Judges 20
1 Then all the children of Israel took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah.
and to come out: come all son: descendant/people Israel and to gather [the] congregation like/as man one to/for from Dan and till Beersheba Beersheba and land: country/planet [the] Gilead to(wards) LORD [the] Mizpah
2 And the chiefs of the people, out of all the tribes of Israel, took their places in the meeting of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen armed with swords.
and to stand corner all [the] people all tribe Israel in/on/with assembly people [the] God four hundred thousand man on foot to draw sword
3 (Now the children of Benjamin had word that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the children of Israel said, Make clear how this evil thing took place.
and to hear: hear son: descendant/people Benjamin for to ascend: rise son: descendant/people Israel [the] Mizpah and to say son: descendant/people Israel to speak: speak how? to be [the] distress: evil [the] this
4 Then the Levite, the husband of the dead woman, said in answer, I came to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin, I and my servant-wife, for the purpose of stopping there for the night.
and to answer [the] man [the] Levi man: husband [the] woman [the] to murder and to say [the] Gibeah [to] which to/for Benjamin to come (in): come I and concubine my to/for to lodge
5 And the townsmen of Gibeah came together against me, going round the house on all sides by night; it was their purpose to put me to death, and my servant-wife was violently used by them and is dead.
and to arise: rise upon me master [the] Gibeah and to turn: surround upon me [obj] [the] house: home night [obj] me to resemble to/for to kill and [obj] concubine my to afflict and to die
6 So I took her, cutting her into parts which I sent through all the country of the heritage of Israel: for they have done an act of shame in Israel.
and to grasp in/on/with concubine my and to cut her and to send: depart her in/on/with all land: country inheritance Israel for to make: do wickedness and folly in/on/with Israel
7 Here you all are, you children of Israel; give now your suggestions about what is to be done.
behold all your son: descendant/people Israel to give to/for you word and counsel here
8 Then all the people got up as one man and said, Not one of us will go to his tent or go back to his house:
and to arise: rise all [the] people like/as man one to/for to say not to go: went man: anyone to/for tent his and not to turn aside: depart man: anyone to/for house: home his
9 But this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by the decision of the Lord;
and now this [the] word: thing which to make: do to/for Gibeah upon her in/on/with allotted
10 And we will take ten men out of every hundred, through all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of every thousand, a thousand out of every ten thousand, to get food for the people, so that they may give to Gibeah of Benjamin the right punishment for the act of shame they have done in Israel.
and to take: take ten human to/for hundred to/for all tribe Israel and hundred to/for thousand and thousand to/for myriad to/for to take: bring provision to/for people: soldiers to/for to make: do to/for to come (in): come them to/for Gibeah Benjamin like/as all [the] folly which to make: do in/on/with Israel
11 So all the men of Israel were banded together against the town, united like one man.
and to gather all man Israel to(wards) [the] city like/as man one companion
12 And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin saying, What is this evil which has been done among you?
and to send: depart tribe Israel human in/on/with all tribe Benjamin to/for to say what? [the] distress: evil [the] this which to be in/on/with you
13 Now give up those good-for-nothing persons in Gibeah so that we may put them to death, clearing away the evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not give ear to the voice of their brothers, the children of Israel.
and now to give: give [obj] [the] human son: type of Belial which in/on/with Gibeah and to die them and to burn: purge distress: evil from Israel and not (be willing son: descendant/people *QK) Benjamin to/for to hear: hear in/on/with voice brother: compatriot their son: descendant/people Israel
14 And the children of Benjamin came together from all their towns to Gibeah, to go to war with the children of Israel.
and to gather son: descendant/people Benjamin from [the] city [the] Gibeah [to] to/for to come out: come to/for battle with son: descendant/people Israel
15 And the children of Benjamin who came that day from the towns were twenty-six thousand men armed with swords, in addition to the people of Gibeah, numbering seven hundred of the best fighting-men,
and to reckon: list son: descendant/people Benjamin in/on/with day [the] he/she/it from [the] city twenty and six thousand man to draw sword to/for alone: besides from to dwell [the] Gibeah to reckon: list seven hundred man to choose
16 Who were left-handed, able to send a stone at a hair without error.
from all [the] people: soldiers [the] this seven hundred man to choose lefthanded hand right his all this to sling in/on/with stone to(wards) [the] hair and not to sin
17 And the men of Israel, other than Benjamin, were four hundred thousand in number, all armed with swords; they were all men of war.
and man Israel to reckon: list to/for alone: besides from Benjamin four hundred thousand man to draw sword all this man battle
18 And they got up and went up to Beth-el to get directions from God, and the children of Israel said, Who is to be the first to go up to the fight against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah is to go up first.
and to arise: rise and to ascend: rise Bethel Bethel and to ask in/on/with God and to say son: descendant/people Israel who? to ascend: rise to/for us in/on/with beginning to/for battle with son: descendant/people Benjamin and to say LORD Judah in/on/with beginning
19 So the children of Israel got up in the morning and put themselves in position against Gibeah.
and to arise: rise son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with morning and to camp upon [the] Gibeah
20 And the men of Israel went out to war against Benjamin (and the men of Israel put their forces in fighting order against them at Gibeah).
and to come out: come man Israel to/for battle with Benjamin and to arrange with them man Israel battle to(wards) [the] Gibeah
21 Then the children of Benjamin came out from Gibeah, cutting down twenty-two thousand of the Israelites that day.
and to come out: come son: descendant/people Benjamin from [the] Gibeah and to ruin in/on/with Israel in/on/with day [the] he/she/it two and twenty thousand man land: soil [to]
22 But the people, the men of Israel, taking heart again, put their forces in order and took up the same position as on the first day.
and to strengthen: strengthen [the] people: soldiers man Israel and to add: again to/for to arrange battle in/on/with place which to arrange there in/on/with day [the] first
23 Now the children of Israel went up, weeping before the Lord till evening, requesting the Lord and saying, Am I to go forward again to the fight against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him.
and to ascend: rise son: descendant/people Israel and to weep to/for face: before LORD till [the] evening and to ask in/on/with LORD to/for to say to add: again to/for to approach: approach to/for battle with son: descendant/people Benjamin brother: compatriot my and to say LORD to ascend: rise to(wards) him
24 So the children of Israel went forward against the children of Benjamin the second day.
and to present: come son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) son: descendant/people Benjamin in/on/with day [the] second
25 And the second day Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah, cutting down eighteen thousand men of the children of Israel, all swordsmen.
and to come out: come Benjamin to/for to encounter: toward them from [the] Gibeah in/on/with day [the] second and to ruin in/on/with son: descendant/people Israel still eight ten thousand man land: soil [to] all these to draw sword
26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up to Beth-el, weeping and waiting there before the Lord, going without food all day till evening, and offering burned offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord.
and to ascend: rise all son: descendant/people Israel and all [the] people: soldiers and to come (in): come Bethel Bethel and to weep and to dwell there to/for face: before LORD and to fast in/on/with day [the] he/she/it till [the] evening and to ascend: offer up burnt offering and peace offering to/for face: before LORD
27 And the children of Israel made request to the Lord, (for the ark of the agreement of the Lord was there in those days,
and to ask son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with LORD and there ark covenant [the] God in/on/with day [the] they(masc.)
28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, was in his place before it, ) and said, Am I still to go on with the fight against the children of Benjamin my brother, or am I to give it up? And the Lord said, Go on; for tomorrow I will give him into your hands.
and Phinehas son: child Eleazar son: child Aaron to stand: appoint to/for face: before his in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) to/for to say to add: again still to/for to come out: come to/for battle with son: descendant/people Benjamin brother: compatriot my if to cease and to say LORD to ascend: rise for tomorrow to give: give him in/on/with hand: power your
29 So Israel put men secretly all round Gibeah to make a surprise attack on it.
and to set: make Israel to ambush to(wards) [the] Gibeah around
30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in fighting order against Gibeah as before.
and to ascend: rise son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) son: descendant/people Benjamin in/on/with day [the] third and to arrange to(wards) [the] Gibeah like/as beat in/on/with beat
31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, moving away from the town; and as before, at their first attack, they put to death about thirty men of Israel on the highways, of which one goes up to Beth-el and the other to Gibeah, and in the open country.
and to come out: come son: descendant/people Benjamin to/for to encounter: toward [the] people: soldiers to tear from [the] city and to profane/begin: begin to/for to smite from [the] people: soldiers slain: killed like/as beat in/on/with beat in/on/with highway which one to ascend: rise Bethel Bethel and one Gibeah [to] in/on/with land: country like/as thirty man in/on/with Israel
32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are giving way before us as at first. But the children of Israel said, Let us go in flight and get them away from the town, into the highways.
and to say son: descendant/people Benjamin to strike they(masc.) to/for face: before our like/as in/on/with first and son: descendant/people Israel to say to flee and to tear him from [the] city to(wards) [the] highway
33 So all the men of Israel got up and put themselves in fighting order at Baal-tamar: and those who had been waiting secretly to make a surprise attack came rushing out of their place on the west of Geba.
and all man Israel to arise: rise from place his and to arrange in/on/with Baal-tamar Baal-tamar and to ambush Israel to burst/come out from place his from Maareh (Maareh)-geba
34 And they came in front of Gibeah, ten thousand of the best men in all Israel, and the fighting became more violent; but the children of Benjamin were not conscious that evil was coming on them.
and to come (in): come from before to/for Gibeah ten thousand man to choose from all Israel and [the] battle to honor: heavy and they(masc.) not to know for to touch upon them [the] distress: harm
35 Then the Lord sent sudden fear on Benjamin before Israel; and that day the children of Israel put to death twenty-five thousand, one hundred men of Benjamin, all of them swordsmen.
and to strike LORD [obj] Benjamin to/for face: before Israel and to ruin son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with Benjamin in/on/with day [the] he/she/it twenty and five thousand and hundred man all these to draw sword
36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were overcome: and the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin, putting their faith in the watchers who were to make the surprise attack on Gibeah.
and to see: see son: descendant/people Benjamin for to strike and to give: give man Israel place to/for Benjamin for to trust to(wards) [the] to ambush which to set: make to(wards) [the] Gibeah
37 And the watchers, rushing on Gibeah and overrunning it, put all the town to the sword without mercy.
and [the] to ambush to hasten and to strip to(wards) [the] Gibeah and to draw [the] to ambush and to smite [obj] all [the] city to/for lip: edge sword
38 Now the sign fixed between the men of Israel and those making the surprise attack was that when they made a pillar of smoke go up from the town,
and [the] meeting: signal appointed to be to/for man Israel with [the] to ambush to multiply to/for to ascend: rise them tribute [the] smoke from [the] city
39 The men of Israel were to make a turn about in the fight. And Benjamin had overcome and put to death about thirty of the men of Israel, and were saying, Certainly they are falling back before us as in the first fight.
and to overturn man Israel in/on/with battle and Benjamin to profane/begin: begin to/for to smite slain: killed in/on/with man Israel like/as thirty man for to say surely to strike to strike he/she/it to/for face: before our like/as battle [the] first
40 Then the sign went up out of the town in the pillar of smoke, and the Benjamites, turning back, saw all the town going up in smoke to heaven.
and [the] tribute to profane/begin: begin to/for to ascend: rise from [the] city pillar smoke and to turn Benjamin after him and behold to ascend: rise entire [the] city [the] heaven [to]
41 And the men of Israel had made a turn about, and the men of Benjamin were overcome with fear, for they saw that evil had overtaken them.
and man Israel to overturn and to dismay man Benjamin for to see: see for to touch upon him [the] distress: harm
42 So turning their backs on the men of Israel, they went in the direction of the waste land; but the fight overtook them; and those who came out of the town were heading them off and putting them to the sword.
and to turn to/for face: before man Israel to(wards) way: direction [the] wilderness and [the] battle to cleave him and which from [the] city to ruin [obj] him in/on/with midst his
43 And crushing Benjamin down, they went after them, driving them from Nohah as far as the east side of Gibeah.
to surround [obj] Benjamin to pursue him Nohah to tread him till before [the] Gibeah from east sun
44 Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin came to their death, all strong men of war.
and to fall: kill from Benjamin eight ten thousand man [obj] all these human strength
45 And turning, they went in flight to the rock of Rimmon in the waste land: and on the highways five thousand of them were cut off by the men of Israel, who, pushing on hard after them to Geba, put to death two thousand more.
and to turn and to flee [the] wilderness [to] to(wards) crag [the] (Rock of) Rimmon and to glean him in/on/with highway five thousand man and to cleave after him till Gidom and to smite from him thousand man
46 So twenty-five thousand of the swordsmen of Benjamin came to their end that day, all strong men of war.
and to be all [the] to fall: kill from Benjamin twenty and five thousand man to draw sword in/on/with day [the] he/she/it [obj] all these human strength
47 But six hundred men, turning back, went in flight to the rock of Rimmon in the waste land, and were living on the rock of Rimmon for four months.
and to turn and to flee [the] wilderness [to] to(wards) crag [the] (Rock of) Rimmon six hundred man and to dwell in/on/with crag (Rock of) Rimmon four month
48 And the men of Israel, turning again against the children of Benjamin, put to the sword without mercy all the towns and the cattle and everything there was, burning every town which came into their hands.
and man Israel to return: turn back to(wards) son: descendant/people Benjamin and to smite them to/for lip: edge sword from city soundness till animal till all [the] to find also all [the] city [the] to find to send: burn in/on/with fire
