#### Jdg 1

1 Now after 0310 the death 04194 of Joshua 03091 it came to pass, that the children 01121 of Israel 03478 asked 07592 08799 the LORD 03068, saying 0559 08800, Who shall go up 05927 08799 for us against the Canaanites 03669 first 08462, to fight 03898 08736 against them?
2 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799, Judah 03063 shall go up 05927 08799: behold, I have delivered 05414 08804 the land 0776 into his hand 03027.
3 And Judah 03063 said 0559 08799 unto Simeon 08095 his brother 0251, Come up 05927 08798 with me into my lot 01486, that we may fight 03898 08735 against the Canaanites 03669; and I likewise will go 01980 08804 with thee into thy lot 01486. So Simeon 08095 went 03212 08799 with him.
4 And Judah 03063 went up 05927 08799; and the LORD 03068 delivered 05414 08799 the Canaanites 03669 and the Perizzites 06522 into their hand 03027: and they slew 05221 08686 of them in Bezek 0966 ten 06235 thousand 0505 men 0376.
5 And they found 04672 08799 Adonibezek 0137 in Bezek 0966: and they fought 03898 08735 against him, and they slew 05221 08686 the Canaanites 03669 and the Perizzites 06522.
6 But Adonibezek 0137 fled 05127 08799; and they pursued 07291 08799 after 0310 him, and caught 0270 08799 him, and cut off 07112 08762 his thumbs 0931 03027 and his great toes 07272.
7 And Adonibezek 0137 said 0559 08799, Threescore and ten 07657 kings 04428, having their thumbs 0931 03027 and their great toes 07272 cut off 07112 08794, gathered 03950 08764 [their meat] under my table 07979: as I have done 06213 08804, so God 0430 hath requited 07999 08765 me. And they brought 0935 08686 him to Jerusalem 03389, and there he died 04191 08799.
8 Now the children 01121 of Judah 03063 had fought 03898 08735 against Jerusalem 03389, and had taken 03920 08799 it, and smitten 05221 08686 it with the edge 06310 of the sword 02719, and set 07971 08765 the city 05892 on fire 0784.
9 And afterward 0310 the children 01121 of Judah 03063 went down 03381 08804 to fight 03898 08736 against the Canaanites 03669, that dwelt 03427 08802 in the mountain 02022, and in the south 05045, and in the valley 08219.
10 And Judah 03063 went 03212 08799 against the Canaanites 03669 that dwelt 03427 08802 in Hebron 02275: (now the name 08034 of Hebron 02275 before 06440 [was] Kirjatharba 07153:) and they slew 05221 08686 Sheshai 08344, and Ahiman 0289, and Talmai 08526.
11 And from thence he went 03212 08799 against the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Debir 01688: and the name 08034 of Debir 01688 before 06440 [was] Kirjathsepher 07158:
12 And Caleb 03612 said 0559 08799, He that smiteth 05221 08686 Kirjathsepher 07158, and taketh 03920 08804 it, to him will I give 05414 08804 Achsah 05915 my daughter 01323 to wife 0802.
13 And Othniel 06274 the son 01121 of Kenaz 07073, Caleb's 03612 younger 06996 brother 0251, took 03920 08799 it: and he gave 05414 08799 him Achsah 05915 his daughter 01323 to wife 0802.
14 And it came to pass, when she came 0935 08800 [to him], that she moved 05496 08686 him to ask 07592 08800 of her father 01 a field 07704: and she lighted 06795 08799 from off [her] ass 02543; and Caleb 03612 said 0559 08799 unto her, What wilt thou?
15 And she said 0559 08799 unto him, Give 03051 08798 me a blessing 01293: for thou hast given 05414 08804 me a south 05045 land 0776; give 05414 08804 me also springs 01543 of water 04325. And Caleb 03612 gave 05414 08799 her the upper 05942 springs 01543 and the nether 08482 springs 01543.
16 And the children 01121 of the Kenite 07017, Moses' 04872 father in law 02859 08802, went up 05927 08804 out of the city 05892 of palm trees 08558 08677 05899 with the children 01121 of Judah 03063 into the wilderness 04057 of Judah 03063, which [lieth] in the south 05045 of Arad 06166; and they went 03212 08799 and dwelt 03427 08799 among 0854 the people 05971.
17 And Judah 03063 went 03212 08799 with Simeon 08095 his brother 0251, and they slew 05221 08686 the Canaanites 03669 that inhabited 03427 08802 Zephath 06857, and utterly destroyed 02763 08686 it. And the name 08034 of the city 05892 was called 07121 08799 Hormah 02767.
18 Also Judah 03063 took 03920 08799 Gaza 05804 with the coast 01366 thereof, and Askelon 0831 with the coast 01366 thereof, and Ekron 06138 with the coast 01366 thereof.
19 And the LORD 03068 was with Judah 03063; and he drave out 03423 08686 [the inhabitants of] the mountain 02022; but could not 03808 drive out 03423 08687 the inhabitants 03427 08802 of the valley 06010, because they had chariots 07393 of iron 01270.
20 And they gave 05414 08799 Hebron 02275 unto Caleb 03612, as Moses 04872 said 01696 08765: and he expelled 03423 08686 thence the three 07969 sons 01121 of Anak 06061.
21 And the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 did not drive out 03423 08689 the Jebusites 02983 that inhabited 03427 08802 Jerusalem 03389; but the Jebusites 02983 dwell 03427 08799 with the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 in Jerusalem 03389 unto this day 03117.
22 And the house 01004 of Joseph 03130, they also went up 05927 08799 against Bethel 01008: and the LORD 03068 [was] with them.
23 And the house 01004 of Joseph 03130 sent to descry 08446 08686 Bethel 01008. (Now the name 08034 of the city 05892 before 06440 [was] Luz 03870.)
24 And the spies 08104 08802 saw 07200 08799 a man 0376 come forth 03318 08802 out of the city 05892, and they said 0559 08799 unto him, Shew 07200 08685 us, we pray thee, the entrance 03996 into the city 05892, and we will shew 06213 08804 thee mercy 02617.
25 And when he shewed 07200 08686 them the entrance 03996 into the city 05892, they smote 05221 08686 the city 05892 with the edge 06310 of the sword 02719; but they let go 07971 08765 the man 0376 and all his family 04940.
26 And the man 0376 went 03212 08799 into the land 0776 of the Hittites 02850, and built 01129 08799 a city 05892, and called 07121 08799 the name 08034 thereof Luz 03870: which [is] the name 08034 thereof unto this day 03117.
27 Neither did Manasseh 04519 drive out 03423 08689 [the inhabitants of] Bethshean 01052 and her towns 01323, nor Taanach 08590 and her towns 01323, nor the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Dor 01756 and her towns 01323, nor the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Ibleam 02991 and her towns 01323, nor the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Megiddo 04023 and her towns 01323: but the Canaanites 03669 would 02974 08686 dwell 03427 08800 in that land 0776.
28 And it came to pass, when Israel 03478 was strong 02388 08804, that they put 07760 08799 the Canaanites 03669 to tribute 04522, and did not utterly 03423 08687 drive them out 03423 08689.
29 Neither did Ephraim 0669 drive out 03423 08689 the Canaanites 03669 that dwelt 03427 08802 in Gezer 01507; but the Canaanites 03669 dwelt 03427 08799 in Gezer 01507 among 07130 them.
30 Neither did Zebulun 02074 drive out 03423 08689 the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Kitron 07003, nor the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Nahalol 05096; but the Canaanites 03669 dwelt 03427 08799 among 07130 them, and became tributaries 04522.
31 Neither did Asher 0836 drive out 03423 08689 the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Accho 05910, nor the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Zidon 06721, nor of Ahlab 0303, nor of Achzib 0392, nor of Helbah 02462, nor of Aphik 0663, nor of Rehob 07340:
32 But the Asherites 0843 dwelt 03427 08799 among 07130 the Canaanites 03669, the inhabitants 03427 08802 of the land 0776: for they did not drive them out 03423 08689.
33 Neither did Naphtali 05321 drive out 03423 08689 the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Bethshemesh 01053, nor the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Bethanath 01043; but he dwelt 03427 08799 among 07130 the Canaanites 03669, the inhabitants 03427 08802 of the land 0776: nevertheless the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Bethshemesh 01053 and of Bethanath 01043 became tributaries 04522 unto them.
34 And the Amorites 0567 forced 03905 08799 the children 01121 of Dan 01835 into the mountain 02022: for they would not suffer 05414 08804 them to come down 03381 08800 to the valley 06010:
35 But the Amorites 0567 would 02974 08686 dwell 03427 08800 in mount 02022 Heres 02776 in Aijalon 0357, and in Shaalbim 08169: yet the hand 03027 of the house 01004 of Joseph 03130 prevailed 03513 08799, so that they became tributaries 04522.
36 And the coast 01366 of the Amorites 0567 [was] from the going up 04608 to Akrabbim 04610, from the rock 05553, and upward 04605.

#### Jdg 2

1 And an angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 came up 05927 08799 from Gilgal 01537 to Bochim 01066, and said 0559 08799, I made you to go up 05927 08686 out of Egypt 04714, and have brought 0935 08686 you unto the land 0776 which I sware 07650 08738 unto your fathers 01; and I said 0559 08799, I will never 05769 break 06565 08686 my covenant 01285 with you.
2 And ye shall make 03772 08799 no league 01285 with the inhabitants 03427 08802 of this land 0776; ye shall throw down 05422 08799 their altars 04196: but ye have not obeyed 08085 08804 my voice 06963: why have ye done 06213 08804 this?
3 Wherefore I also said 0559 08804, I will not drive them out 01644 08762 from before 06440 you; but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides 06654, and their gods 0430 shall be a snare 04170 unto you.
4 And it came to pass, when the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 spake 01696 08763 these words 01697 unto all the children 01121 of Israel 03478, that the people 05971 lifted up 05375 08799 their voice 06963, and wept 01058 08799.
5 And they called 07121 08799 the name 08034 of that place 04725 Bochim 01066: and they sacrificed 02076 08799 there unto the LORD 03068.
6 And when Joshua 03091 had let the people 05971 go 07971 08762, the children 01121 of Israel 03478 went 03212 08799 every man 0376 unto his inheritance 05159 to possess 03423 08800 the land 0776.
7 And the people 05971 served 05647 08799 the LORD 03068 all the days 03117 of Joshua 03091, and all the days 03117 of the elders 02205 that outlived 0748 08689 03117 0310 Joshua 03091, who had seen 07200 08804 all the great 01419 works 04639 of the LORD 03068, that he did 06213 08804 for Israel 03478.
8 And Joshua 03091 the son 01121 of Nun 05126, the servant 05650 of the LORD 03068, died 04191 08799, [being] an hundred 03967 and ten 06235 years 08141 old 01121.
9 And they buried 06912 08799 him in the border 01366 of his inheritance 05159 in Timnathheres 08556, in the mount 02022 of Ephraim 0669, on the north side 06828 of the hill 02022 Gaash 01608.
10 And also all that generation 01755 were gathered 0622 08738 unto their fathers 01: and there arose 06965 08799 another 0312 generation 01755 after 0310 them, which knew 03045 08804 not the LORD 03068, nor yet the works 04639 which he had done 06213 08804 for Israel 03478.
11 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 did 06213 08799 evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, and served 05647 08799 Baalim 01168:
12 And they forsook 05800 08799 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of their fathers 01, which brought them out 03318 08688 of the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, and followed 03212 08799 0310 other 0312 gods 0430, of the gods 0430 of the people 05971 that [were] round about 05439 them, and bowed 07812 08691 themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD 03068 to anger 03707 08686.
13 And they forsook 05800 08799 the LORD 03068, and served 05647 08799 Baal 01168 and Ashtaroth 06252.
14 And the anger 0639 of the LORD 03068 was hot 02734 08799 against Israel 03478, and he delivered 05414 08799 them into the hands 03027 of spoilers 08154 08802 that spoiled 08155 08799 them, and he sold 04376 08799 them into the hands 03027 of their enemies 0341 08802 round about 05439, so that they could 03201 08804 not any longer 05750 stand 05975 08800 before 06440 their enemies 0341 08802.
15 Whithersoever they went out 03318 08804, the hand 03027 of the LORD 03068 was against them for evil 07451, as the LORD 03068 had said 01696 08765, and as the LORD 03068 had sworn 07650 08738 unto them: and they were greatly 03966 distressed 03334 08799.
16 Nevertheless the LORD 03068 raised up 06965 08686 judges 08199 08802, which delivered 03467 08686 them out of the hand 03027 of those that spoiled 08154 08802 them.
17 And yet they would not hearken 08085 08804 unto their judges 08199 08802, but they went a whoring 02181 08804 after 0310 other 0312 gods 0430, and bowed 07812 08691 themselves unto them: they turned 05493 08804 quickly 04118 out of the way 01870 which their fathers 01 walked in 01980 08804, obeying 08085 08800 the commandments 04687 of the LORD 03068; [but] they did 06213 08804 not so.
18 And when the LORD 03068 raised 06965 08689 them up judges 08199 08802, then the LORD 03068 was with the judge 08199 08802, and delivered 03467 08689 them out of the hand 03027 of their enemies 0341 08802 all the days 03117 of the judge 08199 08802: for it repented 05162 08735 the LORD 03068 because 06440 of their groanings 05009 by reason of them that oppressed 03905 08801 them and vexed 01766 08802 them.
19 And it came to pass, when the judge 08199 08802 was dead 04194, [that] they returned 07725 08799, and corrupted 07843 08689 [themselves] more than their fathers 01, in following 03212 08800 0310 other 0312 gods 0430 to serve 05647 08800 them, and to bow down 07812 08692 unto them; they ceased 05307 08689 not from their own doings 04611, nor from their stubborn 07186 way 01870.
20 And the anger 0639 of the LORD 03068 was hot 02734 08799 against Israel 03478; and he said 0559 08799, Because that this people 01471 hath transgressed 05674 08804 my covenant 01285 which I commanded 06680 08765 their fathers 01, and have not hearkened 08085 08804 unto my voice 06963;
21 I also will not henceforth 03254 08686 drive out 03423 08687 any 0376 from before 06440 them of the nations 01471 which Joshua 03091 left 05800 08804 when he died 04191 08799:
22 That through them I may prove 05254 08763 Israel 03478, whether they will keep 08104 08802 the way 01870 of the LORD 03068 to walk 03212 08800 therein, as their fathers 01 did keep 08104 08804 [it], or not.
23 Therefore the LORD 03068 left 03240 08686 those nations 01471, without 01115 driving them out 03423 08687 hastily 04118; neither delivered 05414 08804 he them into the hand 03027 of Joshua 03091.

#### Jdg 3

1 Now these [are] the nations 01471 which the LORD 03068 left 03240 08689, to prove 05254 08763 Israel 03478 by them, [even] as many [of Israel] as had not known 03045 08804 all the wars 04421 of Canaan 03667;
2 Only that 07535 the generations 01755 of the children 01121 of Israel 03478 might know 03045 08800, to teach 03925 08763 them war 04421, at the least such as before 06440 knew 03045 08804 nothing thereof;
3 [Namely], five 02568 lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430, and all the Canaanites 03669, and the Sidonians 06722, and the Hivites 02340 that dwelt 03427 08802 in mount 02022 Lebanon 03844, from mount 02022 Baalhermon 01179 unto the entering in 0935 08800 of Hamath 02574.
4 And they were to prove 05254 08763 Israel 03478 by them, to know 03045 08800 whether they would hearken 08085 08799 unto the commandments 04687 of the LORD 03068, which he commanded 06680 08765 their fathers 01 by the hand 03027 of Moses 04872.
5 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 dwelt 03427 08804 among 07130 the Canaanites 03669, Hittites 02850, and Amorites 0567, and Perizzites 06522, and Hivites 02340, and Jebusites 02983:
6 And they took 03947 08799 their daughters 01323 to be their wives 0802, and gave 05414 08804 their daughters 01323 to their sons 01121, and served 05647 08799 their gods 0430.
7 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 did 06213 08799 evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, and forgat 07911 08799 the LORD 03068 their God 0430, and served 05647 08799 Baalim 01168 and the groves 0842.
8 Therefore the anger 0639 of the LORD 03068 was hot 02734 08799 against Israel 03478, and he sold 04376 08799 them into the hand 03027 of Chushanrishathaim 03573 king 04428 of Mesopotamia 0763: and the children 01121 of Israel 03478 served 05647 08799 Chushanrishathaim 03573 eight 08083 years 08141.
9 And when the children 01121 of Israel 03478 cried 02199 08799 unto the LORD 03068, the LORD 03068 raised up 06965 08686 a deliverer 03467 08688 to the children 01121 of Israel 03478, who delivered 03467 08686 them, [even] Othniel 06274 the son 01121 of Kenaz 07073, Caleb's 03612 younger 06996 brother 0251.
10 And the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 came upon him, and he judged 08199 08799 Israel 03478, and went out 03318 08799 to war 04421: and the LORD 03068 delivered 05414 08799 Chushanrishathaim 03573 king 04428 of Mesopotamia 0763 into his hand 03027; and his hand 03027 prevailed 05810 08799 against Chushanrishathaim 03573.
11 And the land 0776 had rest 08252 08799 forty 0705 years 08141. And Othniel 06274 the son 01121 of Kenaz 07073 died 04191 08799.
12 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 did 06213 08800 evil 07451 again 03254 08686 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068: and the LORD 03068 strengthened 02388 08762 Eglon 05700 the king 04428 of Moab 04124 against Israel 03478, because they had done 06213 08804 evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068.
13 And he gathered 0622 08799 unto him the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 and Amalek 06002, and went 03212 08799 and smote 05221 08686 Israel 03478, and possessed 03423 08799 the city 05892 of palm trees 08558 08677 05899.
14 So the children 01121 of Israel 03478 served 05647 08799 Eglon 05700 the king 04428 of Moab 04124 eighteen 08083 06240 years 08141.
15 But when the children 01121 of Israel 03478 cried 02199 08799 unto the LORD 03068, the LORD 03068 raised them up 06965 08686 a deliverer 03467 08688, Ehud 0164 the son 01121 of Gera 01617, a Benjamite 01145, a man 0376 lefthanded 0334 03225: and by him 03027 the children 01121 of Israel 03478 sent 07971 08799 a present 04503 unto Eglon 05700 the king 04428 of Moab 04124.
16 But Ehud 0164 made 06213 08799 him a dagger 02719 which had two 08147 edges 06366, of a cubit 01574 length 0753; and he did gird 02296 08799 it under his raiment 04055 upon his right 03225 thigh 03409.
17 And he brought 07126 08686 the present 04503 unto Eglon 05700 king 04428 of Moab 04124: and Eglon 05700 [was] a very 03966 fat 01277 man 0376.
18 And when he had made an end 03615 08765 to offer 07126 08687 the present 04503, he sent away 07971 08762 the people 05971 that bare 05375 08802 the present 04503.
19 But he himself turned again 07725 08804 from the quarries 06456 that [were] by Gilgal 01537, and said 0559 08799, I have a secret 05643 errand 01697 unto thee, O king 04428: who said 0559 08799, Keep silence 02013 08761. And all that stood 05975 08802 by him went out 03318 08799 from him.
20 And Ehud 0164 came 0935 08804 unto him; and he was sitting 03427 08802 in a summer 04747 parlour 05944, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud 0164 said 0559 08799, I have a message 01697 from God 0430 unto thee. And he arose 06965 08799 out of [his] seat 03678.
21 And Ehud 0164 put forth 07971 08799 his left 08040 hand 03027, and took 03947 08799 the dagger 02719 from his right 03225 thigh 03409, and thrust 08628 08799 it into his belly 0990:
22 And the haft 05325 also went in 0935 08799 after 0310 the blade 03851; and the fat 02459 closed 05462 08799 upon 01157 the blade 03851, so that he could not draw 08025 08804 the dagger 02719 out of his belly 0990; and the dirt 06574 came out 03318 08799.
23 Then Ehud 0164 went forth 03318 08799 through the porch 04528, and shut 05462 08799 the doors 01817 of the parlour 05944 upon him, and locked 05274 08804 them.
24 When he was gone out 03318 08804, his servants 05650 came 0935 08804; and when they saw 07200 08799 that, behold, the doors 01817 of the parlour 05944 [were] locked 05274 08803, they said 0559 08799, Surely he covereth 05526 08688 his feet 07272 in his summer 04747 chamber 02315.
25 And they tarried 02342 08799 till they were ashamed 0954 08800: and, behold, he opened 06605 08802 not the doors 01817 of the parlour 05944; therefore they took 03947 08799 a key 04668, and opened 06605 08799 [them]: and, behold, their lord 0113 [was] fallen down 05307 08802 dead 04191 08801 on the earth 0776.
26 And Ehud 0164 escaped 04422 08738 while they tarried 04102 08699, and passed beyond 05674 08804 the quarries 06456, and escaped 04422 08735 unto Seirath 08167.
27 And it came to pass, when he was come 0935 08800, that he blew 08628 08799 a trumpet 07782 in the mountain 02022 of Ephraim 0669, and the children 01121 of Israel 03478 went down 03381 08799 with him from the mount 02022, and he before 06440 them.
28 And he said 0559 08799 unto them, Follow 07291 08798 after 0310 me: for the LORD 03068 hath delivered 05414 08804 your enemies 0341 08802 the Moabites 04124 into your hand 03027. And they went down 03381 08799 after 0310 him, and took 03920 08799 the fords 04569 of Jordan 03383 toward Moab 04124, and suffered 05414 08804 not a man 0376 to pass over 05674 08800.
29 And they slew 05221 08686 of Moab 04124 at that time 06256 about ten 06235 thousand 0505 men 0376, all lusty 08082, and all men 0376 of valour 02428; and there escaped 04422 08738 not a man 0376.
30 So Moab 04124 was subdued 03665 08735 that day 03117 under the hand 03027 of Israel 03478. And the land 0776 had rest 08252 08799 fourscore 08084 years 08141.
31 And after 0310 him was Shamgar 08044 the son 01121 of Anath 06067, which slew 05221 08686 of the Philistines 06430 six 08337 hundred 03967 men 0376 with an ox 01241 goad 04451: and he also delivered 03467 08686 Israel 03478.

#### Jdg 4

1 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 again 03254 08686 did 06213 08800 evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, when Ehud 0164 was dead 04191 08804.
2 And the LORD 03068 sold 04376 08799 them into the hand 03027 of Jabin 02985 king 04428 of Canaan 03667, that reigned 04427 08804 in Hazor 02674; the captain 08269 of whose host 06635 [was] Sisera 05516, which dwelt 03427 08802 in Harosheth 02800 of the Gentiles 01471.
3 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 cried 06817 08799 unto the LORD 03068: for he had nine 08672 hundred 03967 chariots 07393 of iron 01270; and twenty 06242 years 08141 he mightily 02394 oppressed 03905 08804 the children 01121 of Israel 03478.
4 And Deborah 01683, a prophetess 05031, the wife 0802 of Lapidoth 03941, she judged 08199 08802 Israel 03478 at that time 06256.
5 And she dwelt 03427 08802 under the palm tree 08560 of Deborah 01683 between Ramah 07414 and Bethel 01008 in mount 02022 Ephraim 0669: and the children 01121 of Israel 03478 came up 05927 08799 to her for judgment 04941.
6 And she sent 07971 08799 and called 07121 08799 Barak 01301 the son 01121 of Abinoam 042 out of Kedeshnaphtali 06943, and said 0559 08799 unto him, Hath not the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 commanded 06680 08765, [saying], Go 03212 08798 and draw 04900 08804 toward mount 02022 Tabor 08396, and take 03947 08804 with thee ten 06235 thousand 0505 men 0376 of the children 01121 of Naphtali 05321 and of the children 01121 of Zebulun 02074?
7 And I will draw 04900 08804 unto thee to the river 05158 Kishon 07028 Sisera 05516, the captain 08269 of Jabin's 02985 army 06635, with his chariots 07393 and his multitude 01995; and I will deliver 05414 08804 him into thine hand 03027.
8 And Barak 01301 said 0559 08799 unto her, If thou wilt go 03212 08799 with me, then I will go 01980 08804: but if thou wilt not go 03212 08799 with me, [then] I will not go 03212 08799.
9 And she said 0559 08799, I will surely 01980 08800 go 03212 08799 with thee: notwithstanding 0657 the journey 01870 that thou takest 01980 08802 shall not be for thine honour 08597; for the LORD 03068 shall sell 04376 08799 Sisera 05516 into the hand 03027 of a woman 0802. And Deborah 01683 arose 06965 08799, and went 03212 08799 with Barak 01301 to Kedesh 06943.
10 And Barak 01301 called 02199 08686 Zebulun 02074 and Naphtali 05321 to Kedesh 06943; and he went up 05927 08799 with ten 06235 thousand 0505 men 0376 at his feet 07272: and Deborah 01683 went up 05927 08799 with him.
11 Now Heber 02268 the Kenite 07017, [which was] of the children 01121 of Hobab 02246 the father in law 02859 08802 of Moses 04872, had severed 06504 08737 himself from the Kenites 07017, and pitched 05186 08799 his tent 0168 unto the plain 0436 of Zaanaim 06815, which [is] by Kedesh 06943.
12 And they shewed 05046 08686 Sisera 05516 that Barak 01301 the son 01121 of Abinoam 042 was gone up 05927 08804 to mount 02022 Tabor 08396.
13 And Sisera 05516 gathered together 02199 08686 all his chariots 07393, [even] nine 08672 hundred 03967 chariots 07393 of iron 01270, and all the people 05971 that [were] with him, from Harosheth 02800 of the Gentiles 01471 unto the river 05158 of Kishon 07028.
14 And Deborah 01683 said 0559 08799 unto Barak 01301, Up 06965 08798; for this [is] the day 03117 in which the LORD 03068 hath delivered 05414 08804 Sisera 05516 into thine hand 03027: is not the LORD 03068 gone out 03318 08804 before 06440 thee? So Barak 01301 went down 03381 08799 from mount 02022 Tabor 08396, and ten 06235 thousand 0505 men 0376 after 0310 him.
15 And the LORD 03068 discomfited 02000 08799 Sisera 05516, and all [his] chariots 07393, and all [his] host 04264, with the edge 06310 of the sword 02719 before 06440 Barak 01301; so that Sisera 05516 lighted down 03381 08799 off [his] chariot 04818, and fled away 05127 08799 on his feet 07272.
16 But Barak 01301 pursued 07291 08804 after 0310 the chariots 07393, and after the host 04264, unto Harosheth 02800 of the Gentiles 01471: and all the host 04264 of Sisera 05516 fell 05307 08799 upon the edge 06310 of the sword 02719; [and] there was not a man 0259 left 07604 08738.
17 Howbeit Sisera 05516 fled away 05127 08804 on his feet 07272 to the tent 0168 of Jael 03278 the wife 0802 of Heber 02268 the Kenite 07017: for [there was] peace 07965 between Jabin 02985 the king 04428 of Hazor 02674 and the house 01004 of Heber 02268 the Kenite 07017.
18 And Jael 03278 went out 03318 08799 to meet 07125 08800 Sisera 05516, and said 0559 08799 unto him, Turn in 05493 08798, my lord 0113, turn in 05493 08798 to me; fear 03372 08799 not. And when he had turned in 05493 08799 unto her into the tent 0168, she covered 03680 08762 him with a mantle 08063.
19 And he said 0559 08799 unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little 04592 water 04325 to drink 08248 08685; for I am thirsty 06770 08804. And she opened 06605 08799 a bottle 04997 of milk 02461, and gave him drink 08248 08686, and covered 03680 08762 him.
20 Again he said 0559 08799 unto her, Stand in 05975 08798 the door 06607 of the tent 0168, and it shall be, when any man 0376 doth come 0935 08799 and enquire 07592 08804 of thee, and say 0559 08804, Is there 03426 00 any man 0376 here 03426? that thou shalt say 0559 08804, No.
21 Then Jael 03278 Heber's 02268 wife 0802 took 03947 08799 a nail 03489 of the tent 0168, and took 07760 08799 an hammer 04718 in her hand 03027, and went 0935 08799 softly 03814 unto him, and smote 08628 08799 the nail 03489 into his temples 07541, and fastened 06795 08799 it into the ground 0776: for he was fast asleep 07290 08738 and weary 05774 08799. So he died 04191 08799.
22 And, behold, as Barak 01301 pursued 07291 08802 Sisera 05516, Jael 03278 came out 03318 08799 to meet 07125 08800 him, and said 0559 08799 unto him, Come 03212 08798, and I will shew 07200 08686 thee the man 0376 whom thou seekest 01245 08764. And when he came 0935 08799 into her [tent], behold, Sisera 05516 lay 05307 08802 dead 04191 08801, and the nail 03489 [was] in his temples 07541.
23 So God 0430 subdued 03665 08686 on that day 03117 Jabin 02985 the king 04428 of Canaan 03667 before 06440 the children 01121 of Israel 03478.
24 And the hand 03027 of the children 01121 of Israel 03478 prospered 03212 08799 01980 08800, and prevailed 07186 against Jabin 02985 the king 04428 of Canaan 03667, until they had destroyed 03772 08689 Jabin 02985 king 04428 of Canaan 03667.

#### Jdg 5

1 Then sang 07891 08799 Deborah 01683 and Barak 01301 the son 01121 of Abinoam 042 on that day 03117, saying 0559 08800,
2 Praise 01288 08761 ye the LORD 03068 for the avenging 06544 08800 06546 of Israel 03478, when the people 05971 willingly offered 05068 08692 themselves.
3 Hear 08085 08798, O ye kings 04428; give ear 0238 08685, O ye princes 07336 08802; I, [even] I, will sing 07891 08799 unto the LORD 03068; I will sing 02167 08762 [praise] to the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478.
4 LORD 03068, when thou wentest out 03318 08800 of Seir 08165, when thou marchedst out 06805 08800 of the field 07704 of Edom 0123, the earth 0776 trembled 07493 08804, and the heavens 08064 dropped 05197 08804, the clouds 05645 also dropped 05197 08804 water 04325.
5 The mountains 02022 melted 05140 08804 from before 06440 the LORD 03068, [even] that Sinai 05514 from before 06440 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478.
6 In the days 03117 of Shamgar 08044 the son 01121 of Anath 06067, in the days 03117 of Jael 03278, the highways 0734 were unoccupied 02308 08804, and the travellers 01980 08802 walked 03212 08799 through byways 06128 05410.
7 [The inhabitants of] the villages 06520 ceased 02308 08804, they ceased 02308 08804 in Israel 03478, until that I Deborah 01683 arose 06965 08804, that I arose 06965 08804 a mother 0517 in Israel 03478.
8 They chose 0977 08799 new 02319 gods 0430; then [was] war 03901 in the gates 08179: was there a shield 04043 or spear 07420 seen 07200 08735 among forty 0705 thousand 0505 in Israel 03478?
9 My heart 03820 [is] toward the governors 02710 08802 of Israel 03478, that offered themselves willingly 05068 08693 among the people 05971. Bless 01288 08761 ye the LORD 03068.
10 Speak 07878 08798, ye that ride 07392 08802 on white 06715 asses 0860, ye that sit 03427 08802 in judgment 04055, and walk 01980 08802 by the way 01870.
11 [They that are delivered] from the noise 06963 of archers 02686 08764 in the places of drawing water 04857, there shall they rehearse 08567 08762 the righteous acts 06666 of the LORD 03068, [even] the righteous acts 06666 [toward the inhabitants] of his villages 06520 in Israel 03478: then shall the people 05971 of the LORD 03068 go down 03381 08804 to the gates 08179.
12 Awake 05782 08798, awake 05782 08798, Deborah 01683: awake 05782 08798, awake 05782 08798, utter 01696 08761 a song 07892: arise 06965 08798, Barak 01301, and lead thy captivity 07628 captive 07617 08798, thou son 01121 of Abinoam 042.
13 Then he made him that remaineth 08300 have dominion 07287 08762 over the nobles 0117 among the people 05971: the LORD 03068 made me have dominion 07287 08762 over the mighty 01368.
14 Out of Ephraim 0669 [was there] a root 08328 of them against Amalek 06002; after 0310 thee, Benjamin 01144, among thy people 05971; out of Machir 04353 came down 03381 08804 governors 02710 08781, and out of Zebulun 02074 they that handle 04900 08802 the pen 07626 of the writer 05608 08802.
15 And the princes 08269 of Issachar 03485 [were] with Deborah 01683; even Issachar 03485, and also Barak 01301: he was sent 07971 08795 on foot 07272 into the valley 06010. For the divisions 06390 of Reuben 07205 [there were] great 01419 thoughts 02711 of heart 03820.
16 Why abodest 03427 08804 thou among 0996 the sheepfolds 04942, to hear 08085 08800 the bleatings 08292 of the flocks 05739? For the divisions 06390 of Reuben 07205 [there were] great 01419 searchings 02714 of heart 03820.
17 Gilead 01568 abode 07931 08804 beyond 05676 Jordan 03383: and why did Dan 01835 remain 01481 08799 in ships 0591? Asher 0836 continued 03427 08804 on the sea 03220 shore 02348, and abode 07931 08799 in his breaches 04664.
18 Zebulun 02074 and Naphtali 05321 [were] a people 05971 [that] jeoparded 02778 08765 their lives 05315 unto the death 04191 08800 in the high places 04791 of the field 07704.
19 The kings 04428 came 0935 08804 [and] fought 03898 08738, then fought 03898 08738 the kings 04428 of Canaan 03667 in Taanach 08590 by the waters 04325 of Megiddo 04023; they took 03947 08804 no gain 01215 of money 03701.
20 They fought 03898 08738 from heaven 08064; the stars 03556 in their courses 04546 fought 03898 08738 against Sisera 05516.
21 The river 05158 of Kishon 07028 swept them away 01640 08804, that ancient 06917 river 05158, the river 05158 Kishon 07028. O my soul 05315, thou hast trodden down 01869 08799 strength 05797.
22 Then were the horsehoofs 06119 05483 broken 01986 08804 by the means of the pransings 01726, the pransings 01726 of their mighty ones 047.
23 Curse 0779 08798 ye Meroz 04789, said 0559 08804 the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068, curse 0779 08798 ye bitterly 0779 08800 the inhabitants 03427 08802 thereof; because they came 0935 08804 not to the help 05833 of the LORD 03068, to the help 05833 of the LORD 03068 against the mighty 01368.
24 Blessed 01288 08792 above women 0802 shall Jael 03278 the wife 0802 of Heber 02268 the Kenite 07017 be, blessed 01288 08792 shall she be above women 0802 in the tent 0168.
25 He asked 07592 08804 water 04325, [and] she gave 05414 08804 [him] milk 02461; she brought forth 07126 08689 butter 02529 in a lordly 0117 dish 05602.
26 She put 07971 08799 her hand 03027 to the nail 03489, and her right hand 03225 to the workmen's 06001 hammer 01989; and with the hammer she smote 01986 08804 Sisera 05516, she smote off 04277 08804 his head 07218, when she had pierced 04272 08804 and stricken through 02498 08804 his temples 07541.
27 At her feet 07272 he bowed 03766 08804, he fell 05307 08804, he lay down 07901 08804: at her feet 07272 he bowed 03766 08804, he fell 05307 08804: where 0834 he bowed 03766 08804, there he fell down 05307 08804 dead 07703 08803.
28 The mother 0517 of Sisera 05516 looked 08259 08738 out at a window 02474, and cried 02980 08762 through the lattice 0822, Why is his chariot 07393 [so] long 0954 08765 in coming 0935 08800? why tarry 0309 08765 the wheels 06471 of his chariots 04818?
29 Her wise 02450 ladies 08282 answered 06030 08799 her, yea, she returned 07725 08686 answer 0561 to herself,
30 Have they not sped 04672 08799? have they [not] divided 02505 08762 the prey 07998; to every 07218 man 01397 a damsel 07356 [or] two 07361; to Sisera 05516 a prey 07998 of divers colours 06648, a prey 07998 of divers colours 06648 of needlework 07553, of divers colours 06648 of needlework on both sides 07553, [meet] for the necks 06677 of [them that take] the spoil 07998?
31 So let all thine enemies 0341 08802 perish 06 08799, O LORD 03068: but [let] them that love 0157 08802 him [be] as the sun 08121 when he goeth forth 03318 08800 in his might 01369. And the land 0776 had rest 08252 08799 forty 0705 years 08141.

#### Jdg 6

1 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 did 06213 08799 evil 07451 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068: and the LORD 03068 delivered 05414 08799 them into the hand 03027 of Midian 04080 seven 07651 years 08141.
2 And the hand 03027 of Midian 04080 prevailed 05810 08799 against Israel 03478: [and] because 06440 of the Midianites 04080 the children 01121 of Israel 03478 made 06213 08804 them the dens 04492 which [are] in the mountains 02022, and caves 04631, and strong holds 04679.
3 And [so] it was, when Israel 03478 had sown 02232 08804, that the Midianites 04080 came up 05927 08804, and the Amalekites 06002, and the children 01121 of the east 06924, even they came up 05927 08804 against them;
4 And they encamped 02583 08799 against them, and destroyed 07843 08686 the increase 02981 of the earth 0776, till thou come 0935 08800 unto Gaza 05804, and left 07604 08686 no sustenance 04241 for Israel 03478, neither sheep 07716, nor ox 07794, nor ass 02543.
5 For they came up 05927 08799 with their cattle 04735 and their tents 0168, and they came 0935 08804 08675 0935 08799 as 01767 grasshoppers 0697 for multitude 07230; [for] both they and their camels 01581 were without number 04557: and they entered 0935 08799 into the land 0776 to destroy 07843 08763 it.
6 And Israel 03478 was greatly 03966 impoverished 01809 08735 because 06440 of the Midianites 04080; and the children 01121 of Israel 03478 cried 02199 08799 unto the LORD 03068.
7 And it came to pass, when the children 01121 of Israel 03478 cried 02199 08804 unto the LORD 03068 because 0182 of the Midianites 04080,
8 That the LORD 03068 sent 07971 08799 a prophet 0376 05030 unto the children 01121 of Israel 03478, which said 0559 08799 unto them, Thus saith 0559 08804 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, I brought you up 05927 08689 from Egypt 04714, and brought you forth 03318 08686 out of the house 01004 of bondage 05650;
9 And I delivered 05337 08686 you out of the hand 03027 of the Egyptians 04714, and out of the hand 03027 of all that oppressed 03905 08801 you, and drave them out 01644 08762 from before 06440 you, and gave 05414 08799 you their land 0776;
10 And I said 0559 08799 unto you, I [am] the LORD 03068 your God 0430; fear 03372 08799 not the gods 0430 of the Amorites 0567, in whose land 0776 ye dwell 03427 08802: but ye have not obeyed 08085 08804 my voice 06963.
11 And there came 0935 08799 an angel 04397 of the LORD 03068, and sat 03427 08799 under an oak 0424 which [was] in Ophrah 06084, that [pertained] unto Joash 03101 the Abiezrite 033: and his son 01121 Gideon 01439 threshed 02251 08802 wheat 02406 by the winepress 01660, to hide 05127 08687 [it] from 06440 the Midianites 04080.
12 And the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 appeared 07200 08735 unto him, and said 0559 08799 unto him, The LORD 03068 [is] with thee, thou mighty 01368 man of valour 02428.
13 And Gideon 01439 said 0559 08799 unto him, Oh 0994 my Lord 0113, if 03426 the LORD 03068 be with us, why then is all this befallen 04672 08804 us? and where [be] all his miracles 06381 08737 which our fathers 01 told 05608 08765 us of, saying 0559 08800, Did not the LORD 03068 bring us up 05927 08689 from Egypt 04714? but now the LORD 03068 hath forsaken 05203 08804 us, and delivered 05414 08799 us into the hands 03709 of the Midianites 04080.
14 And the LORD 03068 looked 06437 08799 upon him, and said 0559 08799, Go 03212 08798 in this thy might 03581, and thou shalt save 03467 08689 Israel 03478 from the hand 03709 of the Midianites 04080: have not I sent 07971 08804 thee?
15 And he said 0559 08799 unto him, Oh 0994 my Lord 0136, wherewith 04100 shall I save 03467 08686 Israel 03478? behold, my family 0504 08676 0505 [is] poor 01800 in Manasseh 04519, and I [am] the least 06810 in my father's 01 house 01004.
16 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799 unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite 05221 08689 the Midianites 04080 as one 0259 man 0376.
17 And he said 0559 08799 unto him, If now I have found 04672 08804 grace 02580 in thy sight 05869, then shew 06213 08804 me a sign 0226 that thou talkest 01696 08764 with me.
18 Depart 04185 08799 not hence, I pray thee, until I come 0935 08800 unto thee, and bring forth 03318 08689 my present 04503, and set 03240 08689 [it] before 06440 thee. And he said 0559 08799, I will tarry 03427 08799 until thou come again 07725 08800.
19 And Gideon 01439 went in 0935 08804, and made ready 06213 08799 a kid 05795 01423, and unleavened cakes 04682 of an ephah 0374 of flour 07058: the flesh 01320 he put 07760 08804 in a basket 05536, and he put 07760 08804 the broth 04839 in a pot 06517, and brought [it] out 03318 08686 unto him under the oak 0424, and presented 05066 08686 [it].
20 And the angel 04397 of God 0430 said 0559 08799 unto him, Take 03947 08798 the flesh 01320 and the unleavened cakes 04682, and lay 03240 08685 [them] upon this 01975 rock 05553, and pour out 08210 08798 the broth 04839. And he did 06213 08799 so.
21 Then the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 put forth 07971 08799 the end 07097 of the staff 04938 that [was] in his hand 03027, and touched 05060 08799 the flesh 01320 and the unleavened cakes 04682; and there rose up 05927 08799 fire 0784 out of the rock 06697, and consumed 0398 08799 the flesh 01320 and the unleavened cakes 04682. Then the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 departed 01980 08804 out of his sight 05869.
22 And when Gideon 01439 perceived 07200 08799 that he [was] an angel 04397 of the LORD 03068, Gideon 01439 said 0559 08799, Alas 0162, O Lord 0136 GOD 03069! for because 03651 I have seen 07200 08804 an angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 face 06440 to face 06440.
23 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799 unto him, Peace 07965 [be] unto thee; fear 03372 08799 not: thou shalt not die 04191 08799.
24 Then Gideon 01439 built 01129 08799 an altar 04196 there unto the LORD 03068, and called 07121 08799 it Jehovahshalom 03073: unto this day 03117 it [is] yet in Ophrah 06084 of the Abiezrites 033.
25 And it came to pass the same night 03915, that the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799 unto him, Take 03947 08798 thy father's 01 young 06499 bullock 07794, even the second 08145 bullock 06499 of seven 07651 years old 08141, and throw down 02040 08804 the altar 04196 of Baal 01168 that thy father 01 hath, and cut down 03772 08799 the grove 0842 that [is] by it:
26 And build 01129 08804 an altar 04196 unto the LORD 03068 thy God 0430 upon the top 07218 of this rock 04581, in the ordered place 04634, and take 03947 08804 the second 08145 bullock 06499, and offer 05927 08689 a burnt sacrifice 05930 with the wood 06086 of the grove 0842 which thou shalt cut down 03772 08799.
27 Then Gideon 01439 took 03947 08799 ten 06235 men 0582 of his servants 05650, and did 06213 08799 as the LORD 03068 had said 01696 08765 unto him: and [so] it was, because he feared 03372 08804 his father's 01 household 01004, and the men 0582 of the city 05892, that he could not do 06213 08800 [it] by day 03119, that he did 06213 08799 [it] by night 03915.
28 And when the men 0582 of the city 05892 arose early 07925 08686 in the morning 01242, behold, the altar 04196 of Baal 01168 was cast down 05422 08795, and the grove 0842 was cut down 03772 08795 that [was] by it, and the second 08145 bullock 06499 was offered 05927 08717 upon the altar 04196 [that was] built 01129 08803.
29 And they said 0559 08799 one 0376 to another 07453, Who hath done 06213 08804 this thing 01697? And when they enquired 01875 08799 and asked 01245 08762, they said 0559 08799, Gideon 01439 the son 01121 of Joash 03101 hath done 06213 08804 this thing 01697.
30 Then the men 0582 of the city 05892 said 0559 08799 unto Joash 03101, Bring out 03318 08685 thy son 01121, that he may die 04191 08799: because he hath cast down 05422 08804 the altar 04196 of Baal 01168, and because he hath cut down 03772 08804 the grove 0842 that [was] by it.
31 And Joash 03101 said 0559 08799 unto all that stood 05975 08804 against him, Will ye plead 07378 08799 for Baal 01168? will ye save 03467 08686 him? he that will plead 07378 08799 for him, let him be put to death 04191 08714 whilst [it is yet] morning 01242: if he [be] a god 0430, let him plead 07378 08799 for himself, because [one] hath cast down 05422 08804 his altar 04196.
32 Therefore on that day 03117 he called 07121 08799 him Jerubbaal 03378, saying 0559 08800, Let Baal 01168 plead 07378 08799 against him, because he hath thrown down 05422 08804 his altar 04196.
33 Then all the Midianites 04080 and the Amalekites 06002 and the children 01121 of the east 06924 were gathered 0622 08738 together 03162, and went over 05674 08799, and pitched 02583 08799 in the valley 06010 of Jezreel 03157.
34 But the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 came 03847 08804 upon Gideon 01439, and he blew 08628 08799 a trumpet 07782; and Abiezer 044 was gathered 02199 08735 after 0310 him.
35 And he sent 07971 08804 messengers 04397 throughout all Manasseh 04519; who also was gathered 02199 08735 after 0310 him: and he sent 07971 08804 messengers 04397 unto Asher 0836, and unto Zebulun 02074, and unto Naphtali 05321; and they came up 05927 08799 to meet 07125 08800 them.
36 And Gideon 01439 said 0559 08799 unto God 0430, If thou wilt 03426 save 03467 08688 Israel 03478 by mine hand 03027, as thou hast said 01696 08765,
37 Behold, I will put 03322 08688 a fleece 01492 of wool 06785 in the floor 01637; [and] if the dew 02919 be on the fleece 01492 only, and [it be] dry 02721 upon all the earth 0776 [beside], then shall I know 03045 08804 that thou wilt save 03467 08686 Israel 03478 by mine hand 03027, as thou hast said 01696 08765.
38 And it was so: for he rose up early 07925 08686 on the morrow 04283, and thrust 02115 00 the fleece 01492 together 02115 08799, and wringed 04680 08799 the dew 02919 out of the fleece 01492, a bowl 05602 full 04393 of water 04325.
39 And Gideon 01439 said 0559 08799 unto God 0430, Let not thine anger 0639 be hot 02734 08799 against me, and I will speak 01696 08762 but this once 06471: let me prove 05254 08762, I pray thee, but this once 06471 with the fleece 01492; let it now be dry 02721 only upon the fleece 01492, and upon all the ground 0776 let there be dew 02919.
40 And God 0430 did 06213 08799 so that night 03915: for it was dry 02721 upon the fleece 01492 only, and there was dew 02919 on all the ground 0776.

#### Jdg 7

1 Then Jerubbaal 03378, who [is] Gideon 01439, and all the people 05971 that [were] with him, rose up early 07925 08686, and pitched 02583 08799 beside the well of Harod 05878: so that the host 04264 of the Midianites 04080 were on the north side 06828 of them, by the hill 01389 of Moreh 04176, in the valley 06010.
2 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799 unto Gideon 01439, The people 05971 that [are] with thee [are] too many 07227 for me to give 05414 08800 the Midianites 04080 into their hands 03027, lest Israel 03478 vaunt 06286 08691 themselves against me, saying 0559 08800, Mine own hand 03027 hath saved 03467 08689 me.
3 Now therefore go to 04994, proclaim 07121 08798 in the ears 0241 of the people 05971, saying 0559 08800, Whosoever [is] fearful 03373 and afraid 02730, let him return 07725 08799 and depart early 06852 08799 from mount 02022 Gilead 01568. And there returned 07725 08799 of the people 05971 twenty 06242 and two 08147 thousand 0505; and there remained 07604 08738 ten 06235 thousand 0505.
4 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799 unto Gideon 01439, The people 05971 [are] yet [too] many 07227; bring them down 03381 08685 unto the water 04325, and I will try 06884 08799 them for thee there: and it shall be, [that] of whom I say 0559 08799 unto thee, This shall go 03212 08799 with thee, the same shall go 03212 08799 with thee; and of whomsoever I say 0559 08799 unto thee, This shall not go 03212 08799 with thee, the same shall not go 03212 08799.
5 So he brought down 03381 08686 the people 05971 unto the water 04325: and the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799 unto Gideon 01439, Every one that lappeth 03952 08799 of the water 04325 with his tongue 03956, as a dog 03611 lappeth 03952 08799, him shalt thou set 03322 08686 by himself; likewise every one that boweth down 03766 08799 upon his knees 01290 to drink 08354 08800.
6 And the number 04557 of them that lapped 03952 08764, [putting] their hand 03027 to their mouth 06310, were three 07969 hundred 03967 men 0376: but all the rest 03499 of the people 05971 bowed down 03766 08804 upon their knees 01290 to drink 08354 08800 water 04325.
7 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799 unto Gideon 01439, By the three 07969 hundred 03967 men 0376 that lapped 03952 08764 will I save 03467 08686 you, and deliver 05414 08804 the Midianites 04080 into thine hand 03027: and let all the [other] people 05971 go 03212 08799 every man 0376 unto his place 04725.
8 So the people 05971 took 03947 08799 victuals 06720 in their hand 03027, and their trumpets 07782: and he sent 07971 08765 all 0376 [the rest of] Israel 03478 every man 0376 unto his tent 0168, and retained 02388 08689 those three 07969 hundred 03967 men 0376: and the host 04264 of Midian 04080 was beneath him in the valley 06010.
9 And it came to pass the same night 03915, that the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799 unto him, Arise 06965 08798, get thee down 03381 08798 unto the host 04264; for I have delivered 05414 08804 it into thine hand 03027.
10 But if thou fear 03373 to go down 03381 08800, go 03381 00 thou with Phurah 06513 thy servant 05288 down 03381 08798 to the host 04264:
11 And thou shalt hear 08085 08804 what they say 01696 08762; and afterward 0310 shall thine hands 03027 be strengthened 02388 08799 to go down 03381 08804 unto the host 04264. Then went he down 03381 08799 with Phurah 06513 his servant 05288 unto the outside 07097 of the armed men 02571 that [were] in the host 04264.
12 And the Midianites 04080 and the Amalekites 06002 and all the children 01121 of the east 06924 lay 05307 08802 along in the valley 06010 like grasshoppers 0697 for multitude 07230; and their camels 01581 [were] without number 04557, as the sand 02344 by the sea 03220 side 08193 for multitude 07230.
13 And when Gideon 01439 was come 0935 08799, behold, [there was] a man 0376 that told 05608 08764 a dream 02472 unto his fellow 07453, and said 0559 08799, Behold, I dreamed 02492 08804 a dream 02472, and, lo, a cake 06742 08675 06742 of barley 08184 bread 03899 tumbled 02015 08693 into the host 04264 of Midian 04080, and came 0935 08799 unto a tent 0168, and smote 05221 08686 it that it fell 05307 08799, and overturned 02015 08799 04605 it, that the tent 0168 lay along 05307 08804.
14 And his fellow 07453 answered 06030 08799 and said 0559 08799, This [is] nothing else save the sword 02719 of Gideon 01439 the son 01121 of Joash 03101, a man 0376 of Israel 03478: [for] into his hand 03027 hath God 0430 delivered 05414 08804 Midian 04080, and all the host 04264.
15 And it was [so], when Gideon 01439 heard 08085 08800 the telling 04557 of the dream 02472, and the interpretation 07667 thereof, that he worshipped 07812 08691, and returned 07725 08799 into the host 04264 of Israel 03478, and said 0559 08799, Arise 06965 08798; for the LORD 03068 hath delivered 05414 08804 into your hand 03027 the host 04264 of Midian 04080.
16 And he divided 02673 08799 the three 07969 hundred 03967 men 0376 [into] three 07969 companies 07218, and he put 05414 08799 a trumpet 07782 in every man's hand 03027, with empty 07386 pitchers 03537, and lamps 03940 within 08432 the pitchers 03537.
17 And he said 0559 08799 unto them, Look 07200 08799 on me, and do 06213 08799 likewise: and, behold, when I come 0935 08802 to the outside 07097 of the camp 04264, it shall be [that], as I do 06213 08799, so shall ye do 06213 08799.
18 When I blow 08628 08804 with a trumpet 07782, I and all that [are] with me, then blow 08628 08804 ye the trumpets 07782 also on every side 05439 of all the camp 04264, and say 0559 08804, [The sword] of the LORD 03068, and of Gideon 01439.
19 So Gideon 01439, and the hundred 03967 men 0376 that [were] with him, came 0935 08799 unto the outside 07097 of the camp 04264 in the beginning 07218 of the middle 08484 watch 0821; and they had but 0389 newly 06965 08687 set 06965 08689 the watch 08104 08802: and they blew 08628 08799 the trumpets 07782, and brake 05310 08800 the pitchers 03537 that [were] in their hands 03027.
20 And the three 07969 companies 07218 blew 08628 08799 the trumpets 07782, and brake 07665 08799 the pitchers 03537, and held 02388 08686 the lamps 03940 in their left 08040 hands 03027, and the trumpets 07782 in their right 03225 hands 03027 to blow 08628 08800 [withal]: and they cried 07121 08799, The sword 02719 of the LORD 03068, and of Gideon 01439.
21 And they stood 05975 08799 every man 0376 in his place round about 05439 the camp 04264: and all the host 04264 ran 07323 08799, and cried 07321 08686, and fled 05127 08799 08675 05127 08686.
22 And the three 07969 hundred 03967 blew 08628 08799 the trumpets 07782, and the LORD 03068 set 07760 08799 every man's 0376 sword 02719 against his fellow 07453, even throughout all the host 04264: and the host 04264 fled 05127 08799 to Bethshittah 01029 in Zererath 06888, [and] to the border 08193 of Abelmeholah 065, unto Tabbath 02888.
23 And the men 0376 of Israel 03478 gathered themselves together 06817 08735 out of Naphtali 05321, and out of Asher 0836, and out of all Manasseh 04519, and pursued 07291 08799 after 0310 the Midianites 04080.
24 And Gideon 01439 sent 07971 08804 messengers 04397 throughout all mount 02022 Ephraim 0669, saying 0559 08800, Come down 03381 08798 against 07125 08800 the Midianites 04080, and take 03920 08798 before them the waters 04325 unto Bethbarah 01012 and Jordan 03383. Then all the men 0376 of Ephraim 0669 gathered themselves together 06817 08735, and took 03920 08799 the waters 04325 unto Bethbarah 01012 and Jordan 03383.
25 And they took 03920 08799 two 08147 princes 08269 of the Midianites 04080, Oreb 06159 and Zeeb 02062; and they slew 02026 08799 Oreb 06159 upon the rock 06697 Oreb 06159, and Zeeb 02062 they slew 02026 08804 at the winepress 03342 of Zeeb 02062, and pursued 07291 08799 Midian 04080, and brought 0935 08689 the heads 07218 of Oreb 06159 and Zeeb 02062 to Gideon 01439 on the other side 05676 Jordan 03383.

#### Jdg 8

1 And the men 0376 of Ephraim 0669 said 0559 08799 unto him, Why hast thou 04100 served 06213 08804 us thus 01697, that thou calledst 07121 08800 us not, when thou wentest 01980 08804 to fight 03898 08736 with the Midianites 04080? And they did chide 07378 08799 with him sharply 02394.
2 And he said 0559 08799 unto them, What have I done 06213 08804 now in comparison of you? [Is] not the gleaning 05955 of the grapes of Ephraim 0669 better 02896 than the vintage 01210 of Abiezer 044?
3 God 0430 hath delivered 05414 08804 into your hands 03027 the princes 08269 of Midian 04080, Oreb 06159 and Zeeb 02062: and what was I able 03201 08804 to do 06213 08800 in comparison of you? Then their anger 07307 was abated 07503 08804 toward him, when he had said 01697 that 01696 08763.
4 And Gideon 01439 came 0935 08799 to Jordan 03383, [and] passed over 05674 08802, he, and the three 07969 hundred 03967 men 0376 that [were] with him, faint 05889, yet pursuing 07291 08802 [them].
5 And he said 0559 08799 unto the men 0582 of Succoth 05523, Give 05414 08798, I pray you, loaves 03603 of bread 03899 unto the people 05971 that follow 07272 me; for they [be] faint 05889, and I am pursuing 07291 08802 after 0310 Zebah 02078 and Zalmunna 06759, kings 04428 of Midian 04080.
6 And the princes 08269 of Succoth 05523 said 0559 08799, [Are] the hands 03709 of Zebah 02078 and Zalmunna 06759 now in thine hand 03027, that we should give 05414 08799 bread 03899 unto thine army 06635?
7 And Gideon 01439 said 0559 08799, Therefore when the LORD 03068 hath delivered 05414 08800 Zebah 02078 and Zalmunna 06759 into mine hand 03027, then I will tear 01758 08804 your flesh 01320 with the thorns 06975 of the wilderness 04057 and with briers 01303.
8 And he went up 05927 08799 thence to Penuel 06439, and spake 01696 08762 unto them likewise 02063: and the men 0582 of Penuel 06439 answered 06030 08799 him as the men 0582 of Succoth 05523 had answered 06030 08804 [him].
9 And he spake 0559 08799 also unto the men 0582 of Penuel 06439, saying 0559 08800, When I come again 07725 08800 in peace 07965, I will break down 05422 08799 this tower 04026.
10 Now Zebah 02078 and Zalmunna 06759 [were] in Karkor 07174, and their hosts 04264 with them, about fifteen 02568 06240 thousand 0505 [men], all that were left 03498 08737 of all the hosts 04264 of the children 01121 of the east 06924: for there fell 05307 08802 an hundred 03967 and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 men 0376 that drew 08025 08802 sword 02719.
11 And Gideon 01439 went up 05927 08799 by the way 01870 of them that dwelt 07931 08803 in tents 0168 on the east 06924 of Nobah 05025 and Jogbehah 03011, and smote 05221 08686 the host 04264: for the host 04264 was secure 0983.
12 And when Zebah 02078 and Zalmunna 06759 fled 05127 08799, he pursued 07291 08799 after 0310 them, and took 03920 08799 the two 08147 kings 04428 of Midian 04080, Zebah 02078 and Zalmunna 06759, and discomfited 02729 08689 all the host 04264.
13 And Gideon 01439 the son 01121 of Joash 03101 returned 07725 08799 from battle 04421 before 04608 the sun 02775 [was up],
14 And caught 03920 08799 a young man 05288 of the men 0582 of Succoth 05523, and enquired 07592 08799 of him: and he described 03789 08799 unto him the princes 08269 of Succoth 05523, and the elders 02205 thereof, [even] threescore and seventeen 07657 07651 men 0376.
15 And he came 0935 08799 unto the men 0582 of Succoth 05523, and said 0559 08799, Behold Zebah 02078 and Zalmunna 06759, with whom ye did upbraid 02778 08765 me, saying 0559 08800, [Are] the hands 03709 of Zebah 02078 and Zalmunna 06759 now in thine hand 03027, that we should give 05414 08799 bread 03899 unto thy men 0582 [that are] weary 03287?
16 And he took 03947 08799 the elders 02205 of the city 05892, and thorns 06975 of the wilderness 04057 and briers 01303, and with them he taught 03045 08686 the men 0582 of Succoth 05523.
17 And he beat down 05422 08804 the tower 04026 of Penuel 06439, and slew 02026 08799 the men 0582 of the city 05892.
18 Then said 0559 08799 he unto Zebah 02078 and Zalmunna 06759, What 0375 manner of men 0582 [were they] whom ye slew 02026 08804 at Tabor 08396? And they answered 0559 08799, As thou 03644 [art], so [were] they; each one 0259 resembled 08389 the children 01121 of a king 04428.
19 And he said 0559 08799, They [were] my brethren 0251, [even] the sons 01121 of my mother 0517: [as] the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, if 03863 ye had saved them alive 02421 08689, I would not slay 02026 08804 you.
20 And he said 0559 08799 unto Jether 03500 his firstborn 01060, Up 06965 08798, [and] slay 02026 08798 them. But the youth 05288 drew 08025 08804 not his sword 02719: for he feared 03372 08804, because he [was] yet a youth 05288.
21 Then Zebah 02078 and Zalmunna 06759 said 0559 08799, Rise 06965 08798 thou, and fall 06293 08798 upon us: for as the man 0376 [is, so is] his strength 01369. And Gideon 01439 arose 06965 08799, and slew 02026 08799 Zebah 02078 and Zalmunna 06759, and took away 03947 08799 the ornaments 07720 that [were] on their camels' 01581 necks 06677.
22 Then the men 0376 of Israel 03478 said 0559 08799 unto Gideon 01439, Rule 04910 08798 thou over us, both thou, and thy son 01121, and thy son's 01121 son 01121 also: for thou hast delivered 03467 08689 us from the hand 03027 of Midian 04080.
23 And Gideon 01439 said 0559 08799 unto them, I will not rule 04910 08799 over you, neither shall my son 01121 rule 04910 08799 over you: the LORD 03068 shall rule 04910 08799 over you.
24 And Gideon 01439 said 0559 08799 unto them, I would desire 07592 08799 a request 07596 of you, that ye would give 05414 08798 me every man 0376 the earrings 05141 of his prey 07998. (For they had golden 02091 earrings 05141, because they [were] Ishmaelites 03459.)
25 And they answered 0559 08799, We will willingly 05414 08800 give 05414 08799 [them]. And they spread 06566 08799 a garment 08071, and did cast 07993 08686 therein every man 0376 the earrings 05141 of his prey 07998.
26 And the weight 04948 of the golden 02091 earrings 05141 that he requested 07592 08804 was a thousand 0505 and seven 07651 hundred 03967 [shekels] of gold 02091; beside ornaments 07720, and collars 05188, and purple 0713 raiment 0899 that [was] on the kings 04428 of Midian 04080, and beside the chains 06060 that [were] about their camels' 01581 necks 06677.
27 And Gideon 01439 made 06213 08799 an ephod 0646 thereof, and put 03322 08686 it in his city 05892, [even] in Ophrah 06084: and all Israel 03478 went thither a whoring 02181 08799 after 0310 it: which thing became a snare 04170 unto Gideon 01439, and to his house 01004.
28 Thus was Midian 04080 subdued 03665 08735 before 06440 the children 01121 of Israel 03478, so that they lifted up 05375 08800 their heads 07218 no more 03254 08804. And the country 0776 was in quietness 08252 08799 forty 0705 years 08141 in the days 03117 of Gideon 01439.
29 And Jerubbaal 03378 the son 01121 of Joash 03101 went 03212 08799 and dwelt 03427 08799 in his own house 01004.
30 And Gideon 01439 had threescore and ten 07657 sons 01121 of his body 03409 begotten 03318 08802: for he had many 07227 wives 0802.
31 And his concubine 06370 that [was] in Shechem 07927, she also bare 03205 08804 him a son 01121, whose name 08034 he called 07760 08799 Abimelech 040.
32 And Gideon 01439 the son 01121 of Joash 03101 died 04191 08799 in a good 02896 old age 07872, and was buried 06912 08735 in the sepulchre 06913 of Joash 03101 his father 01, in Ophrah 06084 of the Abiezrites 033.
33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon 01439 was dead 04191 08804, that the children 01121 of Israel 03478 turned again 07725 08799, and went a whoring 02181 08799 after 0310 Baalim 01168, and made 07760 08799 Baalberith 01170 their god 0430.
34 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 remembered 02142 08804 not the LORD 03068 their God 0430, who had delivered 05337 08688 them out of the hands 03027 of all their enemies 0341 08802 on every side 05439:
35 Neither shewed 06213 08804 they kindness 02617 to the house 01004 of Jerubbaal 03378, [namely], Gideon 01439, according to all the goodness 02896 which he had shewed 06213 08804 unto Israel 03478.

#### Jdg 9

1 And Abimelech 040 the son 01121 of Jerubbaal 03378 went 03212 08799 to Shechem 07927 unto his mother's 0517 brethren 0251, and communed 01696 08762 with them, and with all the family 04940 of the house 01004 of his mother's 0517 father 01, saying 0559 08800,
2 Speak 01696 08761, I pray you, in the ears 0241 of all the men 01167 of Shechem 07927, Whether [is] better 02896 for you, either that all the sons 01121 of Jerubbaal 03378, [which are] threescore and ten 07657 persons 0376, reign 04910 08800 over you, or that one 0259 reign 04910 08800 over you? remember 02142 08804 also that I [am] your bone 06106 and your flesh 01320.
3 And his mother's 0517 brethren 0251 spake 01696 08762 of him in the ears 0241 of all the men 01167 of Shechem 07927 all these words 01697: and their hearts 03820 inclined 05186 08799 to follow 0310 Abimelech 040; for they said 0559 08804, He [is] our brother 0251.
4 And they gave 05414 08799 him threescore and ten 07657 [pieces] of silver 03701 out of the house 01004 of Baalberith 01170, wherewith Abimelech 040 hired 07936 08799 vain 07386 and light 06348 08802 persons 0582, which followed 03212 08799 him 0310.
5 And he went 0935 08799 unto his father's 01 house 01004 at Ophrah 06084, and slew 02026 08799 his brethren 0251 the sons 01121 of Jerubbaal 03378, [being] threescore and ten 07657 persons 0376, upon one 0259 stone 068: notwithstanding yet Jotham 03147 the youngest 06996 son 01121 of Jerubbaal 03378 was left 03498 08735; for he hid 02244 08738 himself.
6 And all the men 01167 of Shechem 07927 gathered together 0622 08735, and all the house 01004 of Millo 04407 08677 01037, and went 03212 08799, and made 04427 08686 Abimelech 040 king 04428, by the plain 0436 of the pillar 05324 08716 that [was] in Shechem 07927.
7 And when they told 05046 08686 [it] to Jotham 03147, he went 03212 08799 and stood 05975 08799 in the top 07218 of mount 02022 Gerizim 01630, and lifted up 05375 08799 his voice 06963, and cried 07121 08799, and said 0559 08799 unto them, Hearken 08085 08798 unto me, ye men 01167 of Shechem 07927, that God 0430 may hearken 08085 08799 unto you.
8 The trees 06086 went forth 01980 08804 08676 01980 08800 [on a time] to anoint 04886 08800 a king 04428 over them; and they said 0559 08799 unto the olive tree 02132, Reign 04427 08798 thou over us.
9 But the olive tree 02132 said 0559 08799 unto them, Should I leave 02308 08804 my fatness 01880, wherewith by me they honour 03513 08762 God 0430 and man 0582, and go 01980 08804 to be promoted 05128 08800 over the trees 06086?
10 And the trees 06086 said 0559 08799 to the fig tree 08384, Come 03212 08798 thou, [and] reign 04427 08798 over us.
11 But the fig tree 08384 said 0559 08799 unto them, Should I forsake 02308 08804 my sweetness 04987, and my good 02896 fruit 08570, and go 01980 08804 to be promoted 05128 08800 over the trees 06086?
12 Then said 0559 08799 the trees 06086 unto the vine 01612, Come 03212 08798 thou, [and] reign 04427 08798 over us.
13 And the vine 01612 said 0559 08799 unto them, Should I leave 02308 08804 my wine 08492, which cheereth 08055 08764 God 0430 and man 0582, and go 01980 08804 to be promoted 05128 08800 over the trees 06086?
14 Then said 0559 08799 all the trees 06086 unto the bramble 0329, Come 03212 08798 thou, [and] reign 04427 08798 over us.
15 And the bramble 0329 said 0559 08799 unto the trees 06086, If in truth 0571 ye anoint 04886 08802 me king 04428 over you, [then] come 0935 08798 [and] put your trust 02620 08798 in my shadow 06738: and if not, let fire 0784 come out 03318 08799 of the bramble 0329, and devour 0398 08799 the cedars 0730 of Lebanon 03844.
16 Now therefore, if ye have done 06213 08804 truly 0571 and sincerely 08549, in that ye have made Abimelech 040 king 04427 08686, and if ye have dealt 06213 08804 well 02896 with Jerubbaal 03378 and his house 01004, and have done 06213 08804 unto him according to the deserving 01576 of his hands 03027;
17 (For my father 01 fought 03898 08738 for you, and adventured 07993 08686 his life 05315 far 05048, and delivered 05337 08686 you out of the hand 03027 of Midian 04080:
18 And ye are risen up 06965 08804 against my father's 01 house 01004 this day 03117, and have slain 02026 08799 his sons 01121, threescore and ten 07657 persons 0376, upon one 0259 stone 068, and have made Abimelech 040, the son 01121 of his maidservant 0519, king 04427 08686 over the men 01167 of Shechem 07927, because he [is] your brother 0251;)
19 If ye then have dealt 06213 08804 truly 0571 and sincerely 08549 with Jerubbaal 03378 and with his house 01004 this day 03117, [then] rejoice 08055 08798 ye in Abimelech 040, and let him also rejoice 08055 08799 in you:
20 But if not, let fire 0784 come out 03318 08799 from Abimelech 040, and devour 0398 08799 the men 01167 of Shechem 07927, and the house 01004 of Millo 04407 08677 01037; and let fire 0784 come out 03318 08799 from the men 01167 of Shechem 07927, and from the house 01004 of Millo 04407 08676 01037, and devour 0398 08799 Abimelech 040.
21 And Jotham 03147 ran away 01272 08799, and fled 05127 08799, and went 03212 08799 to Beer 0876, and dwelt 03427 08799 there, for fear 06440 of Abimelech 040 his brother 0251.
22 When Abimelech 040 had reigned 07786 08799 three 07969 years 08141 over Israel 03478,
23 Then God 0430 sent 07971 08799 an evil 07451 spirit 07307 between Abimelech 040 and the men 01167 of Shechem 07927; and the men 01167 of Shechem 07927 dealt treacherously 0898 08799 with Abimelech 040:
24 That the cruelty 02555 [done] to the threescore and ten 07657 sons 01121 of Jerubbaal 03378 might come 0935 08800, and their blood 01818 be laid 07760 08800 upon Abimelech 040 their brother 0251, which slew 02026 08804 them; and upon the men 01167 of Shechem 07927, which aided 02388 08765 03027 him in the killing 02026 08800 of his brethren 0251.
25 And the men 01167 of Shechem 07927 set 07760 08799 liers in wait 0693 08764 for him in the top 07218 of the mountains 02022, and they robbed 01497 08799 all that came 05674 08799 along that way 01870 by them: and it was told 05046 08714 Abimelech 040.
26 And Gaal 01603 the son 01121 of Ebed 05651 came 0935 08799 with his brethren 0251, and went over 05674 08799 to Shechem 07927: and the men 01167 of Shechem 07927 put their confidence 0982 08799 in him.
27 And they went out 03318 08799 into the fields 07704, and gathered 01219 08799 their vineyards 03754, and trode 01869 08799 [the grapes], and made 06213 08799 merry 01974, and went 0935 08799 into the house 01004 of their god 0430, and did eat 0398 08799 and drink 08354 08799, and cursed 07043 08762 Abimelech 040.
28 And Gaal 01603 the son 01121 of Ebed 05651 said 0559 08799, Who [is] Abimelech 040, and who [is] Shechem 07927, that we should serve 05647 08799 him? [is] not [he] the son 01121 of Jerubbaal 03378? and Zebul 02083 his officer 06496? serve 05647 08798 the men 0582 of Hamor 02544 the father 01 of Shechem 07927: for why should we serve 05647 08799 him?
29 And would to God this people 05971 were under 05414 08799 my hand 03027! then would I remove 05493 08686 Abimelech 040. And he said 0559 08799 to Abimelech 040, Increase 07235 08761 thine army 06635, and come out 03318 08798.
30 And when Zebul 02083 the ruler 08269 of the city 05892 heard 08085 08799 the words 01697 of Gaal 01603 the son 01121 of Ebed 05651, his anger 0639 was kindled 02734 08799.
31 And he sent 07971 08799 messengers 04397 unto Abimelech 040 privily 08649, saying 0559 08800, Behold, Gaal 01603 the son 01121 of Ebed 05651 and his brethren 0251 be come 0935 08802 to Shechem 07927; and, behold, they fortify 06696 08802 the city 05892 against thee.
32 Now therefore up 06965 08798 by night 03915, thou and the people 05971 that [is] with thee, and lie in wait 0693 08798 in the field 07704:
33 And it shall be, [that] in the morning 01242, as soon as the sun 08121 is up 02224 08800, thou shalt rise early 07925 08686, and set 06584 08804 upon the city 05892: and, behold, [when] he and the people 05971 that [is] with him come out 03318 08802 against thee, then mayest thou do 06213 08804 to them as thou 03027 shalt find occasion 04672 08799.
34 And Abimelech 040 rose up 06965 08799, and all the people 05971 that [were] with him, by night 03915, and they laid wait 0693 08799 against Shechem 07927 in four 0702 companies 07218.
35 And Gaal 01603 the son 01121 of Ebed 05651 went out 03318 08799, and stood 05975 08799 in the entering 06607 of the gate 08179 of the city 05892: and Abimelech 040 rose up 06965 08799, and the people 05971 that [were] with him, from lying in wait 03993.
36 And when Gaal 01603 saw 07200 08799 the people 05971, he said 0559 08799 to Zebul 02083, Behold, there come 03381 00 people 05971 down 03381 08802 from the top 07218 of the mountains 02022. And Zebul 02083 said 0559 08799 unto him, Thou seest 07200 08802 the shadow 06738 of the mountains 02022 as [if they were] men 0582.
37 And Gaal 01603 spake 01696 08763 again 03254 08686 and said 0559 08799, See there come 03381 00 people 05971 down 03381 08802 by the middle 02872 of the land 0776, and another 0259 company 07218 come 0935 08804 along by the plain 0436 of 01870 Meonenim 06049 08781.
38 Then said 0559 08799 Zebul 02083 unto him, Where [is] now 0645 thy mouth 06310, wherewith thou saidst 0559 08799, Who [is] Abimelech 040, that we should serve 05647 08799 him? [is] not this the people 05971 that thou hast despised 03988 08804? go out 03318 08798, I pray now 04994, and fight 03898 08734 with them.
39 And Gaal 01603 went out 03318 08799 before 06440 the men 01167 of Shechem 07927, and fought 03898 08735 with Abimelech 040.
40 And Abimelech 040 chased 07291 08799 him, and he fled 05127 08799 before 06440 him, and many 07227 were overthrown 05307 08799 [and] wounded 02491, [even] unto the entering 06607 of the gate 08179.
41 And Abimelech 040 dwelt 03427 08799 at Arumah 0725: and Zebul 02083 thrust out 01644 08762 Gaal 01603 and his brethren 0251, that they should not dwell 03427 08800 in Shechem 07927.
42 And it came to pass on the morrow 04283, that the people 05971 went out 03318 08799 into the field 07704; and they told 05046 08686 Abimelech 040.
43 And he took 03947 08799 the people 05971, and divided 02673 08799 them into three 07969 companies 07218, and laid wait 0693 08799 in the field 07704, and looked 07200 08799, and, behold, the people 05971 [were] come forth 03318 08802 out of the city 05892; and he rose up 06965 08799 against them, and smote 05221 08686 them.
44 And Abimelech 040, and the company 07218 that [was] with him, rushed forward 06584 08804, and stood 05975 08799 in the entering 06607 of the gate 08179 of the city 05892: and the two 08147 [other] companies 07218 ran upon 06584 08804 all [the people] that [were] in the fields 07704, and slew 05221 08686 them.
45 And Abimelech 040 fought 03898 08738 against the city 05892 all that day 03117; and he took 03920 08799 the city 05892, and slew 02026 08804 the people 05971 that [was] therein, and beat down 05422 08799 the city 05892, and sowed 02232 08799 it with salt 04417.
46 And when all the men 01167 of the tower 04026 of Shechem 07927 heard 08085 08799 [that], they entered 0935 08799 into an hold 06877 of the house 01004 of the god 0410 Berith 01286.
47 And it was told 05046 08714 Abimelech 040, that all the men 01167 of the tower 04026 of Shechem 07927 were gathered together 06908 08694.
48 And Abimelech 040 gat him up 05927 08799 to mount 02022 Zalmon 06756, he and all the people 05971 that [were] with him; and Abimelech 040 took 03947 08799 an axe 07134 in his hand 03027, and cut down 03772 08799 a bough 07754 from the trees 06086, and took 05375 08799 it, and laid 07760 08799 [it] on his shoulder 07926, and said 0559 08799 unto the people 05971 that [were] with him, What ye have seen 07200 08804 me do 06213 08804, make haste 04116 08761, [and] do 06213 08798 as I 03644 [have done].
49 And all the people 05971 likewise cut down 03772 08799 every man 0376 his bough 07754, and followed 03212 08799 0310 Abimelech 040, and put 07760 08799 [them] to the hold 06877, and set 03341 08686 the hold 06877 on fire 0784 upon them; so that all the men 0582 of the tower 04026 of Shechem 07927 died 04191 08799 also, about a thousand 0505 men 0376 and women 0802.
50 Then went 03212 08799 Abimelech 040 to Thebez 08405, and encamped 02583 08799 against Thebez 08405, and took 03920 08799 it.
51 But there was a strong 05797 tower 04026 within 08432 the city 05892, and thither fled 05127 08799 all the men 0582 and women 0802, and all they 01167 of the city 05892, and shut 05462 08799 [it] to them, and gat them up 05927 08799 to the top 01406 of the tower 04026.
52 And Abimelech 040 came 0935 08799 unto the tower 04026, and fought 03898 08735 against it, and went hard 05066 08799 unto the door 06607 of the tower 04026 to burn 08313 08800 it with fire 0784.
53 And a certain 0259 woman 0802 cast 07993 08686 a piece 06400 of a millstone 07393 upon Abimelech's 040 head 07218, and all to brake 07533 08686 his skull 01538.
54 Then he called 07121 08799 hastily 04120 unto the young man 05288 his armourbearer 05375 08802 03627, and said 0559 08799 unto him, Draw 08025 08798 thy sword 02719, and slay 04191 08786 me, that men say 0559 08799 not of me, A woman 0802 slew 02026 08804 him. And his young man 05288 thrust him through 01856 08799, and he died 04191 08799.
55 And when the men 0376 of Israel 03478 saw 07200 08799 that Abimelech 040 was dead 04191 08804, they departed 03212 08799 every man 0376 unto his place 04725.
56 Thus God 0430 rendered 07725 08686 the wickedness 07451 of Abimelech 040, which he did 06213 08804 unto his father 01, in slaying 02026 08800 his seventy 07657 brethren 0251:
57 And all the evil 07451 of the men 0582 of Shechem 07927 did God 0430 render 07725 08689 upon their heads 07218: and upon them came 0935 08799 the curse 07045 of Jotham 03147 the son 01121 of Jerubbaal 03378.

#### Jdg 10

1 And after 0310 Abimelech 040 there arose 06965 08799 to defend 03467 08687 Israel 03478 Tola 08439 the son 01121 of Puah 06312, the son 01121 of Dodo 01734, a man 0376 of Issachar 03485; and he dwelt 03427 08802 in Shamir 08069 in mount 02022 Ephraim 0669.
2 And he judged 08199 08799 Israel 03478 twenty 06242 and three 07969 years 08141, and died 04191 08799, and was buried 06912 08735 in Shamir 08069.
3 And after 0310 him arose 06965 08799 Jair 02971, a Gileadite 01569, and judged 08199 08799 Israel 03478 twenty 06242 and two 08147 years 08141.
4 And he had thirty 07970 sons 01121 that rode 07392 08802 on thirty 07970 ass colts 05895, and they had thirty 07970 cities 05892, which are called 07121 08799 Havothjair 02334 unto this day 03117, which [are] in the land 0776 of Gilead 01568.
5 And Jair 02971 died 04191 08799, and was buried 06912 08735 in Camon 07056.
6 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 did 06213 08800 evil 07451 again 03254 08686 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068, and served 05647 08799 Baalim 01168, and Ashtaroth 06252, and the gods 0430 of Syria 0758, and the gods 0430 of Zidon 06721, and the gods 0430 of Moab 04124, and the gods 0430 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and the gods 0430 of the Philistines 06430, and forsook 05800 08799 the LORD 03068, and served 05647 08804 not him.
7 And the anger 0639 of the LORD 03068 was hot 02734 08799 against Israel 03478, and he sold 04376 08799 them into the hands 03027 of the Philistines 06430, and into the hands 03027 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983.
8 And that year 08141 they vexed 07492 08799 and oppressed 07533 08779 the children 01121 of Israel 03478: eighteen 08083 06240 years 08141, all the children 01121 of Israel 03478 that [were] on the other side 05676 Jordan 03383 in the land 0776 of the Amorites 0567, which [is] in Gilead 01568.
9 Moreover the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 passed over 05674 08799 Jordan 03383 to fight 03898 08736 also against Judah 03063, and against Benjamin 01144, and against the house 01004 of Ephraim 0669; so that Israel 03478 was sore 03966 distressed 03334 08799.
10 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 cried 02199 08799 unto the LORD 03068, saying 0559 08800, We have sinned 02398 08804 against thee, both because we have forsaken 05800 08804 our God 0430, and also served 05647 08799 Baalim 01168.
11 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799 unto the children 01121 of Israel 03478, [Did] not [I deliver you] from the Egyptians 04714, and from the Amorites 0567, from the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and from the Philistines 06430?
12 The Zidonians 06722 also, and the Amalekites 06002, and the Maonites 04584, did oppress 03905 08804 you; and ye cried 06817 08799 to me, and I delivered 03467 08686 you out of their hand 03027.
13 Yet ye have forsaken 05800 08804 me, and served 05647 08799 other 0312 gods 0430: wherefore I will deliver 03467 08687 you no more 03254 08686.
14 Go 03212 08798 and cry 02199 08798 unto the gods 0430 which ye have chosen 0977 08804; let them 01992 deliver 03467 08686 you in the time 06256 of your tribulation 06869.
15 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 said 0559 08799 unto the LORD 03068, We have sinned 02398 08804: do 06213 08798 thou unto us whatsoever seemeth 05869 good 02896 unto thee; deliver 05337 08685 us only, we pray thee, this day 03117.
16 And they put away 05493 08686 the strange 05236 gods 0430 from among 07130 them, and served 05647 08799 the LORD 03068: and his soul 05315 was grieved 07114 08799 for the misery 05999 of Israel 03478.
17 Then the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 were gathered together 06817 08735, and encamped 02583 08799 in Gilead 01568. And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 assembled themselves together 0622 08735, and encamped 02583 08799 in Mizpeh 04709.
18 And the people 05971 [and] princes 08269 of Gilead 01568 said 0559 08799 one 0376 to another 07453, What man 0376 [is he] that will begin 02490 08686 to fight 03898 08736 against the children 01121 of Ammon 05983? he shall be head 07218 over all the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Gilead 01568.

#### Jdg 11

1 Now Jephthah 03316 the Gileadite 01569 was a mighty man 01368 of valour 02428, and he [was] the son 01121 of an harlot 0802 02181 08802: and Gilead 01568 begat 03205 08686 Jephthah 03316.
2 And Gilead's 01568 wife 0802 bare 03205 08799 him sons 01121; and his wife's 0802 sons 01121 grew up 01431 08799, and they thrust out 01644 08762 Jephthah 03316, and said 0559 08799 unto him, Thou shalt not inherit 05157 08799 in our father's 01 house 01004; for thou [art] the son 01121 of a strange 0312 woman 0802.
3 Then Jephthah 03316 fled 01272 08799 from 06440 his brethren 0251, and dwelt 03427 08799 in the land 0776 of Tob 02897: and there were gathered 03950 08691 vain 07386 men 0582 to Jephthah 03316, and went out 03318 08799 with him.
4 And it came to pass in process of time 03117, that the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 made war 03898 08735 against Israel 03478.
5 And it was so, that when the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 made war 03898 08738 against Israel 03478, the elders 02205 of Gilead 01568 went 03212 08799 to fetch 03947 08800 Jephthah 03316 out of the land 0776 of Tob 02897:
6 And they said 0559 08799 unto Jephthah 03316, Come 03212 08798, and be our captain 07101, that we may fight 03898 08735 with the children 01121 of Ammon 05983.
7 And Jephthah 03316 said 0559 08799 unto the elders 02205 of Gilead 01568, Did not ye hate 08130 08804 me, and expel 01644 08762 me out of my father's 01 house 01004? and why are ye come 0935 08804 unto me now when ye are in distress 06887 08804?
8 And the elders 02205 of Gilead 01568 said 0559 08799 unto Jephthah 03316, Therefore we turn again 07725 08804 to thee now, that thou mayest go 01980 08804 with us, and fight 03898 08738 against the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and be our head 07218 over all the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Gilead 01568.
9 And Jephthah 03316 said 0559 08799 unto the elders 02205 of Gilead 01568, If ye bring me home again 07725 08688 to fight 03898 08736 against the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and the LORD 03068 deliver 05414 08804 them before 06440 me, shall I be your head 07218?
10 And the elders 02205 of Gilead 01568 said 0559 08799 unto Jephthah 03316, The LORD 03068 be witness 08085 08802 between us, if we do 06213 08799 not so according to thy words 01697.
11 Then Jephthah 03316 went 03212 08799 with the elders 02205 of Gilead 01568, and the people 05971 made 07760 08799 him head 07218 and captain 07101 over them: and Jephthah 03316 uttered 01696 08762 all his words 01697 before 06440 the LORD 03068 in Mizpeh 04709.
12 And Jephthah 03316 sent 07971 08799 messengers 04397 unto the king 04428 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, saying 0559 08800, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come 0935 08804 against me to fight 03898 08736 in my land 0776?
13 And the king 04428 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 answered 0559 08799 unto the messengers 04397 of Jephthah 03316, Because Israel 03478 took away 03947 08804 my land 0776, when they came up 05927 08800 out of Egypt 04714, from Arnon 0769 even unto Jabbok 02999, and unto Jordan 03383: now therefore restore those [lands] again 07725 08685 peaceably 07965.
14 And Jephthah 03316 sent 07971 08799 messengers 04397 again 03254 08686 unto the king 04428 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983:
15 And said 0559 08799 unto him, Thus saith 0559 08804 Jephthah 03316, Israel 03478 took not away 03947 08804 the land 0776 of Moab 04124, nor the land 0776 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983:
16 But when Israel 03478 came up 05927 08800 from Egypt 04714, and walked 03212 08799 through the wilderness 04057 unto the Red 05488 sea 03220, and came 0935 08799 to Kadesh 06946;
17 Then Israel 03478 sent 07971 08799 messengers 04397 unto the king 04428 of Edom 0123, saying 0559 08800, Let me, I pray thee, pass through 05674 08799 thy land 0776: but the king 04428 of Edom 0123 would not hearken 08085 08804 [thereto]. And in like manner they sent 07971 08804 unto the king 04428 of Moab 04124: but he would 014 08804 not [consent]: and Israel 03478 abode 03427 08799 in Kadesh 06946.
18 Then they went along 03212 08799 through the wilderness 04057, and compassed 05437 08799 the land 0776 of Edom 0123, and the land 0776 of Moab 04124, and came 0935 08799 by the east side 04217 08121 of the land 0776 of Moab 04124, and pitched 02583 08799 on the other side 05676 of Arnon 0769, but came 0935 08804 not within the border 01366 of Moab 04124: for Arnon 0769 [was] the border 01366 of Moab 04124.
19 And Israel 03478 sent 07971 08799 messengers 04397 unto Sihon 05511 king 04428 of the Amorites 0567, the king 04428 of Heshbon 02809; and Israel 03478 said 0559 08799 unto him, Let us pass 05674 08799, we pray thee, through thy land 0776 into 05704 my place 04725.
20 But Sihon 05511 trusted 0539 08689 not Israel 03478 to pass 05674 08800 through his coast 01366: but Sihon 05511 gathered 0622 00 all his people 05971 together 0622 08799, and pitched 02583 08799 in Jahaz 03096, and fought 03898 08735 against Israel 03478.
21 And the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 delivered 05414 08799 Sihon 05511 and all his people 05971 into the hand 03027 of Israel 03478, and they smote 05221 08686 them: so Israel 03478 possessed 03423 08799 all the land 0776 of the Amorites 0567, the inhabitants 03427 08802 of that country 0776.
22 And they possessed 03423 08799 all the coasts 01366 of the Amorites 0567, from Arnon 0769 even unto Jabbok 02999, and from the wilderness 04057 even unto Jordan 03383.
23 So now the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478 hath dispossessed 03423 08689 the Amorites 0567 from before 06440 his people 05971 Israel 03478, and shouldest thou possess 03423 08799 it?
24 Wilt not thou possess 03423 08799 that which Chemosh 03645 thy god 0430 giveth thee to possess 03423 08686? So whomsoever the LORD 03068 our God 0430 shall drive out 03423 08689 from before 06440 us, them will we possess 03423 08799.
25 And now [art] thou any thing better 02896 than Balak 01111 the son 01121 of Zippor 06834, king 04428 of Moab 04124? did he ever 07378 08800 strive 07378 08804 against Israel 03478, or did he ever 03898 08736 fight 03898 08738 against them,
26 While Israel 03478 dwelt 03427 08800 in Heshbon 02809 and her towns 01323, and in Aroer 06177 and her towns 01323, and in all the cities 05892 that [be] along by the coasts 03027 of Arnon 0769, three 07969 hundred 03967 years 08141? why therefore did ye not recover 05337 08689 [them] within that time 06256?
27 Wherefore I have not sinned 02398 08804 against thee, but thou doest 06213 08802 0853 me wrong 07451 to war 03898 08736 against me: the LORD 03068 the Judge 08199 08802 be judge 08199 08799 this day 03117 between the children 01121 of Israel 03478 and the children 01121 of Ammon 05983.
28 Howbeit the king 04428 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 hearkened 08085 08804 not unto the words 01697 of Jephthah 03316 which he sent 07971 08804 him.
29 Then the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 came upon Jephthah 03316, and he passed over 05674 08799 Gilead 01568, and Manasseh 04519, and passed over 05674 08799 Mizpeh 04708 of Gilead 01568, and from Mizpeh 04708 of Gilead 01568 he passed over 05674 08804 [unto] the children 01121 of Ammon 05983.
30 And Jephthah 03316 vowed 05087 08799 a vow 05088 unto the LORD 03068, and said 0559 08799, If thou shalt without fail 05414 08800 deliver 05414 08799 the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 into mine hands 03027,
31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever 03318 08802 cometh forth 03318 08799 of the doors 01817 of my house 01004 to meet 07125 08800 me, when I return 07725 08800 in peace 07965 from the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, shall surely be the LORD'S 03068, and I will offer it up 05927 08689 for a burnt offering 05930.
32 So Jephthah 03316 passed over 05674 08799 unto the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 to fight 03898 08736 against them; and the LORD 03068 delivered 05414 08799 them into his hands 03027.
33 And he smote 05221 08686 them from Aroer 06177, even till thou come 0935 08800 to Minnith 04511, [even] twenty 06242 cities 05892, and unto the plain 058 of the vineyards 03754 08677 064, with a very 03966 great 01419 slaughter 04347. Thus the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 were subdued 03665 08735 before 06440 the children 01121 of Israel 03478.
34 And Jephthah 03316 came 0935 08799 to Mizpeh 04709 unto his house 01004, and, behold, his daughter 01323 came out 03318 08802 to meet 07125 08800 him with timbrels 08596 and with dances 04246: and she [was his] only child 03173; beside her he had neither son 01121 nor 0176 daughter 01323.
35 And it came to pass, when he saw 07200 08800 her, that he rent 07167 08799 his clothes 0899, and said 0559 08799, Alas 0162, my daughter 01323! thou hast brought 03766 00 me very 03766 08689 low 03766 08687, and thou art one of them that trouble 05916 08802 me: for I have opened 06475 08804 my mouth 06310 unto the LORD 03068, and I cannot 03201 08799 go back 07725 08800.
36 And she said 0559 08799 unto him, My father 01, [if] thou hast opened 06475 08804 thy mouth 06310 unto the LORD 03068, do 06213 08798 to me according to that which 0834 hath proceeded 03318 08804 out of thy mouth 06310; forasmuch 0310 as the LORD 03068 hath taken 06213 08804 vengeance 05360 for thee of thine enemies 0341 08802, [even] of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983.
37 And she said 0559 08799 unto her father 01, Let this thing 01697 be done 06213 08735 for me: let me alone 07503 08685 two 08147 months 02320, that I may go up 03212 08799 and down 03381 08804 upon the mountains 02022, and bewail 01058 08799 my virginity 01331, I and my fellows 07464 08675 07474.
38 And he said 0559 08799, Go 03212 08798. And he sent her away 07971 08799 [for] two 08147 months 02320: and she went 03212 08799 with her companions 07464, and bewailed 01058 08799 her virginity 01331 upon the mountains 02022.
39 And it came to pass at the end 07093 of two 08147 months 02320, that she returned 07725 08799 unto her father 01, who did 06213 08799 with her [according] to his vow 05088 which he had vowed 05087 08804: and she knew 03045 08804 no man 0376. And it was a custom 02706 in Israel 03478,
40 [That] the daughters 01323 of Israel 03478 went 03212 08799 yearly 03117 03117 to lament 08567 08763 the daughter 01323 of Jephthah 03316 the Gileadite 01569 four 0702 days 03117 in a year 08141.

#### Jdg 12

1 And the men 0376 of Ephraim 0669 gathered themselves together 06817 08735, and went 05674 08799 northward 06828, and said 0559 08799 unto Jephthah 03316, Wherefore passedst thou over 05674 08804 to fight 03898 08736 against the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and didst not call 07121 08804 us to go 03212 08800 with thee? we will burn 08313 08799 thine house 01004 upon thee with fire 0784.
2 And Jephthah 03316 said 0559 08799 unto them, I and my people 05971 were 01961 08804 at great 03966 strife 0376 07379 with the children 01121 of Ammon 05983; and when I called 02199 08799 you, ye delivered 03467 08689 me not out of their hands 03027.
3 And when I saw 07200 08799 that ye delivered 03467 08688 [me] not, I put 07760 08799 my life 05315 in my hands 03709, and passed over 05674 08799 against the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and the LORD 03068 delivered 05414 08799 them into my hand 03027: wherefore then are ye come up 05927 08804 unto me this day 03117, to fight 03898 08736 against me?
4 Then Jephthah 03316 gathered together 06908 08799 all the men 0582 of Gilead 01568, and fought 03898 08735 with Ephraim 0669: and the men 0582 of Gilead 01568 smote 05221 08686 Ephraim 0669, because they said 0559 08804, Ye Gileadites 01568 [are] fugitives 06412 of Ephraim 0669 among 08432 the Ephraimites 0669, [and] among 08432 the Manassites 04519.
5 And the Gileadites 01568 took 03920 08799 the passages 04569 of Jordan 03383 before the Ephraimites 0669: and it was [so], that when those Ephraimites 0669 which were escaped 06412 said 0559 08799, Let me go over 05674 08799; that the men 0582 of Gilead 01568 said 0559 08799 unto him, [Art] thou an Ephraimite 0673? If he said 0559 08799, Nay;
6 Then said 0559 08799 they unto him, Say 0559 08798 now Shibboleth 07641: and he said 0559 08799 Sibboleth 05451: for he could not frame 03559 00 to pronounce 01696 08763 [it] right 03559 08686. Then they took 0270 08799 him, and slew 07819 08799 him at the passages 04569 of Jordan 03383: and there fell 05307 08799 at that time 06256 of the Ephraimites 0669 forty 0705 and two 08147 thousand 0505.
7 And Jephthah 03316 judged 08199 08799 Israel 03478 six 08337 years 08141. Then died 04191 08799 Jephthah 03316 the Gileadite 01569, and was buried 06912 08735 in [one of] the cities 05892 of Gilead 01568.
8 And after 0310 him Ibzan 078 of Bethlehem 01035 judged 08199 08799 Israel 03478.
9 And he had thirty 07970 sons 01121, and thirty 07970 daughters 01323, [whom] he sent 07971 08765 abroad 02351, and took 0935 08689 in thirty 07970 daughters 01323 from abroad 02351 for his sons 01121. And he judged 08199 08799 Israel 03478 seven 07651 years 08141.
10 Then died 04191 08799 Ibzan 078, and was buried 06912 08735 at Bethlehem 01035.
11 And after 0310 him Elon 0356, a Zebulonite 02075, judged 08199 08799 Israel 03478; and he judged 08199 08799 Israel 03478 ten 06235 years 08141.
12 And Elon 0356 the Zebulonite 02075 died 04191 08799, and was buried 06912 08735 in Aijalon 0357 in the country 0776 of Zebulun 02074.
13 And after 0310 him Abdon 05658 the son 01121 of Hillel 01985, a Pirathonite 06553, judged 08199 08799 Israel 03478.
14 And he had forty 0705 sons 01121 and thirty 07970 nephews 01121 01121, that rode 07392 08802 on threescore and ten 07657 ass colts 05895: and he judged 08199 08799 Israel 03478 eight 08083 years 08141.
15 And Abdon 05658 the son 01121 of Hillel 01985 the Pirathonite 06553 died 04191 08799, and was buried 06912 08735 in Pirathon 06552 in the land 0776 of Ephraim 0669, in the mount 02022 of the Amalekites 06003.

#### Jdg 13

1 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 did 06213 08800 evil 07451 again 03254 08686 in the sight 05869 of the LORD 03068; and the LORD 03068 delivered 05414 08799 them into the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430 forty 0705 years 08141.
2 And there was a certain 0259 man 0376 of Zorah 06881, of the family 04940 of the Danites 01839, whose name 08034 [was] Manoah 04495; and his wife 0802 [was] barren 06135, and bare 03205 08804 not.
3 And the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 appeared 07200 08735 unto the woman 0802, and said 0559 08799 unto her, Behold now, thou [art] barren 06135, and bearest 03205 08804 not: but thou shalt conceive 02029 08804, and bear 03205 08804 a son 01121.
4 Now therefore beware 08104 08734, I pray thee, and drink 08354 08799 not wine 03196 nor strong drink 07941, and eat 0398 08799 not any unclean 02931 [thing]:
5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive 02030, and bear 03205 08802 a son 01121; and no razor 04177 shall come 05927 08799 on his head 07218: for the child 05288 shall be a Nazarite 05139 unto God 0430 from the womb 0990: and he shall begin 02490 08686 to deliver 03467 08687 Israel 03478 out of the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430.
6 Then the woman 0802 came 0935 08799 and told 0559 08799 her husband 0376, saying 0559 08800, A man 0376 of God 0430 came 0935 08804 unto me, and his countenance 04758 [was] like the countenance 04758 of an angel 04397 of God 0430, very 03966 terrible 03372 08737: but I asked 07592 08804 him not whence he [was], neither told 05046 08689 he me his name 08034:
7 But he said 0559 08799 unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive 02030, and bear 03205 08802 a son 01121; and now drink 07941 no wine 03196 nor strong drink 08354 08799, neither eat 0398 08799 any unclean 02932 [thing]: for the child 05288 shall be a Nazarite 05139 to God 0430 from the womb 0990 to the day 03117 of his death 04194.
8 Then Manoah 04495 intreated 06279 08799 the LORD 03068, and said 0559 08799, O 0994 my Lord 0136, let 04994 the man 0376 of God 0430 which thou didst send 07971 08804 come again 0935 08799 unto us, and teach 03384 08686 us what we shall do 06213 08799 unto the child 05288 that shall be born 03205 08795.
9 And God 0430 hearkened 08085 08799 to the voice 06963 of Manoah 04495; and the angel 04397 of God 0430 came again 0935 08799 unto the woman 0802 as she sat 03427 08802 in the field 07704: but Manoah 04495 her husband 0376 [was] not with her.
10 And the woman 0802 made haste 04116 08762, and ran 07323 08799, and shewed 05046 08686 her husband 0376, and said 0559 08799 unto him, Behold, the man 0376 hath appeared 07200 08738 unto me, that came 0935 08804 unto me the [other] day 03117.
11 And Manoah 04495 arose 06965 08799, and went 03212 08799 after 0310 his wife 0802, and came 0935 08799 to the man 0376, and said 0559 08799 unto him, [Art] thou the man 0376 that spakest 01696 08765 unto the woman 0802? And he said 0559 08799, I [am].
12 And Manoah 04495 said 0559 08799, Now let thy words 01697 come to pass 0935 08799. How shall we order 04941 the child 05288, and [how] shall we do 04639 unto him?
13 And the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799 unto Manoah 04495, Of all that I said 0559 08804 unto the woman 0802 let her beware 08104 08735.
14 She may not eat 0398 08799 of any [thing] that cometh 03318 08799 of the vine 01612, neither let her drink 08354 08799 wine 03196 or strong drink 07941, nor eat 0398 08799 any unclean 02932 [thing]: all that I commanded 06680 08765 her let her observe 08104 08799.
15 And Manoah 04495 said 0559 08799 unto the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068, I pray thee, let us detain 06113 08799 thee, until we shall have made ready 06213 08799 a kid 01423 05795 for 06440 thee.
16 And the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799 unto Manoah 04495, Though thou detain 06113 08799 me, I will not eat 0398 08799 of thy bread 03899: and if 0518 thou wilt offer 06213 08799 a burnt offering 05930, thou must offer 05927 08686 it unto the LORD 03068. For Manoah 04495 knew 03045 08804 not that he [was] an angel 04397 of the LORD 03068.
17 And Manoah 04495 said 0559 08799 unto the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068, What [is] thy name 08034, that when thy sayings 01697 come to pass 0935 08799 we may do thee honour 03513 08765?
18 And the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799 unto him, Why askest 07592 08799 thou thus after my name 08034, seeing it [is] secret 06383 08675 06383?
19 So Manoah 04495 took 03947 08799 a kid 01423 05795 with a meat offering 04503, and offered 05927 08799 [it] upon a rock 06697 unto the LORD 03068: and [the angel] did 06213 08800 wondrously 06381 08688; and Manoah 04495 and his wife 0802 looked on 07200 08802.
20 For it came to pass, when the flame 03851 went up 05927 08800 toward heaven 08064 from off the altar 04196, that the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 ascended 05927 08799 in the flame 03851 of the altar 04196. And Manoah 04495 and his wife 0802 looked on 07200 08802 [it], and fell on 05307 08799 their faces 06440 to the ground 0776.
21 But the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 did no more 03254 08804 appear 07200 08736 to Manoah 04495 and to his wife 0802. Then Manoah 04495 knew 03045 08804 that he [was] an angel 04397 of the LORD 03068.
22 And Manoah 04495 said 0559 08799 unto his wife 0802, We shall surely 04191 08800 die 04191 08799, because we have seen 07200 08804 God 0430.
23 But his wife 0802 said 0559 08799 unto him, If 03863 the LORD 03068 were pleased 02654 08804 to kill 04191 08687 us, he would not have received 03947 08804 a burnt offering 05930 and a meat offering 04503 at our hands 03027, neither would he have shewed 07200 08689 us all these [things], nor would as at this time 06256 have told 08085 08689 us [such things] as these 02063.
24 And the woman 0802 bare 03205 08799 a son 01121, and called 07121 08799 his name 08034 Samson 08123: and the child 05288 grew 01431 08799, and the LORD 03068 blessed 01288 08762 him.
25 And the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 began 02490 08686 to move him at times 06470 08800 in the camp 04264 of Dan 01835 between Zorah 06881 and Eshtaol 0847.

#### Jdg 14

1 And Samson 08123 went down 03381 08799 to Timnath 08553, and saw 07200 08799 a woman 0802 in Timnath 08553 of the daughters 01323 of the Philistines 06430.
2 And he came up 05927 08799, and told 05046 08686 his father 01 and his mother 0517, and said 0559 08799, I have seen 07200 08804 a woman 0802 in Timnath 08553 of the daughters 01323 of the Philistines 06430: now therefore get 03947 08798 her for me to wife 0802.
3 Then his father 01 and his mother 0517 said 0559 08799 unto him, [Is there] never 0369 a woman 0802 among the daughters 01323 of thy brethren 0251, or among all my people 05971, that thou goest 01980 08802 to take 03947 08800 a wife 0802 of the uncircumcised 06189 Philistines 06430? And Samson 08123 said 0559 08799 unto his father 01, Get 03947 08798 her for me; for she pleaseth me well 03474 08804 05869.
4 But his father 01 and his mother 0517 knew 03045 08804 not that it [was] of the LORD 03068, that he sought 01245 08764 an occasion 08385 against the Philistines 06430: for at that time 06256 the Philistines 06430 had dominion 04910 08802 over Israel 03478.
5 Then went 03381 00 Samson 08123 down 03381 08799, and his father 01 and his mother 0517, to Timnath 08553, and came 0935 08799 to the vineyards 03754 of Timnath 08553: and, behold, a young 03715 lion 0738 roared 07580 08802 against 07125 08800 him.
6 And the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 came mightily 06743 08799 upon him, and he rent 08156 08762 him as he would have rent 08156 08763 a kid 01423, and [he had] nothing 03972 in his hand 03027: but he told 05046 08689 not his father 01 or his mother 0517 what he had done 06213 08804.
7 And he went down 03381 08799, and talked 01696 08762 with the woman 0802; and she pleased 03474 00 Samson 08123 well 03474 08799 05869.
8 And after a time 03117 he returned 07725 08799 to take 03947 08800 her, and he turned aside 05493 08799 to see 07200 08800 the carcase 04658 of the lion 0738: and, behold, [there was] a swarm 05712 of bees 01682 and honey 01706 in the carcase 01472 of the lion 0738.
9 And he took 07287 08799 thereof in his hands 03709, and went on 03212 08799 eating 0398 08800, and came 01980 08800 to his father 01 and mother 0517, and he gave 05414 08799 them, and they did eat 0398 08799: but he told 05046 08689 not them that he had taken 07287 08804 the honey 01706 out of the carcase 01472 of the lion 0738.
10 So his father 01 went down 03381 08799 unto the woman 0802: and Samson 08123 made 06213 08799 there a feast 04960; for so used the young men 0970 to do 06213 08799.
11 And it came to pass, when they saw 07200 08800 him, that they brought 03947 08799 thirty 07970 companions 04828 to be with him.
12 And Samson 08123 said 0559 08799 unto them, I will now put forth 02330 08799 a riddle 02420 unto you: if ye can certainly 05046 08687 declare 05046 08686 it me within the seven 07651 days 03117 of the feast 04960, and find [it] out 04672 08804, then I will give 05414 08804 you thirty 07970 sheets 05466 and thirty 07970 change 02487 of garments 0899:
13 But if ye cannot 03201 08799 declare 05046 08687 [it] me, then shall ye give 05414 08804 me thirty 07970 sheets 05466 and thirty 07970 change 02487 of garments 0899. And they said 0559 08799 unto him, Put forth 02330 08798 thy riddle 02420, that we may hear 08085 08799 it.
14 And he said 0559 08799 unto them, Out of the eater 0398 08802 came forth 03318 08804 meat 03978, and out of the strong 05794 came forth 03318 08804 sweetness 04966. And they could 03201 08804 not in three 07969 days 03117 expound 05046 08687 the riddle 02420.
15 And it came to pass on the seventh 07637 day 03117, that they said 0559 08799 unto Samson's 08123 wife 0802, Entice 06601 08761 thy husband 0376, that he may declare 05046 08686 unto us the riddle 02420, lest we burn 08313 08799 thee and thy father's 01 house 01004 with fire 0784: have ye called 07121 08804 us to take that we have 03423 08800? [is it] not [so]?
16 And Samson's 08123 wife 0802 wept 01058 08799 before him, and said 0559 08799, Thou dost but hate 08130 08804 me, and lovest 0157 08804 me not: thou hast put forth 02330 08804 a riddle 02420 unto the children 01121 of my people 05971, and hast not told 05046 08689 [it] me. And he said 0559 08799 unto her, Behold, I have not told 05046 08689 [it] my father 01 nor my mother 0517, and shall I tell 05046 08686 [it] thee?
17 And she wept 01058 08799 before him the seven 07651 days 03117, while their feast 04960 lasted 01961 08804: and it came to pass on the seventh 07637 day 03117, that he told 05046 08686 her, because she lay sore 06693 08689 upon him: and she told 05046 08686 the riddle 02420 to the children 01121 of her people 05971.
18 And the men 0582 of the city 05892 said 0559 08799 unto him on the seventh 07637 day 03117 before the sun 02775 went down 0935 08799, What [is] sweeter 04966 than honey 01706? and what [is] stronger 05794 than a lion 0738? And he said 0559 08799 unto them, If 03884 ye had not plowed 02790 08804 with my heifer 05697, ye had not found out 04672 08804 my riddle 02420.
19 And the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 came 06743 08799 upon him, and he went down 03381 08799 to Ashkelon 0831, and slew 05221 08686 thirty 07970 men 0376 of them, and took 03947 08799 their spoil 02488, and gave 05414 08799 change 02487 of garments unto them which expounded 05046 08688 the riddle 02420. And his anger 0639 was kindled 02734 08799, and he went up 05927 08799 to his father's 01 house 01004.
20 But Samson's 08123 wife 0802 was [given] to his companion 04828, whom he had used as his friend 07462 08765.

#### Jdg 15

1 But it came to pass within a while after 03117, in the time 03117 of wheat 02406 harvest 07105, that Samson 08123 visited 06485 08799 his wife 0802 with a kid 01423 05795; and he said 0559 08799, I will go in 0935 08799 to my wife 0802 into the chamber 02315. But her father 01 would not suffer 05414 08804 him to go in 0935 08800.
2 And her father 01 said 0559 08799, I verily 0559 08800 thought 0559 08804 that thou hadst utterly 08130 08800 hated 08130 08804 her; therefore I gave 05414 08799 her to thy companion 04828: [is] not her younger 06996 sister 0269 fairer 02896 than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
3 And Samson 08123 said 0559 08799 concerning them, Now 06471 shall I be more blameless 05352 08738 than the Philistines 06430, though I do 06213 08802 them a displeasure 07451.
4 And Samson 08123 went 03212 08799 and caught 03920 08799 three 07969 hundred 03967 foxes 07776, and took 03947 08799 firebrands 03940, and turned 06437 08686 tail 02180 to tail 02180, and put 07760 08799 a 0259 firebrand 03940 in the midst 08432 between two 08147 tails 02180.
5 And when he had set 01197 08686 the brands 03940 on fire 0784, he let [them] go 07971 08762 into the standing corn 07054 of the Philistines 06430, and burnt up 01197 08686 both the shocks 01430, and also the standing corn 07054, with the vineyards 03754 [and] olives 02132.
6 Then the Philistines 06430 said 0559 08799, Who hath done 06213 08804 this? And they answered 0559 08799, Samson 08123, the son in law 02860 of the Timnite 08554, because he had taken 03947 08804 his wife 0802, and given 05414 08799 her to his companion 04828. And the Philistines 06430 came up 05927 08799, and burnt 08313 08799 her and her father 01 with fire 0784.
7 And Samson 08123 said 0559 08799 unto them, Though 0518 ye have done 06213 08799 this 02063, yet will I be avenged 05358 08738 of you, and after 0310 that I will cease 02308 08799.
8 And he smote 05221 08686 them hip 07785 and 05921 thigh 03409 with a great 01419 slaughter 04347: and he went down 03381 08799 and dwelt 03427 08799 in the top 05585 of the rock 05553 Etam 05862.
9 Then the Philistines 06430 went up 05927 08799, and pitched 02583 08799 in Judah 03063, and spread 05203 08735 themselves in Lehi 03896.
10 And the men 0376 of Judah 03063 said 0559 08799, Why are ye come up 05927 08804 against us? And they answered 0559 08799, To bind 0631 08800 Samson 08123 are we come up 05927 08804, to do 06213 08800 to him as he hath done 06213 08804 to us.
11 Then three 07969 thousand 0505 men 0376 of Judah 03063 went 03381 08799 to the top 05585 of the rock 05553 Etam 05862, and said 0559 08799 to Samson 08123, Knowest 03045 08804 thou not that the Philistines 06430 [are] rulers 04910 08802 over us? what [is] this [that] thou hast done 06213 08804 unto us? And he said 0559 08799 unto them, As they did 06213 08804 unto me, so have I done 06213 08804 unto them.
12 And they said 0559 08799 unto him, We are come down 03381 08804 to bind 0631 08800 thee, that we may deliver 05414 08800 thee into the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430. And Samson 08123 said 0559 08799 unto them, Swear 07650 08734 unto me, that ye will not fall upon 06293 08799 me yourselves.
13 And they spake 0559 08799 unto him, saying 0559 08800, No; but we will bind 0631 08799 thee fast 0631 08800, and deliver 05414 08804 thee into their hand 03027: but surely 04191 08687 we will not kill 04191 08686 thee. And they bound 0631 08799 him with two 08147 new 02319 cords 05688, and brought him up 05927 08686 from the rock 05553.
14 [And] when he came 0935 08804 unto Lehi 03896, the Philistines 06430 shouted 07321 08689 against 07125 08800 him: and the Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 came mightily 06743 08799 upon him, and the cords 05688 that [were] upon his arms 02220 became as flax 06593 that was burnt 01197 08804 with fire 0784, and his bands 0612 loosed 04549 08735 from off his hands 03027.
15 And he found 04672 08799 a new 02961 jawbone 03895 of an ass 02543, and put forth 07971 08799 his hand 03027, and took 03947 08799 it, and slew 05221 08686 a thousand 0505 men 0376 therewith.
16 And Samson 08123 said 0559 08799, With the jawbone 03895 of an ass 02543, heaps 02565 upon heaps 02565, with the jaw 03895 of an ass 02543 have I slain 05221 08689 a thousand 0505 men 0376.
17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end 03615 08763 of speaking 01696 08763, that he cast away 07993 08686 the jawbone 03895 out of his hand 03027, and called 07121 08799 that place 04725 Ramathlehi 07437.
18 And he was sore 03966 athirst 06770 08799, and called 07121 08799 on the LORD 03068, and said 0559 08799, Thou hast given 05414 08804 this great 01419 deliverance 08668 into the hand 03027 of thy servant 05650: and now shall I die 04191 08799 for thirst 06772, and fall 05307 08804 into the hand 03027 of the uncircumcised 06189?
19 But God 0430 clave 01234 08799 an hollow place 04388 that [was] in the jaw 03895, and there came 03318 08799 water 04325 thereout; and when he had drunk 08354 08799, his spirit 07307 came again 07725 08799, and he revived 02421 08799: wherefore he called 07121 08802 the name 08034 thereof Enhakkore 05875, which [is] in Lehi 03896 unto this day 03117.
20 And he judged 08199 08799 Israel 03478 in the days 03117 of the Philistines 06430 twenty 06242 years 08141.

#### Jdg 16

1 Then went 03212 08799 Samson 08123 to Gaza 05804, and saw 07200 08799 there an harlot 0802 02181 08802, and went in 0935 08799 unto her.
2 [And it was told] the Gazites 05841, saying 0559 08800, Samson 08123 is come 0935 08804 hither. And they compassed [him] in 05437 08799, and laid wait 0693 08799 for him all night 03915 in the gate 08179 of the city 05892, and were quiet 02790 08691 all the night 03915, saying 0559 08800, In the morning 01242, when it is day 0216, we shall kill 02026 08804 him.
3 And Samson 08123 lay 07901 08799 till midnight 02677 03915, and arose 06965 08799 at midnight 02677 03915, and took 0270 08799 the doors 01817 of the gate 08179 of the city 05892, and the two 08147 posts 04201, and went away 05265 08799 with them, bar 01280 and all, and put 07760 08799 [them] upon his shoulders 03802, and carried them up 05927 08686 to the top 07218 of an hill 02022 that [is] before 06440 Hebron 02275.
4 And it came to pass afterward 0310, that he loved 0157 08799 a woman 0802 in the valley 05158 of Sorek 07796, whose name 08034 [was] Delilah 01807.
5 And the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430 came up 05927 08799 unto her, and said 0559 08799 unto her, Entice 06601 08761 him, and see 07200 08798 wherein his great 01419 strength 03581 [lieth], and by what [means] we may prevail 03201 08799 against him, that we may bind 0631 08804 him to afflict 06031 08763 him: and we will give 05414 08799 thee every one 0376 of us eleven hundred 0505 03967 [pieces] of silver 03701.
6 And Delilah 01807 said 0559 08799 to Samson 08123, Tell 05046 08685 me, I pray thee, wherein thy great 01419 strength 03581 [lieth], and wherewith thou mightest be bound 0631 08735 to afflict 06031 08763 thee.
7 And Samson 08123 said 0559 08799 unto her, If they bind 0631 08799 me with seven 07651 green 03892 withs 03499 that were never dried 02717 08795, then shall I be weak 02470 08804, and be as another 0259 man 0120.
8 Then the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430 brought up 05927 08686 to her seven 07651 green 03892 withs 03499 which had not been dried 02717 08795, and she bound 0631 08799 him with them.
9 Now [there were] men lying in wait 0693 08802, abiding 03427 08802 with her in the chamber 02315. And she said 0559 08799 unto him, The Philistines 06430 [be] upon thee, Samson 08123. And he brake 05423 08762 the withs 03499, as a thread 06616 of tow 05296 is broken 05423 08735 when it toucheth 07306 08687 the fire 0784. So his strength 03581 was not known 03045 08738.
10 And Delilah 01807 said 0559 08799 unto Samson 08123, Behold, thou hast mocked 02048 08765 me, and told 01696 08762 me lies 03577: now tell 05046 08685 me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound 0631 08735.
11 And he said 0559 08799 unto her, If they bind 0631 08799 me fast 0631 08800 with new 02319 ropes 05688 that never were occupied 04399 06213 08738, then shall I be weak 02470 08804, and be as another 0259 man 0120.
12 Delilah 01807 therefore took 03947 08799 new 02319 ropes 05688, and bound 0631 08799 him therewith, and said 0559 08799 unto him, The Philistines 06430 [be] upon thee, Samson 08123. And [there were] liers in wait 0693 08802 abiding 03427 08802 in the chamber 02315. And he brake 05423 08762 them from off his arms 02220 like a thread 02339.
13 And Delilah 01807 said 0559 08799 unto Samson 08123, Hitherto 02008 thou hast mocked 02048 08765 me, and told 01696 08762 me lies 03577: tell 05046 08685 me wherewith thou mightest be bound 0631 08735. And he said 0559 08799 unto her, If thou weavest 0707 08799 the seven 07651 locks 04253 of my head 07218 with the web 04545.
14 And she fastened 08628 08799 [it] with the pin 03489, and said 0559 08799 unto him, The Philistines 06430 [be] upon thee, Samson 08123. And he awaked 03364 08799 out of his sleep 08142, and went away 05265 08799 with the pin 03489 of the beam 0708, and with the web 04545.
15 And she said 0559 08799 unto him, How 0349 canst thou say 0559 08799, I love 0157 08804 thee, when thine heart 03820 [is] not with me? thou hast mocked 02048 08765 me these three 07969 times 06471, and hast not told 05046 08689 me wherein thy great 01419 strength 03581 [lieth].
16 And it came to pass, when she pressed 06693 08689 him daily 03117 with her words 01697, and urged 0509 08762 him, [so] that his soul 05315 was vexed 07114 08799 unto death 04191 08800;
17 That he told 05046 08686 her all his heart 03820, and said 0559 08799 unto her, There hath not come 05927 08804 a razor 04177 upon mine head 07218; for I [have been] a Nazarite 05139 unto God 0430 from my mother's 0517 womb 0990: if I be shaven 01548 08795, then my strength 03581 will go 05493 08804 from me, and I shall become weak 02470 08804, and be like any [other] man 0120.
18 And when Delilah 01807 saw 07200 08799 that he had told 05046 08689 her all his heart 03820, she sent 07971 08799 and called 07121 08799 for the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430, saying 0559 08800, Come up 05927 08798 this once 06471, for he hath shewed 05046 08689 me all his heart 03820. Then the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430 came up 05927 08804 unto her, and brought 05927 08686 money 03701 in their hand 03027.
19 And she made him sleep 03462 08762 upon her knees 01290; and she called 07121 08799 for a man 0376, and she caused him to shave off 01548 08762 the seven 07651 locks 04253 of his head 07218; and she began 02490 08686 to afflict 06031 08763 him, and his strength 03581 went 05493 08799 from him.
20 And she said 0559 08799, The Philistines 06430 [be] upon thee, Samson 08123. And he awoke 03364 08799 out of his sleep 08142, and said 0559 08799, I will go out 03318 08799 as at other times before 06471, and shake 05287 08735 myself. And he wist 03045 08804 not that the LORD 03068 was departed 05493 08804 from him.
21 But the Philistines 06430 took 0270 08799 him, and put out 05365 08762 his eyes 05869, and brought him down 03381 08686 to Gaza 05804, and bound 0631 08799 him with fetters of brass 05178; and he did grind 02912 08802 in the prison 0631 08803 house 01004.
22 Howbeit the hair 08181 of his head 07218 began 02490 08686 to grow again 06779 08763 after 0834 he was shaven 01548 08795.
23 Then the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430 gathered them together 0622 08738 for to offer 02076 08800 a great 01419 sacrifice 02077 unto Dagon 01712 their god 0430, and to rejoice 08057: for they said 0559 08799, Our god 0430 hath delivered 05414 08804 Samson 08123 our enemy 0341 08802 into our hand 03027.
24 And when the people 05971 saw 07200 08799 him, they praised 01984 08762 their god 0430: for they said 0559 08804, Our god 0430 hath delivered 05414 08804 into our hands 03027 our enemy 0341 08802, and the destroyer 02717 08688 of our country 0776, which slew 02491 many 07235 08689 of us.
25 And it came to pass, when their hearts 03820 were merry 02896, that they said 0559 08799, Call 07121 08798 for Samson 08123, that he may make us sport 07832 08762. And they called 07121 08799 for Samson 08123 out of the prison 0631 08803 house 01004; and he made them 06440 sport 06711 08762: and they set 05975 08686 him between the pillars 05982.
26 And Samson 08123 said 0559 08799 unto the lad 05288 that held 02388 08688 him by the hand 03027, Suffer 03240 08685 me that I may feel 04184 08685 08675 03237 08685 the pillars 05982 whereupon the house 01004 standeth 03559 08737, that I may lean 08172 08735 upon them.
27 Now the house 01004 was full 04390 08804 of men 0582 and women 0802; and all the lords 05633 of the Philistines 06430 [were] there; and [there were] upon the roof 01406 about three 07969 thousand 0505 men 0376 and women 0802, that beheld 07200 08802 while Samson 08123 made sport 07832 08800.
28 And Samson 08123 called 07121 08799 unto the LORD 03068, and said 0559 08799, O Lord 0136 GOD 03069, remember 02142 08798 me, I pray thee, and strengthen 02388 08761 me, I pray thee, only this once 06471, O God 0430, that I may be at once 0259 avenged 05358 08735 05359 of the Philistines 06430 for my two 08147 eyes 05869.
29 And Samson 08123 took hold 03943 08799 of the two 08147 middle 08432 pillars 05982 upon which the house 01004 stood 03559 08737, and on which it was borne up 05564 08735, of the one 0259 with his right hand 03225, and of the other 0259 with his left 08040.
30 And Samson 08123 said 0559 08799, Let me die 04191 08799 05315 with the Philistines 06430. And he bowed 05186 08799 himself with [all his] might 03581; and the house 01004 fell 05307 08799 upon the lords 05633, and upon all the people 05971 that [were] therein. So the dead 04191 08801 which he slew 04191 08689 at his death 04194 were more 07227 than [they] which he slew 04191 08689 in his life 02416.
31 Then his brethren 0251 and all the house 01004 of his father 01 came down 03381 08799, and took 05375 08799 him, and brought [him] up 05927 08799, and buried 06912 08799 him between Zorah 06881 and Eshtaol 0847 in the buryingplace 06913 of Manoah 04495 his father 01. And he judged 08199 08804 Israel 03478 twenty 06242 years 08141.

#### Jdg 17

1 And there was a man 0376 of mount 02022 Ephraim 0669, whose name 08034 [was] Micah 04321.
2 And he said 0559 08799 unto his mother 0517, The eleven hundred 0505 03967 [shekels] of silver 03701 that were taken 03947 08795 from thee, about which thou cursedst 0422 08804, and spakest 0559 08804 of also in mine ears 0241, behold, the silver 03701 [is] with me; I took 03947 08804 it. And his mother 0517 said 0559 08799, Blessed 01288 08803 [be thou] of the LORD 03068, my son 01121.
3 And when he had restored 07725 08686 the eleven hundred 0505 03967 [shekels] of silver 03701 to his mother 0517, his mother 0517 said 0559 08799, I had wholly 06942 08687 dedicated 06942 08689 the silver 03701 unto the LORD 03068 from my hand 03027 for my son 01121, to make 06213 08800 a graven image 06459 and a molten image 04541: now therefore I will restore 07725 08686 it unto thee.
4 Yet he restored 07725 08686 the money 03701 unto his mother 0517; and his mother 0517 took 03947 08799 two hundred 03967 [shekels] of silver 03701, and gave 05414 08799 them to the founder 06884 08802, who made 06213 08799 thereof a graven image 06459 and a molten image 04541: and they were in the house 01004 of Micah 04321.
5 And the man 0376 Micah 04318 had an house 01004 of gods 0430, and made 06213 08799 an ephod 0646, and teraphim 08655, and consecrated 04390 08762 03027 one 0259 of his sons 01121, who became his priest 03548.
6 In those days 03117 [there was] no king 04428 in Israel 03478, [but] every man 0376 did 06213 08799 [that which was] right 03477 in his own eyes 05869.
7 And there was a young man 05288 out of Bethlehemjudah 01035 03063 of the family 04940 of Judah 03063, who [was] a Levite 03881, and he sojourned 01481 08804 there.
8 And the man 0376 departed 03212 08799 out of the city 05892 from Bethlehemjudah 01035 03063 to sojourn 01481 08800 where he could find 04672 08799 [a place]: and he came 0935 08799 to mount 02022 Ephraim 0669 to the house 01004 of Micah 04318, as he journeyed 06213 08800 01870.
9 And Micah 04318 said 0559 08799 unto him, Whence 0370 comest 0935 08799 thou? And he said 0559 08799 unto him, I [am] a Levite 03881 of Bethlehemjudah 01035 03063, and I go 01980 08802 to sojourn 01481 08800 where I may find 04672 08799 [a place].
10 And Micah 04318 said 0559 08799 unto him, Dwell 03427 08798 with me, and be unto me a father 01 and a priest 03548, and I will give 05414 08799 thee ten 06235 [shekels] of silver 03701 by the year 03117, and a suit 06187 of apparel 0899, and thy victuals 04241. So the Levite 03881 went in 03212 08799.
11 And the Levite 03881 was content 02974 08686 to dwell 03427 08800 with the man 0376; and the young man 05288 was unto him as one 0259 of his sons 01121.
12 And Micah 04318 consecrated 04390 08762 03027 the Levite 03881; and the young man 05288 became his priest 03548, and was in the house 01004 of Micah 04318.
13 Then said 0559 08799 Micah 04318, Now know 03045 08804 I that the LORD 03068 will do me good 03190 08686, seeing I have a Levite 03881 to [my] priest 03548.

#### Jdg 18

1 In those days 03117 [there was] no king 04428 in Israel 03478: and in those days 03117 the tribe 07626 of the Danites 01839 sought 01245 08764 them an inheritance 05159 to dwell in 03427 08800; for unto that day 03117 [all their] inheritance 05159 had not fallen 05307 08804 unto them among 08432 the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478.
2 And the children 01121 of Dan 01835 sent 07971 08799 of their family 04940 five 02568 men 0582 from their coasts 07098, men 01121 of valour 02428, from Zorah 06881, and from Eshtaol 0847, to spy 07270 08763 out the land 0776, and to search 02713 08800 it; and they said 0559 08799 unto them, Go 03212 08798, search 02713 08798 the land 0776: who when they came 0935 08799 to mount 02022 Ephraim 0669, to the house 01004 of Micah 04318, they lodged 03885 08799 there.
3 When they [were] by the house 01004 of Micah 04318, they knew 05234 08689 the voice 06963 of the young man 05288 the Levite 03881: and they turned in 05493 08799 thither, and said 0559 08799 unto him, Who brought 0935 08689 thee hither 01988? and what makest 06213 08802 thou in this [place]? and what hast thou here?
4 And he said 0559 08799 unto them, Thus 02090 and thus 02090 dealeth 06213 08804 Micah 04318 with me, and hath hired 07936 08799 me, and I am his priest 03548.
5 And they said 0559 08799 unto him, Ask counsel 07592 08798, we pray thee, of God 0430, that we may know 03045 08799 whether our way 01870 which we go 01980 08802 shall be prosperous 06743 08686.
6 And the priest 03548 said 0559 08799 unto them, Go 03212 08798 in peace 07965: before 05227 the LORD 03068 [is] your way 01870 wherein ye go 03212 08799.
7 Then the five 02568 men 0582 departed 03212 08799, and came 0935 08799 to Laish 03919, and saw 07200 08799 the people 05971 that [were] therein 07130, how they dwelt 03427 08802 careless 0983, after the manner 04941 of the Zidonians 06722, quiet 08252 08802 and secure 0982 08802; and [there was] no magistrate 03423 08802 06114 in the land 0776, that might put [them] to shame 03637 08688 in [any] thing 01697; and they [were] far 07350 from the Zidonians 06722, and had no business 01697 with [any] man 0120.
8 And they came 0935 08799 unto their brethren 0251 to Zorah 06881 and Eshtaol 0847: and their brethren 0251 said 0559 08799 unto them, What [say] ye?
9 And they said 0559 08799, Arise 06965 08798, that we may go up 05927 08799 against them: for we have seen 07200 08804 the land 0776, and, behold, it [is] very 03966 good 02896: and [are] ye still 02814 08688? be not slothful 06101 08735 to go 03212 08800, [and] to enter 0935 08800 to possess 03423 08800 the land 0776.
10 When ye go 0935 08800, ye shall come 0935 08799 unto a people 05971 secure 0982 08802, and to a large 07342 land 0776: for God 0430 hath given 05414 08804 it into your hands 03027; a place 04725 where [there is] no want 04270 of any thing 01697 that [is] in the earth 0776.
11 And there went 05265 08799 from thence of the family 04940 of the Danites 01839, out of Zorah 06881 and out of Eshtaol 0847, six 08337 hundred 03967 men 0376 appointed 02296 08803 with weapons 03627 of war 04421.
12 And they went up 05927 08799, and pitched 02583 08799 in Kirjathjearim 07157, in Judah 03063: wherefore they called 07121 08804 that place 04725 Mahanehdan 04265 unto this day 03117: behold, [it is] behind 0310 Kirjathjearim 07157.
13 And they passed 05674 08799 thence unto mount 02022 Ephraim 0669, and came 0935 08799 unto the house 01004 of Micah 04318.
14 Then answered 06030 08799 the five 02568 men 0582 that went 01980 08802 to spy out 07270 08763 the country 0776 of Laish 03919, and said 0559 08799 unto their brethren 0251, Do ye know 03045 08804 that there is 03426 in these houses 01004 an ephod 0646, and teraphim 08655, and a graven image 06459, and a molten image 04541? now therefore consider 03045 08798 what ye have to do 06213 08799.
15 And they turned 05493 08799 thitherward, and came 0935 08799 to the house 01004 of the young man 05288 the Levite 03881, [even] unto the house 01004 of Micah 04318, and saluted 07592 08799 07965 him.
16 And the six 08337 hundred 03967 men 0376 appointed 02296 08803 with their weapons 03627 of war 04421, which [were] of the children 01121 of Dan 01835, stood 05324 08737 by the entering 06607 of the gate 08179.
17 And the five 02568 men 0582 that went 01980 08802 to spy out 07270 08763 the land 0776 went up 05927 08799, [and] came in 0935 08804 thither, [and] took 03947 08804 the graven image 06459, and the ephod 0646, and the teraphim 08655, and the molten image 04541: and the priest 03548 stood 05324 08737 in the entering 06607 of the gate 08179 with the six 08337 hundred 03967 men 0376 [that were] appointed 02296 08803 with weapons 03627 of war 04421.
18 And these went 0935 08804 into Micah's 04318 house 01004, and fetched 03947 08799 the carved image 06459, the ephod 0646, and the teraphim 08655, and the molten image 04541. Then said 0559 08799 the priest 03548 unto them, What do 06213 08802 ye?
19 And they said 0559 08799 unto him, Hold thy peace 02790 08685, lay 07760 08798 thine hand 03027 upon thy mouth 06310, and go 03212 08798 with us, and be to us 01961 08800 a father 01 and a priest 03548: [is it] better 02896 for thee to be a priest 03548 unto the house 01004 of one 0259 man 0376, or that thou be a priest 03548 unto a tribe 07626 and a family 04940 in Israel 03478?
20 And the priest's 03548 heart 03820 was glad 03190 08799, and he took 03947 08799 the ephod 0646, and the teraphim 08655, and the graven image 06459, and went in 0935 08799 the midst 07130 of the people 05971.
21 So they turned 06437 08799 and departed 03212 08799, and put 07760 08799 the little ones 02945 and the cattle 04735 and the carriage 03520 before 06440 them.
22 [And] when they were a good way 07368 08689 from the house 01004 of Micah 04318, the men 0582 that [were] in the houses 01004 near to Micah's 04318 house 01004 were gathered together 02199 08738, and overtook 01692 08686 the children 01121 of Dan 01835.
23 And they cried 07121 08799 unto the children 01121 of Dan 01835. And they turned 05437 08686 their faces 06440, and said 0559 08799 unto Micah 04318, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company 02199 08738?
24 And he said 0559 08799, Ye have taken away 03947 08804 my gods 0430 which I made 06213 08804, and the priest 03548, and ye are gone away 03212 08799: and what have I more? and what [is] this [that] ye say 0559 08799 unto me, What aileth thee?
25 And the children 01121 of Dan 01835 said 0559 08799 unto him, Let not thy voice 06963 be heard 08085 08686 among us, lest angry 04751 05315 fellows 0582 run 06293 08799 upon thee, and thou lose 0622 08804 thy life 05315, with the lives 05315 of thy household 01004.
26 And the children 01121 of Dan 01835 went 03212 08799 their way 01870: and when Micah 04318 saw 07200 08799 that they [were] too strong 02389 for him, he turned 06437 08799 and went back 07725 08799 unto his house 01004.
27 And they took 03947 08804 [the things] which Micah 04318 had made 06213 08804, and the priest 03548 which he had, and came 0935 08799 unto Laish 03919, unto a people 05971 [that were] at quiet 08252 08802 and secure 0982 08802: and they smote 05221 08686 them with the edge 06310 of the sword 02719, and burnt 08313 08804 the city 05892 with fire 0784.
28 And [there was] no deliverer 05337 08688, because it [was] far 07350 from Zidon 06721, and they had no business 01697 with [any] man 0120; and it was in the valley 06010 that [lieth] by Bethrehob 01050. And they built 01129 08799 a city 05892, and dwelt 03427 08799 therein.
29 And they called 07121 08799 the name 08034 of the city 05892 Dan 01835, after the name 08034 of Dan 01835 their father 01, who was born 03205 08795 unto Israel 03478: howbeit 0199 the name 08034 of the city 05892 [was] Laish 03919 at the first 07223.
30 And the children 01121 of Dan 01835 set up 06965 08686 the graven image 06459: and Jonathan 03083, the son 01121 of Gershom 01647, the son 01121 of Manasseh 04519, he and his sons 01121 were priests 03548 to the tribe 07626 of Dan 01839 until the day 03117 of the captivity 01540 08800 of the land 0776.
31 And they set them up 07760 08799 Micah's 04318 graven image 06459, which he made 06213 08804, all the time 03117 that the house 01004 of God 0430 was in Shiloh 07887.

#### Jdg 19

1 And it came to pass in those days 03117, when [there was] no king 04428 in Israel 03478, that there was a certain 0376 Levite 03881 sojourning 01481 08802 on the side 03411 of mount 02022 Ephraim 0669, who took 03947 08799 to him a concubine 0802 06370 out of Bethlehemjudah 01035 03063.
2 And his concubine 06370 played the whore 02181 08799 against him, and went away 03212 08799 from him unto her father's 01 house 01004 to Bethlehemjudah 01035 03063, and was there four 0702 whole months 02320 03117.
3 And her husband 0376 arose 06965 08799, and went 03212 08799 after 0310 her, to speak 01696 08763 friendly 03820 unto her, [and] to bring her again 07725 08687, having his servant 05288 with him, and a couple 06776 of asses 02543: and she brought 0935 08686 him into her father's 01 house 01004: and when the father 01 of the damsel 05291 saw 07200 08799 him, he rejoiced 08055 08799 to meet 07125 08800 him.
4 And his father in law 02859 08802, the damsel's 05291 father 01, retained 02388 08686 him; and he abode 03427 08799 with him three 07969 days 03117: so they did eat 0398 08799 and drink 08354 08799, and lodged 03885 08799 there.
5 And it came to pass on the fourth 07243 day 03117, when they arose early 07925 08686 in the morning 01242, that he rose up 06965 08799 to depart 03212 08800: and the damsel's 05291 father 01 said 0559 08799 unto his son in law 02860, Comfort 05582 08798 thine heart 03820 with a morsel 06595 of bread 03899, and afterward 0310 go your way 03212 08799.
6 And they sat down 03427 08799, and did eat 0398 08799 and drink 08354 08799 both 08147 of them together 03162: for the damsel's 05291 father 01 had said 0559 08799 unto the man 0376, Be content 02974 08685, I pray thee, and tarry all night 03885 08798, and let thine heart 03820 be merry 03190 08799.
7 And when the man 0376 rose up 06965 08799 to depart 03212 08800, his father in law 02859 08802 urged 06484 08799 him: therefore he lodged 03885 08799 there again 07725 08799.
8 And he arose early 07925 08686 in the morning 01242 on the fifth 02549 day 03117 to depart 03212 08800: and the damsel's 05291 father 01 said 0559 08799, Comfort 05582 08798 thine heart 03824, I pray thee. And they tarried 04102 08701 until afternoon 03117 05186 08800, and they did eat 0398 08799 both 08147 of them.
9 And when the man 0376 rose up 06965 08799 to depart 03212 08800, he, and his concubine 06370, and his servant 05288, his father in law 02859 08802, the damsel's 05291 father 01, said 0559 08799 unto him, Behold, now the day 03117 draweth 07503 08804 toward evening 06150 08800, I pray you tarry all night 03885 08798: behold, the day 03117 groweth to an end 02583 08800, lodge 03885 08798 here, that thine heart 03824 may be merry 03190 08799; and to morrow 04279 get you early 07925 08689 on your way 01870, that thou mayest go 01980 08804 home 0168.
10 But the man 0376 would 014 08804 not tarry that night 03885 08800, but he rose up 06965 08799 and departed 03212 08799, and came 0935 08799 over against 05227 Jebus 02982, which [is] Jerusalem 03389; and [there were] with him two 06776 asses 02543 saddled 02280 08803, his concubine 06370 also [was] with him.
11 [And] when they [were] by Jebus 02982, the day 03117 was far 03966 spent 07286 08804; and the servant 05288 said 0559 08799 unto his master 0113, Come 03212 08798, I pray thee, and let us turn in 05493 08799 into this city 05892 of the Jebusites 02983, and lodge 03885 08799 in it.
12 And his master 0113 said 0559 08799 unto him, We will not turn aside 05493 08799 hither into the city 05892 of a stranger 05237, that [is] not of the children 01121 of Israel 03478; we will pass over 05674 08804 to Gibeah 01390.
13 And he said 0559 08799 unto his servant 05288, Come 03212 08798, and let us draw near 07126 08799 to one 0259 of these places 04725 to lodge all night 03885 08804, in Gibeah 01390, or in Ramah 07414.
14 And they passed on 05674 08799 and went their way 03212 08799; and the sun 08121 went down 0935 08799 upon them [when they were] by 0681 Gibeah 01390, which [belongeth] to Benjamin 01144.
15 And they turned aside 05493 08799 thither, to go in 0935 08800 [and] to lodge 03885 08800 in Gibeah 01390: and when he went in 0935 08799, he sat him down 03427 08799 in a street 07339 of the city 05892: for [there was] no man 0376 that took 0622 08764 them into his house 01004 to lodging 03885 08800.
16 And, behold, there came 0935 08804 an old 02205 man 0376 from his work 04639 out of the field 07704 at even 06153, which [was] also 0376 of mount 02022 Ephraim 0669; and he sojourned 01481 08804 in Gibeah 01390: but the men 0582 of the place 04725 [were] Benjamites 01145.
17 And when he had lifted up 05375 08799 his eyes 05869, he saw 07200 08799 a wayfaring 0732 08802 man 0376 in the street 07339 of the city 05892: and the old 02205 man 0376 said 0559 08799, Whither goest 03212 08799 thou? and whence 0370 comest 0935 08799 thou?
18 And he said 0559 08799 unto him, We [are] passing 05674 08802 from Bethlehemjudah 01035 03063 toward the side 03411 of mount 02022 Ephraim 0669; from thence [am] I: and I went 03212 08799 to Bethlehemjudah 01035 03063, but I [am now] going 01980 08802 to the house 01004 of the LORD 03068; and there [is] no man 0376 that receiveth 0622 08764 me to house 01004.
19 Yet there is 03426 both straw 08401 and provender 04554 for our asses 02543; and there is bread 03899 and wine 03196 also for me, and for thy handmaid 0519, and for the young man 05288 [which is] with thy servants 05650: [there is] no want 04270 of any thing 01697.
20 And the old 02205 man 0376 said 0559 08799, Peace 07965 [be] with thee; howsoever 07535 [let] all thy wants 04270 [lie] upon me; only lodge 03885 08799 not in the street 07339.
21 So he brought 0935 08686 him into his house 01004, and gave provender 01101 08799 unto the asses 02543: and they washed 07364 08799 their feet 07272, and did eat 0398 08799 and drink 08354 08799.
22 [Now] as they were making their hearts 03820 merry 03190 08688, behold, the men 0582 of the city 05892, certain 0582 sons 01121 of Belial 01100, beset 05437 00 the house 01004 round about 05437 08738, [and] beat 01849 08693 at the door 01817, and spake 0559 08799 to the master 01167 of the house 01004, the old 02205 man 0376, saying 0559 08800, Bring forth 03318 08685 the man 0376 that came 0935 08804 into thine house 01004, that we may know 03045 08799 him.
23 And the man 0376, the master 01167 of the house 01004, went out 03318 08799 unto them, and said 0559 08799 unto them, Nay 0408, my brethren 0251, [nay], I pray you, do not [so] wickedly 07489 08686; seeing 0310 that this man 0376 is come 0935 08804 into mine house 01004, do 06213 08799 not this folly 05039.
24 Behold, [here is] my daughter 01323 a maiden 01330, and his concubine 06370; them I will bring out 03318 08686 now, and humble 06031 08761 ye them, and do 06213 08798 with them what seemeth 05869 good 02896 unto you: but unto this man 0376 do 06213 08799 not so 02063 vile 05039 a thing 01697.
25 But the men 0582 would 014 08804 not hearken 08085 08800 to him: so the man 0376 took 02388 08686 his concubine 06370, and brought 03318 08686 her forth 02351 unto them; and they knew 03045 08799 her, and abused 05953 08691 her all the night 03915 until the morning 01242: and when the day 07837 began to spring 05927 08800, they let her go 07971 08762.
26 Then came 0935 08799 the woman 0802 in the dawning 06437 08800 of the day 01242, and fell down 05307 08799 at the door 06607 of the man's 0376 house 01004 where her lord 0113 [was], till it was light 0216.
27 And her lord 0113 rose up 06965 08799 in the morning 01242, and opened 06605 08799 the doors 01817 of the house 01004, and went out 03318 08799 to go 03212 08800 his way 01870: and, behold, the woman 0802 his concubine 06370 was fallen down 05307 08802 [at] the door 06607 of the house 01004, and her hands 03027 [were] upon the threshold 05592.
28 And he said 0559 08799 unto her, Up 06965 08798, and let us be going 03212 08799. But none answered 06030 08802. Then the man 0376 took 03947 08799 her [up] upon an ass 02543, and the man 0376 rose up 06965 08799, and gat 03212 08799 him unto his place 04725.
29 And when he was come 0935 08799 into his house 01004, he took 03947 08799 a knife 03979, and laid hold 02388 08686 on his concubine 06370, and divided 05408 08762 her, [together] with her bones 06106, into twelve 08147 06240 pieces 05409, and sent 07971 08762 her into all the coasts 01366 of Israel 03478.
30 And it was so 01961 08738, that all that saw 07200 08802 it said 0559 08804, There was no such deed 02063 done nor seen 07200 08738 from the day 03117 that the children 01121 of Israel 03478 came up 05927 08800 out of the land 0776 of Egypt 04714 unto this day 03117: consider 07760 08798 of it, take advice 05779 08798, and speak 01696 08761 [your minds].

#### Jdg 20

1 Then all the children 01121 of Israel 03478 went out 03318 08799, and the congregation 05712 was gathered together 06950 08735 as one 0259 man 0376, from Dan 01835 even to Beersheba 0884, with the land 0776 of Gilead 01568, unto the LORD 03068 in Mizpeh 04709.
2 And the chief 06438 of all the people 05971, [even] of all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478, presented 03320 08691 themselves in the assembly 06951 of the people 05971 of God 0430, four 0702 hundred 03967 thousand 0505 footmen 0376 07273 that drew 08025 08802 sword 02719.
3 (Now the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 heard 08085 08799 that the children 01121 of Israel 03478 were gone up 05927 08804 to Mizpeh 04709.) Then said 0559 08799 the children 01121 of Israel 03478, Tell 01696 08761 [us], how was 01961 08738 this wickedness 07451?
4 And the Levite 03881 0376, the husband 0376 of the woman 0802 that was slain 07523 08737, answered 06030 08799 and said 0559 08799, I came 0935 08804 into Gibeah 01390 that [belongeth] to Benjamin 01144, I and my concubine 06370, to lodge 03885 08800.
5 And the men 01167 of Gibeah 01390 rose 06965 08799 against me, and beset 05437 00 the house 01004 round about 05437 08799 upon me by night 03915, [and] thought 01819 08765 to have slain 02026 08800 me: and my concubine 06370 have they forced 06031 08765, that she is dead 04191 08799.
6 And I took 0270 08799 my concubine 06370, and cut her in pieces 05408 08762, and sent 07971 08762 her throughout all the country 07704 of the inheritance 05159 of Israel 03478: for they have committed 06213 08804 lewdness 02154 and folly 05039 in Israel 03478.
7 Behold, ye [are] all children 01121 of Israel 03478; give 03051 08798 here 01988 your advice 01697 and counsel 06098.
8 And all the people 05971 arose 06965 08799 as one 0259 man 0376, saying 0559 08800, We will not any 0376 [of us] go 03212 08799 to his tent 0168, neither will we any 0376 [of us] turn 05493 08799 into his house 01004.
9 But now this [shall be] the thing 01697 which we will do 06213 08799 to Gibeah 01390; [we will go up] by lot 01486 against it;
10 And we will take 03947 08804 ten 06235 men 0582 of an hundred 03967 throughout all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478, and an hundred 03967 of a thousand 0505, and a thousand 0505 out of ten thousand 07233, to fetch 03947 08800 victual 06720 for the people 05971, that they may do 06213 08800, when they come 0935 08800 to Gibeah 01387 of Benjamin 01144, according to all the folly 05039 that they have wrought 06213 08804 in Israel 03478.
11 So all the men 0376 of Israel 03478 were gathered 0622 08735 against the city 05892, knit together 02270 as one 0259 man 0376.
12 And the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478 sent 07971 08799 men 0582 through all the tribe 07626 of Benjamin 01144, saying 0559 08800, What wickedness 07451 [is] this that is done 01961 08738 among you?
13 Now therefore deliver 05414 08798 [us] the men 0582, the children 01121 of Belial 01100, which [are] in Gibeah 01390, that we may put them to death 04191 08686, and put away 01197 08762 evil 07451 from Israel 03478. But the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 would 014 08804 not hearken 08085 08800 to the voice 06963 of their brethren 0251 the children 01121 of Israel 03478:
14 But the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 gathered themselves together 0622 08735 out of the cities 05892 unto Gibeah 01390, to go out 03318 08800 to battle 04421 against the children 01121 of Israel 03478.
15 And the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 were numbered 06485 08691 at that time 03117 out of the cities 05892 twenty 06242 and six 08337 thousand 0505 men 0376 that drew 08025 08802 sword 02719, beside the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Gibeah 01390, which were numbered 06485 08694 seven 07651 hundred 03967 chosen 0977 08803 men 0376.
16 Among all this people 05971 [there were] seven 07651 hundred 03967 chosen 0977 08803 men 0376 lefthanded 0334 03027 03225; every one could sling 07049 08802 stones 068 at an hair 08185 [breadth], and not miss 02398 08686.
17 And the men 0376 of Israel 03478, beside Benjamin 01144, were numbered 06485 08694 four 0702 hundred 03967 thousand 0505 men 0376 that drew 08025 08802 sword 02719: all these [were] men 0376 of war 04421.
18 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 arose 06965 08799, and went up 05927 08799 to the house 01004 of God 0430 08677 01008, and asked 07592 08799 counsel of God 0430, and said 0559 08799, Which 04310 of us shall go up 05927 08799 first 08462 to the battle 04421 against the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144? And the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799, Judah 03063 [shall go up] first 08462.
19 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 rose up 06965 08799 in the morning 01242, and encamped 02583 08799 against Gibeah 01390.
20 And the men 0376 of Israel 03478 went out 03318 08799 to battle 04421 against Benjamin 01144; and the men 0376 of Israel 03478 put themselves in array 06186 08799 to fight 04421 against them at Gibeah 01390.
21 And the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 came forth 03318 08799 out of Gibeah 01390, and destroyed down 07843 08686 to the ground 0776 of the Israelites 03478 that day 03117 twenty 06242 and two 08147 thousand 0505 men 0376.
22 And the people 05971 the men 0376 of Israel 03478 encouraged 02388 08691 themselves, and set their battle 04421 again 03254 08686 in array 06186 08800 in the place 04725 where they put themselves in array 06186 08804 the first 07223 day 03117.
23 (And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 went up 05927 08799 and wept 01058 08799 before 06440 the LORD 03068 until even 06153, and asked 07592 08799 counsel of the LORD 03068, saying 0559 08800, Shall I go up 05066 08800 again 03254 08686 to battle 04421 against the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 my brother 0251? And the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799, Go up 05927 08798 against him.)
24 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 came near 07126 08799 against the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 the second 08145 day 03117.
25 And Benjamin 01144 went forth 03318 08799 against 07125 08800 them out of Gibeah 01390 the second 08145 day 03117, and destroyed down 07843 08686 to the ground 0776 of the children 01121 of Israel 03478 again eighteen 08083 06240 thousand 0505 men 0376; all these drew 08025 08802 the sword 02719.
26 Then all the children 01121 of Israel 03478, and all the people 05971, went up 05927 08799, and came 0935 08799 unto the house 01004 of God 0430 08677 01008, and wept 01058 08799, and sat 03427 08799 there before 06440 the LORD 03068, and fasted 06684 08799 that day 03117 until even 06153, and offered 05927 08686 burnt offerings 05930 and peace offerings 08002 before 06440 the LORD 03068.
27 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 enquired 07592 08799 of the LORD 03068, (for the ark 0727 of the covenant 01285 of God 0430 [was] there in those days 03117,
28 And Phinehas 06372, the son 01121 of Eleazar 0499, the son 01121 of Aaron 0175, stood 05975 08802 before 06440 it in those days 03117,) saying 0559 08800, Shall I yet again 03254 08686 go out 03318 08800 to battle 04421 against the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 my brother 0251, or shall I cease 02308 08799? And the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799, Go up 05927 08798; for to morrow 04279 I will deliver 05414 08799 them into thine hand 03027.
29 And Israel 03478 set 07760 08799 liers in wait 0693 08802 round about 05439 Gibeah 01390.
30 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 went up 05927 08799 against the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 on the third 07992 day 03117, and put themselves in array 06186 08799 against Gibeah 01390, as at other times 06471.
31 And the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 went out 03318 08799 against 07125 08800 the people 05971, [and] were drawn away 05423 08717 from the city 05892; and they began 02490 08686 to smite 05221 08687 of the people 05971, [and] kill 02491, as at other times 06471, in the highways 04546, of which one 0259 goeth up 05927 08802 to the house 01004 of God 0430 08677 01008, and the other 0259 to Gibeah 01390 in the field 07704, about thirty 07970 men 0376 of Israel 03478.
32 And the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 said 0559 08799, They [are] smitten down 05062 08737 before 06440 us, as at the first 07223. But the children 01121 of Israel 03478 said 0559 08804, Let us flee 05127 08799, and draw 05423 08804 them from the city 05892 unto the highways 04546.
33 And all the men 0376 of Israel 03478 rose up 06965 08804 out of their place 04725, and put themselves in array 06186 08799 at Baaltamar 01193: and the liers in wait 0693 08802 of Israel 03478 came forth 01518 08688 out of their places 04725, [even] out of the meadows 04629 of Gibeah 01387.
34 And there came 0935 08799 against 05048 Gibeah 01390 ten 06235 thousand 0505 chosen 0977 08803 men 0376 out of all Israel 03478, and the battle 04421 was sore 03513 08804: but they knew 03045 08804 not that evil 07451 [was] near 05060 08802 them.
35 And the LORD 03068 smote 05062 08799 Benjamin 01144 before 06440 Israel 03478: and the children 01121 of Israel 03478 destroyed 07843 08686 of the Benjamites 01145 that day 03117 twenty 06242 and five 02568 thousand 0505 and an hundred 03967 men 0376: all these drew 08025 08802 the sword 02719.
36 So the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 saw 07200 08799 that they were smitten 05062 08738: for the men 0376 of Israel 03478 gave 05414 08799 place 04725 to the Benjamites 01145, because they trusted 0982 08804 unto the liers in wait 0693 08802 which they had set 07760 08804 beside Gibeah 01390.
37 And the liers in wait 0693 08802 hasted 02363 08689, and rushed 06584 08799 upon Gibeah 01390; and the liers in wait 0693 08802 drew [themselves] along 04900 08799, and smote 05221 08686 all the city 05892 with the edge 06310 of the sword 02719.
38 Now there was an appointed sign 04150 between the men 0376 of Israel 03478 and 05973 the liers in wait 0693 08802, that they should make a great 07235 08685 flame 04864 with smoke 06227 rise up 05927 08687 out of the city 05892.
39 And when the men 0376 of Israel 03478 retired 02015 08799 in the battle 04421, Benjamin 01144 began 02490 08689 to smite 05221 08687 [and] kill 02491 of the men 0376 of Israel 03478 about thirty 07970 persons 0376: for they said 0559 08804, Surely 05062 08736 they are smitten down 05062 08737 before 06440 us, as [in] the first 07223 battle 04421.
40 But when the flame 04864 began 02490 08689 to arise up 05927 08800 out of the city 05892 with a pillar 05982 of smoke 06227, the Benjamites 01145 looked 06437 08799 behind 0310 them, and, behold, the flame 03632 of the city 05892 ascended up 05927 08804 to heaven 08064.
41 And when the men 0376 of Israel 03478 turned again 02015 08804, the men 0376 of Benjamin 01144 were amazed 0926 08735: for they saw 07200 08804 that evil 07451 was come 05060 08804 upon them.
42 Therefore they turned 06437 08799 [their backs] before 06440 the men 0376 of Israel 03478 unto the way 01870 of the wilderness 04057; but the battle 04421 overtook 01692 08689 them; and them which [came] out of the cities 05892 they destroyed 07843 08688 in the midst 08432 of them.
43 [Thus] they inclosed 03803 08765 the Benjamites 01145 round about 03803 08765, [and] chased 07291 08689 them, [and] trode them down 01869 08689 with ease 04496 over against 05227 Gibeah 01390 toward the sunrising 04217 08121.
44 And there fell 05307 08799 of Benjamin 01144 eighteen 08083 06240 thousand 0505 men 0376; all these [were] men 0582 of valour 02428.
45 And they turned 06437 08799 and fled 05127 08799 toward the wilderness 04057 unto the rock 05553 of Rimmon 07417: and they gleaned 05953 08779 of them in the highways 04546 five 02568 thousand 0505 men 0376; and pursued 01692 08686 hard after 0310 them unto Gidom 01440, and slew 05221 08686 two thousand 0505 men 0376 of them.
46 So that all which fell 05307 08802 that day 03117 of Benjamin 01144 were twenty 06242 and five 02568 thousand 0505 men 0376 that drew 08025 08802 the sword 02719; all these [were] men 0582 of valour 02428.
47 But six 08337 hundred 03967 men 0376 turned 06437 08799 and fled 05127 08799 to the wilderness 04057 unto the rock 05553 Rimmon 07417, and abode 03427 08799 in the rock 05553 Rimmon 07417 four 0702 months 02320.
48 And the men 0376 of Israel 03478 turned again 07725 08804 upon the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144, and smote 05221 08686 them with the edge 06310 of the sword 02719, as well the men 04974 of [every] city 05892, as 05704 the beast 0929, and all that came to hand 04672 08737: also they set 07971 08765 on fire 0784 all the cities 05892 that they came to 04672 08737.

#### Jdg 21

1 Now the men 0376 of Israel 03478 had sworn 07650 08738 in Mizpeh 04709, saying 0559 08800, There shall not any 0376 of us give 05414 08799 his daughter 01323 unto Benjamin 01144 to wife 0802.
2 And the people 05971 came 0935 08799 to the house 01004 of God 0430 08677 01008, and abode 03427 08799 there till even 06153 before 06440 God 0430, and lifted up 05375 08799 their voices 06963, and wept 01058 08799 01065 sore 01419;
3 And said 0559 08799, O LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, why is this come to pass in Israel 03478, that there should be to day 03117 one 0259 tribe 07626 lacking 06485 08736 in Israel 03478?
4 And it came to pass on the morrow 04283, that the people 05971 rose early 07925 08686, and built 01129 08799 there an altar 04196, and offered 05927 08686 burnt offerings 05930 and peace offerings 08002.
5 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 said 0559 08799, Who [is there] among all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478 that 0834 came 05927 08804 not up with the congregation 06951 unto the LORD 03068? For they had made a great 01419 oath 07621 concerning him that came not up 05927 08804 to the LORD 03068 to Mizpeh 04709, saying 0559 08800, He shall surely 04191 08800 be put to death 04191 08714.
6 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 repented 05162 08735 them for Benjamin 01144 their brother 0251, and said 0559 08799, There is one 0259 tribe 07626 cut off 01438 08738 from Israel 03478 this day 03117.
7 How shall we do 06213 08799 for wives 0802 for them that remain 03498 08737, seeing we have sworn 07650 08738 by the LORD 03068 that we will not give 05414 08800 them of our daughters 01323 to wives 0802?
8 And they said 0559 08799, What one 0259 [is there] of the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478 that came not up 05927 08804 to Mizpeh 04709 to the LORD 03068? And, behold, there came 0935 08804 none 0376 to the camp 04264 from Jabeshgilead 03003 01568 to the assembly 06951.
9 For the people 05971 were numbered 06485 08691, and, behold, [there were] none 0376 of the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Jabeshgilead 03003 01568 there.
10 And the congregation 05712 sent 07971 08799 thither twelve 08147 06240 thousand 0505 men 0376 of the valiantest 01121 02428, and commanded 06680 08762 them, saying 0559 08800, Go 03212 08798 and smite 05221 08689 the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Jabeshgilead 03003 01568 with the edge 06310 of the sword 02719, with the women 0802 and the children 02945.
11 And this [is] the thing 01697 that ye shall do 06213 08799, Ye shall utterly destroy 02763 08686 every male 02145, and every woman 0802 that hath lain 04904 by man 03045 08802.
12 And they found 04672 08799 among the inhabitants 03427 08802 of Jabeshgilead 03003 01568 four 0702 hundred 03967 young 05291 virgins 01330, that had known 03045 08804 no man 0376 by lying 04904 with any male 02145: and they brought 0935 08686 them unto the camp 04264 to Shiloh 07887, which [is] in the land 0776 of Canaan 03667.
13 And the whole congregation 05712 sent 07971 08799 [some] to speak 01696 08762 to the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 that [were] in the rock 05553 Rimmon 07417, and to call 07121 08799 peaceably 07965 unto them.
14 And Benjamin 01144 came again 07725 08799 at that time 06256; and they gave 05414 08799 them wives 0802 which they had saved alive 02421 08765 of the women 0802 of Jabeshgilead 03003 01568: and yet so they sufficed 04672 08804 them not.
15 And the people 05971 repented 05162 08737 them for Benjamin 01144, because that the LORD 03068 had made 06213 08804 a breach 06556 in the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478.
16 Then the elders 02205 of the congregation 05712 said 0559 08799, How shall we do 06213 08799 for wives 0802 for them that remain 03498 08737, seeing the women 0802 are destroyed 08045 08738 out of Benjamin 01144?
17 And they said 0559 08799, [There must be] an inheritance 03425 for them that be escaped 06413 of Benjamin 01144, that a tribe 07626 be not destroyed 04229 08735 out of Israel 03478.
18 Howbeit we may 03201 08799 not give 05414 08800 them wives 0802 of our daughters 01323: for the children 01121 of Israel 03478 have sworn 07650 08738, saying 0559 08800, Cursed 0779 08803 [be] he that giveth 05414 08802 a wife 0802 to Benjamin 01144.
19 Then they said 0559 08799, Behold, [there is] a feast 02282 of the LORD 03068 in Shiloh 07887 yearly 03117 03117 [in a place] which [is] on the north side 06828 of Bethel 01008, on the east side 04217 08121 of the highway 04546 that goeth up 05927 08802 from Bethel 01008 to Shechem 07927, and on the south 05045 of Lebonah 03829.
20 Therefore they commanded 06680 08762 the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144, saying 0559 08800, Go 03212 08798 and lie in wait 0693 08804 in the vineyards 03754;
21 And see 07200 08804, and, behold, if the daughters 01323 of Shiloh 07887 come out 03318 08799 to dance 02342 08800 in dances 04246, then come ye out 03318 08804 of the vineyards 03754, and catch 02414 08804 you every man 0376 his wife 0802 of the daughters 01323 of Shiloh 07887, and go 01980 08804 to the land 0776 of Benjamin 01144.
22 And it shall be, when their fathers 01 or their brethren 0251 come 0935 08799 unto us to complain 07378 08800, that we will say 0559 08804 unto them, Be favourable 02603 08798 unto them for our sakes: because we reserved 03947 08804 not to each man 0376 his wife 0802 in the war 04421: for ye did not give 05414 08804 unto them at this time 06256, [that] ye should be guilty 0816 08799.
23 And the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 did so 06213 08799, and took 05375 08799 [them] wives 0802, according to their number 04557, of them that danced 02342 08789, whom they caught 01497 08804: and they went 03212 08799 and returned 07725 08799 unto their inheritance 05159, and repaired 01129 08799 the cities 05892, and dwelt 03427 08799 in them.
24 And the children 01121 of Israel 03478 departed 01980 08691 thence at that time 06256, every man 0376 to his tribe 07626 and to his family 04940, and they went out 03318 08799 from thence every man 0376 to his inheritance 05159.
25 In those days 03117 [there was] no king 04428 in Israel 03478: every man 0376 did 06213 08799 [that which was] right 03477 in his own eyes 05869.