Judges 20
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Judges 20
The Other Tribes Attack Benjamin
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Judg 21.5; 1 Sam 7.5 Then all the Israelites came out, from Dan to Beer-sheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled in one body before the Lord at Mizpah. 2The chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand foot soldiers bearing arms. 3(Now the Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites said, “Tell us, how did this criminal act come about?” 4#Judg 19.15The Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered, “I came to Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night. 5#Judg 19.22, 25, 26The lords of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house at night. They intended to kill me, and they raped my concubine until she died. 6#Josh 7.15; Judg 19.29Then I took my concubine and cut her into pieces and sent her throughout the whole extent of Israel’s territory, for they have committed a vile outrage in Israel. 7#Judg 19.30So now, you Israelites, all of you, give your advice and counsel here.”
8All the people got up as one, saying, “We will not any of us go to our tents, nor will any of us return to our houses. 9But now this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up#20.9 Gk: Heb lacks we will go up against it by lot. 10We 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 troops who will go to repay#20.10 Compare Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain Gibeah of Benjamin for all the disgrace that they have done in Israel.” 11So all the men of Israel gathered against the city, united as one.
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Deut 13.14, 15 The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What crime is this that has been committed among you? 13#Judg 19.22Now then, hand over those scoundrels in Gibeah so that we may put them to death and purge the evil from Israel.” But the Benjaminites would not listen to their kinsfolk, the Israelites. 14The Benjaminites came together out of the towns to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the Israelites. 15On that day the Benjaminites mustered twenty-six thousand armed men from their towns, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who mustered seven hundred picked men. 16Of all this force, there were seven hundred picked men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss. 17And the Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mustered four hundred thousand armed men, all of them warriors.
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vv 23, 26, 27; Num 27.21The Israelites proceeded to go up to Bethel, where they inquired of God, “Which of us shall go up first to battle against the Benjaminites?” And the Lord answered, “Judah shall go up first.”
19Then the Israelites got up in the morning and encamped against Gibeah. 20The Israelites went out to battle against Benjamin, and the Israelites drew up the battle line against them at Gibeah. 21#v 25The Benjaminites came out of Gibeah and struck down on that day twenty-two thousand of the Israelites. 23#v 18#20.23 Verses 22 and 23 are transposed The Israelites strengthened themselves and again formed the battle line in the same place where they had formed it on the first day.
24So the Israelites advanced against the Benjaminites the second day. 25#v 21Benjamin moved out against them from Gibeah the second day and struck down eighteen thousand of the Israelites, all of them armed men. 26#v 23; Judg 21.2Then all the Israelites, the whole army, went back to Bethel and wept, sitting there before the Lord; they fasted that day until evening. Then they offered burnt offerings and sacrifices of well-being before the Lord. 27#Josh 18.1And the Israelites inquired of the Lord (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, 28#Deut 18.5; Josh 24.33; Judg 7.9and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, ministered before it in those days), saying, “Shall we go out once more to battle against our kinsfolk the Benjaminites, or shall we desist?” The Lord answered, “Go up, for tomorrow I will give them into your hand.”
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Josh 8.4
So Israel stationed men in ambush around Gibeah. 30Then the Israelites went up against the Benjaminites on the third day and set themselves in array against Gibeah as before. 31#Josh 8.16When the Benjaminites went out against the army, they were drawn away from the city. As before, they began to inflict casualties on the troops along the main roads, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah, as well as in the open country, killing about thirty men of Israel. 32The Benjaminites thought, “They are being routed before us, as previously.” But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city toward the roads.” 33#Josh 8.19The main body of the Israelites drew back its battle line to Baal-tamar, while those Israelites who were in ambush rushed out of their place west#20.33 Gk Vg: Heb in the plain of Geba. 34#Josh 8.14There came against Gibeah ten thousand picked men out of all Israel, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjaminites did not realize that disaster was close upon them.
35The Lord defeated Benjamin before Israel, and the Israelites struck down twenty-five thousand one hundred men of Benjamin that day, all of them armed.
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Josh 8.15
Then the Benjaminites saw that they were defeated.
The Israelites gave ground to Benjamin because they relied on the troops in ambush that they had stationed against Gibeah. 37#Josh 8.19The troops in ambush rushed quickly upon Gibeah. Then they put the whole city to the sword. 38#Josh 8.20Now the agreement between the main body of Israel and the men in ambush was that when they sent up a cloud of smoke out of the city 39#v 32the main body of Israel should turn in battle. But Benjamin had begun to inflict casualties on the Israelites, killing about thirty of them, so they thought, “Surely they are defeated before us, as in the first battle.” 40#Josh 8.20But when the cloud, a column of smoke, began to rise out of the city, the Benjaminites looked behind them—and there was the whole city going up in smoke toward the sky! 41Then the main body of Israel turned, and the Benjaminites were dismayed, for they saw that disaster was close upon them. 42Therefore they turned away from the Israelites in the direction of the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the city#20.42 Compare Vg and Gk mss: Heb cities were striking them down in between.#20.42 Compare Syr: Meaning of Heb uncertain 43Surrounding the Benjaminites, they pursued them from Nohah#20.43 Gk mss: Heb pursued them at their resting place and trod them down as far as a place east of Gibeah. 44Eighteen thousand Benjaminites fell, all of them courageous fighters. 45#Judg 21.13When they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, five thousand of them were cut down on the main roads, and they were pursued as far as Gidom, and two thousand of them were slain. 46So all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand arms-bearing men, all of them courageous fighters. 47#Judg 21.13But six hundred turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon and remained at the rock of Rimmon for four months. 48Meanwhile, the Israelites turned back against the Benjaminites and put them to the sword—the city, the people, the animals, and all that remained. Also the remaining towns they set on fire.
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Judges 20
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Judges 20
The Other Tribes Attack Benjamin
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Judg 21.5; 1 Sam 7.5 Then all the Israelites came out, from Dan to Beer-sheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled in one body before the Lord at Mizpah. 2The chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand foot soldiers bearing arms. 3(Now the Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites said, “Tell us, how did this criminal act come about?” 4#Judg 19.15The Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered, “I came to Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night. 5#Judg 19.22, 25, 26The lords of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house at night. They intended to kill me, and they raped my concubine until she died. 6#Josh 7.15; Judg 19.29Then I took my concubine and cut her into pieces and sent her throughout the whole extent of Israel’s territory, for they have committed a vile outrage in Israel. 7#Judg 19.30So now, you Israelites, all of you, give your advice and counsel here.”
8All the people got up as one, saying, “We will not any of us go to our tents, nor will any of us return to our houses. 9But now this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up#20.9 Gk: Heb lacks we will go up against it by lot. 10We 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 troops who will go to repay#20.10 Compare Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain Gibeah of Benjamin for all the disgrace that they have done in Israel.” 11So all the men of Israel gathered against the city, united as one.
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Deut 13.14, 15 The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What crime is this that has been committed among you? 13#Judg 19.22Now then, hand over those scoundrels in Gibeah so that we may put them to death and purge the evil from Israel.” But the Benjaminites would not listen to their kinsfolk, the Israelites. 14The Benjaminites came together out of the towns to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the Israelites. 15On that day the Benjaminites mustered twenty-six thousand armed men from their towns, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who mustered seven hundred picked men. 16Of all this force, there were seven hundred picked men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss. 17And the Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mustered four hundred thousand armed men, all of them warriors.
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vv 23, 26, 27; Num 27.21The Israelites proceeded to go up to Bethel, where they inquired of God, “Which of us shall go up first to battle against the Benjaminites?” And the Lord answered, “Judah shall go up first.”
19Then the Israelites got up in the morning and encamped against Gibeah. 20The Israelites went out to battle against Benjamin, and the Israelites drew up the battle line against them at Gibeah. 21#v 25The Benjaminites came out of Gibeah and struck down on that day twenty-two thousand of the Israelites. 23#v 18#20.23 Verses 22 and 23 are transposed The Israelites strengthened themselves and again formed the battle line in the same place where they had formed it on the first day.
24So the Israelites advanced against the Benjaminites the second day. 25#v 21Benjamin moved out against them from Gibeah the second day and struck down eighteen thousand of the Israelites, all of them armed men. 26#v 23; Judg 21.2Then all the Israelites, the whole army, went back to Bethel and wept, sitting there before the Lord; they fasted that day until evening. Then they offered burnt offerings and sacrifices of well-being before the Lord. 27#Josh 18.1And the Israelites inquired of the Lord (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, 28#Deut 18.5; Josh 24.33; Judg 7.9and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, ministered before it in those days), saying, “Shall we go out once more to battle against our kinsfolk the Benjaminites, or shall we desist?” The Lord answered, “Go up, for tomorrow I will give them into your hand.”
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Josh 8.4
So Israel stationed men in ambush around Gibeah. 30Then the Israelites went up against the Benjaminites on the third day and set themselves in array against Gibeah as before. 31#Josh 8.16When the Benjaminites went out against the army, they were drawn away from the city. As before, they began to inflict casualties on the troops along the main roads, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah, as well as in the open country, killing about thirty men of Israel. 32The Benjaminites thought, “They are being routed before us, as previously.” But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city toward the roads.” 33#Josh 8.19The main body of the Israelites drew back its battle line to Baal-tamar, while those Israelites who were in ambush rushed out of their place west#20.33 Gk Vg: Heb in the plain of Geba. 34#Josh 8.14There came against Gibeah ten thousand picked men out of all Israel, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjaminites did not realize that disaster was close upon them.
35The Lord defeated Benjamin before Israel, and the Israelites struck down twenty-five thousand one hundred men of Benjamin that day, all of them armed.
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Josh 8.15
Then the Benjaminites saw that they were defeated.
The Israelites gave ground to Benjamin because they relied on the troops in ambush that they had stationed against Gibeah. 37#Josh 8.19The troops in ambush rushed quickly upon Gibeah. Then they put the whole city to the sword. 38#Josh 8.20Now the agreement between the main body of Israel and the men in ambush was that when they sent up a cloud of smoke out of the city 39#v 32the main body of Israel should turn in battle. But Benjamin had begun to inflict casualties on the Israelites, killing about thirty of them, so they thought, “Surely they are defeated before us, as in the first battle.” 40#Josh 8.20But when the cloud, a column of smoke, began to rise out of the city, the Benjaminites looked behind them—and there was the whole city going up in smoke toward the sky! 41Then the main body of Israel turned, and the Benjaminites were dismayed, for they saw that disaster was close upon them. 42Therefore they turned away from the Israelites in the direction of the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the city#20.42 Compare Vg and Gk mss: Heb cities were striking them down in between.#20.42 Compare Syr: Meaning of Heb uncertain 43Surrounding the Benjaminites, they pursued them from Nohah#20.43 Gk mss: Heb pursued them at their resting place and trod them down as far as a place east of Gibeah. 44Eighteen thousand Benjaminites fell, all of them courageous fighters. 45#Judg 21.13When they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, five thousand of them were cut down on the main roads, and they were pursued as far as Gidom, and two thousand of them were slain. 46So all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand arms-bearing men, all of them courageous fighters. 47#Judg 21.13But six hundred turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon and remained at the rock of Rimmon for four months. 48Meanwhile, the Israelites turned back against the Benjaminites and put them to the sword—the city, the people, the animals, and all that remained. Also the remaining towns they set on fire.
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