
Judges
1 Now the menH376 of IsraelH3478 had swornH7650 in Mizpeh,H4709 saying,H559 There shall not anyH376 of us giveH5414 his daughterH1323 unto BenjaminH1144 to wife.H802 2 And the peopleH5971 cameH935 to the houseH1004 of GodH430, H1008, and abodeH3427 there till evenH6153 beforeH6440 God,H430 and lifted upH5375 their voices,H6963 and weptH1058, H1065 sore;H1419 3 And said,H559 O LORDH3068 GodH430 of Israel,H3478 why is this come to pass in Israel,H3478 that there should be to dayH3117 oneH259 tribeH7626 lackingH6485 in Israel?H3478 4 And it came to pass on the morrow,H4283 that the peopleH5971 rose early,H7925 and builtH1129 there an altar,H4196 and offeredH5927 burnt offeringsH5930 and peace offerings.H8002 5 And the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 said,H559 Who is there among all the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478 thatH834 cameH5927 not up with the congregationH6951 unto the LORD?H3068 For they had made a greatH1419 oathH7621 concerning him that came not upH5927 to the LORDH3068 to Mizpeh,H4709 saying,H559 He shall surelyH4191 be put to death.H4191 6 And the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 repentedH5162 them for BenjaminH1144 their brother,H251 and said,H559 There is oneH259 tribeH7626 cut offH1438 from IsraelH3478 this day.H3117 7 How shall we doH6213 for wivesH802 for them that remain,H3498 seeing we have swornH7650 by the LORDH3068 that we will not giveH5414 them of our daughtersH1323 to wives?H802 8 And they said,H559 What oneH259 is there of the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478 that came not upH5927 to MizpehH4709 to the LORD?H3068 And, behold, there cameH935 noneH376 to the campH4264 from JabeshgileadH1568 toH3003 the assembly.H6951 9 For the peopleH5971 were numbered,H6485 and, behold, there were noneH376 of the inhabitantsH3427 of JabeshgileadH1568 there.H3003 10 And the congregationH5712 sentH7971 thither twelveH6240, H8147 thousandH505 menH376 of the valiantestH2428, H1121, and commandedH6680 them, saying,H559 GoH3212 and smiteH5221 the inhabitantsH3427 of JabeshgileadH1568 withH3003 the edgeH6310 of the sword,H2719 with the womenH802 and the children.H2945 11 And this is the thingH1697 that ye shall do,H6213 Ye shall utterly destroyH2763 every male,H2145 and every womanH802 that hath lainH4904 by man.H3045 12 And they foundH4672 among the inhabitantsH3427 of JabeshgileadH1568, H3003 fourH702 hundredH3967 youngH5291 virgins,H1330 that had knownH3045 no manH376 by lyingH4904 with any male:H2145 and they broughtH935 them unto the campH4264 to Shiloh,H7887 which is in the landH776 of Canaan.H3667 13 And the whole congregationH5712 sentH7971 some to speakH1696 to the childrenH1121 of BenjaminH1144 that were in the rockH5553 Rimmon,H7417 and to callH7121 peaceablyH7965 unto them. 14 And BenjaminH1144 came againH7725 at that time;H6256 and they gaveH5414 them wivesH802 which they had saved aliveH2421 of the womenH802 of JabeshgileadH1568, H3003: and yet so they sufficedH4672 them not. 15 And the peopleH5971 repentedH5162 them for Benjamin,H1144 because that the LORDH3068 had madeH6213 a breachH6556 in the tribesH7626 of Israel.H3478 16 Then the eldersH2205 of the congregationH5712 said,H559 How shall we doH6213 for wivesH802 for them that remain,H3498 seeing the womenH802 are destroyedH8045 out of Benjamin?H1144 17 And they said,H559 There must be an inheritanceH3425 for them that be escapedH6413 of Benjamin,H1144 that a tribeH7626 be not destroyedH4229 out of Israel.H3478 18 Howbeit we mayH3201 not giveH5414 them wivesH802 of our daughters:H1323 for the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 have sworn,H7650 saying,H559 CursedH779 be he that givethH5414 a wifeH802 to Benjamin.H1144 19 Then they said,H559 Behold, there is a feastH2282 of the LORDH3068 in ShilohH7887 yearlyH3117 inH3117 a place which is on the north sideH6828 of Bethel,H1008 on the east sideH8121 ofH4217 the highwayH4546 that goeth upH5927 from BethelH1008 to Shechem,H7927 and on the southH5045 of Lebonah.H3829 20 Therefore they commandedH6680 the childrenH1121 of Benjamin,H1144 saying,H559 GoH3212 and lie in waitH693 in the vineyards;H3754 21 And see,H7200 and, behold, if the daughtersH1323 of ShilohH7887 come outH3318 to danceH2342 in dances,H4246 then come ye outH3318 of the vineyards,H3754 and catchH2414 you every manH376 his wifeH802 of the daughtersH1323 of Shiloh,H7887 and goH1980 to the landH776 of Benjamin.H1144 22 And it shall be, when their fathersH1 or their brethrenH251 comeH935 unto us to complain,H7378 that we will sayH559 unto them, Be favourableH2603 unto them for our sakes: because we reservedH3947 not to each manH376 his wifeH802 in the war:H4421 for ye did not giveH5414 unto them at this time,H6256 that ye should be guilty.H816 23 And the childrenH1121 of BenjaminH1144 did so,H6213 and tookH5375 them wives,H802 according to their number,H4557 of them that danced,H2342 whom they caught:H1497 and they wentH3212 and returnedH7725 unto their inheritance,H5159 and repairedH1129 the cities,H5892 and dweltH3427 in them. 24 And the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 departedH1980 thence at that time,H6256 every manH376 to his tribeH7626 and to his family,H4940 and they went outH3318 from thence every manH376 to his inheritance.H5159 25 In those daysH3117 there was no kingH4428 in Israel:H3478 every manH376 didH6213 that which was rightH3477 in his own eyes.H5869