H1121G–בֵּן–ben

But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

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

And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

בְנֵ֨י ve.Nei “[the] descendants of”

And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.

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

And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.

בְנֵֽי־ ve.nei- “[the] people of”

And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.

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

(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle 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”

And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.

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

And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

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

Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

בְּנֵי֩ be.Nei “[the] people of”

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

בְנֵֽי־ ve.nei- “[the] people of”

And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.

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 array against Gibeah, as at other times.

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

And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

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

And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.

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

And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.

בְנֵ֨י ve.Nei “[the] people of”

So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.

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

And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.

בְּנֵ֤י be.Nei “[the] descendants of”

And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] people of”

And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] people of”

And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] descendants of”

Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

בְנֵֽי־ ve.nei- “[the] people of”

Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;

בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei “[the] descendants of”

And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] descendants of”

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

בְּנֵֽי־ be.nei- “[the] people of”

Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[were] sons of”