H9002–/וְ–v

Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, to the LORD in Mizpeh.

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

And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that 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 lewdness and folly in Israel.

וּנְבָלָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.

וְעֵצָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house:

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah: we will go up by lot against it;

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 out of ten thousand, to fetch provisions for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.

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

Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and banish evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren, the children of Israel:

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

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

וְשִׁשָּׁ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; every one could sling stones to a hair-breadth, and not miss.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

וְאִ֨ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came to the house of God, and wept, and 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 children of Israel inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

וְשָׁ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

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 thy hand.

וּ֠פִינְחָס (וּ֠) U. “and”

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.

וְאַחַ֤ת (וְ) ve. “and”

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 to the highways.

וּבְנֵ֧י (וּ) u. “and”

And all the men of Israel rose out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.

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

And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was severe: but they knew not that evil was near them.

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

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

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

And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

וְהָאֹרֵ֣ב (וְ) ve. “and”

Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke to rise from the city.

וְהַמּוֹעֵ֗ד (וְ) ve. “and”

And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.

וּבִנְיָמִ֡ן (וּ) u. “and”

But when the flame began to rise from the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjaminites looked behind them, and behold, the flame of the city ascended to heaven.

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