Verse 23
Judges 20:23
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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Yet so that they first went up and wept before the Lord until night: and consulted him, and said: Shall I go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin my brethren, or not? And he answered them: Go up against them, and join battle.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּעֲל֣וּ בְנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וַ/יִּבְכּ֣וּ לִ/פְנֵֽי יְהוָה֮ עַד הָ/עֶרֶב֒ וַ/יִּשְׁאֲל֤וּ בַֽ/יהוָה֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר הַ/אוֹסִ֗יף לָ/גֶ֨שֶׁת֙ לַ/מִּלְחָמָ֔ה עִם בְּנֵ֥י בִנְיָמִ֖ן אָחִ֑/י וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה עֲל֥וּ אֵלָֽי/ו
English Translation
And the children of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until evening and they asked of the Lord saying, “Shall we go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin our brothers?” And the Lord said, “Go up against them.”
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Chapter 20 Context
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Then all the children of Israel went out and gathered together as one man from Dan to Bersabee, with...
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And all the chiefs of the people, and all the tribes of Israel met together in the assembly of the p...
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(Nor were the children of Benjamin ignorant that the children of Israel were come up to Maspha.) And...
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Answered: I came into Gabaa of Benjamin with my wife, and there I lodged:
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And behold the men of that city in the night beset the house wherein I was, intending to kill me, an...
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And I took her and cut her in pieces, and sent the, parts into all the borders of your possession: b...
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You are all here, O children of Israel, determine what you ought to do.
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And all the people standing, answered as by the voice of one man: We will not return to our tents, n...
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But this we will do in common against Gabaa:
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We will take ten men of a hundred out of all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of a thousand,...
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And all Israel were gathered together against the city, as one man, with one mind, and one counsel:
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And they sent messengers to all the tribe of Benjamin to say to them: Why hath so great an abominati...
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Deliver up the men of Gabaa, that have committed this heinous crime, that they may die, and the evil...
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But out of all the cities which were of their lot, they gathered themselves together into Gabaa, to...
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And there were found of Benjamin five and twenty thousand men that drew the sword, besides the inhab...
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Who were seven hundred most valiant men, fighting with the left hand as well as with the right: and...
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Of the men of Israel also, beside the children of Benjamin, were found four hundred thousand that dr...
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And they arose and came to the house of God (Elohim), that is, to Silo: and they consulted God (Eloh...
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And forthwith the children of Israel rising in the morning, camped by Gabaa:
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And going out from thence to fight against Benjamin, began to assault the city.
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And the children of Benjamin coming out of Gabaa, slew of the children of Israel that day two and tw...
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Again Israel trusting in their strength and their number, set their army in array in the same place,...
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Yet so that they first went up and wept before the Lord until night: and consulted him, and said: Sh...
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And when the children of Israel went out the next day to fight against the children of Benjamin,
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The children of Benjamin sallied forth out of the gates of Gabaa: and meeting them made so great a s...
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Wherefore all the children of Israel came to the house of God (Elohim), and sat and wept before the...
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And inquired of him concerning their state. At that time the ark of the covenant of the Lord was the...
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And Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron was over the house. So they consulted the Lord and s...
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And the children of Israel set ambushes round about the city of Gabaa:
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And they drew up their army against Benjamin the third time, as they had done the first and second.
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And the children of Benjamin boldly issued out of the city, and seeing their enemies flee, pursued t...
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For they thought to cut them off, as they did before. But they artfully feigning a flight, designed...
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Then all the children of Israel rising up out of the places where they were, set their army in battl...
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And to march from the west side of the city. And other ten thousand men chosen out of all Israel att...
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And the Lord defeated them before the children of Israel, and they slew of them in that day five and...
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But the children of Benjamin when they saw themselves to be too weak, began to flee. Which the child...
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And they that were in ambush arose on a sudden out of their coverts, and whilst Benjamin turned thei...
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Now the children of Israel had given a sign to them, whom they had laid in ambushes, that after they...
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And when the children of Israel saw this in the battle (for the children of Benjamin thought they fl...
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And perceived as it were a pillar of smoke rise up from the city; and Benjamin looking back, saw tha...
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They that before had made as if they fled, turning their faces stood bravely against them; which the...
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And began to go towards the way of the desert, the enemy pursuing them thither also. And they that f...
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And so it was, that they were slain on both sides by the enemies, and there was no rest of their men...
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And they that were slain in the same place were eighteen thousand men, all most valiant soldiers.
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And when they that remained of Benjamin saw this, they fled into the wilderness and made towards the...
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And so it came to pass, that all that were slain of Benjamin in divers places, were five and twenty...
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And there remained of all the number of Benjamin only six hundred men that were able to escape, and...
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But the children of Israel returning, put all the remains of the city to the sword, both men and bea...
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