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Israel's war with Benjamin.

B. C. about 1406.

o ch. 3. 15.

1 Chr. 12. 2.

p ver. 23, 26.

ch. 1. 1.

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the cities twenty and six thousand | zar, the son of Aaron, stood before it
men that drew sword, besides the
inhabitants of Gibeah, which were
numbered seven hundred chosen

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18 ¶ And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, q Num. 27. 21. and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.

r Gen. 49. 27.

8 ver. 26, 27.

t ver. 21.

u ver. 18.

x Josh. 18. 1.

19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.

20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.

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

22 And the people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.

23 And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.

24 And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.

25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

26 ¶ Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, "went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace of ferings before the LORD.

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27 And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of 1 Sam. 4. 3,4. the covenant of God was there in

y Josh. 24. 33.

those days,

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z Deut. 10. 8. & 18.5.

in those days,), saying, Shall I yet about 1406. 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 thine hand.

29 And Israel a set liers in wait round about Gibeah.

30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.

a So Josh. 8. 4.

31 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 +Heb. to smite | kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gib- Or, Beth-el. eah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

32 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 unto the highways.

33 And all the men of Israel rose up 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.

of the people wounded as at, &c.

34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but b Josh. 8. 14. they knew not that evil was near them.

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

36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.

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39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began tto smite and kill of the men of Is-† Heb. to smite

28 And Phinehas, the son of Elea-rael about thirty persons: for they the wounded.

The desolation of

B. C. about 1406.

e Josh. 8. 20. † Heb. the whole consumption.

JUDGES.

said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.

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Benjamin bewailed.

B. C.

4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, about 1406. and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offer-2 Sam. 24. 25.

40 But when the flame began to
arise up out of the city with a pil-
lar of smoke, the Benjamites look-ings.
ed behind them, and, behold, † the
flame of the city ascended up to
heaven.

41 And when the men of Israel
turned again, the men of Benjamin
were amazed for they saw that evil

+ Heb. touched was come upon them.

them.

42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.

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5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they d ch. 5. 23 had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

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

7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD, that we will not give them of our daughters to

43 Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, || Or,from Me- and trode them down with ease nuchah, &c. + over against Gibeah toward the sun-wives? ↑ Heb. unto rising.

over against.

f Josh. 15. 32.

g ch. 21. 13.

† Heb. was found.

† Heb. were found.

a ch. 20. 1.

b ch. 20. 18, 26.

44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.

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45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.

46 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.

47 & But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.

48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.

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8 ¶ And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from © Jabesh-gilead to the e1 Sam. 11. 1. assembly.

9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.

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& 31. 11.

10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Ja-f ver. 5. & ch. besh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.

5.23. 1 Sam. 11. 7.

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12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had known † Heb. young no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to h Shiloh, which is in the land of h Josh. 18. 1. Canaan.

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13 And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to " call peaceably unto them.

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sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.

2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;

3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?

14 And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.

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women virgins.

† Heb. and

spake and called.

Or, proclaim

peace, Deut. 20. 10.

i ch. 20. 47.

15 And the people repented them k ver. 6. for Benjamin, because that the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

16 ¶ Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing

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about 1312.

f Ex. 4. 31. Luke 1. 68.

g Ps. 132. 15. Matt. 6. 11.

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two sons.

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10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy about 1312. people.

11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, "that they may be your husbands?

m Gen. 38. 11. Deut. 25. 5.

12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have a husband Or, if I were also to night, and should also bear sons;

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2 And the name of the man was
Elimelech, and the name of his wife 13 Would ye tarry for them till Heb. hope.
Naomi, and the name of his two sons they were grown? would ye stay
Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of for them from having husbands?
Beth-lehem-judah. And they came nay, my daughters; for it grieveth † Heb. I have
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* into the country of Moab, and † con- me much for your sakes that "the
tinued there.
hand of the LORD is gone out against
me.

3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two

sons.

4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth and they dwelt there about ten years.

5 And Mahlon and Chilion died
also both of them; and the woman
was left of her two sons and her hus-
band.

6 ¶ Then she arose with her daugh-
ters in law, that she might return
from the country of Moab for she
had heard in the country of Moab
how that the LORD had visited his
people in giving them bread.
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7 Wherefore she went forth out of
the place where she was, and her two
daughters in law with her; and they
went on the way to return unto the
land of Judah.

8 And Naomi said unto her two h See Josh. 24. daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with

i 2 Tim. 1. 16, 17, 18.

k ver. 5. ch. 2. 20.

I ch. 3. 1.

me.

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9 The LORD grant you that ye may find 'rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

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