H3478–יִשְׂרָאֵל–yis.ra.el

Then all the people of Israel, the whole army, went up and came to Bethel and wept; they sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until evening, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And the people of Israel inquired of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

So Israel set men in ambush round about Gib'e-ah.

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And the people of Israel went up against the Benjaminites on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gib'e-ah, as at other times.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And the Benjaminites went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and as at other times they began to smite and kill some of the people, in the highways, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gib'e-ah, and in the open country, about thirty men of Israel.

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

And the Benjaminites said, "They are routed before us, as at the first." But the men of Israel said, "Let us flee, and draw them away from the city to the highways."

יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array at Ba'al-ta'mar; and the men of Israel who were in ambush rushed out of their place west of Geba.

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

And there came against Gib'e-ah ten thousand picked men out of all Israel, and the battle was hard; but the Benjaminites did not know that disaster was close upon them.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And the LORD defeated Benjamin before Israel; and the men of Israel destroyed twenty-five thousand one hundred men of Benjamin that day; all these were men who drew the sword.

יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

So the Benjaminites saw that they were defeated. The men of Israel gave ground to Benjamin, because they trusted to the men in ambush whom they had set against Gib'e-ah.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that when they made a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

the men of Israel should turn in battle. Now Benjamin had begun to smite and kill about thirty men of Israel; they said, "Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle."

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

Then the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed, for they saw that disaster was close upon them.

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel in the direction of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst of them.

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And the men of Israel turned back against the Benjaminites, and smote them with the edge of the sword, men and beasts and all that they found. And all the towns which they found they set on fire.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

Now the men of Israel had sworn at Mizpah, "No one of us shall give his daughter in marriage to Benjamin."

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And they said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, why has this come to pass in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?"

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

And the people of Israel said, "Which of all the tribes of Israel did not come up in the assembly to the LORD?" For they had taken a great oath concerning him who did not come up to the LORD to Mizpah, saying, "He shall be put to death."

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

And the people of Israel had compassion for Benjamin their brother, and said, "One tribe is cut off from Israel this day.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (יִּשְׂרָאֵֽל) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And they said, "What one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not come up to the LORD to Mizpah?" And behold, no one had come to the camp from Ja'besh-gil'ead, to the assembly.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And the people had compassion on Benjamin because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And they said, "There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.

מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (יִּשְׂרָאֵֽל) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

Yet we cannot give them wives of our daughters." For the people of Israel had sworn, "Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin."

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And the people of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance.

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.

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