|strong="H0376" one|strong="H0376" thousand|strong="H0505", and|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3947" thousand|strong="H0505" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0376" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" to|strong="H0935" get|strong="H3947" food|strong="H6720" for|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0376" do|strong="H6213", when|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Gibeah of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144", according|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" folly|strong="H5039" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Gibeah have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" in|strong="H0935" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H0259" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H0622" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", knit together|strong="H0622" as|strong="H0376" one|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0376". 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" sent|strong="H7971" men|strong="H0376" through|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144", saying|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" wickedness|strong="H7451" is|strong="H0834" this|strong="H2063" that|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" happened|strong="H1961" amongst you|strong="H0834"? 
\verseNumber{13}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" deliver|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376", the|strong="H0853" wicked|strong="H7451" fellows|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3478" Gibeah|strong="H1390", that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0376" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" death|strong="H4191" and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H5414" away|strong="H7451" evil|strong="H7451" from|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
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But|strong="H3808" Benjamin|strong="H1144" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0853" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H5414" brothers|strong="H0251", the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H4480" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" gathered|strong="H0622" themselves|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" cities|strong="H5892" to|strong="H3478" Gibeah|strong="H1390", to|strong="H3478" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3478" battle|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H4480" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H3117" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" were|strong="H1121" counted|strong="H6485" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" out|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3117" cities|strong="H5892" twenty-six|strong="H8337" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" drew|strong="H8025" the|strong="H3117" sword|strong="H2719", in|strong="H3427" addition to|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3117" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390", who|strong="H0376" were|strong="H1121" counted|strong="H6485" seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" chosen men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{16}Amongst all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2088" soldiers|strong="H0376" there|strong="H2088" were|strong="H0376" seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" chosen men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H0376" left-handed|strong="H3225". Every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H0413" could|strong="H0376" sling a|strong="H2088" stone|strong="H0068" at|strong="H0413" a|strong="H2088" hair|strong="H8185" and|strong="H3967" not|strong="H3808" miss|strong="H2398". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478", besides|strong="H0905" Benjamin|strong="H1144", were|strong="H3478" counted|strong="H6485" four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3605" drew|strong="H8025" sword|strong="H2719". All|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2088" were|strong="H3478" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" war|strong="H4421". 
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\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" arose|strong="H6965", went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0559" Bethel|strong="H1008", and|strong="H1121" asked|strong="H7592" counsel of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430". They|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H7592", “Who|strong="H4310" shall|strong="H1121" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" for|strong="H7592" us|strong="H0559" first|strong="H8462" to|strong="H0559" battle|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144"?” 
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The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Judah|strong="H3063" first|strong="H8462".” 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H1121" encamped|strong="H2583" against|strong="H5921" Gibeah|strong="H1390". 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" battle|strong="H4421" against|strong="H0413" Benjamin|strong="H1144"; and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" set|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" battle|strong="H4421" in|strong="H0413" array|strong="H4421" against|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413" at|strong="H0413" Gibeah|strong="H1390". 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H4480" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390", and|strong="H1121" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" destroyed|strong="H7843" twenty-two|strong="H8147" thousand|strong="H0505" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" Israelite|strong="H3478" men|strong="H0376" down to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H4480" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971", the|strong="H0834" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478", encouraged|strong="H2388" themselves, and|strong="H3478" set|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" battle|strong="H4421" again|strong="H3254" in|strong="H3478" array|strong="H4421" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0834" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" set|strong="H0834" themselves in|strong="H3478" array|strong="H4421" the|strong="H0834" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H1121" wept|strong="H1058" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" until|strong="H5704" evening|strong="H6153"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H7592" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559", “Shall|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5704" again|strong="H3254" draw|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" battle|strong="H4421" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" my|strong="H3068" brother|strong="H0251"?” 
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The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H0413" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" came|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" the|strong="H0413" second|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{25}Benjamin|strong="H1144" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" against|strong="H4480" them|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390" the|strong="H3605" second|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1121" destroyed|strong="H7843" down|strong="H0428" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" again|strong="H5750" eighteen|strong="H6240" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376". All|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" drew|strong="H8025" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719". 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" went|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927", and|strong="H1121" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Bethel|strong="H1008", and|strong="H1121" wept|strong="H1058", and|strong="H1121" sat|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" fasted|strong="H6684" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" until|strong="H5704" evening|strong="H6153"; then|strong="H0935" they|strong="H8033" offered|strong="H5927" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H8002" and|strong="H1121" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" asked|strong="H7592" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" (for|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H0430" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117", 
\verseNumber{28}and|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372", the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499", the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175", stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" it|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117"), saying|strong="H0559", “Shall|strong="H0175" I|strong="H3588" yet|strong="H5750" again|strong="H5750" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0559" battle|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" my|strong="H5414" brother|strong="H0251", or|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H0175" I|strong="H3588" cease|strong="H2308"?” 
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The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H3318" up|strong="H5927"; for|strong="H3588" tomorrow|strong="H4279" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027".” 
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\verseNumber{29}Israel|strong="H3478" set|strong="H7760" ambushes|strong="H0693" all|strong="H5439" around|strong="H5439" Gibeah|strong="H1390". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H0413" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0413" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1121" set|strong="H5927" themselves in|strong="H0413" array against|strong="H0413" Gibeah|strong="H1390", as|strong="H3117" at|strong="H0413" other|strong="H6471" times|strong="H6471". 
\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" against|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H1121" were|strong="H0834" drawn|strong="H5423" away|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" strike|strong="H5221" and|strong="H1121" kill|strong="H5221" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" as|strong="H0834" at|strong="H3478" other|strong="H0259" times|strong="H6471", in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0834" highways|strong="H4546", of|strong="H1121" which|strong="H0834" one|strong="H0259" goes|strong="H3318" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" other|strong="H0259" to|strong="H3478" Gibeah|strong="H1390", in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0834" field|strong="H7704", about|strong="H4480" thirty|strong="H7970" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" said|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" struck|strong="H5062" down|strong="H5062" before|strong="H6440" us|strong="H0413", as|strong="H1121" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" first|strong="H7223".” But|strong="H1992" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", “Let’s|strong="H5423" flee|strong="H5127", and|strong="H1121" draw|strong="H5423" them|strong="H0413" away|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" highways|strong="H4546".” 
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\verseNumber{33}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0376" their|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" and|strong="H6965" set|strong="H6965" themselves in|strong="H3478" array at|strong="H3478" Baal Tamar. Then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" ambushers of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" broke|strong="H1518" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0376" their|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725", even out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0376" Maareh Geba. 
\verseNumber{34}Ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" chosen|strong="H3045" men|strong="H0376" out|strong="H3045" of|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" came|strong="H0935" over|strong="H5921" against|strong="H5921" Gibeah|strong="H1390", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421" was|strong="H3478" severe; but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" didn’t|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" disaster|strong="H7451" was|strong="H3478" close|strong="H5060" to|strong="H0935" them|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{35}The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5062" Benjamin|strong="H1144" before|strong="H6440" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" destroyed|strong="H7843" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" twenty-five|strong="H2568" thousand|strong="H0505" and|strong="H1121" one|strong="H0376" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376". All|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" drew|strong="H8025" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{36}So|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" struck|strong="H5062", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0834" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" yielded|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" Benjamin|strong="H1144" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" trusted|strong="H0982" the|strong="H0834" ambushers whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" set|strong="H7760" against|strong="H0413" Gibeah|strong="H1390". 
\verseNumber{37}The|strong="H3605" ambushers hurried, and|strong="H2719" rushed|strong="H6584" on|strong="H0413" Gibeah|strong="H1390"; then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H3605" ambushers spread out|strong="H0413", and|strong="H2719" struck|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H6310" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{38}Now|strong="H1961" the|strong="H4480" appointed|strong="H4150" sign|strong="H4150" between|strong="H5973" the|strong="H4480" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H4480" ambushers was|strong="H1961" that|strong="H4480" they|strong="H0376" should|strong="H0376" make a|strong="H1961" great cloud|strong="H4864" of|strong="H0376" smoke|strong="H6227" rise|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{39}The|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" turned|strong="H2015" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0559" battle|strong="H4421", and|strong="H3478" Benjamin|strong="H1144" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H0559" strike|strong="H5221" and|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H5221" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" about|strong="H5221" thirty|strong="H7970" persons|strong="H0376"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Surely|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" struck|strong="H5221" down|strong="H5221" before|strong="H6440" us|strong="H3588", as|strong="H0376" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0559" first|strong="H7223" battle|strong="H4421".” 
\verseNumber{40}But|strong="H2009" when|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" cloud|strong="H4864" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H4480" arise|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892" in|strong="H8064" a|strong="H4480" pillar|strong="H5982" of|strong="H4480" smoke|strong="H6227", the|strong="H4480" Benjamites looked|strong="H6437" behind|strong="H0310" them|strong="H0310"; and|strong="H8064" behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H4480" whole|strong="H3632" city|strong="H5892" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" in|strong="H8064" smoke|strong="H6227" to|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" sky|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{41}The|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" turned|strong="H2015", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144" were|strong="H3478" dismayed|strong="H0926"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" disaster|strong="H7451" had|strong="H3478" come|strong="H5060" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{42}Therefore|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" turned|strong="H6437" their|strong="H6440" backs before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" wilderness|strong="H4057", but|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" battle|strong="H4421" followed hard after|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H3478" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0413" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" cities|strong="H5892" destroyed|strong="H7843" them|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H0376" it|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{43}They|strong="H5704" surrounded|strong="H3803" the|strong="H0853" Benjamites, chased|strong="H7291" them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H0853" trod|strong="H1869" them|strong="H0853" down|strong="H1869" at|strong="H1144" their|strong="H1869" resting|strong="H4496" place|strong="H4496", as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" near|strong="H5704" Gibeah|strong="H1390" towards the|strong="H0853" sunrise|strong="H4217". 
\verseNumber{44}Eighteen|strong="H6240" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144" fell|strong="H5307"; all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" were|strong="H0428" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" valour. 
\verseNumber{45}They|strong="H0376" turned|strong="H6437" and|strong="H0376" fled|strong="H5127" towards the|strong="H0413" wilderness|strong="H4057" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" rock|strong="H5553" of|strong="H0376" Rimmon|strong="H7417". They|strong="H0376" gleaned five|strong="H2568" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" highways|strong="H4546", and|strong="H0376" followed|strong="H0310" hard after|strong="H0310" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Gidom|strong="H1440", and|strong="H0376" struck|strong="H5221" two|strong="H4480" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{46}So|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" fell|strong="H5307" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144" were|strong="H1961" twenty-five|strong="H2568" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3605" drew|strong="H8025" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719". All|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" were|strong="H1961" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" valour. 
\verseNumber{47}But|strong="H0376" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" turned|strong="H6437" and|strong="H3967" fled|strong="H5127" towards the|strong="H0413" wilderness|strong="H4057" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" rock|strong="H5553" of|strong="H0376" Rimmon|strong="H7417", and|strong="H3967" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0413" rock|strong="H5553" of|strong="H0376" Rimmon|strong="H7417" four|strong="H0702" months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{48}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" turned|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H1121" struck|strong="H5221" them|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719"—including|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" entire|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", the|strong="H3605" livestock|strong="H0929", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H0376" found|strong="H4672". Moreover|strong="H1571" they|strong="H0376" set|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" which|strong="H2719" they|strong="H0376" found|strong="H4672" on|strong="H0413" fire|strong="H0784". 
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\chapterNumber{21}Now|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" sworn|strong="H7650" in|strong="H3478" Mizpah|strong="H4709", saying|strong="H0559", “None|strong="H3808" of|strong="H0376" us|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" to|strong="H0559" Benjamin|strong="H1144" as|strong="H0376" a|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802".” 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H0935" sat|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" until|strong="H5704" evening|strong="H6153" before|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H0935" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" voices|strong="H6963", and|strong="H0935" wept|strong="H1058" severely. 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", why|strong="H4100" has|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063" happened|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", that|strong="H3117" there|strong="H1961" should|strong="H4100" be|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0259" tribe|strong="H7626" lacking in|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" today|strong="H3117"?” 
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\verseNumber{4}On|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1129" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283", the|strong="H1129" people|strong="H5971" rose|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" and|strong="H4196" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H4196" offered|strong="H5927" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H8002" and|strong="H4196" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" there|strong="H1961" amongst all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" come|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5927" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068"?” For|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" oath|strong="H7621" concerning|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" who|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" come|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" Mizpah|strong="H4709", saying|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H1121" surely|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1961" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H0413" death|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" grieved for|strong="H0413" Benjamin|strong="H1144" their|strong="H0413" brother|strong="H0251", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “There is|strong="H3117" one|strong="H0259" tribe|strong="H7626" cut|strong="H1438" off|strong="H1438" from|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" today|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{7}How|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0587" provide|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802" for|strong="H3068" those who|strong="H3068" remain|strong="H3498", since we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H3068" sworn|strong="H7650" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" LORD|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1115" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3068" wives|strong="H0802"?” 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H0834" one|strong="H0259" is|strong="H0834" there|strong="H2009" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" Mizpah|strong="H4709"?” Behold|strong="H2009", no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" came|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" Jabesh|strong="H3003" Gilead|strong="H1568" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" camp|strong="H4264" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" assembly|strong="H6951". 
\verseNumber{9}For|strong="H8033" when|strong="H0376" the|strong="H6485" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H0376" counted|strong="H6485", behold|strong="H2009", there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0376" none|strong="H0369" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H6485" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0376" Jabesh|strong="H3003" Gilead|strong="H1568" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H0853" congregation|strong="H5712" sent|strong="H7971" twelve|strong="H6240" thousand|strong="H0505" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" most valiant|strong="H2428" men|strong="H0376" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H1121" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H0853", saying|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H7971" and|strong="H1121" strike|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1121" Jabesh|strong="H3003" Gilead|strong="H1568" with|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719", with|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" little|strong="H2945" ones|strong="H2945". 
\verseNumber{11}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0802" do|strong="H6213": you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0802" utterly destroy|strong="H2763" every|strong="H3605" male|strong="H2145", and|strong="H0802" every|strong="H3605" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" lain with|strong="H3045" a|strong="H0834" man|strong="H2145".” 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672" amongst the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" Jabesh|strong="H3003" Gilead|strong="H1568" four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" young|strong="H5291" virgins|strong="H1330" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" known|strong="H3045" man|strong="H0376" by|strong="H0413" lying|strong="H4904" with|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" camp|strong="H4264" to|strong="H0413" Shiloh|strong="H7887", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Canaan|strong="H3667". 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" congregation|strong="H5712" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H1121" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" rock|strong="H5553" of|strong="H1121" Rimmon|strong="H7417", and|strong="H1121" proclaimed|strong="H7121" peace|strong="H7965" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{14}Benjamin|strong="H1144" returned|strong="H7725" at|strong="H7725" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256"; and|strong="H7725" they|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0834" women|strong="H0802" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" saved alive|strong="H2421" of|strong="H0802" the|strong="H0834" women|strong="H0802" of|strong="H0802" Jabesh|strong="H3003" Gilead|strong="H1568". There|strong="H4672" still|strong="H7725" weren’t enough|strong="H4672" for|strong="H6256" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" grieved for|strong="H3588" Benjamin|strong="H1144", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3588" breach|strong="H6556" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H2205" the|strong="H0559" congregation|strong="H5712" said|strong="H0559", “How|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H5712" we|strong="H3588" provide|strong="H6213" wives|strong="H0802" for|strong="H3588" those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H0802" remain|strong="H3498", since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" women|strong="H0802" are|strong="H4100" destroyed|strong="H8045" out|strong="H4100" of|strong="H2205" Benjamin|strong="H1144"?” 
\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", “There must|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" an|strong="H0559" inheritance|strong="H3425" for|strong="H3808" those who|strong="H3478" are|strong="H3478" escaped|strong="H6413" of|strong="H7626" Benjamin|strong="H1144", that|strong="H0559" a|strong="H3808" tribe|strong="H7626" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" blotted out|strong="H4229" from|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{18}However, we|strong="H0587" may|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" sworn|strong="H7650", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Cursed|strong="H0779" is|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3588" who|strong="H1121" gives|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3588" wife|strong="H0802" to|strong="H0559" Benjamin|strong="H1144".’” 
\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0834" feast|strong="H2282" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" from|strong="H5927" year|strong="H3117" to|strong="H0559" year|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3068" Shiloh|strong="H7887", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" north|strong="H6828" of|strong="H3068" Bethel|strong="H1008", on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" east|strong="H4217" side|strong="H6828" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" highway|strong="H4546" that|strong="H0834" goes|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" Bethel|strong="H1008" to|strong="H0559" Shechem|strong="H7927", and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H3068" Lebonah|strong="H3829".” 
\verseNumber{20}They|strong="H0559" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", saying|strong="H0559", “Go and|strong="H1121" lie|strong="H0693" in|strong="H0693" wait|strong="H0693" in|strong="H0693" the|strong="H0853" vineyards|strong="H3754", 
\verseNumber{21}and|strong="H1980" see|strong="H7200", and|strong="H1980" behold|strong="H2009", if|strong="H0518" the|strong="H7200" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H0776" Shiloh|strong="H7887" come|strong="H1980" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1980" dance|strong="H4246" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H7200" dances|strong="H4246", then|strong="H1980" come|strong="H1980" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H7200" vineyards|strong="H3754", and|strong="H1980" each|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" catch|strong="H2414" his|strong="H0376" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H7200" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H0776" Shiloh|strong="H7887", and|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H7200" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
\verseNumber{22}It|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H0376" be|strong="H1961", when|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5414" fathers|strong="H0001" or|strong="H0176" their|strong="H5414" brothers|strong="H0251" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" complain|strong="H7378" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H5414", that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", ‘Grant|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" graciously|strong="H2603" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H5414", because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" didn’t|strong="H3808" take|strong="H3947" for|strong="H3588" each|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802" in|strong="H0935" battle|strong="H4421", neither|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0859" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413"; otherwise|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0859" would|strong="H0559" now|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" guilty|strong="H0816".’” 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" did|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651", and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H5375" wives|strong="H0802" for|strong="H0413" themselves|strong="H1129" according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H5375" number|strong="H4557", of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" danced, whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" carried|strong="H5375" off|strong="H5375". They|strong="H0834" went|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H5375" inheritance|strong="H5159", built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" cities|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H8033" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" departed|strong="H1980" from|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" at|strong="H3478" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256", every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H1980" his|strong="H0376" tribe|strong="H7626" and|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" his|strong="H0376" family|strong="H4940", and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H8033" each|strong="H0376" went|strong="H1980" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H1980" his|strong="H0376" own|strong="H0376" inheritance|strong="H5159". 
\verseNumber{25}In|strong="H3478" those|strong="H0376" days|strong="H3117" there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". Everyone|strong="H0376" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H0369" right|strong="H3477" in|strong="H3478" his|strong="H0376" own|strong="H0376" eyes|strong="H5869". 
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