H9002–/וְ–v

Then all the people of Israel came out, from Dan to Beer-sheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled as one man to the LORD at Mizpah.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶ֖רֶץ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, "I came to Gib'e-ah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night.

וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

And the men of Gib'e-ah rose against me, and beset the house round about me by night; they meant to kill me, and they ravished my concubine, and she is dead.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I took my concubine and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed abomination and wantonness in Israel.

וּנְבָלָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

Behold, you people of Israel, all of you, give your advice and counsel here."

וְעֵצָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the people arose as one man, saying, "We will not any of us go to his tent, and none of us will return to his house.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

But now this is what we will do to Gib'e-ah: we will go up against it by lot,

וְעַתָּ֕ה (וְ) ve. “and”

and we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand, to bring provisions for the people, that when they come they may requite Gib'e-ah of Benjamin, for all the wanton crime which they have committed in Israel."

וּמֵאָ֤ה (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶ֣לֶף (וְ) ve. “and”

Now therefore give up the men, the base fellows in Gib'e-ah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel." But the Benjaminites would not listen to the voice of their brethren, the people of Israel.

וְעַתָּ֡ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְמִיתֵ֔ם (וּ) u. “so”וּנְבַעֲרָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Benjaminites mustered out of their cities on that day twenty-six thousand men that drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gib'e-ah, who mustered seven hundred picked men.

וְשִׁשָּׁ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Among all these were seven hundred picked men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair, and not miss.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And the men of Israel, apart from Benjamin, mustered four hundred thousand men that drew sword; all these were men of war.

וְאִ֨ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

The Benjaminites came out of Gib'e-ah, and felled to the ground on that day twenty-two thousand men of the Israelites.

וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Then all the people of Israel, the whole army, went up and came to Bethel and wept; they sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until evening, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁלָמִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

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

וְשָׁ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

and Phin'ehas the son of Elea'zar, son of Aaron, ministered before it in those days), saying, "Shall we yet again go out to battle against our brethren the Benjaminites, or shall we cease?" And the LORD said, "Go up; for tomorrow I will give them into your hand."

וּ֠פִינְחָס (וּ֠) U. “and”

And the Benjaminites went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and as at other times they began to smite and kill some of the people, in the highways, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gib'e-ah, and in the open country, about thirty men of Israel.

וְאַחַ֤ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Benjaminites said, "They are routed before us, as at the first." But the men of Israel said, "Let us flee, and draw them away from the city to the highways."

וּבְנֵ֧י (וּ) u. “and”

And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array at Ba'al-ta'mar; and the men of Israel who were in ambush rushed out of their place west of Geba.

וְכֹ֣ל׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֹרֵ֧ב (וְ) ve. “and”

And there came against Gib'e-ah ten thousand picked men out of all Israel, and the battle was hard; but the Benjaminites did not know that disaster was close upon them.

וְהַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the LORD defeated Benjamin before Israel; and the men of Israel destroyed twenty-five thousand one hundred men of Benjamin that day; all these were men who drew the sword.

וַחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה (וַ) va. “and”וּמֵאָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

And the men in ambush made haste and rushed upon Gib'e-ah; the men in ambush moved out and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

וְהָאֹרֵ֣ב (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that when they made a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city

וְהַמּוֹעֵ֗ד (וְ) ve. “and”

the men of Israel should turn in battle. Now Benjamin had begun to smite and kill about thirty men of Israel; they said, "Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle."

וּבִנְיָמִ֡ן (וּ) u. “and”

But when the signal began to rise out of the city in a column of smoke, the Benjaminites looked behind them; and behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to heaven.

וְהַמַּשְׂאֵ֗ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”