H1144G–בִּנְיָמִין–bin.ya.min

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.

בִנְיָמִ֖ן vin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

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

בִנְיָמִ֖ן vin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

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

בִנְיָמִ֨ן׀ vin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

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

בִנְיָמִ֥ן vin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

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.

בִנְיָמִ֖ן vin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

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

בִנְיָמִן֙ vin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

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.

בִנְיָמִ֔ן vin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

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.

בִּנְיָמִן֮ bin.ya.Min “Benjamin”בְּבִנְיָמִן֙ (בִנְיָמִן֙) vin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

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.

בִנְיָמִ֖ן vin.ya.Min “Benjamin”לְבִנְיָמִ֔ן (בִנְיָמִ֔ן) vin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

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.

וּבִנְיָמִ֡ן (בִנְיָמִ֡ן) vin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

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.

בִּנְיָמִן֙ bin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

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.

בִּנְיָמִ֑ן bin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

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

בִּנְיָמִן֙ bin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin came to their death, all strong men of war.

מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ן (בִּנְיָמִ֔ן) bin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

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

מִבִּנְיָמִ֗ן (בִּנְיָמִ֗ן) bin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

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.

בִנְיָמִן֙ vin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

Now the men of Israel had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, Not one of us will give his daughter as a wife to Benjamin.

לְבִנְיָמִ֖ן (בִנְיָמִ֖ן) vin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

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

בִּנְיָמִ֖ן bin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

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

בִנְיָמִ֔ן vin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

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.

בִּנְיָמִן֙ bin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

And the people were moved with pity for Benjamin, because the Lord had let his wrath loose on the tribes of Israel.

לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן (בִנְיָמִ֑ן) vin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

Then the responsible men of the meeting said, What are we to do about wives for the rest of them, seeing that the women of Benjamin are dead?

מִבִּנְיָמִ֖ן (בִּנְיָמִ֖ן) bin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

And they said, How is the rest of Benjamin to be given offspring so that one tribe of Israel may not be put out of existence,

לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן (בִנְיָמִ֑ן) vin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

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.

לְבִנְיָמִֽן׃ (בִנְיָמִֽן) vin.ya.Min “Benjamin”

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

בִנְיָמִ֖ן vin.ya.Min “Benjamin”