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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.

הַה֔וּא (הַ) ha. “<the>”

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.

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

And the men in ambush made haste and rushed upon Gib'e-ah; the men in ambush moved out and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

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

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

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

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."

הָרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃ (הָ) ha. “<the>”

But when the signal began to rise out of the city in a column of smoke, the Benjaminites looked behind them; and behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to heaven.

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

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

הָרָעָֽה׃ (הָ) ha. “<the>”

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.

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

Cutting down the Benjaminites, they pursued them and trod them down from Nohah as far as opposite Gib'e-ah on the east.

הַגִּבְעָ֖ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon; five thousand men of them were cut down in the highways, and they were pursued hard to Gidom, and two thousand men of them were slain.

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

So all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men that drew the sword, all of them men of valor.

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

But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and abode at the rock of Rimmon four months.

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

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.

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

And the people came to Bethel, and sat there till evening before God, and they lifted up their voices and wept bitterly.

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

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?"

הַיּ֛וֹם (הַ) hai. “this”

And on the morrow the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

הָעָ֔ם (הָ) ha. “the”

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."

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

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

הַיּ֛וֹם (הַ) hai. “this”

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.

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

For when the people were mustered, behold, not one of the inhabitants of Ja'besh-gil'ead was there.

הָעָ֑ם (הָ) ha. “the”

So the congregation sent thither twelve thousand of their bravest men, and commanded them, "Go and smite the inhabitants of Ja'besh-gil'ead with the edge of the sword; also the women and the little ones.

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

This is what you shall do; every male and every woman that has lain with a male you shall utterly destroy."

הַדָּבָ֖ר (הַ) ha. “[is] the”

And they found among the inhabitants of Ja'besh-gil'ead four hundred young virgins who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֙ (הַֽ) ha. “the”

Then the whole congregation sent word to the Benjaminites who were at the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.

הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה (הָ֣) ha. “the”

And Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Ja'besh-gil'ead; but they did not suffice for them.

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