Verse 6

Judges 20:6

Noah Webster Bible

6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וָֽ/אֹחֵ֤ז בְּ/פִֽילַגְשִׁ/י֙ וָֽ/אֲנַתְּחֶ֔/הָ וָֽ/אֲשַׁלְּחֶ֔/הָ בְּ/כָל שְׂדֵ֖ה נַחֲלַ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּ֥י עָשׂ֛וּ זִמָּ֥ה וּ/נְבָלָ֖ה בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
And I will hold the concubine, and I will break her, and I will send her in every field of the inheritance of Israel, for they have committed vile deeds and abominations in Israel.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 20 Context
1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan ev... Focus ↗
2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assem... Focus ↗
3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said t... Focus ↗
4 And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that... Focus ↗
5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house upon me by night, and thought to hav... Focus ↗
6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inher...
7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel. Focus ↗
8 And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we a... Focus ↗
9 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah: we will go up by lot against it; Focus ↗
10 And we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousa... Focus ↗
11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. Focus ↗
12 And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this... Focus ↗
13 Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to... Focus ↗
14 But the children of Benjamin assembled out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the... Focus ↗
15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand me... Focus ↗
16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; every one could sling stones... 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 the house of God (Elohim), and asked counsel of God... Focus ↗
19 And the children of Israel rose 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 came forth from Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israeli... Focus ↗
22 And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the p... Focus ↗
23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until evening, and asked counsel of the... 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 destroyed down to the ground... Focus ↗
26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came to the house of God (Elohim),... Focus ↗
27 And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God (Elohim) was th... 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 around Gibeah. 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 the... Focus ↗
32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the childre... Focus ↗
33 And all the men of Israel rose out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and th... Focus ↗
34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was severe:... Focus ↗
35 And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjaminites... Focus ↗
36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benj... Focus ↗
37 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, a... Focus ↗
38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should ma... Focus ↗
39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Isr... Focus ↗
40 But when the flame began to rise from the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjaminites looked behin... Focus ↗
41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil had... Focus ↗
42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the bat... Focus ↗
43 Thus they inclosed the Benjaminites on all sides, and chased them, and trod them down with ease over... Focus ↗
44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valor. Focus ↗
45 And they turned and fled towards the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in t... Focus ↗
46 So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all... Focus ↗
47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness to the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimm... Focus ↗
48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of th... Focus ↗