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And the townsmen of Gibeah came together against me, going round the house on all sides by night; it was their purpose to put me to death, and my servant-wife was violently used by them and is dead.

הַגִּבְעָ֔ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַבַּ֖יִת (הַ) ha. “the”

Then all the people got up as one man and said, Not one of us will go to his tent or go back to his house:

הָעָ֔ם (הָ) ha. “the”

But this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by the decision of the Lord;

הַדָּבָ֔ר (הַ) ha. “[is] the”

And we will take ten men out of every hundred, through all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of every thousand, a thousand out of every ten thousand, to get food for the people, so that they may give to Gibeah of Benjamin the right punishment for the a

הַ֨נְּבָלָ֔ה (הַ֨) ha. “the”

So all the men of Israel were banded together against the town, united like one man.

הָעִ֔יר (הָ) ha. “the”

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin saying, What is this evil which has been done among you?

הָרָעָ֣ה (הָ) ha. “[is] the”הַזֹּ֔את (הַ) ha. “<the>”

Now give up those good-for-nothing persons in Gibeah so that we may put them to death, clearing away the evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not give ear to the voice of their brothers, the children of Israel.

הָאֲנָשִׁ֨ים (הָ) ha. “the”

And the children of Benjamin came together from all their towns to Gibeah, to go to war with the children of Israel.

הֶעָרִ֖ים (הֶ) he. “the”הַגִּבְעָ֑תָה (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And the children of Benjamin who came that day from the towns were twenty-six thousand men armed with swords, in addition to the people of Gibeah, numbering seven hundred of the best fighting-men,

הַהוּא֙ (הַ) ha. “<the>”מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (הֶ֣) He. “the”הַגִּבְעָה֙ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

Who were left-handed, able to send a stone at a hair without error.

הָעָ֣ם (הָ) ha. “the”הַזֶּ֗ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַֽשַּׂעֲרָ֖ה (הַֽ) ha. “the”

So the children of Israel got up in the morning and put themselves in position against Gibeah.

הַגִּבְעָֽה׃ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And the men of Israel went out to war against Benjamin (and the men of Israel put their forces in fighting order against them at Gibeah).

הַגִּבְעָֽה׃ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

Then the children of Benjamin came out from Gibeah, cutting down twenty-two thousand of the Israelites that day.

הַגִּבְעָ֑ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַה֗וּא (הַ) ha. “<the>”

But the people, the men of Israel, taking heart again, put their forces in order and took up the same position as on the first day.

הָעָ֖ם (הָ) ha. “the”הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃ (הָ) ha. “<the>”

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.

הָעֶרֶב֒ (הָ) ha. “the”

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

הַשֵּׁנִֽי׃ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

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

הַגִּבְעָה֮ (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַשֵּׁנִי֒ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

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.

הָעָ֜ם (הָ) ha. “the”הַה֖וּא (הַ) ha. “<the>”הָעָ֑רֶב (הָ) ha. “the”

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

הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים (הָ) ha. “<the>”הָהֵֽם׃ (הָ) ha. “<the>”

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

הָהֵם֮ (הָ) ha. “<the>”

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

הַגִּבְעָ֖ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”

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.

הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑י (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַגִּבְעָ֖ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”

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

הָעָ֔ם (הָ) ha. “the”הָעִ֑יר (הָ) ha. “the”מֵהָעָ֨ם (הָ) ha. “the”

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.

הָעִ֖יר (הָ) ha. “the”הַֽמְסִלּֽוֹת׃ (הַֽ) Ha “the”

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.

וְהַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (הַ) ha. “the”הָרָעָֽה׃ (הָ) ha. “<the>”