H3478–יִשְׂרָאֵל–yis.ra.el

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.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

So Israel put men secretly all round Gibeah to make a surprise attack on it.

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (יִשְׂרָאֵֽל) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

So all the men of Israel got up and put themselves in fighting order at Baal-tamar: and those who had been waiting secretly to make a surprise attack came rushing out of their place on the west of Geba.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And they came in front of Gibeah, ten thousand of the best men in all Israel, and the fighting became more violent; but the children of Benjamin were not conscious that evil was coming on them.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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.

יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

Now the sign fixed between the men of Israel and those making the surprise attack was that when they made a pillar of smoke go up from the town,

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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.

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

So turning their backs on the men of Israel, they went in the direction of the waste land; but the fight overtook them; and those who came out of the town were heading them off and putting them to the sword.

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this fate come on Israel, that today one tribe has been cut off from Israel?

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (יִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (יִּשְׂרָאֵֽל) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And they said, Which one of the tribes of Israel did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord? And it was seen that no one had come from Jabesh-gilead to the meeting.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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

יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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,

מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (יִּשְׂרָאֵֽל) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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.

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what seemed right to him.

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”