\id JDG Judges 
\h Judges 
\toc1 The Book of Judges 
\toc2 Judges 
\toc3 Jdg 
\mt1 The Book of Judges  
\c 1  
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\v 1 Now \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w death|strong="H4194"\w* of \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* it came to pass, that the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Who shall go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* for us against the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* \w first|strong="H8462"\w*, to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against them?  
\v 2 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* shall go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*: behold, I have \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* into his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 3 And \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, Come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* with me into my \w lot|strong="H1486"\w*, that we may \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*; and I likewise will \w go|strong="H1980"\w* with thee into thy \w lot|strong="H1486"\w*. So \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* with him.  
\v 4 And \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*; and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* and the \w Perizzites|strong="H6522"\w* into their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: and they \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* of them in \w Bezek|strong="H0966"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.  
\v 5 And they \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w Adoni-bezek|strong="H0137"\w* in \w Bezek|strong="H0966"\w*: and they \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against him, and they \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* and the \w Perizzites|strong="H6522"\w*.  
\v 6 But \w Adoni-bezek|strong="H0137"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*; and they \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him, and \w caught|strong="H0270"\w* him, and cut \w off|strong="H7112"\w* his \w thumbs|strong="H0931"\w* and his great \w toes|strong="H7272"\w*.  
\v 7 And \w Adoni-bezek|strong="H0137"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Threescore and \w ten|strong="H7657"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, having their \w thumbs|strong="H0931"\w* and their great \w toes|strong="H7272"\w* cut \w off|strong="H7112"\w*, \w gathered|strong="H3950"\w* \add their meat\add* under my \w table|strong="H7979"\w*: as I have \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, so \w God|strong="H0430"\w* hath \w requited|strong="H7999"\w* me. And they \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and there he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.\f + \fr 1.7 \ft their thumbs…: Heb. the thumbs of their hands and of their feet\f*\f + \fr 1.7 \ft gathered: or, gleaned\f*  
\v 8 Now the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* had \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and had \w taken|strong="H3920"\w* it, and \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* it with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and \w set|strong="H7971"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* on \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.   
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\v 9 ¶ And \w afterward|strong="H0310"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*, that \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, and in the \w south|strong="H5045"\w*, and in the \w valley|strong="H8219"\w*.\f + \fr 1.9 \ft valley: or, low country\f*  
\v 10 And \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* against the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* that \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*: (now the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \add was\add* \w Kirjath-arba|strong="H7153"\w*:) and they \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* \w Sheshai|strong="H8344"\w*, and \w Ahiman|strong="H0289"\w*, and \w Talmai|strong="H8526"\w*.  
\v 11 And from thence he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* against the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w*: and the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of \w Debir|strong="H1688"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \add was\add* \w Kirjath-sepher|strong="H7158"\w*:  
\v 12 And \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, He that \w smiteth|strong="H5221"\w* \w Kirjath-sepher|strong="H7158"\w*, and \w taketh|strong="H3920"\w* it, to him will I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w Achsah|strong="H5915"\w* my \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.  
\v 13 And \w Othniel|strong="H6274"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kenaz|strong="H7073"\w*, \w Caleb’s|strong="H3612"\w* \w younger|strong="H6996"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, \w took|strong="H3920"\w* it: and he \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him \w Achsah|strong="H5915"\w* his \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.  
\v 14 And it came to pass, when she \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \add to him\add*, that she \w moved|strong="H5496"\w* him to \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* of her \w father|strong="H0001"\w* a \w field|strong="H7704"\w*: and she \w lighted|strong="H6795"\w* from off \add her\add* \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*; and \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, What wilt thou?  
\v 15 And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Give|strong="H3051"\w* me a \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w*: for thou hast \w given|strong="H5414"\w* me a \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*; \w give|strong="H5414"\w* me also \w springs|strong="H1543"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. And \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* her the \w upper|strong="H5942"\w* \w springs|strong="H1543"\w* and the \w nether|strong="H8482"\w* \w springs|strong="H1543"\w*.   
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\v 16 ¶ And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w Kenite|strong="H7017"\w*, \w Moses’|strong="H4872"\w* father in \w law|strong="H2859"\w*, went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of palm \w trees|strong="H8558"\w* with the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* into the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, which \add lieth\add* in the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* of \w Arad|strong="H6166"\w*; and they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H0854"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 17 And \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* with \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, and they \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* that \w inhabited|strong="H3427"\w* \w Zephath|strong="H6857"\w*, and utterly \w destroyed|strong="H2763"\w* it. And the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* was \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Hormah|strong="H2767"\w*.  
\v 18 Also \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w took|strong="H3920"\w* \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w* with the \w coast|strong="H1366"\w* thereof, and \w Askelon|strong="H0831"\w* with the \w coast|strong="H1366"\w* thereof, and \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* with the \w coast|strong="H1366"\w* thereof.  
\v 19 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was with \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; and he drave \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \add the inhabitants of\add* the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*; but could \w not|strong="H3808"\w* drive \w out|strong="H3423"\w* the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*, because they had \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* of \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*.\f + \fr 1.19 \ft drave…: or, possessed the mountain\f*  
\v 20 And they \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* unto \w Caleb|strong="H3612"\w*, as \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*: and he \w expelled|strong="H3423"\w* thence the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Anak|strong="H6061"\w*.   
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\v 21 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* did not drive \w out|strong="H3423"\w* the \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w* that \w inhabited|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; but the \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* with the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 22 ¶ And the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, they also went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*: and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add was\add* with them.  
\v 23 And the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* sent to \w descry|strong="H8446"\w* \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*. (Now the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \add was\add* \w Luz|strong="H3870"\w*.)  
\v 24 And the \w spies|strong="H8104"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Shew|strong="H7200"\w* us, we pray thee, the \w entrance|strong="H3996"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and we will \w shew|strong="H6213"\w* thee \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w*.  
\v 25 And when he \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* them the \w entrance|strong="H3996"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, they \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; but they let \w go|strong="H7971"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* and all his \w family|strong="H4940"\w*.  
\v 26 And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*, and \w built|strong="H1129"\w* a \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* thereof \w Luz|strong="H3870"\w*: which \add is\add* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* thereof unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 27 ¶ Neither did \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* drive \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \add the inhabitants of\add* \w Beth-shean|strong="H1052"\w* and her \w towns|strong="H1323"\w*, nor \w Taanach|strong="H8590"\w* and her \w towns|strong="H1323"\w*, nor the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Dor|strong="H1756"\w* and her \w towns|strong="H1323"\w*, nor the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Ibleam|strong="H2991"\w* and her \w towns|strong="H1323"\w*, nor the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w* and her \w towns|strong="H1323"\w*: but the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* \w would|strong="H2974"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in that \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 28 And it came to pass, when \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* was \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*, that they \w put|strong="H7760"\w* the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* to \w tribute|strong="H4522"\w*, and did not \w utterly|strong="H3423"\w* drive them \w out|strong="H3423"\w*.   
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\v 29 ¶ Neither did \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* drive \w out|strong="H3423"\w* the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* that \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w*; but the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* them.   
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\v 30 ¶ Neither did \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* drive \w out|strong="H3423"\w* the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Kitron|strong="H7003"\w*, nor the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Nahalol|strong="H5096"\w*; but the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* them, and became \w tributaries|strong="H4522"\w*.   
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\v 31 ¶ Neither did \w Asher|strong="H0836"\w* drive \w out|strong="H3423"\w* the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Accho|strong="H5910"\w*, nor the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Zidon|strong="H6721"\w*, nor of \w Ahlab|strong="H0303"\w*, nor of \w Achzib|strong="H0392"\w*, nor of \w Helbah|strong="H2462"\w*, nor of \w Aphik|strong="H0663"\w*, nor of \w Rehob|strong="H7340"\w*:  
\v 32 But the \w Asherites|strong="H0843"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*, the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: for they did not drive them \w out|strong="H3423"\w*.   
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\v 33 ¶ Neither did \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w* drive \w out|strong="H3423"\w* the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w*, nor the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Beth-anath|strong="H1043"\w*; but he \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*, the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: nevertheless the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w* and of \w Beth-anath|strong="H1043"\w* became \w tributaries|strong="H4522"\w* unto them.  
\v 34 And the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w* \w forced|strong="H3905"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* into the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*: for they would not \w suffer|strong="H5414"\w* them to come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*:  
\v 35 But the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w* \w would|strong="H2974"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Heres|strong="H2776"\w* in \w Aijalon|strong="H0357"\w*, and in \w Shaalbim|strong="H8169"\w*: yet the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* \w prevailed|strong="H3513"\w*, so that they became \w tributaries|strong="H4522"\w*.\f + \fr 1.35 \ft prevailed: Heb. was heavy\f*  
\v 36 And the \w coast|strong="H1366"\w* of the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w* \add was\add* from the going \w up|strong="H4608"\w* to \w Akrabbim|strong="H4610"\w*, from the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w*, and \w upward|strong="H4605"\w*.\f + \fr 1.36 \ft the going…: or, Maaleh-acrabbim\f*   
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\v 1 And an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* to \w Bochim|strong="H1066"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I made you to go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and have \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* you unto the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* which I \w sware|strong="H7650"\w* unto your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; and I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w never|strong="H5769"\w* \w break|strong="H6565"\w* my \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with you.\f + \fr 2.1 \ft angel: or, messenger\f*  
\v 2 And ye shall \w make|strong="H3772"\w* no \w league|strong="H1285"\w* with the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of this \w land|strong="H0776"\w*; ye shall throw \w down|strong="H5422"\w* their \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*: but ye have not \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*: why have ye \w done|strong="H6213"\w* this?  
\v 3 Wherefore I also \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will not drive them \w out|strong="H1644"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* you; but they shall be \add as thorns\add* in your \w sides|strong="H6654"\w*, and their \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* shall be a \w snare|strong="H4170"\w* unto you.  
\v 4 And it came to pass, when the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* these \w words|strong="H1697"\w* unto all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, that the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*.  
\v 5 And they \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of that \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w Bochim|strong="H1066"\w*: and they \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* there unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 2.5 \ft Bochim: that is, Weepers\f*   
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\v 6 ¶ And when \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* had let the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* unto his \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* to \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 7 And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, and all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* that \w outlived|strong="H0748"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, who had \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* all the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w works|strong="H4639"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* for \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 2.7 \ft outlived: Heb. prolonged days after\f*  
\v 8 And \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nun|strong="H5126"\w*, the \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \add being\add* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 9 And they \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him in the \w border|strong="H1366"\w* of his \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* in \w Timnath-heres|strong="H8556"\w*, in the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, on the north \w side|strong="H6828"\w* of the \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w Gaash|strong="H1608"\w*.\f + \fr 2.9 \ft Timnath-heres: also called, Timnath-serah\f*  
\v 10 And also all that \w generation|strong="H1755"\w* were \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* unto their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*: and there \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w generation|strong="H1755"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them, which \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, nor yet the \w works|strong="H4639"\w* which he had \w done|strong="H6213"\w* for \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 11 ¶ And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baalim|strong="H1168"\w*:  
\v 12 And they \w forsook|strong="H5800"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, which brought them \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, of the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* them, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* themselves unto them, and provoked the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*.  
\v 13 And they \w forsook|strong="H5800"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* and \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w*.   
\p
\v 14 ¶ And the \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was \w hot|strong="H2734"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and he \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of \w spoilers|strong="H8154"\w* that \w spoiled|strong="H8155"\w* them, and he \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* them into the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, so that they \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not any \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*.  
\v 15 Whithersoever they went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was against them for \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, as the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, and as the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* unto them: and they were \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w distressed|strong="H3334"\w*.   
\p
\v 16 ¶ Nevertheless the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* raised \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*, which \w delivered|strong="H3467"\w* them out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of those that \w spoiled|strong="H8154"\w* them.\f + \fr 2.16 \ft delivered: Heb. saved\f*  
\v 17 And yet they would not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto their \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*, but they went a \w whoring|strong="H2181"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* themselves unto them: they \w turned|strong="H5493"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4118"\w* out of the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* which their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* walked \w in|strong="H1980"\w*, \w obeying|strong="H8085"\w* the \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; \add but\add* they \w did|strong="H6213"\w* not so.  
\v 18 And when the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w raised|strong="H6965"\w* them up \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*, then the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was with the \w judge|strong="H8199"\w*, and \w delivered|strong="H3467"\w* them out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w judge|strong="H8199"\w*: for it \w repented|strong="H5162"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of their \w groanings|strong="H5009"\w* by reason of them that \w oppressed|strong="H3905"\w* them and \w vexed|strong="H1766"\w* them.  
\v 19 And it came to pass, when the \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4194"\w*, \add that\add* they \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w corrupted|strong="H7843"\w* \add themselves\add* more than their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, in \w following|strong="H3212"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* to \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* them, and to bow \w down|strong="H7812"\w* unto them; they \w ceased|strong="H5307"\w* not from their own \w doings|strong="H4611"\w*, nor from their \w stubborn|strong="H7186"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.\f + \fr 2.19 \ft corrupted…: or, were corrupt\f*\f + \fr 2.19 \ft ceased…: Heb. let nothing fall of their\f*   
\p
\v 20 ¶ And the \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was \w hot|strong="H2734"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Because that this \w people|strong="H1471"\w* hath \w transgressed|strong="H5674"\w* my \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* which I \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and have not \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*;  
\v 21 I also will not \w henceforth|strong="H3254"\w* drive \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w any|strong="H0376"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* which \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w left|strong="H5800"\w* when he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*:  
\v 22 That through them I may \w prove|strong="H5254"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, whether they will \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* therein, as their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* did \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \add it\add*, or not.  
\v 23 Therefore the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w left|strong="H3240"\w* those \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \w without|strong="H1115"\w* driving them \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w hastily|strong="H4118"\w*; neither \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* he them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*.\f + \fr 2.23 \ft left: or, suffered\f*   
\c 3  
\p
\v 1 Now these \add are\add* the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w left|strong="H3240"\w*, to \w prove|strong="H5254"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* by them, \add even\add* as many \add of Israel\add* as had not \w known|strong="H3045"\w* all the \w wars|strong="H4421"\w* of \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*;  
\v 2 Only \w that|strong="H7535"\w* the \w generations|strong="H1755"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* might \w know|strong="H3045"\w*, to \w teach|strong="H3925"\w* them \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, at the least such as \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* nothing thereof;  
\v 3 \add Namely\add*, \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and all the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*, and the \w Sidonians|strong="H6722"\w*, and the \w Hivites|strong="H2340"\w* that \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, from \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Baal-hermon|strong="H1179"\w* unto the entering \w in|strong="H0935"\w* of \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*.  
\v 4 And they were to \w prove|strong="H5254"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* by them, to \w know|strong="H3045"\w* whether they would \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto the \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, which he \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.   
\p
\v 5 ¶ And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*, \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*, and \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, and \w Perizzites|strong="H6522"\w*, and \w Hivites|strong="H2340"\w*, and \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w*:  
\v 6 And they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* their \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* to be their \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* their \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* to their \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* their \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*.  
\v 7 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w forgat|strong="H7911"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baalim|strong="H1168"\w* and the \w groves|strong="H0842"\w*.   
\p
\v 8 ¶ Therefore the \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was \w hot|strong="H2734"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and he \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Chushan-rishathaim|strong="H3573"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Mesopotamia|strong="H0763"\w*: and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Chushan-rishathaim|strong="H3573"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.\f + \fr 3.8 \ft Mesopotamia: Heb. Aram-naharaim\f*  
\v 9 And when the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* raised \w up|strong="H6965"\w* a \w deliverer|strong="H3467"\w* to the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, who \w delivered|strong="H3467"\w* them, \add even\add* \w Othniel|strong="H6274"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kenaz|strong="H7073"\w*, \w Caleb’s|strong="H3612"\w* \w younger|strong="H6996"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.\f + \fr 3.9 \ft deliverer: Heb. saviour\f*  
\v 10 And the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* came upon him, and he \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w war|strong="H4421"\w*: and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w Chushan-rishathaim|strong="H3573"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Mesopotamia|strong="H0763"\w* into his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; and his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w prevailed|strong="H5810"\w* against \w Chushan-rishathaim|strong="H3573"\w*.\f + \fr 3.10 \ft came: Heb. was\f*\f + \fr 3.10 \ft Mesopotamia: Heb. Aram\f*  
\v 11 And the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* had \w rest|strong="H8252"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. And \w Othniel|strong="H6274"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kenaz|strong="H7073"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.   
\p
\v 12 ¶ And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w* \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, because they had \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 13 And he \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* unto him the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* and \w Amalek|strong="H6002"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w possessed|strong="H3423"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of palm \w trees|strong="H8558"\w*.  
\v 14 So the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w eighteen|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 15 But when the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* raised them \w up|strong="H6965"\w* a \w deliverer|strong="H3467"\w*, \w Ehud|strong="H0164"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Gera|strong="H1617"\w*, a \w Benjamite|strong="H1145"\w*, a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w lefthanded|strong="H0334"\w*: and by \w him|strong="H3027"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* a \w present|strong="H4503"\w* unto \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*.\f + \fr 3.15 \ft a Benjamite: or, the son of Jemini\f*\f + \fr 3.15 \ft lefthanded: Heb. shut of his right hand\f*  
\v 16 But \w Ehud|strong="H0164"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* him a \w dagger|strong="H2719"\w* which had \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w edges|strong="H6366"\w*, of a \w cubit|strong="H1574"\w* \w length|strong="H0753"\w*; and he did \w gird|strong="H2296"\w* it under his \w raiment|strong="H4055"\w* upon his \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w thigh|strong="H3409"\w*.  
\v 17 And he \w brought|strong="H7126"\w* the \w present|strong="H4503"\w* unto \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*: and \w Eglon|strong="H5700"\w* \add was\add* a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w fat|strong="H1277"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*.  
\v 18 And when he had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* to \w offer|strong="H7126"\w* the \w present|strong="H4503"\w*, he sent \w away|strong="H7971"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* the \w present|strong="H4503"\w*.  
\v 19 But he himself turned \w again|strong="H7725"\w* from the \w quarries|strong="H6456"\w* that \add were\add* by \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I have a \w secret|strong="H5643"\w* \w errand|strong="H1697"\w* unto thee, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: who \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Keep \w silence|strong="H2013"\w*. And all that \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* by him went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from him.\f + \fr 3.19 \ft quarries: or, graven images\f*  
\v 20 And \w Ehud|strong="H0164"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto him; and he was \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* in a \w summer|strong="H4747"\w* \w parlour|strong="H5944"\w*, which he had for himself alone. And \w Ehud|strong="H0164"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I have a \w message|strong="H1697"\w* from \w God|strong="H0430"\w* unto thee. And he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* out of \add his\add* \w seat|strong="H3678"\w*.\f + \fr 3.20 \ft a summer…: Heb. a parlour of cooling\f*  
\v 21 And \w Ehud|strong="H0164"\w* put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* his \w left|strong="H8040"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w dagger|strong="H2719"\w* from his \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w thigh|strong="H3409"\w*, and \w thrust|strong="H8628"\w* it into his \w belly|strong="H0990"\w*:  
\v 22 And the \w haft|strong="H5325"\w* also went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w blade|strong="H3851"\w*; and the \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* \w closed|strong="H5462"\w* \w upon|strong="H1157"\w* the \w blade|strong="H3851"\w*, so that he could not \w draw|strong="H8025"\w* the \w dagger|strong="H2719"\w* out of his \w belly|strong="H0990"\w*; and the \w dirt|strong="H6574"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w*.\f + \fr 3.22 \ft the dirt…: or, it came out at the buttocks\f*  
\v 23 Then \w Ehud|strong="H0164"\w* went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* through the \w porch|strong="H4528"\w*, and \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of the \w parlour|strong="H5944"\w* upon him, and \w locked|strong="H5274"\w* them.  
\v 24 When he was gone \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*; and when they \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that, behold, the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of the \w parlour|strong="H5944"\w* \add were\add* \w locked|strong="H5274"\w*, they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Surely he \w covereth|strong="H5526"\w* his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* in his \w summer|strong="H4747"\w* \w chamber|strong="H2315"\w*.\f + \fr 3.24 \ft covereth…: or, doeth his easement\f*  
\v 25 And they \w tarried|strong="H2342"\w* till they were \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*: and, behold, he \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* not the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of the \w parlour|strong="H5944"\w*; therefore they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* a \w key|strong="H4668"\w*, and \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \add them:\add* and, behold, their \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \add was\add* fallen \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* on the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 26 And \w Ehud|strong="H0164"\w* \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* while they \w tarried|strong="H4102"\w*, and passed \w beyond|strong="H5674"\w* the \w quarries|strong="H6456"\w*, and \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* unto \w Seirath|strong="H8167"\w*.  
\v 27 And it came to pass, when he was \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, that he \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* a \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* in the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* with him from the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w*, and he \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them.  
\v 28 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Follow|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* me: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* your \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* the \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w* into your \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*. And they went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him, and \w took|strong="H3920"\w* the \w fords|strong="H4569"\w* of \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* toward \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and \w suffered|strong="H5414"\w* not a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to pass \w over|strong="H5674"\w*.  
\v 29 And they \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* at that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* about \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, all \w lusty|strong="H8082"\w*, and all \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w valour|strong="H2428"\w*; and there \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* not a \w man|strong="H0376"\w*.\f + \fr 3.29 \ft lusty: Heb. fat\f*  
\v 30 So \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* was \w subdued|strong="H3665"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* under the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. And the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* had \w rest|strong="H8252"\w* \w fourscore|strong="H8084"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
\p
\v 31 ¶ And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him was \w Shamgar|strong="H8044"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Anath|strong="H6067"\w*, which \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* with an \w ox|strong="H1241"\w* \w goad|strong="H4451"\w*: and he also \w delivered|strong="H3467"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\c 4  
\p
\v 1 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, when \w Ehud|strong="H0164"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 2 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Jabin|strong="H2985"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*, that \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*; the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of whose \w host|strong="H6635"\w* \add was\add* \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w*, which \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Harosheth|strong="H2800"\w* of the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w*.  
\v 3 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: for he had \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* of \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*; and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* he \w mightily|strong="H2394"\w* \w oppressed|strong="H3905"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 4 ¶ And \w Deborah|strong="H1683"\w*, a \w prophetess|strong="H5031"\w*, the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Lapidoth|strong="H3941"\w*, she \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* at that \w time|strong="H6256"\w*.  
\v 5 And she \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* under the palm \w tree|strong="H8560"\w* of \w Deborah|strong="H1683"\w* between \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w* and \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w* in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*: and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to her for \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*.  
\v 6 And she \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abinoam|strong="H0042"\w* out of \w Kedesh-naphtali|strong="H6943"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Hath not the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*, \add saying\add*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w draw|strong="H4900"\w* toward \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Tabor|strong="H8396"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* with thee \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w* and of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w*?  
\v 7 And I will \w draw|strong="H4900"\w* unto thee to the \w river|strong="H5158"\w* \w Kishon|strong="H7028"\w* \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w*, the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Jabin’s|strong="H2985"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*, with his \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* and his \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w*; and I will \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* him into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 8 And \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, If thou wilt \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with me, then I will \w go|strong="H1980"\w*: but if thou wilt not \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with me, \add then\add* I will not \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.  
\v 9 And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w surely|strong="H1980"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with thee: \w notwithstanding|strong="H0657"\w* the \w journey|strong="H1870"\w* that thou \w takest|strong="H1980"\w* shall not be for thine \w honour|strong="H8597"\w*; for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*. And \w Deborah|strong="H1683"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* with \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w* to \w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w*.   
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\v 10 ¶ And \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w* \w called|strong="H2199"\w* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* and \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w* to \w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w*; and he went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* with \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* at his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*: and \w Deborah|strong="H1683"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* with him.  
\v 11 Now \w Heber|strong="H2268"\w* the \w Kenite|strong="H7017"\w*, \add which was\add* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hobab|strong="H2246"\w* the father in \w law|strong="H2859"\w* of \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, had \w severed|strong="H6504"\w* himself from the \w Kenites|strong="H7017"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H5186"\w* his \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* unto the \w plain|strong="H0436"\w* of \w Zaanaim|strong="H6815"\w*, which \add is\add* by \w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w*.  
\v 12 And they \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w* that \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abinoam|strong="H0042"\w* was gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Tabor|strong="H8396"\w*.  
\v 13 And \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w* gathered \w together|strong="H2199"\w* all his \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, \add even\add* \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* of \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* with him, from \w Harosheth|strong="H2800"\w* of the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w* unto the \w river|strong="H5158"\w* of \w Kishon|strong="H7028"\w*.\f + \fr 4.13 \ft together: Heb. by cry, or, proclamation\f*  
\v 14 And \w Deborah|strong="H1683"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w*, \w Up|strong="H6965"\w*; for this \add is\add* the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* in which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w* into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: is not the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* gone \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee? So \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w* went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Tabor|strong="H8396"\w*, and \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him.  
\v 15 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w discomfited|strong="H2000"\w* \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w*, and all \add his\add* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and all \add his\add* \w host|strong="H4264"\w*, with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w*; so that \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w* lighted \w down|strong="H3381"\w* off \add his\add* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*, and fled \w away|strong="H5127"\w* on his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.  
\v 16 But \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and after the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*, unto \w Harosheth|strong="H2800"\w* of the \w Gentiles|strong="H1471"\w*: and all the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* upon the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; \add and\add* there was not a \w man|strong="H0259"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w*.\f + \fr 4.16 \ft a man: Heb. unto one\f*   
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\v 17 Howbeit \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w* fled \w away|strong="H5127"\w* on his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* to the \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* of \w Jael|strong="H3278"\w* the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Heber|strong="H2268"\w* the \w Kenite|strong="H7017"\w*: for \add there was\add* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* between \w Jabin|strong="H2985"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w* and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Heber|strong="H2268"\w* the \w Kenite|strong="H7017"\w*.   
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\v 18 ¶ And \w Jael|strong="H3278"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Turn \w in|strong="H5493"\w*, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, turn \w in|strong="H5493"\w* to me; \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* not. And when he had turned \w in|strong="H5493"\w* unto her into the \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*, she \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* him with a \w mantle|strong="H8063"\w*.\f + \fr 4.18 \ft mantle: or, rug, or, blanket\f*  
\v 19 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* to \w drink|strong="H8248"\w*; for I am \w thirsty|strong="H6770"\w*. And she \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* a \w bottle|strong="H4997"\w* of \w milk|strong="H2461"\w*, and gave him \w drink|strong="H8248"\w*, and \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* him.  
\v 20 Again he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, Stand \w in|strong="H5975"\w* the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*, and it shall be, when any \w man|strong="H0376"\w* doth \w come|strong="H0935"\w* and \w enquire|strong="H7592"\w* of thee, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Is \w there|strong="H3426"\w* any \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w here|strong="H3426"\w*? that thou shalt \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, No.  
\v 21 Then \w Jael|strong="H3278"\w* \w Heber’s|strong="H2268"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* a \w nail|strong="H3489"\w* of the \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*, and \w took|strong="H7760"\w* an \w hammer|strong="H4718"\w* in her \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w softly|strong="H3814"\w* unto him, and \w smote|strong="H8628"\w* the \w nail|strong="H3489"\w* into his \w temples|strong="H7541"\w*, and \w fastened|strong="H6795"\w* it into the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*: for he was fast \w asleep|strong="H7290"\w* and \w weary|strong="H5774"\w*. So he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.\f + \fr 4.21 \ft and took: Heb. and put\f*  
\v 22 And, behold, as \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w*, \w Jael|strong="H3278"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, and I will \w shew|strong="H7200"\w* thee the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* whom thou \w seekest|strong="H1245"\w*. And when he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into her \add tent\add*, behold, \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w* \w lay|strong="H5307"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, and the \w nail|strong="H3489"\w* \add was\add* in his \w temples|strong="H7541"\w*.  
\v 23 So \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w subdued|strong="H3665"\w* on that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jabin|strong="H2985"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 24 And the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w prospered|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w prevailed|strong="H7186"\w* against \w Jabin|strong="H2985"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*, until they had \w destroyed|strong="H3772"\w* \w Jabin|strong="H2985"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*.\f + \fr 4.24 \ft prospered…: Heb. going went and was hard\f*   
\c 5  
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\v 1 Then \w sang|strong="H7891"\w* \w Deborah|strong="H1683"\w* and \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abinoam|strong="H0042"\w* on that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\v 2 \w Praise|strong="H1288"\w* ye the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* for the \w avenging|strong="H6544"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, when the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* willingly \w offered|strong="H5068"\w* themselves.  
\v 3 \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w*, O ye \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*; give \w ear|strong="H0238"\w*, O ye \w princes|strong="H7336"\w*; I, \add even\add* I, will \w sing|strong="H7891"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; I will \w sing|strong="H2167"\w* \add praise\add* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 4  \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, when thou wentest \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of \w Seir|strong="H8165"\w*, when thou marchedst \w out|strong="H6805"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w trembled|strong="H7493"\w*, and the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w dropped|strong="H5197"\w*, the \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* also \w dropped|strong="H5197"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.  
\v 5 The \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w melted|strong="H5140"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \add even\add* that \w Sinai|strong="H5514"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 5.5 \ft melted: Heb. flowed\f*   
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\v 6 In the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Shamgar|strong="H8044"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Anath|strong="H6067"\w*, in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Jael|strong="H3278"\w*, the \w highways|strong="H0734"\w* were \w unoccupied|strong="H2308"\w*, and the \w travellers|strong="H1980"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* through \w byways|strong="H6128"\w*.\f + \fr 5.6 \ft travellers: Heb. walkers of paths\f*\f + \fr 5.6 \ft byways: Heb. crooked ways\f*  
\v 7 \add The inhabitants of\add* the \w villages|strong="H6520"\w* \w ceased|strong="H2308"\w*, they \w ceased|strong="H2308"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, until that I \w Deborah|strong="H1683"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, that I \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* a \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 8 They \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*; then \add was\add* \w war|strong="H3901"\w* in the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*: was there a \w shield|strong="H4043"\w* or \w spear|strong="H7420"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* among \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 9 My \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \add is\add* toward the \w governors|strong="H2710"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, that offered themselves \w willingly|strong="H5068"\w* among the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w Bless|strong="H1288"\w* ye the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 10 \w Speak|strong="H7878"\w*, ye that \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* on \w white|strong="H6715"\w* \w asses|strong="H0860"\w*, ye that \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* in \w judgment|strong="H4055"\w*, and \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.\f + \fr 5.10 \ft Speak: or, Meditate\f*  
\v 11 \add They that are delivered\add* from the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of \w archers|strong="H2686"\w* in the places of drawing \w water|strong="H4857"\w*, there shall they \w rehearse|strong="H8567"\w* the righteous \w acts|strong="H6666"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \add even\add* the righteous \w acts|strong="H6666"\w* \add toward the inhabitants\add* of his \w villages|strong="H6520"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: then shall the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*.\f + \fr 5.11 \ft righteous…: Heb. righteousnesses\f*   
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\v 12 \w Awake|strong="H5782"\w*, \w awake|strong="H5782"\w*, \w Deborah|strong="H1683"\w*: \w awake|strong="H5782"\w*, \w awake|strong="H5782"\w*, \w utter|strong="H1696"\w* a \w song|strong="H7892"\w*: \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w*, and lead thy \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w* \w captive|strong="H7617"\w*, thou \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abinoam|strong="H0042"\w*.  
\v 13 Then he made him that \w remaineth|strong="H8300"\w* have \w dominion|strong="H7287"\w* over the \w nobles|strong="H0117"\w* among the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* made me have \w dominion|strong="H7287"\w* over the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w*.  
\v 14 Out of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \add was there\add* a \w root|strong="H8328"\w* of them against \w Amalek|strong="H6002"\w*; \w after|strong="H0310"\w* thee, \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, among thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; out of \w Machir|strong="H4353"\w* came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w governors|strong="H2710"\w*, and out of \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* they that \w handle|strong="H4900"\w* the \w pen|strong="H7626"\w* of the \w writer|strong="H5608"\w*.\f + \fr 5.14 \ft handle: Heb. draw with\f*  
\v 15 And the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w* \add were\add* with \w Deborah|strong="H1683"\w*; even \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w*, and also \w Barak|strong="H1301"\w*: he was \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* on \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* into the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*. For the \w divisions|strong="H6390"\w* of \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* \add there were\add* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w thoughts|strong="H2711"\w* of \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.\f + \fr 5.15 \ft foot: Heb. his feet\f*\f + \fr 5.15 \ft thoughts: Heb. impressions\f*\f + \fr 5.15 \ft For: or, In\f*  
\v 16 Why \w abodest|strong="H3427"\w* thou \w among|strong="H0996"\w* the \w sheepfolds|strong="H4942"\w*, to \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w bleatings|strong="H8292"\w* of the \w flocks|strong="H5739"\w*? For the \w divisions|strong="H6390"\w* of \w Reuben|strong="H7205"\w* \add there were\add* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w searchings|strong="H2714"\w* of \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.\f + \fr 5.16 \ft For: or, In\f*  
\v 17 \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w abode|strong="H7931"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*: and why did \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \w remain|strong="H1481"\w* in \w ships|strong="H0591"\w*? \w Asher|strong="H0836"\w* \w continued|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w shore|strong="H2348"\w*, and \w abode|strong="H7931"\w* in his \w breaches|strong="H4664"\w*.\f + \fr 5.17 \ft shore: or, port\f*\f + \fr 5.17 \ft breaches: or, creeks\f*  
\v 18 \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* and \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w* \add were\add* a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add that\add* \w jeoparded|strong="H2778"\w* their \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* unto the \w death|strong="H4191"\w* in the high \w places|strong="H4791"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*.\f + \fr 5.18 \ft jeoparded: Heb. exposed to reproach\f*  
\v 19 The \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \add and\add* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w*, then \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w* in \w Taanach|strong="H8590"\w* by the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* of \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*; they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* no \w gain|strong="H1215"\w* of \w money|strong="H3701"\w*.  
\v 20 They \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*; the \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* in their \w courses|strong="H4546"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w*.\f + \fr 5.20 \ft courses: Heb. paths\f*  
\v 21 The \w river|strong="H5158"\w* of \w Kishon|strong="H7028"\w* swept them \w away|strong="H1640"\w*, that \w ancient|strong="H6917"\w* \w river|strong="H5158"\w*, the \w river|strong="H5158"\w* \w Kishon|strong="H7028"\w*. O my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, thou hast trodden \w down|strong="H1869"\w* \w strength|strong="H5797"\w*.  
\v 22 Then were the \w horsehoofs|strong="H6119"\w* \w broken|strong="H1986"\w* by the means of the \w pransings|strong="H1726"\w*, the \w pransings|strong="H1726"\w* of their mighty \w ones|strong="H0047"\w*.\f + \fr 5.22 \ft pransings: or, tramplings, or, plungings\f*  
\v 23 \w Curse|strong="H0779"\w* ye \w Meroz|strong="H4789"\w*, \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w curse|strong="H0779"\w* ye \w bitterly|strong="H0779"\w* the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* thereof; because they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* not to the \w help|strong="H5833"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, to the \w help|strong="H5833"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* against the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* above \w women|strong="H0802"\w* shall \w Jael|strong="H3278"\w* the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Heber|strong="H2268"\w* the \w Kenite|strong="H7017"\w* be, \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* shall she be above \w women|strong="H0802"\w* in the \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*.  
\v 25 He \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \add and\add* she \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \add him\add* \w milk|strong="H2461"\w*; she brought \w forth|strong="H7126"\w* \w butter|strong="H2529"\w* in a \w lordly|strong="H0117"\w* \w dish|strong="H5602"\w*.  
\v 26 She \w put|strong="H7971"\w* her \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* to the \w nail|strong="H3489"\w*, and her right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* to the \w workmen’s|strong="H6001"\w* \w hammer|strong="H1989"\w*; and with the hammer she \w smote|strong="H1986"\w* \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w*, she smote \w off|strong="H4277"\w* his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, when she had \w pierced|strong="H4272"\w* and stricken \w through|strong="H2498"\w* his \w temples|strong="H7541"\w*.\f + \fr 5.26 \ft with…: Heb. she hammered\f*  
\v 27 At her \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* he \w bowed|strong="H3766"\w*, he \w fell|strong="H5307"\w*, he lay \w down|strong="H7901"\w*: at her \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* he \w bowed|strong="H3766"\w*, he \w fell|strong="H5307"\w*: \w where|strong="H0834"\w* he \w bowed|strong="H3766"\w*, there he fell \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w dead|strong="H7703"\w*.\f + \fr 5.27 \ft At: Heb. Between\f*\f + \fr 5.27 \ft dead: Heb. destroyed\f*  
\v 28 The \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* of \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w* \w looked|strong="H8259"\w* out at a \w window|strong="H2474"\w*, and \w cried|strong="H2980"\w* through the \w lattice|strong="H0822"\w*, Why is his \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* \add so\add* \w long|strong="H0954"\w* in \w coming|strong="H0935"\w*? why \w tarry|strong="H0309"\w* the \w wheels|strong="H6471"\w* of his \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w*?  
\v 29 Her \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w ladies|strong="H8282"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* her, yea, she \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w answer|strong="H0561"\w* to herself,\f + \fr 5.29 \ft answer: Heb. her words\f*  
\v 30 Have they not \w sped|strong="H4672"\w*? have they \add not\add* \w divided|strong="H2505"\w* the \w prey|strong="H7998"\w*; to \w every|strong="H7218"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* a \w damsel|strong="H7356"\w* \add or\add* \w two|strong="H7361"\w*; to \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w* a \w prey|strong="H7998"\w* of divers \w colours|strong="H6648"\w*, a \w prey|strong="H7998"\w* of divers \w colours|strong="H6648"\w* of \w needlework|strong="H7553"\w*, of divers \w colours|strong="H6648"\w* of needlework on both \w sides|strong="H7553"\w*, \add meet\add* for the \w necks|strong="H6677"\w* of \add them that take\add* the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w*?\f + \fr 5.30 \ft every…: Heb. the head of a man\f*  
\v 31 So let all thine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: but \add let\add* them that \w love|strong="H0157"\w* him \add be\add* as the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* when he goeth \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* in his \w might|strong="H1369"\w*. And the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* had \w rest|strong="H8252"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
\c 6  
\p
\v 1 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 2 And the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w* \w prevailed|strong="H5810"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: \add and\add* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* them the \w dens|strong="H4492"\w* which \add are\add* in the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and \w caves|strong="H4631"\w*, and strong \w holds|strong="H4679"\w*.\f + \fr 6.2 \ft prevailed: Heb. was strong\f*  
\v 3 And \add so\add* it was, when \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* had \w sown|strong="H2232"\w*, that the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w*, and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w east|strong="H6924"\w*, even they came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against them;  
\v 4 And they \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* against them, and \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* the \w increase|strong="H2981"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, till thou \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w*, and \w left|strong="H7604"\w* no \w sustenance|strong="H4241"\w* for \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, neither \w sheep|strong="H7716"\w*, nor \w ox|strong="H7794"\w*, nor \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*.\f + \fr 6.4 \ft sheep: or goat\f*  
\v 5 For they came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* with their \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w* and their \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*, and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w as|strong="H1767"\w* \w grasshoppers|strong="H0697"\w* for \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w*; \add for\add* both they and their \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* were without \w number|strong="H4557"\w*: and they \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* it.  
\v 6 And \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* was \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w impoverished|strong="H1809"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w*; and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.   
\p
\v 7 ¶ And it came to pass, when the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w because|strong="H0182"\w* of the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w*,  
\v 8 That the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* a \w prophet|strong="H0376"\w* unto the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, I brought you \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and brought you \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w bondage|strong="H5650"\w*;\f + \fr 6.8 \ft a prophet: Heb. a man a prophet\f*  
\v 9 And I \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* you out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w*, and out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of all that \w oppressed|strong="H3905"\w* you, and drave them \w out|strong="H1644"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* you, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* you their \w land|strong="H0776"\w*;  
\v 10 And I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto you, I \add am\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* not the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, in whose \w land|strong="H0776"\w* ye \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w*: but ye have not \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*.   
\p
\v 11 ¶ And there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* under an \w oak|strong="H0424"\w* which \add was\add* in \w Ophrah|strong="H6084"\w*, that \add pertained\add* unto \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* the \w Abi-ezrite|strong="H0033"\w*: and his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w threshed|strong="H2251"\w* \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w* by the \w winepress|strong="H1660"\w*, to \w hide|strong="H5127"\w* \add it\add* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w*.\f + \fr 6.11 \ft Gideon: Gr. Gedeon\f*\f + \fr 6.11 \ft to hide…: Heb. to cause it to flee\f*  
\v 12 And the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* unto him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* with thee, thou \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* man of \w valour|strong="H2428"\w*.  
\v 13 And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Oh|strong="H0994"\w* my \w Lord|strong="H0113"\w*, \w if|strong="H3426"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* be with us, why then is all this \w befallen|strong="H4672"\w* us? and where \add be\add* all his \w miracles|strong="H6381"\w* which our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w told|strong="H5608"\w* us of, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Did not the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* bring us \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*? but now the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w forsaken|strong="H5203"\w* us, and \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* us into the \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* of the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w*.  
\v 14 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w looked|strong="H6437"\w* upon him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* in this thy \w might|strong="H3581"\w*, and thou shalt \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* from the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w*: have not I \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* thee?  
\v 15 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Oh|strong="H0994"\w* my \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, \w wherewith|strong="H4100"\w* shall I \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? behold, my \w family|strong="H0504"\w* \add is\add* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* in \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, and I \add am\add* the \w least|strong="H6810"\w* in my \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 6.15 \ft my family…: Heb. my thousand is the meanest\f*  
\v 16 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w* as \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*.  
\v 17 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, If now I have \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w grace|strong="H2580"\w* in thy \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, then \w shew|strong="H6213"\w* me a \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* that thou \w talkest|strong="H1696"\w* with me.  
\v 18 \w Depart|strong="H4185"\w* not hence, I pray thee, until I \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto thee, and bring \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* my \w present|strong="H4503"\w*, and \w set|strong="H3240"\w* \add it\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w tarry|strong="H3427"\w* until thou come \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.\f + \fr 6.18 \ft present: or, meat offering\f*   
\p
\v 19 ¶ And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* went \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, and made \w ready|strong="H6213"\w* a \w kid|strong="H5795"\w*, and unleavened \w cakes|strong="H4682"\w* of an \w ephah|strong="H0374"\w* of \w flour|strong="H7058"\w*: the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* he \w put|strong="H7760"\w* in a \w basket|strong="H5536"\w*, and he \w put|strong="H7760"\w* the \w broth|strong="H4839"\w* in a \w pot|strong="H6517"\w*, and brought \add it\add* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* unto him under the \w oak|strong="H0424"\w*, and \w presented|strong="H5066"\w* \add it\add*.\f + \fr 6.19 \ft a kid: Heb. a kid of the goats\f*  
\v 20 And the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* and the unleavened \w cakes|strong="H4682"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H3240"\w* \add them\add* upon \w this|strong="H1975"\w* \w rock|strong="H5553"\w*, and pour \w out|strong="H8210"\w* the \w broth|strong="H4839"\w*. And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* so.   
\p
\v 21 ¶ Then the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* the \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* that \add was\add* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* and the unleavened \w cakes|strong="H4682"\w*; and there rose \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* out of the \w rock|strong="H6697"\w*, and \w consumed|strong="H0398"\w* the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* and the unleavened \w cakes|strong="H4682"\w*. Then the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w departed|strong="H1980"\w* out of his \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\v 22 And when \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w perceived|strong="H7200"\w* that he \add was\add* an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Alas|strong="H0162"\w*, O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd*! for \w because|strong="H3651"\w* I have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* to \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 23 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Peace|strong="H7965"\w* \add be\add* unto thee; \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* not: thou shalt not \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 24 Then \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* there unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* it \w Jehovah-shalom|strong="H3073"\w*: unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* it \add is\add* yet in \w Ophrah|strong="H6084"\w* of the \w Abi-ezrites|strong="H0033"\w*.\f + \fr 6.24 \ft Jehovah-shalom: that is, The \+nd LORD\+nd* send peace\f*   
\p
\v 25 ¶ And it came to pass the same \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w young|strong="H6499"\w* \w bullock|strong="H7794"\w*, even the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w bullock|strong="H6499"\w* of \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* years \w old|strong="H8141"\w*, and throw \w down|strong="H2040"\w* the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* that thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* hath, and cut \w down|strong="H3772"\w* the \w grove|strong="H0842"\w* that \add is\add* by it:\f + \fr 6.25 \ft even: or, and\f*  
\v 26 And \w build|strong="H1129"\w* an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* upon the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of this \w rock|strong="H4581"\w*, in the ordered \w place|strong="H4634"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w bullock|strong="H6499"\w*, and \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* a burnt \w sacrifice|strong="H5930"\w* with the \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* of the \w grove|strong="H0842"\w* which thou shalt cut \w down|strong="H3772"\w*.\f + \fr 6.26 \ft rock: Heb. strong place\f*\f + \fr 6.26 \ft in the ordered…: or, in an orderly manner\f*  
\v 27 Then \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and \w did|strong="H6213"\w* as the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto him: and \add so\add* it was, because he \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, that he could not \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \add it\add* by \w day|strong="H3119"\w*, that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add it\add* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.   
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\v 28 ¶ And when the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* arose \w early|strong="H7925"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, behold, the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* was cast \w down|strong="H5422"\w*, and the \w grove|strong="H0842"\w* was cut \w down|strong="H3772"\w* that \add was\add* by it, and the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w bullock|strong="H6499"\w* was \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* upon the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \add that was\add* \w built|strong="H1129"\w*.  
\v 29 And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, Who hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*? And when they \w enquired|strong="H1875"\w* and \w asked|strong="H1245"\w*, they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 30 Then the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*, Bring \w out|strong="H3318"\w* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, that he may \w die|strong="H4191"\w*: because he hath cast \w down|strong="H5422"\w* the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and because he hath cut \w down|strong="H3772"\w* the \w grove|strong="H0842"\w* that \add was\add* by it.  
\v 31 And \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto all that \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* against him, Will ye \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* for \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*? will ye \w save|strong="H3467"\w* him? he that will \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* for him, let him be put to \w death|strong="H4191"\w* whilst \add it is yet\add* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*: if he \add be\add* a \w god|strong="H0430"\w*, let him \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* for himself, because \add one\add* hath cast \w down|strong="H5422"\w* his \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.  
\v 32 Therefore on that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* him \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Let \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* against him, because he hath thrown \w down|strong="H5422"\w* his \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.\f + \fr 6.32 \ft Jerubbaal: that is, Let Baal plead\f*\f + \fr 6.32 \ft Jerubbesheth: that is, Let the shameful thing plead\f*   
\p
\v 33 ¶ Then all the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w* and the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w* and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w east|strong="H6924"\w* were \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, and went \w over|strong="H5674"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.  
\v 34 But the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w came|strong="H3847"\w* upon \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*, and he \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* a \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*; and \w Abi-ezer|strong="H0044"\w* was \w gathered|strong="H2199"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him.\f + \fr 6.34 \ft came…: Heb. clothed\f*\f + \fr 6.34 \ft gathered: Heb. called\f*  
\v 35 And he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* throughout all \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*; who also was \w gathered|strong="H2199"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him: and he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* unto \w Asher|strong="H0836"\w*, and unto \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w*, and unto \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*; and they came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* them.\f + \fr 6.35 \ft gathered: Heb. called\f*   
\p
\v 36 ¶ And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, If thou \w wilt|strong="H3426"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* by mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, as thou hast \w said|strong="H1696"\w*,  
\v 37 Behold, I will \w put|strong="H3322"\w* a \w fleece|strong="H1492"\w* of \w wool|strong="H6785"\w* in the \w floor|strong="H1637"\w*; \add and\add* if the \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* be on the \w fleece|strong="H1492"\w* only, and \add it be\add* \w dry|strong="H2721"\w* upon all the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \add beside\add*, then shall I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that thou wilt \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* by mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, as thou hast \w said|strong="H1696"\w*.  
\v 38 And it was so: for he rose up \w early|strong="H7925"\w* on the \w morrow|strong="H4283"\w*, and \w thrust|strong="H2115"\w* the \w fleece|strong="H1492"\w* \w together|strong="H2115"\w*, and \w wringed|strong="H4680"\w* the \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* out of the \w fleece|strong="H1492"\w*, a \w bowl|strong="H5602"\w* \w full|strong="H4393"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.  
\v 39 And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, Let not thine \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* be \w hot|strong="H2734"\w* against me, and I will \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* but this \w once|strong="H6471"\w*: let me \w prove|strong="H5254"\w*, I pray thee, but this \w once|strong="H6471"\w* with the \w fleece|strong="H1492"\w*; let it now be \w dry|strong="H2721"\w* only upon the \w fleece|strong="H1492"\w*, and upon all the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* let there be \w dew|strong="H2919"\w*.  
\v 40 And \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* so that \w night|strong="H3915"\w*: for it was \w dry|strong="H2721"\w* upon the \w fleece|strong="H1492"\w* only, and there was \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* on all the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.   
\c 7  
\p
\v 1 Then \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w*, who \add is\add* \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* with him, rose up \w early|strong="H7925"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* beside the well of \w Harod|strong="H5878"\w*: so that the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w* were on the north \w side|strong="H6828"\w* of them, by the \w hill|strong="H1389"\w* of \w Moreh|strong="H4176"\w*, in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*.  
\v 2 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*, The \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add are\add* with thee \add are\add* too \w many|strong="H7227"\w* for me to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w* into their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, lest \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w vaunt|strong="H6286"\w* themselves against me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Mine own \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* hath \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* me.  
\v 3 Now therefore go \w to|strong="H4994"\w*, \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Whosoever \add is\add* \w fearful|strong="H3373"\w* and \w afraid|strong="H2730"\w*, let him \w return|strong="H7725"\w* and depart \w early|strong="H6852"\w* from \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*. And there \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*; and there \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*.  
\v 4 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*, The \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add are\add* yet \add too\add* \w many|strong="H7227"\w*; bring them \w down|strong="H3381"\w* unto the \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and I will \w try|strong="H6884"\w* them for thee there: and it shall be, \add that\add* of whom I \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee, This shall \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with thee, the same shall \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with thee; and of whomsoever I \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee, This shall not \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with thee, the same shall not \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.  
\v 5 So he brought \w down|strong="H3381"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* unto the \w water|strong="H4325"\w*: and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*, Every one that \w lappeth|strong="H3952"\w* of the \w water|strong="H4325"\w* with his \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*, as a \w dog|strong="H3611"\w* \w lappeth|strong="H3952"\w*, him shalt thou \w set|strong="H3322"\w* by himself; likewise every one that boweth \w down|strong="H3766"\w* upon his \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* to \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*.  
\v 6 And the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of them that \w lapped|strong="H3952"\w*, \add putting\add* their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* to their \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, were \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*: but all the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* bowed \w down|strong="H3766"\w* upon their \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* to \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.  
\v 7 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*, By the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* that \w lapped|strong="H3952"\w* will I \w save|strong="H3467"\w* you, and \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w* into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: and let all the \add other\add* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* unto his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.  
\v 8 So the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w victuals|strong="H6720"\w* in their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and their \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*: and he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w all|strong="H0376"\w* \add the rest of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* unto his \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*, and \w retained|strong="H2388"\w* those \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*: and the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w* was beneath him in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w*.   
\p
\v 9 ¶ And it came to pass the same \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, get thee \w down|strong="H3381"\w* unto the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*; for I have \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* it into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 10 But if thou \w fear|strong="H3373"\w* to go \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, \w go|strong="H3381"\w* thou with \w Phurah|strong="H6513"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*:  
\v 11 And thou shalt \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* what they \w say|strong="H1696"\w*; and \w afterward|strong="H0310"\w* shall thine \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* be \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w* to go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* unto the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*. Then went he \w down|strong="H3381"\w* with \w Phurah|strong="H6513"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* unto the \w outside|strong="H7097"\w* of the armed \w men|strong="H2571"\w* that \add were\add* in the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*.\f + \fr 7.11 \ft armed men: or, ranks by five\f*  
\v 12 And the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w* and the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w* and all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w east|strong="H6924"\w* \w lay|strong="H5307"\w* along in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* like \w grasshoppers|strong="H0697"\w* for \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w*; and their \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* \add were\add* without \w number|strong="H4557"\w*, as the \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* by the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w side|strong="H8193"\w* for \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w*.  
\v 13 And when \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, behold, \add there was\add* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w told|strong="H5608"\w* a \w dream|strong="H2472"\w* unto his \w fellow|strong="H7453"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, I \w dreamed|strong="H2492"\w* a \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*, and, lo, a \w cake|strong="H6742"\w* of \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w tumbled|strong="H2015"\w* into the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto a \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* it that it \w fell|strong="H5307"\w*, and \w overturned|strong="H2015"\w* it, that the \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* lay \w along|strong="H5307"\w*.  
\v 14 And his \w fellow|strong="H7453"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, This \add is\add* nothing else save the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* of \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*, a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: \add for\add* into his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* hath \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*, and all the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*.   
\p
\v 15 ¶ And it was \add so\add*, when \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w telling|strong="H4557"\w* of the \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*, and the \w interpretation|strong="H7667"\w* thereof, that he \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w*, and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* into the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*; for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* into your \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*.\f + \fr 7.15 \ft interpretation: Heb. breaking\f*   
\p
\v 16 And he \w divided|strong="H2673"\w* the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \add into\add* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w companies|strong="H7218"\w*, and he \w put|strong="H5414"\w* a \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* in every \w man’s hand|strong="H3027"\w*, with \w empty|strong="H7386"\w* \w pitchers|strong="H3537"\w*, and \w lamps|strong="H3940"\w* \w within|strong="H8432"\w* the \w pitchers|strong="H3537"\w*.\f + \fr 7.16 \ft a trumpet…: Heb. trumpets in the hand of all of them\f*\f + \fr 7.16 \ft lamps: or, firebrands, or, torches\f*  
\v 17 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Look|strong="H7200"\w* on me, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* likewise: and, behold, when I \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w outside|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*, it shall be \add that\add*, as I \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, so shall ye \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 18 When I \w blow|strong="H8628"\w* with a \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, I and all that \add are\add* with me, then \w blow|strong="H8628"\w* ye the \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* also on every \w side|strong="H5439"\w* of all the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \add The sword\add* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and of \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*.   
\p
\v 19 ¶ So \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*, and the \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* that \add were\add* with him, \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w outside|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* in the \w beginning|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w middle|strong="H8484"\w* \w watch|strong="H0821"\w*; and they had \w but|strong="H0389"\w* \w newly|strong="H6965"\w* \w set|strong="H6965"\w* the \w watch|strong="H8104"\w*: and they \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* the \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*, and \w brake|strong="H5310"\w* the \w pitchers|strong="H3537"\w* that \add were\add* in their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 20 And the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w companies|strong="H7218"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* the \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*, and \w brake|strong="H7665"\w* the \w pitchers|strong="H3537"\w*, and \w held|strong="H2388"\w* the \w lamps|strong="H3940"\w* in their \w left|strong="H8040"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, and the \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* in their \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* to \w blow|strong="H8628"\w* \add withal:\add* and they \w cried|strong="H7121"\w*, The \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and of \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*.  
\v 21 And they \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* in his place round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*: and all the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w*, and \w cried|strong="H7321"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*.  
\v 22 And the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* the \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*, and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* every \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* against his \w fellow|strong="H7453"\w*, even throughout all the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*: and the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* to \w Beth-shittah|strong="H1029"\w* in \w Zererath|strong="H6888"\w*, \add and\add* to the \w border|strong="H8193"\w* of \w Abel-meholah|strong="H0065"\w*, unto \w Tabbath|strong="H2888"\w*.\f + \fr 7.22 \ft in: or, toward\f*\f + \fr 7.22 \ft border: Heb. lip\f*   
\p
\v 23 And the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H6817"\w* out of \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*, and out of \w Asher|strong="H0836"\w*, and out of all \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, and \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w*.   
\p
\v 24 ¶ And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* throughout all \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3920"\w* before them the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* unto \w Beth-barah|strong="H1012"\w* and \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*. Then all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H6817"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3920"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* unto \w Beth-barah|strong="H1012"\w* and \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.  
\v 25 And they \w took|strong="H3920"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w*, \w Oreb|strong="H6159"\w* and \w Zeeb|strong="H2062"\w*; and they \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* \w Oreb|strong="H6159"\w* upon the \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* \w Oreb|strong="H6159"\w*, and \w Zeeb|strong="H2062"\w* they \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* at the \w winepress|strong="H3342"\w* of \w Zeeb|strong="H2062"\w*, and \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* the \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Oreb|strong="H6159"\w* and \w Zeeb|strong="H2062"\w* to \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* on the other \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.   
\c 8  
\p
\v 1 And the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Why hast \w thou|strong="H4100"\w* \w served|strong="H6213"\w* us \w thus|strong="H1697"\w*, that thou \w calledst|strong="H7121"\w* us not, when thou \w wentest|strong="H1980"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* with the \w Midianites|strong="H4080"\w*? And they did \w chide|strong="H7378"\w* with him \w sharply|strong="H2394"\w*.\f + \fr 8.1 \ft Why…: Heb. What thing is this thou hast done unto us\f*\f + \fr 8.1 \ft sharply: Heb. strongly\f*  
\v 2 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, What have I \w done|strong="H6213"\w* now in comparison of you? \add Is\add* not the \w gleaning|strong="H5955"\w* of the grapes of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than the \w vintage|strong="H1210"\w* of \w Abi-ezer|strong="H0044"\w*?  
\v 3 \w God|strong="H0430"\w* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* into your \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*, \w Oreb|strong="H6159"\w* and \w Zeeb|strong="H2062"\w*: and what was I \w able|strong="H3201"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* in comparison of you? Then their \w anger|strong="H7307"\w* was \w abated|strong="H7503"\w* toward him, when he had \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1696"\w*.\f + \fr 8.3 \ft anger: Heb. spirit\f*   
\p
\v 4 ¶ And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, \add and\add* passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w*, he, and the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* that \add were\add* with him, \w faint|strong="H5889"\w*, yet \w pursuing|strong="H7291"\w* \add them\add*.  
\v 5 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Succoth|strong="H5523"\w*, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w*, I pray you, \w loaves|strong="H3603"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w follow|strong="H7272"\w* me; for they \add be\add* \w faint|strong="H5889"\w*, and I am \w pursuing|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Zebah|strong="H2078"\w* and \w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\w*, \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 ¶ And the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Succoth|strong="H5523"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Are\add* the \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* of \w Zebah|strong="H2078"\w* and \w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\w* now in thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, that we should \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* unto thine \w army|strong="H6635"\w*?  
\v 7 And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Therefore when the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w Zebah|strong="H2078"\w* and \w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\w* into mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, then I will \w tear|strong="H1758"\w* your \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* with the \w thorns|strong="H6975"\w* of the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* and with \w briers|strong="H1303"\w*.\f + \fr 8.7 \ft tear: Heb. thresh\f*   
\p
\v 8 ¶ And he went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* thence to \w Penuel|strong="H6439"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto them \w likewise|strong="H2063"\w*: and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Penuel|strong="H6439"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* him as the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Succoth|strong="H5523"\w* had \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \add him\add*.  
\v 9 And he \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* also unto the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Penuel|strong="H6439"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, When I come \w again|strong="H7725"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, I will break \w down|strong="H5422"\w* this \w tower|strong="H4026"\w*.   
\p
\v 10 ¶ Now \w Zebah|strong="H2078"\w* and \w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\w* \add were\add* in \w Karkor|strong="H7174"\w*, and their \w hosts|strong="H4264"\w* with them, about \w fifteen|strong="H2568"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \add men\add*, all that were \w left|strong="H3498"\w* of all the \w hosts|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w east|strong="H6924"\w*: for there \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* that \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.\f + \fr 8.10 \ft men that…: or, every one drawing a sword\f*   
\p
\v 11 ¶ And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of them that \w dwelt|strong="H7931"\w* in \w tents|strong="H0168"\w* on the \w east|strong="H6924"\w* of \w Nobah|strong="H5025"\w* and \w Jogbehah|strong="H3011"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*: for the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* was \w secure|strong="H0983"\w*.  
\v 12 And when \w Zebah|strong="H2078"\w* and \w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*, he \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them, and \w took|strong="H3920"\w* the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*, \w Zebah|strong="H2078"\w* and \w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\w*, and \w discomfited|strong="H2729"\w* all the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*.\f + \fr 8.12 \ft discomfited: Heb. terrified\f*   
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\v 13 ¶ And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w before|strong="H4608"\w* the \w sun|strong="H2775"\w* \add was up\add*,  
\v 14 And \w caught|strong="H3920"\w* a young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Succoth|strong="H5523"\w*, and \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* of him: and he \w described|strong="H3789"\w* unto him the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Succoth|strong="H5523"\w*, and the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* thereof, \add even\add* threescore and \w seventeen|strong="H7657"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.\f + \fr 8.14 \ft described: Heb. writ\f*  
\v 15 And he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Succoth|strong="H5523"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold \w Zebah|strong="H2078"\w* and \w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\w*, with whom ye did \w upbraid|strong="H2778"\w* me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Are\add* the \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* of \w Zebah|strong="H2078"\w* and \w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\w* now in thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, that we should \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* unto thy \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \add that are\add* \w weary|strong="H3287"\w*?  
\v 16 And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w thorns|strong="H6975"\w* of the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* and \w briers|strong="H1303"\w*, and with them he \w taught|strong="H3045"\w* the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Succoth|strong="H5523"\w*.\f + \fr 8.16 \ft taught: Heb. made to know\f*  
\v 17 And he beat \w down|strong="H5422"\w* the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* of \w Penuel|strong="H6439"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 18 ¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* he unto \w Zebah|strong="H2078"\w* and \w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\w*, \w What|strong="H0375"\w* manner of \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \add were they\add* whom ye \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* at \w Tabor|strong="H8396"\w*? And they \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, As \w thou|strong="H3644"\w* \add art\add*, so \add were\add* they; each \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w resembled|strong="H8389"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of a \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.\f + \fr 8.18 \ft resembled…: Heb. according to the form, etc\f*  
\v 19 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, They \add were\add* my \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, \add even\add* the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of my \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*: \add as\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, \w if|strong="H3863"\w* ye had saved them \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*, I would not \w slay|strong="H2026"\w* you.  
\v 20 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jether|strong="H3500"\w* his \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w*, \w Up|strong="H6965"\w*, \add and\add* \w slay|strong="H2026"\w* them. But the \w youth|strong="H5288"\w* \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* not his \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*: for he \w feared|strong="H3372"\w*, because he \add was\add* yet a \w youth|strong="H5288"\w*.  
\v 21 Then \w Zebah|strong="H2078"\w* and \w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Rise|strong="H6965"\w* thou, and \w fall|strong="H6293"\w* upon us: for as the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \add is, so is\add* his \w strength|strong="H1369"\w*. And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* \w Zebah|strong="H2078"\w* and \w Zalmunna|strong="H6759"\w*, and took \w away|strong="H3947"\w* the \w ornaments|strong="H7720"\w* that \add were\add* on their \w camels’|strong="H1581"\w* \w necks|strong="H6677"\w*.\f + \fr 8.21 \ft ornaments: or, ornaments like the moon\f*   
\p
\v 22 ¶ Then the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*, \w Rule|strong="H4910"\w* thou over us, both thou, and thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and thy \w son’s|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* also: for thou hast \w delivered|strong="H3467"\w* us from the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*.  
\v 23 And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, I will not \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* over you, neither shall my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* over you: the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* over you.   
\p
\v 24 ¶ And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, I would \w desire|strong="H7592"\w* a \w request|strong="H7596"\w* of you, that ye would \w give|strong="H5414"\w* me every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* the \w earrings|strong="H5141"\w* of his \w prey|strong="H7998"\w*. (For they had \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w earrings|strong="H5141"\w*, because they \add were\add* \w Ishmaelites|strong="H3459"\w*.)  
\v 25 And they \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, We will \w willingly|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \add them\add*. And they \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* a \w garment|strong="H8071"\w*, and did \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* therein every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* the \w earrings|strong="H5141"\w* of his \w prey|strong="H7998"\w*.  
\v 26 And the \w weight|strong="H4948"\w* of the \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w earrings|strong="H5141"\w* that he \w requested|strong="H7592"\w* was a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* and \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \add shekels\add* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*; beside \w ornaments|strong="H7720"\w*, and \w collars|strong="H5188"\w*, and \w purple|strong="H0713"\w* \w raiment|strong="H0899"\w* that \add was\add* on the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*, and beside the \w chains|strong="H6060"\w* that \add were\add* about their \w camels’|strong="H1581"\w* \w necks|strong="H6677"\w*.\f + \fr 8.26 \ft collars: or, sweet jewels\f*  
\v 27 And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* an \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w* thereof, and \w put|strong="H3322"\w* it in his \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \add even\add* in \w Ophrah|strong="H6084"\w*: and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went thither a \w whoring|strong="H2181"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* it: which thing became a \w snare|strong="H4170"\w* unto \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*, and to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 28 ¶ Thus was \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w* \w subdued|strong="H3665"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, so that they lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* no \w more|strong="H3254"\w*. And the \w country|strong="H0776"\w* was in \w quietness|strong="H8252"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*.   
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\v 29 ¶ And \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 30 And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* had threescore and \w ten|strong="H7657"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of his \w body|strong="H3409"\w* \w begotten|strong="H3318"\w*: for he had \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*.\f + \fr 8.30 \ft of his…: Heb. going out of his thigh\f*  
\v 31 And his \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w* that \add was\add* in \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, she also \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* him a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* he \w called|strong="H7760"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*.\f + \fr 8.31 \ft called: Heb. set\f*   
\p
\v 32 ¶ And \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* in a \w good|strong="H2896"\w* old \w age|strong="H7872"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in the \w sepulchre|strong="H6913"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, in \w Ophrah|strong="H6084"\w* of the \w Abi-ezrites|strong="H0033"\w*.  
\v 33 And it came to pass, as soon as \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, that the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* turned \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and went a \w whoring|strong="H2181"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Baalim|strong="H1168"\w*, and \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w Baal-berith|strong="H1170"\w* their \w god|strong="H0430"\w*.  
\v 34 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w* not the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, who had \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* them out of the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of all their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* on every \w side|strong="H5439"\w*:  
\v 35 Neither \w shewed|strong="H6213"\w* they \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w*, \add namely\add*, \w Gideon|strong="H1439"\w*, according to all the \w goodness|strong="H2896"\w* which he had \w shewed|strong="H6213"\w* unto \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\c 9  
\p
\v 1 And \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* unto his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, and \w communed|strong="H1696"\w* with them, and with all the \w family|strong="H4940"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\v 2 \w Speak|strong="H1696"\w*, I pray you, in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of all the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, Whether \add is\add* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* for you, either that all the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w*, \add which are\add* threescore and \w ten|strong="H7657"\w* \w persons|strong="H0376"\w*, \w reign|strong="H4910"\w* over you, or that \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w reign|strong="H4910"\w* over you? \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* also that I \add am\add* your \w bone|strong="H6106"\w* and your \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*.\f + \fr 9.2 \ft Whether…: Heb. What is good? whether, etc\f*  
\v 3 And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* of him in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of all the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* all these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*: and their \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* \w inclined|strong="H5186"\w* to \w follow|strong="H0310"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*; for they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, He \add is\add* our \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.\f + \fr 9.3 \ft to follow: Heb. after\f*  
\v 4 And they \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him threescore and \w ten|strong="H7657"\w* \add pieces\add* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* out of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baal-berith|strong="H1170"\w*, wherewith \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* \w hired|strong="H7936"\w* \w vain|strong="H7386"\w* and \w light|strong="H6348"\w* \w persons|strong="H0582"\w*, which \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w*.  
\v 5 And he \w went|strong="H0935"\w* unto his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* at \w Ophrah|strong="H6084"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w*, \add being\add* threescore and \w ten|strong="H7657"\w* \w persons|strong="H0376"\w*, upon \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*: notwithstanding yet \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* the \w youngest|strong="H6996"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w* was \w left|strong="H3498"\w*; for he \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* himself.  
\v 6 And all the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* gathered \w together|strong="H0622"\w*, and all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Millo|strong="H4407"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w made|strong="H4427"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, by the \w plain|strong="H0436"\w* of the \w pillar|strong="H5324"\w* that \add was\add* in \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*.\f + \fr 9.6 \ft plain: or, oak\f*   
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\v 7 ¶ And when they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \add it\add* to \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w*, he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Gerizim|strong="H1630"\w*, and lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* his \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and \w cried|strong="H7121"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto me, ye \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, that \w God|strong="H0430"\w* may \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto you.  
\v 8 The \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* went \w forth|strong="H1980"\w* \add on a time\add* to \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over them; and they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the olive \w tree|strong="H2132"\w*, \w Reign|strong="H4427"\w* thou over us.  
\v 9 But the olive \w tree|strong="H2132"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Should I \w leave|strong="H2308"\w* my \w fatness|strong="H1880"\w*, wherewith by me they \w honour|strong="H3513"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* and \w man|strong="H0582"\w*, and \w go|strong="H1980"\w* to be \w promoted|strong="H5128"\w* over the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*?\f + \fr 9.9 \ft go…: or, go up and down for other trees\f*  
\v 10 And the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the fig \w tree|strong="H8384"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w* thou, \add and\add* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over us.  
\v 11 But the fig \w tree|strong="H8384"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Should I \w forsake|strong="H2308"\w* my \w sweetness|strong="H4987"\w*, and my \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w fruit|strong="H8570"\w*, and \w go|strong="H1980"\w* to be \w promoted|strong="H5128"\w* over the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*?  
\v 12 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* unto the \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w* thou, \add and\add* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over us.  
\v 13 And the \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Should I \w leave|strong="H2308"\w* my \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, which \w cheereth|strong="H8055"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* and \w man|strong="H0582"\w*, and \w go|strong="H1980"\w* to be \w promoted|strong="H5128"\w* over the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*?  
\v 14 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* all the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* unto the \w bramble|strong="H0329"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w* thou, \add and\add* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over us.\f + \fr 9.14 \ft bramble: or, thistle\f*  
\v 15 And the \w bramble|strong="H0329"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, If in \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* ye \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* me \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over you, \add then\add* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \add and\add* put your \w trust|strong="H2620"\w* in my \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w*: and if not, let \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w bramble|strong="H0329"\w*, and \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* the \w cedars|strong="H0730"\w* of \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*.  
\v 16 Now therefore, if ye have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w truly|strong="H0571"\w* and \w sincerely|strong="H8549"\w*, in that ye have made \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, and if ye have \w dealt|strong="H6213"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w* with \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w* and his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* unto him according to the \w deserving|strong="H1576"\w* of his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*;  
\v 17 (For my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* for you, and \w adventured|strong="H7993"\w* his \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w far|strong="H5048"\w*, and \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* you out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*:\f + \fr 9.17 \ft adventured…: Heb. cast his life\f*  
\v 18 And ye are risen \w up|strong="H6965"\w* against my \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and have \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, threescore and \w ten|strong="H7657"\w* \w persons|strong="H0376"\w*, upon \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*, and have made \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of his \w maidservant|strong="H0519"\w*, \w king|strong="H4427"\w* over the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, because he \add is\add* your \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*;)  
\v 19 If ye then have \w dealt|strong="H6213"\w* \w truly|strong="H0571"\w* and \w sincerely|strong="H8549"\w* with \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w* and with his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \add then\add* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* ye in \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*, and let him also \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* in you:  
\v 20 But if not, let \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*, and \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Millo|strong="H4407"\w*; and let \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, and from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Millo|strong="H4407"\w*, and \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*.  
\v 21 And \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* ran \w away|strong="H1272"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Beer|strong="H0876"\w*, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* there, for \w fear|strong="H6440"\w* of \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.   
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\v 22 ¶ When \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* had \w reigned|strong="H7786"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,  
\v 23 Then \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* an \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* between \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* and the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*; and the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* dealt \w treacherously|strong="H0898"\w* with \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*:  
\v 24 That the \w cruelty|strong="H2555"\w* \add done\add* to the threescore and \w ten|strong="H7657"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w* might \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, and their \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* be \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* upon \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* their \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, which \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* them; and upon the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, which \w aided|strong="H2388"\w* him in the \w killing|strong="H2026"\w* of his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*.\f + \fr 9.24 \ft aided…: Heb. strengthened his hands to kill\f*  
\v 25 And the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* liers in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* for him in the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and they \w robbed|strong="H1497"\w* all that \w came|strong="H5674"\w* along that \w way|strong="H1870"\w* by them: and it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*.  
\v 26 And \w Gaal|strong="H1603"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ebed|strong="H5651"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* with his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, and went \w over|strong="H5674"\w* to \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*: and the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* put their \w confidence|strong="H0982"\w* in him.  
\v 27 And they went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* into the \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, and \w gathered|strong="H1219"\w* their \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, and \w trode|strong="H1869"\w* \add the grapes\add*, and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w merry|strong="H1974"\w*, and \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of their \w god|strong="H0430"\w*, and did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, and \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*.\f + \fr 9.27 \ft merry: or, songs\f*  
\v 28 And \w Gaal|strong="H1603"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ebed|strong="H5651"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who \add is\add* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*, and who \add is\add* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, that we should \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* him? \add is\add* not \add he\add* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w*? and \w Zebul|strong="H2083"\w* his \w officer|strong="H6496"\w*? \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Hamor|strong="H2544"\w* the \w father|strong="H0001"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*: for why should we \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* him?  
\v 29 And would to God this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* were \w under|strong="H5414"\w* my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*! then would I \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*, \w Increase|strong="H7235"\w* thine \w army|strong="H6635"\w*, and come \w out|strong="H3318"\w*.   
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\v 30 ¶ And when \w Zebul|strong="H2083"\w* the \w ruler|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Gaal|strong="H1603"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ebed|strong="H5651"\w*, his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* was \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w*.\f + \fr 9.30 \ft kindled: or, hot\f*  
\v 31 And he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* unto \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* \w privily|strong="H8649"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, \w Gaal|strong="H1603"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ebed|strong="H5651"\w* and his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* be \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*; and, behold, they \w fortify|strong="H6696"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* against thee.\f + \fr 9.31 \ft privily: Heb. craftily or, to Tormah\f*  
\v 32 Now therefore \w up|strong="H6965"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, thou and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add is\add* with thee, and lie in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*:  
\v 33 And it shall be, \add that\add* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, as soon as the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* is \w up|strong="H2224"\w*, thou shalt rise \w early|strong="H7925"\w*, and \w set|strong="H6584"\w* upon the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: and, behold, \add when\add* he and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add is\add* with him come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* against thee, then mayest thou \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to them as \w thou|strong="H3027"\w* shalt find \w occasion|strong="H4672"\w*.\f + \fr 9.33 \ft as thou shalt…: Heb. as thine hand shall find\f*   
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\v 34 ¶ And \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* with him, by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, and they laid \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* against \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* in \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w companies|strong="H7218"\w*.  
\v 35 And \w Gaal|strong="H1603"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ebed|strong="H5651"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w entering|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: and \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* with him, from lying in \w wait|strong="H3993"\w*.  
\v 36 And when \w Gaal|strong="H1603"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Zebul|strong="H2083"\w*, Behold, there \w come|strong="H3381"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*. And \w Zebul|strong="H2083"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thou \w seest|strong="H7200"\w* the \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* of the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* as \add if they were\add* \w men|strong="H0582"\w*.  
\v 37 And \w Gaal|strong="H1603"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, See there \w come|strong="H3381"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* by the \w middle|strong="H2872"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w company|strong="H7218"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* along by the \w plain|strong="H0436"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w Meonenim|strong="H6049"\w*.\f + \fr 9.37 \ft middle: Heb. navel\f*\f + \fr 9.37 \ft Meonenim: or, the regarders of times\f*  
\v 38 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Zebul|strong="H2083"\w* unto him, Where \add is\add* \w now|strong="H0645"\w* thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, wherewith thou \w saidst|strong="H0559"\w*, Who \add is\add* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*, that we should \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* him? \add is\add* not this the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that thou hast \w despised|strong="H3988"\w*? go \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, I pray \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, and \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* with them.  
\v 39 And \w Gaal|strong="H1603"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* with \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*.  
\v 40 And \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* him, and he \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him, and \w many|strong="H7227"\w* were \w overthrown|strong="H5307"\w* \add and\add* \w wounded|strong="H2491"\w*, \add even\add* unto the \w entering|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*.  
\v 41 And \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Arumah|strong="H0725"\w*: and \w Zebul|strong="H2083"\w* thrust \w out|strong="H1644"\w* \w Gaal|strong="H1603"\w* and his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, that they should not \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*.  
\v 42 And it came to pass on the \w morrow|strong="H4283"\w*, that the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* into the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*; and they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*.  
\v 43 And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w divided|strong="H2673"\w* them into \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w companies|strong="H7218"\w*, and laid \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, and, behold, the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add were\add* come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; and he rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* against them, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them.  
\v 44 And \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*, and the \w company|strong="H7218"\w* that \add was\add* with him, rushed \w forward|strong="H6584"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w entering|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: and the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \add other\add* \w companies|strong="H7218"\w* ran \w upon|strong="H6584"\w* all \add the people\add* that \add were\add* in the \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* them.  
\v 45 And \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* all that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*; and he \w took|strong="H3920"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add was\add* therein, and beat \w down|strong="H5422"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w sowed|strong="H2232"\w* it with \w salt|strong="H4417"\w*.   
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\v 46 ¶ And when all the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add that\add*, they \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* into an \w hold|strong="H6877"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w god|strong="H0410"\w* \w Berith|strong="H1286"\w*.  
\v 47 And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*, that all the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* were gathered \w together|strong="H6908"\w*.  
\v 48 And \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* gat him \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zalmon|strong="H6756"\w*, he and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* with him; and \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* an \w axe|strong="H7134"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and cut \w down|strong="H3772"\w* a \w bough|strong="H7754"\w* from the \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, and \w took|strong="H5375"\w* it, and \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \add it\add* on his \w shoulder|strong="H7926"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* with him, What ye have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* me \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, make \w haste|strong="H4116"\w*, \add and\add* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* as \w I|strong="H3644"\w* \add have done\add*.\f + \fr 9.48 \ft me do: Heb. I have done\f*  
\v 49 And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* likewise cut \w down|strong="H3772"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w bough|strong="H7754"\w*, and \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \add them\add* to the \w hold|strong="H6877"\w*, and \w set|strong="H3341"\w* the \w hold|strong="H6877"\w* on \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* upon them; so that all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* also, about a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* and \w women|strong="H0802"\w*.   
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\v 50 ¶ Then \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* to \w Thebez|strong="H8405"\w*, and \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* against \w Thebez|strong="H8405"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3920"\w* it.  
\v 51 But there was a \w strong|strong="H5797"\w* \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* \w within|strong="H8432"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and thither \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* and \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, and all \w they|strong="H1167"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \add it\add* to them, and gat them \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w top|strong="H1406"\w* of the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w*.  
\v 52 And \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w*, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against it, and went \w hard|strong="H5066"\w* unto the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* to \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* it with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.  
\v 53 And a \w certain|strong="H0259"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* a \w piece|strong="H6400"\w* of a \w millstone|strong="H7393"\w* upon \w Abimelech’s|strong="H0040"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and all to \w brake|strong="H7533"\w* his \w skull|strong="H1538"\w*.  
\v 54 Then he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w hastily|strong="H4120"\w* unto the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* his \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Draw|strong="H8025"\w* thy \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* me, that men \w say|strong="H0559"\w* not of me, A \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* him. And his young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* thrust him \w through|strong="H1856"\w*, and he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 55 And when the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, they \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* unto his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.   
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\v 56 ¶ Thus \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w rendered|strong="H7725"\w* the \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* of \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w*, which he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* unto his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, in \w slaying|strong="H2026"\w* his \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*:  
\v 57 And all the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* did \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w render|strong="H7725"\w* upon their \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*: and upon them \w came|strong="H0935"\w* the \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* of \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jerubbaal|strong="H3378"\w*.   
\c 10  
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\v 1 And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* there \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* to \w defend|strong="H3467"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w Tola|strong="H8439"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Puah|strong="H6312"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Dodo|strong="H1734"\w*, a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w*; and he \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Shamir|strong="H8069"\w* in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*.\f + \fr 10.1 \ft defend: or, deliver: Heb. save\f*  
\v 2 And he \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, and \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in \w Shamir|strong="H8069"\w*.   
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\v 3 ¶ And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* \w Jair|strong="H2971"\w*, a \w Gileadite|strong="H1569"\w*, and \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 4 And he had \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* that \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* on \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* ass \w colts|strong="H5895"\w*, and they had \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, which are \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Havoth-jair|strong="H2334"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, which \add are\add* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*.\f + \fr 10.4 \ft Havoth-jair: or, the villages of Jair\f*  
\v 5 And \w Jair|strong="H2971"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in \w Camon|strong="H7056"\w*.   
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\v 6 ¶ And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baalim|strong="H1168"\w*, and \w Ashtaroth|strong="H6252"\w*, and the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, and the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Zidon|strong="H6721"\w*, and the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w forsook|strong="H5800"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* not him.  
\v 7 And the \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was \w hot|strong="H2734"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and he \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* them into the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and into the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*.  
\v 8 And that \w year|strong="H8141"\w* they \w vexed|strong="H7492"\w* and \w oppressed|strong="H7533"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: \w eighteen|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* that \add were\add* on the other \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, which \add is\add* in \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*.\f + \fr 10.8 \ft oppressed: Heb. crushed\f*  
\v 9 Moreover the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* also against \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and against \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, and against the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*; so that \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* was \w sore|strong="H3966"\w* \w distressed|strong="H3334"\w*.   
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\v 10 ¶ And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, We have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against thee, both because we have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and also \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baalim|strong="H1168"\w*.  
\v 11 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add Did\add* not \add I deliver you\add* from the \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w*, and from the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, from the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and from the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*?  
\v 12 The \w Zidonians|strong="H6722"\w* also, and the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w*, and the \w Maonites|strong="H4584"\w*, did \w oppress|strong="H3905"\w* you; and ye \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* to me, and I \w delivered|strong="H3467"\w* you out of their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 13 Yet ye have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* me, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*: wherefore I will \w deliver|strong="H3467"\w* you no \w more|strong="H3254"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* unto the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* which ye have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*; let \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w deliver|strong="H3467"\w* you in the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of your \w tribulation|strong="H6869"\w*.   
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\v 15 ¶ And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, We have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*: \w do|strong="H6213"\w* thou unto us whatsoever \w seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto thee; \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* us only, we pray thee, this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.\f + \fr 10.15 \ft seemeth…: Heb. is good in thine eyes\f*  
\v 16 And they put \w away|strong="H5493"\w* the \w strange|strong="H5236"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* from \w among|strong="H7130"\w* them, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: and his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* was \w grieved|strong="H7114"\w* for the \w misery|strong="H5999"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 10.16 \ft strange…: Heb. gods of strangers\f*\f + \fr 10.16 \ft grieved: Heb. shortened\f*  
\v 17 Then the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* were gathered \w together|strong="H6817"\w*, and \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* in \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*. And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* assembled themselves \w together|strong="H0622"\w*, and \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* in \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w*.\f + \fr 10.17 \ft gathered: Heb. cried\f*  
\v 18 And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add and\add* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, What \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \add is he\add* that will \w begin|strong="H2490"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*? he shall be \w head|strong="H7218"\w* over all the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*.   
\c 11  
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\v 1 Now \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* the \w Gileadite|strong="H1569"\w* was a mighty \w man|strong="H1368"\w* of \w valour|strong="H2428"\w*, and he \add was\add* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of an \w harlot|strong="H0802"\w*: and \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w begat|strong="H3205"\w* \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*.\f + \fr 11.1 \ft Jephthah: Gr. Jephthae\f*\f + \fr 11.1 \ft an harlot: Heb. a woman an harlot\f*  
\v 2 And \w Gilead’s|strong="H1568"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* him \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*; and his \w wife’s|strong="H0802"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* grew \w up|strong="H1431"\w*, and they thrust \w out|strong="H1644"\w* \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thou shalt not \w inherit|strong="H5157"\w* in our \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; for thou \add art\add* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of a \w strange|strong="H0312"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*.  
\v 3 Then \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Tob|strong="H2897"\w*: and there were \w gathered|strong="H3950"\w* \w vain|strong="H7386"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* to \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*, and went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* with him.\f + \fr 11.3 \ft from: Heb. from the face of\f*   
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\v 4 ¶ And it came to pass in process of \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, that the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* made \w war|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 11.4 \ft in process…: Heb. after days\f*  
\v 5 And it was so, that when the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* made \w war|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w fetch|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Tob|strong="H2897"\w*:  
\v 6 And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, and be our \w captain|strong="H7101"\w*, that we may \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* with the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*.  
\v 7 And \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, Did not ye \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* me, and \w expel|strong="H1644"\w* me out of my \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*? and why are ye \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto me now when ye are in \w distress|strong="H6887"\w*?  
\v 8 And the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*, Therefore we turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to thee now, that thou mayest \w go|strong="H1980"\w* with us, and \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and be our \w head|strong="H7218"\w* over all the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*.  
\v 9 And \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, If ye bring me home \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* them \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me, shall I be your \w head|strong="H7218"\w*?  
\v 10 And the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* be \w witness|strong="H8085"\w* between us, if we \w do|strong="H6213"\w* not so according to thy \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.\f + \fr 11.10 \ft witness…: Heb. the hearer between us\f*  
\v 11 Then \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* with the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* him \w head|strong="H7218"\w* and \w captain|strong="H7101"\w* over them: and \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w uttered|strong="H1696"\w* all his \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* in \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w*.   
\p
\v 12 ¶ And \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art \w come|strong="H0935"\w* against me to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* in my \w land|strong="H0776"\w*?  
\v 13 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* of \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*, Because \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* took \w away|strong="H3947"\w* my \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, when they came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, from \w Arnon|strong="H0769"\w* even unto \w Jabbok|strong="H2999"\w*, and unto \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*: now therefore restore those \add lands\add* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w peaceably|strong="H7965"\w*.  
\v 14 And \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*:  
\v 15 And \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* took not \w away|strong="H3947"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, nor the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*:  
\v 16 But when \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* through the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* unto the \w Red|strong="H5488"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Kadesh|strong="H6946"\w*;  
\v 17 Then \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Let me, I pray thee, pass \w through|strong="H5674"\w* thy \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: but the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* would not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* \add thereto\add*. And in like manner they \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*: but he \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \add consent:\add* and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Kadesh|strong="H6946"\w*.  
\v 18 Then they went \w along|strong="H3212"\w* through the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, and \w compassed|strong="H5437"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, and the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* by the east \w side|strong="H4217"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* on the other \w side|strong="H5676"\w* of \w Arnon|strong="H0769"\w*, but \w came|strong="H0935"\w* not within the \w border|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*: for \w Arnon|strong="H0769"\w* \add was\add* the \w border|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*.  
\v 19 And \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* unto \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w*; and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Let us \w pass|strong="H5674"\w*, we pray thee, through thy \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w into|strong="H5704"\w* my \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.  
\v 20 But \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w trusted|strong="H0539"\w* not \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* through his \w coast|strong="H1366"\w*: but \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* all his \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w together|strong="H0622"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in \w Jahaz|strong="H3096"\w*, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 21 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* and all his \w people|strong="H5971"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and they \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them: so \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w possessed|strong="H3423"\w* all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of that \w country|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 22 And they \w possessed|strong="H3423"\w* all the \w coasts|strong="H1366"\w* of the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, from \w Arnon|strong="H0769"\w* even unto \w Jabbok|strong="H2999"\w*, and from the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* even unto \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.  
\v 23 So now the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* hath \w dispossessed|strong="H3423"\w* the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* his \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and shouldest thou \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* it?  
\v 24 Wilt not thou \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* that which \w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\w* thy \w god|strong="H0430"\w* giveth thee to \w possess|strong="H3423"\w*? So whomsoever the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* shall drive \w out|strong="H3423"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* us, them will we \w possess|strong="H3423"\w*.  
\v 25 And now \add art\add* thou any thing \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than \w Balak|strong="H1111"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zippor|strong="H6834"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*? did he \w ever|strong="H7378"\w* \w strive|strong="H7378"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, or did he \w ever|strong="H3898"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against them,  
\v 26 While \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w* and her \w towns|strong="H1323"\w*, and in \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w* and her \w towns|strong="H1323"\w*, and in all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* that \add be\add* along by the \w coasts|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Arnon|strong="H0769"\w*, \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*? why therefore did ye not \w recover|strong="H5337"\w* \add them\add* within that \w time|strong="H6256"\w*?  
\v 27 Wherefore I have not \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against thee, but thou \w doest|strong="H6213"\w* me \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w* to \w war|strong="H3898"\w* against me: the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* the \w Judge|strong="H8199"\w* be \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* between the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*.  
\v 28 Howbeit the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* not unto the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* which he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* him.   
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\v 29 ¶ Then the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* came upon \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*, and he passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, and \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, and passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Mizpeh|strong="H4708"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, and from \w Mizpeh|strong="H4708"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* he passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \add unto\add* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*.  
\v 30 And \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w vowed|strong="H5087"\w* a \w vow|strong="H5088"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, If thou shalt without \w fail|strong="H5414"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* into mine \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*,  
\v 31 Then it shall be, that \w whatsoever|strong="H3318"\w* cometh \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of my \w house|strong="H1004"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* me, when I \w return|strong="H7725"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* from the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, shall surely be the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and I will offer it \w up|strong="H5927"\w* for a burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*.\f + \fr 11.31 \ft whatsoever…: Heb. that which cometh forth, which shall come forth\f*\f + \fr 11.31 \ft and…: or, or I will offer it, etc\f*   
\p
\v 32 ¶ So \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* unto the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against them; and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them into his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 33 And he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them from \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w*, even till thou \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Minnith|strong="H4511"\w*, \add even\add* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, and unto the \w plain|strong="H0058"\w* of the \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, with a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4347"\w*. Thus the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* were \w subdued|strong="H3665"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 11.33 \ft the plain: or, Abel\f*   
\p
\v 34 ¶ And \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w* unto his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and, behold, his \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* him with \w timbrels|strong="H8596"\w* and with \w dances|strong="H4246"\w*: and she \add was his\add* only \w child|strong="H3173"\w*; beside her he had neither \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w nor|strong="H0176"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*.\f + \fr 11.34 \ft beside…: or, he had not of his own either son or daughter: Heb. of himself\f*  
\v 35 And it came to pass, when he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* her, that he \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Alas|strong="H0162"\w*, my \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*! thou hast \w brought|strong="H3766"\w* me \w very|strong="H3766"\w* \w low|strong="H3766"\w*, and thou art one of them that \w trouble|strong="H5916"\w* me: for I have \w opened|strong="H6475"\w* my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and I \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* go \w back|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 36 And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, My \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \add if\add* thou hast \w opened|strong="H6475"\w* thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to me according to that \w which|strong="H0834"\w* hath \w proceeded|strong="H3318"\w* out of thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*; \w forasmuch|strong="H0310"\w* as the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w taken|strong="H6213"\w* \w vengeance|strong="H5360"\w* for thee of thine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, \add even\add* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*.  
\v 37 And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, Let this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* be \w done|strong="H6213"\w* for me: let me \w alone|strong="H7503"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*, that I may go \w up|strong="H3212"\w* and \w down|strong="H3381"\w* upon the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and \w bewail|strong="H1058"\w* my \w virginity|strong="H1331"\w*, I and my \w fellows|strong="H7464"\w*.\f + \fr 11.37 \ft go up…: Heb. go and go down\f*  
\v 38 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*. And he sent her \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \add for\add* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*: and she \w went|strong="H3212"\w* with her \w companions|strong="H7464"\w*, and \w bewailed|strong="H1058"\w* her \w virginity|strong="H1331"\w* upon the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*.  
\v 39 And it came to pass at the \w end|strong="H7093"\w* of \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*, that she \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* unto her \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, who \w did|strong="H6213"\w* with her \add according\add* to his \w vow|strong="H5088"\w* which he had \w vowed|strong="H5087"\w*: and she \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* no \w man|strong="H0376"\w*. And it was a \w custom|strong="H2706"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,\f + \fr 11.39 \ft custom: or, ordinance\f*  
\v 40 \add That\add* the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w yearly|strong="H3117"\w* to \w lament|strong="H8567"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* the \w Gileadite|strong="H1569"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* in a \w year|strong="H8141"\w*.\f + \fr 11.40 \ft yearly: Heb. from year to year\f*\f + \fr 11.40 \ft to lament: or, to talk with\f*   
\c 12  
\p
\v 1 And the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H6817"\w*, and \w went|strong="H5674"\w* \w northward|strong="H6828"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w*, Wherefore passedst thou \w over|strong="H5674"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and didst not \w call|strong="H7121"\w* us to \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with thee? we will \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w* upon thee with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.\f + \fr 12.1 \ft gathered…: Heb. were called\f*  
\v 2 And \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, I and my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* at \w great|strong="H3966"\w* \w strife|strong="H0376"\w* with the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*; and when I \w called|strong="H2199"\w* you, ye \w delivered|strong="H3467"\w* me not out of their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 3 And when I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that ye \w delivered|strong="H3467"\w* \add me\add* not, I \w put|strong="H7760"\w* my \w life|strong="H5315"\w* in my \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*, and passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them into my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: wherefore then are ye come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* unto me this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against me?  
\v 4 Then \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* gathered \w together|strong="H6908"\w* all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* with \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*: and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, because they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Ye \w Gileadites|strong="H1568"\w* \add are\add* \w fugitives|strong="H6412"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w Ephraimites|strong="H0669"\w*, \add and\add* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w Manassites|strong="H4519"\w*.  
\v 5 And the \w Gileadites|strong="H1568"\w* \w took|strong="H3920"\w* the \w passages|strong="H4569"\w* of \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* before the \w Ephraimites|strong="H0669"\w*: and it was \add so\add*, that when those \w Ephraimites|strong="H0669"\w* which were \w escaped|strong="H6412"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let me go \w over|strong="H5674"\w*; that the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \add Art\add* thou an \w Ephraimite|strong="H0673"\w*? If he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Nay;  
\v 6 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* they unto him, \w Say|strong="H0559"\w* now \w Shibboleth|strong="H7641"\w*: and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Sibboleth|strong="H5451"\w*: for he could not \w frame|strong="H3559"\w* to \w pronounce|strong="H1696"\w* \add it\add* \w right|strong="H3559"\w*. Then they \w took|strong="H0270"\w* him, and \w slew|strong="H7819"\w* him at the \w passages|strong="H4569"\w* of \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*: and there \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* at that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of the \w Ephraimites|strong="H0669"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*.  
\v 7 And \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. Then \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w Jephthah|strong="H3316"\w* the \w Gileadite|strong="H1569"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in \add one of\add* the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*.   
\p
\v 8 ¶ And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him \w Ibzan|strong="H0078"\w* of \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w* \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 9 And he had \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, \add whom\add* he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w abroad|strong="H2351"\w*, and \w took|strong="H0935"\w* in \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* from \w abroad|strong="H2351"\w* for his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*. And he \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 10 Then \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w Ibzan|strong="H0078"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* at \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w*.   
\p
\v 11 ¶ And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him \w Elon|strong="H0356"\w*, a \w Zebulonite|strong="H2075"\w*, \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and he \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 12 And \w Elon|strong="H0356"\w* the \w Zebulonite|strong="H2075"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in \w Aijalon|strong="H0357"\w* in the \w country|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w*.   
\p
\v 13 ¶ And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him \w Abdon|strong="H5658"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hillel|strong="H1985"\w*, a \w Pirathonite|strong="H6553"\w*, \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 14 And he had \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w nephews|strong="H1121"\w*, that \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* on threescore and \w ten|strong="H7657"\w* ass \w colts|strong="H5895"\w*: and he \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.\f + \fr 12.14 \ft nephews: Heb. sons’ sons\f*  
\v 15 And \w Abdon|strong="H5658"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hillel|strong="H1985"\w* the \w Pirathonite|strong="H6553"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in \w Pirathon|strong="H6552"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, in the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* of the \w Amalekites|strong="H6003"\w*.   
\c 13  
\p
\v 1 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.\f + \fr 13.1 \ft did evil…: Heb. added to commit, etc\f*   
\p
\v 2 ¶ And there was a \w certain|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Zorah|strong="H6881"\w*, of the \w family|strong="H4940"\w* of the \w Danites|strong="H1839"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w*; and his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \add was\add* \w barren|strong="H6135"\w*, and \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* not.  
\v 3 And the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* unto the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, Behold now, thou \add art\add* \w barren|strong="H6135"\w*, and \w bearest|strong="H3205"\w* not: but thou shalt \w conceive|strong="H2029"\w*, and \w bear|strong="H3205"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 4 Now therefore \w beware|strong="H8104"\w*, I pray thee, and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* not \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* nor strong \w drink|strong="H7941"\w*, and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* not any \w unclean|strong="H2931"\w* \add thing:\add*  
\v 5 For, lo, thou shalt \w conceive|strong="H2030"\w*, and \w bear|strong="H3205"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*; and no \w razor|strong="H4177"\w* shall \w come|strong="H5927"\w* on his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*: for the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* shall be a \w Nazarite|strong="H5139"\w* unto \w God|strong="H0430"\w* from the \w womb|strong="H0990"\w*: and he shall \w begin|strong="H2490"\w* to \w deliver|strong="H3467"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 ¶ Then the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w told|strong="H0559"\w* her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, A \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto me, and his \w countenance|strong="H4758"\w* \add was\add* like the \w countenance|strong="H4758"\w* of an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w terrible|strong="H3372"\w*: but I \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* him not whence he \add was\add*, neither \w told|strong="H5046"\w* he me his \w name|strong="H8034"\w*:  
\v 7 But he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, Behold, thou shalt \w conceive|strong="H2030"\w*, and \w bear|strong="H3205"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*; and now \w drink|strong="H7941"\w* no \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* nor strong \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, neither \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* any \w unclean|strong="H2932"\w* \add thing:\add* for the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* shall be a \w Nazarite|strong="H5139"\w* to \w God|strong="H0430"\w* from the \w womb|strong="H0990"\w* to the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.   
\p
\v 8 ¶ Then \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* \w intreated|strong="H6279"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w O|strong="H0994"\w* my \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, \w let|strong="H4994"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* which thou didst \w send|strong="H7971"\w* come \w again|strong="H0935"\w* unto us, and \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* us what we shall \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* that shall be \w born|strong="H3205"\w*.  
\v 9 And \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* to the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w*; and the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* came \w again|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* as she \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*: but \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* \add was\add* not with her.  
\v 10 And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* made \w haste|strong="H4116"\w*, and \w ran|strong="H7323"\w*, and \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Behold, the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* hath \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* unto me, that \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto me the \add other\add* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 11 And \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \add Art\add* thou the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w spakest|strong="H1696"\w* unto the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \add am\add*.  
\v 12 And \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Now let thy \w words|strong="H1697"\w* come to \w pass|strong="H0935"\w*. How shall we \w order|strong="H4941"\w* the \w child|strong="H5288"\w*, and \add how\add* shall we \w do|strong="H4639"\w* unto him?\f + \fr 13.12 \ft How shall we order…: Heb. What shall be the manner of the, etc\f*\f + \fr 13.12 \ft how shall we do…: or, what shall he do?: Heb. what shall be his work?\f*  
\v 13 And the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w*, Of all that I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* let her \w beware|strong="H8104"\w*.  
\v 14 She may not \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* of any \add thing\add* that \w cometh|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*, neither let her \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* or strong \w drink|strong="H7941"\w*, nor \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* any \w unclean|strong="H2932"\w* \add thing:\add* all that I \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* her let her \w observe|strong="H8104"\w*.   
\p
\v 15 ¶ And \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, I pray thee, let us \w detain|strong="H6113"\w* thee, until we shall have made \w ready|strong="H6213"\w* a \w kid|strong="H1423"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* thee.\f + \fr 13.15 \ft for thee: Heb. before thee\f*  
\v 16 And the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w*, Though thou \w detain|strong="H6113"\w* me, I will not \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* of thy \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*: and \w if|strong="H0518"\w* thou wilt \w offer|strong="H6213"\w* a burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*, thou must \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* it unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*. For \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not that he \add was\add* an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 17 And \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, What \add is\add* thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, that when thy \w sayings|strong="H1697"\w* come to \w pass|strong="H0935"\w* we may do thee \w honour|strong="H3513"\w*?  
\v 18 And the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Why \w askest|strong="H7592"\w* thou thus after my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, seeing it \add is\add* \w secret|strong="H6383"\w*?\f + \fr 13.18 \ft secret: or, wonderful\f*  
\v 19 So \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* a \w kid|strong="H1423"\w* with a meat \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, and \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \add it\add* upon a \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: and \add the angel\add* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w wondrously|strong="H6381"\w*; and \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* and his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* looked \w on|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 20 For it came to pass, when the \w flame|strong="H3851"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* toward \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* from off the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, that the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w ascended|strong="H5927"\w* in the \w flame|strong="H3851"\w* of the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. And \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* and his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* looked \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \add it\add*, and fell \w on|strong="H5307"\w* their \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 21 But the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* did no \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w appear|strong="H7200"\w* to \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* and to his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*. Then \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* that he \add was\add* an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 22 And \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, We shall \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, because we have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.  
\v 23 But his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w If|strong="H3863"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* were \w pleased|strong="H2654"\w* to \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* us, he would not have \w received|strong="H3947"\w* a burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* and a meat \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* at our \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, neither would he have \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* us all these \add things\add*, nor would as at this \w time|strong="H6256"\w* have \w told|strong="H8085"\w* us \add such things\add* as \w these|strong="H2063"\w*.   
\p
\v 24 ¶ And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w*: and the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w grew|strong="H1431"\w*, and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* him.  
\v 25 And the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* to move him at \w times|strong="H6470"\w* in the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* of \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* between \w Zorah|strong="H6881"\w* and \w Eshtaol|strong="H0847"\w*.\f + \fr 13.25 \ft the camp…: Heb. Mahaneh-dan\f*   
\c 14  
\p
\v 1 And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w Timnath|strong="H8553"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* in \w Timnath|strong="H8553"\w* of the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.  
\v 2 And he came \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* in \w Timnath|strong="H8553"\w* of the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: now therefore \w get|strong="H3947"\w* her for me to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.  
\v 3 Then his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \add Is there\add* \w never|strong="H0369"\w* a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* among the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of thy \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, or among all my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that thou \w goest|strong="H1980"\w* to \w take|strong="H3947"\w* a \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of the \w uncircumcised|strong="H6189"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*? And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w Get|strong="H3947"\w* her for me; for she pleaseth me \w well|strong="H3474"\w*.\f + \fr 14.3 \ft pleaseth…: Heb. is right in mine eyes\f*  
\v 4 But his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not that it \add was\add* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that he \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* an \w occasion|strong="H8385"\w* against the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: for at that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* had \w dominion|strong="H4910"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\p
\v 5 ¶ Then \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, and his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, to \w Timnath|strong="H8553"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* of \w Timnath|strong="H8553"\w*: and, behold, a \w young|strong="H3715"\w* \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w roared|strong="H7580"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* him.\f + \fr 14.5 \ft against…: Heb. in meeting him\f*  
\v 6 And the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* came \w mightily|strong="H6743"\w* upon him, and he \w rent|strong="H8156"\w* him as he would have \w rent|strong="H8156"\w* a \w kid|strong="H1423"\w*, and \add he had\add* \w nothing|strong="H3972"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: but he \w told|strong="H5046"\w* not his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* or his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* what he had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 7 And he went \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, and \w talked|strong="H1696"\w* with the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*; and she \w pleased|strong="H3474"\w* \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w well|strong="H3474"\w*.   
\p
\v 8 ¶ And after a \w time|strong="H3117"\w* he \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to \w take|strong="H3947"\w* her, and he turned \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* the \w carcase|strong="H4658"\w* of the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*: and, behold, \add there was\add* a \w swarm|strong="H5712"\w* of \w bees|strong="H1682"\w* and \w honey|strong="H1706"\w* in the \w carcase|strong="H1472"\w* of the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*.  
\v 9 And he \w took|strong="H7287"\w* thereof in his \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*, and went \w on|strong="H3212"\w* \w eating|strong="H0398"\w*, and \w came|strong="H1980"\w* to his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, and he \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* them, and they did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*: but he \w told|strong="H5046"\w* not them that he had \w taken|strong="H7287"\w* the \w honey|strong="H1706"\w* out of the \w carcase|strong="H1472"\w* of the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*.   
\p
\v 10 ¶ So his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* unto the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*: and \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* there a \w feast|strong="H4960"\w*; for so used the young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 11 And it came to pass, when they \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* him, that they \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w companions|strong="H4828"\w* to be with him.   
\p
\v 12 ¶ And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, I will now put \w forth|strong="H2330"\w* a \w riddle|strong="H2420"\w* unto you: if ye can \w certainly|strong="H5046"\w* \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* it me within the \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w feast|strong="H4960"\w*, and find \add it\add* \w out|strong="H4672"\w*, then I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* you \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w sheets|strong="H5466"\w* and \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w change|strong="H2487"\w* of \w garments|strong="H0899"\w*:\f + \fr 14.12 \ft sheets: or, shirts\f*  
\v 13 But if ye \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* \add it\add* me, then shall ye \w give|strong="H5414"\w* me \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w sheets|strong="H5466"\w* and \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w change|strong="H2487"\w* of \w garments|strong="H0899"\w*. And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Put \w forth|strong="H2330"\w* thy \w riddle|strong="H2420"\w*, that we may \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* it.\f + \fr 14.13 \ft sheets: or, shirts\f*  
\v 14 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Out of the \w eater|strong="H0398"\w* came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w meat|strong="H3978"\w*, and out of the \w strong|strong="H5794"\w* came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w sweetness|strong="H4966"\w*. And they \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not in \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w expound|strong="H5046"\w* the \w riddle|strong="H2420"\w*.  
\v 15 And it came to pass on the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Samson’s|strong="H8123"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, \w Entice|strong="H6601"\w* thy \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*, that he may \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* unto us the \w riddle|strong="H2420"\w*, lest we \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* thee and thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*: have ye \w called|strong="H7121"\w* us to take that we \w have|strong="H3423"\w*? \add is it\add* not \add so\add*?\f + \fr 14.15 \ft take…: Heb. possess us, or, impoverish us?\f*  
\v 16 And \w Samson’s|strong="H8123"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* before him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou dost but \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* me, and \w lovest|strong="H0157"\w* me not: thou hast put \w forth|strong="H2330"\w* a \w riddle|strong="H2420"\w* unto the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and hast not \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \add it\add* me. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, Behold, I have not \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \add it\add* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* nor my \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, and shall I \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \add it\add* thee?  
\v 17 And she \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* before him the \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, while their \w feast|strong="H4960"\w* \w lasted|strong="H1961"\w*: and it came to pass on the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that he \w told|strong="H5046"\w* her, because she lay \w sore|strong="H6693"\w* upon him: and she \w told|strong="H5046"\w* the \w riddle|strong="H2420"\w* to the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of her \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.\f + \fr 14.17 \ft the seven…: or, the rest of the seven days\f*  
\v 18 And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him on the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* before the \w sun|strong="H2775"\w* went \w down|strong="H0935"\w*, What \add is\add* \w sweeter|strong="H4966"\w* than \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*? and what \add is\add* \w stronger|strong="H5794"\w* than a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w If|strong="H3884"\w* ye had not \w plowed|strong="H2790"\w* with my \w heifer|strong="H5697"\w*, ye had not found \w out|strong="H4672"\w* my \w riddle|strong="H2420"\w*.   
\p
\v 19 ¶ And the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w came|strong="H6743"\w* upon him, and he went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w Ashkelon|strong="H0831"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of them, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* their \w spoil|strong="H2488"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w change|strong="H2487"\w* of garments unto them which \w expounded|strong="H5046"\w* the \w riddle|strong="H2420"\w*. And his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* was \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w*, and he went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 14.19 \ft spoil: or, apparel\f*  
\v 20 But \w Samson’s|strong="H8123"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* was \add given\add* to his \w companion|strong="H4828"\w*, whom he had used as his \w friend|strong="H7462"\w*.   
\c 15  
\p
\v 1 But it came to pass within a while \w after|strong="H3117"\w*, in the \w time|strong="H3117"\w* of \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*, that \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w visited|strong="H6485"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* with a \w kid|strong="H1423"\w*; and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will go \w in|strong="H0935"\w* to my \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* into the \w chamber|strong="H2315"\w*. But her \w father|strong="H0001"\w* would not \w suffer|strong="H5414"\w* him to go \w in|strong="H0935"\w*.  
\v 2 And her \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w verily|strong="H0559"\w* \w thought|strong="H0559"\w* that thou hadst \w utterly|strong="H8130"\w* \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* her; therefore I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* her to thy \w companion|strong="H4828"\w*: \add is\add* not her \w younger|strong="H6996"\w* \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w fairer|strong="H2896"\w* than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.\f + \fr 15.2 \ft take…: Heb. let her be thine\f*   
\p
\v 3 ¶ And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* concerning them, \w Now|strong="H6471"\w* shall I be more \w blameless|strong="H5352"\w* than the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, though I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* them a \w displeasure|strong="H7451"\w*.\f + \fr 15.3 \ft more…: or, blameless from the Philistines though, etc\f*  
\v 4 And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w caught|strong="H3920"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w foxes|strong="H7776"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w firebrands|strong="H3940"\w*, and \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w tail|strong="H2180"\w* to \w tail|strong="H2180"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w firebrand|strong="H3940"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* between \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w tails|strong="H2180"\w*.\f + \fr 15.4 \ft firebrands: or, torches\f*  
\v 5 And when he had \w set|strong="H1197"\w* the \w brands|strong="H3940"\w* on \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, he let \add them\add* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* into the standing \w corn|strong="H7054"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and burnt \w up|strong="H1197"\w* both the \w shocks|strong="H1430"\w*, and also the standing \w corn|strong="H7054"\w*, with the \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \add and\add* \w olives|strong="H2132"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 ¶ Then the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* this? And they \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w*, the son in \w law|strong="H2860"\w* of the \w Timnite|strong="H8554"\w*, because he had \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, and \w given|strong="H5414"\w* her to his \w companion|strong="H4828"\w*. And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w burnt|strong="H8313"\w* her and her \w father|strong="H0001"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.   
\p
\v 7 ¶ And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Though|strong="H0518"\w* ye have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, yet will I be \w avenged|strong="H5358"\w* of you, and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* that I will \w cease|strong="H2308"\w*.  
\v 8 And he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them \w hip|strong="H7785"\w* \w and|strong="H5921"\w* \w thigh|strong="H3409"\w* with a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4347"\w*: and he went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w top|strong="H5585"\w* of the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w* \w Etam|strong="H5862"\w*.   
\p
\v 9 ¶ Then the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w spread|strong="H5203"\w* themselves in \w Lehi|strong="H3896"\w*.  
\v 10 And the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Why are ye come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against us? And they \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, To \w bind|strong="H0631"\w* \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* are we come \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to him as he hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to us.  
\v 11 Then \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w top|strong="H5585"\w* of the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w* \w Etam|strong="H5862"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w*, \w Knowest|strong="H3045"\w* thou not that the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \add are\add* \w rulers|strong="H4910"\w* over us? what \add is\add* this \add that\add* thou hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w* unto us? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, As they \w did|strong="H6213"\w* unto me, so have I \w done|strong="H6213"\w* unto them.\f + \fr 15.11 \ft went: Heb. went down\f*  
\v 12 And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, We are come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w bind|strong="H0631"\w* thee, that we may \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* thee into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*. And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Swear|strong="H7650"\w* unto me, that ye will not fall \w upon|strong="H6293"\w* me yourselves.  
\v 13 And they \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, No; but we will \w bind|strong="H0631"\w* thee \w fast|strong="H0631"\w*, and \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* thee into their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: but \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* we will not \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* thee. And they \w bound|strong="H0631"\w* him with \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w cords|strong="H5688"\w*, and brought him \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w*.   
\p
\v 14 ¶ \add And\add* when he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto \w Lehi|strong="H3896"\w*, the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w shouted|strong="H7321"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* him: and the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* came \w mightily|strong="H6743"\w* upon him, and the \w cords|strong="H5688"\w* that \add were\add* upon his \w arms|strong="H2220"\w* became as \w flax|strong="H6593"\w* that was \w burnt|strong="H1197"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and his \w bands|strong="H0612"\w* \w loosed|strong="H4549"\w* from off his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.\f + \fr 15.14 \ft loosed: Heb. were melted\f*  
\v 15 And he \w found|strong="H4672"\w* a \w new|strong="H2961"\w* \w jawbone|strong="H3895"\w* of an \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, and put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* it, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* therewith.\f + \fr 15.15 \ft new: Heb. moist\f*  
\v 16 And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, With the \w jawbone|strong="H3895"\w* of an \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, \w heaps|strong="H2565"\w* upon \w heaps|strong="H2565"\w*, with the \w jaw|strong="H3895"\w* of an \w ass|strong="H2543"\w* have I \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.\f + \fr 15.16 \ft heaps upon…: Heb. an heap, two heaps\f*  
\v 17 And it came to pass, when he had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w*, that he cast \w away|strong="H7993"\w* the \w jawbone|strong="H3895"\w* out of his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* that \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w Ramath-lehi|strong="H7437"\w*.\f + \fr 15.17 \ft Ramath-lehi: that is, the lifting up of the jawbone, or, casting away of the jawbone\f*   
\p
\v 18 ¶ And he was \w sore|strong="H3966"\w* \w athirst|strong="H6770"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* on the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou hast \w given|strong="H5414"\w* this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w deliverance|strong="H8668"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*: and now shall I \w die|strong="H4191"\w* for \w thirst|strong="H6772"\w*, and \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w uncircumcised|strong="H6189"\w*?  
\v 19 But \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w clave|strong="H1234"\w* an hollow \w place|strong="H4388"\w* that \add was\add* in the \w jaw|strong="H3895"\w*, and there \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* thereout; and when he had \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w*, his \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* came \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and he \w revived|strong="H2421"\w*: wherefore he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* thereof \w En-hakkore|strong="H5875"\w*, which \add is\add* in \w Lehi|strong="H3896"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.\f + \fr 15.19 \ft En-hakkore: that is, the well of him that called or, cried\f*\f + \fr 15.19 \ft the jaw: or, Lehi, as called in this chapter\f*  
\v 20 And he \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
\c 16  
\p
\v 1 Then \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* to \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* there an \w harlot|strong="H0802"\w*, and went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto her.\f + \fr 16.1 \ft harlot: Heb. a woman an harlot\f*  
\v 2 \add And it was told\add* the \w Gazites|strong="H5841"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* hither. And they compassed \add him\add* \w in|strong="H5437"\w*, and laid \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* for him all \w night|strong="H3915"\w* in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and were \w quiet|strong="H2790"\w* all the \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, In the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, when it is \w day|strong="H0216"\w*, we shall \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* him.\f + \fr 16.2 \ft quiet: Heb. silence\f*  
\v 3 And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* till \w midnight|strong="H2677"\w*, and \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* at \w midnight|strong="H2677"\w*, and \w took|strong="H0270"\w* the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w posts|strong="H4201"\w*, and went \w away|strong="H5265"\w* with them, \w bar|strong="H1280"\w* and all, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \add them\add* upon his \w shoulders|strong="H3802"\w*, and carried them \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of an \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* that \add is\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*.\f + \fr 16.3 \ft bar…: Heb. with the bar\f*   
\p
\v 4 ¶ And it came to pass \w afterward|strong="H0310"\w*, that he \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* in the \w valley|strong="H5158"\w* of \w Sorek|strong="H7796"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Delilah|strong="H1807"\w*.\f + \fr 16.4 \ft in…: or, by the brook\f*  
\v 5 And the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* unto her, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, \w Entice|strong="H6601"\w* him, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* wherein his \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \add lieth\add*, and by what \add means\add* we may \w prevail|strong="H3201"\w* against him, that we may \w bind|strong="H0631"\w* him to \w afflict|strong="H6031"\w* him: and we will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* of us eleven \w hundred|strong="H0505"\w* \add pieces\add* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.\f + \fr 16.5 \ft afflict: or, humble\f*   
\p
\v 6 ¶ And \w Delilah|strong="H1807"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w*, \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* me, I pray thee, wherein thy \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \add lieth\add*, and wherewith thou mightest be \w bound|strong="H0631"\w* to \w afflict|strong="H6031"\w* thee.  
\v 7 And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, If they \w bind|strong="H0631"\w* me with \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w green|strong="H3892"\w* \w withs|strong="H3499"\w* that were never \w dried|strong="H2717"\w*, then shall I be \w weak|strong="H2470"\w*, and be as \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w*.\f + \fr 16.7 \ft green…: or, new cords: Heb. moist\f*\f + \fr 16.7 \ft another: Heb. one\f*  
\v 8 Then the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to her \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w green|strong="H3892"\w* \w withs|strong="H3499"\w* which had not been \w dried|strong="H2717"\w*, and she \w bound|strong="H0631"\w* him with them.\f + \fr 16.8 \ft green…: or, new cords: Heb. moist\f*  
\v 9 Now \add there were\add* men lying in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w*, \w abiding|strong="H3427"\w* with her in the \w chamber|strong="H2315"\w*. And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, The \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \add be\add* upon thee, \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w*. And he \w brake|strong="H5423"\w* the \w withs|strong="H3499"\w*, as a \w thread|strong="H6616"\w* of \w tow|strong="H5296"\w* is \w broken|strong="H5423"\w* when it \w toucheth|strong="H7306"\w* the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*. So his \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* was not \w known|strong="H3045"\w*.\f + \fr 16.9 \ft toucheth: Heb. smelleth\f*  
\v 10 And \w Delilah|strong="H1807"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w*, Behold, thou hast \w mocked|strong="H2048"\w* me, and \w told|strong="H1696"\w* me \w lies|strong="H3577"\w*: now \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be \w bound|strong="H0631"\w*.  
\v 11 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, If they \w bind|strong="H0631"\w* me \w fast|strong="H0631"\w* with \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w ropes|strong="H5688"\w* that never were \w occupied|strong="H4399"\w*, then shall I be \w weak|strong="H2470"\w*, and be as \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w*.\f + \fr 16.11 \ft that never…: Heb. wherewith work hath not been done\f*  
\v 12 \w Delilah|strong="H1807"\w* therefore \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w ropes|strong="H5688"\w*, and \w bound|strong="H0631"\w* him therewith, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, The \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \add be\add* upon thee, \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w*. And \add there were\add* liers in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* \w abiding|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w chamber|strong="H2315"\w*. And he \w brake|strong="H5423"\w* them from off his \w arms|strong="H2220"\w* like a \w thread|strong="H2339"\w*.  
\v 13 And \w Delilah|strong="H1807"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w*, \w Hitherto|strong="H2008"\w* thou hast \w mocked|strong="H2048"\w* me, and \w told|strong="H1696"\w* me \w lies|strong="H3577"\w*: \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* me wherewith thou mightest be \w bound|strong="H0631"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, If thou \w weavest|strong="H0707"\w* the \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w locks|strong="H4253"\w* of my \w head|strong="H7218"\w* with the \w web|strong="H4545"\w*.  
\v 14 And she \w fastened|strong="H8628"\w* \add it\add* with the \w pin|strong="H3489"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, The \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \add be\add* upon thee, \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w*. And he \w awaked|strong="H3364"\w* out of his \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w*, and went \w away|strong="H5265"\w* with the \w pin|strong="H3489"\w* of the \w beam|strong="H0708"\w*, and with the \w web|strong="H4545"\w*.   
\p
\v 15 ¶ And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w How|strong="H0349"\w* canst thou \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w love|strong="H0157"\w* thee, when thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \add is\add* not with me? thou hast \w mocked|strong="H2048"\w* me these \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, and hast not \w told|strong="H5046"\w* me wherein thy \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \add lieth\add*.  
\v 16 And it came to pass, when she \w pressed|strong="H6693"\w* him \w daily|strong="H3117"\w* with her \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, and \w urged|strong="H0509"\w* him, \add so\add* that his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* was \w vexed|strong="H7114"\w* unto \w death|strong="H4191"\w*;\f + \fr 16.16 \ft vexed: Heb. shortened\f*  
\v 17 That he \w told|strong="H5046"\w* her all his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, There hath not \w come|strong="H5927"\w* a \w razor|strong="H4177"\w* upon mine \w head|strong="H7218"\w*; for I \add have been\add* a \w Nazarite|strong="H5139"\w* unto \w God|strong="H0430"\w* from my \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w womb|strong="H0990"\w*: if I be \w shaven|strong="H1548"\w*, then my \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* will \w go|strong="H5493"\w* from me, and I shall become \w weak|strong="H2470"\w*, and be like any \add other\add* \w man|strong="H0120"\w*.   
\p
\v 18 And when \w Delilah|strong="H1807"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that he had \w told|strong="H5046"\w* her all his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, she \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* for the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* this \w once|strong="H6471"\w*, for he hath \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* me all his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*. Then the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* unto her, and \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* in their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 19 And she made him \w sleep|strong="H3462"\w* upon her \w knees|strong="H1290"\w*; and she \w called|strong="H7121"\w* for a \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and she caused him to shave \w off|strong="H1548"\w* the \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w locks|strong="H4253"\w* of his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*; and she \w began|strong="H2490"\w* to \w afflict|strong="H6031"\w* him, and his \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w went|strong="H5493"\w* from him.  
\v 20 And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \add be\add* upon thee, \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w*. And he \w awoke|strong="H3364"\w* out of his \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* as at other times \w before|strong="H6471"\w*, and \w shake|strong="H5287"\w* myself. And he \w wist|strong="H3045"\w* not that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* from him.   
\p
\v 21 ¶ But the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w took|strong="H0270"\w* him, and put \w out|strong="H5365"\w* his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and brought him \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w*, and \w bound|strong="H0631"\w* him with fetters of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*; and he did \w grind|strong="H2912"\w* in the \w prison|strong="H0631"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 16.21 \ft put out: Heb. bored out\f*   
\p
\v 22 Howbeit the \w hair|strong="H8181"\w* of his \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* to grow \w again|strong="H6779"\w* \w after|strong="H0834"\w* he was \w shaven|strong="H1548"\w*.\f + \fr 16.22 \ft after…: or, as when he was shaven\f*  
\v 23 Then the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* gathered them \w together|strong="H0622"\w* for to \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* unto \w Dagon|strong="H1712"\w* their \w god|strong="H0430"\w*, and to \w rejoice|strong="H8057"\w*: for they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Our \w god|strong="H0430"\w* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* our \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* into our \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 24 And when the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* him, they \w praised|strong="H1984"\w* their \w god|strong="H0430"\w*: for they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Our \w god|strong="H0430"\w* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* into our \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* our \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, and the \w destroyer|strong="H2717"\w* of our \w country|strong="H0776"\w*, which \w slew|strong="H2491"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* of us.\f + \fr 16.24 \ft which…: Heb. and who multiplied our slain\f*  
\v 25 And it came to pass, when their \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* were \w merry|strong="H2896"\w*, that they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Call|strong="H7121"\w* for \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w*, that he may make us \w sport|strong="H7832"\w*. And they \w called|strong="H7121"\w* for \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* out of the \w prison|strong="H0631"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and he made \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w sport|strong="H6711"\w*: and they \w set|strong="H5975"\w* him between the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*.\f + \fr 16.25 \ft them: Heb. before them\f*  
\v 26 And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w lad|strong="H5288"\w* that \w held|strong="H2388"\w* him by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w Suffer|strong="H3240"\w* me that I may \w feel|strong="H4184"\w* the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* whereupon the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w standeth|strong="H3559"\w*, that I may \w lean|strong="H8172"\w* upon them.  
\v 27 Now the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* was \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w men|strong="H0582"\w* and \w women|strong="H0802"\w*; and all the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \add were\add* there; and \add there were\add* upon the \w roof|strong="H1406"\w* about \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* and \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, that \w beheld|strong="H7200"\w* while \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* made \w sport|strong="H7832"\w*.  
\v 28 And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd*, \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* me, I pray thee, and \w strengthen|strong="H2388"\w* me, I pray thee, only this \w once|strong="H6471"\w*, O \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, that I may be at \w once|strong="H0259"\w* \w avenged|strong="H5358"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* for my \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\v 29 And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* took \w hold|strong="H3943"\w* of the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* upon which the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w stood|strong="H3559"\w*, and on which it was borne \w up|strong="H5564"\w*, of the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* with his right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w*, and of the \w other|strong="H0259"\w* with his \w left|strong="H8040"\w*.\f + \fr 16.29 \ft on which…: or, he leaned on them\f*  
\v 30 And \w Samson|strong="H8123"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let me \w die|strong="H4191"\w* with the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*. And he \w bowed|strong="H5186"\w* himself with \add all his\add* \w might|strong="H3581"\w*; and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* upon the \w lords|strong="H5633"\w*, and upon all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* therein. So the \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* which he \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* at his \w death|strong="H4194"\w* were \w more|strong="H7227"\w* than \add they\add* which he \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* in his \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.\f + \fr 16.30 \ft me: Heb. my soul\f*  
\v 31 Then his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* and all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* came \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, and \w took|strong="H5375"\w* him, and brought \add him\add* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him between \w Zorah|strong="H6881"\w* and \w Eshtaol|strong="H0847"\w* in the \w buryingplace|strong="H6913"\w* of \w Manoah|strong="H4495"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*. And he \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
\c 17  
\p
\v 1 And there was a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Micah|strong="H4321"\w*.  
\v 2 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, The eleven \w hundred|strong="H0505"\w* \add shekels\add* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* that were \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* from thee, about which thou \w cursedst|strong="H0422"\w*, and \w spakest|strong="H0559"\w* of also in mine \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*, behold, the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \add is\add* with me; I \w took|strong="H3947"\w* it. And his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \add be thou\add* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 3 And when he had \w restored|strong="H7725"\w* the eleven \w hundred|strong="H0505"\w* \add shekels\add* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* to his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I had \w wholly|strong="H6942"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H6942"\w* the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* from my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* for my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, to \w make|strong="H6213"\w* a graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w* and a molten \w image|strong="H4541"\w*: now therefore I will \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* it unto thee.  
\v 4 Yet he \w restored|strong="H7725"\w* the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* unto his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*; and his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \add shekels\add* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* them to the \w founder|strong="H6884"\w*, who \w made|strong="H6213"\w* thereof a graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w* and a molten \w image|strong="H4541"\w*: and they were in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Micah|strong="H4321"\w*.  
\v 5 And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w* had an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* an \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*, and \w teraphim|strong="H8655"\w*, and \w consecrated|strong="H4390"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, who became his \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*.\f + \fr 17.5 \ft consecrated: Heb. filled the hand\f*  
\v 6 In those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \add there was\add* no \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add but\add* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in his own \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.   
\p
\v 7 ¶ And there was a young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* out of \w Beth-lehem-judah|strong="H1035"\w* of the \w family|strong="H4940"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, who \add was\add* a \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w*, and he \w sojourned|strong="H1481"\w* there.  
\v 8 And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* from \w Beth-lehem-judah|strong="H1035"\w* to \w sojourn|strong="H1481"\w* where he could \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \add a place:\add* and he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*, as he \w journeyed|strong="H6213"\w*.\f + \fr 17.8 \ft as he…: Heb. in making his way\f*  
\v 9 And \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Whence|strong="H0370"\w* \w comest|strong="H0935"\w* thou? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, I \add am\add* a \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w* of \w Beth-lehem-judah|strong="H1035"\w*, and I \w go|strong="H1980"\w* to \w sojourn|strong="H1481"\w* where I may \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \add a place\add*.  
\v 10 And \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Dwell|strong="H3427"\w* with me, and be unto me a \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and a \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \add shekels\add* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* by the \w year|strong="H3117"\w*, and a \w suit|strong="H6187"\w* of \w apparel|strong="H0899"\w*, and thy \w victuals|strong="H4241"\w*. So the \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w* went \w in|strong="H3212"\w*.\f + \fr 17.10 \ft a suit…: or, a double suit, etc: Heb. an order of garments\f*  
\v 11 And the \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w* was \w content|strong="H2974"\w* to \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* with the \w man|strong="H0376"\w*; and the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* was unto him as \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 12 And \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w* \w consecrated|strong="H4390"\w* the \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w*; and the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* became his \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and was in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*.  
\v 13 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*, Now \w know|strong="H3045"\w* I that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will do me \w good|strong="H3190"\w*, seeing I have a \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w* to \add my\add* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*.   
\c 18  
\p
\v 1 In those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \add there was\add* no \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and in those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* the \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* of the \w Danites|strong="H1839"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* them an \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* to dwell \w in|strong="H3427"\w*; for unto that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \add all their\add* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* had not \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* unto them \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 2 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* of their \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* from their \w coasts|strong="H7098"\w*, \w men|strong="H1121"\w* of \w valour|strong="H2428"\w*, from \w Zorah|strong="H6881"\w*, and from \w Eshtaol|strong="H0847"\w*, to \w spy|strong="H7270"\w* out the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and to \w search|strong="H2713"\w* it; and they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w search|strong="H2713"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: who when they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*, they \w lodged|strong="H3885"\w* there.\f + \fr 18.2 \ft men of: Heb. sons of\f*  
\v 3 When they \add were\add* by the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*, they \w knew|strong="H5234"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* the \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w*: and they turned \w in|strong="H5493"\w* thither, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Who \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* thee \w hither|strong="H1988"\w*? and what \w makest|strong="H6213"\w* thou in this \add place\add*? and what hast thou here?  
\v 4 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Thus|strong="H2090"\w* and \w thus|strong="H2090"\w* \w dealeth|strong="H6213"\w* \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w* with me, and hath \w hired|strong="H7936"\w* me, and I am his \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*.  
\v 5 And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Ask \w counsel|strong="H7592"\w*, we pray thee, of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, that we may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* whether our \w way|strong="H1870"\w* which we \w go|strong="H1980"\w* shall be \w prosperous|strong="H6743"\w*.  
\v 6 And the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*: \w before|strong="H5227"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* your \w way|strong="H1870"\w* wherein ye \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.   
\p
\v 7 ¶ Then the \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Laish|strong="H3919"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* \w therein|strong="H7130"\w*, how they \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* \w careless|strong="H0983"\w*, after the \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* of the \w Zidonians|strong="H6722"\w*, \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w* and \w secure|strong="H0982"\w*; and \add there was\add* no \w magistrate|strong="H3423"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, that might put \add them\add* to \w shame|strong="H3637"\w* in \add any\add* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*; and they \add were\add* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* from the \w Zidonians|strong="H6722"\w*, and had no \w business|strong="H1697"\w* with \add any\add* \w man|strong="H0120"\w*.\f + \fr 18.7 \ft Laish: also called, Leshem\f*\f + \fr 18.7 \ft magistrate: Heb. possessor, or, heir of restraints\f*  
\v 8 And they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* to \w Zorah|strong="H6881"\w* and \w Eshtaol|strong="H0847"\w*: and their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, What \add say\add* ye?  
\v 9 And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, that we may go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against them: for we have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and, behold, it \add is\add* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*: and \add are\add* ye \w still|strong="H2814"\w*? be not \w slothful|strong="H6101"\w* to \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, \add and\add* to \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* to \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 10 When ye \w go|strong="H0935"\w*, ye shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w secure|strong="H0982"\w*, and to a \w large|strong="H7342"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: for \w God|strong="H0430"\w* hath \w given|strong="H5414"\w* it into your \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*; a \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where \add there is\add* no \w want|strong="H4270"\w* of any \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* that \add is\add* in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.   
\p
\v 11 ¶ And there \w went|strong="H5265"\w* from thence of the \w family|strong="H4940"\w* of the \w Danites|strong="H1839"\w*, out of \w Zorah|strong="H6881"\w* and out of \w Eshtaol|strong="H0847"\w*, \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w appointed|strong="H2296"\w* with \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*.\f + \fr 18.11 \ft appointed: Heb. girded\f*  
\v 12 And they went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in \w Kirjath-jearim|strong="H7157"\w*, in \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*: wherefore they \w called|strong="H7121"\w* that \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w Mahaneh-dan|strong="H4265"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: behold, \add it is\add* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* \w Kirjath-jearim|strong="H7157"\w*.  
\v 13 And they \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* thence unto \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*.   
\p
\v 14 ¶ Then \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that \w went|strong="H1980"\w* to spy \w out|strong="H7270"\w* the \w country|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Laish|strong="H3919"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, Do ye \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that there \w is|strong="H3426"\w* in these \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* an \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*, and \w teraphim|strong="H8655"\w*, and a graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w*, and a molten \w image|strong="H4541"\w*? now therefore \w consider|strong="H3045"\w* what ye have to \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 15 And they \w turned|strong="H5493"\w* thitherward, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* the \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w*, \add even\add* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*, and \w saluted|strong="H7592"\w* him.\f + \fr 18.15 \ft saluted…: Heb. asked him of peace\f*  
\v 16 And the \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w appointed|strong="H2296"\w* with their \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, which \add were\add* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*, \w stood|strong="H5324"\w* by the \w entering|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*.  
\v 17 And the \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that \w went|strong="H1980"\w* to spy \w out|strong="H7270"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \add and\add* came \w in|strong="H0935"\w* thither, \add and\add* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w*, and the \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*, and the \w teraphim|strong="H8655"\w*, and the molten \w image|strong="H4541"\w*: and the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w stood|strong="H5324"\w* in the \w entering|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* with the \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \add that were\add* \w appointed|strong="H2296"\w* with \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*.  
\v 18 And these \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Micah’s|strong="H4318"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w fetched|strong="H3947"\w* the carved \w image|strong="H6459"\w*, the \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*, and the \w teraphim|strong="H8655"\w*, and the molten \w image|strong="H4541"\w*. Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* unto them, What \w do|strong="H6213"\w* ye?  
\v 19 And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Hold thy \w peace|strong="H2790"\w*, \w lay|strong="H7760"\w* thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* upon thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with us, and be to \w us|strong="H1961"\w* a \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and a \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*: \add is it\add* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* for thee to be a \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, or that thou be a \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* unto a \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* and a \w family|strong="H4940"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 20 And the \w priest’s|strong="H3548"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* was \w glad|strong="H3190"\w*, and he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*, and the \w teraphim|strong="H8655"\w*, and the graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w*, and went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 21 So they \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* and \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* the little \w ones|strong="H2945"\w* and the \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w* and the \w carriage|strong="H3520"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them.   
\p
\v 22 ¶ \add And\add* when they were a good \w way|strong="H7368"\w* from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*, the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that \add were\add* in the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* near to \w Micah’s|strong="H4318"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* were gathered \w together|strong="H2199"\w*, and \w overtook|strong="H1692"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*.  
\v 23 And they \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* unto the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*. And they \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* their \w faces|strong="H6440"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a \w company|strong="H2199"\w*?\f + \fr 18.23 \ft comest…: Heb. art gathered together?\f*  
\v 24 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Ye have taken \w away|strong="H3947"\w* my \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* which I \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, and the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and ye are gone \w away|strong="H3212"\w*: and what have I more? and what \add is\add* this \add that\add* ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, What aileth thee?  
\v 25 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Let not thy \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* be \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* among us, lest \w angry|strong="H4751"\w* \w fellows|strong="H0582"\w* \w run|strong="H6293"\w* upon thee, and thou \w lose|strong="H0622"\w* thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, with the \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* of thy \w household|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 18.25 \ft angry: Heb. bitter of soul\f*  
\v 26 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* their \w way|strong="H1870"\w*: and when \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that they \add were\add* too \w strong|strong="H2389"\w* for him, he \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* and went \w back|strong="H7725"\w* unto his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.   
\p
\v 27 And they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \add the things\add* which \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, and the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* which he had, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto \w Laish|strong="H3919"\w*, unto a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add that were\add* at \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w* and \w secure|strong="H0982"\w*: and they \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and \w burnt|strong="H8313"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.  
\v 28 And \add there was\add* no \w deliverer|strong="H5337"\w*, because it \add was\add* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* from \w Zidon|strong="H6721"\w*, and they had no \w business|strong="H1697"\w* with \add any\add* \w man|strong="H0120"\w*; and it was in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* that \add lieth\add* by \w Beth-rehob|strong="H1050"\w*. And they \w built|strong="H1129"\w* a \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* therein.  
\v 29 And they \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*, after the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* their \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, who was \w born|strong="H3205"\w* unto \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: \w howbeit|strong="H0199"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \add was\add* \w Laish|strong="H3919"\w* at the \w first|strong="H7223"\w*.   
\p
\v 30 ¶ And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* set \w up|strong="H6965"\w* the graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w*: and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Gershom|strong="H1647"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, he and his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* were \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* to the \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Dan|strong="H1839"\w* until the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w captivity|strong="H1540"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 31 And they set them \w up|strong="H7760"\w* \w Micah’s|strong="H4318"\w* graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w*, which he \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, all the \w time|strong="H3117"\w* that the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was in \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*.   
\c 19  
\p
\v 1 And it came to pass in those \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, when \add there was\add* no \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, that there was a \w certain|strong="H0376"\w* \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w* \w sojourning|strong="H1481"\w* on the \w side|strong="H3411"\w* of \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, who \w took|strong="H3947"\w* to him a \w concubine|strong="H0802"\w* out of \w Beth-lehem-judah|strong="H1035"\w*.\f + \fr 19.1 \ft a concubine: Heb. a woman a concubine, or, a wife a concubine\f*  
\v 2 And his \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w* played the \w whore|strong="H2181"\w* against him, and went \w away|strong="H3212"\w* from him unto her \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* to \w Beth-lehem-judah|strong="H1035"\w*, and was there \w four|strong="H0702"\w* whole \w months|strong="H2320"\w*.\f + \fr 19.2 \ft four whole months: or, a year and four month: Heb. days, four months\f*  
\v 3 And her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* her, to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w friendly|strong="H3820"\w* unto her, \add and\add* to bring her \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, having his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* with him, and a \w couple|strong="H6776"\w* of \w asses|strong="H2543"\w*: and she \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him into her \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and when the \w father|strong="H0001"\w* of the \w damsel|strong="H5291"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* him, he \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* him.\f + \fr 19.3 \ft friendly…: Heb. to her heart\f*  
\v 4 And his father in \w law|strong="H2859"\w*, the \w damsel’s|strong="H5291"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w retained|strong="H2388"\w* him; and he \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* with him \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*: so they did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, and \w lodged|strong="H3885"\w* there.   
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\v 5 ¶ And it came to pass on the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, when they arose \w early|strong="H7925"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, that he rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* to \w depart|strong="H3212"\w*: and the \w damsel’s|strong="H5291"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his son in \w law|strong="H2860"\w*, \w Comfort|strong="H5582"\w* thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* with a \w morsel|strong="H6595"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and \w afterward|strong="H0310"\w* go your \w way|strong="H3212"\w*.\f + \fr 19.5 \ft Comfort: Heb. Strengthen\f*  
\v 6 And they sat \w down|strong="H3427"\w*, and did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* of them \w together|strong="H3162"\w*: for the \w damsel’s|strong="H5291"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* had \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, Be \w content|strong="H2974"\w*, I pray thee, and tarry all \w night|strong="H3885"\w*, and let thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* be \w merry|strong="H3190"\w*.  
\v 7 And when the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* to \w depart|strong="H3212"\w*, his father in \w law|strong="H2859"\w* \w urged|strong="H6484"\w* him: therefore he \w lodged|strong="H3885"\w* there \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 8 And he arose \w early|strong="H7925"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* on the \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* to \w depart|strong="H3212"\w*: and the \w damsel’s|strong="H5291"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Comfort|strong="H5582"\w* thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, I pray thee. And they \w tarried|strong="H4102"\w* until \w afternoon|strong="H3117"\w*, and they did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* of them.\f + \fr 19.8 \ft until afternoon: Heb. till the day declined\f*  
\v 9 And when the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* to \w depart|strong="H3212"\w*, he, and his \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w*, and his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, his father in \w law|strong="H2859"\w*, the \w damsel’s|strong="H5291"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Behold, now the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w draweth|strong="H7503"\w* toward \w evening|strong="H6150"\w*, I pray you tarry all \w night|strong="H3885"\w*: behold, the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* groweth to an \w end|strong="H2583"\w*, \w lodge|strong="H3885"\w* here, that thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* may be \w merry|strong="H3190"\w*; and to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* get you \w early|strong="H7925"\w* on your \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, that thou mayest \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w home|strong="H0168"\w*.\f + \fr 19.9 \ft draweth: Heb. is weak\f*\f + \fr 19.9 \ft the day groweth to an end: Heb. it is the pitching time of the day\f*\f + \fr 19.9 \ft home: Heb. to thy tent\f*  
\v 10 But the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not tarry that \w night|strong="H3885"\w*, but he rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* and \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* over \w against|strong="H5227"\w* \w Jebus|strong="H2982"\w*, which \add is\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; and \add there were\add* with him \w two|strong="H6776"\w* \w asses|strong="H2543"\w* \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w*, his \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w* also \add was\add* with him.\f + \fr 19.10 \ft over against: Heb. to over against\f*  
\v 11 \add And\add* when they \add were\add* by \w Jebus|strong="H2982"\w*, the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* was \w far|strong="H3966"\w* \w spent|strong="H7286"\w*; and the \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, I pray thee, and let us turn \w in|strong="H5493"\w* into this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w*, and \w lodge|strong="H3885"\w* in it.  
\v 12 And his \w master|strong="H0113"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, We will not turn \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* hither into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of a \w stranger|strong="H5237"\w*, that \add is\add* not of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; we will pass \w over|strong="H5674"\w* to \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*.  
\v 13 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us draw \w near|strong="H7126"\w* to \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of these \w places|strong="H4725"\w* to lodge all \w night|strong="H3885"\w*, in \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*, or in \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*.  
\v 14 And they passed \w on|strong="H5674"\w* and went their \w way|strong="H3212"\w*; and the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* went \w down|strong="H0935"\w* upon them \add when they were\add* \w by|strong="H0681"\w* \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*, which \add belongeth\add* to \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*.  
\v 15 And they turned \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* thither, to go \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \add and\add* to \w lodge|strong="H3885"\w* in \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*: and when he went \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, he sat him \w down|strong="H3427"\w* in a \w street|strong="H7339"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: for \add there was\add* no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w took|strong="H0622"\w* them into his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* to \w lodging|strong="H3885"\w*.   
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\v 16 ¶ And, behold, there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* an \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* from his \w work|strong="H4639"\w* out of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* at \w even|strong="H6153"\w*, which \add was\add* \w also|strong="H0376"\w* of \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*; and he \w sojourned|strong="H1481"\w* in \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*: but the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \add were\add* \w Benjamites|strong="H1145"\w*.  
\v 17 And when he had lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* a \w wayfaring|strong="H0732"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* in the \w street|strong="H7339"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: and the \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Whither \w goest|strong="H3212"\w* thou? and \w whence|strong="H0370"\w* \w comest|strong="H0935"\w* thou?  
\v 18 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, We \add are\add* \w passing|strong="H5674"\w* from \w Beth-lehem-judah|strong="H1035"\w* toward the \w side|strong="H3411"\w* of \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*; from thence \add am\add* I: and I \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Beth-lehem-judah|strong="H1035"\w*, but I \add am now\add* \w going|strong="H1980"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; and there \add is\add* no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w receiveth|strong="H0622"\w* me to \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 19.18 \ft receiveth: Heb. gathereth\f*  
\v 19 Yet there \w is|strong="H3426"\w* both \w straw|strong="H8401"\w* and \w provender|strong="H4554"\w* for our \w asses|strong="H2543"\w*; and there is \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* also for me, and for thy \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w*, and for the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \add which is\add* with thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*: \add there is\add* no \w want|strong="H4270"\w* of any \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 20 And the \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Peace|strong="H7965"\w* \add be\add* with thee; \w howsoever|strong="H7535"\w* \add let\add* all thy \w wants|strong="H4270"\w* \add lie\add* upon me; only \w lodge|strong="H3885"\w* not in the \w street|strong="H7339"\w*.  
\v 21 So he \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him into his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and gave \w provender|strong="H1101"\w* unto the \w asses|strong="H2543"\w*: and they \w washed|strong="H7364"\w* their \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, and did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*.   
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\v 22 ¶ \add Now\add* as they were making their \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* \w merry|strong="H3190"\w*, behold, the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w certain|strong="H0582"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w*, \w beset|strong="H5437"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* round \w about|strong="H5437"\w*, \add and\add* \w beat|strong="H1849"\w* at the \w door|strong="H1817"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w master|strong="H1167"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, the \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Bring \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, that we may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* him.  
\v 23 And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, the \w master|strong="H1167"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* unto them, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Nay|strong="H0408"\w*, my \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, \add nay\add*, I pray you, do not \add so\add* \w wickedly|strong="H7489"\w*; \w seeing|strong="H0310"\w* that this \w man|strong="H0376"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into mine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* not this \w folly|strong="H5039"\w*.  
\v 24 Behold, \add here is\add* my \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* a \w maiden|strong="H1330"\w*, and his \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w*; them I will bring \w out|strong="H3318"\w* now, and \w humble|strong="H6031"\w* ye them, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* with them what \w seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto you: but unto this \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* not \w so|strong="H2063"\w* \w vile|strong="H5039"\w* a \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.\f + \fr 19.24 \ft so vile…: Heb. the matter of this folly\f*  
\v 25 But the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* to him: so the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w took|strong="H2388"\w* his \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* her \w forth|strong="H2351"\w* unto them; and they \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* her, and \w abused|strong="H5953"\w* her all the \w night|strong="H3915"\w* until the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*: and when the \w day|strong="H7837"\w* began to \w spring|strong="H5927"\w*, they let her \w go|strong="H7971"\w*.  
\v 26 Then \w came|strong="H0935"\w* the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* in the \w dawning|strong="H6437"\w* of the \w day|strong="H1242"\w*, and fell \w down|strong="H5307"\w* at the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* where her \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \add was\add*, till it was \w light|strong="H0216"\w*.  
\v 27 And her \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, and \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w go|strong="H3212"\w* his \w way|strong="H1870"\w*: and, behold, the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* his \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w* was fallen \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \add at\add* the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and her \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \add were\add* upon the \w threshold|strong="H5592"\w*.  
\v 28 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, \w Up|strong="H6965"\w*, and let us be \w going|strong="H3212"\w*. But none \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*. Then the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* her \add up\add* upon an \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, and the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w gat|strong="H3212"\w* him unto his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.   
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\v 29 ¶ And when he was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* a \w knife|strong="H3979"\w*, and laid \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* on his \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w*, and \w divided|strong="H5408"\w* her, \add together\add* with her \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*, into \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w pieces|strong="H5409"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* her into all the \w coasts|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 30 And it was \w so|strong="H1961"\w*, that all that \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* it \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, There was no such \w deed|strong="H2063"\w* done nor \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* from the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: \w consider|strong="H7760"\w* of it, take \w advice|strong="H5779"\w*, and \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \add your minds\add*.   
\c 20  
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\v 1 Then all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and the \w congregation|strong="H5712"\w* was gathered \w together|strong="H6950"\w* as \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, from \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* even to \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w*, with the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* in \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w*.  
\v 2 And the \w chief|strong="H6438"\w* of all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \add even\add* of all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w presented|strong="H3320"\w* themselves in the \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w footmen|strong="H0376"\w* that \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.  
\v 3 (Now the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w*.) Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Tell|strong="H1696"\w* \add us\add*, how \w was|strong="H1961"\w* this \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*?  
\v 4 And the \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w*, the \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* that was \w slain|strong="H7523"\w*, \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* that \add belongeth\add* to \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, I and my \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w*, to \w lodge|strong="H3885"\w*.\f + \fr 20.4 \ft the Levite: Heb. the man the Levite\f*  
\v 5 And the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* \w rose|strong="H6965"\w* against me, and \w beset|strong="H5437"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* round \w about|strong="H5437"\w* upon me by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \add and\add* \w thought|strong="H1819"\w* to have \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* me: and my \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w* have they \w forced|strong="H6031"\w*, that she is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.\f + \fr 20.5 \ft forced: Heb. humbled\f*  
\v 6 And I \w took|strong="H0270"\w* my \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w*, and cut her in \w pieces|strong="H5408"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* her throughout all the \w country|strong="H7704"\w* of the \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: for they have \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w lewdness|strong="H2154"\w* and \w folly|strong="H5039"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 7 Behold, ye \add are\add* all \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w give|strong="H3051"\w* \w here|strong="H1988"\w* your \w advice|strong="H1697"\w* and \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w*.   
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\v 8 ¶ And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* as \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, We will not \w any|strong="H0376"\w* \add of us\add* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to his \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*, neither will we \w any|strong="H0376"\w* \add of us\add* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* into his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 9 But now this \add shall be\add* the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* which we will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*; \add we will go up\add* by \w lot|strong="H1486"\w* against it;  
\v 10 And we will \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* throughout all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* of a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*, and a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* out of ten \w thousand|strong="H7233"\w*, to \w fetch|strong="H3947"\w* \w victual|strong="H6720"\w* for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that they may \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, when they \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Gibeah|strong="H1387"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, according to all the \w folly|strong="H5039"\w* that they have \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 11 So all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* against the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, knit \w together|strong="H2270"\w* as \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*.\f + \fr 20.11 \ft knit…: Heb. fellows\f*   
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\v 12 ¶ And the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* through all the \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, What \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* \add is\add* this that is \w done|strong="H1961"\w* among you?  
\v 13 Now therefore \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \add us\add* the \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w*, which \add are\add* in \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*, that we may put them to \w death|strong="H4191"\w*, and put \w away|strong="H1197"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* from \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. But the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* to the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*:  
\v 14 But the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H0622"\w* out of the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* unto \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*, to go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 15 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* were \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w* at that \w time|strong="H3117"\w* out of the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* that \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, beside the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*, which were \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.  
\v 16 Among all this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add there were\add* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w lefthanded|strong="H0334"\w*; every one could \w sling|strong="H7049"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* at an \w hair|strong="H8185"\w* \add breadth\add*, and not \w miss|strong="H2398"\w*.  
\v 17 And the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, beside \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, were \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* that \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*: all these \add were\add* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*.   
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\v 18 ¶ And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* counsel of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Which|strong="H4310"\w* of us shall go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w first|strong="H8462"\w* to the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*? And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \add shall go up\add* \w first|strong="H8462"\w*.  
\v 19 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, and \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* against \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*.  
\v 20 And the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* against \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*; and the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* put themselves in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* to \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* against them at \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*.  
\v 21 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*, and destroyed \w down|strong="H7843"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.  
\v 22 And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w encouraged|strong="H2388"\w* themselves, and set their \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* in the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where they put themselves in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* the \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 23 (And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* until \w even|strong="H6153"\w*, and \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* counsel of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall I go \w up|strong="H5066"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*? And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against him.)  
\v 24 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* came \w near|strong="H7126"\w* against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 25 And \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* them out of \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and destroyed \w down|strong="H7843"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* again \w eighteen|strong="H8083"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*; all these \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.   
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\v 26 ¶ Then all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*, and \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* there \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w fasted|strong="H6684"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* until \w even|strong="H6153"\w*, and \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* and peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 27 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, (for the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \add was\add* there in those \w days|strong="H3117"\w*,  
\v 28 And \w Phinehas|strong="H6372"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Eleazar|strong="H0499"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Aaron|strong="H0175"\w*, \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* it in those \w days|strong="H3117"\w*,) \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall I yet \w again|strong="H3254"\w* go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, or shall I \w cease|strong="H2308"\w*? And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*; for to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* I will \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* them into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 29 And \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* liers in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*.  
\v 30 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* on the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and put themselves in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* against \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*, as at other \w times|strong="H6471"\w*.  
\v 31 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \add and\add* were drawn \w away|strong="H5423"\w* from the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; and they \w began|strong="H2490"\w* to \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \add and\add* \w kill|strong="H2491"\w*, as at other \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, in the \w highways|strong="H4546"\w*, of which \w one|strong="H0259"\w* goeth \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and the \w other|strong="H0259"\w* to \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, about \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 20.31 \ft to smite…: Heb. to smite of the people wounded as at, etc\f*\f + \fr 20.31 \ft the house…: or, Beth-el\f*  
\v 32 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, They \add are\add* smitten \w down|strong="H5062"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* us, as at the \w first|strong="H7223"\w*. But the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let us \w flee|strong="H5127"\w*, and \w draw|strong="H5423"\w* them from the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* unto the \w highways|strong="H4546"\w*.  
\v 33 And all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* out of their \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and put themselves in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* at \w Baal-tamar|strong="H1193"\w*: and the liers in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* came \w forth|strong="H1518"\w* out of their \w places|strong="H4725"\w*, \add even\add* out of the \w meadows|strong="H4629"\w* of \w Gibeah|strong="H1387"\w*.  
\v 34 And there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w against|strong="H5048"\w* \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* out of all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* was \w sore|strong="H3513"\w*: but they \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not that \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \add was\add* \w near|strong="H5060"\w* them.  
\v 35 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w smote|strong="H5062"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* of the \w Benjamites|strong="H1145"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* and an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*: all these \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.  
\v 36 So the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that they were \w smitten|strong="H5062"\w*: for the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* to the \w Benjamites|strong="H1145"\w*, because they \w trusted|strong="H0982"\w* unto the liers in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* which they had \w set|strong="H7760"\w* beside \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*.  
\v 37 And the liers in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* \w hasted|strong="H2363"\w*, and \w rushed|strong="H6584"\w* upon \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*; and the liers in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* drew \add themselves\add* \w along|strong="H4900"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* all the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.\f + \fr 20.37 \ft drew…: or, made a long sound with the trumpet\f*  
\v 38 Now there was an appointed \w sign|strong="H4150"\w* between the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H5973"\w* the liers in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w*, that they should make a \w great|strong="H7235"\w* \w flame|strong="H4864"\w* with \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w* rise \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.\f + \fr 20.38 \ft sign: or, time\f*\f + \fr 20.38 \ft and: Heb. with\f*\f + \fr 20.38 \ft flame: Heb. elevation\f*  
\v 39 And when the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w retired|strong="H2015"\w* in the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* to \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* \add and\add* \w kill|strong="H2491"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* about \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w persons|strong="H0376"\w*: for they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Surely|strong="H5062"\w* they are smitten \w down|strong="H5062"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* us, as \add in\add* the \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.\f + \fr 20.39 \ft to smite…: Heb. to smite the wounded\f*  
\v 40 But when the \w flame|strong="H4864"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* to arise \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* with a \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* of \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w*, the \w Benjamites|strong="H1145"\w* \w looked|strong="H6437"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* them, and, behold, the \w flame|strong="H3632"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* ascended \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.\f + \fr 20.40 \ft the flame of: Heb. the whole consumption of\f*  
\v 41 And when the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* turned \w again|strong="H2015"\w*, the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* were \w amazed|strong="H0926"\w*: for they \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* was \w come|strong="H5060"\w* upon them.\f + \fr 20.41 \ft was come…: Heb. touched them\f*  
\v 42 Therefore they \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \add their backs\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* unto the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*; but the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w overtook|strong="H1692"\w* them; and them which \add came\add* out of the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* they \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of them.  
\v 43 \add Thus\add* they \w inclosed|strong="H3803"\w* the \w Benjamites|strong="H1145"\w* round \w about|strong="H3803"\w*, \add and\add* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* them, \add and\add* trode them \w down|strong="H1869"\w* with \w ease|strong="H4496"\w* over \w against|strong="H5227"\w* \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* toward the \w sunrising|strong="H4217"\w*.\f + \fr 20.43 \ft with ease…: or, from Menuchah, etc\f*\f + \fr 20.43 \ft over…: Heb. unto over against\f*  
\v 44 And there \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w eighteen|strong="H8083"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*; all these \add were\add* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w valour|strong="H2428"\w*.  
\v 45 And they \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* toward the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* unto the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w* of \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w*: and they \w gleaned|strong="H5953"\w* of them in the \w highways|strong="H4546"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*; and \w pursued|strong="H1692"\w* hard \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them unto \w Gidom|strong="H1440"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* two \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of them.  
\v 46 So that all which \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* were \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* that \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; all these \add were\add* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w valour|strong="H2428"\w*.  
\v 47 But \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* to the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* unto the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w* \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w*, and \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w* \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*.  
\v 48 And the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* turned \w again|strong="H7725"\w* upon the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, as well the \w men|strong="H4974"\w* of \add every\add* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* the \w beast|strong="H0929"\w*, and all that came to \w hand|strong="H4672"\w*: also they \w set|strong="H7971"\w* on \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* that they came \w to|strong="H4672"\w*.\f + \fr 20.48 \ft came to hand: Heb. was found\f*\f + \fr 20.48 \ft they came…: Heb. were found\f*   
\c 21  
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\v 1 Now the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* had \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* in \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, There shall not \w any|strong="H0376"\w* of us \w give|strong="H5414"\w* his \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* unto \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.  
\v 2 And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* there till \w even|strong="H6153"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w voices|strong="H6963"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w sore|strong="H1419"\w*;  
\v 3 And \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, why is this come to pass in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, that there should be to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w lacking|strong="H6485"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 4 And it came to pass on the \w morrow|strong="H4283"\w*, that the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* rose \w early|strong="H7925"\w*, and \w built|strong="H1129"\w* there an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, and \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* and peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*.  
\v 5 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who \add is there\add* among all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* not up with the \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*? For they had made a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w oath|strong="H7621"\w* concerning him that came not \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* to \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, He shall \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* be put to \w death|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 6 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w repented|strong="H5162"\w* them for \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* their \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, There is \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* cut \w off|strong="H1438"\w* from \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 7 How shall we \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* for them that \w remain|strong="H3498"\w*, seeing we have \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* by the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* that we will not \w give|strong="H5414"\w* them of our \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* to \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*?   
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\v 8 ¶ And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \add is there\add* of the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* that came not \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Mizpeh|strong="H4709"\w* to the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*? And, behold, there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w none|strong="H0376"\w* to the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* from \w Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003"\w* to the \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w*.  
\v 9 For the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* were \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w*, and, behold, \add there were\add* \w none|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003"\w* there.  
\v 10 And the \w congregation|strong="H5712"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* thither \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w valiantest|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* them, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003"\w* with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, with the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* and the \w children|strong="H2945"\w*.  
\v 11 And this \add is\add* the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* that ye shall \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, Ye shall utterly \w destroy|strong="H2763"\w* every \w male|strong="H2145"\w*, and every \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* that hath \w lain|strong="H4904"\w* by \w man|strong="H3045"\w*.\f + \fr 21.11 \ft hath lain…: Heb. knoweth the lying with man\f*  
\v 12 And they \w found|strong="H4672"\w* among the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w young|strong="H5291"\w* \w virgins|strong="H1330"\w*, that had \w known|strong="H3045"\w* no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* by \w lying|strong="H4904"\w* with any \w male|strong="H2145"\w*: and they \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* them unto the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* to \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*, which \add is\add* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Canaan|strong="H3667"\w*.\f + \fr 21.12 \ft young…: Heb. young women virgins\f*  
\v 13 And the whole \w congregation|strong="H5712"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \add some\add* to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* to the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* that \add were\add* in the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w* \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w*, and to \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w peaceably|strong="H7965"\w* unto them.\f + \fr 21.13 \ft to speak…: Heb. and spake and called\f*\f + \fr 21.13 \ft call…: or, proclaim peace\f*  
\v 14 And \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* came \w again|strong="H7725"\w* at that \w time|strong="H6256"\w*; and they \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* them \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* which they had saved \w alive|strong="H2421"\w* of the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003"\w*: and yet so they \w sufficed|strong="H4672"\w* them not.  
\v 15 And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w repented|strong="H5162"\w* them for \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, because that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w breach|strong="H6556"\w* in the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 16 ¶ Then the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of the \w congregation|strong="H5712"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, How shall we \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* for them that \w remain|strong="H3498"\w*, seeing the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* are \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* out of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*?  
\v 17 And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add There must be\add* an \w inheritance|strong="H3425"\w* for them that be \w escaped|strong="H6413"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, that a \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* be not \w destroyed|strong="H4229"\w* out of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 18 Howbeit we \w may|strong="H3201"\w* not \w give|strong="H5414"\w* them \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* of our \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*: for the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* have \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Cursed|strong="H0779"\w* \add be\add* he that \w giveth|strong="H5414"\w* a \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* to \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*.  
\v 19 Then they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, \add there is\add* a \w feast|strong="H2282"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* in \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* \w yearly|strong="H3117"\w* \add in a place\add* which \add is\add* on the north \w side|strong="H6828"\w* of \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, on the east \w side|strong="H4217"\w* of the \w highway|strong="H4546"\w* that goeth \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w* to \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, and on the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* of \w Lebonah|strong="H3829"\w*.\f + \fr 21.19 \ft yearly: Heb. from year to year\f*\f + \fr 21.19 \ft on the east…: or, toward the sunrising\f*\f + \fr 21.19 \ft of the highway: or, on the highway\f*  
\v 20 Therefore they \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* and lie in \w wait|strong="H0693"\w* in the \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*;  
\v 21 And \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, and, behold, if the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w* come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w dance|strong="H2342"\w* in \w dances|strong="H4246"\w*, then come ye \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, and \w catch|strong="H2414"\w* you every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*, and \w go|strong="H1980"\w* to the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*.  
\v 22 And it shall be, when their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* or their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto us to \w complain|strong="H7378"\w*, that we will \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Be \w favourable|strong="H2603"\w* unto them for our sakes: because we \w reserved|strong="H3947"\w* not to each \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* in the \w war|strong="H4421"\w*: for ye did not \w give|strong="H5414"\w* unto them at this \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \add that\add* ye should be \w guilty|strong="H0816"\w*.\f + \fr 21.22 \ft Be favourable…: or, Gratify us in them\f*  
\v 23 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* did \w so|strong="H6213"\w*, and \w took|strong="H5375"\w* \add them\add* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, according to their \w number|strong="H4557"\w*, of them that \w danced|strong="H2342"\w*, whom they \w caught|strong="H1497"\w*: and they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* unto their \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*, and \w repaired|strong="H1129"\w* the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in them.  
\v 24 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w departed|strong="H1980"\w* thence at that \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* and to his \w family|strong="H4940"\w*, and they went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from thence every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*.  
\v 25 In those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \add there was\add* no \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in his own \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.   