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1. Then all the people of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out. The people gathered together as one man to the Lord at Mizpah.
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1. Then all H3605 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 went out H3318 , and the congregation H5712 was gathered together H6950 as one H259 man H376 , from Dan H4480 H1835 even to H5704 Beer H884 -sheba , with the land H776 of Gilead H1568 , unto H413 the LORD H3068 in Mizpeh H4709 .
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2. The leaders of all the people, all the families of Israel, showed themselves in the meeting of the people of God. There were 400,000 soldiers on foot who used the sword.
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2. And the chief H6438 of all H3605 the people H5971 , even of all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 , presented themselves H3320 in the assembly H6951 of the people H5971 of God H430 , four H702 hundred H3967 thousand H505 footmen H376 H7273 that drew H8025 sword H2719 .
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3. (The people of Benjamin heard that the people of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) The people of Israel said, "Tell us. How did this sinful thing happen?"
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3. (Now the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 heard H8085 that H3588 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 were gone up H5927 to Mizpeh H4709 .) Then said H559 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , Tell H1696 us , how H349 was H1961 this H2063 wickedness H7451 ?
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4. The Levite, the husband of the woman who was killed, answered, "I came with my woman to stay the night at Gibeah, a city of Benjamin.
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4. And the Levite H376 H3881 , the husband H376 of the woman H802 that was slain H7523 , answered H6030 and said H559 , I came H935 into Gibeah H1390 that H834 belongeth to Benjamin H1144 , I H589 and my concubine H6370 , to lodge H3885 .
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5. But the men of Gibeah came against me. They gathered around the house at night because of me. They wanted to kill me. But they did sex with my woman instead, so she died.
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5. And the men H1167 of Gibeah H1390 rose H6965 against H5921 me , and beset the house round about H5437 H853 H1004 upon H5921 me by night H3915 , and thought H1819 to have slain H2026 me : and my concubine H6370 have they forced H6031 , that she is dead H4191 .
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6. I took my woman and cut her into pieces. I sent her out through all the land that was given to Israel. For they have done a sinful act of shame in Israel.
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6. And I took H270 my concubine H6370 , and cut her in pieces H5408 , and sent H7971 her throughout all H3605 the country H7704 of the inheritance H5159 of Israel H3478 : for H3588 they have committed H6213 lewdness H2154 and folly H5039 in Israel H3478 .
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7. All you people of Israel, say what should be done."
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7. Behold H2009 , ye are all H3605 children H1121 of Israel H3478 ; give H3051 here H1988 your advice H1697 and counsel H6098 .
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8. All the people stood up as one man, saying, "Not one of us will go to his tent. Not one of us will return to his house.
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8. And all H3605 the people H5971 arose H6965 as one H259 man H376 , saying H559 , We will not H3808 any H376 of us go H1980 to his tent H168 , neither H3808 will we any H376 of us turn H5493 into his house H1004 .
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9. But this is what we will do to Gibeah. We will go against it by drawing names.
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9. But now H6258 this H2088 shall be the thing H1697 which H834 we will do H6213 to Gibeah H1390 ; we will go up by lot H1486 against H5921 it;
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10. We will take ten men of every 100 among the families of Israel, and 100 of every 1,000, and 1,000 of every 10,000. They will take food for the people. So when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, they may punish them for all the acts of shame they have done in Israel."
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10. And we will take H3947 ten H6235 men H376 of a hundred H3967 throughout all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 , and a hundred H3967 of a thousand H505 , and a thousand H505 out of ten thousand H7233 , to fetch H3947 victual H6720 for the people H5971 , that they may do H6213 , when they come H935 to Gibeah H1387 of Benjamin H1144 , according to all H3605 the folly H5039 that H834 they have wrought H6213 in Israel H3478 .
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11. All the men of Israel were gathered against the city, together as one man.
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11. So all H3605 the men H376 of Israel H3478 were gathered H622 against H413 the city H5892 , knit together H2270 as one H259 man H376 .
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12. The family groups of Israel sent men through the whole family group of Benjamin, saying, "What is this sin that has happened among you?
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12. And the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 sent H7971 men H376 through all H3605 the tribe H7626 of Benjamin H1144 , saying H559 , What H4100 wickedness H7451 is this H2063 that H834 is done H1961 among you?
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13. Now give us the sinful men of Gibeah. Then we will put them to death and take this sin away from Israel." But the people of Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brothers, the people of Israel.
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13. Now H6258 therefore deliver H5414 us H853 the men H376 , the children H1121 of Belial H1100 , which H834 are in Gibeah H1390 , that we may put them to death H4191 , and put away H1197 evil H7451 from Israel H4480 H3478 . But the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 would H14 not H3808 hearken H8085 to the voice H6963 of their brethren H251 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 :
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14. The people of Benjamin gathered from the cities to Gibeah. They came to go out to battle against the people of Israel.
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14. But the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 gathered themselves together H622 out of H4480 the cities H5892 unto Gibeah H1390 , to go out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5973 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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15. Out of the sons of Benjamin, there were 26,000 men who used the sword who came from the cities on that day. And there were 700 chosen men who lived in Gibeah.
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15. And the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 were numbered H6485 at that H1931 time H3117 out of the cities H4480 H5892 twenty H6242 and six H8337 thousand H505 men H376 that drew H8025 sword H2719 , beside H905 the inhabitants H4480 H3427 of Gibeah H1390 , which were numbered H6485 seven H7651 hundred H3967 chosen H970 men H376 .
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16. There were 700 chosen men of all these people who were left-handed. Each one could use a sling to throw a stone at a hair and not miss.
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16. Among all H4480 H3605 this H2088 people H5971 there were seven H7651 hundred H3967 chosen H977 men H376 left H334 H3027 H3225 -handed ; every one H3605 H2088 could sling H7049 stones H68 at H413 a hair H8185 breadth , and not H3808 miss H2398 .
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17. Apart from Benjamin, there were 400,000 men of Israel who used the sword. All of them were men of war.
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17. And the men H376 of Israel H3478 , beside H905 Benjamin H4480 H1144 , were numbered H6485 four H702 hundred H3967 thousand H505 men H376 that drew H8025 sword H2719 : all H3605 these H2088 were men H376 of war H4421 .
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18. The people of Israel went up to Bethel. There they asked God, "Who should go first for us to fight against the people of Benjamin?" The Lord said, "Judah should go first."
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18. And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 arose H6965 , and went up H5927 to the house of God H1008 , and asked counsel H7592 of God H430 , and said H559 , Which H4310 of us shall go up H5927 first H8462 to the battle H4421 against H5973 the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 ? And the LORD H3068 said H559 , Judah H3063 shall go up first H8462 .
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19. So the people of Israel got up in the morning and went to get ready to fight against Gibeah.
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19. And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 rose up H6965 in the morning H1242 , and encamped H2583 against H5921 Gibeah H1390 .
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20. The men of Israel went to fight against Benjamin. They dressed themselves for battle against them at Gibeah.
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20. And the men H376 of Israel H3478 went out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5973 Benjamin H1144 ; and the men H376 of Israel H3478 put themselves in array H6186 to fight H4421 against H854 them at H413 Gibeah H1390 .
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21. The people of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and killed 22,000 men of Israel on that day.
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21. And the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 came forth H3318 out of H4480 Gibeah H1390 , and destroyed down H7843 to the ground H776 of the Israelites H3478 that H1931 day H3117 twenty H6242 and two H8147 thousand H505 men H376 .
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22. But the men of Israel made their hearts strong. They got ready for battle again in the same place they had fought the first day.
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22. And the people H5971 the men H376 of Israel H3478 encouraged themselves H2388 , and set H6186 their battle H4421 again H3254 in array H6186 in the place H4725 where H834 H8033 they put themselves in array H6186 the first H7223 day H3117 .
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23. The people of Israel went up and cried before the Lord until evening. They asked the Lord, "Should we go again in battle against our brothers the people of Benjamin?" And the Lord said, "Go fight against them."
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23. (And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 went up H5927 and wept H1058 before H6440 the LORD H3068 until H5704 even H6153 , and asked counsel H7592 of the LORD H3068 , saying H559 , Shall I go up H5066 again H3254 to battle H4421 against H5973 the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 my brother H251 ? And the LORD H3068 said H559 , Go up H5927 against H413 him.)
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24. So the sons of Israel came to fight against the sons of Benjamin the second day.
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24. And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 came near H7126 against H413 the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 the second H8145 day H3117 .
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25. Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah the second day. And they killed 18,000 men of Israel who used the sword.
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25. And Benjamin H1144 went forth H3318 against H7125 them out of H4480 Gibeah H1390 the second H8145 day H3117 , and destroyed H7843 down to the ground H776 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 again H5750 eighteen H8083 H6240 thousand H505 men H376 ; all H3605 these H428 drew H8025 the sword H2719 .
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26. Then all the people of Israel went up to Bethel and cried. They stayed that day before the Lord and would not eat until evening. They gave burnt gifts and peace gifts to the Lord.
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26. Then all H3605 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , and all H3605 the people H5971 , went up H5927 , and came H935 unto the house of God H1008 , and wept H1058 , and sat H3427 there H8033 before H6440 the LORD H3068 , and fasted H6684 that H1931 day H3117 until H5704 even H6153 , and offered H5927 burnt offerings H5930 and peace offerings H8002 before H6440 the LORD H3068 .
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27. The people of Israel asked the Lord what to do. (For the special box with the Law of God was there in those days.
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27. And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 inquired H7592 of the LORD H3068 , (for the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of God H430 was there H8033 in those H1992 days H3117 ,
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28. Phinehas the son of Eleazar, Aaron's son, served in front of it those days.) The people said, "Should we go again in battle against our brothers the people of Benjamin? Or should we stop?" The Lord said, "Go fight against them. For tomorrow I will give them into your hand."
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28. And Phinehas H6372 , the son H1121 of Eleazar H499 , the son H1121 of Aaron H175 , stood H5975 before H6440 it in those H1992 days H3117 ,) saying H559 , Shall I yet H5750 again H3254 go out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5973 the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 my brother H251 , or H518 shall I cease H2308 ? And the LORD H3068 said H559 , Go up H5927 ; for H3588 tomorrow H4279 I will deliver H5414 them into thine hand H3027 .
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29. So Israel sent men to hide around Gibeah.
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29. And Israel H3478 set H7760 liers in wait H693 round about H5439 H413 Gibeah H1390 .
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30. The sons of Israel went to fight against the sons of Benjamin on the third day. They dressed themselves for battle against Gibeah as they had done before.
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30. And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 went up H5927 against H413 the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 on the third H7992 day H3117 , and put themselves in array H6186 against H413 Gibeah H1390 , as at other times H6471 H6471 .
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31. The sons of Benjamin went out to fight the people and were taken away from the city. They began to fight and kill some of the people as they had done before. They killed about thirty men of Israel in the open country and on the roads. One road went up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.
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31. And the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 went out H3318 against H7125 the people H5971 , and were drawn away H5423 from H4480 the city H5892 ; and they began H2490 to smite H5221 of the people H4480 H5971 , and kill H2491 , as at other times H6471 H6471 , in the highways H4546 , of which H834 one H259 goeth up H5927 to the house of God H1008 , and the other H259 to Gibeah H1390 in the field H7704 , about thirty H7970 men H376 of Israel H3478 .
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32. The sons of Benjamin said, "They are being killed in front of us as they were the first day." But the sons of Israel said, "Let us run away so we can get them away from the city and to the roads."
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32. And the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 said H559 , They H1992 are smitten down H5062 before H6440 us , as at the first H7223 . But the children H1121 of Israel H3478 said H559 , Let us flee H5127 , and draw H5423 them from H4480 the city H5892 unto H413 the highways H4546 .
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33. Then all the men of Israel left their place and went to fight at Baal-tamar. And the men of Israel who were hiding rushed out of their place in the plain of Geba.
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33. And all H3605 the men H376 of Israel H3478 rose up H6965 out of their place H4480 H4725 , and put themselves in array H6186 at Baal H1193 -tamar : and the liers in wait H693 of Israel H3478 came forth H1518 out of their places H4480 H4725 , even out of the meadows H4480 H4629 of Gibeah H4480 H1390 .
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34. When 10,000 chosen men of Israel came against Gibeah, the battle was hard. But the people of Benjamin did not know that such danger was so close to them.
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34. And there came H935 against H4480 H5048 Gibeah H1390 ten H6235 thousand H505 chosen H977 men H376 out of all H4480 H3605 Israel H3478 , and the battle H4421 was sore H3513 : but they H1992 knew H3045 not H3808 that H3588 evil H7451 was near H5060 them.
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35. The Lord destroyed Benjamin in front of Israel. The sons of Israel destroyed 25,100 men of Benjamin that day. All these were men who used the sword.
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35. And the LORD H3068 smote H5062 H853 Benjamin H1144 before H6440 Israel H3478 : and the children H1121 of Israel H3478 destroyed H7843 of the Benjamites H1144 that H1931 day H3117 twenty H6242 and five H2568 thousand H505 and a hundred H3967 men H376 : all H3605 these H428 drew H8025 the sword H2719 .
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36. So the people of Benjamin saw that they had lost the battle. The men of Israel ran from Benjamin because they trusted in the men who were hiding and waiting to take Gibeah.
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36. So the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 saw H7200 that H3588 they were smitten H5062 : for the men H376 of Israel H3478 gave H5414 place H4725 to the Benjamites H1144 , because H3588 they trusted H982 unto H413 the liers in wait H693 which H834 they had set H7760 beside H413 Gibeah H1390 .
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37. The men who had been hiding were quick to rush against Gibeah. They destroyed all of the city with the sword.
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37. And the liers in wait H693 hasted H2363 , and rushed H6584 upon H413 Gibeah H1390 ; and the liers in wait H693 drew themselves along H4900 , and smote H5221 H853 all H3605 the city H5892 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719 .
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38. The men of Israel had agreed that the men who had been hiding should make a big cloud of smoke rise from the city. It would be something special for them to see.
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38. Now there was H1961 an appointed sign H4150 between the men H376 of Israel H3478 and the liers in wait H693 , that they should make a great H7235 flame H4864 with smoke H6227 rise up H5927 out of H4480 the city H5892 .
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39. Then the men of Israel turned around to fight in battle. Benjamin began to fight and kill about thirty men of Israel. They said, "For sure they are destroyed in front of us as in the first battle."
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39. And when the men H376 of Israel H3478 retired H2015 in the battle H4421 , Benjamin H1144 began H2490 to smite H5221 and kill H2491 of the men H376 of Israel H3478 about thirty H7970 persons H376 : for H3588 they said H559 , Surely H389 they H1931 are smitten down H5062 H5062 before H6440 us , as in the first H7223 battle H4421 .
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40. But when the cloud of smoke started to rise from the city, the men of Benjamin looked behind them. They saw the whole city going up in smoke to heaven.
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40. But when the flame H4864 began H2490 to arise up H5927 out of H4480 the city H5892 with a pillar H5982 of smoke H6227 , the Benjamites H1144 looked H6437 behind H310 them, and, behold H2009 , the flame H3632 of the city H5892 ascended up H5927 to heaven H8064 .
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41. Then the men of Israel turned around. And the men of Benjamin were filled with fear. For they saw that they were in much danger.
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41. And when the men H376 of Israel H3478 turned again H2015 , the men H376 of Benjamin H1144 were amazed H926 : for H3588 they saw H7200 that H3588 evil H7451 was come H5060 upon H5921 them.
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42. So they turned their backs to the men of Israel and ran toward the desert. But they were caught in the battle. Those who came out of the cities destroyed them.
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42. Therefore they turned H6437 their backs before H6440 the men H376 of Israel H3478 unto H413 the way H1870 of the wilderness H4057 ; but the battle H4421 overtook H1692 them ; and them which H834 came out of the cities H4480 H5892 they destroyed H7843 in the midst H8432 of them.
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43. They gathered around the people of Benjamin. They ran after them without stopping to rest and came upon them at the east side of Gibeah.
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43. Thus they enclosed the Benjamites round about H3803 H853 H1144 , and chased H7291 them, and trod them down H1869 with ease H4496 over against H5704 H5227 Gibeah H1390 toward the sunrising H4480 H4217 H8121 .
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44. So 18,000 men of Benjamin were killed. All of them were powerful soldiers.
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44. And there fell H5307 of Benjamin H4480 H1144 eighteen H8083 H6240 thousand H505 men H376 ; H853 all H3605 these H428 were men H376 of valor H2428 .
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45. The others turned and ran toward the desert to the rock of Rimmon. But Israel killed 5,000 of them on the roads, and 2,000 at Gidom.
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45. And they turned H6437 and fled H5127 toward the wilderness H4057 unto H413 the rock H5553 of Rimmon H7417 : and they gleaned H5953 of them in the highways H4546 five H2568 thousand H505 men H376 ; and pursued hard H1692 after H310 them unto H5704 Gidom H1440 , and slew H5221 two thousand H505 men H376 of H4480 them.
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46. So 25,000 men of Benjamin were killed that day. All of them were powerful soldiers who used the sword.
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46. So that all H3605 which fell H5307 that H1931 day H3117 of Benjamin H4480 H1144 were H1961 twenty H6242 and five H2568 thousand H505 men H376 that drew H8025 the sword H2719 ; H853 all H3605 these H428 were men H376 of valor H2428 .
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47. But 600 men ran toward the desert to the rock of Rimmon. They stayed there for four months.
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47. But six H8337 hundred H3967 men H376 turned H6437 and fled H5127 to the wilderness H4057 unto H413 the rock H5553 Rimmon H7417 , and abode H3427 in the rock H5553 Rimmon H7417 four H702 months H2320 .
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48. Then the men of Israel returned to fight the people of Benjamin. They destroyed them, their whole city, the cattle and all they found, with the sword. And they set fire to all the cities they found.
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48. And the men H376 of Israel H3478 turned again H7725 upon H413 the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 , and smote H5221 them with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719 , as well the men H4974 of every city H4480 H5892 , as H5704 the beast H929 , and all H3605 that came to hand H4672 : also H1571 they set H7971 on fire H784 all H3605 the cities H5892 that they came to H4672 .
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