Verse 9

Judges 20:9

Darby Translation

9 But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: [we go] by lot against it;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עַתָּ֕ה זֶ֣ה הַ/דָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר נַעֲשֶׂ֖ה לַ/גִּבְעָ֑ה עָלֶ֖י/הָ בְּ/גוֹרָֽל
English Translation
And now this is the matter that we will do to the Gibeah concerning it by lot.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 20 Context
1 And all the children of Israel went forth, and the assembly gathered together as one man, from Dan t... Focus ↗
2 And the heads of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the congregati... Focus ↗
3 And the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah. And the childr... Focus ↗
4 Then the Levite, the husband of the woman that was murdered, answered and said, I came to Gibeah tha... Focus ↗
5 And the citizens of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house because of me, by night; they t... Focus ↗
6 Then I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout the country of the inherita... Focus ↗
7 Behold, all ye, children of Israel, deliberate and give here [your] counsel. Focus ↗
8 And all the people rose up as one man, saying, We will not any one go to his tent, neither will we a... Focus ↗
9 But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: [we go] by lot against it;
10 and we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousa... Focus ↗
11 And all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. Focus ↗
12 And the tribes of Israel sent men to all the families of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this t... Focus ↗
13 And now give up the men, the sons of Belial, who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and p... Focus ↗
14 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities of Gibeah, to go out to... Focus ↗
15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities, twenty-six thousand men t... Focus ↗
16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; all these slang stones at a h... Focus ↗
17 And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: al... Focus ↗
18 And the children of Israel arose and went up to Bethel, and inquired of God (Elohim), and said, Whic... Focus ↗
19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning and encamped against Gibeah. Focus ↗
20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in a... Focus ↗
21 And the children of Benjamin went forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed to the ground of the Israelites... Focus ↗
22 And the people, the men of Israel, took courage, and set the battle again in array in the place wher... Focus ↗
23 And the children of Israel went up and wept before Jehovah until even, and inquired of Jehovah, sayi... Focus ↗
24 And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day. Focus ↗
25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and again destroyed to the ground... Focus ↗
26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up and came to Bethel, and wept, and abode... Focus ↗
27 And the children of Israel inquired of Jehovah (and the ark of the covenant of God (Elohim) was ther... Focus ↗
28 and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, Shall I... Focus ↗
29 And Israel set liers in wait against Gibeah, round about. Focus ↗
30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themse... Focus ↗
31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city, and beg... Focus ↗
32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. And the childre... Focus ↗
33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal-Tamar; and... Focus ↗
34 And there came from opposite Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was se... Focus ↗
35 And Jehovah smote Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjaminites t... Focus ↗
36 And the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten. And the men of Israel gave place to Benjami... Focus ↗
37 And the ambush hasted, and fell upon Gibeah; and the ambush drew along, and smote the whole city wit... Focus ↗
38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambush, that they should make a th... Focus ↗
39 And when the men of Israel turned back in the battle, Benjamin began to smite, slaying of the men of... Focus ↗
40 And when the burning began to rise up out of the city as a pillar of smoke, Benjamin looked behind,... Focus ↗
41 Then the men of Israel turned back, and the men of Benjamin were amazed, for they saw that disaster... Focus ↗
42 And they turned before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them;... Focus ↗
43 They encompassed the Benjaminites, chased them, trode them down at the resting-place over against Gi... Focus ↗
44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men: all these, men of valour. Focus ↗
45 And they turned and fled towards the wilderness to the cliff of Rimmon, and they gleaned of them in... Focus ↗
46 So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men that drew the sword: all the... Focus ↗
47 And six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness to the cliff of Rimmon, and abode at the cliff... Focus ↗
48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of th... Focus ↗