07_JUD_20_01 Then all the children of Israel went out , And the congregation was gathered together as one man , from Dan even to Beersheba , with the land of Gilead , unto the LORD in Mizpeh .
07_JUD_20_02 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 .
07_JUD_20_03 [ 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 ?
07_JUD_20_04 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 .
07_JUD_20_05 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 .
07_JUD_20_06 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 .
07_JUD_20_07 behold , ye [ are ] all children of Israel ; give here your advice And counsel .
07_JUD_20_08 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 .
07_JUD_20_09 but now this [ shall be ] the thing which we will do to Gibeah ; [ we will go up ] by lot against it ;
07_JUD_20_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 .
07_JUD_20_11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city , knit together as one man .
07_JUD_20_12 And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin , saying , what wickedness [ Is ] this that Is done among you ?
07_JUD_20_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 :
07_JUD_20_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 .
07_JUD_20_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 .
07_JUD_20_16 among all this people [ there were ] seven hundred chosen men lefthanded ; every one could sling stones at an hair [ breadth ] , And not miss .
07_JUD_20_17 And the men of Israel , beside Benjamin , were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword : all These [ were ] men of war .
07_JUD_20_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 .
07_JUD_20_19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning , And encamped against Gibeah .
07_JUD_20_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 .
07_JUD_20_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 .
07_JUD_20_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 .
07_JUD_20_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 . ]
07_JUD_20_24 And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day .
07_JUD_20_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 .
07_JUD_20_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 .
07_JUD_20_27 And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD , [ for the ark of the covenant of God [ was ] there in those days ,
07_JUD_20_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 .
07_JUD_20_29 And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah .
07_JUD_20_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 .
07_JUD_20_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 .
07_JUD_20_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 .
07_JUD_20_33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place , And put themselves in array at Baaltamar : And the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places , [ even ] out of the meadows of Gibeah .
07_JUD_20_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 .
07_JUD_20_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 .
07_JUD_20_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 .
07_JUD_20_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 .
07_JUD_20_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 .
07_JUD_20_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 .
07_JUD_20_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 .
07_JUD_20_41 And when the men of Israel turned again , the men of Benjamin were amazed : for they saw that evil was come upon them .
07_JUD_20_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 .
07_JUD_20_43 [ thus ] they enclosed the Benjamites round about , [ And ] chased them , [ And ] trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising .
07_JUD_20_44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men ; all These [ were ] men of valour .
07_JUD_20_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 .
07_JUD_20_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 .
07_JUD_20_47 but six hundred men turned And fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon , And abode in the rock Rimmon four months .
07_JUD_20_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 .