H3478–יִשְׂרָאֵל–yis.ra.el

And they said to him, Be quiet; say nothing, and come with us and be our father and priest; is it better for you to be priest to one man's house or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (יִשְׂרָאֵֽל) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And they gave the town the name of Dan, after Dan their father, who was the son of Israel: though the town had been named Laish at first.

לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was living in the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he got for himself a servant-wife from Beth-lehem-judah.

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

But his master said to him, We will not go out of our way into a strange town, whose people are not of the children of Israel; but we will go on to Gibeah.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And when he had come to his house, he got his knife, and took the woman, cutting her up bone by bone into twelve parts, which he sent through all Israel.

יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And he gave orders to the men whom he sent, saying, This is what you are to say to all the men of Israel, Has ever an act like this been done from the day when the children of Israel came out of Egypt to this day? Give thought to it, turning it over in y

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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.

יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

(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.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (יִשְׂרָאֵֽל) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

Here you all are, you children of Israel; give now your suggestions about what is to be done.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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 a

יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (יִשְׂרָאֵֽל) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

So all the men of Israel were banded together against the town, united like one man.

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin saying, What is this evil which has been done among you?

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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.

מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (יִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And the children of Benjamin came together from all their towns to Gibeah, to go to war with the children of Israel.

יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And the men of Israel, other than Benjamin, were four hundred thousand in number, all armed with swords; they were all men of war.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

So the children of Israel got up in the morning and put themselves in position against Gibeah.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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).

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

Then the children of Benjamin came out from Gibeah, cutting down twenty-two thousand of the Israelites that day.

בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל (יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

So the children of Israel went forward against the children of Benjamin the second day.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And the second day Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah, cutting down eighteen thousand men of the children of Israel, all swordsmen.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”