1	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.
			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# . [the Levite: Heb. the man the Levite]
			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# . [forced: Heb. humbled]
			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. [knit...: Heb. fellows]
			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 enquired# 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. [to smite...: Heb. to smite of the people wounded as at, etc] [the house...: or, Bethel]
			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 Baaltamar: 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. [drew...: or, made a long sound with the trumpet]
			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. [sign: or, time] [and: Heb. with] [flame: Heb. elevation]
			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. [to smite...: Heb. to smite the wounded]
			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. [the flame of: Heb. the whole consumption of]
			41	And when the men of Israel turned again# , the men of Benjamin were amazed# : for they saw# that evil was come# upon them. [was come...: Heb. touched 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# . [with ease...: or, from Menuchah, etc] [over...: Heb. unto over against]
			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# . [came to hand: Heb. was found] [they came...: Heb. were found]