H1121G–בֵּן–ben

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

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

The children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

בְנֵ֨י ve.Nei “[the] descendants of”

The children of Israel arose, and went up to Bethel, and asked counsel of God; and they said, Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin? Yahweh said, Judah [ergänzt: shall go up] first.

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

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

בְנֵֽי־ ve.nei- “[the] people of”

The children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day Twenty-two thousand men.

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

The children of Israel went up and wept before Yahweh until even; and they asked of Yahweh, saying, Shall I again draw near to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? Yahweh said, Go up against him.

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

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”

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 to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh, and fasted that day until even; and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Yahweh.

בְּנֵי֩ be.Nei “[the] people of”

The children of Israel asked of Yahweh (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? Yahweh said, Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand.

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

The children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.

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

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

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

The children of Benjamin said, They are struck down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them away from the city to the highways.

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

Yahweh struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men: all these drew the sword.

בְנֵ֨י ve.Nei “[the] people of”

So the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck; for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted to the liers-in-wait whom they had set against Gibeah.

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

The men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found: moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.

בְּנֵ֤י be.Nei “[the] descendants of”

The children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who didn't come up in the assembly to Yahweh? For they had made a great oath concerning him who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] people of”

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”

The whole congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] descendants of”

However we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin.

בְנֵֽי־ ve.nei- “[the] people of”

They commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,

בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei “[the] descendants of”

The children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of those who danced, whom they carried off: and they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities, and lived in them.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] descendants of”

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

בְּנֵֽי־ be.nei- “[the] people of”

Now the sons of Eli were base men; they didn't know Yahweh.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[were] sons of”