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1. All the Israelites from Dan to Beer-sheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the community assembled as one body before the LORD at Mizpah.
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1. Then all H3605 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 went out H3318 , and the congregation H5712 was gathered together H6950 as one H259 man H376 , from Dan H4480 H1835 even to H5704 Beer H884 -sheba , with the land H776 of Gilead H1568 , unto H413 the LORD H3068 in Mizpeh H4709 .
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2. The leaders of all the people and of all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God's people: 400,000 armed foot-soldiers.
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2. And the chief H6438 of all H3605 the people H5971 , even of all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 , presented themselves H3320 in the assembly H6951 of the people H5971 of God H430 , four H702 hundred H3967 thousand H505 footmen H376 H7273 that drew H8025 sword H2719 .
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3. The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. The Israelites asked, "Tell us, how did this outrage occur?"
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3. (Now the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 heard H8085 that H3588 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 were gone up H5927 to Mizpeh H4709 .) Then said H559 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , Tell H1696 us , how H349 was H1961 this H2063 wickedness H7451 ?
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4. The Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: "I went to Gibeah in Benjamin with my concubine to spend the night.
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4. And the Levite H376 H3881 , the husband H376 of the woman H802 that was slain H7523 , answered H6030 and said H559 , I came H935 into Gibeah H1390 that H834 belongeth to Benjamin H1144 , I H589 and my concubine H6370 , to lodge H3885 .
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5. Citizens of Gibeah ganged up on me and surrounded the house at night. They intended to kill me, but they raped my concubine, and she died.
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5. And the men H1167 of Gibeah H1390 rose H6965 against H5921 me , and beset the house round about H5437 H853 H1004 upon H5921 me by night H3915 , and thought H1819 to have slain H2026 me : and my concubine H6370 have they forced H6031 , that she is dead H4191 .
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6. Then I took my concubine and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout Israel's territory, because they committed a horrible shame in Israel.
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6. And I took H270 my concubine H6370 , and cut her in pieces H5408 , and sent H7971 her throughout all H3605 the country H7704 of the inheritance H5159 of Israel H3478 : for H3588 they have committed H6213 lewdness H2154 and folly H5039 in Israel H3478 .
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7. Look, all of you are Israelites. Give your judgment and verdict here and now."
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7. Behold H2009 , ye are all H3605 children H1121 of Israel H3478 ; give H3051 here H1988 your advice H1697 and counsel H6098 .
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8. Then all the people stood united and said, "None of us will go to his tent or return to his house.
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8. And all H3605 the people H5971 arose H6965 as one H259 man H376 , saying H559 , We will not H3808 any H376 of us go H1980 to his tent H168 , neither H3808 will we any H376 of us turn H5493 into his house H1004 .
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9. Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go against it by lot.
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9. But now H6258 this H2088 shall be the thing H1697 which H834 we will do H6213 to Gibeah H1390 ; we will go up by lot H1486 against H5921 it;
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10. We will take 10 men out of every 100 from all the tribes of Israel, and 100 out of every 1,000, and 1,000 out of every 10,000 to get provisions for the people when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for all the horror they did in Israel."
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10. And we will take H3947 ten H6235 men H376 of a hundred H3967 throughout all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 , and a hundred H3967 of a thousand H505 , and a thousand H505 out of ten thousand H7233 , to fetch H3947 victual H6720 for the people H5971 , that they may do H6213 , when they come H935 to Gibeah H1387 of Benjamin H1144 , according to all H3605 the folly H5039 that H834 they have wrought H6213 in Israel H3478 .
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11. So all the men of Israel gathered united against the city.
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11. So all H3605 the men H376 of Israel H3478 were gathered H622 against H413 the city H5892 , knit together H2270 as one H259 man H376 .
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12. Then the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What is this outrage that has occurred among you?
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12. And the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 sent H7971 men H376 through all H3605 the tribe H7626 of Benjamin H1144 , saying H559 , What H4100 wickedness H7451 is this H2063 that H834 is done H1961 among you?
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13. Hand over the perverted men in Gibeah so we can put them to death and eradicate evil from Israel." But the Benjaminites would not obey their fellow Israelites.
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13. Now H6258 therefore deliver H5414 us H853 the men H376 , the children H1121 of Belial H1100 , which H834 are in Gibeah H1390 , that we may put them to death H4191 , and put away H1197 evil H7451 from Israel H4480 H3478 . But the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 would H14 not H3808 hearken H8085 to the voice H6963 of their brethren H251 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 :
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14. Instead, the Benjaminites gathered together from their cities to Gibeah to go out and fight against the Israelites.
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14. But the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 gathered themselves together H622 out of H4480 the cities H5892 unto Gibeah H1390 , to go out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5973 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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15. On that day the Benjaminites rallied 26,000 armed men from their cities, besides 700 choice men rallied by the inhabitants of Gibeah.
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15. And the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 were numbered H6485 at that H1931 time H3117 out of the cities H4480 H5892 twenty H6242 and six H8337 thousand H505 men H376 that drew H8025 sword H2719 , beside H905 the inhabitants H4480 H3427 of Gibeah H1390 , which were numbered H6485 seven H7651 hundred H3967 chosen H970 men H376 .
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16. There were 700 choice men who were left-handed among all these people; all could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.
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16. Among all H4480 H3605 this H2088 people H5971 there were seven H7651 hundred H3967 chosen H977 men H376 left H334 H3027 H3225 -handed ; every one H3605 H2088 could sling H7049 stones H68 at H413 a hair H8185 breadth , and not H3808 miss H2398 .
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17. The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, rallied 400,000 armed men, every one an experienced warrior.
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17. And the men H376 of Israel H3478 , beside H905 Benjamin H4480 H1144 , were numbered H6485 four H702 hundred H3967 thousand H505 men H376 that drew H8025 sword H2719 : all H3605 these H2088 were men H376 of war H4421 .
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18. They set out, went to Bethel, and inquired of God. The Israelites asked, "Who is to go first to fight for us against the Benjaminites?" And the LORD answered, "Judah will be first."
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18. And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 arose H6965 , and went up H5927 to the house of God H1008 , and asked counsel H7592 of God H430 , and said H559 , Which H4310 of us shall go up H5927 first H8462 to the battle H4421 against H5973 the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 ? And the LORD H3068 said H559 , Judah H3063 shall go up first H8462 .
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19. In the morning, the Israelites set out and camped near Gibeah.
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19. And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 rose up H6965 in the morning H1242 , and encamped H2583 against H5921 Gibeah H1390 .
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20. The men of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin and took their battle positions against Gibeah.
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20. And the men H376 of Israel H3478 went out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5973 Benjamin H1144 ; and the men H376 of Israel H3478 put themselves in array H6186 to fight H4421 against H854 them at H413 Gibeah H1390 .
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21. The Benjaminites came out of Gibeah and slaughtered 22,000 men of Israel on the field that day.
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21. And the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 came forth H3318 out of H4480 Gibeah H1390 , and destroyed down H7843 to the ground H776 of the Israelites H3478 that H1931 day H3117 twenty H6242 and two H8147 thousand H505 men H376 .
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22. But the Israelite army rallied and again took their battle positions in the same place where they positioned themselves on the first day.
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22. And the people H5971 the men H376 of Israel H3478 encouraged themselves H2388 , and set H6186 their battle H4421 again H3254 in array H6186 in the place H4725 where H834 H8033 they put themselves in array H6186 the first H7223 day H3117 .
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23. They went up, wept before the LORD until evening, and inquired of Him: "Should we again fight against our brothers the Benjaminites?" And the LORD answered: "Fight against them."
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23. (And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 went up H5927 and wept H1058 before H6440 the LORD H3068 until H5704 even H6153 , and asked counsel H7592 of the LORD H3068 , saying H559 , Shall I go up H5066 again H3254 to battle H4421 against H5973 the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 my brother H251 ? And the LORD H3068 said H559 , Go up H5927 against H413 him.)
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24. On the second day the Israelites advanced against the Benjaminites.
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24. And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 came near H7126 against H413 the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 the second H8145 day H3117 .
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25. That same day the Benjaminites came out from Gibeah to meet them and slaughtered an additional 18,000 Israelites on the field; all were armed men.
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25. And Benjamin H1144 went forth H3318 against H7125 them out of H4480 Gibeah H1390 the second H8145 day H3117 , and destroyed H7843 down to the ground H776 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 again H5750 eighteen H8083 H6240 thousand H505 men H376 ; all H3605 these H428 drew H8025 the sword H2719 .
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26. The whole Israelite army went to Bethel where they wept and sat before the LORD. They fasted that day until evening and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the LORD.
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26. Then all H3605 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , and all H3605 the people H5971 , went up H5927 , and came H935 unto the house of God H1008 , and wept H1058 , and sat H3427 there H8033 before H6440 the LORD H3068 , and fasted H6684 that H1931 day H3117 until H5704 even H6153 , and offered H5927 burnt offerings H5930 and peace offerings H8002 before H6440 the LORD H3068 .
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27. Then the Israelites inquired of the LORD. In those days, the ark of the covenant of God was there,
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27. And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 inquired H7592 of the LORD H3068 , (for the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of God H430 was there H8033 in those H1992 days H3117 ,
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28. and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, was serving before it. The Israelites asked: "Should we again fight against our brothers the Benjaminites or should we stop?" The LORD answered: "Fight, because I will hand them over to you tomorrow."
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28. And Phinehas H6372 , the son H1121 of Eleazar H499 , the son H1121 of Aaron H175 , stood H5975 before H6440 it in those H1992 days H3117 ,) saying H559 , Shall I yet H5750 again H3254 go out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5973 the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 my brother H251 , or H518 shall I cease H2308 ? And the LORD H3068 said H559 , Go up H5927 ; for H3588 tomorrow H4279 I will deliver H5414 them into thine hand H3027 .
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29. So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.
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29. And Israel H3478 set H7760 liers in wait H693 round about H5439 H413 Gibeah H1390 .
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30. On the third day the Israelites fought against the Benjaminites and took their battle positions against Gibeah as before.
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30. And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 went up H5927 against H413 the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 on the third H7992 day H3117 , and put themselves in array H6186 against H413 Gibeah H1390 , as at other times H6471 H6471 .
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31. Then the Benjaminites came out against the people and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about 30 men of Israel on the highways, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah through the open country.
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31. And the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 went out H3318 against H7125 the people H5971 , and were drawn away H5423 from H4480 the city H5892 ; and they began H2490 to smite H5221 of the people H4480 H5971 , and kill H2491 , as at other times H6471 H6471 , in the highways H4546 , of which H834 one H259 goeth up H5927 to the house of God H1008 , and the other H259 to Gibeah H1390 in the field H7704 , about thirty H7970 men H376 of Israel H3478 .
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32. The Benjaminites said, "We are defeating them as before." But the Israelites said, "Let's flee and draw them away from the city to the highways."
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32. And the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 said H559 , They H1992 are smitten down H5062 before H6440 us , as at the first H7223 . But the children H1121 of Israel H3478 said H559 , Let us flee H5127 , and draw H5423 them from H4480 the city H5892 unto H413 the highways H4546 .
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33. So all the men of Israel got up from their places and took their battle positions at Baal-tamar, while the Israelites in ambush charged out of their places west of Geba.
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33. And all H3605 the men H376 of Israel H3478 rose up H6965 out of their place H4480 H4725 , and put themselves in array H6186 at Baal H1193 -tamar : and the liers in wait H693 of Israel H3478 came forth H1518 out of their places H4480 H4725 , even out of the meadows H4480 H4629 of Gibeah H4480 H1390 .
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34. Then 10,000 choice men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce, but the Benjaminites did not know that disaster was about to strike them.
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34. And there came H935 against H4480 H5048 Gibeah H1390 ten H6235 thousand H505 chosen H977 men H376 out of all H4480 H3605 Israel H3478 , and the battle H4421 was sore H3513 : but they H1992 knew H3045 not H3808 that H3588 evil H7451 was near H5060 them.
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35. The LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 men of Benjamin; all were armed men.
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35. And the LORD H3068 smote H5062 H853 Benjamin H1144 before H6440 Israel H3478 : and the children H1121 of Israel H3478 destroyed H7843 of the Benjamites H1144 that H1931 day H3117 twenty H6242 and five H2568 thousand H505 and a hundred H3967 men H376 : all H3605 these H428 drew H8025 the sword H2719 .
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36. Then the Benjaminites realized they had been defeated. The men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin, because they were confident in the ambush they had set against Gibeah.
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36. So the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 saw H7200 that H3588 they were smitten H5062 : for the men H376 of Israel H3478 gave H5414 place H4725 to the Benjamites H1144 , because H3588 they trusted H982 unto H413 the liers in wait H693 which H834 they had set H7760 beside H413 Gibeah H1390 .
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37. The men in ambush had rushed quickly against Gibeah; they advanced and put the whole city to the sword.
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37. And the liers in wait H693 hasted H2363 , and rushed H6584 upon H413 Gibeah H1390 ; and the liers in wait H693 drew themselves along H4900 , and smote H5221 H853 all H3605 the city H5892 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719 .
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38. The men of Israel had a prearranged signal with the men in ambush: when they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,
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38. Now there was H1961 an appointed sign H4150 between the men H376 of Israel H3478 and the liers in wait H693 , that they should make a great H7235 flame H4864 with smoke H6227 rise up H5927 out of H4480 the city H5892 .
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39. the men of Israel would return to the battle. When Benjamin had begun to strike them down, killing about 30 men of Israel, they said, "They're defeated before us, just as they were in the first battle."
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39. And when the men H376 of Israel H3478 retired H2015 in the battle H4421 , Benjamin H1144 began H2490 to smite H5221 and kill H2491 of the men H376 of Israel H3478 about thirty H7970 persons H376 : for H3588 they said H559 , Surely H389 they H1931 are smitten down H5062 H5062 before H6440 us , as in the first H7223 battle H4421 .
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40. But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, Benjamin looked behind them, and the whole city was going up in smoke.
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40. But when the flame H4864 began H2490 to arise up H5927 out of H4480 the city H5892 with a pillar H5982 of smoke H6227 , the Benjamites H1144 looked H6437 behind H310 them, and, behold H2009 , the flame H3632 of the city H5892 ascended up H5927 to heaven H8064 .
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41. Then the men of Israel returned, and the men of Benjamin were terrified when they realized that disaster had struck them.
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41. And when the men H376 of Israel H3478 turned again H2015 , the men H376 of Benjamin H1144 were amazed H926 : for H3588 they saw H7200 that H3588 evil H7451 was come H5060 upon H5921 them.
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42. They retreated before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the cities slaughtered those between them.
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42. Therefore they turned H6437 their backs before H6440 the men H376 of Israel H3478 unto H413 the way H1870 of the wilderness H4057 ; but the battle H4421 overtook H1692 them ; and them which H834 came out of the cities H4480 H5892 they destroyed H7843 in the midst H8432 of them.
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43. They surrounded the Benjaminites, pursued them, and easily overtook them near Gibeah toward the east.
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43. Thus they enclosed the Benjamites round about H3803 H853 H1144 , and chased H7291 them, and trod them down H1869 with ease H4496 over against H5704 H5227 Gibeah H1390 toward the sunrising H4480 H4217 H8121 .
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44. There were 18,000 men who died from Benjamin; all were warriors.
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44. And there fell H5307 of Benjamin H4480 H1144 eighteen H8083 H6240 thousand H505 men H376 ; H853 all H3605 these H428 were men H376 of valor H2428 .
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45. Then Benjamin turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel killed 5,000 men on the highways. They overtook them at Gidom and struck 2,000 more dead.
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45. And they turned H6437 and fled H5127 toward the wilderness H4057 unto H413 the rock H5553 of Rimmon H7417 : and they gleaned H5953 of them in the highways H4546 five H2568 thousand H505 men H376 ; and pursued hard H1692 after H310 them unto H5704 Gidom H1440 , and slew H5221 two thousand H505 men H376 of H4480 them.
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46. All the Benjaminites who died that day were 25,000 armed men; all were warriors.
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46. So that all H3605 which fell H5307 that H1931 day H3117 of Benjamin H4480 H1144 were H1961 twenty H6242 and five H2568 thousand H505 men H376 that drew H8025 the sword H2719 ; H853 all H3605 these H428 were men H376 of valor H2428 .
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47. But 600 men escaped into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon and stayed there four months.
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47. But six H8337 hundred H3967 men H376 turned H6437 and fled H5127 to the wilderness H4057 unto H413 the rock H5553 Rimmon H7417 , and abode H3427 in the rock H5553 Rimmon H7417 four H702 months H2320 .
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48. The men of Israel turned back against the other Benjaminites and killed them with their swords-- the entire city, the animals, and everything that remained. They also burned down all the cities that remained.
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48. And the men H376 of Israel H3478 turned again H7725 upon H413 the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 , and smote H5221 them with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719 , as well the men H4974 of every city H4480 H5892 , as H5704 the beast H929 , and all H3605 that came to hand H4672 : also H1571 they set H7971 on fire H784 all H3605 the cities H5892 that they came to H4672 .
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