H3478–יִשְׂרָאֵל–yis.ra.el

And they said to him, "Keep quiet, put your hand upon your mouth, and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and family in Israel?"

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

And they named the city Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor, who was born to Israel; but the name of the city was La'ish at the first.

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

In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was sojourning in the remote parts of the hill country of E'phraim, who took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

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

And his master said to him, "We will not turn aside into the city of foreigners, who do not belong to the people of Israel; but we will pass on to Gib'e-ah."

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And when he entered his house, he took a knife, and laying hold of his concubine he divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the territory of Israel.

יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And all who saw it said, "Such a thing has never happened or been seen from the day that the people of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt until this day; consider it, take counsel, and speak."

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

Then all the people of Israel came out, from Dan to Beer-sheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled as one man to the LORD at Mizpah.

יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand men on foot that drew the sword.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

(Now the Benjaminites heard that the people of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the people of Israel said, "Tell us, how was this wickedness brought to pass?"

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

And I took my concubine and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed abomination and wantonness in Israel.

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

Behold, you people of Israel, all of you, give your advice and counsel here."

יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

and we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand, to bring provisions for the people, that when they come they may requite Gib'e-ah of Benjamin, for all the wanton crime which they have committed in Israel."

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

So all the men of Israel gathered against the city, united as one man.

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What wickedness is this that has taken place among you?

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

Now therefore give up the men, the base fellows in Gib'e-ah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel." But the Benjaminites would not listen to the voice of their brethren, the people of Israel.

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

And the Benjaminites came together out of the cities to Gib'e-ah, to go out to battle against the people of Israel.

יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And the men of Israel, apart from Benjamin, mustered four hundred thousand men that drew sword; all these were men of war.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

The people of Israel arose and went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, "Which of us shall go up first to battle against the Benjaminites?" And the LORD said, "Judah shall go up first."

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

Then the people of Israel rose in the morning, and encamped against Gib'e-ah.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel drew up the battle line against them at Gib'e-ah.

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

The Benjaminites came out of Gib'e-ah, and felled to the ground on that day twenty-two thousand men of the Israelites.

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

But the people, the men of Israel, took courage, and again formed the battle line in the same place where they had formed it on the first day.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And the people of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until the evening; and they inquired of the LORD, "Shall we again draw near to battle against our brethren the Benjaminites?" And the LORD said, "Go up against them."

יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

So the people of Israel came near against the Benjaminites the second day.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And Benjamin went against them out of Gib'e-ah the second day, and felled to the ground eighteen thousand men of the people of Israel; all these were men who drew the sword.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”