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Chapter 20
Then
all
the
children
of
Israel
went
out,
and
the
congregation
was
gathered
together
as
one
man,
from
Dan
even
to
Beer-sheba,
with
the
land
of
Gilead,
unto
the
Lord
in
Mizpeh.
2
And
the
chief
of
all
the
people,
even
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
presented
themselves
in
the
assembly
of
the
people
of
God,
four
hundred
thousand
footmen
that
drew
sword.
3
(Now
the
children
of
Benjamin
heard
that
the
children
of
Israel
were
gone
up
to
Mizpeh.)
Then
said
the
children
of
Israel,
Tell
us,
how
was
this
wickedness?
4
And
the
Levite,
the
husband
of
the
woman
that
was
slain,
answered
and
said,
I
came
into
Gibeah
that
belongeth
to
Benjamin,
I
and
my
concubine,
to
lodge.
5
And
the
men
of
Gibeah
rose
against
me,
and
beset
the
house
round
about
upon
me
by
night,
and
thought
to
have
slain
me:
and
my
concubine
have
they
forced,
that
she
is
dead.
6
And
I
took
my
concubine,
and
cut
her
in
pieces,
and
sent
her
throughout
all
the
country
of
the
inheritance
of
Israel:
for
they
have
committed
lewdness
and
folly
in
Israel.
7
Behold,
ye
are
all
children
of
Israel;
give
here
your
advice
and
counsel.
8
And
all
the
people
arose
as
one
man,
saying,
We
will
not
any
of
us
go
to
his
tent,
neither
will
we
any
of
us
turn
into
his
house.
9
But
now
this
shall
be
the
thing
which
we
will
do
to
Gibeah;
we
will
go
up
by
lot
against
it;
10
And
we
will
take
ten
men
of
an
hundred
throughout
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
and
an
hundred
of
a
thousand,
and
a
thousand
out
of
ten
thousand,
to
fetch
victual
for
the
people,
that
they
may
do,
when
they
come
to
Gibeah
of
Benjamin,
according
to
all
the
folly
that
they
have
wrought
in
Israel.
11
So
all
the
men
of
Israel
were
gathered
against
the
city,
knit
together
as
one
man.
12
And
the
tribes
of
Israel
sent
men
through
all
the
tribe
of
Benjamin,
saying,
What
wickedness
is
this
that
is
done
among
you?
13
Now
therefore
deliver
us
the
men,
the
children
of
Belial,
which
are
in
Gibeah,
that
we
may
put
them
to
death,
and
put
away
evil
from
Israel.
But
the
children
of
Benjamin
would
not
hearken
to
the
voice
of
their
brethren
the
children
of
Israel:
14
But
the
children
of
Benjamin
gathered
themselves
together
out
of
the
cities
unto
Gibeah,
to
go
out
to
battle
against
the
children
of
Israel.
15
And
the
children
of
Benjamin
were
numbered
at
that
time
out
of
the
cities
twenty
and
six
thousand
men
that
drew
sword,
beside
the
inhabitants
of
Gibeah,
which
were
numbered
seven
hundred
chosen
men.
16
Among
all
this
people
there
were
seven
hundred
chosen
men
lefthanded;
every
one
could
sling
stones
at
an
hair
breadth,
and
not
miss.
17
And
the
men
of
Israel,
beside
Benjamin,
were
numbered
four
hundred
thousand
men
that
drew
sword:
all
these
were
men
of
war.
18
And
the
children
of
Israel
arose,
and
went
up
to
the
house
of
God,
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.
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
offerings
before
the
Lord.
27
And
the
children
of
Israel
inquired
of
the
Lord,
(for
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
God
was
there
in
those
days,
28
And
Phinehas,
the
son
of
Eleazar,
the
son
of
Aaron,
stood
before
it
in
those
days,)
saying,
Shall
I
yet
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
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.
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
kill,
as
at
other
times,
in
the
highways,
of
which
one
goeth
up
to
the
house
of
God,
and
the
other
to
Gibeah
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.
34
And
there
came
against
Gibeah
ten
thousand
chosen
men
out
of
all
Israel,
and
the
battle
was
sore:
but
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
an
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.
37
And
the
liers
in
wait
hasted,
and
rushed
upon
Gibeah;
and
the
liers
in
wait
drew
themselves
along,
and
smote
all
the
city
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
38
Now
there
was
an
appointed
sign
between
the
men
of
Israel
and
the
liers
in
wait,
that
they
should
make
a
great
flame
with
smoke
rise
up
out
of
the
city.
39
And
when
the
men
of
Israel
retired
in
the
battle,
Benjamin
began
to
smite
and
kill
of
the
men
of
Israel
about
thirty
persons:
for
they
said,
Surely
they
are
smitten
down
before
us,
as
in
the
first
battle.
40
But
when
the
flame
began
to
arise
up
out
of
the
city
with
a
pillar
of
smoke,
the
Benjamites
looked
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
was
come
upon
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.
43
Thus
they
inclosed
the
Benjamites
round
about,
and
chased
them,
and
trode
them
down
with
ease
over
against
Gibeah
toward
the
sunrising.
44
And
there
fell
of
Benjamin
eighteen
thousand
men;
all
these
were
men
of
valour.
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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