1 So|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelites|strong="H3478" joined together|strong="H0259". They|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" came|strong="H3318" together|strong="H0259" to|strong="H0413" stand before|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" city of|strong="H1121" Mizpah|strong="H4709". People|strong="H0376" came|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" everywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478". Even|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Israelites|strong="H3478" from|strong="H3318" Gilead|strong="H1568" were|strong="H3478" there|strong="H3068".
2 The|strong="H3605" leaders of|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" there|strong="H3605". They|strong="H0376" took|strong="H3320" their|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" public meeting of|strong="H0376" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="H5971". There|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" 400,000 soldiers|strong="H0376" with|strong="H0376" swords|strong="H2719" in|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3605" place|strong="H3605".
3 The|strong="H0559" people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0559" tribe of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" Israelites|strong="H3478" were|strong="H1961" meeting together in|strong="H3478" Mizpah|strong="H4709". The|strong="H0559" Israelites|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", “Tell|strong="H0559" us|strong="H3588" how|strong="H0349" this|strong="H2063" terrible|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H2063" happened|strong="H1961".”
4 So|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" Levite|strong="H3881", the|strong="H0559" husband|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" murdered|strong="H7523", told|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" story. He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H0834" slave woman|strong="H0802" and|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0589" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" city of|strong="H0376" Gibeah|strong="H1390" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" area of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144". We|strong="H0834" spent|strong="H3885" the|strong="H0559" night there|strong="H0834".
5 But|strong="H4191" during|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0853" night|strong="H3915" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H1167" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" city of|strong="H1004" Gibeah|strong="H1390" came to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" where|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1004" staying. They|strong="H5921" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H5921" wanted to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5921". They|strong="H5921" raped my|strong="H5921" slave woman|strong="H1004", and|strong="H6965" she|strong="H6965" died|strong="H4191".
6 So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3588" took|strong="H0270" her|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3478" cut|strong="H5408" her|strong="H3605" into pieces|strong="H5408". Then|strong="H7971" I|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" one|strong="H3605" piece to|strong="H3478" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H3605" tribes of|strong="H7704" Israel|strong="H3478". I|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" 12 pieces|strong="H5408" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" lands|strong="H7704" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3478" received. I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5159" of|strong="H7704" Benjamin have|strong="H3478" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3588" terrible thing|strong="H5039" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478".
7 Now|strong="H2009", all|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", speak|strong="H1697" up|strong="H1121". Give|strong="H3051" your|strong="H3605" decision about|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" we|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3605".”
8 Then|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H0259" time. They|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" together|strong="H0259", “None|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1004" us|strong="H0559" will|strong="H0376" go|strong="H6965" home|strong="H1004". No|strong="H3808", not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1004" us|strong="H0559" will|strong="H0376" go|strong="H6965" back|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004".
9 Now|strong="H6258" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" city of|strong="H1697" Gibeah|strong="H1390". We|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" throw lots|strong="H1486" to|strong="H5921" let|strong="H6258" God show|strong="H6213" us|strong="H5921" who|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" lead the|strong="H0834" attack.
10 We|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" choose|strong="H3947" ten|strong="H6235" men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H0935" every|strong="H3605" 100 from|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478". And|strong="H0935" we|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" choose|strong="H3947" 100 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H0935" every|strong="H3605" 1000. We|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" choose|strong="H3947" 1000 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H0935" every|strong="H3605" 10,000. These|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" we|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" chosen|strong="H3947" will|strong="H0834" get|strong="H3947" supplies|strong="H6720" for|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971". Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" will|strong="H0834" go|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" city of|strong="H0376" Gibeah in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" area of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144". The|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" will|strong="H0834" punish those|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" for|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" terrible thing|strong="H5039" they|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" among|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" Israelites|strong="H3478".”
11 So|strong="H0259" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0376" Gibeah, united|strong="H2270" together|strong="H0622" and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H0413" agreement as|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" what they|strong="H0376" were|strong="H3478" doing.
12 The|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" sent|strong="H7971" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144" with|strong="H0376" this|strong="H2063" message: “What|strong="H4100" about|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2063" terrible|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H2063" that|strong="H0834" some|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" your|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961"?
13 Send|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" bad|strong="H7451" men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" city of|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390" to|strong="H4191" us|strong="H5414" so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0834" can|strong="H0834" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" death|strong="H4191". We|strong="H0834" must|strong="H4191" remove the|strong="H0853" evil|strong="H7451" from|strong="H0376" among|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" Israelites|strong="H3478".”
14 The|strong="H4480" people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" tribe of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" left|strong="H3318" their|strong="H0622" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390". They|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3478" Gibeah|strong="H1390" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H4480" other tribes of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478".
15 The|strong="H3117" people|strong="H0376" from|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3117" tribe of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" got 26,000 soldiers|strong="H0376" together who|strong="H0376" were|strong="H1121" trained for|strong="H3117" war|strong="H2719". They|strong="H3117" also|strong="H3117" had|strong="H0376" 700 trained soldiers|strong="H0376" from|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3117" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390".
16 There|strong="H2088" were|strong="H0376" also|strong="H2088" 700 trained soldiers|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H0376" trained to|strong="H0413" fight with|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" left hand|strong="H3027". Each|strong="H0376" one|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H0413" could|strong="H0376" use a|strong="H2088" sling with|strong="H0413" great skill. They|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" could|strong="H0376" use a|strong="H2088" sling to|strong="H0413" throw|strong="H7049" a|strong="H2088" stone|strong="H0068" at|strong="H0413" a|strong="H2088" hair|strong="H8185" and|strong="H3967" not|strong="H3808" miss|strong="H2398"!
17 All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478", except|strong="H0905" Benjamin|strong="H1144", gathered|strong="H6485" together 400,000 fighting men|strong="H0376" with|strong="H0376" swords|strong="H2719". Each|strong="H0376" one|strong="H0376" was|strong="H3478" a|strong="H2088" trained soldier|strong="H4421".
18 The|strong="H0559" Israelites|strong="H3478" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" city of|strong="H1121" Bethel|strong="H1008". At|strong="H3478" Bethel|strong="H1008" they|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H7592" God|strong="H0430", “Which|strong="H4310" tribe will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1121" first|strong="H8462" to|strong="H0559" attack|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0559" tribe of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144"?”
19 The|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242" the|strong="H5921" Israelites|strong="H3478" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965". They|strong="H5921" made a|strong="H5921" camp|strong="H2583" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" city of|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390".
20 Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H4421" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" took|strong="H3318" their|strong="H0413" positions for|strong="H0413" battle|strong="H4421" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H4421" of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" city of|strong="H0376" Gibeah|strong="H1390".
21 Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H4480" army|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H1931" of|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390". The|strong="H4480" army|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" killed 22,000 men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H4480" army|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H4480" battle|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117".
24 Then|strong="H7126" the|strong="H0413" army of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" came|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H0413" army of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". This|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0413" second|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0413" war.
25 The|strong="H3605" army|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" city of|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390" to|strong="H3478" attack the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" second|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117". This|strong="H0428" time|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" killed|strong="H2719" another|strong="H8145" 18,000 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" trained soldiers|strong="H0376".
26 Then|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelites|strong="H3478" went|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H1931" of|strong="H1121" Bethel|strong="H1008". There|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" and|strong="H1121" cried|strong="H1058" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068". They|strong="H8033" did|strong="H3117" not|strong="H1121" eat anything|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", until|strong="H5704" evening|strong="H6153". They|strong="H8033" also|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H5927" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H8002" and|strong="H1121" fellowship offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068".
27 The|strong="H3068" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" asked|strong="H7592" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" question|strong="H7592". (In|strong="H0430" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117" God’s|strong="H0430" Box of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" Agreement|strong="H1285" was|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033" at|strong="H3478" Bethel.
28 Phinehas|strong="H6372" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" priest who|strong="H3068" served|strong="H5975" God|strong="H3068" there|strong="H5927". Phinehas|strong="H6372" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eleazar|strong="H0499". Eleazar|strong="H0499" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175".) The|strong="H0559" Israelites asked|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" are|strong="H3117" our|strong="H3068" relatives|strong="H0251". Should|strong="H0518" we|strong="H3588" again|strong="H5750" go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0559" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5414"? Or|strong="H0518" should|strong="H0518" we|strong="H3588" stop|strong="H2308" fighting?”
29 Then|strong="H7760" the|strong="H0413" army of|strong="H1390" Israel|strong="H3478" hid|strong="H7760" some men|strong="H3478" all|strong="H5439" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H0413" city of|strong="H1390" Gibeah|strong="H1390".
30 The|strong="H0413" army|strong="H5927" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" fight against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" city of|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0413" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117". They|strong="H3117" got|strong="H5927" ready for|strong="H0413" battle|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3478" done before|strong="H0413".
31 The|strong="H0834" army|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390" to|strong="H3478" fight the|strong="H0834" army|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". The|strong="H0834" army|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" backed up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H1121" let|strong="H6471" the|strong="H0834" army|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" chase them|strong="H5221". In|strong="H3478" this|strong="H6471" way the|strong="H0834" army|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" was|strong="H0834" tricked into|strong="H0376" leaving|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892" far behind them|strong="H5221".
32 The|strong="H0559" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" said|strong="H0559", “We are|strong="H1992" winning as|strong="H1121" before|strong="H6440"!”
33 So|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" ran away|strong="H3605". They|strong="H0376" stopped at|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" place|strong="H4725" named Baal Tamar. Some|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" hiding west of|strong="H0376" Gibeah|strong="H1390". They|strong="H0376" ran from|strong="H0376" their|strong="H3605" hiding places|strong="H4725".
34 10,000 of|strong="H0376" Israel’s|strong="H3478" best-trained soldiers|strong="H0376" attacked|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" city of|strong="H0376" Gibeah|strong="H1390". The|strong="H3605" fighting was|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3045" heavy|strong="H3513". But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4421" of|strong="H0376" Benjamin did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" terrible|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3478" about|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0935" happen to|strong="H0935" them|strong="H1992".
35 The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" used|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" defeated|strong="H5062" the|strong="H3605" army of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" army of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H2719" 25,100 soldiers|strong="H0376" from|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144". All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H0853" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3605" trained for|strong="H3117" war|strong="H2719".
36 So|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" defeated|strong="H5062".
37 The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H2719" hiding rushed|strong="H6584" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H6310" Gibeah|strong="H1390". They|strong="H3605" spread out|strong="H0413" and|strong="H2719" killed|strong="H5221" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" with|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" swords|strong="H2719".
38 Now|strong="H1961" the|strong="H4480" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H1961" made|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" plan|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H4480" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" were|strong="H1961" hiding. The|strong="H4480" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" were|strong="H1961" hiding were|strong="H1961" supposed to|strong="H1961" send|strong="H5927" a|strong="H1961" special signal|strong="H4864". They|strong="H0376" were|strong="H1961" supposed to|strong="H1961" make a|strong="H1961" big cloud|strong="H4864" of|strong="H0376" smoke|strong="H6227".
42 So|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H4421" of|strong="H0376" Benjamin ran away|strong="H6437" from|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H4421" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478". They|strong="H0834" ran toward|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" desert|strong="H4057". But|strong="H0376" they|strong="H0834" could|strong="H0376" not|strong="H1870" escape the|strong="H0853" fighting. And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" came|strong="H0413" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3478" killed them|strong="H0413".
43 The|strong="H0853" men of|strong="H1390" Israel surrounded|strong="H3803" the|strong="H0853" men of|strong="H1390" Benjamin|strong="H1144" and|strong="H0853" began chasing|strong="H7291" them|strong="H0853". They|strong="H5704" did not let them|strong="H0853" rest|strong="H4496". They|strong="H5704" defeated them|strong="H0853" in|strong="H1144" the|strong="H0853" area east|strong="H4217" of|strong="H1390" Gibeah|strong="H1390".
44 So|strong="H0853" 18,000 brave|strong="H2428" and|strong="H0376" strong|strong="H2428" fighters from|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144" were|strong="H0428" killed|strong="H5307".
45 The|strong="H0413" army of|strong="H0376" Benjamin turned|strong="H6437" around|strong="H0310" and|strong="H0376" ran|strong="H5127" toward|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" desert|strong="H4057". They|strong="H0376" ran|strong="H5127" to|strong="H0413" a|strong="H4480" place called the|strong="H0413" Rock|strong="H5553" of|strong="H0376" Rimmon|strong="H7417", but|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0413" army of|strong="H0376" Israel killed|strong="H5221" 5000 soldiers|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" Benjamin along|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0413" roads. They|strong="H0376" kept chasing|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0413" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Benjamin. They|strong="H0376" chased them|strong="H0413" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" a|strong="H4480" place named Gidom|strong="H1440". The|strong="H0413" army of|strong="H0376" Israel killed|strong="H5221" 2000 more|strong="H4480" men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" Benjamin in|strong="H0413" that|strong="H4480" place.
46 On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" 25,000 men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144" were|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2719". All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H0853" fought bravely with|strong="H0376" their|strong="H3605" swords|strong="H2719".
47 But|strong="H0376" 600 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H0376" Benjamin ran|strong="H5127" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" desert|strong="H4057" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" place called the|strong="H0413" Rock|strong="H5553" of|strong="H0376" Rimmon|strong="H7417" and|strong="H3967" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" for|strong="H0413" four|strong="H0702" months|strong="H2320".
48 The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" land of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". They|strong="H0376" killed|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0376" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929" in|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". They|strong="H0376" destroyed|strong="H5221" everything|strong="H3605" they|strong="H0376" could|strong="H1571" find|strong="H4672" and|strong="H1121" burned every|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" they|strong="H0376" came|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413".