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Yahweh struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men: all these drew the sword.

הַה֔וּא (הַ) ha. “<the>”

So the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck; for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted to the liers-in-wait whom they had set against Gibeah.

הָ֣אֹרֵ֔ב (הָ֣) ha. “the”הַגִּבְעָֽה׃ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

The liers-in-wait hurried, and rushed on Gibeah; and the liers-in-wait drew themselves along, and struck all the city with the edge of the sword.

וְהָאֹרֵ֣ב (הָ) ha. “the”הַגִּבְעָ֑ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”הָאֹרֵ֔ב (הָ) ha. “the”הָעִ֖יר (הָ) ha. “the”

Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers-in-wait was that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.

וְהַמּוֹעֵ֗ד (הַ) ha. “the”הָאֹרֵ֑ב (הָ) ha. “the”הֶעָשָׁ֖ן (הֶ) he. “the”הָעִֽיר׃ (הָ) ha. “the”

The men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to strike and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said, Surely they are struck down before us, as in the first battle.

הָרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃ (הָ) ha. “<the>”

But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and, behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to the sky.

וְהַמַּשְׂאֵ֗ת (הַ) ha. “the”הָעִ֖יר (הָ) ha. “the”הָעִ֖יר (הָ) ha. “the”הַשָּׁמָֽיְמָה׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

The men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil had come on them.

הָרָעָֽה׃ (הָ) ha. “<the>”

Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst of it.

הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (הַ) ha. “the”מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (הֶ֣) He. “the”

They enclosed the Benjamites round about, [ergänzt: and] chased them, [ergänzt: and] trod them down at [ergänzt: their] resting-place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrise.

הַגִּבְעָ֖ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”

They turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men, and followed hard after them to Gidom, and struck of them two thousand men.

הַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הָֽרִמּ֔וֹן (הָֽ) ha. “<the>”

So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword; all these [ergänzt: were] men of valor.

הַנֹּ֨פְלִ֜ים (הַ) ha. “those”הַה֑וּא (הַ) ha. “<the>”

But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months.

הַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הָֽרִמּ֔וֹן (הָֽ) ha. “<the>”

The men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found: moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.

הַנִּמְצָ֑א (הַ) ha. “which”הֶעָרִ֥ים (הֶ) he. “the”הַנִּמְצָא֖וֹת (הַ) ha. “which”

The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.

הָעָם֙ (הָ) ha. “the”הָעֶ֔רֶב (הָ) ha. “the”הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים (הָ) ha. “<the>”

They said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?

הַיּ֛וֹם (הַ) hai. “this”

It happened on the next day that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace-offerings.

הָעָ֔ם (הָ) ha. “the”

The children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who didn't come up in the assembly to Yahweh? For they had made a great oath concerning him who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

הַשְּׁבוּעָ֨ה (הַ) ha. “the”הַגְּדוֹלָ֜ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַמִּצְפָּ֛ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”

The children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

הַיּ֛וֹם (הַ) hai. “this”

They said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah? Behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.

הַמִּצְפָּ֑ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֛ה (הַֽ) ha. “the”הַקָּהָֽל׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead there.

הָעָ֑ם (הָ) ha. “the”

The congregation sent there twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.

הָעֵדָ֗ה (הָ) ha. “the”הֶחָ֑יִל (הֶ) he. “<the>”וְהַנָּשִׁ֖ים (הַ) ha. “the”וְהַטָּֽף׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain by man.

הַדָּבָ֖ר (הַ) ha. “[is] the”

They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֙ (הַֽ) ha. “the”

The whole congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.

הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה (הָ֣) ha. “the”

Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead: and yet so they weren't enough for them.

הַהִ֔יא (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַנָּשִׁ֔ים (הַ) ha. “the”