H1121G–בֵּן–ben

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

בְנֵֽי־ ve.nei- “[the] descendants of”בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei “[the] people of”

And the children of Benjamin who came that day from the towns were twenty-six thousand men armed with swords, in addition to the people of Gibeah, numbering seven hundred of the best fighting-men,

בְנֵ֨י ve.Nei “[the] descendants of”

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.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] people of”בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] descendants of”

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

בְנֵֽי־ ve.nei- “[the] people of”

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

בְנֵֽי־ ve.nei- “[the] descendants of”

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.

בְנֵֽי־ ve.nei- “[the] people of”בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei “[the] descendants of”

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

בְנֵֽי־ ve.nei- “[the] people of”בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei “[the] descendants of”

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

בִבְנֵ֨י (בְנֵ֨י) v.Nei “[the] people of”

Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up to Beth-el, weeping and waiting there before the Lord, going without food all day till evening, and offering burned offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord.

בְּנֵי֩ be.Nei “[the] people of”

And the children of Israel made request to the Lord, (for the ark of the agreement of the Lord was there in those days,

בְנֵֽי־ ve.nei- “[the] people of”

And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, was in his place before it,) and said, Am I still to go on with the fight against the children of Benjamin my brother, or am I to give it up? And the Lord said, Go on; for tomorrow I will give him into

בְּנֵֽי־ be.nei- “[the] descendants of”

And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in fighting order against Gibeah as before.

בְנֵֽי־ ve.nei- “[the] people of”בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei “[the] descendants of”

And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, moving away from the town; and as before, at their first attack, they put to death about thirty men of Israel on the highways, of which one goes up to Beth-el and the other to Gibeah, and in the o

בְנֵֽי־ ve.nei- “[the] descendants of”

And the children of Benjamin said, They are giving way before us as at first. But the children of Israel said, Let us go in flight and get them away from the town, into the highways.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] descendants of”וּבְנֵ֧י (בְנֵ֧י) ve.Nei “[the] people of”

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.

בְנֵ֨י ve.Nei “[the] people of”

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.

בְנֵֽי־ ve.nei- “[the] descendants of”

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.

בְּנֵ֤י be.Nei “[the] descendants of”

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.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] people of”

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

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] people of”

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

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] descendants of”

Seeing that we may not give them our daughters as wives? For the children of Israel had taken an oath, saying, Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.

בְנֵֽי־ ve.nei- “[the] people of”

And they said to the men of Benjamin, Go into the vine-gardens, waiting there secretly,

בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei “[the] descendants of”

So the men of Benjamin did this, and got wives for themselves for every one of their number, taking them away by force from the dance; then they went back to their heritage, building up their towns and living in them.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] descendants of”

Then the children of Israel went away from there, every man to his tribe and his family, every man went back to his heritage.

בְּנֵֽי־ be.nei- “[the] people of”

Now the sons of Eli were evil and good-for-nothing men, having no knowledge of the Lord.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[were] sons of”