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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.

הַה֔וּא (הַ) ha. “<the>”

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.

הָ֣אֹרֵ֔ב (הָ֣) ha. “the”הַגִּבְעָֽה׃ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And the watchers, rushing on Gibeah and overrunning it, put all the town to the sword without mercy.

וְהָאֹרֵ֣ב (הָ) ha. “the”הַגִּבְעָ֑ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”הָאֹרֵ֔ב (הָ) ha. “the”הָעִ֖יר (הָ) ha. “the”

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,

וְהַמּוֹעֵ֗ד (הַ) ha. “the”הָאֹרֵ֑ב (הָ) ha. “the”הֶעָשָׁ֖ן (הֶ) he. “the”הָעִֽיר׃ (הָ) ha. “the”

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.

הָרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃ (הָ) ha. “<the>”

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.

וְהַמַּשְׂאֵ֗ת (הַ) ha. “the”הָעִ֖יר (הָ) ha. “the”הָעִ֖יר (הָ) ha. “the”הַשָּׁמָֽיְמָה׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

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.

הָרָעָֽה׃ (הָ) ha. “<the>”

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.

הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (הַ) ha. “the”מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (הֶ֣) He. “the”

And crushing Benjamin down, they went after them, driving them from Nohah as far as the east side of Gibeah.

הַגִּבְעָ֖ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”

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.

הַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הָֽרִמּ֔וֹן (הָֽ) ha. “<the>”

So twenty-five thousand of the swordsmen of Benjamin came to their end that day, all strong men of war.

הַנֹּ֨פְלִ֜ים (הַ) ha. “those”הַה֑וּא (הַ) ha. “<the>”

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.

הַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הָֽרִמּ֔וֹן (הָֽ) ha. “<the>”

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.

הַנִּמְצָ֑א (הַ) ha. “which”הֶעָרִ֥ים (הֶ) he. “the”הַנִּמְצָא֖וֹת (הַ) ha. “which”

And the people came to Beth-el, waiting there till evening before God, and gave themselves up to bitter weeping.

הָעָם֙ (הָ) ha. “the”הָעֶ֔רֶב (הָ) ha. “the”הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים (הָ) ha. “<the>”

And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this fate come on Israel, that today one tribe has been cut off from Israel?

הַיּ֛וֹם (הַ) hai. “this”

Then on the day after, the people got up early and made an altar there, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings.

הָעָ֔ם (הָ) ha. “the”

And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel, who did not come up to the Lord at the meeting of all Israel? For they had taken a great oath that whoever did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord was to be put to death.

הַשְּׁבוּעָ֨ה (הַ) ha. “the”הַגְּדוֹלָ֜ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַמִּצְפָּ֛ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And the children of Israel were moved with pity for Benjamin their brother, saying, Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.

הַיּ֛וֹם (הַ) hai. “this”

And they said, Which one of the tribes of Israel did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord? And it was seen that no one had come from Jabesh-gilead to the meeting.

הַמִּצְפָּ֑ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֛ה (הַֽ) ha. “the”הַקָּהָֽל׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

For when the people were numbered, not one man of the people of Jabesh-gilead was present.

הָעָ֑ם (הָ) ha. “the”

So they (the meeting) sent twelve thousand of the best fighting-men, and gave them orders, saying, Go and put the people of Jabesh-gilead to the sword without mercy, with their women and their little ones.

הָעֵדָ֗ה (הָ) ha. “the”הֶחָ֑יִל (הֶ) he. “<the>”וְהַנָּשִׁ֖ים (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַטָּֽף׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

And this is what you are to do: every male, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man, you are to put to the curse, but you are to keep safe the virgins. And they did so.

הַדָּבָ֖ר (הַ) ha. “[is] the”

Now there were among the people of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had never had sex relations with a man; these they took to their tents in Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֙ (הַֽ) ha. “the”

And all the meeting sent to the men of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, offering them peace.

הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה (הָ֣) ha. “the”

Then Benjamin came back; and they gave them the women whom they had kept from death among the women of Jabesh-gilead: but still there were not enough for them.

הַהִ֔יא (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַנָּשִׁ֔ים (הַ) ha. “the”