The Koine Bible

And all the sons of Israel went out, and the assembly was gathered together as one man, from Dan and as far as Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, to the Lord at Mizpah.

And all the tribes of Israel stood before the Lord in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen drawing sword.

And the sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpah, and the sons of Israel came and said, Speak, where did this evil thing take place?

And the man, the Levite, the man of the woman who had been murdered, answered and said, I came to Gibeah of Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge there

And the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house against me by night; me they wanted to murder, and my concubine they humbled, and she died.

and I seized my concubine and cut her in pieces and sent her throughout all the territory of the inheritance of the sons of Israel, because they have committed outrage and disgrace in Israel

Behold, all of you sons of Israel, give among yourselves counsel and advice there.

And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not depart, each man to his tent, and we will not return, each man to his house.

And now this is the thing which shall be done to Gabaah: we shall go up against it by lot

Only, we will take ten men out of a hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of the thousands, and a thousand out of the ten thousands, to take provision, in order to make them come to Gibeah of Benjamin, to do to it according to all the outrage that it did in Israel

And every man of Israel was gathered into the city as one man

And the tribes of Israel sent men in every tribe of Benjamin, saying, What is this wickedness that has been done among you?

And now give up the men, sons of lawless men, those in Gibeah, and we will put them to death and cleanse away evil from Israel; but the sons of Benjamin were not willing to listen to the voice of their brothers, the sons of Israel.

And the sons of Benjamin were gathered from their cities to Gibeah, to go out for battle against the sons of Israel

And the sons of Benjamin were mustered on that day from the cities, twenty-three thousand men drawing sword, besides those inhabiting Gabaa, who were mustered, seven hundred chosen men.

Among all the people these were all left-handed slingers with stones at a hair’s breadth and not missing the mark

And the men of Israel were reviewed, besides Benjamin, four hundred thousand men drawing a sword; all these were men of battle formation

And they arose and went up to Bethel and asked in God, and the sons of Israel said, Who shall go up for us at the first into battle against the sons of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up at the first, leading the way.

And the sons of Israel rose up in the morning and camped against Gabaa.

And every man of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin, and they joined battle with them at Gabaah.

And the sons of Benjamin went out from Gabaa and destroyed in Israel on that day twenty-two thousand men down to the ground

And the men of Israel strengthened themselves and they again joined to set the battle in array in the place where they had joined on the first day.

And the sons of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until evening, and they inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall we add to draw near for battle against the sons of Benjamin our brothers? And the Lord said, Go up against them.

And the sons of Israel drew near against the sons of Benjamin on the second day.

And the sons of Benjamin went out to meet them from Gibeah on the second day, and they destroyed yet eighteen thousand men from the sons of Israel to the ground; all these were drawing the sword.

And all the sons of Israel and all the people went up and came to Bethel and wept and sat there before the Lord and fasted on that day until evening and offered whole burnt offerings and complete offerings before the Lord

for there the ark of the covenant of the Lord God was

And Phinehas son of Eleazar son of Aaron was standing before it in those days, and the sons of Israel inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall we still add to go out for battle against the sons of Benjamin our brothers, or shall we refrain? And the Lord said, Go up, because tomorrow I will give them into your hands.

And the sons of Israel set an ambush around Gabaa

And the sons of Israel went up against the sons of Benjamin on the third day, and they joined battle against Gibeah as once and once again

And the sons of Benjamin went out to meet the people, and they were drawn out from the city, and they began to strike down from the people wounded men, as once and once, on the roads, the one which is one going up to Bethel and one to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men in Israel.

And the sons of Benjamin said, They are falling before us as at first; and the sons of Israel said, Let us flee and empty them from the city into the roads. And they did so.

And every man rose from his place, and they joined battle at Baal-tamar, and the ambush of Israel was advancing from its place from Maaragabe.

And ten thousand chosen men from all Israel came from opposite Gabaa, and the battle was heavy, and they themselves did not know that evil was coming upon them

And the Lord struck Benjamin before the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel destroyed from Benjamin on that day twenty-five thousand and one hundred men; all these drew a sword.

And the sons of Benjamin saw that they were struck down, and the man of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they hoped in the ambush that they had set against Gibeah.

And when they withdrew, the ambush also moved and they rushed out against Gibeah, and the ambush broke forth and struck the city with the mouth of the sword

And there was a signal for the sons of Israel with the men in ambush of the battle, to raise up a signal of smoke from the city

And the sons of Israel saw that the ambush had seized Gabaah beforehand, and they stood in the battle line, and Benjamin began to strike down wounded men among the men of Israel, about thirty men, because they said, They are surely falling again before us, as the first battle line.

And the signal rose up more over the city as a pillar of smoke, and Benjamin looked behind him, and behold, the whole destruction of the city went up to heaven

And a man of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin hurried, because they saw that evil had met against them.

And they turned in sight of the sons of Israel toward the way of the wilderness, and they fled, and the battle line overtook them, and those from the cities were destroying them in their midst

And they cut down Benjamin and pursued him from Noua at his heel as far as opposite Gabaa toward the rising of the sun

And there fell from Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valor

And the rest turned and fled into the wilderness, toward the rock of Remmon, and the sons of Israel cut down among them five thousand men, and the sons of Israel went down after them as far as Gidan, and struck among them two thousand men

And all those falling from Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men drawing sword on that day; all these were men of might

And the rest turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, six hundred men, and they stayed at the rock of Rimmon four months.

And the sons of Israel returned against the sons of Benjamin and struck them with the edge of the sword, from the city of Methla and as far as beast and as far as all that was found, in all the cities; and the cities that were found they burned with fire.